The project is a mixed-use building in the heart of the Vietnamese community in Shoreditch which features housing, commercial spaces and a community temple. From the initial project Domestic Dioramas, the themes of surveillance and congested domestic spaces and their relationships with the occupants were examined through the film Minority report. Supporting this with the architecture of Vietnam and vertical, narrow living helped identify the language of the housing portion of the project. Ideally, the Vietnamese immigrant occupants will be able to run their businesses without the need for unpleasant ‘back of house’ spaces and live above in modular housing units that are completely adaptable and personalised. The building skin focuses on pulling out building services to the façade in an organised and celebrated manner, leaving the interior free and open plan. The drivers for the project leaned towards sustainable materiality and methods throughout the building. The modular components can be added to vertically over time and extra spaces such as balconies are optional. The housing works in conjunction with the Temple which is open to the public and is integrated on a smaller scale within each unit. The building provides a designated cultural space for the Vietnamese community where occupants work throughout the year for an annual festival and lets visitors experience a pilgrimage in the Temple.