recycled brick forms a second skinAlong a narrow plot in Vĩnh Long, Vietnam, NAQ Architecture fronts a family weekend house with a deep layer of recycled terracotta brick. The open section lets views pass between floors and keeps the circulation exposed to air moving through the house. Furniture remains low and sparse, leaving the long sightline through the house largely open. Within a compact urban type, Vĩnh Long House uses a small set of passive moves with direct spatial effects. vines fall across the upper opening and soften the geometric facadepatterned brickwork shades the lower terrace while air passes through the wall