© Quang Dam

广坝

架构师提供的文本描述。这是胡志明市第三区一条小巷里的老房子。部分土地是越南城市的典型长屋，特别是在胡志明市。

Text description provided by the architects. It is the old house in an alley on District 3, Ho Chi Minh City. The partial of land is the typical long house in the cities of Vietnam, especially in Ho Chi Minh City.

 © Quang Dam

广坝

投资者从小就在这里，被认为是家庭成员的出生地。然而，重建房屋的计划从10年前开始，但由于一些意想不到的原因而被推迟。经过10年的施工，采用了绝对的新设计。建造房子就是实现投资者的愿望：加强家庭中每个人之间的联系，特别是建立一个她的老母亲喜欢看到她的孩子和孙子们一起玩耍、生活在一起的家。

The investor has been here since her childhood, it is considered as the birthplace of family members. The Plan to rebuild the house started since 10 years ago, however, has been postponed, due to some unexpected reasons. After 10 years, the construction is implemented by an absolute new design. To build the house is to realize the Invester’s wish: to strengthen the bond between everyone in the family, especially, to create a home, where her old mother enjoys seeing her children and grandchildren playing, living with each other.

 © Quang Dam

广坝

 © Quang Dam

广坝

/House被定义为“包含空间”：里面有许多小空间的大空间。它包含了几代人在家庭中的大部分活动。每个房间都是一间按照垂直放置的房子，就像一个小联盟。创造“包含空间”，就是把大家庭的小家庭联系起来，滋润和容纳所有功能的变化，然后不时地对成员进行需求。

/ House was concepted as a “Containing Space”: the large space that has many smaller ones inside. It contains most of activities of generations in the family. Each room is a house that put in accordance with the vertical as a small union. To create the “Containing Space” is to connect the small families of the Bigger One, as well as nourishing and containing all the changes of function followed by demandings of the members from time to time. 

 © Quang Dam

广坝

对这个房子来说，形式不是最重要的。生活在里面的家庭成员之间的精神、感情和纽带是。

For this house, Form is not the most important thing. The spirits, the feelings and the bonds between the family members living inside are.

 © Quang Dam

广坝

Architects Time Architects

Location Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Architect in Charge Nguyen Duy

Area 500.0 m2

Project Year 2017

Photographs Quang Dam

Category Houses