* Design team: HOMA-architects
* Design year: 2021
* Location: Nha Trang - Viet Nam
The OUDH of ROCK
Born from a wound of agar wood, oudh is the most precious raw fragrance of nature.
Things of value are all born from wounds, aren't they?
Raw concrete is born from the wound of rock
Nature is always like that
Brutal and beautiful at the same time
In this project, we would honor the brutal beauty of raw concrete
( such a common material )
As a way to remind us about how valuable it really is
Concrete is the OUDH of rock.
This option seeks an inner CAVE to bring zenithal light into the interior
Born from a wound of agar wood, oudh is the most precious raw fragrance of nature.
Things of value are all born from wounds, aren't they?
Raw concrete is born from the wound of rock
Nature is always like that
Brutal and beautiful at the same time
In this project, we would honor the brutal beauty of raw concrete
( such a common material )
As a way to remind us about how valuable it really is
Concrete is the OUDH of rock.
This option seeks an inner CAVE to bring zenithal light into the interior
and for a good ventilation.
The brutal expresison of rock and the beauty of indirect light create
The brutal expresison of rock and the beauty of indirect light create
many poetic view points.
By conserving the existing natural stone, this design brings the nature deep inside
By conserving the existing natural stone, this design brings the nature deep inside
and thus, reveals the beautiful
contrast between raw concrete and raw rock.
