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Being approximately 20km apart from the center of Ho Chi Minh City, Sen Village is a new residential area with 2,200 houses.
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As a heart of this area, a community center with the capacity of 250 people is designed by using bamboo and thatch.
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The building has a simple umbrella-like structure which consists of 28 pure bamboo frame units. The each frame forms an arch shape, creating a large circular hall with a diameter of 22m when it gathers.
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The hall is used by citizens of Sen Village for various activities such as parties, banquets, exhibitions, and music performances.
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Periphery of the hall consists of 4-meter-wide terrace and a function volume which contains some private rooms, bathrooms, a kitchen and a small office.
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The thatched roof overhangs to this area and it achieves 30-meter diameter.
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Regardless of the shrouding shape of the roof, the interior space needs no artificial lighting for daytime uses as a skylight and open periphery provide defused daylight.
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The skylight also functions to discharge hot air from the top of the roof as breeze cooled by adjacent pond flows through the building.
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These passive design methods contribute to reducing energy consumption and keeping the building away from air conditioning use. Source by Vo Trong Nghia Architects.
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Location: Long An, Vietnam
Architect: Vo Trong Nghia Architects
Principal: Vo Trong Nghia
Architects: Nguyen Huu Son Duong, Nguyen Van Thien
Contractor: Wind and Water House JSC
Client: Phuc Khang Corporation
Site Area: 48ha
GFA: 1,395 m2
Year: 2015
Photographs: Quang Tran, Courtesy of Vo Trong Nghia Architects
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