Tropical Space is a Ho Chi Minh City–based studio offering master planning, architecture, landscape, and interior design services with a deep understanding of Southeast Asia’s cultural and climatic context. Founded in 2011, the practice specializes in creating buildings that respect the natural beauty of raw, local materials—especially small, handcrafted clay bricks—while fostering harmony between people, structures, and tropical nature.
Whether working on low‑budget homes or high‑end developments, Tropical Space rigorously balances site conditions, occupant needs, and financial constraints. Each project becomes a laboratory for innovation: testing vernacular materials’ forms, structural possibilities, and construction techniques to achieve durability and comfort in Vietnam’s hot, humid climate. By collaborating with skilled local artisans and prioritizing a symbiotic relationship with the environment, the studio consistently delivers context‑responsive architecture that thrives in its tropical setting.
LOCATION: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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Tropical Space’s Nhà Bè House offers a serene sanctuary for four sisters and their mother to reconnect with family memories while embracing the rhythms of Vietnam’s peri‑urban landscape. Through thoughtful courtyards, passive cooling strategies, and a continuous…
The Vietnam traditional house is stretched from front to back creating continuous functional spaces. These spaces’ boundaries are estimated by light with different intensity and darkness. The layout utilizes the wind direction of the local area in…
Termitary House was designed by Vietnamese studio Tropical Space. The house is built with baked bricks on an area of 80 square meters and is situated in a tropical climate zone.
