Ngoi Space: Turning a traditional Vietnamese roof on its side – literally!

On a bustling corner-site in a residential area outside Hanoi, Vietnam, H&P Architects craft an eye-catching and sustainable community hub with walls of traditional Vietnamese roof tiles. Conceptualised around two primitive shelters, the Tree - multiple spatial layers intertwined like branches, and the Cave - an open communal space, this multi-purpose building commands attention with its characteristic facade. A stunning curtain of roof tiles drapes the five-storey structural concrete-and-steel frame and primary glass facade to create an extraordinary space, incorporating existing trees with punctures in the floor slabs. The porous second skin spotlights 20,000 Viglacera Dong Anh tiles stacked in […]