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insitu 2015 Vo Trong Nghia
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Vo Trong Nghia, Vo Trong Nghia Architects • in:situ - The 2015 New Zealand Institute of Architects Conference • Introduction by Tommy Honey • Thursday,12 February 2015 • Supported by NZ Wood • • Catalogue text: • Born in 1976 in the central Vietnamese province of Quang Binh, Vo Trong Nghia graduated from Hanoi Architecture University before studying architecture at the Nagoya Technology Institute at the University of Tokyo. At Nagoya, Nghia won the Furuichi Award of the Tokyo University for his MA thesis on the subjects of aerodynamics, wind and water – themes that would recur throughout his later works. A year later, he received the Dean of The University of Tokyo Award for his PhD research work. • In 2006, Nghia established his own practice in Vietnam, a country rapidly transforming from an agricultural to an industrialised society. The architect's works are clearly influenced by the associated infrastructural struggles and environmental stresses – energy shortages, reduced green space, increased pollution and extreme temperatures – of this transformation. • One of Nghia’s early works was a café in Vietnam's in Binh Duong province. Constructed of bamboo, it uses wind and water as natural air conditioners. For this work, Nghia received the first of a burgeoning number of international awards. At the World Architecture Festival alone, the architect has won category awards for the Stacking Green House (2012), a ‘tube’ house constructed on a site just 4m x 20m, with front and back facades entirely composed of layers of concrete planters cantilevered from two side walls; Binh Duong School (2012), an S-shaped structure connected to the ground at one end and curving around two courtyards with different characteristics; House for Trees (2014), five distinct small structures with more than a passing resemblance to over-sized plant pots; Son La Restaurant (2014), which incorporates stone, bamboo and ‘vot’, a type of thatching, into a large, interconnected structure; and the FPT Technology Building (2014), a future project that is part of the first stage of a master plan to create a “globally competitive environmentally conscious university”. • Vo Trong Nghia Architects is recognised for experimenting with light, wind and water and for the prioritisation of natural and local materials within its designs. The practice has focused on low-cost, high-quality housing, realising concepts such as the S-House 2 series of “stable but lightweight, permanent but affordable homes for low-income dwellers”. These houses be constructed for US$4000. • In 2012, Vo Trong Nghia was named Vietnam's Architect of the Year. He recently featured on an episode of the Al Jazeera documentary series Rebel Architecture, which can be viewed here: • Rebel Architecture - Greening the city .
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