Project entry 2008 Asia Pacific - "Low-impact greenfield university campus, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam": Slipping into the natural site.
Hand-over presentation to the winners of the global Holcim Awards Silver prize (l-r): Masaaki Gokura, Representative of the Consul General of Japan in Ho Chi Minh City; 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; Vo Trong Nghia, architect, Vo Trong Nghia Co. Ltd, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; and Holcim representatives: Gérard Letellier, Area Manager of Holcim, Switzerland; and Aidan Lynam, CEO of Holcim Vietnam, Vietnam.
Holcim Award Silver 2008 prize winning team (l-r): Daisuke Sanuki, architect, Tokyo University of Science, Chiba, Japan; Kazuhiro Kojima, main author and architect, Coelacanth and Associates, Tokyo, Japan; and Vo Trong Nghia, architect, Vo Trong Nghia Co., Ltd, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Project entry 2008 Asia Pacific - "Low-impact greenfield university campus, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam": Plans for a 40ha university campus on the margin of the Mekong Delta, maximizing the integration of nature with the design.
Project entry 2008 Asia Pacific - "Low-impact greenfield university campus, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam": According to computer fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis, the campus building plan was realized without air conditioning, a wind fluid design.
Project entry 2008 Asia Pacific - "Low-impact greenfield university campus, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam": Swampy site condition.
Project entry 2008 Asia Pacific - "Low-impact greenfield university campus, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam": Student activity fluid design.
Project entry 2008 Asia Pacific - "Low-impact greenfield university campus, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam": Faculties and main circulation.
Project entry 2008 Asia Pacific - "Low-impact greenfield university campus, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam": Fluid space for activity.
Project entry 2008 Asia Pacific - "Low-impact greenfield university campus, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam": Shading system and ventilation.
Project entry 2008 Asia Pacific - "Low-impact greenfield university campus, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam": Variety of sequential spaces.
Project entry 2008 Asia Pacific - "Low-impact greenfield university campus, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam": Pleasant alfresco space.
Project entry 2008 Asia Pacific - "Low-impact greenfield university campus, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam": Kazuhiro Kojima, President of Coelacanth and Associates Co., Ltd., which he established in 1986. He is also Associate Professor at the Science University of Tokyo.