Design Proposal

7.1 DESIGN PROPOSAL WHAT ? - The Project

The project is called The Hy Vong (Healing Yielding and Vernal Onus Neutralising Girder), which is a centre that aims to become a ‘girder’ supporting those in places vulnerable to annual floods by yielding chances for them to heal and neutralise their vernal onus and new burdens caused by disasters. The centre yearns to be a helping hand for them during both pre-disasters (providing in-need help and consumables) and post-disasters (enhancing, fortifying and turning the community into a disaster-resilient community). It will empower as well as educate the community. The name “Hy Vong” itself is a Vietnamese word meaning “hope”. This naming brings hope to those victims, helping them move on rather than struggling with what happened. It is a matter of the fact that 98% population living in this site are ethnic minorities and genuinely need representation. Additionally, it is indisputable that the Vietnamese government has introduced many projects to rebuild houses for displaced residents. However, these projects are mostly done without architects and are conventional homes which eventually take away the identical culture represented through local vernacular. As a result, the usual physical help provided by local governments is not sufficient in maintaining their culture and assisting their mental healing after a disaster.

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WHO ? - Target Users

+ The Nam Tra My community (local resident of all ages) and victims in post-disaster scenario in mountainous

+ Educators and Trainers + Traders

WHERE ?- The Site

Central Vietnam: in Nam Tra My town, Quang Nam Province, Vietnam

WHEN ? - The Time

Flood Season and Non-Flood Season (All year-round)

HOW ? - The Aim and Vision

+ Flexible areas for leisure activities, interactions, meetings, and such as bamboo cratfs, traditional sports, ratten weaving, a monthly ginseng and medicinal plants market, and farming events within the community. + Modern representations of traditional vernacular architectural features can be used to enhance traditional vernacular aspects: stilted dwelling, pitched roof, bamboo/timber floor/wall. + Provide temporary shelters for displaced people during flood season, the shelters are healing oriented design to support their mental health. + Provide temporary exhibition places to promote local products to visitors and traders in non-flood season or to celebrate monthly fair or festivals + Generate interesting, connecting public places to promote site connectedness - boost accessibility and walkability. + Accommodations for workshops and institutes relating to indeginous cutural traditions, such as language / handicrafts / handloom institute and bamboo / medical plants workshop, and environment education such as disaster knowledge, rescue training, home building skills in flood/ landslide area.