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Do Thi Hong Nhung, Do Xuan Vu, Nguyen Trung Hieu

Vietnam

THE SITUATION IN VIETNAM

Today, urbanization and industrialization in Vietnam has led to massive loss of natural and agricultural land (equal to the area of Singapore). This, in turn, has led people to losing jobs and real estate, breaking traditional architecture and changing their lifestyle. Those especially affected by these notions live in peripheral, transitional and urban areas. Additionally, the problem of climate change in the Mekong Delta of southern Vietnam is of utmost importance. The Delta is Vietnam’s largest rice exporter and is drowned by 1m saltwater from the ocean. Combined with seasonal flooding of Vietnam’s Midlands the question of climate change is still yet to be answered. HOW TO GIVE BAKC TO THE LAND

From the abovementioned problems, restoring the agricultural and natural land is key. The solution is to create the vertical wet rice field. The idea is to restore agricultural land lost in the past and ensure food security in the future.
NEW FORM OF VILLAGE

The proposed idea is to create a satellite sub-urban complex based on the wet rice civilization. This is considere the cradle to form a resident community, which is combine according to the settlement, sedentary farming and village culture. The work is the transformation of the traditional village lifestyle from horizontal to vertical. This transformation will create a change i...