Nowadays, as an emerging country, we can see how much urban life in Vietnam has changed since the beginning of the twenty-first century. Contributing to these changes are residential spaces, which play an important role in the national economy and society. Commercial apartment buildings have rapidly emerged since the late 1990s and become a dominant model in metropolitan Hanoi. Urban housing is a complex topic, and housing issues are closely connected to other urban and technological issues. Therefore, our research has a multi-disciplinary and interdisciplinary approach to economic, social, technological, environmental, and cultural issues. Preliminary results have shown that commercial collective housing plays a multi-disciplinary role through its self-values as the living space of humans with many other species of flora and fauna over many periods. For sustainable urban development, local identity and environmental factors must be adequately counted along with economic factors, depending on different periods. In the context of globalization and technological breakthroughs, exchange is easier than ever. This context leads to expanding, separating, and restructuring urban spaces. With the ability to be linked by common elements of identity, local character, and regional environment, they must be selectively preserved and promoted accordingly in real estate development. The research direction, focusing on apartment complexes in Hanoi, Vietnam, has found some common points to develop in a balanced and coherent manner to reinforce the adaptability and resilience of urban spaces in transition.