HANG TRONG LIBRARY
Hanoi, Vietnam
LOCATION
The project is the public library in Nha Chung street, Hanoi, Vietnam. This is very complex site area because up to now government has fought with the Catholic Church and they can not make the final destination of the site. Now, there are a park and the ruin library belong the site but it has been not good enough to bring some high – quality function to the inhabitant. In fact, the government try to build the public park here to share the pressure with Ly Thai To square and Dong Kinh Nghia Thuc square in the old town but I was thinking that they wrong. Because the street is quite small and there are so many school, pagoda, main church, traditional store and restaurant right here. I think If we build something such as public space, culture space is better than the park. Because the history of the site is so complex and the small park can’t be able to adapt and reconcile all those thing. I always think that if we build something in the old town, it should be the building that can reflect all the history of the site but also reflect the modern life inside itself. The CONTEXT So what is support for this site ? There are some school here, so we want some culture strategies to do. There are the main Church and Catholic Church and some Buddha pagoda, so we want something quite soft that make not so strong effect to the religion. It must be calm and quiet. There are some traditional store (where they sell handmade production), so we want something support for them. There are a lot of resident who live here, almost of them is the traditional family that have 3 – 4 generation live together. So we also want to build something that make strong effect to give them the high quality space to keep this life style. There is a ruin library here, it was built since a hundred year ago. It became important now because it show the long term history of the site. There is a big tree here, it is also morethan 100 years old and it make the spirit for the the site, we’ll keep it for sure. |
The street facade from building site to the Church
PROPOSAL
Master plan
So, finally I propose to build the public library there. It can be good for all the context :
- Work as the culture building for the religion problem
- Public space for resident
- Researching space for school
- We have some book store and showroom in the front of building to connect with the traditional street and commercial area.
- We keep the ruin library and renovate it to become the important part of the building
- We keep the big trees in the courtyard
- Try to do the façade of the building in the same scale and feeling with the old town
So, finally I propose to build the public library there. It can be good for all the context :
- Work as the culture building for the religion problem
- Public space for resident
- Researching space for school
- We have some book store and showroom in the front of building to connect with the traditional street and commercial area.
- We keep the ruin library and renovate it to become the important part of the building
- We keep the big trees in the courtyard
- Try to do the façade of the building in the same scale and feeling with the old town
shadow calculated in 6 surrounding sides
"STREET INSIDE"
That why I propose this concept: “ The street inside “ In “ the street inside “ we can feel that the signal of the old town repeat so many time in the space of the building, layer by layer and the building can work absolutely as the part of the site. It become the same thing with the context but also difference in somewhere. Tobe or not tobe. |
SECTION
The function was separated to two parts, one over ground for the professional accessed and the other underground for public accessed.
The ruin library become the main lobby , it become the cross way of so many thing such as history and morden, private and public, dark and bright, noise and calm….
The reader go to libray will have so many experience, it varies from place to place, dramatic and
The ruin library become the main lobby , it become the cross way of so many thing such as history and morden, private and public, dark and bright, noise and calm….
The reader go to libray will have so many experience, it varies from place to place, dramatic and
Mainsection - Alice in wonderland
This drawing shows the way that we can make the ruin library works as the main lobby and become the heart of the building.
The cross way of so many thing: history and modern, small thing and big thing, dark and bright , noise and calm, street and courtyard, outside and inside ....
The reader go to library will have so many experience. It dramatic and passion.
The cross way of so many thing: history and modern, small thing and big thing, dark and bright , noise and calm, street and courtyard, outside and inside ....
The reader go to library will have so many experience. It dramatic and passion.
FACADE
Transparency