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1. THE VIETNAMESE GERMAN UNIVERSITY Urban Developing Planning Qualitative Study of French colonial housing block at Chuong Duong Quay, SaiGon Instructor: Franco Frescura Students: Nguyen DinhKhoa Nguyen Ngoc Anh Do Thanh Tam Vo My Y

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5. ResultsHistory – The Story of the Past Present – The Current Situation Discussions on Findings

7. Along West East Highway & Tau Hu Channel.East -west High way TauHu Channel District 7 District 5

8. STUDY OBJECTIVES To understand the history of French colonial housing block at Chuong Duong Quay To survey the current situation of these houses To discuss on some findings related to housing and urban planning

9. PROCESS

10. RESULT History – The Story of the Past Present – The Current Situation Discussions on Findings

11. I. History - The Story about the Past Source: http://nguoibentre.vn/

12. I. History - The Story about the Past Before 1975 22-03-1955: connected two boulevards (De la Somme and Quai de Belgique) into one way named ChươngDương Quay. 1920: Chinese started business, built houses, purchase rice from Western provinces, process them and exported to other countries abroad.

13. I. History - The Story about the Past Trading on bank and boat animatedly (TrênBến, DướiThuyền) Travelling by boats crowdedly Generating and developing Barcarolle(Hòđốiđáptrênsông)and Reform(cảilương)

14. I. History - The Story about the Past After 1975 Uncontrolled economic development  slum Demolished hundreds of colonial houses existing nearly hundred years  losing SaiGon characters Polluted canal  losing its function to transport goods Source: http://son-trung.blogspot.com/2010/12/ha-huyen-chi-ang-tri-hoan.html

15. I. History - The Story about the Past 1997 – 2011: wear new cloak - East West Boulevard Cost investment: over 13.400billion VND Clear the ground: in 4 years including 6.754 households, 368 official building in 201.63 ha 02-09-2009: Red Tape - Traffic through the boulevard 29-04-2011: Formally named VõVănKiệt Boulevard Source: http://vi.wikipedia.org/

16. I. History - The Story about the Past House tenure: After 1975: 7 houses were formally owned by French tenure Most of houses were priced for people who had rented the houses for the longest time. The remaining houses were managed by governmental companies Source: personal interview

17. II. Present - The current situation Section Second floor First floor Facades Illustrated by Khoa

18. II. Present - The current situation Timber Mezzanine

19. II. Present - The current situation Timber door, multi leaf, iron door bar Timber door, multi leaf, iron door bar Shutters window type (Original one) Brand Name in Chinese Brick Arch & arch rib zinc Rain Conduit

20. II. Present - The current situation The reform of arcs

21. II. Present - The current situation Unique of Materials: Tiles, mortar, Bricks

22. II. Present - The current situation

23. II. Present - The current situation

24. III. Discussions on Findings Value and intangibility Individual house housing block – history, cultural value, potential for tourist, heritage conservation Nice connection from District 1 to the SaiGon River and to Cho Lon China town.

25. III. Discussions on Findings Participatory Planning Community meeting and consultancy Should we keep the old name of the area or putting the new one? Should we reserve the connection between the people and the river? Photo: Internet

26. III. Discussions on Findings Our preoccupations about planning Real estate , free market– What will happen to these houses ? If there is a plan - How is the enforcement of the regulation ? Do we really want to have this in the future?

27. III. Discussions on Findings Recommendation Clark Quay, Singapore: government will, financial and political power

28. III. Discussions on Findings Recommendation Clark Quay, Singapore: government will, financial and political power In the list for city architectural landscape preservation (Official letter.46) Planning and Regulations - 15 years A lively river

29. III. Discussions on Findings Recommendation

30. CONCLUSIONS Discussion of history, culture, social, and landscape architectural characteristics The need for understanding for planning Cautiousness and respect to the tangible and intangible values

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