Case Study 5

HUMAN’S OPTIONAL USE

by H&P Architects in Vietnam (2000)

Cognitive Analysis

The HOUSE is composed of three major components: a reinforcing steel frame, a two-layer covering, and the supply and installation of furniture. It may be utilised in a variety of vulnerable locations, including rural areas, flooded areas, and resettlement - low income areas. HOUSEs are set out and built in various ways to produce a calm populated area with uninterrupted open spaces for everybody. HOUSE may also be utilised as a multi-functional venue for educational, healthcare, and community events thanks to its flexibility in spatial design which fits most functions.

Spatial Solution

Having the floor planning limited to only 6 by 6 meters square, the designers reach out to different dimensions where the design would play out significantly - flexibility and suitability to local context.

types of multipoint joints

Structure

Users will be able to immediately engage as producers of materials (cover and completed parts) available in their area, thereby contributing to the creation of jobs, the formation of homes, the promotion of renewable energy development (roof is a large surface to convert solar energy into electricity and collect rain water), and the restoration of ecological balance as well as economic stability for vulnerable population communities. flexibility in mass orientation

flexibility in structural patterns

Case Study 6:

BLOOMING BAMBOO HOME

by H&P Architects in Vietnam (2013)

Feasibility

The users can construct the house on their own in 25 days. Furthermore, it is mass-produced with modules, and the overall cost of the house is only $2500. As a result, the house can warm people in the most extreme situations and help them govern future actions, as well as significantly contribute to ecological growth and economic stabilisation.

Cognitive Analysis

Blooming Bamboo House has its design heavily based on assisting disaster victims to reassure themselves and strengthen their mental health. Each home is simply constructed with bolting, binding, hanging, and putting... from the bamboo module of f8f10cm & f4-f5cm diameter and 3.3m or 6.6 length. This drawn monolithic design is sturdy enough to withstand events such as 1.5m-high floods. H&P Architects is now testing the model in a 3m-high flood. The area may be used for a variety of purposes, including a house, an educational facility, a medical facility, and a community centre, and it can be expanded if necessary.

Sustainable Strategy

The ability to sustain flood mostly comes from the unique feature of Blooming Bamboo House’s design. Its foundation is extendable for insertion of inflatables giving the structure the capability to go with the flow.