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tiếng Việt

• Year: 2016
• Type of project:
Commercial & Offices

Customers often message us wondering if we specialize in designing this one or the other. My answer to them is that we do not specialize in anything. The only thing we do well is find a space solution for those who come to work with us. In other words, out daily work is to meet different people with different personalities and needs, thereby finding a solution for them, only them. By the same token, we are not sure how many design studios in Saigon have the opportunity to work with a flower shop? And, how many of them have such enjoyable experiences as the way we have been through with Sen?

One day, a customer and also a friend whom we are designing house for, came to our studio and asked if a 12m2-room could be enough to be a flower shop. “If we really want, there is nothing we could not do.” – I answered.

Then, we met each other at the site on the next day.

The place was initially a mere 12m2 separated rental room with the owners living upstairs. Previously, it was used as a cramped pavement café, which had a messy toilet occupying a quarter of the area while the bar was located at the rest of the place. At this moment, that café has moved to a more spacious area nearby because of the cramped conditions, and we got the place back.

The first thing we did for this work, strangely, was to decide which we would not do. We did not want to have a large glass box displaying flowers like other stores within the city, as it would cover all the light and the remaining space inside, which was already small and seemed like a cage. We also did not want to repeat the habit when people walk into a flower shop, which means flower viewing at the door and walked in just to say I need this or that. Everything should be the opposite.

Like an Eastern girl whose beauty comes from the shyness, we want to push and fill the flowers backwards, taking maximum the advantage of the depth of the ground so as to give passersby a gentle notice first. Thereafter, they must slow down, then stop and wonder themselves, then find their own answers for which business here is. Over the time, we have realized that people often have the habit of recognizing a flower shop due to it is filled with flowers at the door, not because of the interior space inside. By that mean, if you are a customer, once you decided to enter the flower shop, behind the door fulfilled with flowers, you almost have nothing to look for. Everything needs to be reserved, we want people to choose step in to find flowers.

Our friend told us she wanted to name the shop by Sen, as she would sell lotus flowers, even succulent. We especially love this name – a very simple Vietnamese name. For that reason, we chose the canoe and a small lotus lake to tell this story.
Of course, the business did not give us the opportunity to waste too much space, especially for a place even had no space to waste. In that tiny space, the shop still needs a toilet, a small area to wash flowerpots and even a store of supplies. So, where to put our lotus lake and the canoe? Fortunately, there was still a vacant space.

The ceiling was relatively high enough to carry all the storage space on it, including the canoe and small lotus lake. Of course, we did not hang a lotus lake at the ceiling, instead choosing to place the small lake just outside the shop replacing for the existing concrete stairs. The glass lake was just put there as people put flowerpots, as the previous café put the wooden platform for guests to have a seat. Since then, everyday morning, sunshine through the trees along the road will sneak in and glisten on the water of the lake. Then, the canoe was hung up upside down on a mirror-mounted stainless steel reflector, to create the visual effects needed. The stainless steel surface was slightly wavy, printed with the image of lotus lake below and added a bit of yellow light. Every night, we have a moon lake.

We made a whole lotus pot with a grinding stone, a material extremely familiar with the Vietnamese houses. Besides, lotus needs mud, which means this lotus lake should be deep enough, thus, we did connect it with the table inside the shop, to all neatly into a block. The lotus lake was also a table, which was also the thing to divide the space between the guest and the seller inside, while the canoe and the mirror plane did connect the small lotus lake in a direction from bottom to top, as the mirror surface went back to the ground hiding the toilet behind.

About flowers. Flowers are placed back right at the door, which means when customers come in, they will get into the midst of flowers, and that’s what we want. People need to go inside the shop to touch the flower. If they do not step inside, what they see would be the small lotus lake, the canoe, and the glistening glass door hidden the simple shelves with white flowers. No background can make flowers look more prominent than white color. The flowerbeds made of steel are simple and thin, covering theirs stems with glass water pots, to keep flowers always fresh and flexible for the every day use aside from adding natural light with color temperature of the sun. That’s fine.

We want to talk about Sen like the way people tell a fairy tale, slowly but magically. It’s not just a flower shop, but also the small lake, the canoe, the moon shadow, and the lotus blossom in the early sunny morning. It is also the story of my hometown, wrapped in a new layer of clothing, then place it between Saigon, the bustling and crowded city.

Saigon is magnificent, in which flowers are for the rich and tears for the poor. Fairy tales, however, are for everyone.

Thank you, Saigon. Thank you, Sen!

-House on Tree-

tiếng Việt

• Year: 2016
• Type of project:
Commercial & Offices

Customers often message us wondering if we specialize in designing this one or the other. My answer to them is that we do not specialize in anything. The only thing we do well is find a space solution for those who come to work with us. In other words, out daily work is to meet different people with different personalities and needs, thereby finding a solution for them, only them. By the same token, we are not sure how many design studios in Saigon have the opportunity to work with a flower shop? And, how many of them have such enjoyable experiences as the way we have been through with Sen?

One day, a customer and also a friend whom we are designing house for, came to our studio and asked if a 12m2-room could be enough to be a flower shop. “If we really want, there is nothing we could not do.” – I answered.

Then, we met each other at the site on the next day.

The place was initially a mere 12m2 separated rental room with the owners living upstairs. Previously, it was used as a cramped pavement café, which had a messy toilet occupying a quarter of the area while the bar was located at the rest of the place. At this moment, that café has moved to a more spacious area nearby because of the cramped conditions, and we got the place back.

The first thing we did for this work, strangely, was to decide which we would not do. We did not want to have a large glass box displaying flowers like other stores within the city, as it would cover all the light and the remaining space inside, which was already small and seemed like a cage. We also did not want to repeat the habit when people walk into a flower shop, which means flower viewing at the door and walked in just to say I need this or that. Everything should be the opposite.

Like an Eastern girl whose beauty comes from the shyness, we want to push and fill the flowers backwards, taking maximum the advantage of the depth of the ground so as to give passersby a gentle notice first. Thereafter, they must slow down, then stop and wonder themselves, then find their own answers for which business here is. Over the time, we have realized that people often have the habit of recognizing a flower shop due to it is filled with flowers at the door, not because of the interior space inside. By that mean, if you are a customer, once you decided to enter the flower shop, behind the door fulfilled with flowers, you almost have nothing to look for. Everything needs to be reserved, we want people to choose step in to find flowers.

Our friend told us she wanted to name the shop by Sen, as she would sell lotus flowers, even succulent. We especially love this name – a very simple Vietnamese name. For that reason, we chose the canoe and a small lotus lake to tell this story.
Of course, the business did not give us the opportunity to waste too much space, especially for a place even had no space to waste. In that tiny space, the shop still needs a toilet, a small area to wash flowerpots and even a store of supplies. So, where to put our lotus lake and the canoe? Fortunately, there was still a vacant space.

The ceiling was relatively high enough to carry all the storage space on it, including the canoe and small lotus lake. Of course, we did not hang a lotus lake at the ceiling, instead choosing to place the small lake just outside the shop replacing for the existing concrete stairs. The glass lake was just put there as people put flowerpots, as the previous café put the wooden platform for guests to have a seat. Since then, everyday morning, sunshine through the trees along the road will sneak in and glisten on the water of the lake. Then, the canoe was hung up upside down on a mirror-mounted stainless steel reflector, to create the visual effects needed. The stainless steel surface was slightly wavy, printed with the image of lotus lake below and added a bit of yellow light. Every night, we have a moon lake.

We made a whole lotus pot with a grinding stone, a material extremely familiar with the Vietnamese houses. Besides, lotus needs mud, which means this lotus lake should be deep enough, thus, we did connect it with the table inside the shop, to all neatly into a block. The lotus lake was also a table, which was also the thing to divide the space between the guest and the seller inside, while the canoe and the mirror plane did connect the small lotus lake in a direction from bottom to top, as the mirror surface went back to the ground hiding the toilet behind.

About flowers. Flowers are placed back right at the door, which means when customers come in, they will get into the midst of flowers, and that’s what we want. People need to go inside the shop to touch the flower. If they do not step inside, what they see would be the small lotus lake, the canoe, and the glistening glass door hidden the simple shelves with white flowers. No background can make flowers look more prominent than white color. The flowerbeds made of steel are simple and thin, covering theirs stems with glass water pots, to keep flowers always fresh and flexible for the every day use aside from adding natural light with color temperature of the sun. That’s fine.

We want to talk about Sen like the way people tell a fairy tale, slowly but magically. It’s not just a flower shop, but also the small lake, the canoe, the moon shadow, and the lotus blossom in the early sunny morning. It is also the story of my hometown, wrapped in a new layer of clothing, then place it between Saigon, the bustling and crowded city.

Saigon is magnificent, in which flowers are for the rich and tears for the poor. Fairy tales, however, are for everyone.

Thank you, Saigon. Thank you, Sen!

-House on Tree-

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tiếng Việt

• Year: 2016
• Type of project:
Commercial & Offices

Customers often message us wondering if we specialize in designing this one or the other. My answer to them is that we do not specialize in anything. The only thing we do well is find a space solution for those who come to work with us. In other words, out daily work is to meet different people with different personalities and needs, thereby finding a solution for them, only them. By the same token, we are not sure how many design studios in Saigon have the opportunity to work with a flower shop? And, how many of them have such enjoyable experiences as the way we have been through with Sen?

One day, a customer and also a friend whom we are designing house for, came to our studio and asked if a 12m2-room could be enough to be a flower shop. “If we really want, there is nothing we could not do.” – I answered.

Then, we met each other at the site on the next day.

The place was initially a mere 12m2 separated rental room with the owners living upstairs. Previously, it was used as a cramped pavement café, which had a messy toilet occupying a quarter of the area while the bar was located at the rest of the place. At this moment, that café has moved to a more spacious area nearby because of the cramped conditions, and we got the place back.

The first thing we did for this work, strangely, was to decide which we would not do. We did not want to have a large glass box displaying flowers like other stores within the city, as it would cover all the light and the remaining space inside, which was already small and seemed like a cage. We also did not want to repeat the habit when people walk into a flower shop, which means flower viewing at the door and walked in just to say I need this or that. Everything should be the opposite.

Like an Eastern girl whose beauty comes from the shyness, we want to push and fill the flowers backwards, taking maximum the advantage of the depth of the ground so as to give passersby a gentle notice first. Thereafter, they must slow down, then stop and wonder themselves, then find their own answers for which business here is. Over the time, we have realized that people often have the habit of recognizing a flower shop due to it is filled with flowers at the door, not because of the interior space inside. By that mean, if you are a customer, once you decided to enter the flower shop, behind the door fulfilled with flowers, you almost have nothing to look for. Everything needs to be reserved, we want people to choose step in to find flowers.

Our friend told us she wanted to name the shop by Sen, as she would sell lotus flowers, even succulent. We especially love this name – a very simple Vietnamese name. For that reason, we chose the canoe and a small lotus lake to tell this story.
Of course, the business did not give us the opportunity to waste too much space, especially for a place even had no space to waste. In that tiny space, the shop still needs a toilet, a small area to wash flowerpots and even a store of supplies. So, where to put our lotus lake and the canoe? Fortunately, there was still a vacant space.

The ceiling was relatively high enough to carry all the storage space on it, including the canoe and small lotus lake. Of course, we did not hang a lotus lake at the ceiling, instead choosing to place the small lake just outside the shop replacing for the existing concrete stairs. The glass lake was just put there as people put flowerpots, as the previous café put the wooden platform for guests to have a seat. Since then, everyday morning, sunshine through the trees along the road will sneak in and glisten on the water of the lake. Then, the canoe was hung up upside down on a mirror-mounted stainless steel reflector, to create the visual effects needed. The stainless steel surface was slightly wavy, printed with the image of lotus lake below and added a bit of yellow light. Every night, we have a moon lake.

We made a whole lotus pot with a grinding stone, a material extremely familiar with the Vietnamese houses. Besides, lotus needs mud, which means this lotus lake should be deep enough, thus, we did connect it with the table inside the shop, to all neatly into a block. The lotus lake was also a table, which was also the thing to divide the space between the guest and the seller inside, while the canoe and the mirror plane did connect the small lotus lake in a direction from bottom to top, as the mirror surface went back to the ground hiding the toilet behind.

About flowers. Flowers are placed back right at the door, which means when customers come in, they will get into the midst of flowers, and that’s what we want. People need to go inside the shop to touch the flower. If they do not step inside, what they see would be the small lotus lake, the canoe, and the glistening glass door hidden the simple shelves with white flowers. No background can make flowers look more prominent than white color. The flowerbeds made of steel are simple and thin, covering theirs stems with glass water pots, to keep flowers always fresh and flexible for the every day use aside from adding natural light with color temperature of the sun. That’s fine.

We want to talk about Sen like the way people tell a fairy tale, slowly but magically. It’s not just a flower shop, but also the small lake, the canoe, the moon shadow, and the lotus blossom in the early sunny morning. It is also the story of my hometown, wrapped in a new layer of clothing, then place it between Saigon, the bustling and crowded city.

Saigon is magnificent, in which flowers are for the rich and tears for the poor. Fairy tales, however, are for everyone.

Thank you, Saigon. Thank you, Sen!

-House on Tree-

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