URBAN LANDSCAPE AXIS

MSMH: CI3295

Hochiminh City University of Technology

Faculty of Civil Engineering - Department of Architecture
Contact information

❑ Department of Architecture Office – Campus 1

❑ Phone number: 0848 38646 870 – ext. 7560
❑ Lecturer:
1. Nguyễn Quốc Vinh: vinh.bmkt@hcmut.edu.vn
2. Tran Mai Huong- huong.bmkt@hcmut.edu.vn
 Contents
1. Working plan
2. Location
3. Purpose and requirements
4. Objectives
5. Implementation
6. Schedule
7. Expected products
8. References
 Working plan
W Contents Presenters Instructors
1 Introduction- Group formation Mr. Vinh + Ms. Hương
2 Specialized lectures Ms Trung and 2 volunteer groups
3-4 Collect info and work on the documents All students groups
Tet holidays Mr. Vinh
Site survey and analysis All students groups
5
Concept presentation Jury (HCMUT, Yersin, Dalat City)
6-9 Basic design development
10 Basic design submission Ms. Hương
11-14 Technical design development
15 Final submission and presentation Jury (HCMUT, Consultants) Mr. Vinh + Ms. Hương
 Location
East-West urban heritage axis, Dalat City, Lam Dong Province
 Purpose & requirement
Purpose

The design aims at preserving the heritage landscape of Dalat City - Lam Dong
province, developing economically but still embellishing cultural and natural values.

Requirements

Design products must be of high quality, full composition, and feasibility according to
the National Laws and Regulations, local authorities, and the relevant Universities.
1. Apply the theories to design an urban landscape axis.

2. Practice skills to collect information such as economic, social, humanistic,

geographical, natural, technical, and aesthetic situations, to better understand the
current state;

3. Practice how to work in teams, communicate effectively, and use supporting tools
for drawing, calculation, Internet, and 3D modeling;
 Implementation
1. Instructional plan:
• Mr. Vinh is in charge of the concept and partly of the basic design phase (weeks 1-8)

• Ms. Huong will continue the rest of the basic and the technical design phase (week 9-14)

2. Implementation plan and team/team organization:

• Each team consists of 3-5 members;

• In the site survey, members can be added from the other class of BKU, Yersin University;

• The team leader is responsible for assigning, managing, leading, and evaluating team members.
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Intro X
x 1st Specialized lectures, Presentations on case studies
x x 2nd and 3rd Specialized lectures, Presentations on case studies
Concept X Site survey and Concept presentation
Basic x x x x
Basic design submission X x x x x
Techniccal Technical design submission and presentation X

Mr. Vinh Ms. Hương

X: milestones
x: working on the project
 Expected products
No ITEMS SCALE NOTES
A SITE ANALYSIS
Location and connection 1/5000
Site analysis
B URBAN LANDSCAPE AXIS DESIGN
Land-use functional planning (urban planning) 1/2000
Urban physical elements networks (urban design) 1/2000
C LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE DESIGN Follow the National
Laws and Regulations
Overall landscape architecture (LA design) 1/1000
Landscape architecture of selected elements 1/500
1/200

- 5 A1 posters
- The list of drawings will be determined later
Expected products

Current land-use analysis and planning

Site analysis
Expected products

Site analysis
Expected products

Axis Design
Expected products

Axis Design
Expected products

Axis Design
Expected products

Axis Design
Expected products
 Questions for you
1. Which objects need to be considered?
Physical
• Nature: land, water, trees, etc.
• Human: infrastructures, structure
Non-physical
• Nature: recreational values
• Human: cultures
Users
• Genders
• Religions

2. What theories are needed for the design? Which one you have/ not learned?
• Principles of architecture design
• Principles of landscape architecture design
• Principles of urban planning and design

W Contents
1 Introduction- Group formation
2 Specialized lectures
3-4 Collect info and work on documentation 3. Space syntax: A method to measure
Tet holidays
Site survey and analysis
5
Concept presentation
6-9 Basic design development
10 Basic design submission
11-14 Technical design development
15 Final submission and presentation
References
Theories
1. Site analysis
2. Space Syntax in Theory and Practice
urban space related to social,
economic, and cognitive factors.
4. Place and Placelessness
5. Space and place: Humanistic
Perspective
6. Creative Placemaking Research,
Theory and Practice
7. The Image of the City. 1960.
8. Responsive Environments. Elsevier,
2005.
Laws and Regulations
1. Planning Law (2017)
2. Urban Planning Law (2017)
3. National Technical
Regulations on Construction
Planning (2021)
4. General Plan of Dalat City
(2014)
5. Urban design guidelines of
Dalat City and urban heritage
axis;
6. Etc.