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| The design integrates elements of the surrounding eco-system and makes perfect use of local climatic features. |
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| The four story high buildings merge with its environment. |
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| Plans for a 40ha university campus on the margin of the Mekong Delta, maximizing the integration of nature with the design. |
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| According to computer fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis, the campus building plan was realized without air conditioning, a wind fluid design. |
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| Swampy site condition. |
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| Student activity fluid design. |
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| Faculties and main circulation. |
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| Fluid space for activity. |
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| Shading system and ventilation. |
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| Variety of sequential spaces. |
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| Pleasant alfresco space. |
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| Slipping into the natural site. |
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Photos of the Global Holcim Awards Silver prize hand-over, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam - July 3, 2009 |
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| Hand-over presentation to the winners of the global Holcim Awards Silver prize (l-r): Masaaki Gokura, Representative of the Consul General of Japan in Ho Chi Minh City; members of the winning team: Kazuko Akamatsu and Kazuhiro Kojima, architects, Coelacanth and Associates Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan; Daisuke Sanuki, architect, Daisuke Sanuki Architectural Design Office, Tokyo, Japan; Vo Trong Nghia, architect, Vo Trong Nghia Co. Ltd, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; and Holcim representatives: Gérard Letellier, Area Manager of Holcim, Switzerland; and Aidan Lynam, CEO of Holcim Vietnam, Vietnam. |
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| Members of the winning team for the Low-impact greenfield university campus project (l-r): Kazuhiro Kojima, architect, Coelacanth and Associates Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan; Daisuke Sanuki, architect, Daisuke Sanuki Architectural Design Office, Tokyo, Japan; Vo Trong Nghia, architect, Vo Trong Nghia Co. Ltd, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. |
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| Hand-over presentation to the winners of the global Holcim Awards Silver prize (l-r): Markus Akermann, Chairman of the Management Board of the Holcim Foundation and CEO of Holcim Ltd, Switzerland and Masaaki Gokura, Representative of the Consul General of Japan in Ho Chi Minh City with members of the winning team: Kazuko Akamatsu and Kazuhiro Kojima, architects, Coelacanth and Associates Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan; Daisuke Sanuki, architect, Daisuke Sanuki Architectural Design Office, Tokyo, Japan. |
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| Hand-over presentation to the winners of the global Holcim Awards Silver prize (l-r): Paul Hugentobler, Member of the Executive Committee of Holcim, Switzerland; Masaaki Gokura, Representative of the Consul General of Japan in Ho Chi Minh City; Kazuko Akamatsu and Kazuhiro Kojima, architects, Coelacanth and Associates Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan; Daisuke Sanuki, architect, Daisuke Sanuki Architectural Design Office, Tokyo, Japan; Vo Trong Nghia, architect, Vo Trong Nghia Co. Ltd, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Markus Akermann, Chairman of the Management Board of the Holcim Foundation, CEO of Holcim Ltd, Switzerland; Ashok B Lall, Principal and founder of Ashok B Lall Architects of New Delhi and representative of the Holcim Awards juries; Gérard Letellier, Area Manager of Holcim, Switzerland; and Aidan Lynam, CEO of Holcim Vietnam, Vietnam. |
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| Rt. Hon. Simon Upton, Chairman of the OECD Round Table on Sustainable Development and Member of the Advisory Board of the Holcim Foundation, New Zealand provided a keynote address in which he referred to his own house in New Zealand and the problems encountered in trying to make it live up to standards of sustainable construction with regard to insulation and energy supply. |
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| Ashok B Lall, Principal and founder of Ashok B Lall Architects of New Delhi and representative of the Holcim Awards juries introduced the winning project. “The silver award winning project from Vietnam is about creating an infrastructure for education – by using technology and creating spaces that evolve from a natural environment.” |
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| Markus Akermann, Chairman of the Management Board of the Holcim Foundation and CEO of Holcim Ltd, Switzerland, commented that the competition entries reflected the importance of international cooperation in developing solutions to the demanding challenges of sustainable construction. “Exploring sustainable approaches for the built environment is best achieved through innovation and leveraging the broad perspectives of international project teams – as this project clearly illustrates.” |
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| Bui Xuan Khu, Permanent Vice-Minister of Industry and Trade Vietnam welcomed guests to the hand-over ceremony and emphasized the importance of collaboration and innovation in generating sustainable construction solutions. |
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| Aidan Lynam, CEO of Holcim Vietnam, expressed the pride of the country to be receiving global recognition for a construction project. |
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| Edward Schwarz, General Manager of the Holcim Foundation, Switzerland, provided a historical background of the Holcim Foundation and an overview on the construction status of winning projects in Asia Pacific from the first and second Holcim Awards cycles. |
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| Quynh Huong, Talkshow Host, Ho Chi Minh TV, Vietnam, was the Master of Ceremonies in Vietnamese of the bilingual event. |
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| Media briefing held following the hand-over presentation to the winners of the global Holcim Awards Silver prize (l-r): Ashok B Lall, Principal and founder of Ashok B Lall Architects of New Delhi and representative of the Holcim Awards juries; Markus Akermann, Chairman of the Management Board of the Holcim Foundation, and CEO of Holcim Ltd, Switzerland; Ngọc Ha, translator; Edward Schwarz, General Manager of the Holcim Foundation, Switzerland; and winning team members Kazuhiro Kojima, architect, Coelacanth and Associates Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan and Vo Trong Nghia Co. Ltd, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. |
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Photos of winners and prize hand-over |
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| The winners of the Holcim Award Silver 2008 Asia Pacific for "Low-impact greenfield university campus, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam": (l-r) Daisuke Sanuki, Paul Hugentobler (member of the Executive Committee of Holcim Ltd), Kazuhiro Kojima, Vo Trong Nghia, Aidan Lynam (CEO of Holcim Vietnam). |
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| Presentation of the Holcim Award Silver 2008 prize (l-r): Daisuke Sanuki (team member), Paul Hugentobler (member of the Executive Committee of Holcim Ltd), Kazuhiro Kojima, Vo Trong Nghia (both team members), and Aidan Lynam (CEO of Holcim Vietnam). |
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| Holcim Award Silver 2008 prize winning team (l-r): Daisuke Sanuki, architect, Tokyo University of Science, Chiba, Japan; Kazuhiro Kojima, main author and architect, Coelacanth and Associates, Tokyo, Japan; and Vo Trong Nghia, architect, Vo Trong Nghia Co., Ltd, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. |
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