Hanoi - Expanding the Green

Architectural Identity in an era of change History shows many examples of the fact that when elite groups and leaders change, so does architecture. Most countries have a diverse set of architectural heritage and while some of it has become lost to time, there is some hope for the future. Powerful people can, and do tear down cities so they adhere to their political ideology.

Modern architecture has created its own elites, who identify with a movement and build according to it. A challenge is to combine a particular architectural style and the local identity of the place. Many modern cities have become scenes of crowded architectural identities. Iraq has shown us that misuse of local architectural identity has a negative consequence on the local culture, society, economy and environment of an entire country Identity in nonplaces Non-place or nonplace is a neologism coined by the French anthropologist Marc Augé to refer to anthropological spaces of transience where human beings remain anonymous, and that do not hold enough significance to be regarded as ‘places’ in their anthropological definition.

Our studio attempts to find, and or create an identity for these places