Son La Ceremonial Dome by Vo Trong Nghia Architects

Son La Ceremonial Dome

The Son La Ceremonial Dome project is located in Son La city, Vietnam, an ethnic highlands area. The site is surrounded by mountains and dense vegetation near the city center.

Son La Ceremonial Dome
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As a part of the hospital complex designed by VTN architects; Son La Restaurant (2013) and a ceremonial hall (2015), this building is designed to create a new amenity space for adaption of increasing guests beside the ceremonial hall.

Son La Ceremonial Dome
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Because bamboo is a familiar material for the local ethnic culture and easy to collect, Son La Restaurant, the first project of the complex applied bamboo for the main structure.

Son La Ceremonial Dome
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The restaurant recognized to the local people widely and become a symbol of the city. This project applied bamboo to make five dome structures aiming to create another qualified space in the city.

Son La Ceremonial Dome
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The skyline created by different height of domes was taken the inspiration from surrounding mountain line, this particular landscape and harmonized with the scenery.

Son La Ceremonial Dome
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These domes will be used as café and foyer for the ceremonial halls to welcome the guests. It can be a multipurpose space for the local society to cerebrate an outdoor event such as parties and ceremonies also.

Son La Ceremonial Dome
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The pure bamboo structure is inspired by a traditional bamboo basket. The domes have double layered structure with a roof made of thatch.

Son La Ceremonial Dome
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A skylight on the top of each dome allows natural lighting and natural ventilation. The project will be completed in the course of 2017. Source by Vo Trong Nghia Architects.

Son La Ceremonial Dome
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  • Location: Son La City, Vietnam
  • Architect: Vo Trong Nghia Architects
  • Principal Architect: Vo Trong Nghia
  • Project Team: Nguyen Duc Trung
  • Client: Tien Doan trading Co.ltd
  • Status: Under construction
  • GFA: 1,000 m2
  • Year: 2017
  • Images: Courtesy of Vo Trong Nghia Architects

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