項目名稱：樹屋（House for Trees）

　　項目位置：越南胡志明市

　　設計單位：VTN Architects (Vo Trong Nghia Architects)

　　主創設計師：Vo Trong Nghia, Masaaki Iwamoto, Kosuke Nishijima (3 principals)

　　建筑師： Nguyen Tat Dat

　　承包商：Wind and Water House JSC

　　建成時間：2014

　　項目類型：私人住宅

　　建筑總面積：226 ㎡

　　用地面積：474.32m2

　　占地面積: 111.66m2

　　攝影師：Hiroyuki Oki

　　在快速城市化的情況下，越南的城市已經不再像從前一樣有蔓延生長的熱帶森林。以胡志明市為例，整個城市只有0.25%的面積被綠化覆蓋。摩托車的過度使用造成了交通堵塞和嚴重的空氣污染。因此，城市地區的新一代居民正逐步失去與自然的聯系。

　　Under rapid urbanization, cities in Vietnam have diverged far away from their origins as rampant tropical forests. In Ho Chi Minh City, as an example, only 0.25% area of the entire city is covered by greenery. Over-abundance of motorbikes causes daily traffic congestion as well as serious air pollution. As a result, new generations in urban areas are losing their connections with nature.

　　“樹屋”（House for Trees）的預算為15.5萬美元，旨在為了改變當前城市存在的這種情況。項目目標是讓綠色空間回歸城市，讓高密度住宅能夠容納高大的熱帶樹木。這里有五個混凝土建成的方盒形空間，每個盒子都有不同的功能。它們被設計成“花盆”，頂部種植有樹木。由于土層較厚，這些“花盆”還可以被用作雨水蓄水池。因此，當這個設計理念在未來應用到大量的房屋時，將有助于降低城市中發生洪水的風險。

　　"House for Trees", a prototypical house within a tight budget of 155,000 USD, is an effort to change this situation. The aim of project is to return green space into the city, accommodating high-density dwelling with big tropical trees. Five concrete boxes, each houses a different program, are designed as "pots" to plant trees on their tops. With thick soil layer, these "pots" also function as storm-water basins for detention and retention, therefore contribute to reduce the risk of flooding in the city when the idea is multiplied to a large number of houses in the future.