The Hanoi Creative Space Design Competition 2020 and the Hanoi Public Art Design Competition 2022 successfully created a platform for innovative ideas that contributed to the transformation of urban spaces and the revitalization of cultural heritage in everyday life. These initiatives laid the foundation for the annual Hanoi Creative Design Festival, where heritage has been continuously reimagined and brought closer to the public through pilot projects.
Building on this momentum, Architecture Journal, under the Vietnam Association of Architects (VAA), is launching the Creative Space Design Competition 2026 under the theme “Hanoi – Awakening Urban Spaces”. Organized on a nationwide scale, the competition seeks to bring together architects, designers, artists, researchers, academics, and the wider creative community to generate innovative ideas for the future of Vietnam’s urban environment. The competition forms part of the Creative Infrastructure Development Program, one of the key initiatives of the Hanoi Creative Design Festival 2026. As the organizing body, Architecture Magazine is pleased to announce the official competition regulations as follows.
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Organizers
- Under the direction of: Hanoi People’s Committee; Vietnam Association of Architects.
- Organized by: Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports; Architecture Journal – Vietnam Association of Architects.
- Supporting partners: UNESCO Vietnam, international organizations, universities, research institutes, and educational institutions specializing in design and creative disciplines.
- Participating Creative Cities and local authorities hosting proposed competition sites.
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Eligibility
- Professional Category: Organizations and individuals with legal status who have professional training and are actively practicing in architecture, design, art, or other creative disciplines.
- Open Category: Individuals and organizations interested in participating, including but not limited to students of architecture, urban planning, fine arts, culture, and related disciplines, as well as participants who are not professionally engaged in design, architecture, creative industries, or the arts under Vietnamese law.
- Interdisciplinary collaboration is encouraged, such as teams combining architects, designers, cultural experts, economists, and professionals from other fields. Each team may consist of no more than five members.
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Competition Categories
The competition consists of three main categories. Participants may select from the suggested topics provided by the Organizing Committee or propose their own project sites.
- Promoting creative design in urban public spaces
- Creative adaptive reuse of urban buildings slated for relocation or functional transformation
- Preservation and enhancement of traditional architectural and urban spaces
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Tentative Schedule
- Competition launch and registration opens: July 15, 2026
- Submission deadline: November 15, 2026
- Jury evaluation: October 2026
- Awards Ceremony and Exhibition at the Hanoi Creative Design Festival 2026: November 2026
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Submission Guidelines
- Submission deadline: 5:00 PM, September 30, 2026
- Entries must be submitted both physically and online:
- Hard-copy submission:
Architecture Journal – Vietnam Association of Architects
40 Tang Bat Ho Street, Hai Ba Trung Ward, Hanoi, Vietnam
Contact person: Mrs. Thu Van
Tel: (+84) 24 3824 6378
- Online submission:
Please register via the following form to receive submission instructions and competition materials: https://forms.gle/aa3YfBk6hFDwbLRV9
(Alternatively, participants may email the Organizing Committee at cuocthi@tckt.vn to request the submission guidelines.)
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Awards
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Contact Information
- Competition website: www.tapchikientruc.com.vn
- Organizing Committee Contact:
M.Arch. Nguyen Anh Duong
Head of Communications, Architecture Journal – Vietnam Association of Architects
40 Tang Bat Ho Street, Hai Ba Trung Ward, Hanoi, Vietnam
Mobile: (+84) 916 555 198
Email: duong@tckt.vn
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