Many high-rise buildings construction contributed to changing the face of urban HCMC.
 
The situation of urban architecture in recent years in HCM City
 
Over the past decade, especially in the second half of the first decade of the 21st century, HCMC witnessed a strong economic growth, profound changes in society and the many-dimensional motion is urban architecture.
 
That is the way of expanding urbanization reaching the outskirts of the city area with many urban projects, new residential areas and industrial zones, technology parks - tech ... The change in Population entail new towns were formed. Many coastal city (Tan Binh, Go Vap, Binh Thanh, ...) and suburban areas of land for development, urban expansion has gradually become the new urban (Saigon South, North House friends ...) as an inevitable trend to address housing for the urbanization process of the city.
 
Is vertically of building projects are constantly springing up in many places in the city: from the central area (focusing District 1, District 3), out to a new county (District 7, 9 ...), or intermixing of some old urban districts (District 4, Phu Nhuan, Binh Thanh ...).
 
As trade growth dimension of architecture associated with the real estate market with many office buildings, apartments, hotels ...
 
It also looks like the way of residential architecture - architecture array of urban important - from the high-rise housing with living space quality is improved: planning for open space, green carpet , water and community facilities such as kindergartens, medical care; Interior design apartments abundant natural lighting ventilation, suitable climate and living habits of Vietnamese; to individual houses in recent years to get people to care little, talk to the architect to bring the living space suitable folds, shapes and facades rich shades contribute to town .
 
Although in some respects still concerned (about the environment, society ...), construction projects in recent years have contributed to changing the face of urban in many areas: from new buildings springing up on Background of "urban Trough" degraded even in downtown areas to residential areas, new urban areas gradually formed in the past decade new area was suburban, and remote areas of the city (like the district to the east, south of the city).
Urban architecture is not standing on the sidelines of urban issues facing. Climate change is no longer far away as a global problem, it has begun a direct impact on the lives of urban people as flooding, extreme weather ...
 
In general, provided the current situation and development of the city, city urban architecture not care much for climate change adaptation: much new urban development is not yet optimal model with natural conditions, canals still being leveled without guaranteed water management solutions replace, many building projects have yet to use the appropriate external facade hot weather conditions ... However, recently began positive initiatives: green architecture, energy efficient architecture is applied in some new project design; sidewalks, parks, squares began to be interested in design minimizes concrete surface, increasing green space, ground water seepage (the green pavement is being constructed on Ba Huyen Thanh Quan, Nguyen Dinh Chieu Le Duan ...).
 
Metropolitan Building in downtown HCMC.
 
These new practices on the one hand contribute to the adaptability of cities with environmental issues, on the other hand also contributed to the appearance of space urban landscape architecture words, "abstract" rather than the development of urban architecture in HCM City in recent years has gradually created "Identity HCMC urban architecture in the development of the integration process".
 
"Identity urban architecture" Saigon - Ho Chi Minh City have lost data during the integration and development?
 
There is a general perception that most of us can agree that a set of buildings, public spaces, green space - the water ... in a whole urban space where generations Previous created to maximize the convenience factor, limiting the risks in the framework of which the natural conditions, cultural and economic - allowing society, as well as application of scientific achievements School construction technology in the process of formation and development has created "Identity architecture" of a municipality.
 
      
From the above statements may be found in HCM City with over 300 years history of formation and development has also created an "identity of urban architecture" of their own. These are structures from simple to massive, public spaces, green space - the water very close to the people that have built up over the years their mark to create a "Hon Far Eastern Pearl "as has been mentioned.
 
During a long time, the pace of development of the former Saigon quite well, no big fluctuations. Until 1975, even until the early years of the last 80s, Saigon - Ho Chi Minh City retains the face of urban architecture has formed in the past, with colors of red tile roofs of buildings architectural, plaza spaces and green patches along the winding stretch of river systems - canals. During this period there are also some large buildings, high-rises have been built, but with small numbers and little to affect "Identity urban architecture" as we often feel.
 
 
The last years of the 80s of last century, along with the country, HCMC entering the innovation to development and integration with the world - regions. With a geographical location - favorable economic, labor a creative potential of the strata and the determination of the collective leadership, HCMC has quickly become a destination for investors in and abroad. A big investment wave has swept to HCMC in the 90s with many investment projects real estate as high-rise buildings, residential quarters. The imprint of this period can be seen in pictures of office buildings like the Metropolitan, Diamon Plaza ... or a new urban area in Phu My Hung new urban area south of the city ...
 
As we all know, the renovations of urban development, especially in big cities like Ho Chi Minh City - one of the economic locomotives of the South and the country is an inevitable trend, nature era as has happened in the big cities in the world and especially in Southeast Asia in recent years.
The renovation of urban development has been taking place in HCMC, if kind of mistakes is subjective but we had to pay the price, in terms of the objective to confirm these results is enormous and important. Ho Chi Minh City after 30 years of innovation has made the strategic change on economic development - social and environmental protection.
 
Before the big changes in the nature and function of urban centers, population size increased continuously entail expanding the development space has a strong impact on the architectural features of urban landscape which has long bold imprint in the minds of city residents but also of visitors from near - far. Quite a lot of people and opinions of both experts worry that HCM City is losing gradually "Identity urban architecture" in its own development process integration. That is absolutely true that there is the time we solve the problem rather embarrassing renovated - urban development, especially in the area of ​​nuclear center - the city's history. It is to allow dismantling of public buildings, low-rise villas to build office buildings, hotels and even condominiums right in the downtown area instead of towards the regional development new development in Thu Thiem, District 2-7 ...
 
Central condominiums Q1 HCMC.
 
The initial step to build "urban Identity Architecture" HCMC in developing integration period
 
Standing in front of this reality, the writer himself as architect should also have a lot of heart when he was involved in research and training ... We wish to contribute to the preservation of the unique aspects of architecture - urban landscape. So when is appointed State management planning - Architecture in Ho Chi Minh City, the concern over the impact was very strong to the thoughts and my actions immediately after the task. This is the time when real estate developers in the city are "very hot", when hundreds of high-rise housing projects are focused investment application at the existing central area of ​​the city. Which projects would also build dozens of stories on the rather narrow grounds ...
This is also the period when the state management of urban planning is only focused on the work of "covered plan" to resolve to approve a system of urban planning projects from planning construction general city planning to build its own district - district and detailed planning 1/2000. Systems of this project is very important in the management of urban development information such as traffic system for road border is defined, the function of the area and population size ... but the lack of information to control development space that only difficult to use criteria such as average height.
 
So how can control the architectural space - urban landscape, while here again is one of the important criteria help to create "urban architectural identity".
 
With existing downtown HCMC, with only a few detailed plan approved uncontrolled development space in the area, besides the projects should preserve conservation, public which gives the demolition to new construction and if the building is how high to not disrupt the landscape, even contributing to more urban space.
It was from the study and analysis of architectural space - urban landscape, we realize a philosophy quite simple, rustic but his father, who has created and preserved "Identity Architecture Urban "Saigon - Ho Chi Minh City is the control of urban space are in a" state of harmony "in accordance with the natural conditions, cultural and economic - society allows, besides transport creative application of scientific and technological achievements construction of each period of development.
 
So our task today to build "urban architectural identity" HCMC during the integration development is to continue along the path that his father had gone. It is that we must study to look out for a "harmonious state" new, consistent with current conditions.
 
The pressure to meet the investment needs to continue renovating city development while preserving and building up the "Identity urban architecture" fit, not follow trails to allow construction work always to "meet up - meeting down" as before. We were determined to find ways to build "urban architectural identity" HCMC during the integration and development of the right research to find out a "state of harmony" new, fit with the current conditions.
After synthesis - analysis of the development of architectural - urban landscape in the area of ​​the existing city center after more than a decade of development and renovation of the city's leaders and support the Ministry of Construction , year 2007 Department of planning - Architecture HCMC has organized an international competition to find the idea of ​​studying blueprints " detailed planning of urban construction 1/2000 ( Regulation 1/2000 zoning ) downtown HCMC existence " and " management Regulation architectural space of urban landscapes existing downtown HCMC " with boundary 930ha . Both these projects are 2 Nikken Seikkei Company ( Japan ) research done and approved in 2013 .
Along with blueprints "Detailed planning of urban construction 1/2000" and "Urban Design Guidelines" Thu Thiem new urban area is compact Sasaki (US) study done and approved in 2005 entire nuclear center of HCMC has control tools to rehabilitate and develop the architectural space of urban landscapes. In parallel with the above work, we have proposed and accepted for research and development "program of action for the conservation of the urban architectural landscape in HCM City area" in 2013. This program is currently being deployed fairly promptly in order to be completed in late 2016.
 
During the first study done on the top of international consultants, we along with the experts in the country and abroad always work towards developing a set of green buildings greener schools, the public space, green space - the water ... in a whole urban space brings a "harmonious state" to generate new and preserve "urban architectural identity" Saigon - HCMC in developing integration period. This is the initial step to build "urban architectural identity" HCMC in developing integration period.
 
 
 
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