Southwestern Architecture
Coming to the last land of the country, we will be surprised by the typical architectural styles of houses in the Southwest region associated with the daily life of the simple people here.
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The architecture of houses in the Southwest region is characterized by roofs that are roofed with the main material of nipa leaves. Nipa leaves are an excellent insulation material, suitable for the hot and rainy climate here. However, every house on average 5 years has to replace new leaves. Perhaps for Westerners, they are no longer strangers to the luxuriant and luxuriant groves of nipa palm trees along the riverbanks, sheltering in their gardens.
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The architecture of this house on stilts in the Southwest region is quite simple, but it has a distinct feature that is different from the house on stilts in the mountains, usually built right next to the alluvial canals, or on the shore. flooded fields, there are even hamlets with houses on stilts all year round, emerging in the midst of immense waves. To the West at the end of the flood season, the image of houses on stilts silhouetted against the canals evokes the peaceful features of the flooded countryside. In those simple stilt houses, idyllic life, Southern-style mineral room takes place very dearly.
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The house on stilts in the West is spacious, airy, and well-balanced, built with wooden piles, and concrete piles, higher than the road surface. From the outside looking in, the main room has an altar to the ancestors, and on both sides is the passage. Usually, the architecture of houses in the Southwest region is stilt houses facing the river, because people's travel mostly depends on canals, rivers, canals, and canals. The house is like a boat, the nose of the boat must face the river, so the main door is carved right at the gable wall. The main door is usually lower than the person's head so strangers entering the house must bow low to greet the house and greet the owner.
STILT HOUSE
The architecture of this house in the southwestern part of the country is simple but distinct from that of mountains usually raised on alluvial red channels or the shallow field. The west floor was spacious, well-watered, and well - proportioned. It was constructed from wooden piles and concrete piles. The surrounding walls are made of wood or brick, and blue paint is predominantly. Usually, the architecture of the southwestern part of the country has a way that faces the river, as the commutes are largely based on rivers, streams, and canals. We happen to have this type of house in An Giang and Dong Thap.
FLOATING HOUSE
Chau Doc is probably the most famous place for the architecture of houses in the Southwest region of this type of portable raft house. The sturdy, solid raft houses are made from the best types of wood, the front is a place to live and family activities, and behind the house, where the citizens use the net as a fish cage designed as a grocery store, selling fruit, a pub, etc. From afar, the village is a row, but no house is the same. The rafts of fish farmers do well, the value of the raft is up to hundreds of millions of dong, sometimes even billions of dong: strong poles, high-grade corrugated iron roofs, air conditioners…
THATCHED HOUSE
Anyone who has ever visited the countryside in the western part of the river must be curious about the simple, airy leaf houses hidden in the delicious and sweet gardens. It is not only a feature in the architecture of houses in the Southwest region in the countryside, but also a "specialty", the cultural beauty of the people here preserved for generations in the modern rhythm.
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The architecture of houses in the Southwest region is characterized by roofs that are roofed with the main material of nipa leaves. Nipa leaves are a very good insulation material, suitable for the hot and rainy climate here. However, every house on average 5 years has to replace new leaves. Perhaps for Westerners, they are no strangers to the luxuriant groves of nipa palm trees along the riverbanks, sheltering in the garden. If palm leaf roofing is common in the North. The Western coconut leaf house has long been associated with the image of the homeland of the river region, along with the shady rows of coconut trees, with the boat on the river with each sweet and juicy fruit contributing to the simple freshness like milk. Mother raised people's life here.