The house has a frontage of only 3 m thanks to a unique solution

KTS AD + studio offered a solution to divide the SHIFT houses into two parts by height, pushing back the upper architectural block.

KTS AD + studio said that when receiving the project, the architect realized many disadvantages in the construction context. First, the project is located on the ramp that connects two major roads in the area and has no setback space.

Second, the three sides around the house are obscured by neighboring houses with an average height of three stories. The third is to ask the landlord to wish to arrange multiple private rooms for a family of five in limited space of 36 m².

The architect has overcome the limitation of the location of the project to ensure there is a separate function room for a family of five.

With a high usage density of 10 main spaces including five bedrooms and a number of extra spaces just arranged around the traffic axis.

First, KTS AD + studio offers a solution to divide the building into two parts by height, pushing back the upper architectural block backwards.

This setback will change the elevation of the front façade, the rear part not visible from the street, keeping the house in the neighborhood proportionally.

The recoil of the above volume also increases the natural contact area for the stratosphere, optimally exploiting the light from the east façade.

The architect pushed back the upper architectural block to the back of the house.

With a fairly narrow area, the architect designed a medium-sized kitchen that is arranged on the ground floor, enough for family use.

Functional space is pushed back.

The space in front of the house is planted with many trees.

Next, two floors are arranged in the middle and the end of the building. The rear floor is almost just the ventilation road, which helps to correct the angular ground. The main floor in the middle is only allowed to occupy a small area out of a total of 36 m² of floor area.

The SHIFT concept of functional space towards the East of the architect will create an oblique space, maximizing sunlight for the kitchen and dining area in the morning. This is the most active time of the day.

This procedure is also used for the rear floor clearance, increasing ventilation efficiency, taking in light, and at the same time unifying an overall architectural shape reaching forward.

Two floors are arranged in the middle and the bottom of the house.

A solution to compose the vertical space will not guarantee the intensity of the light, so the architect implements the concept of translating.

That is translating

The functional space faces east to create an oblique void, maximizing sunlight for the kitchen and dining area in the morning.

The stairs change flexibly according to the height and corresponding position between the floors, depending on the oblique direction of the floor pine core.

The ladder body and tread surface use a material that has partial light penetration, allowing light to creep in, creating a shadow effect on the surrounding surfaces.

The ladder body and tread have plenty of gaps to allow light to penetrate to create a shadow effect.

The bedroom has a large, well-ventilated door

KTS AD + studio shared: “The construction site is located next to Cholon, an area full of Chinese culture in Saigon.

With the effort to create a new architecture but not too unfamiliar with the surroundings, the combination of details, selection of materials, colors and decorative lines of the building are inspired by us. from this perspective. ”