Hanging gardens' add lush appeal to Vietnamese homes

Thu, Aug 20, 2020, 09:10:00

The green lungs of many abode, balcony gardens mitigate the toxicity of urban living.

The green lungs of many abode, balcony gardens mitigate the toxicity of urban living.

A 35-square-meter house in Hanoi's Dong Da District employs a steel girder tree system to act as both sun- and a rain-proof barrier. Photo by Farming Architects.

The steel girder system also prevents burglars from entering the house and affords homeowners greater privacy. Photo by Farming Architects.

This old four-storey tube house, covering an area of 49-square-meters in Hanoi, faces straight west-southwest and attracts a considerable amount of heat from noon to late afternoon. Protruding ‘near brutalist’ balconies are filled with trees to block dust rising from the street and reduce sunlight. Photo by Hoang Le.

A closer look at the "hanging garden." Photo by Hoang Le.

Located on a 500-meter-square plot in Ha Long Town, northern Quang Ninh Province, this house includes layers of interior and semi-exterior spaces filled with forest-like greenery. Photo by Hiroyuki Oki.

Each tree is deciduous, changing leaves based on season. Photo by Hiroyuki Oki.

Sky House, located on a 240-square-meter plot amid numerous skyscrapers in Ho Chi Minh City, features a ten "hanging gardens", creating a link between nature and inhabitants caught in the urban rat crawl. Photo by Hiroyuki Oki.

Minimalist and modern, the house blends well with its natural protrusions. Photo by Hiroyuki Oki.

Located on a 37-square-meter plot in Ho Chi Minh City, homeowners of this house designed a vertical garden to limit the effects of urban pollution and block excessive sunlight. Photo by Hiroyuki Oki.