Building Material

In this project, we are working together in a group to investigate the materials of certain building. We are requested to choose an architect with his/her designed building and analyze the materials used for the building. We are also required to present the produce that what we did and explain briefly how these materials relate with the surrounding context. We are limited to choose a building which only contains at least 3 of the following materials:

-Brick

-Concrete

-Stone

-Glass (compulsory)

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The architect we choosed is Vo Trong Nghia, a Vietnamese and his designed building named Stacking Green House, a residential building contains the element of Japanese Architecture. The Stacking Green House is designed with the concept of saving energy, using greens to reduce the enegy usage. The main materials we analyzed from the building are Concrete, Granite (categorized in Stone) and Glass.