Architecture in the development of the country

The cynicism of domestic architects is a consequence of a long process without any active preparation of knowledge and knowledge for a new architecture when the country is open to economy and deep integration. wide with the world. As a famous architect once pointed out this problem with a question in itself, there was one of the Vietnamese architects who had experience in designing Houses of Congress, airports and buildings, while others Western architects and developed Asian countries have been doing for half a century ago ...

The current Vietnamese architecture market is quite wide. From complex projects such as Air Station, National Assembly House, skyscrapers to social houses, schools, offices, hotels, tourist villages to urban and rural development projects, parks, streets ... It must be noticed that most of those segments are held by our managers, engineers, architects. Of course, large architectural works will leave a stronger imprint in recognizing the development of the country's architecture. However, the foundation of an architecture must be popular, universal, practical for the general public, for the broad needs of society. It is the bad things in those large segments that have lost the trust of investors to Vietnamese architects, not because Vietnamese architects have not done big and complex projects. Most of the offices in the provinces and cities are similar, are more showy, less close to the people, the form of hybrid architecture, almost no new ideas. Or as my townhouses are stubborn, mountainous urban planning is no different from plain ...

Architect Ngo Viet Nam Son, a member of the design team of a number of major international projects such as Filinvest New Urban and Aquino International Airport Terminal (Philippines), Almaden multi-function building (San Jose, USA), and buildings HDB company (Singapore), Pilot training center in Orlando (USA), South Saigon urban area (Vietnam), once pointed out the core problem of Vietnamese architecture: It is backward. in architectural thinking as well as the inability to approach advanced architectural trends that incorporate the synchronous development of design science and construction materials.

Establish a new mind

Looking fairly, from an urban planning perspective, the role of architects is of course very important in making ideas, creating perspectives, but the decision to make it a reality is not. are they, but investors. It can be said that the vision of investors along with professional knowledge and rich local life experience is the key to help a number of planning projects by domestic and foreign architects to implement successfully. Highlights such as Ecopark urban area (Hanoi), Phu My Hung (Ho Chi Minh City), urban landscape encapsulated in a number of streets in Da Nang, Nha Trang, Hanoi, and some tourist tourist villages Resort, coastal resorts ... is a living proof that shows the chance of success and affirms the position of architecture and architects in Vietnam today.

However, such bright points are still too few in an overall inadequate picture of Vietnamese architecture. How to change this situation?

Like many other disciplines, our architects' training is not market oriented. A graduate architect has not been able to work on his own. Whereas, there are too few architectural consultants with national and international brands. Our national consulting brands are all created by the state, not by themselves. Building a brand of architects and consultants of Vietnam is an urgent task for the architectural market now.

Access to and mastering high technology in architecture and construction design is still a "wild land" of Vietnamese architecture. Not to mention the high technology in construction equipment, not to mention the use of smart materials, none of our architectural consultancy units can use the software to simulate complex structures and structures. self-turning structure. High architectural design technology is one of the manifestations of consulting capacity of architects and architectural consultancy units. It contributes to bringing the brand of architects and brands of consulting firms to approach the international architecture consulting.

Investors' trust, the consultant's brand and high-tech level in architectural design consultancy will help architecture and Vietnamese architectural consultancy units achieve design consulting contracts. large, more dominant segments of the architectural design consulting market. If we have these things, we will probably not "lose" at home.

Looking at a broader perspective, according to architect Nguyen Van Tat, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Beautiful House magazine of Vietnam Architects Association, the fundamental solution helps the KTS become more aware of social responsibility and professional role. Its career in creating a new face of the country is the promulgation of the Law on Architects, or otherwise known as the Law of Practicing Architects. In particular, when this law is built according to the general international standards framework, "will help avoid adversity of the digital profession services (in other words, the part of hired employees), in which satisfaction (though very subjective) ) of the lessee will decide all. Artistic labor and high professional skills of architects will not be cheap by simple competition on price. The ethics of architects in the profession, society and colleagues is governed by the KTS Law, creating general peace of mind in the process of forming valuable buildings for the community ”- Mr. Tat emphasized. This draft law has been enthusiastically contributed by architects in the whole country to build content and Vietnam Architects Association has handed over the draft to the Ministry of Construction. Architects all over the country are expecting to soon consider and enact this law, creating the basis and legal framework for their careers.