TOWN PLANNING CONCEPT

CREATING COMMUNITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES



  • Mixed-use
    The mixed housing area comprises both housing and shops – this is to ensure not only that the housing is fully served by commercial amenities, but also to make available the economic opportunities for employment and enterprise.
    In addition to this, the Township integrates housing, educational institutions, commercial and industrial – including for big, medium and small enterprises, and social facilities in a way that allows people that live, work, study and rest in one place.



  • Honeycomb concept
    This concept, though pioneered in Malaysia, should be suitable for Vietnam with the high emphasis given to the communal life in its traditional past and socialist culture. The aim is to retain community life in high density urban areas, where there is a tendency to change into an individualistic society.
    The honeycomb design attempts to create communities by first clustering of houses into small groups. In apartment blocks, six or less apartments share a lobby. For landed property, less than 20 houses share a cul-de-sac courtyard.
    Secondly, it creates of a hierarchy of semi-private and communal spaces. In the Kotapuri shop/apartment block for example, small groups of units share a lobby, and less than 150 units share a semi-public courtyards.



    KOTAPURI SLIDESHOW



    The design of the layout, phasing and development components in the proposed Hoai Duc Township is based on a philosophy of creating a city that offers opportunity to its people whilst retaining the communal features of traditional and socialist Vietnam.
    • Mixed income
      The various neighbourhoods offer housing products that are sold at a range of prices. For example, in the Lamanpuri neighbourhood, garden apartments of 80sm built-up area are available next to quadruplexes of 120sm.


      LAMAN PURI SLIDESHOW




      Similarly, in the Cantumanpuri neighbourhood, apartments ranging from 45sm to 80sm are available in the same low-rise block.




      CANTUMPURI SLIDESHOW

      From Kotapuri

      Kotapuri courtyard

      In the Cantumansari, every house is in a cul-de-sac and each house faces a small pocket park where their small children can play safely. The courtyard parks can be used for communal use.
      In the honeycomb layout with its cul-de-sac, there is less road compared to rectilinear layout. In this way, there is more room for open spaces and trees without sacrificing land-use efficiency.

      Cantumansari courtyard




      High density
      Hanoi is overcrowded because available land is underused. The Hoai Duc Township aims to fully utilize the 530 ha of land identified. With the Honeycomb concept, a high density of houses can be achieved, without compromising the quality of the social and physical environment.

      Development Components Table




    • Integration with Hanoi City
      The development of the Township is expected to go through 3 stages:
      At first, most people live in the Township but work in Hanoi City. At this stage it is a dormitory suburb.
      As the Township economy grows, there will be more and more people who both live and work in the Township. At this stage the Township can be said to be self-contained.
      As the Township matures, more people from outside Hoai Duc, including people from Hanoi, will come to work in the Township.
      Once a certain critical mass has been achieved, Hoai Duc Township will have a combination of all three types of population. At this time, Hoai Duc Township can be said to become an integrated part of Metropolitan Hanoi.


    View of Commercial Zone

  • VISION OF HOAI DUC TOWNSHIP

    After Phase 3, the proposed Hoai Duc Township will be largely complete becoming a satellite town that is not only self-contained, but fully integrated with Hanoi. It will have

    • 22,000 houses with a residential population of 110,000

    • Colleges for 30,000 students with residential facilities for 10,000

    • Large businesses occupying the whole of the commercial/ industrial corridor, employing 100,000 jobs

    • Small and medium scale industries, projected to value over USD1 billion in the Small-industry villages providing employment and business opportunity to the original farmers

    • Thriving new and modern commercial centre to cater for Hoai Duc and other provinces competing with central Hanoi

    • Link with other New Townships circling around Hanoi to create a modern Metropolitan City

    New roads and Upgrading of existing roads

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