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Minimalist Composition with Greenery in Sultry Vietnam

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A facade is employed in creating a sumptuous composition of white walls vibrantly contrasted by buzzing greenery.
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Walk in closer and you realize the green wall surrounds the house on the other side of the living room.

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Now the interior is bright and open and cooled by the greenery without.

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The glorious house in Thảo Điền, District 2, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam is by MM++ architect.

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The vertical garden extends the surrounding vegetation onto the walls and makes the house disappear into the landscape.

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A secluded outdoor shower is set on soft white marble absorbing the sunlight.

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The green walls on both sides create private and blissfully serene bedrooms and bathrooms while allowing natural ventilation.

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The house was renovated from a “pastiche” art deco villa into a contemporary villa with clean lines and open spaces while keeping the existing concrete structure.

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By saving money by keeping the original concrete structure, it was possible to add new elements to the construction.

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Instead of the glaring sunlight now it is dappled by extensive trellises.

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And by using abundant growing life as part of the architectural composition, the structure is reshaped, but also the house is now cooled.

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It is an architectural technique well suited to the local ecosystem.

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The lines of the original art deco house have been extended by new portico supporting the green wall.

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Now the formerly tacky architecture has been refined to its most minimal expression and has become a well-proportioned composition of a simple white cube with two vertical walls of vegetation, bringing it closer to nature.

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