Cafe Hom

CAFE HOM

Nhabe Scholae

Cafe Hom
© Chimnon Studio

ARCHITECTS
Nhabe Scholae

LEAD ARCHITECT
Nguyen Anh Cuong, Le Quang Loc

PHOTOGRAPHS
Chimnon Studio

AREA
160 m²

YEAR
2025

LOCATION
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

CATEGORY
Coffee Shop

Cafe Hom
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English description provided by the architects.

Tucked deep inside a bustling neighborhood of Saigon, the site offers a rare pocket of stillness—an ideal condition for regenerating an ecosystem that reconnects with surrounding green fragments, the sky, and the nearby river.

Cafe Hom
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Cafe Hom
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With the intention of creating an open, ever-evolving space that resists being bound by a fixed design language, we conceived Café Hôm as a kind of dwelling—one that accommodates multiple temporal rhythms.

Materials and furnishings are therefore treated as open-ended interventions, where alterations, repairs, and even occasional patchwork are embraced as part of everyday life.

Cafe Hom
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Cafe Hom
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The act of cultivating the garden, with its native vegetation, recalls local traditions of caring for plants: ornamentals interwoven with vegetables, fruit trees, climbing plants, and shade-giving species.

A low fence and the sloping terrain of the front yard echo the familiar gestures of vernacular garden houses, while indirectly alluding to the river landing just beyond the rear of the property.

Cafe Hom
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Cafe Hom
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Operable boundaries further enhance the sense of depth within the project.


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Ground Floor Plan
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Mezzanine Floor Plan


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Site Plan
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Garden Plan
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