The aim is to improve the links between Can Gio and other provinces such as Vung Tau. As the city of Ho Chi Minh gets bigger, more and more infrastructures are needed and the ecology of Can Gio could get damaged. A special emphasis is put on developing the links with nearby beach resort of Vung Tau. First, through a network of speedboats and later with the construction of a tunnel under the sea. While the Jury found the tunnel proposal to be highly arguable, they do acknowledge that the previous approved masterplan does not make enough provision for improving these links. Team 4 made those links a central objective.
Another axis of development displayed by the team is the diversification of tourism activities. These could include walks or boat trips through the mangrove but also farms visits, beach activities and visits to nearby provinces made easily accessible with the new links. A project of reclaiming land to create two artificial islands just off the coast at the eastern and western end was also put forward by the team. These islands would host diverse tourism activities.
These objectives will not be met unless the infrastructure is improved. A system of speed transportation needs to be implemented. It should respect the environment and limit the pollution and it will bring Can Gio closer to nearby development areas. Fresh water needs to be supplied for citizens and tourists. A water collection and recycling system should be used to make better use of a precious resource and to avoid pollution of the water. Construction of eco houses will counter-balance the development of infrastructure. All other means of transport will also be environmentally friendly.
The project aims at enhancing the quality of life of the inhabitants of Can Gio. This will be achieved by retaining the activities of farming, and along the beach and by upgrading them. Locals will be encouraged to join the services, trade and production activities in order to serve the needs of tourism. Local traditional activities will be increased so people who live in the forest or on the beach or river can share their way of life. Many public spaces and associated activities of leisure and entertainment will be created.
The south of Can Gio along the beach will be developed and will pay particular attention to maintain links from the forest to the sea. There will be 6 types of links: an agricultural production axis, a commercial axis, a festival axis, a handicraft village axis, a traditional market axis and a public space axis.
The ultimate goal of this proposal is to enhance people’s senses and emotion, thus creating an ‘emotional city’. Visitors and locals alike will be able to listen to the sound of the forest and to the sound of the beach They will enjoy spectacular views of the sea and of the forest. They will swim and touch the waves or touch the forest. They can smell the air of the sea and discover the complex fragrances of the mangrove. They can taste the local production of seafood from the river or from the sea. Their emotions will be enhanced by the history, the culture and the tradition of Can Gio.
Ho Viet Vinh – Leader Architect, Urban Planner
Pham Phu Cuong – Architect
Nguyen Hong Minh – Architect
Hoang Anh Tu – Architect, Urban Planner
Pham Anh Tuan – Architect, Urban Planner
Nguyen Anh Tuan – Architect, Landscape Architect
Team 4, being composed of Vietnamese professionals only, Leader by Architect Ho Viet Vinh, had very strong insights about the future of Can Gio. It set itself a number of objectives to be achieved through the development of Can Gio. These included the protection of the mangrove, including both the core and transition area, to make full use of the local production activities and to develop them, to protect the water from pollution from the Saigon-Dong Nai river and from the sea.
Team 4 was awarded a special mention by the Workshops of Cergy- Pontoise.
Next project | RETREAT HOME
Nestled quietly under the canopy of the coconut forest swaying in the gentle breeze, the simple house comes into existence thanks to the reflections of the dawn sunlight. The house has a simple modern look, inheriting the shape of a traditional house with 3 compartments and 2 wings, with a large veranda surrounding it. The veranda is a transitional space and acts as a climate regulator for the whole house. Not only that, but it is also a place where countless activities connect people with the surrounding open space. The rooms all open to the garden and the doorways pull the garden into its deepest recesses. The nuanced transitions of time and space also take place in the cut of this patio.
Next project | Forest Station
Returning to the forest is like being immersed in pure silence. Each breeze caressing the skin penetrates deep into each cell to wake up the body after a long deep sleep. The breath slowly fills all the skin, making the whole body immersed in the sweetness of heaven and earth. Returning to that place is the way returning your true home.
| Type: | Art Studio |
| Year: | 2021 |
| Location: | Suoi Rao |
| Team: | Ho Viet Vinh Quynh Nguyen Nhat Nguyen Ngo Dang Linh |
Next project | Wooden Carving House
For generations, the wood carving skills of Hue carpenters have been recorded in history. Embossed strokes on the arms, upper, piercing, tickle have revealed the subtlety that lies in each wood grain. The touch is really delicate, when the chisel touches the wood grain to remove the excess, the shape of the phoenix flowers and leaves appears in the emptiness of space. The touch of the wooden panel is not simple, the dual frame system creates a “layer overlap”, creating space depth, turning the limit into infinity. Thanks to these decorations, Hue’s palaces, temples, palaces, mausoleums and houses have transcended material limitations to reach the heights of emotional art to become a UNESCO World Heritage. The proud lies in the delicately carved soul of the talented craftsman from all over the country, wanting to offer beauty to the Buddhas, the Kings and the Ancestors.
PROJECT INFO
| Type: | Garden House |
| Year: | 2012 |
| Location: | Thu Duc City |
| Team: | Ho Viet Vinh Duong Dinh Vinh |
Next project | Maison de Corail
Maison de Corail
A PRIVATE CONTEMPORARY ART HOUSE, THE MOST MAGNIFICENT, STATE-OF-THE-ART AND UNIQUE ONE IN SOUTHERN VIETNAM.
The concept of the project is a hybrid space, there is no determination or boundaries. We want a space that integrates botany, meditation and art where people can feel free to take care of themselves, slowly with relaxation. Using nostalgia and natural matter, crafted by artisan hands, paintings that desire to finding beauty in imperfection but real environments. The facade make by breezeway blocks to allow sun and wind in, to avoid artificial air conditioning systems. The general purpose is to create a minimalist lifestyle in which a slow passing of time. The lava stones react shades to the sunlight movement along the day. Various forms are manifested by the light gradually moving. A spiral staircase along the courtyard has a rendered banister and concrete treads. It leads up to an open art workshop and meditation space.
“Ẩn tàng chốn lạ mà quen
Lá chen mây trắng hoa chèn sắc hương
Ngõ vương ánh nắng qua đường
Yêu thương đọng lại khu vườn ngày xưa.”
“Strange but familiar hidden place
Leaves insert flowers into white clouds
Light alley across the street
Love leaves the old garden. ”
Architect Ho Viet Vinh
PROJECT INFO
| Type: | Residential |
| Year: | 2020 |
| Location: | Ho Tram, Ba Ria Vung Tau |
| Team: | Ho Viet Vinh Tran Thanh Hai Le Van Thoi Ngo Dang Linh |
| Contractor: | Cuong Quang Construction |
| Interior Designer: | Ho Viet Vinh |
| Photographer: | Ho Viet Vinh |
| Structural Engineer: | Nam Viet |
Next project | Marina Saigon Villa
Lifestyle in marina has its own taste and the lifestyle at Marina Saigon Villa is special in the way you enjoy your own life. Even if you’ve never owned a yacht, you’ll easily join the club of hobby-loving descendants of nineteenth-century European aristocrats. Starting from the Marina with sparkling turquoise sails at the place of every villa, you manually control the yacht to satisfy conquering emotional moments.
Every time you step on the yacht, you will understand that time is never an issue for you to come to the trading center and stock exchange right in the heart of Saigon Trade Center.
- After a few minutes on the yacht, you have touched your favorite golf club.
- About 30 minutes to cross the Saigon River to enjoy the fresh air in Can Gio Unesco Biosphere Reserved and only that much time to go upstream to Cu Chi tunnels or anywhere you want to go.
- Discover the beauty of the landscape of the vast river and sky.
PROJECT INFO
| Type: | Residential |
| Year: | 2015 |
| Area: | 20 hectares |
| Location: | District 2, Ho Chi Minh City |
| Team: | Ho Viet Vinh Tran Thanh Hai Nguyen Dinh Nhat Thu Truong Anh Thu |
Next project | Vertical Green Highrise
The high-class Condotel hotel complex creates a connection with the tourist landscape of Cap Saint-Jaques beach, connecting with the coast and surrounding urban public activities, creating an attractive destination for tourists and users. An open space with a variety of services will become a public space where shopping-entertainment-rest and relaxation activities will take place day and night. The complex of 2 towers with 40-storey and 10-storey service podiums with a total usable area of up to 130,000 sq.m will create vibrancy for Cap Saint-Jaques beach city. Active spaces with expansive views of the sea will create a connection between the building and the surrounding beautiful landscape. All functional spaces are open and filled with sunlight, green grass and harmonize with the surrounding sky and deep blue ocean. The system of squares, flower gardens, waterfalls, green walls will create attractiveness for the project.
PROJECT INFO
| Type: | Highrise Tower |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Location: | Cap Saint Jacques |
| Team: | Ho Viet Vinh Pham Tu |
Next project | Dragon d’Annam
The Dragon d’Annam is a place where the mountains and the sea come together, standing between the South and the North, the land is high, the mountains and rivers are surrounding. In waterways, there are Thuan An and Tu Hien the mouth of the sea bay, which are deep and dangerous; by road, Hoanh Son and Hai Van gates are blocked; The great river opens the front, the high mountain protects the back, the adoration dragon and guard tiger, the place is solid, it is arranged by heaven and earth, it is truly the king's capital.
Source: According to the national history of the Nguyen Dynasty
Description
Exucuted in April 2020.
Styles
Lyrical Abstract
Technique
Acrylic on Canvas
Dimensions
97 Wx 130 H x 4 D cm
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Vinhho Biography
Ho Viet Vinh, a Vietnamese, graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture degree in 1995 from the University of Architecture of Ho Chi Minh city, Viet Nam; he received the award for the creative design in the Final Year. He is a Registered Architect in Viet Nam and also a Registered Urban Planner in Ho Chi Minh city, as well as a Member of Association of Architects and Urban planners of Viet Nam. Ho Viet Vinh career began in 1995 when he did some competitions in Ho Chi Minh city. He becomes lecturer of Urban planning Department of University of Architecture in 1995. In 1998 He received second prize of international competition held by Summer workshop of Cergy Pontoise-France with subject “Ho Chi Minh city and Saigon river”. In 2005 He awarded special prize of international competition held by Summer workshop of Cergy Pontoise-France with subject “Can Gio Emotional city”. In 2010 he participated the International Visistor Leadership Program of USA in subject Sustainable Urban Planning. In 2015 He is choosen by Lebadang Creative Foundation to design the Lebadang Memory Space Museum in Hue. It was at this time that He becomes Director of that Fund.
Next project | Zen Garden
Zen garden carries the breath of nature, located in the coniferous forest, receiving the morning sun, immersed in the coolness of the beach. People move in free space without being constrained by position and frame of reference. The displacement no longer depends on the inside, the lower, the high and the low. Heaven and earth, plants, flowers, people become one, each step carries the breath of the pure land.
Next project | Le Ba Dang Memory Space
LE BA DANG MEMORY SPACE
A PRIVATE CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM, THE MOST MAGNIFICENT, STATE-OF-THE-ART AND UNIQUE ONE IN CENTRAL VIETNAM.
The landscape architecture of the museum with an area of 16.000 square meters is actually a full-scale “Lebadang Space” artwork. The paintings, sculptures, installation and “Space” artworks of the world-renowned artist Lebadang are periodically rotated with exhibition contents and display methods up to international standards. The museum is the realization of artist Lebadang’s dream about “an immense artwork, a cosmic landscape, a life in harmony with nature and towards eternity”. That the museum is located in Hue, the ancient capital of Vietnam, reveals his dream of Hue becoming the capital of Vietnamese contemporary art and culture in the 21st century.
“Đường mòn lối nhỏ lượn vòng quanh
Trăm hoa đua nở khoe hình sắc
Thấp thoáng hương quê gió nội đồng
Toàn chân đón cảnh mây trời hiện
Một chốn tiên bồng giữa thế gian.”
“Small paths that revolve around
Hundreds of flowers in bloom
Village hidden behind rice fields
Flying clouds in the sky
What a great place. ”
Architect Ho Viet Vinh
Le Ba Dang Memory Space brings the image of Co Loa into a unique creation of Vietnamese people. The emotions are depicted into the ground like a giant painting. The winding winding road leads us into the colorful reality picture, people and nature become one, the soul settles, the emotions flow. The flowers are so brilliant, the birds chirping, the wind breeze overflowing clouds, and everything resounds with true voices pulling our mind back to our childhood dream.
PROJECT INFO
| Type: | Museum |
| Year: | 2019 |
| Location: | Huong Thuy, Hue |
| Team: | Ho Viet Vinh Tran Thanh Hai Le Van Thoi Ngo Dang Linh |
| Civil Engineer: | Nam Viet |
| Contractor: | Rickenbach Development and Construction |
| Interior Designer: | Eric Mignagd |
| Lighting Designer: | Elek Co, Ltd |
| Photographer: | Dolalab |
| Structural Engineer: | Nam Viet |
PRESS:
- ART REPUBLIK 1, Elitism for all, Spring-Summer 2020
Next project | PHU DOAN PLAZA
Phu Doan Plaza at Committee Popular of Thua Thien Hue province (also called City Hall) is a lively and contemporary embodiment as a “Hue ancient capital”. Today the Plaza is an inclusive hub of Hue’s life outdoors but for decades this was not the case. Prior to renovation Plaza was an uninviting and inaccessible maze of raised and sunken terraces, hidden passageways, and gloomy malnourished trees. The opportunity for change raised the park, both physically and metaphorically, to the prominence of its location at the foot of Hue City Hall. The Plaza provides universal accessibility by bringing the entire site to street level, and encourages use throughout the day. The entire Plaza, with its generous lawn, interactive fountain, café, and ample seating amidst green groves of native plantings, are all built atop the nexus of Hue City center’s multi-modal transit system and acts as a connective gateway to all neighborhoods. The park functions as a 8.190 sq.m creating a welcome all-season spot for relaxation and public recreation.
Products
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- Granite Stone
- Advanced Soil Technologies
Plant List:
- Bombax ceiba
- Asian palmyra palm
- Laurus nobilis
- Cinnamomum camphora
PROJECT INFO
| Type: | Public Realm |
| Year: | 2020 |
| Location: | Hue City, Thua Thien Province |
| Team: | Ho Viet Vinh Ngo Hai Tan Duong Thi Thanh Thanh Nguyen Dinh Nhat Thu |
Next project | The Ideas competition for Thu Thiem Master Plan
The idea for the Thu Thiem master plan is to create a peninsula filled with trees and water. The urban spatial morphological structure is towards the average spatial scale in harmony with the existing urban space scale. The central square is connected by canals that lead the flow through the wetland forest. Surrounding the Saigon River are open parks, creating a gap connecting with the high-density urban space on the west bank of the Saigon River.
The idea of the master plan of the Thu Thiem new urban center has surpassed more than 29 other contest projects (14 international and 15 Vietnamese), becoming one of the projects that won the high prize after the project selected by SASKI Inc. Company. Some ideas of this alternative have been added in the detail planning of the concept of SASAKI.
The selection committee includes famous urban experts at home and abroad such as: Professor John Lang-New South Wales, Professor William S.W. Lim-Singapore, Prof. Nguyen The Ba, Prof. Nguyen Manh Thu, …).
PROJECT INFO
| Type: | Urban planning |
| Area | 730 hectar |
| Year: | 2003 |
| Location: | District 2, Ho Chi Minh City |
| Team: | Professor Nguyen Trong Hoa Master of Urban plannning Ho Viet Vinh |