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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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