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THANH HOA: Revised Masterplan 2040 (2019-20)
Location: Thanh Hoa, Vietnam
Designers: RUA, Bruno De Meulder, Kelly Shannon with Nguyen Minh Quang, Dana Hawi, Iosif Athanasiou
Commissioned by: Department of Construction Thanh Hoa
Period of Design: 2019-2020
VIETNAM
Landscape Structure of Thanh Hoa
Thanh Hoa’s system of river parks and mountain parks (including nature reserves) form the base landscape structure that itself is preserved from regular urban development. Future urban development is therefore oriented towards the patchwork of plains behind protective dykes. As much as possible, the most fertile land is safeguarded for agricultural production.
Landscape structure + existing + flooding
Water management
Water management
Water management
Flood Management
and Urban Development
Future urban development should in general also be kept out of areas that are vulnerable to flooding. Where, due to already approved development projects, urban development has to be accepted in flood-prone areas, the form of urban development has to be adapted, for example by simultaneously creating more space for water (retention).
Dyke park system
Estuary park system
Context-Sensitive Urban Expansion
The form and extent of urban development is tailored in each area of urban expansion in relation to specific contextual characteristics. The strong irrigation and land organization system forms an underlying base for the geometry of the new development.
In the sandy soils and already densely occupied coast area, for example, a development in thin stripes along the ridge lines is indicated. In the Ham Rong park area, more robust bands of urbanization can be inserted while keeping open views and ecological connections with the surrounding agricultural landscapes.
Strategic Orientation
for Future Development
The main urban and industrial development of the city is oriented to the west (in Dong Son) in order to take profit of the projected new national highway and high-speed train connection. The eastern expansion parallels the Ma River.