Architalk: Seeing the World through Architecture
[Architalk Webinar Series 2023]#1 City, Environment and Architecture in Southeast Asia
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- Speaker： Vo Trung Nghia (Architect)
- Moderator： Junko Tamura (Associate Professor, Meiji University)
- Release Date：March 30, 2023
- Organizer： International House of Japan (IHJ)
- Sponsor： MRA Foundation
Cities around the world need energy-efficient buildings while coping with rising temperatures caused by global warming. In this context, people in other regions may have much to learn from how architecture has helped solve many problems facing cities in Southeast Asia, including Vietnam, which has a subtropical climate. Vo Trung Nghia is among the best-known architects in Vietnam today and hails from an area that experienced the Vietnam War. His experiences as a child living in the harsh heat of Vietnam has led him to create a number of highly innovative, environmentally-friendly works that use bamboo and other materials that are better suited to the climate. In the webinar, he describes some of the major ideas behind his award-winning works.
Vo Trung Nghia (Architect)
Born in Vietnam in 1976, Dr. Vo Trong Nghia graduated in Architecture from the University of Tokyo. Despite the praise, Dr. Nghia quit his PhD to return to Vietnam to establish VTN Architects in 2006. He later earned a Ph.D from Waseda University in Tokyo. Since then, VTN Architects has become a leading practice in the world, receiving 152 international awards for his pioneering works in green and bamboo architecture. Amongst the many awards are as The Prince Claus Award from the Netherlands in 2016. The World Economic Forum selected Dr. Nghia as a Young Global Leader in 2014. He has received Gold Medals seven times from ARCASIA.
Junko Tamura (Associate Professor, Meiji University)
Holds Doctor of Engineering degree from the University of Tokyo and received a Master of Excellence degree from the Berlage Institute, Rotterdam. Prior to joining Meiji University in 2020, she was an Assistant Professor at the Department of Architecture, School of Design and Environment (SDE), National University of Singapore, as part of the Urban Studies Research Group. Her main research interest resides in spatial analysis using mathematical models with special focus on African and Asian informal settlements and low-income areas. Her expertise also includes design for spatial upgrading and community participatory processes. With this approach, she constructed small prototypes in Tanzania, Zambia, Cambodia and Indonesia.
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