Collective on-site field work (Aug 2021 - Sep 2021) Field work - Site visit - Survey For 2 weeks, the three research teams will converge in Hanoi for collective field work. This provides an opportunity for the teams to assess their off-site investigation, reflect on their progress and form research insight.
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Research lectures and specialists’ talks In cooperation with local institutions and agencies, research members are encouraged to give lectures of interest to introduce their theoretical positions for the research taking into consideration the factories’ context and urban conditions. Reading materials can be provided to help reach out to the research’s wider audience. In addition, specialists’ talks will be held to discuss significant case studies projects in Vietnam, to facilitate knowledge exchange between international and local researcher and to encourage future collaboration. Architectural visits In parallel with the workshop’s investigation into post-industrial factories, research teams will visit contemporary architecture of interest to gain an additional understanding of the current state of Vietnamese architecture and architectural practice. Specialists’ talks can be held during these visits. Exhibition (Nov 2021 - Dec 2021) Symposium and Exhibition As part of a wider research program, the research hopes to bring together several experts in the field of architecture to have a critical discussion. Participants are encouraged to attend and contribute to the debate in the symposium. Symposium aims to provide an arena for cultural/ architectural debates. The desired outcome would be to put together a panel of opposing views and, through conversation, to establish a common ground to facilitate critical discourse and creative resolution regarding these factories. The symposium, hopefully, will bring some of the issues of these important factories into a wider public discourse and serve as a catalyst for future changes. Publication (Dec 2021 - Mar 2022) Research materials after the public exhibition will be refined, compiled and published. This publication will conclude the workshop of the current year and tie back into Hanoi Ad hoc’s greater research.Critical writings by every project’s partners and/or contributors, guests. This publication is the opportunity to launch an architectural investigation-to recall, by using examples, that study of the past could become the basis for the future creation of a built environment.
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