Project summary:
Low-impact greenfield university campus (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) aspires to achieve harmony with all elements of the surrounding ecosystem in the middle of the Mekong River Delta: the waters of the river and the flooding of the rice fields, the mangroves, the winds and their patterns as well as with the seasonal changes of light and shadow.
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, 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.
 read update - prize hand-over in Ho Chi Minh City, July 3, 2009
 thông cáo báo chí - Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, Ngày 3 tháng 7 năm 2009
 | Jury appraisal
Download an excerpt of the Global Holcim Awards jury report
 read jury appraisal (PDF, 19 KB)
Global Holcim Awards jury (from right):
Charles Correa (Head, India), Hans-Rudolf Schalcher (Switzerland), Saskia Sassen (USA), Peter Head (UK), Rolf Soiron (Switzerland); not pictured: Enrique Norten (Mexico/USA). |
Winners of the Global Holcim Awards Silver 2009 (l-r): Kazuhiro Kojima (left) with Vietnamese architect and project further author Vo Trong Nghia.
 | Image gallery
Low-impact greenfield university campus, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
High-resolution images/photos available for download.
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| Video statements |  | Members of the Global Holcim Awards jury discuss the jury process and need to pursue sustainability.
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| Project posters |  | Each finalist presented their project to the jury on a series of seven posters.
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| "2nd Holcim Awards - Sustainable Construction 2008/2009" |  | Essay on the Global Holcim Awards Silver project
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| Regional Holcim Awards 2008 |  | |
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