The 23th restaurant of the famous Pizza 4P’s in Vietnam is located in the prime position of Indochina Plaza Hanoi Residencesin in Xuan Thuy Street.
The restaurant’s first floor facade resembles a contemporary sculpture with the red color of Bat Trang bricks, standing out on the bustling Xuan Thuy street. The Bat Trang ceramic brick walls divide the layout into private but intimate interlocking spaces, which were inspired by the narrow alleys in downtown Hanoi. This is the place for some amazing combinations of windows and green spaces, creating diverse views to the city.
Built-in 1929 by French, and located in Xuân Trường Town, Đà Lạt City of Lâm Đồng Province, 1.2 hectare, Cầu Đất Tea Department was the first place has a large tea factory in south-east asia .Now it’s transformed to Tea Museum and offers a variety of facilities for tea, as well as a new destination for Vietnamese youth. This includes tea hills, opening up for a tea manufactory with a tea culture exhibition, art installation spaces and a cafe bistro for visitors.
The old factory has four buildings. The appearance of these historic buildings does not only transmit a certain esthetic value, but also a particular meaning. They are a visible bond to our past. And they tell their stories that anyone can experience by going inside. People can think of themselves as being part of a longer history. This way, old buildings can create a feeling of belonging. In other words, their structures keep community memories alive.
Hoa’s house is a house designed with the philosophy that is called “emotional architecture”. After having some meetings with the owners of the house, considering their preferences and discussing, design ideas and spaces are constructed from their own subconscious images.
Hai Phong is a logistics and industrial hub with the largest terminal port in Northern Vietnam. It is a port city at the mouth of the Red River, about 100km away from Hanoi. The project, named “Ark Pavilion for Pizza 4P’s” is designed as a standalone building at the corner of a large newly built shopping mall.
This project is conceived as a symbolic monument to capture both the unique background and values of the city and restaurant – Hai Phong as a port and industrial city, as well as Pizza 4P’s value of sustainable dining. The building is perceived as an ark docked in a port, which is represented by the large shopping mall. It is an ark pavilion where the history and memories of the city are embraced and displayed to the diners and visitors.
Set within a tropical climate, the pre-cast façade manipulates the orientation of sun shading to craft the beautiful illusion that is Concreate Waves. Set to be completed in three phases, the project is part of a new industrial zone east of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Conceptually, the design direction continues on from the learnings of G8A’s earlier research and development centre projects exploring the “yard typology”, inspired by Vietnamese village spaces that are distributed around a central courtyard. This massing strategy enhances natural ventilation, offers clear access and circulation routes and proposes a welcoming community space for the users.
The house was located in a small alley, which was used as a shortcut in order to avoid Hàng Sanh crossroads during rush hours. Therefore, the area was scattered with many small businesses that appeared due to the bustling condition.
At the construction site, the alley reached maximum width. The construction was surrounded by balconies in their protruded state. Hence, our design was developed to have cantilever structure and fit perfectly to the plot. The number of functional elements on ground floor was minimized, the front area was reserved as the owner wished to open a small food stall in the near future.
Established in 2004, Crystal Martin is a subsidiary of Crystal International Group; the second largest textile corporations in Hong Kong. Crystal Martin Vietnam (CMVN) specializes in the manufacturing of famous lingerie brands such as, Victoria’s Secret, Pink, H&M, Uniqlo, Puma, Lane Bryant, Lindex, Abercrombie & Fitch, GAP, ThirdLove, Old Navy, and has officially operated its factory in the Quang Chau industrial zone, Bac Giang, Vietnam since July 2012. Due to the need to optimize operations, Crystal Martin Vietnam wanted to renovate the top floor of the factory building into a new office and entrusted this challenging interior design project to D&P.
After the completion of the first project in Dalat two years ago, we were contacted again for a new assignment – designing a weekend house where some areas could also be used for running the client’s small business. Due to the pandemic situation, the business plan had gone through different changes from bakery, bookshop café, and finally a bedding showroom.
The land is surrounded by three stone retaining walls with a gentle slope towards the valley. We aim to take advantage of the existing topography to reduce the land levelling cost, while enhancing the view of the upper floors so as to enjoy the valley’s scenery. The appropriate area within the urban planning boundaries makes one of our main design strategies to maximize the usable area of the plot. The owner’s suite and the guest bedrooms are all arranged in the backside whilst the public parts are put in front.
The plot was located on a slanted road branching from a lower junction. It was surrounded by greenery and laid opposite to a small park. The plot itself sloped gently at the back, which caused level difference of about 1,5 meters.
The building was designed for a 3-generation family of four (grandfather, parents and son) and was requested to have the master bedroom placed at its center, which therefore offered an overall view to the common space and the grandfather’s room on ground floor.
Architecture can be, in a sense, analogous to a Tree (banyan tree, bodhi tree) with its branches and leaves that intertwine and spread out, forming various layers for use; It can also be metarphorically meant spatial levels offering miscellaneous chambers at different heights in a Cave, as regards prehistoric men being accommodated.
Ngói space is created from the perspective of merging these 2 primitive shelters (the Tree & the Cave), giving reminiscences of a big Roof such as the roof of a communal house or that of a Rong house – an open community space which has been existing for a long time.
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