Talk “Optimism Construction” with speaker Bui Hoai Mai

Sun 27 Nov 2016, 4 pm
Hanoi Old Quarter Culture Exchange Center
50 Dao Duy Tu, Hanoi

From Nha san Collective:

Supported by the program The Future is Handmade – Redesigning Crafts | Craft Future – Traditional Renewal of Prince Claus Foundation and G-Star Raw Foundation fund, the project CRAFTING THE HOUSE – BUILDING HOUSES is an opportunity for artists to try multi-disciplines and talk with experts about culture, architecture, rituals and beliefs of building the house in the northern delta of Vietnam, to create and regenerate the traditional craft.

Under the framework of this project, you are invited to:

The talk OPTIMISTIC CONSTRUCTION
Speaker: Artist, architect, culture and heritage conservationist Bui Hoai Mai.

Content: How to build a typical house in the northern delta of Vietnam, the living space and work around it.

About the speaker Bui Hoai Mai

Bui Hoai Mai, the son of the famous silk painter Mong Bich, was born in 1962 in Hanoi. He is a painter, photographer, architect, ancient pottery collector, Vietnam and Southeast Asia folklore researcher. He designed and built a lot of traditional old buildings of Tonkin, including Linh Am Pagoda in Bac Ninh, or Emeralda Gia Vien Ninh Binh resort…

Communication partner: Hanoi Grapevine

Briefly translated by Hanoi Grapevine

Nhà Sàn COLLECTIVE is not a museum, a gallery or an international culture institute where completed work are presented by established artists. Just like Nhà Sàn Studio before, it is a working studio to nurture where artists can create, collaborate, be given advice, critiques, and have chances to meet with international artists, curators. Works that are presented at open studio every month could be finished or not, but the process of developing idea and working to improve the quality of the art work for local artists is what Nhà Sàn COLLECTIVE focuses on.

If you are interested and curious about experimental art, and want to have conversation with the working artists, please visit

Nha San COLLECTIVE 15th floor, Hanoi Creative City Building, 01 Luong Yen, Hanoi Website: http://nhasan.org/ Email: [email protected]