Architecture Asia Special Issue - ARCASIA Awards for Architecture 2020

JURY CITATION
The project demonstrates a creative roof solution for a low-cost house, which
provides a planting terrace for the users, who are actually farmers living in a
Vietnamese village massively influenced by rapid urbanization. The architect
designed a house not just to satisfy the basic living condition but also to help
the locals adapt to urban life in a more familiar way. The house was built of local
materials and is in good condition of ventilation and daylighting. The roof provides
a place for not only vegetable planting but also a better living environment
in terms of temperature. The Red Roof stands out as an eminent project as it
brings insights into the rethinking of urban periphery and the conflicts between
farmlands, farmers, and rapid urbanization, which is happening in most Asian
countries. It is thus awarded the Gold Winner by the jury.
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