Cuckoo House / Tropical Space

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Hòa Xuân, Vietnam
  • Architects: Tropical Space
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  274
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2019
  • Photographs
    Photographs:Oki Hiroyuki
  • Lead Architects: Nguyen Hai Long, Tran Thi Ngu Ngon, Nguyen Anh Duc, Teresa Tran
Cuckoo House / Tropical Space - Exterior Photography, Brick, Facade, Windows, Arch
© Oki Hiroyuki

Text description provided by the architects. The Cuckoo House is a house for 4 people (parents and 2 kids) combining with a coffee shop located in Da Nang, Vietnam and designed by Tropical Space in 2018. The project is built by the local clay brick which brings a familiar feeling to the user and has the architectural shape reminding about the Cuckoo Clock

Cuckoo House / Tropical Space - Exterior Photography, Brick, Facade
© Oki Hiroyuki
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Cuckoo House / Tropical Space - Interior Photography, Bedroom
© Oki Hiroyuki

 The Cuckoo house includes three blocks which is connected by the buffer layers. These blocks place on another rectangular block which is function as a base. This base block is the coffee shop with the garden as outdoor area and the indoor space.

Cuckoo House / Tropical Space - Exterior Photography
© Oki Hiroyuki
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Cuckoo House / Tropical Space - Image 5 of 38
© Oki Hiroyuki

 Three blocks above are separated functional spaces of the house and linked by the buffer layers which is un-fully covered.

Cuckoo House / Tropical Space - Exterior Photography, Windows, Brick
© Oki Hiroyuki

 Block A is the master bedroom including two floors. The upper floor is the bedroom and the other one is bathroom and walk-in closet. Block B also has two floors. The upper floor is the kids’ bedroom and the bellow is the living room. Block C accommodates the kitchen and dining table.

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© Oki Hiroyuki

 Like a habit, most of people’ daily activities usually take place in functional spaces, Tropical Space detaches walls which are used to defined the place and offer the buffer space to urge people leave their rooms and join together. These buffer layers can be used flexibly, connecting the indoor and the outdoor of the house which could make the family activities could be both private and open, Meanwhile, it allows the breeze go through all corners of the house and make it chill in the tropical summer.

Cuckoo House / Tropical Space - Interior Photography, Windows, Brick, Facade, Arch, Arcade
© Oki Hiroyuki

Originally published on March 24, 2019

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Cite: "Cuckoo House / Tropical Space" 02 May 2020. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/913829/cuckoo-house-tropical-space> ISSN 0719-8884

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