架构师提供的文本描述。这座房子建在西贡的一个居民区，宽8米，深22米。这座房子是为一对夫妇和他们的3个孩子设计的，分为两部分：

Text description provided by the architects. The house is built on a 8m wide and 22m deep plot in a residential district of Saigon. Designed for a couple and their 3 young kids, the house is organized in two parts :

前面的第一个街区与入口、起居室和厨房合并在一起，形成了一个很大的开放空间，鼓励了家庭成员之间的互动。在穿过一个带有大屋顶的小室内花园后，第二个街区在一楼有两个孩子的卧室，父母套房和一楼的另一个卧室。

A first block in the front with entrance, living area and kitchen, merged all together in one large open space, encouraging interaction between family's members. After crossing a small interior garden with a large roof opening, a second block with the two kid's bedrooms on the ground floor, parental suite and an additional bedroom on the first floor.

 ground floor plan

该项目的挑战是在预算非常有限的情况下建造一座具有“高端感觉”的当代房屋，因此建筑要素非常简单(混凝土结构、砖瓦、瓷砖、瓦楞铁皮屋顶和绝缘材料层叠而成)，而家具和设备则处于高质量的装修中。

The challenge of this project was to build a contemporary house with a “high end feeling” in a very restrictive budget, for this reason architectural elements are really simple ( concrete structure, brickworks, ceramic tiles, corrugated iron roof layered with insulating material) while furniture and equipment are in a high quality finishing.

自然通风(通过立面上的顶部框架百叶窗，玻璃屋顶和后庭院的开口)，间接自然光和前立面的一个大的悬空屋顶，以防止直接的阳光照射，使房子舒适的生活。与前院种植的多种“内-外”视觉联系，一楼带有热带植物和竹子盆栽的室内花园，在一个高密度社区的中间创造了一个放松和私密的环境。

Natural ventilation (through top frame louvers on the facade, openings in the glass roof and back courtyard), indirect natural light and a large overhang roof on the front elevation to prevent direct sun light, make the house comfortable to live. The multiple "inside-outside" visual connections with the front courtyard planted, the interior garden with tropical plants and bamboo planted pots on the first floor create a relaxing and private environment in the middle of a high density neighborhood.

本项目旨在结合传统的建筑原则、低成本的材料解决方案和现代设计，为越南人中程城市住宅的构想提供一种可供选择的途径。

This project intends to bring an alternative approach for the conception of middle range Vietnamese urban house, combining traditional construction principles, low cost material solutions and contemporary design.