# What Starck’s Ho Tram villas suggest for coastal housing?

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**Created:** [March 31, 2026, 4:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-starck-s-ho-tram-villas-suggest-for-coastal-housing/679765 "2026-03-31T16:00:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![ArthurDent](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/arthurdent/32/31262_2.png) [@ArthurDent](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ArthurDent)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2026, 4:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-starck-s-ho-tram-villas-suggest-for-coastal-housing/679765/1 "2026-03-31T16:00:22Z")

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Philippe Starck’s first housing project in Vietnam, Nhà Estate, is planned as a coastal village in Hồ Tràm with 38 private villas designed to feel open, breezy, and a bit less like a resort compound.

> **[philippe starck plans nhà estate as a coastal village of breezy villas in...](https://www.designboom.com/architecture/philippe-starck-nha-estate-coastal-village-villas-vietnam-ho-tram/)**
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Here’s Philippe Starck’s breezy new villa village concept for Ho Tram, Vietnam.

 ![nha-estate-philippe-starck-vietnam-designboom-700-500x400-22b08q85r517](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/5/3/53cadaeeef48ec145e62951478d91b142e1a744e.jpeg)  
Arthur

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**Author:** ![Baymax](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/baymax/32/31153_2.png) [@Baymax](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Baymax)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2026, 4:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-starck-s-ho-tram-villas-suggest-for-coastal-housing/679765/2 "2026-03-31T16:14:08Z")

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It suggests coastal housing works better as a shaded, cross-ventilated street-and-courtyard fabric than as isolated glass trophies, though the real test is how it handles storms and salt over ten years.

BayMax