Duong Nguyen
URBAN ART DESIGN
selected works
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1. art&landscape design in station area
2. art&landscape design in residental space
3. pavilion in hospital’s inner yard
"A GLIMPSE OF TIME"
THE STORY OF TIME
TRACE THE STORY OF THE SITE
CREATION
LANG BIAN PLATEAU IS HOME TO THE INDIGENOUS HIGHLAND TRIBES, PRIMARILY THE LAT (LẠCH) PEOPLE. AMONG THE MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL VIETNAM, THIS AREA IS KNOWN AS ONE OF THE MOST CHALLENGING FOR EXPLORERS TO PENETRATE.
IN 1908, CONSTRUCTION BEGAN ON AN 84-KILOMETER RAILWAY LINE CONNECTING THÁP CHÀM TO ĐÀ LẠT, WITH AN ELEVATION DIFFERENCE OF 1,500 METERS ALONG THE ROUTE.
RESPLENDENCE
THE DI LINH – ĐÀ LẠT RAILWAY AND THE PHAN RANG – KRONGPHA RAILWAY WERE COMPLETED AND PUT INTO OPERATION, FACILITATING TRADE AND TRAVEL BETWEEN ĐÀ LẠT AND THE LOWLAND REGIONS, ENABLING THE DISTRIBUTION OF ĐÀ LẠT’S AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS TO VARIOUS PLACES.
THE THÁP CHÀM – ĐÀ LẠT RAILWAY WAS COMPLETED, AND CONSTRUCTION OF ĐÀ LẠT STATION BEGAN, FINISHING IN 1938. THIS LINE WAS UNIQUE DUE TO ITS 16 KILOMETERS OF COG RAILWAY, WITH AN AVERAGE SLOPE OF 12%. AT THE TIME, THE COG RAILWAY SYSTEM AND LOCOMOTIVES WERE CONSIDERED SOME OF THE MOST DISTINCTIVE IN THE WORLD, FOUND ONLY IN SWITZERLAND AND VIETNAM.
RELIC REVIVE
THE RAILWAY LINE WAS DESTROYED BY WAR. IN 1975, THE COUNTRY WAS UNIFIED, THE RAILWAY LINE WAS RESTORED, OPERATED INEFFICIENTLY FOR A WHILE, AND THEN STOPPED ALTOGETHER.
THE DFB COMPANY RE-EXPLOITS THE WORLD’S UNIQUE RAILWAY; THEY LAUNCHED A CAMPAIGN CALLED “BACK TO SWITZERLAND” AND BROUGHT STEAM LOCOMOTIVES FROM AROUND THE WORLD BACK TO SWITZERLAND. THE VIETNAMESE RAILWAY INDUSTRY GRADUALLY BEGAN TO DISMANTLE THE RAIL SYSTEM OF THIS LINE, AND TRACES OF THE UNIQUE COG RAILWAY ARE NOW GONE. DALAT STATION HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS A NATIONAL HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL SITE. CURRENTLY, DALAT STATION IS NO LONGER PART OF THE NATIONAL RAILWAY SYSTEM, BUT IT REMAINS AN ATTRACTIVE TOURIST DESTINATION FOR VISITORS.
THE CONNECTION
THE SITE
ADVANTAGES IN TERMS OF POSITION AND LANDSCAPE, CAREFUL CONSIDERATION MUST BE GIVEN TO CLIMATE AND RAINFALL. THE CURRENT STATE REMAINS LARGELY UNCHANGED, WITH THE LANDSCAPE NOT FULLY EXPLOITED.
THE NEEDS
WHAT DOES THIS SPACE NEED?
• ADJUSTING FUNCTIONAL ZONING APPROPRIATELY
• EXPLOITING LANDSCAPE SPACE
• ANALYZING SPACE TO CREATE ARTWORKS - A SERIES OF SYMBOLIC PIECES THAT HIGHLIGHT
STATION’S CHARACTERISTICS OF “CONNECTION” AND “GATEWAY.”
WITH
THE CONCEPT
THE LINE (RAILWAY) EXTENDS ENDLESSLY
CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT: UNITED DIFFERENT PATHS OF TIME - FROM THE ICONIC CLOCK ON BUILDING’S ELEVATION EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED IN MOVEMENT - MOVEMENT IS ALWAYS CONTINUOUS.
CHAPTER 1: CREATION
“NEGATIVE” PATH
LOCATION: IN FRONT OF THE STATION SPIRIT: DYNAMIC, MYSTERIOUS
CHAPTER 2: RESPLENDENCE
“RESONANCE” PATH
LOCATION: BEHIND THE STATION SPIRIT: DYNAMIC, BURSTING WITH ENERGY
SCULPTURE SQUARE INSTALLA
CHAPTER 3: RELIC
“SOUND” PATH
LOCATION: REPAIR BUILDING AREA SPIRIT: LOST
WALKING BRIDGE
CHAPTER 4: REVIVE
“THROUGH” PATH
WALKWAY PATH “THROUGH”
LOCATION: NEAR THE TRACKS LEADING TO THE STATION
CHAP 1. CREATION
TRANSFORMING CO HO ETHIC GRROUP’S HANGING KITCHEN INTO PAVVILION’S FRAME, COMBINED WITH ICONIC CENTRAL HIGHLAND’S WATERFALL AS A PART OF SPACE EXPERIENCE, HIGHLIGHTING INDEGENOUS ELEMENT LIKE BROCADE FABRIC, MURALS, CO HO’S INSTRUMENT, ETC.
B. MURAL
UNDER THE WATERFALL, THE MURAL THAT INSPRIED FROM THE ETHIC GROUP’S HERITAGE WITH SIGNATURE FEATURES OF THE BUILDING APPEAR LIKE A WATER AND LIGHT FEAST.
THE PAVILION ACTCS AS A SEMI-UNDERGROUND SPACE, LETTING PEOPLE TRAVEL BACK TO THE TIME WHEN EVERYTHING STARTED, FEEL IT AND EVENTUALLY SEE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE PAST AND THE PRESENT, THROUGH THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE OLD HERITAGE AND THEM BEING TRANSFROMED AS CURRENT BUILDING - DA LAT GAS STATION.
COMPOSITION FINDING FOR THE MURALS
CHOSEN COMPOSITION - BASED ON THE ADAPTION TO SPACE
2. RESPLENDENCE
CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT
REPRESENT THE ERA, NOT RECREATE IT
TRAIN WHEEL CLOCK - TIME
TIME DISTORTED
WHEEL DISTORTED HARMONIZED- RISE UP
A SCULPTURE STANDS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SPACE BESIDE THE RAILWAY. “RESPLENDENCE” - A WORD SHOWING SPLENDID ACHIVEMENTS IN THE TIME, BEING REPRESENTED BY EVERYTHING HARMONIZING: TIME, RAILWAY, WHEELS, FLOWERS.
3. RELIC
AN INSTALATION CREATED BY THE THINGS THAT ARE LEFT AFTER TIME - THE SCRAP FROM BROKEN WAILWAY RUN AROUND THE ABANDONED FACTORY HOUSE. GOING ON THE JOURNEY, WE SEE THE ORIGIN, THE FALRING TIME, AND IN CONTRAST, THE CALM, LOST SPACE, THE SOUND OF SCRAP CLICKING WHEN WE WALK, HAVE US FEEL SOMETHING LOST IN OUR SOUL. MOSS WALL ARE BUILT BETWEEN THE BUILDINGS, ELIMINATE ALL SUROUNDINGS FROM US.
4. REVIVE
IN THE TIME OF LOSS, WE GRADUALLY SEE A NEE PATH AT THE END OF VERY SMALL AND NARROW ROAD. THE WALKING BRIDGE SLOWLY LET US TO A HIGHER VIEW, TRANSFORMING FROM SUCH SAD SPACE TO A NEW BEGINING, GOING THROUGH THE TREES, SEEING THINGS ALL OVER AGAIN HELP US SEE A SIGN OF HOPE, OF REVITALIZATION.
TECHNICAL DRAWINGS
MASTER PLAN SCALE: 1:1000
MASTER ELEVATION SCALE: 1:1000
DRAINAGE AND WATER REUSE MODEL USED WATER AND RAIN WATER IS RESERVED IN WATERTANK NEAR BY, CAN BE USED FOR OTHER PURPOSES SUCH AS GARDENING.
MASTER PLAN SCALE: 1:400
ELEVATION 1
SCALE: 1:100
ELEVATION 2
SCALE: 1:100
DETAIL
2
MATERIAL SPEC AND LIGHT LEGEND
DETAIL
CHAPTER 1 DIAGRAM
CHAPTER
CHAPTER 3
2. arts&landscape design in residental space
TRITON
CROWN VILLAS RESIDENTIAL URBAN AREA IS LOCATED IN GIA SANG DISTRICT, THAI NGUYEN PROVINCE, PROVIDING LIVING AND FACILITY SERVICES. THE PROJECT IS CURRENTLY CONSTRUCTED UP TO 70%.
THE BRIEF IS TO DESIGN AND COMPOSE PUBLIC ARTS WITHIN CROWN VILLAS’ SUBDIVISION OF LANDSCAPE AND COMMUNITY HOUSES INSPIRED BY GREEK GODS:
THE CHOSEN AREA FOR PUBLIC ART IS WITHIN POSEIDON AREA, PARTICULARLY IN THE HEART OF THE WALKING PATH WHICH ACTS AS THE END OF THE DESIGN LANDSCAPE AXE - REPRESENTING “FUTURE”.
THE SITE THE CONCEPT
SITE ANALYSIS
EXISTING ELEMENTS: CURVED PATH CONCENTRIC CIRCLES AND DOMES
INTERACTION SCENARIOS
THE ARTWORK IS HIGHLY INTERACTIVE, ENCOURAGING SPATIAL ENGAGEMENT. VISITORS EXPLORE IT FROM VARIOUS HEIGHTS: STARTING UNDER THE BRIDGE (1), MOVING ACROSS IT (2), AND INTERACTING WITH THE ARTISTIC SPACE OVER THE WATER (3), HEIGHTENING EMOTIONS BEFORE REACHING THE HILL AREA (4)
APPROACHING
“A TRITON PLUNGES INTO THE WATER, FORMING CONCENTRIC RIPPLES ON THE SURFACE.”
WALKING BRIDGE: ONE OF THE THREE LANDSCAPE HIGHLIGHTS ALONG THE MAIN LANDSCAPE AXIS HIGH PROPORTION OF GREENERY AND WATER
THE ARTWORK IS INTEGRATED ALONG THE PATH, FROM DEPICTIONS OF GREEK GODS ETCHED INTO THE WALKWAYS TO SEA CREATURES SYMBOLIZING THE POSEIDON AREA. THESE ELEMENTS RUN THROUGH THE CENTRAL ZONE WITH A COHESIVE COMPOSITION, ANCHORED VERTICALLY AND BLENDING SEAMLESSLY WITH TRITON’S EMBLEM, REPRESENTING THE GOD OF THE SEA.
NÔI EM
UP TO 25% OF WOMEN EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT ANXIETY AS THEY APPROACH CHILDBIRTH, WITH FEARS STEMMING FROM THE UNCERTAINTY OF LABOR, THE HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT, AND POTENTIAL COMPLICATIONS. THIS ANXIETY CAN BE OVERWHELMING, ESPECIALLY IN A CLINICAL SETTING WHERE EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING IS OFTEN OVERSHADOWED BY MEDICAL PROCEDURES.
MY PROJECT CENTERS ON CREATING A PAVILION THAT SERVES AS A CALMING RETREAT FOR EXPECTANT MOTHERS, OFFERING A PEACEFUL SPACE TO UNWIND, REFLECT, AND FIND COMFORT AWAY FROM THE STRESS OF THE HOSPITAL. THIS ENVIRONMENT ENCOURAGES TRANQUILITY, HELPING TO ALLEVIATE ANXIETY BEFORE BIRTH.
TU
HOSPITAL IS A MATERNITY HOSPITAL IN HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM. WITH NEARLY 100 YEARS OF OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT, TU DU HOSPITAL HAS BEEN THE BIRTHPLACE OF MANY GENERATIONS OF BABIES BORN IN HO CHI MINH CITY.
TRACE OF THE PAST
OLD & NEW BLENDING
Ho Chi Minh City: French colonial architecture and urban planning have gradually disappeared due to rapid population growth and the rise of modern developments.
“TRACES OF THE PAST STILL LINGER, PRESERVING MEMORIES OF A BYGONE ERA”.
Increasing building density, compared to original building. However, Hospital Courtyard – A Key Feature of the Hospital’s Design can still be seen
Need to consider several noises from traffic to find solution for courtyard spaces
THE SOLUTION
DETERMINE THE PRRERSERVED SPACE: HOSPITAL’S COURTYARD
THE INNER YARD
OLD & NEW ARCHITECTURE INTERTWINED
WHAT IS THE SOLUTION FOR THE MIXED, CHAOS ARCHITECTURAL SPACE?
Saigon - Cho lon:
Nguyen Thai Hoc – Nguyen Thi Minh Khai – Ben Nghe Canal: 3000 km² of Luxurious,
THE CONCEPT
Interaction from different angles yields varied outcomes. The dome-shaped form evokes a sense of being embraced.
The baby basket is transformed based on the frame and panel structure of the butterfly cocoon form, while still retaining the large overall framework.
The disordered space adopts the metaphor of a baby cradle, with a sculpted “canopy” that introduces sectional voids,
A SPACE WHERE PATIENTS CAN OBSERVE THEIR SURROUNDINGS FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE, ESCAPE FROM REALITY, AND RELIEVE THEIR ANXIETIES.
MASTER PLAN
SCALE: 1:100
PAVILION PLAN
SCALE: 1:100
PAVILION ELEVATION 1
SCALE: 1:100
PAVILION ELEVATION 2
SCALE: 1:100