House in Go Vap / MM++ architects

House in Go Vap / MM++ architects - Table, Chair, CountertopHouse in Go Vap / MM++ architects - Image 3 of 18House in Go Vap / MM++ architects - Lighting, Bed, BedroomHouse in Go Vap / MM++ architects - Facade, WindowsHouse in Go Vap / MM++ architects - More Images+ 13

Ho Chi Minh City,
  • Architects: MM++ architects: MM++ Architects / MIMYA.co
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  255
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2012
  • Photographs
    Photographs:Nam Bui

Text description provided by the architects. The house is built on a 8m wide and 22m deep plot in a residential district of Saigon. Designed for a couple and their 3 young kids, the house is organized in two parts :

House in Go Vap / MM++ architects - Table, Countertop, Windows
© Nam Bui


House in Go Vap / MM++ architects - Table, Chair, Countertop
© Nam Bui


House in Go Vap / MM++ architects - Sofa, Table, Lighting
© Nam Bui

A first block in the front with entrance, living area and kitchen, merged all together in one large open space, encouraging interaction between family's members. After crossing a small interior garden with a large roof opening, a second block with the two kid's bedrooms on the ground floor, parental suite and an additional bedroom on the first floor.

ground floor plan

The challenge of this project was to build a contemporary house with a “high end feeling” in a very restrictive budget, for this reason architectural elements are really simple ( concrete structure, brickworks, ceramic tiles, corrugated iron roof layered with insulating material) while furniture and equipment are in a high quality finishing.

House in Go Vap / MM++ architects - Facade, Windows
© Nam Bui


Natural ventilation (through top frame louvers on the facade, openings in the glass roof and back courtyard), indirect natural light and a large overhang roof on the front elevation to prevent direct sun light, make the house comfortable to live. The multiple "inside-outside" visual connections with the front courtyard planted, the interior garden with tropical plants and bamboo planted pots on the first floor create a relaxing and private environment in the middle of a high density neighborhood.


This project intends to bring an alternative approach for the conception of middle range Vietnamese urban house, combining traditional construction principles, low cost material solutions and contemporary design.

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Cite: "House in Go Vap / MM++ architects" 05 Jun 2012. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/240562/house-in-go-vap-mm-architects> ISSN 0719-8884

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