Dai An Apartment
Architect’s Firm: H.2
Project location: Ham Nghi, Vũng Tàu city, Ba Ria – Vung Tau Province, Vietnam
Completion Year: 2020
Gross Built Area: 112 m2

Architects:
Trần Văn Huynh
Nguyễn Thị Xuân Hải
Đỗ Trọng Nhân Kiệt

Shreevardhan Joshi

Châu Minh Tiến

Nguyễn Văn Hóa

Trần Văn Hà
Other participants:

Owner : Mr Dinh
Iron: Mr An
Construction: Local workers
Lighting: Kelvin&Lux
Written by : Nguyen Thi Xuan Hai
Photo credits: Quang Dam
Photographer’s website: http://quangdam.com

·        The situation : 1 ground floor, 2 floors, 1 garret

·        Renovated into a rental apartment

·        Economic problem:

·        Maximum space and usable area

·        Easy to construct, blocky, solid but unique, attractive to young people

·        Make the most of the green space

·        Solution : Using lightweight structures to change the internal space; redistribution of uses: entrances, stairs; and light structures help to save costs in terms of both materials and construction labor. The work was renovated into 9 rooms for rent (studio room), arranged as follows:

·        1st floor: garage, reception and 1 studio

·        2nd floor, 3rd  floor : Each floor has 03 studios with private toilet, wide open space

·        Garret floor: renovated into 02 vip apartments with a larger area and dry cleaning area

·        The main materials are iron frame, cemboard plate, iron wall, glass, all of which create flexibility and ease of construction for renovation works. The colorful bungalows rotate in different directions to create a strong movement, which contributes to covering the old concrete columns and structures of the house. The 2nd and 3rd floors have 6 rooms, each with 1 bungalow block, it is the neat integration of the functions into one integrated block: bedroom, wardrobe, kitchen.

·        Two fronts are the advantage of the apartment, so the rooms open to the balcony with 2 fronts. If the lower floors show a youthful dynamism, the 2 garret apartments tend to be rustic and minimalistic. The garret has a traditional tiled roof showing off the structure for the truss, opening to the view of hanging gardens running along the house, bringing the sense of space of a mini penthouse. Standing on 2 garret rooms, you can see the mountain view of Vung Tau city.

·       The apartment is completed by wooden furniture, bringing a warm feeling. The painted wall is gray, the base of the facade is accentuated with the steel plate material and is painted in rust to create a strong. These tones contribute to the highlight of the colorful bungalow moving above.