Hanoi Vietnam Ancient House Old House, 87 Mã Mây, Hàng Buồm, Hoàn Kiếm, Hà Nội, Vietnam
87 Ma May has a restored typical, vietnamese, tube house in the ancient city, old quarter, of Hanoi. It is an excellent example of north vietnamese, urban, residential architecture and interior design. Ma May street translates into english as rattan street. This was the part of the ancient city where dwellers bought and traded their rattan. Each street of the ancient city was named based on the goods sold on that street. Basically the city was a large open air market.
More than 100 years ago, Ma May was two street sections: Hang May street (rattan was sold on this street) and Hang Ma street (paper votives for burning to honor the ancestors were sold). Approximately 100 years ago, the street became known as May May Street. During the french colonialism, Ma May street was referred to by the french as Pavilions Rue Des Noirs.
The house’s long, narrow, length leads from the city street to, 28 meters (approximately) deep, to the back of the house. It’s tube shape is a typical housing shape for the urban residences in the ancient city of Ha noi. There are no alleys. When entering from street level, first level, the width of the shop is 5 meters (approximately). Feng shui stated the rear of the house be wider than the front in order for the owner to to be brought happiness and wealth.
The front street facade depicts a timber frame with ornate wood carvings. The fascia boards of the roof have wooden or tile carved ornament.
As was stated earlier, the first floor entry room was a shop. After the guest enters the shop on the first floor there is a middle courtyard. This courtyard has many different uses, one of the main uses was to light the first floor rooms. Behind the middle courtyard is a room where the servants lived and as well as a storage room. After this servant/storage room is another courtyard with a kitchen, well and toilet.
The second floor can be reached by the stairs from the first floor shop entry. The stairs lead to a second floor guest reception room. An altar for the family ancestors is housed here. The altar looks into the middle courtyard, to the house below. On the other side of the middle courtyard holds the veranda and sitting room. Behind the sitting room is the master’s bedroom (directly above the servant/storage quarters). The rear of the second floor of the house always has a garden where herbs were grown and dried. These herbs and plants were often used for medicinal purposes.
References:
Tam, Phung To (2012) Discovering the Ancient Streets of Ha Noi
https://sketchfab.com/models/fa01fbc850cd40f7936a5c90d8db05ae
http://architectureindevelopment.org/project.php?id=7
Vietnam Institute of Archaeology http://www.khaocohoc.gov.vn/
Keywords: vietnam house hanoi archaeology ethnology interior design architecture residential tube house urban dwelling
Your Walking Steps Creates Light – Terminal 3 Heathrow
Walking to terminal 3’s shopping and eating area can be mundane with all of the temporary construction walls. If a passenger is unaware they may miss innovative design.
The floors of heathrow airport london england must be durable long lasting materials to withstand the foot traffic of millions of people heathrow receives every year.
If your color sensitive the purple and magenta recycled rubber tiles of#walkandlight will surely get your attention. The deep purple walls and lineal wall lights add to the heightened escape of the interior.
In July 2014 #walkandlight corridor was installed. Designed by Miguel Saddler, Augusto Siguero, Lorena Segura and Ignacio Villen. They won the 2012 Ferrovial Innovation Award (or Zuritanken Awards) for the innovation.
The floor tiles use Pavegen technology ( www.pavegen.com ) which creates energy for the light on the wall.
Update: Judging by the images of the space I took in Jan 2017 the floor has been used. Take note: this is what materials look like after millions walk over them in two plus years.
for more information:
http://www.pavegen.com/product/
Let the journey begin…….
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