This narrow single family house located in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, was designed in 2015 by MM ++ Architects.

Description by MM ++ Architects
In the fast growing Vietnamese economy, ways of living are changing and middle class people tend to prefer living in high rise building apartment rather than in the typical small urban alley, called ?H?m?.
H?m are now considered by many people as dirty, crowded and unsafe.
However, they are a vital component of Ho Chi Minh City street network and the social life of the city?s inhabitants.
Far from any conceptual statement, this project proposes an alternative, showing potential rehabilitation of this urban fabric in need of revitalization.
Site Characteristics
The house is built on an irregular shaped 4m wide and 8m deep plot in a typical small alley of Phu Nhan District, a heavily populated central district of Ho Chi Minh City. It was designed for a Family of 4 members, on 4 levels: Ground floor, mezzanine, 2 floors and roof terrace. The project sticks to this irregular shape, except on the front where a balcony and a small courtyard create a ?buffer space? between the public space and the house. The roof terrace, accessible, connects the house?s inhabitants with the city scape.
The site is surrounded by disparate constructions and the environment is visually chaotic.
Space Optimization and Coziness
With 32 m2 per floor, layout and interior design are the key factors to optimize each space in order to meet all t...