Stacking Green – Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam
Building: Stacking Green
Type: Residential
Location: Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam
Architect: Vo Trong Nghia Architects
Environmental Engineer: Trong Dao Khoai
Structural Engineer: Xuan Luu Thai
AE Interests: Green façade and roof top garden protect its inhabitants from the direct sunlight, street noise and pollution, natural ventilation and top-lights help save energy costs, automatic irrigation pipes inside planters for convenience [a]
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Vietnam Pavilion in Milan EXPO 2015 – Milan, Italy
Building: Vietnam Pavilion in Milan EXPO 2015
Location: Via Giorgio Stephenson, 107, 20157 Milano, Italy
Architect: Vo Trong Nghia Architects
General Contractor: Proger Spao
Engineering and management: Proger Spao, BMS Progettio
Dynamic modeling of internal mobility: Systematica Srl
Fire safety: Zomraude Chantal Chalouhi
Main contractor: Proger Spao
Bamboo contractor: Vo Trong Nghia Architects
Area: 571.0 sqm
Site Area: 887 sqm
Completed: 2015
AE Interests: Use of bamboos as construction materials, low-carbon and sustainable materials, shadows to drop solar radiation, microclimate inside building, energy-saving building [a], interesting geometry
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Farming Kindergarten – Biên Hòa, Vietnam
Building: Farming Kindergarten
Location: Biên Hòa, Vietnam
Architect: Vo Trong Nghia Architects, Takashi Niwa, Masaaki Iwamoto
Project Team: Tran Thi Hang, Kuniko Onishi
Completed: 2013
Green building consultant: Melissa Merryweather
Analysis: Environment Simulation Inc.
Size: 3800.0 sqm
AE Interests: Solar water heating, green roof as insulation, green facade as shading and solar water heating, factory wastewater used for flushing toilet water and irrigating greenery, shading instead of air conditioning, local materials and low-tech construction methods to save costs, farming on roof, green façade, windows maximize the cross ventilation and natural lighting, reduced running costs [a], interesting geometry
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