OM House by An Nam Design and Build
OM House is a private villa for a family including parents, son and daughter. Located in Da Nang, Vietnam, the house is designed by An Nam Design and Build with a closed facade and big garden inside, creating a greenery space inside the city. The living space is surrounded by variety garden for many outdoor activities. The harmonious combination of raw concrete ceiling and natural materials brings an original feeling of nature and creates calm, relaxation.
Private Villa For Family Dialogues With Nature
OM House is a private villa for a family including parents, son and daughter. Located in an urban area with a high density of building, adjacent to dusty and noisy highways, with the desire to find tranquility and harmony with nature, this house is designed with a closed facade and big garden inside, creating a greenery space inside the city.
Living Space Supported By Enveloping Sharing Space
The living space is surrounded by variety garden for many outdoor activities: Swimming pool, fish pond, fruit tree garden and vegetable garden. The villa includes: 2 storeys main house and a small retreat house. With a building ratio of 47%, the design supports the surrounding outdoor spaces.
Sandstone Wall Envelopes Includes Function Rooms
The villa is enveloped by a spiral-shaped sandstone wall that run throughout the house, create a privacy facade to block the view from outside. The spaces are arranged along the sandstone wall that continuously elongates from closed space to open space, reach the garden. The boundary between inside and outside is blurred.
Open Space Connects Views Air Ventilation
The front facade faces northwest, exposed to heavy west sunlight in the afternoon, so the sloping roof and deep porch prevent direct sunlight and rain, creating a comfortable semi outdoor space. In the main house, the living room, kitchen, reading area on 1st floor create an Z- Shape open space connect the frontyard and backyard, create air ventilation and receiving cool breezes from the Southeast.
Second Floor Features Private Cozy Living Space
The 2nd floor is more private and cozy feeling, including: the Master bedroom, small bedroom, worship room and a flexible open-close working space. The 2nd floor and the 1st floor are connected by a large void in the center of the house, connecting the view and natural ventilation.
Retreat House Dining Space Pool House Garden Connection
The retreat house includes 2 guest bedrooms and an outdoor kitchen next to a large porch directly connected to the swimming pool and garden.
Harmonious Raw Concrete Wooden Materials Design
Natural material are carefully selected and skillfully handcrafted which include: sandstone walls, basalt floor, and Teak wood for floor, door, furniture. The harmonious combination of raw concrete ceiling and natural materials bring an original feeling of nature and creates calm, relaxation.
Renew Tropical Vernacular Elements Traditional House Spirit
In this house, the concept goal is to create open space in living space, renew tropical vernacular element, and find the spirit of traditional Vietnamese housing in harmony with nature.
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