Studio 8, a group of young Hanoian architects, designed a competition proposal to transform a street in Hanoi, Vietnam. The project earned third prize and focuses on finding a contemporary solution to bring the street life of Trangtien “to its gracefulness in the near future.”
More about the proposal after the break.
When Trangtien Street was built by the French over 100 years ago, it was famous for its charm and beauty. A pedestrian friendly atmosphere, the street was part of a luxurious commercial area surrounded by grand theaters and civil headquarters.
Yet, as the years progressed, the street lost its attractive ambience as the transformation of street houses and buildings happen spontaneously without being controlled by authority, and vehicles crowd a once pedestrian owned zone.
The proposal takes the past conditions into consideration and tries to give the pedestrians back a shared space. Experimenting sectionally, the street is carved out to create a new pedestrian type of zone. Within this new space, large steps bring people to a lower level and pockets of space are designed for different activities and gatherings to occur.
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- Site Plan
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- Main Gathering Space
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- Perspective
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- Perspective of Stairs
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- Street View
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- Night View
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- Street Furniture
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- Plan Layout
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Urbanismo, belo projeto: Tangtien Street, Hanoi, Vietnã http://www.archdaily.com/63286/trangtien-street-studio-8/
Sweet spot for the homeless to hang out.
Agreed. we’re on a similar project in San Francisco and are facing the same issue. Hobos have surprising audacity about how publicly they loiter/sleep/pee.
There are no homeless in Hanoi. This is Vietnam.
Neat public space
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Kinda Sergels Torg in Stockholm.
how do we reclaim our streets & make these our place… An entension of our home? http://www.archdaily.com/63286/trangtien-street-studio-8/
pits with stairs don’t usually work to enliven streets…I thought….Doesn’t work so well in Pioneer Plaza in portland
first good one in Archdaily for Vietnam
hmm, its terrible…they re too young to know about hanoi – trang tien and history…
it seem to recover a project by BIG …hmmm…
until when they’ll know?.. how about you?
this is a new concept for the city of hanoi, i like it!
like not the same meaning know …if its yr choice…a new concept is not same with nice concept…hmm???
do u think the old – nice – elegant street like TRangTIen need a big Hole ???
Trangtien Street. http://bit.ly/b8Y16a
RT @nicholaspatten Trangtien Street. http://bit.ly/b8Y16a
http://www.archdaily.com/63286/trangtien-street-studio-8/ buenas ideas, buenos proyectos
levanta a mao quem mora numa cidade que tenha uma rua assim! http://bit.ly/dwdMZ1 parabéns studio 8 #arquitetura
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mmmmm not a good idea at all… The trade, exchange is at hand.
Like some said, nice homeless shelter
very nice project!
Good one, especially for Hanoian architects.
that’s beautiful. But i see that no one is Vietnamese in those pictures. I ‘ll think that this project is in Europe or American if I just look at the picture.
Look at that again , dude ! Some is VNmese , but actually, this street is for travel area. Of course , there’re so many foreign people here .
Anw, i like it !!!
Oh! I see! A Vietnamese girl! Thank for show me that.
Travel area. That’s funny and you’re so polite.
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wow, Vnese fellow can do this, impressive!
really bad project. light years from working in reality
Very refreshing! Especially coming from Vietnam.
Green…green…please keep the green and add more green on it. kindda like the concept..
what about in the nite, when all the stores are closed and no activities, no vehicular access??
I like it, although it not working for sure!
Look at that again , dude ! Some is VNmese , but actually, this street is for travel area. Of course , there’re so many foreign people here .
Anw, i like it !!!
Sweet spot for the homeless to hang out.
very nice project
Street trees would have been nice. Especially b/c of the sun-phobia culture in Hanoi.
Overall, innovative idea. Would be a great release valve to take some of the (tourist) pedestrian traffic out of the old quarter.
Lastly, what happens in monsoon season? Does this become a canal?