Comments on: International Symposium: Hanoi 2030 http://www.strangesystems.com/blog/international-symposium-hanoi-2030.html Architecture. User Experience. Exploring the overlap of physical and virtual. Fri, 07 Oct 2011 02:24:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David Everitt-Carlson http://www.strangesystems.com/blog/international-symposium-hanoi-2030.html/comment-page-1#comment-1234 David Everitt-Carlson Fri, 12 Nov 2010 14:33:51 +0000 http://www.strangesystems.com/?p=655#comment-1234 You might find the same love for Saigon amongst foreign residents as you found in Hanoi. You might find the same love for Saigon amongst foreign residents as you found in Hanoi.

]]> By: TQT http://www.strangesystems.com/blog/international-symposium-hanoi-2030.html/comment-page-1#comment-905 TQT Thu, 14 May 2009 21:45:35 +0000 http://www.strangesystems.com/?p=655#comment-905 First of all, thanks for the update. I feel very relieved and excited reading though all these. I wonder if the presentation is available for download somewhere. I also wonder if the masterplan contains something like an architectural code. I wish that some parts of Hanoi 2 (old Ha Tay) could follow the model of Kyoto, Hoi An or Vientiane. There is no place in Hanoi yet where authentic Vietnamese architecture can flourish. Everything seems to be still like a mess. Contemporary architecture replaces colonial villas in old Hanoi, while neo-classical architecture is favoured in the new parts paradoxically, where actually avante-garde should be more considered. Overall, I wish that every single part of Hanoi could have its own very strong character. The one might serve as the financial district with all those extravagant skyscrapers, while there is another part that totally resemble of a small charming Northern Vietnamese village with uniform architecture. The green belt as mentioned before, is a good method to divide the different areas on the one hand, but also to link them on the other hand together. I really like this idea of the plan. First of all, thanks for the update. I feel very relieved and excited reading though all these.

I wonder if the presentation is available for download somewhere.

I also wonder if the masterplan contains something like an architectural code. I wish that some parts of Hanoi 2 (old Ha Tay) could follow the model of Kyoto, Hoi An or Vientiane. There is no place in Hanoi yet where authentic Vietnamese architecture can flourish. Everything seems to be still like a mess. Contemporary architecture replaces colonial villas in old Hanoi, while neo-classical architecture is favoured in the new parts paradoxically, where actually avante-garde should be more considered.

Overall, I wish that every single part of Hanoi could have its own very strong character. The one might serve as the financial district with all those extravagant skyscrapers, while there is another part that totally resemble of a small charming Northern Vietnamese village with uniform architecture. The green belt as mentioned before, is a good method to divide the different areas on the one hand, but also to link them on the other hand together. I really like this idea of the plan.

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