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UNIVERSITY
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MAJOR
PROJECT
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Mekong
SEMESTER
2 . 2020
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WETLAND CO-HABITATION Hien Le
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The project is a design for an open eco-tourism facility in the Trasu Melaleuca jungle of the Mekong Delta in Vietnam. The diverse and rich landscape has made this wetland jungle an ideal destination for researchers and for wildlife enthusiasts. This wetland jungle is best traversed by canoe, so people usually visit in flood seasons from September to February, though climate change is extending the dry seasons these days. Architecture’s intervention can participate in supporting new ways to sustain this environment. The project is a network of pavilions searching for a contemporary vernacular architecture for the Mekong Delta. Local materials and open sculpted forms adapt better to the site environment, and create a series of objects which transpose the conical Mekong brick kiln into a lightweight, floating form. The series explores the relationship between local natural and cultural environments, and investigates structure that can bring humans further into the wetland jungle for all seasons of the year, and in varied flood levels. The series of small Melaleuca buildings spread apart and are connected by walkways, hiding in the dense Melaleuca jungle. This experiment in architecture and its inhabitants disappearing into the natural environment, also gives new form to that desire.
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SITE CONDITION Flood Seasons (Sep-Feb)
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SITE CONDITION Dry Seasons (Mar-Aug)
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THE NETWORK OF PAVILIONS
CANOE PIIER
RESTING POINT
PUBLIC TOILET
THEATRE RESTAURANT
ACCOMMOCDATION
PUBLIC TOILET
RESTING POINT
VIEWING TOWER CANOE PIIER
WORKSHOP GALLERY
RESEARCH LAB
VIEWING TOWER
PUBLIC TOILET
LIVING GALLERY
CANOE PIIER ADMIN OFFICE
PUBLIC TOILET EXISTING FACILITIES
ENTRANCE + CAFE
PUBLIC TOILET
SITE GALLERY
CANOE PIIER RESTING POINT
PUBLIC TOILET CANOE PIIER
VIEWING TOWER
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The network is functioning well in flood seasons and dry seasons.
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The network is appearing and disappearing at the same time in the dense jungle.
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ENTRANCE & CAFE’ PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION
10M 10M ROOF ROOF
4M FLOOR / WALKWAY 4M FLOOR / WALKWAY 2M MAX WATER LEVEL 2M MAX WATER LEVEL 0M GROUND 0M GROUND
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SCALE 1:50 SCALE 1:50 0M 1M 2M 0M 1M 2M
5M
5M
10M 10M
ENTRANCE & CAFE’
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ENTRANCE
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CAFE’
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SITE GALLERY
16M ROOF
10M ROOF
4M FLOOR / WALKWAY
4M WALKWAY
2M MAX WATER LEVEL
2M MAX WATER LEVEL
0M GROUND
0M GROUND
SCALE 1:50 0M 1M
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2M SCALE 1:50
5M
10M
SITE GALLERY
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SITE GALLERY
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SITE GALLERY
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SITE GALLERY
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SITE GALLERY
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LIVING GALLERY
16M ROOF
10M ROOF
4M FLOOR / WALKWAY
4M WALKWAY 2M MAX WATER LEVEL
2M MAX WATER LEVEL 0M GROUND
0M GROUND
SCALE 1:50 0M 1M
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2M SCALE 1:50
5M
10M
LIVING GALLERY
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LIVING GALLERY
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LIVING GALLERY
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LIVING GALLERY
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LIVING GALLERY
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WORKSHOP GALLERY
16M ROOF
10M ROOF
4M FLOOR / WALKWAY
4M WALKWAY 2M MAX WATER LEVEL
2M MAX WATER LEVEL 0M GROUND
0M GROUND
SCALE 1:50 0M 1M
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2M SCALE 1:50
5M
10M
WORKSHOP GALLERY
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WORKSHOP
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WORKSHOP
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GIFT SHOP
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GIFT SHOP
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RESTAURANT
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION
10M ROOF 8M ROOF
4M 4M FLOOR / WALKWAY FLOOR / WALKWAY 2M 2M MAX WATER LEVEL MAX WATER LEVEL 0M 0M GROUND GROUND
SCALE 1:50 SCALE 1:50
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0M 1M 0M 1M
2M 2M
5M 5M
10M 10M
RESTAURANT
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RESTAURANT
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OUTDOOR THEATRE PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION
10M ROOF
4M 4M FLOOR / WALKWAY WALKWAY 2M 2M MAX WATER LEVEL MAX WATER LEVEL 0M 0M GROUND GROUND
SCALE 1:50 SCALE 1:500M 1M 2M 0M 1M 2M
5M
5M
10M
10M
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OUTDOOR THEATRE
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OUTDOOR THEATRE
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ADMIN OFFICE
10M ROOF 11M ROOF
7M 2ND FLOOR 4M FLOOR / WALKWAY 4M 2M 1ST FLOOR / WALKWAY MAX WATER LEVEL 2M 0M MAX WATER LEVEL GROUND 0M GROUND
SCALE 1:50 0M 1M
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2M SCALE 1:50
5M
10M
ADMIN OFFICE
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ADMIN OFFICE
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ADMIN OFFICE
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RESEARCH LAB
10M ROOF
11M ROOF
7M 2ND FLOOR 4M
FLOOR / WALKWAY
2M 4M WATER LEVEL 1STMAX FLOOR / WALKWAY 0M 2M GROUND MAX WATER LEVEL
0M GROUND
SCALE 1:50 0M 1M
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2M
SCALE 1:50
5M
10M
RESEARCH LAB
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RESEARCH LAB
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RESEARCH LAB
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ACCOMMODATION
14M ROOF 10M ROOF
10M 3RD FLOOR
7M 2ND FLOOR 4M FLOOR / WALKWAY
4M 1ST FLOOR / WALKWAY 2M MAX WATER LEVEL 0M2M MAX WATER LEVEL GROUND
0M GROUND
SCALE 1:50 0M 1M
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2M
SCALE 1:50
5M
10M
ACCOMMODATION
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ACCOMMODATION
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ACCOMMODATION
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ACCOMMODATION
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RESTING POINT
50
VIEWING TOWER
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VIEWING TOWER
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CANOE PIER
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