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Finest Project 2024: Architecture Excursions

Tập sự kiến trúc 4 – A cultural exchange programme for students of Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Singapore), September 2023.
Photo: Hiếu Y

Architecture Excursions

About project: Architecture Excursions is a research project on the system of Vietnamese architectural heritage, with 09 members of various backgrounds including architecture, anthropology, art, history, communications and tourism. Established in 2019, Architecture Excursions has been archiving data on disappearing structures and collecting stories from the communities living on these heritage sites, while also interacting with young people to radiate the passion for Vietnamese art and culture. In 2022, the project published the book “Tản mạn kiến trúc Nam Bộ” (Architecture Excursions in the Southern Region – published by Nhã Nam and Thế Giới Publishers), which presents a multi-dimensional survey of civil architecture in the south of Vietnam from the late 19th to late 20th century.

In 2023, the project introduced the platform Năm Năm Tháng Tháng, where they conducted a variety of community activities including seminars, fieldwork and creative practices, connecting with hubs, scholars and local artist groups for collaboration, aiming to connect the general public with the multi-dimensional discussions on Vietnamese architectural heritage. The project included “Bách bộ” – a series of architectural walking tours, “Trà đàm” – a series of thematic talks, “Tập sự kiến trúc” – a series of diverse practices, “Khóa học mùa xuân” – An architecture course for tour guides.

Some of the project’s notable activities in 2023 were the Trà đàm series with topics such as “Modernity and modernism in architecture”, “Di sản Hán Nôm ở đình chùa Nam Bộ từ những ghi chép thực địa” (Sino-Vietnamese heritage in Southern pagodas and temples from field observations), “Vài nét về kiến trúc dân dụng miền Nam” (Notes on Southern civil architecture); creative practice sessions in the series “Tập sự kiến trúc” such as “Cảm thức Đông Dương” (Senses of Indochina), “Khu vườn phương Nam” (Southern gardens), “Đi tìm hiện đại” (Finding modernity); seminars “Sơ lược về lịch sử xã hội kiến trúc dân dụng miền Nam thế kỷ 19 và 20” (Overview on the social history of southern civil architecture in the southern region in the 19th and 20th century), “Nhân văn số: Khoa học nhân văn và kỹ thuật số vì cộng đồng” (Digital humanities: Human sciences and digital technology for the community”.

Art form: Architecture

Duration: 2019 – current

Organizer: Architecture Excursions team

Activities: Talks, research, archiving, book publishing, seminars, fieldwork, courses, workshops

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Sáng/Tối (Light/Shadow) and In Praise of Shadows by Tanizaki Junichiro, understanding the characteristics of light on different traditional materials, Lộn Xộn Studio and Nam Thi House, September 2023.
Photo: Thạch Duy Khang
Scholar talk – Exploring French covered markets in Vietnam and Cambodia as shared built heritage, Dr Genta Kokubu (Tokyo University of Science), February 2024.
Photo: Nguyễn Chí Thành
A 3D model of residential houses in the Southern region during the 19th-20th century.
Photo: Thạch Duy Khang
Trà đàm 6 – Art restoration with specialist Hiền Nguyễn, December 2023.
Photo: Huy Anh
Bách bộ Chợ Lớn (Chợ Lớn Walk), February 2023.
Photo: Thạch Duy Khang
A walk around public architecture of the French colonial era in Saigon, May 2023.
Ảnh: Thạch Duy Khang

HANOI GRAPEVINE’s FINEST is an annual event that honors contemporary art projects in Vietnam. The event is organized and nominated by Hanoi Grapevine and the general audience.

The event aims to honor individuals, organizations, creative art projects & activities as well as artists who are 35 or younger who have made impacts on the community in order to encourage the development of local creative arts, to promote greater communication and to further spread the influence of art and culture in the community.

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