TH Milk Eco Community | Andre Bilokur, architect.

The master plan concept for the 29 hectare “new village” is to be a model of sustainable planning on a plateau for 136 detached villas in 500m2 plots, a community center and schools.

The design clearly organizes building types and site circulation and integrates them into the contours of the site, creating a distinctive master plan pattern. The layout is also influenced by client requests for green design principles including minimizing disturbance to the land, wastewater management, spaces for walking and bicycling in the roadways, and adherence to Feng Shui principles for plot shape and orientation.

The majority of the plots are arranged in an efficient grid on the flattest part of the site, along gently sloping streets. The plots are carefully positioned so that when houses face each other they are at the same elevation, and that each has equal access to site drainage. They are also oriented to minimize exposure to the strong sun coming from the west, helping to save energy. There are 102 of these typical plots, with a 20m frontage and 25m deep.

In addition, 34 feature plots with a wider 25m frontage are eased into steeper areas of the hillside in graceful arcs. Because these lots are positioned only on one side of their street and are only 20m deep, 5m less than the typical plot, these blocks can step down the hillside in terraces.

The community center contains a health and fitness center, café/restaurant, and accommodates the weekly Sunday farmer’s market. A jogging path circles the site. A pool and terrace area is strategically sited at a promontory giving fantastic views to the surrounding landscape. The road continues from the community center downhill to the kindergarten and primary school. Other amenities include “High Point Park” for family cookouts, and a children’s amphitheater and play area.

29.4ha
136 plots
500m2 plot area

HCMS

VIETNAM

2014

Type

Multifamily & Residential

Firm

Archetype

Role

Project Architect