![Rock Office / a21 studio - Windows, Facade, Forest, Garden, Courtyard](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5013/5b3f/28ba/0d0e/f000/0f41/newsletter/stringio.jpg?1414073058)
- Area: 217 m²
- Year: 2007
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Photographs: a21 studio
Text description provided by the architects. Located at a soft ground closed to a canal in Binh Thanh District, HCM city, this office is required to design to meet functions of an architecture & construction office as well interior showroom. In additional, a lowest construction cost is also a client’s concern due to short term rental of this site from 5 to 10 years only.
![Rock Office / a21 studio - Windows, Brick, Facade, Garden](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5013/5b0b/28ba/0d0e/f000/0f34/newsletter/stringio.jpg?1414073070)
Under those circumstances, the idea using cheap local materials, easy to construct in a short-time and re-used ability was raised as a key design direction. The curved stone-walls made by many piled-up-steel-cages contained rocks inside to reduce horizontal force seem to be a suitable solution for this project. Furthermore, they also create the interesting spaces with different views to gardens as seeing from both inside and outside.
![Rock Office / a21 studio - Table, Chair](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5013/5b18/28ba/0d0e/f000/0f37/newsletter/stringio.jpg?1414073060)