Housing residence Vietnam village retreat calm architecture design wood

Designed by SILAA Architects, Hachi Lily residence is an elegant yet simple residence project made using reclaimed timber. Located in Thuy Bieu Village in Vietnam, the quaint residence offers a calm retreat away from the city hustle and bustle. 

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Tucked into a pomelo village that wrapped by a beautiful winding river before it flows to the center of Hue, a tourist city in the middle of Vietnam, this small timber house named Hachi Lily is built as a bungalow to meet the owner’s dream of creating a “retreat” where the family ( who has come back from a big and noisy city) can enjoy the privacy and fresh atmosphere inside a garden full of pomelo flowers.

Housing residence Vietnam village retreat calm architecture design wood
Housing residence Vietnam village retreat calm architecture design wood

This is also a base for the family to look after a homestay project that will be also built in the pomelo garden as their own business. This 115-square-metre house is designed with composition of a common area,2 bedrooms ,2 restrooms and their surrounding spaces. The common area including living, dining area, kitchenette connects with a veranda that goes along the main façade, facing to a water lily pond in front of the house. There is a small wooden bridge across the pond as the main access.

 
Housing residence Vietnam village retreat calm architecture design wood

The 2 bed rooms and restrooms offered privacy and calming atmosphere by a natural stone wall that wraps around, creating the inner gardens for each space. The outdoor showers are the interesting feature in each inner garden. A timber mezzanine shining by a roof top skylight is the family’s library and storage. It’s interesting to read a book nearby a small window and enjoy the pomelo garden underneath.

Housing residence Vietnam village retreat calm architecture design wood
Housing residence Vietnam village retreat calm architecture design wood
All the spaces of the house are covered by a large slopping roof that brings the shadow and help to adapt the tropical climate of the site where always full of harsh sunlight in the summer and longtime heavy rain in winter.
Most of the furniture, main frame and walls of the house are made of reclaimed lumbers collected from the structure of old demolished buildings. Different types of stone, woodconcreteglassterracottatextile, water, greenery, create a good palette color. The children and their grandmother can have good sleeps in this cozy and calming atmosphere.
Housing residence Vietnam village retreat calm architecture design wood
Housing residence Vietnam village retreat calm architecture design wood
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