丨越南胡志明市丨MM++ architects

Architects:MM++ architects

Area:255m²

Year:2025

Photographs:Hiroyuki Oki

Lead Architects:Pham Thi My An

Category:Houses

Lead Team:Pham Thi My An

Design Team:Tran Dac

Technical Team:Toan Nguyen, Ngo Thuy, Kha Tu, Kim Hiep

City:Ho Chi Minh City

Country:Vietnam

Text description provided by the architects. Located in a quiet riverside residential area, far from the city center, Black Cube House is a renovation project of a four-storey townhouse, built in 2019. The house has three open sides and a wide view of the Saigon River. However, the old space organization made the house lack light, stuffy, and not suitable for the open and nature-friendly lifestyle of the homeowner.

The main constrain was to keep the existing structure, while reorganizing the traffic flow and improving the quality of living. The proposed design solution was to move the elevator shaft, creating a clear skylight from the roof to the ground floor to bring natural light and ventilation deep through the house, helping the space to be airy and save energy.

Around the house, reinforced concrete flower pots are attached to the existing frame system, creating additional green layers at different heights. The facade of the building is covered by a system of black oiled wood slats that can be opened and closed flexibly, both providing shade and creating privacy, and playing the main role in shaping the building. The overall building is shaped like a black box - calm and solid, embracing the vitality radiating from within.

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