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“记忆”是为一个三代家庭而设计的建筑工程-越南特色之一-文化传统是让祖父母、父母和孩子都住在同一栋房子里。这个项目的空间结构需要解决两个年轻家庭和一个老人之间可能出现的日常问题。另外，在三代人的生活方式中没有句法成分的情况下，这种关系、相关性和碰撞也是一个很大的挑战。为了解决这一问题，我们有意识地设计了一个大房子，里面有两个较小的私人住宅，但它们有共同的前院和后院；最后，所有的结构都是一块的。

“The Memory” is an architectural project that is designed for a family of 3 generations – One of the specific characteristics of the Vietnamese - cultural tradition is having the grandparents, the parents and the children all living together in the same house.The spatial structure of this project requires a solution to solve basis daily issues that could arise between 2 young families and an elderly. In addition, the relation, the correlation and  the collision occur when there is no syntony in the lifestyles of the 3 generations  is also a big challenge. In order to solve this problem, we consciously design a big house with 2 smaller private houses inside but they have the common front yard as well as back yard; at the end, all of the structures come together as one block .

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建立第二活动区和一条通向房子后面的走道，有助于分隔这两个家庭的日常生活活动，防止它们相互碰撞；然而，这所房子仍然是一个供孩子们玩耍和整个家庭相互联系的连续空间。结构的正门让我们想起了越南传统房屋的“门廊屋顶”，它就像一个由树木和水组成的露台空间，主入口也比地面更高，形成了一个足够大的通风空间。“Ngạch cửa”-越南房子的一个有趣的细节-是一个他们可以坐在、放松或与邻居聊天的地方，尤其是这也是孩子们最喜欢的游戏空间。客厅似乎是一个小的室内庭院，那里的光线总是变化，这是一个愉快的亮点，当我们踏进这个空间。

The creation of a secondary activity area and a walkway to the back of the house  helps segregating daily life activities of the 2 families and preventing them from colliding with each other; however, the house is still a continuous space for the children to play and the whole family to connect with one another. The main entrance of structure reminds us of “porch roof”  of a traditional Vietnamese house, it is like a terrace space made of trees and water .The main entrance is also higher lifted than the floor to create a gap that is big enough for ventilation. “Ngạch cửa” – an interesting detail of a Vietnamese house – is a place where they can sit,  relax, or chat with their neighbors;  especially, this is also - the children’ favorite playing space . The living room seems to be a small indoor yard where the light always changes, this is an enjoyable highlight when we step into this space.

此外，我们希望保留的这个项目的一个重点是50年前由祖父自己建造的旧瓷砖屋顶，这是在新房子建成之前的50年。这个屋顶是中心，也是过渡空间，它被认为是这栋房子整体结构的灵魂。平铺屋顶下的空间是全家人每晚共进晚餐的地方-分享故事，回忆过去的回忆。屋顶上方的空间变成了一个多用途的地方，供孩子们放松或读书.

In addition, one focus point of this project which we want to retain is the old tiled roof which was built by the grandfather himself about 50 years ago before the new house was constructed. This roof is the center and also  the transitional space, it is seen as the soul of the overall structure of this house. The space below this tiled roof is the place where the whole family have dinner together everynight -, share stories as well as recalling past memories. The space above the roof  is transformed into a multi-purposed place for the children - to relax or reading book....

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用“khoảng trống”和自然光巧妙地处理，我们可以很容易地从里面感受到外面的天气。还仔细考虑了空间比率，以便在一个空间和另一个空间、光明和黑暗、现代和传统之间建立必要的对比。空间的高度与空旷的空间相关联，给人们带来了自我的感觉，使人们在里面过着舒适的生活。除了比例、空间、光线和阴影之外，我们还把一些树放进“记忆”中，让每一个进入“记忆”的人都能真实而紧密地感受到一切，树木是房子的视觉和物质块之间的平衡点，它们也具有感觉平衡的作用。

With "Khoảng trống" and natural light cleverly tackled, we can easily feel the outside weather from the inside. The spatial ratio is also carefully considered to create necessary contrast between one space and another, light and darkness, modern and tradition. The height of the space is correlated with the empty spaces to bring the edequate sensation and make the people feel comfortable living inside. Beside ratio, space, light, and shadow, we also put into some trees  so that everyone who comes in “the memory” can feel everything truely and closely.The trees are the balancing points between the visual and material blocks of the house, they also have sensation-balancing ef

“记忆”不仅仅是一座房子，它还会让家庭成员想起他们失去的亲人。按照“不生，不死”的哲学，当我们失去了心爱的家人时，悲伤将永远存在，但实质是“不生，不死”。我们相信，在这个房子里，在这个空间里，已故祖父和父亲的灵魂将永远存在-在每一块瓷砖、柱子、细节中.是祖先自己做的。。

“The Memory” is not just a house, it also reminds the family members of  of their lost ones. According to the “No born, no die” philosophy, when we lose a beloved family member, the grief will always be there but the essence is in fact  “no born, no die”. We believe that in this house, in this space, the soul of the late grandfather and father will always exist  - in every single tile, pillar, detail... which was made by the ancestors themselves. .

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“记忆”旨在澄清旧与新、光明与黑暗、传统与现代之间的对比概念。这个项目的目的是阻止人们把自己束缚在一种感觉上，把它当作唯一的真理。当你不局限于一种感觉的时候，你就自由了。

“The Memory” aims to clear out the notion about the contrast between oldness and newness, light and darkness, tradition and modern. The project aims to stop people from tying themselves to one perception and taking it as the only truth. When you are not tied to one perception only, you are free.

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Architects 23o5studio

Location tp. Thủ Dầu Một, Vietnam

Category Houses

Architect in Charge Ngô Việt Khánh Duy

Project Year 2015

Photographs Quang Dam