Alongside the main West-East expressway of the Southern Ho Chi Minh City, this area is located in the good position for connection and residential and commercial as well especially the region near the main road. Moreover, its has the Northern edge faces to the canal, all conditions as mentioned above are the main factors to transfer and develop this area into such a active complex project which is main topic is people and nature.
To be more specific, the methodology of studying of the spaces between the building is applied to find the best way for dialogue and connection between each buildings, between people and spaces and buildings and nature as a unique entity. Creating more pocket parks, linear parks in the middle of row-houses, enhancing the canal-side with a themed park of well-planed of softscapes and hardscapes.
Beside that, the typologies of housings is also considered to follow the good orientation, in case of Vietnam is North-South axis. It is the positive strategy to save save energy and reduce the negative impacts from the tropical climate and create an environmental-friendly community. The TH zone will be included 3 kinds of houses that are canal-side house, main road-side house (also SH) and central garden types. Next, from the client's requirement under consideration of house demands, the planning propose a 33-storeys apartment at the most active corner which link to city market of agricultural products .
Program: Complex of Commercial, Residential
Location: HCMC, Vietnam
Status: In progress
Site Area: 2.4 ha, with 378 housing units (townhouse, shop-house, villa)
Year: 2018
Market: Commercial + Office, Mixed Use, Residential
Services: Planning and Urban Design + Strategies