Thursday, October 28, 2010
Competition Entry | Porous Office Building,Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam By Leong Leong
In Collaboration with MADA Spam
This design rejects hi-tech environmental solutions in favor of low-tech passive environmental principals achieved through a porous building mass. The design offers an open-type passive office building with a minimized environmental load, capitalizing on the tropical environment of Ho Chi Minh City. Porosity offers efficient ventilation in both the horizontal and the vertical direction. The individual tubes act as air channels that capitalize on pressure differences, introducing fresh air in the building and exhausting stale air...visit Leong Leong
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