Today he is heading to Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. On a journey to see its tunnel houses, these homes are in the heart of the old quarter and combine trade activity and a family home in the same space. Called tunnel homes due to their narrowness and depth, sometimes these homes can go up to five stories high. Next, Philippe heads to Kandovan, a village in the East Azerbaijan Province of northwestern Iran. Thousand-year-old volcanic eruptions created cones of rock that are now carved out in what is called a troglodyte dwelling, some of the oldest dwellings in the world.
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16 Comments
This is absolutely thrilling an educative
Great use of urban land development.
Space and energy efficient.
And no need for a car.
After you.
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Wow,in vietnam i am amazed children are taking care of their parents….that they adjust their houses according to the possibility they are in one place….the mountain and cave are shaped well as houses…its beautiful…really a hard work….
I will add this to my one of favourite kind of architecture
Great place to have a fireman’s pole.
Doesn't look like they even have building codes. Those things look like they might topple at any moment.
32:20what was that purple herb he said was for stress and a sedative?
Agzaddin?
The Iran cone rick homes are 97% same as in Cappadocia Turkey, its keep the temperature constant. Cappadocia is now an open air museum, visitors can enter the caves to see the ancients churches still with original benzantines religion arts/ icons
Wonderful homes
I stopped watching at 8:50 when it said "through the country's colonial past and the dark years of Communism"… French will never learn. Vietnam's still proudly a Communist country after kicking out all those colonial bastards.
New Orleans USA has "shot-gun" houses. Originally, the Mississippi River was like the street and the plantations were thin strips of land. Like the shops need to open onto the street, each plantation needed access to the river. This idea was translated from plantation to homes in and around the Central Business District. It's about the market.
can this W guy be more condescending?
Amazing! Thanks a lot. I can suggest you visit at Shakhari Patti, Dhaka. You'll find unique architecture and lifestyle there,
How absolutely beautiful. Content and peaceful.
These may be cosy to live in but they surely look like dangerous fire traps to me.