Ms. Ly shared, her 2-bedroom apartment belongs to a high-class project in Ho Chi Minh City, has a surrounding landscape, and the price is also financially suitable. This is also a corner unit, with a clear view. The kitchen and living room are connected, making the space look spacious. The project will be completed in April 2021 with a total cost of about VND 250 million. Due to the limited total area of ​​the apartment, the couple used the Japandi style – a combination of traditional Scandinavian and Japanese styles. Japanese style brings simplicity in interior design, helping to optimize living space, “mixing” Scandinavian characteristics and personality. Japandi apartment has a warm earthy orange color. The grout between the tiles is orange, the color “ton-sur-ton” with the overall apartment. The kitchen cabinet system is streamlined with a series of shelves to reduce the heaviness and also help homeowners display many decor items. The kitchen wall is covered with large-format chopstick-shaped mosaic tiles. From the entrance, the kitchen and living room are designed to be open, creating a seamless and spacious feeling for the space. Initially, the apartment had 2 bedrooms, but colleagues often come to Ms. Ly’s house to work in groups, so she designed 1 bedroom into an office. The main color of the apartment is earthy orange mixed with white, bringing a bright and cozy look. Ms. Ly is an Interior Designer and co-founder of a furniture company. This apartment was designed by the husband and wife themselves. Small round dining table, arranged with an extra “chill” shelf next to the window. False fireplace shows a bit of Nordic style. The decorative shelf is very unique in the shape of a water pipe. The walls are painted with an earthy orange effect and are also earthy. The paint area is only 12m2, but it costs 23kg of effect paint. Before doing it, the paint team had to send Ms. Ly to test the sample 5 times to get the right paint color. The bedroom is equipped with a wardrobe that touches the ceiling combined with convenient shelves, optimizing the living area and storing clothes. The extra bedroom is converted into an office. Ms. Ly added that as an interior designer, when designing her own house, she finds it more difficult than working for guests. Because she herself knows many styles, she must carefully consider her taste, not to let the apartment be confused by many different ideas. “Before you repair your house, you need to clearly define your preferences. Then talk to the architect,” emphasized Tong Ly. Some details have Scandinavian colors. Besides, hiring an architect to design is a good and necessary solution. According to her analysis, this cost will not cost too much compared to the homeowner buying things to arrange but not suitable, not aesthetic … immediately leave, replace. Thus, the cost will be more expensive and time consuming.

Located in a central location on Le Duan Street (Ha Tinh City), Light Coffee has a rustic but no less modern space. The project was constructed within 8 months, including 2 main materials: brick brick and pre-engineered steel frame. The facade of the building is designed with a way from red brick. Coarse, randomly assembled brick walls ensure a solid structure but still ensure aesthetics The stairs are simple but impressive by the pre-engineered steel spiral design. In general, the staircase looks like a large bird cage in the center of the restaurant The roof is roofed with bricks at the top in coordination with the glass and hot-iron below. Both create a unique and make the most of natural light but do not cause heat in summer weather. The cafe is built on an area of ​​118m2 with 2 floors. In addition to the coffee tables, the first floor is also the barista of the bar. The second floor impresses customers with open space from natural light and the system of green trees is arranged appropriately. Not only impressed by its unique appearance, the cafe also attracts customers with green space, prioritizing connection and closeness to nature. The aisle is used to put the coffee table with the view overlooking the outside. Guests can enjoy a drink, while watching the street A corner of the pavement of Light Coffee The lighting system is made from bamboo, creating an overall harmony with the main materials of the restaurant According to the owner of the coffee shop, he himself had to set up the recipe many times to come up with a recipe like the restaurant. The bar space is sparkling at night

Many families do not regret investing large amounts of money to design a sky well with automatic watering systems, waterfalls, tree planting … creating fancy landscapes. However, many families encounter the situation that the roots of the trees are growing too well, causing the tubing tiles to crack, the walls around the garden are damp, insects … According to experts, it is necessary to consider the types of plants and how to grow plants appropriately. Instead of gardening, choose to plant plants in small pots to increase flexibility, and can easily change the habitat for the plant. One of the mistakes of many families is not making the roof of the skylight portable (can be closed – opened flexibly according to use needs). The fixed roof has the advantage of being quite cheap, but in the long run, homeowners will find it very inconvenient. For example, when it is too sunny, the wells cannot be shielded at will, causing the indoor temperature to rise. Meanwhile, mobile cover is the solution that can handle these inconveniences. The biggest advantage of the skylight well is ventilation and light absorption. Therefore, many homeowners take advantage of the space under the skylight to design the dining table, the area of ​​chairs to relax … but do not consider the element of interior materials. It is possible to mention the use of non-durable plastic chairs. When exposed to the sun for a long time, it will become brittle, likely to cause injury to the user. Not designing negative sound for skylight walls is also a mistake of many homeowners. Because, the sound transmitted in the sky well space also creates a resonant effect and is clearer than other areas of the house. The homeowner can add “sound absorption” to the skylight space, by designing rough walls, wall tiles with card bricks, ceiling tiles, natural stone walls … Photo source: Internet Video: House 25m2- the opportunity to have a house for many people? Source: VTV24

To keep your house cool in the Vietnamese climate, first of all, is the layout of the space, the location of light, reasonable wind, and ventilation thanks to open spaces. In addition, the selection of materials also helps to reduce some of the heat. Currently, there are materials on the market that can provide both sound and heat insulation well. Here are some suggestions of architect Bui The Long CTA | Creative Architects about materials that make your house cool year round. Use unburnt lightweight bricks You can use types such as block bricks, unburnt light bricks to help reduce environmental pollution. Solid brick walls, raw and un-painted brick walls also provide good insulation. Soil wall from mountainous ethnic people is now sought by many professional construction companies to apply in construction is also a worthwhile solution in the future. “Breathing brick wall” The use of “breathing brick wall” is also an option. “Breathing brick wall” includes a garden layer of 1.2 – 1.5 m combined with open brick wall, burnt brick built in the direction of continuous brick hole. From there, creating natural air inlets to help ventilate continuously 24/24 for the house. The less building layers of a wall surface, the quicker it heats heat, limiting heat retention, and heating indoor air. Spatial architecture with many layers of side corridor walls is also a method of limiting heat. Roofing tiles The roof is a part of the project that is subject to a considerable heat impact. Roofing with tiles or insulated corrugated iron will dissipate heat better than roofs made of concrete and tile due to the air space between the roof and the ceiling. For light-absorbing glass materials, in order to reduce heat, in addition to the way of insulating film, insulating glass is a good choice with no difference in price. Glass roofs or windows, doors should incorporate slots, ventilation bars to contribute to indoor air circulation. The glass wall material that has air insulation inside the brick is a material that is in common use. Wooden materials Solid wood materials limit heat gain, high inductance but relatively high cost, as well as longevity requirements, durability, so the use accounts for a low proportion of the common materials. The wooden houses have distinct beauty, cooler temperatures than concrete houses are many people love. Depending on the financial size of the homeowner can be considered to design. Using water surface or planting trees to cover walls or roofs, trees in the house is also a natural solution to help reduce heat and cool the house.

Skylights are a popular architectural solution in today’s housing projects, aiming to exploit light and ventilation for townhouses that lack airy surfaces. Being part of a technical element, but a skylight brings a certain aesthetic value and freshness, is a highlight for the interior space of the house.

The skylight next to the stairs, under the skylight is a distinctive staircase as a highlight.

In fact, the sky well has existed since ancient times. In the tube-shaped townhouses in the old quarter of Hanoi, Hoi An, Saigon Cholon area … the well has been applied in construction design to ensure natural lighting and ventilation. These townhouses have a narrow width and great length (depth) – up to tens of meters and also have only 1 or 2 modest open sides (front and back); Meanwhile, the space used by functional rooms stretches along the depth of the house. Skylights here may have roofs, they may not have roofs like an inner courtyard (mostly roofless), architectural form and materials different from current housing, but the nature of the well is still the same. : a clearing from… in the sky, to exploit light and ventilation.

You can watch the whole staircase system from the well.

Skylight is a technical architectural solution to get natural light and ventilation, the solution of microclimate environment; But in fact, the skylight becomes a special space, a highlight of the house. Normally, to exploit the maximum efficiency, the sky well is usually placed in the middle of the house. At that location, sky wells can be exploited to 3 sides (one side is usually adjacent to the boundary wall), for bedroom spaces, toilets, stairs, corridors … or other functional rooms. That central location makes the skylight absorb the vision, make visual impression and easy to invest and care for the beautiful sky, making even the adjacent large space such as the common living room, kitchen … also beautiful. than. Of course, there are also houses with more than one well, and not all houses with a sky well are in the middle of the house.

Skylights are a fairly familiar part of a townhouse today. Sky wells have become necessary, indispensable in the condition of “crowded land”, crowded together in urban areas, and clear conditions of land for house construction are very difficult. There are no similar skylights. Each house is different, each owner has a preference, each architect has an idea … However, there are still common common points to note in order for the “highlight” in the house to be useful in the function. and optimize, as well as overcome disadvantages:

– Sky well is a tube, so the sound transmitted in the well is very clear and resonant. People sitting downstairs talking, people upstairs can hear; lose privacy or annoy each other. So the wall areas in the skylight should not be all smooth and smooth. Need some rough, lumpy patches for sound absorption; such as using hemp paint, cladding natural stone, brick cards, building ceiling tiles …

– If the sky well has no roof, the well bottom must organize the drainage well, and the bottom of the well must be large enough as well as the surrounding area must have a barrier system (walls, walls, doors) for rainwater to fall. Sky well bottom floor does not shoot into the clean living spaces

– With roofed skylights, it is important to note the main wind direction of the area to have a reasonable roof solution, in case when it rains, there is strong wind, it will pour rain through the crevices and openings of the roof to the roof.

– Decorative lights, hanging plants (if any) on the walls of the skylight well must be within reach or have a safety solution to control, avoid difficulties in need of maintenance and repair of lamps – electricity. , take care of bonsai.

– If under the skylight is not a fixed area such as an aquarium, ornamental garden, but a place of passage, or living space; do not hang pots, lamps, or other large – heavy decorations above it can be dangerous.

– The windows, corridors and stairs adjacent to the skylight must have handrails, iron flowers, ensuring safety standards. (height, gap distance)

– In some areas, the summer sun is very hot, especially at noon, the sun shines directly into the wells, which can cause excess light, glare, damage – damage to wooden floors, furniture; It is possible to install a ceiling curtain system under the skylight roof to block the sun and regulate light.