Traditional house is regarded as an environmentally responsive architecture resulting from the great numbers of ancestor's quintessence through centuries of inhabitance.Accumulated over thousands of years, natural response principles implied in Vietnamese traditional house are most valuable experiences showing the identities of eco-friendly behavior of Vietnamese.This research is the first stage of the two-stage study.The article reviews the Vietnamese traditional house and synthesizes the passive design strategies drawn from traditional houses.The results of this study are the passive design strategies serve as guidelines for ongoing housing design.
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