Flying Vegetation

The house belongs to a series exploring agritecture, joining architecture with agriculture as farmland shrinks under rapid urbanisation. It stands in a new urban area facing a shared neighbourhood garden, which led the Vietnamese design team to a screen of planting that buffers noise and dust while keeping the green in view.

The front and back are made of columns of hanging plant pots that seem to float, blurring the line between building and landscape like living by a forest or a rice field. The frames can open where pots sit, so plants can be tended and replaced, and the pots are staggered so each grows well.

The owners live on the lower three floors and rent the upper two in a non-profit spirit of shared living, with the third floor and roof as common spaces for all residents. Trees and soil, the raw material of tiles and ceramic jars, bring together people from many places in one house.