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Minimalist Composition with Greenery in Sultry Vietnam

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A facade is employed in creating a sumptuous composition of white walls vibrantly contrasted by buzzing greenery.

Walk in closer and you realize the green wall surrounds the house on the other side of the living room.

Now the interior is bright and open and cooled by the greenery without.

The glorious house in Thảo Điền, District 2, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam is by MM++ architect.

The vertical garden extends the surrounding vegetation onto the walls and makes the house disappear into the landscape.

A secluded outdoor shower is set on soft white marble absorbing the sunlight.

The green walls on both sides create private and blissfully serene bedrooms and bathrooms while allowing natural ventilation.

The house was renovated from a “pastiche” art deco villa into a contemporary villa with clean lines and open spaces while keeping the existing concrete structure.

By saving money by keeping the original concrete structure, it was possible to add new elements to the construction.

Instead of the glaring sunlight now it is dappled by extensive trellises.

And by using abundant growing life as part of the architectural composition, the structure is reshaped, but also the house is now cooled.

It is an architectural technique well suited to the local ecosystem.

The lines of the original art deco house have been extended by new portico supporting the green wall.

Now the formerly tacky architecture has been refined to its most minimal expression and has become a well-proportioned composition of a simple white cube with two vertical walls of vegetation, bringing it closer to nature.