Thu Thiem New Urban Area

Location: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Architect: Sasaki

Area: 1600 Acres

Sasaki’s plan for Thu Thiem also focuses on connections to the riverfront, linkages to the historic city center, and a compact, flexible urban form. The plan promotes density, integrated public transit (water- and landbased), and appropriate street and building orientation that encourages cross-ventilation and passive cooling. The plan incorporates the natural delta landscape and river fluctuations into the urban fabric and preserves native vegetation. A key ecological strategy is maintaining Thu Thiem as an “open system”— one that accommodates tidal regimes and high-water events through natural and manmade canals, lakes, and mangrove areas. All residential areas are in close proximity to the water and to the public spaces created through this strategy.

Over the next 20 years, Thu Thiem will accommodate over 130,000 residents. Since 2005, three major infrastructure linkages have been built based on Sasaki’s planning work. The Thu Thiem Bridge connects Thu Thiem directly with the existing city to the north. The East-West Highway—aligned in accordance with Sasaki’s original Master Plan—has also been constructed, connecting Thu Thiem to residential and commercial districts to the east and opening up access to diverse development opportunities. The completed East-West Tunnel passes below the Saigon River and connects historic District 1 and Thu Thiem. In the future, an iconic pedestrian bridge will connect Thu Thiem’s Central Plaza— which will be one of the biggest public spaces in all of Vietnam—with Me Linh Square on the west side of the river.

Inferences

• TOD networks are established around the main spine of road. This network joins all the neighbourhood in the loop which is created which makes it much easier to commute and tries to eradicated complications of multiple para transits.

(Source: https://www.sasaki.com/projects/thu-thiem-new-urban-area/)