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A Study on the Unique Characteristics of Hue Traditional Garden House (p. II) 5.3. Plan and Section The main house of Hue Traditional Garden House is Ruong House, which are style of Vietnam Traditional House and originate in Ruong House in the North of Vietnam. According to (Chu, Q.T, 2003) and (Ngo, H.Q, 2000), Traditional House in Hue and neighboring areas are based on Traditional House in Nghe Tinh province (nowadays this province has divided into Nghe An and Ha Tinh province), an area in the North Vietnam that is contiguous to Thanh Hoa province in the North. In the plan, Ruong House can be classified based on how many chambers in the middle that the House has: One chamber, three chambers, five chambers and two chambers. From these styles, it can be transformed into different styles such as House with three chambers can be transformed to three chambers, three chambers & two sides, Ruong with chamber ahead, Ruong “vocua” (House has space in front and this space has shell like c

A Study on the Unique Characteristics of Hue Traditional Garden House (P. I) 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1. Statement and significance of the problem Hue, the Capital of the last empire in the history of Vietnam - Nguyen Dynasty, is known as the Garden City because of its Garden Landscape, Garden Tombs, Garden Royal Palaces and especially, Traditional Garden House. Housing in Hue is always connected closely with garden. Garden likes the element that was used to connect human with creator. It exists everywhere from exterior to interior of the house and contributes to creating the gracefulness and attractiveness of Hue city. Therefore, Traditional Garden House in Hue is the integral element of Hue people’s life and spirit. In the history, Traditional Garden House in Hue existed more than 200 years ago, when the Nguyen dynasty built the Capital in Hue. Without the Royal family of the Nguyen living in the imperial palace, the members of the Royal family and the high-ranking mandarin lived in residen

A Case Study on Small Community in Chi Lang St, Hue City Nguyen Ngoc Tung*, Hirohide Kobayashi*, Miki Yoshizumi**, and Nguyen Quang Huy*** * Global Environmental Architecture, GSGES ** International Project Unit, GSGES *** Faculty of Architectural, Hue College of Sciences 1. Introduction In October 2009, a small project combined of the GSGES (Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies) of Kyoto University, HUA (Hanoi Architectural University) and FACOS (Faculty of Architecture, Hue College of Sciences) was established with the name “Urban Impacts on the Living Environment of the Old Historic Quarters in Vietnam” . The purpose of project is to study the living environment, community relationship, and the change of living space in the old historic quarters of Vietnam. The expected results will be finding a proper way for future development of the living environment. The project conducted field survey in research sites by interviewing inhabitants of 98 households in Hanoi and 69 hou