项目名称：树屋（House for Trees）

　　项目位置：越南胡志明市

　　设计单位：VTN Architects (Vo Trong Nghia Architects)

　　主创设计师：Vo Trong Nghia, Masaaki Iwamoto, Kosuke Nishijima (3 principals)

　　建筑师： Nguyen Tat Dat

　　承包商：Wind and Water House JSC

　　建成时间：2014

　　项目类型：私人住宅

　　建筑总面积：226 ㎡

　　用地面积：474.32m2

　　占地面积: 111.66m2

　　摄影师：Hiroyuki Oki

　　在快速城市化的情况下，越南的城市已经不再像从前一样有蔓延生长的热带森林。以胡志明市为例，整个城市只有0.25%的面积被绿化覆盖。摩托车的过度使用造成了交通堵塞和严重的空气污染。因此，城市地区的新一代居民正逐步失去与自然的联系。

　　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.

　　“树屋”（House for Trees）的预算为15.5万美元，旨在为了改变当前城市存在的这种情况。项目目标是让绿色空间回归城市，让高密度住宅能够容纳高大的热带树木。这里有五个混凝土建成的方盒形空间，每个盒子都有不同的功能。它们被设计成“花盆”，顶部种植有树木。由于土层较厚，这些“花盆”还可以被用作雨水蓄水池。因此，当这个设计理念在未来应用到大量的房屋时，将有助于降低城市中发生洪水的风险。

　　"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.