Vietnam Association of Architects promotes, together with the Order of Architects of Genoa (Italy) the concept proposal competition for redevelopment of the most representative area of Old Town in Hanoi.
The competition will be reserved for partnership by Italian architects and Vietnamese architects who have to work together.
The competition will have the following schedule:
a) Publication of competition May 20, 2013
b) Delivery of the projects 13 September 2013
c) Awards Ceremony Hanoi October 10, 2013. This date to coincide with the celebrations for the anniversary of the founding of the city. There will be cash awards and possibility of professional assignment for the design proposed
The material required will consist of 3 drawings representing the proposals to make to enhance the area of the historical center studied by each candidate.
The competition aims to collect project proposals that provide answers in terms of environmental restoration, urban, architectural and traffic asset in accordance with the retail and craft activities, especially related to the design of public space.
Objectives of the project will be the one to relate new asset that lead to improvements in environmental quality and overall fruition from the aesthetic, functional and social area, starting from the square, today simple “roundabout”, designed only for traffic, without any character and very lacking on the relationship between the lake and the old town
All information, dates and material provided by the Organisers will be available and downloadable from the website for the competition: WWW.historical-hanoi2013.com which will be operating from that date of Publication of competition (May 20)
