Housing tissue project

Nguyen Khoa Diem

Builing housing cluster for low-income people in Binh Tan industrial zone

In the project, we tried to design a flexible house within area of 60m2 for low-income people ( the workers ) in Binh Tan industrial zones. The house must be low cost, flexible and reasonable for a typical family of 4 people living in.

After create 4 single separating pavilions, we will adapt those 4 into 6 different modules of dwelling combination. The combination process’s purpose is to make a diverse, complex and flexible housing cluster for the social housing project, as well as making a changeable landscape generally. The project was made throughout great community discussion process in order to serve exact habits, needs and requirements of low-income people in industrial zones.

Users that the design headed to are workers and low-income people from both inside and outside of the industrial zone. The design focused on using the maximum space for trading purpose but still ensure the are and comforts for at least 4 people living in.

On the other hand, the house is flexible in matching with others houses due to its only one elevation. The house was designed with 1 ground floor and 1 mezzanine floor with a 3-step-stair was used as a step of space changing from semi-private to private space.

The house contains many outstanding features with good living space, illumination, ventilation and especially a wide range of observation. Space is limited but widgets are well arranged. A unique design of the house is that it has a flexible space, the living room in the morning turns into bedroom for kids in the evening.

In the morning, in front yard is used for trading purpose, while it turns into drying clothes space in the evening. Flexible walls using wheels lying on rail in order to change function of space using as it could be openspace in the morning and being private room in the evening.

The house is 56m2, 40m2 is flexible

Pink: Single bedroom Purple: Double bedroom

1 way to approach, 2 sides for matching as light and ventilation can come from 2 sides.