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/// DESIGN TROTTER / Ho Chi Minh City  —  Vietnam                               Ho Chi Minh City  —  Vietnam / DESIGN TROTTER ///




                                         Virtuous

                                              TROPICS





                                                           JAKOB FACTORY
                                                           HO CHI MINH CITY (VIETNAM)
                                                           G8A ARCHITECTS & ROLLIMARCHINI ARCHITECTS




               ELECTRIC CABLES AND WINDOW BOXES            The factory rises vertically and stands around a vast
                                                           inner courtyard. Jakob Factory's buildings are thus
               Sustainable and healing architecture: that was
                                                           an  homage  to  the  layout  of  traditional  Vietnamese
               the proposal by the architect practice G8A
                                                           villages.  An  open  space  is  home  to  a  blossoming
               for the Jakob Rope Systems factory 50km north
                                                           landscaped garden which naturally cools the air and
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               of Ho Chi Minh City. In the heart of a 30,000m    provides moisture for the soil. The open facades are
                                                           also inspired by the typical architecture of this tropical
               concrete-covered site, a planted facade, as porous
                                                           region. This system – unprecedented in a factory –
               as the leaf of a luxurious plant, o ers man and
                                                           provides  natural  ventilation  for  the  workshops  by
               soil a huge breath of fresh air. A project that won
                                                           letting  breezes  in  from  the  outside.  The  air  passes
               the prestigious Dezeen Award for Best Business   through walls of horizontal geotextile window boxes
                                                           which form a natural filter against sun, rain and dust
               Building in 2022.
                                                           particles.
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      Photo credit: Hiroyuki Oki  DELABIE products installed:




         BINOPTIC recessed electronic basin tap (Ref. 379ENC)
         BINOPTIC electronic basin tap (Ref. 378015)
         Stainless steel wall-mounted CANAL wash trough (Refs. 120310 and 120280)
 Photo credit: Hiroyuki Oki
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