Plant-covered rooms surround private swimming pools at Wyndham Garden Phú Qu?c, a holiday resort that MIA Design Studio is building on Vietnam's largest island.
Ho Chi Minh City-based MIA Design Studio has completed the first of more than 150 villas that are being constructed on the seven-hectare site, which is located to the south of Phú Qu?c.

Although the site is close to the coast, the seafront is not visible from this location. This led the architects to design inward-facing properties, in the spirit of traditional Vietnamese courtyard homes.
The villas are organised around private, open-air swimming pools, with rooms blanketed by "green curtains" formed of Tarlmounia, a tropical creeper plant that is native to Asia.

Living spaces are completely open to the courtyards, screened only by the hanging plants. However guests can lower curtains if necessary. "We installed no doors nor walls, which could prevent the connection between indoor and outdoor spaces," the studio told Dezeen. "We believe that floor and roof are enough for living areas."

Bedrooms are fronted by glass, so guests can look out at the greenery when they wake up each morning.
"The spaces in every villa of the resort make us feel like getting lost into the greenery," said the studio.

Villas at Wyndham Garden are available with either two or three bedrooms.

They are grouped together into "hamlets" of either five or seven properties, each with a shared ...