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Page: 12\u00a0<\/strong> Dear Readers,<\/em><\/p>\n You are holding in your hands the first issue of Architecture Magazine for 2026, filled with nurtured ideas, green shoots taking shape, and, of course, opportunities being connected.<\/p>\n In this January issue, we join a special feature: \u201cAwakening Spaces – Reviving Urban Heritage\u201d. This year, the theme \u201cAwakening Spaces\u201d returns with new nuances, aiming to activate creativity and create new values upon old foundations. Here, when a heritage structure interacts with contemporary design thinking within the flow of the creative economy, it contributes to forming a vibrant ecosystem, where heritage becomes a potential resource and culture becomes a driver for sustainable growth.<\/p>\n This is also the spirit of the Hanoi Festival of Creative Design, directed by the Hanoi People\u2019s Committee and the Vietnam Association of Architects, and organized by the Hanoi Department of Culture and Information in coordination with Architecture Magazine, accompanied by UNESCO and other key partners. In early January 2026, the \u201cCreative Convergence\u201d officially launched the journey toward the Hanoi Festival of Creative Design 2026 with a roadmap to build an open creative ecosystem and a strong policy: \u201cCreativity must become the source – Innovation must become the operational method – The link between the State, businesses, the creative community, and society must become the driving force for development!\u201d<\/p>\n In that spirit, in this special issue, the presence of architects, designers, and research experts will join hands to awaken potential spaces, breathing new life into them, creating new values, and contributing to transforming heritage into vital resources of the creative economy\u2026 So that heritage is not merely an architectural work but becomes a creative space, an inspiring destination for the future. Respectfully introducing Architecture Magazine Issue 01\/2026!<\/p>\n Architecture Magazine<\/em><\/p>\n Page: 13<\/strong> \u2022 Dr. Arch. Phan Dang Son<\/em><\/p>\n 2026 is a year of significant events, particularly the 14th National Party Congress, featuring important historical guidelines and policies to lead our country\u2019s strong and sustainable development in the new era. Therefore, the 11th Congress of the Vietnam Association of Architects must be thoroughly imbued with the Resolution of the 14th Party Congress, translating it into objectives and operational programs for the Congress and the Association. More than ever, the Vietnam Association of Architects needs to be proactive and creative, implementing digital transformation linked with the development of science, technology, and arts and culture – This continues to be identified as a key focus with a new spirit and momentum. As the Association\u2019s top political task in 2026, preparations for the Congress-from personnel and drafting documents to organizational facilities-must receive the utmost attention from the Central Executive Committee, the Standing Committee, and the Permanent Committee of the 10th Term, unlocking high-performance activities for the Vietnam Association of Architects in the new term.<\/p>\n Page: 20<\/strong> \u2022 Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bui Hoai Son<\/em> Recalling General Secretary To Lam\u2019s words, he emphasized that \u201cin the digital age, creativity is the main artery, innovation is the method, and connection is the driving force\u201d – This message is also a reminder that: There is no creativity without aspiration! No innovation without commitment! And no development without the joint effort of the whole society. With strategic vision, innovative courage, and determination to act, Hanoi can fully rise to become one of the dynamic creative hubs of the region, while preserving the identity of a Capital that is \u201cCultured – Civilized – Modern – Creative and Livable\u201d. Then, the creative economy will not only be a development model but also the path for Hanoi to affirm its position, spread Vietnamese cultural values to the world, and contribute to realizing the aspiration for a prosperous and happy country in the new era.<\/p>\n Page: 25<\/strong> \u2022 Pham Minh Quan<\/em><\/p>\n Hanoi does not develop as a closed entity. Thang Long, Ke Cho was formed from a network of surrounding villages and craft villages, especially the peri-urban area in the West, the ancient land of Doai. Craft villages provided products, techniques, and aesthetics to the imperial capital, while creating a close link between rural production and urban consumption. Hanoi\u2019s Old Quarter, with its characteristic \u201cHang\u201d streets system, is the \u201crepresentative\u201d space of those craft villages. Placed in the context of rapid urbanization in recent decades, this link has gradually been broken, causing the cultural flow that once operated flexibly to become disjointed and less visible in contemporary urban life.<\/p>\n Page: 29<\/strong> \u2022 Truong Tran Trung Hieu<\/em><\/p>\n In major cities in Vietnam, abandoned sites such as old factories, inactive markets, old residential areas, and river flats are often seen as signs of resource waste. This poses a paradox: While urban residents lack public spaces for relaxation, interaction, and bonding, many infrastructure items are gradually degrading. This article discusses the adaptive reuse approach as a proposal for the above problem \u2013 By examining this approach from aesthetic, economic, and social perspectives, the article contrasts it with the current situation in Vietnam and proposes several development directions for the future.<\/p>\n Page: 34<\/strong> \u2022 M.Arch. Tran Thi Thanh Thuy<\/em> In the context of rapidly changing Vietnamese urban areas, \u201cawakening urban space\u201d is often understood as major interventions in planning, architecture, or investment. However, reality shows that many urban spaces are not \u201csleeping\u201d but are living, operating, and accumulating value every day in the daily life of the residential community. Through the practice of urban sketching and organizing on-site exhibitions in Ha Hoi Hamlet (Hanoi), the article shares a different approach: awakening space by slowing down, by on-site observation, and by dialogue between art \u2013 space \u2013 community. Urban sketching, in this case, is not just an artistic activity but becomes a soft tool to help identify, connect, and reveal the values of living urban heritage from the very small corners persistently existing within the heart of the city.<\/p>\n Page: 44<\/strong> \u2022 Nguyen Anh Tuan<\/em><\/p>\n Not merely a symbol of bustling trade, Dong Xuan Market is viewed as a cultural and historical “ecosystem” facing the immense challenges of e-commerce and modern urbanism. The article introduces a structural art proposal, utilizing visual planning of color and light to reposition the space and connect the value layers of the market during the Festival of Creative Design 2026. By “grafting” artworks into the market\u2019s existential body, the project aspires to transform Dong Xuan into an “open-source code,” helping this heritage self-regenerate and continue its cultural flow in the new context.<\/p>\n Page: 48<\/strong> \u2022 Dr. Arch. Truong Ngoc Lan<\/em><\/p>\n Currently, Hanoi has an urgent need for urban restructuring; concurrently, the City needs spaces to develop the cultural industry and creative economy. These two needs converge at one point and coincide with the current global trend of converting old industrial facilities into creative cultural spaces. How to convert and operate these spaces is not simple – Appropriate models and solutions suitable for Vietnamese conditions are needed so they can develop sustainably and bring benefits to the community. Learning and drawing experience from pioneering nations, especially Asian countries with similarities in culture, institutions, and urban development history, is essential. Those lessons, combined with a systematic and thorough survey and assessment program regarding the potential of Hanoi\u2019s industrial facilities subject to relocation, will help us select effective methods. This is one of the key tasks of the Project on surveying potential spaces to become creative cultural spaces and cultural industry centers, implemented within the framework of the Hanoi Festival of Creative Design 2026, directed by the Hanoi People\u2019s Committee and the Vietnam Association of Architects, coordinated by the Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports and Architecture Magazine, with the participation of the Network for a Livable Hanoi – ECUE, the Faculty of Architecture and Planning – Hanoi University of Civil Engineering, and the Faculty of Cultural Industries and Heritage – School of Interdisciplinary Sciences and Arts.<\/p>\n Page: 54<\/strong> \u2022 Arch. Le Oanh Ngoc<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cThe world might be saved not by huge systems, Page: 70<\/strong> \u2022 Assoc. Prof. Dr. Arch. Le Quynh Chi<\/em><\/p>\n In the digital age, when information is often consumed in short forms, holding a 200-page professional book might make many hesitant. However, \u201cMaking Change\u201d is a delightful exception. I read this book in one sitting because it does not provide dry technical formulas but is written as the sincere confidences of practitioners. Each project, from regional planning and provincial planning to urban design or specific architectural works, is recounted with an approachable style, fully conveying core values and the passion of the implementers; it transforms rigid numbers and legal boundaries into vivid stories about people and spaces.<\/p>\n Page: 104<\/strong> \u2022 M.Arch. Bui Chi Luyen<\/em><\/p>\n This article hopes to be merely a stroke evoking the theory and reasoning behind the use of basic forms in architectural creation, through images from several architectural works in Vietnam and around the world. From the perspective of basic forms, we feel and discover together to realize that sometimes beauty and sophistication do not lie in complexity, but are found in simplicity itself, in the way we combine and transform familiar shapes to make them new.<\/p>\n Page: 12\u00a0 Foreword from the editorial board Dear Readers, You are holding in your hands the first issue of Architecture Magazine for 2026, filled with nurtured ideas, green shoots taking shape, and, of course, opportunities being connected. In this January issue, we join a special feature: \u201cAwakening Spaces – Reviving Urban Heritage\u201d. 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\nForeword from the editorial board<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nWelcoming the new Spring of the Horse (Binh Ngo), the Editorial Board wishes our readers luck and prosperity – And let us connect to aim for creative rhythms in the new era!<\/p>\n
\nOperational orientation of the Vietnam Association of Architects in 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nFostering a Creative Economy Ecosystem in Hanoi <\/strong><\/p>\n
\nStanding Member, Committee for Culture and Education of the National Assembly<\/em><\/p>\n
\nAwakening Creative Spatial Corridors <\/strong>
\nFrom Peri-urban Craft Villages in the West to Hanoi\u2019s Old Quarter<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nAdaptive Reuse: From Theory to Practice in the Context of Contemporary Vietnamese Urbanism <\/strong><\/p>\n
\nAwakening urban spaces from vibrant nooks<\/strong>
\nUrban sketching and on-site exhibitions as a method of awakening urban spaces \u2013 The case of Ha Hoi Hamlet, Hanoi <\/strong><\/p>\n
\nLecturer, Faculty of Interior Design, Hanoi Architectural University – Leader of Urban Sketchers Hanoi<\/em><\/p>\n
\nDong Xuan – An Art Project<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nSurvey Project on Potential Spaces for Creative Cultural Hubs and Cultural Industry Centers – Practical Experiences from Asian Countries <\/strong><\/p>\n
\nMUFA – The Architecture of Rebirth<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nbut by small organisms that know how to make use of the ruins\u2026\u201d
\nAnna Tsing
\nMUFA is created from an old structure, abandoned for many years. But like the way mushrooms spring up from decaying tree trunks, abandonment is not the end, but fertile ground for new life. The old shell of the building was not completely demolished. It was listened to, felt, and then reborn with a different spirit: The spirit of the mushroom.<\/p>\n
\nBook Review: \u201cCreating Change: The Journey of Building Livable Communities in Southeast Asia\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nArchitectural composition from the perspective of basic forms<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/tckt.vn\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26A03022-2.jpeg\")
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