Drawings, Wind and Water Café (wNw Café) (2006), Binhduong, Vietnam 越南平陽省風與水咖啡館（2006年）繪圖
The Vietnamese architect Vo Trong Nghia designed the Wind and Water cafe in Bihn Duong province, north-east of Ho Chi Minh City, in 2006. It was the first project realised by his practice, which Nghia established after studying and working in Japan. Its profile and attention to climate demonstrate how bamboo, a sustainable material commonly available in Vietnam, can yield dramatic, contemporary structural solutions.
The cafe stretches across a series of curved platforms on a semicircular artificial lake. A sweeping bamboo roof—seven thousand culms of a thin bamboo called Tam Vong—covers one platform and echoes its concave shape. Reinforced by steel, the roof tilts slightly upward towards a central stage; Nghia used computational fluid dynamics software to determine its form, which captures natural airflow cooled by the surrounding water. In his experiments with bamboo as a construction material, Nghia collaborated with craftsmen with bamboo expertise, who later formed a construction company called Wind and Water House.
This series contains a section of the cafe, detail drawings of the roof, columns and connections, and drawings of the service building of the cafe.
The cafe stretches across a series of curved platforms on a semicircular artificial lake. A sweeping bamboo roof—seven thousand culms of a thin bamboo called Tam Vong—covers one platform and echoes its concave shape. Reinforced by steel, the roof tilts slightly upward towards a central stage; Nghia used computational fluid dynamics software to determine its form, which captures natural airflow cooled by the surrounding water. In his experiments with bamboo as a construction material, Nghia collaborated with craftsmen with bamboo expertise, who later formed a construction company called Wind and Water House.
This series contains a section of the cafe, detail drawings of the roof, columns and connections, and drawings of the service building of the cafe.
This subseries is part of the Drawings, Wind and Water Café and Bar (wNw Café and Bar) (2006-2008), Binhduong, Vietnam.
Details
Object Number
CA23/1/1
Archival Level
Subseries
Related Constituents
Vo Trong Nghia Architects (Archive Creator)
Date
2006
Object Count
8 items
Collection
Credit Line
M+, Hong Kong
Copyright
© Vo Trong Nghia Architects
Archival Context
Vo Trong Nghia Architects Drawings, CA23 Drawings, Wind and Water Café and Bar (wNw Café and Bar) (2006-2008), Binhduong, Vietnam, CA23/1 Drawings, Wind and Water Café (wNw Café) (2006), Binhduong, Vietnam, CA23/1/1