Green Zone
An amalgamation of modern finesse with rustic charm An administrative building and factory based in Hanoi, Vietnam designed by VDGA Architects was recently conferred with the Green Architecture Award at the 28th edition of JK AYA Architect of the Year Awards.
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40,000 sq ft. (Phase-1) corporate office cum factory set-out in the city of Hanoi, Vietnam, explores the rustic and discreet material palette aligning the client requirements to the site context. Being a corporate office and factory setup within the same campus (in fact adjoining each other), spaces were planned introvert. A series of courts interwoven in the work zones breathe freshness in the ambience. A gaze across the office presents one with the pleasing view of landscape and water instead of the blind partitions and decorative interiors.
The whole building is divided into front and back bays. The front bay of the building adjoins the factory floor beyond, separated from it by a long brick wall. The reception area is a bold statement in itself. The brick wall as the backdrop of the Deepak Guggari, wooden reception desk is distinct. The court basks in Principal Architect, Varsha & Deepak Guggari Associates brilliant shadows casted by the vertical brick offsets in the plain unobtrusive brick walls. As one traverses through the passage, a series of courts are encountered along. The partition walls for all the cubicles and workspaces give way to transparent glassw . Hence the spaces seem interwoven into each other looking into all the Courtyards not only bind the building horizontally but also enable visual connectivity along the vertical axis, looking into each other and lack of dead intermediate courts. The mass is a simple form-finished concrete envelope partitions enhance the same. with long colourful perforated metal screen adorned with landscape. Grid
The mass is a simple form finished concrete envelope with a long perforated metal screen adorned with landscape in and out on the front facade and the landscape mounds cuts the linearity
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January 2020
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