Saha Casa Boutique

  • Location
    Morrisson st, Da Nang city
  • Typology
    Boutique Hotel
  • Scale
    320 sqm - 5 floors + 1 basement
  • Status
    Finished in 2023
  • Achievements
    Shortlisted - World Architecture Festival 2026; Gold - IDPA Japan Awards

Amidst the bustling coastal city of Da Nang, Saha Casa, designed by Ho Khue Architects (ALPES), serves as a tranquil retreat that offers healing and sustainable heritage value within a limited footprint. Inspired by cave structures, the building employs an asymmetrical language featuring soft curves and "breathing" voids to connect with nature, highlighted by a bold engineering feat: an acrylic pool that cantilevers 6 meters, suspended in mid-air. Beyond its visual breakthrough, the building functions as an intelligent, self-cooling entity, thanks to a staggered terrazzo facade that creates self-shading to block thermal radiation, combined with a skylight and ground-floor water feature that trigger a chimney effect, continuously circulating fresh, cool air throughout the entire space.

Saha Casa Boutique
Saha Casa Boutique
Saha Casa Boutique
Saha Casa Boutique
Saha Casa Boutique
Saha Casa Boutique
Saha Casa Boutique
Saha Casa Boutique

Amidst the bustling coastal city of Da Nang, Saha Casa, designed by Ho Khue Architects (ALPES), serves as a tranquil retreat that offers healing and sustainable heritage value within a limited footprint. Inspired by cave structures, the building employs an asymmetrical language featuring soft curves and "breathing" voids to connect with nature, highlighted by a bold engineering feat: an acrylic pool that cantilevers 6 meters, suspended in mid-air. Beyond its visual breakthrough, the building functions as an intelligent, self-cooling entity, thanks to a staggered terrazzo facade that creates self-shading to block thermal radiation, combined with a skylight and ground-floor water feature that trigger a chimney effect, continuously circulating fresh, cool air throughout the entire space.