Townhouse, also known as tube house, is a familiar term for houses that are modest in width, length and continuous proximity to each other on an alley or route, this structure is not strange to those who live in the city. densely populated city like Saigon.
The main challenge for this structure is the ventilation and natural brightness. The house needs to collect sunlight while it might be shaded by the surrounding dwellings. Moreover, the requirement of many floors for different living purposes also worsen the problem.
The usual effective measures to solve the problem of ventilation and light for these houses are skylights carved in the interior position to increase the area exposed to nature. The disconnection reduces the continuity of the atrium and instead the redirection of the stairs significantly avoids the feeling of depth in the skylight structure of multi-storey buildings. In this house, the skylight and the staircase system are arranged alternately to help access the rooms easily while still effectively retaining natural light into the building.
Based on the needs of the homeowner, preferred use spaces are placed in the front, maximizing exposure to the natural environment in front of the house. behind.
The auxiliary spaces, skylights, and stairs become transitional spaces between the main function rooms and the direction of light and ventilation inside the house.
