Changes to Domestic Spaces and Home-Based Business in Ho Chi Minh City: A Case Study of Nguyen Thien Thuat Apartment Blocks

This article examines the impact of home-based business on spatial changes and architectural transformation in old apartment buildings, locally called Chung Cu, an under-studied housing typology in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC). This article elucidates how looking into local ideas and practices of domesti...

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Published in:Home cultures 2024-01, Vol.21 (1), p.43-68
Main Authors: Loc, Huynh Tran Buu, Phuong, Dinh Quoc
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Apartments
architectural changes
Cities
domestic spaces
Home based
Home based businesses
Housing
Resilience
Trade
Transformation
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Summary:This article examines the impact of home-based business on spatial changes and architectural transformation in old apartment buildings, locally called Chung Cu, an under-studied housing typology in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC). This article elucidates how looking into local ideas and practices of domestic spaces with home-based businesses can broaden existing scholarship on home culture. The term 'home-based business' is used in this article to describe commercial and business activities run by local residents in their homes. This article analyzed and presented first-hand data in both textual and visual forms and suggests that given the historical and social changes, particularly since the 1960s, the resilience, and persistence of home-based business, as a constituent of local life in HCMC, have significantly contributed to the making and transformation of domestic spaces in the city.
ISSN:1740-6315
1751-7427
DOI:10.1080/17406315.2024.2347705