PLANNING VIETNAM
MANG THIT PLANNING
Vinh Long, Vietnam
DE-SO Asia proposed an urban planning project for Vinh Long Province, the old Mang Thit brick kiln area. The planning proposal retain the core of this area along the canal and develop it into a tourist cultural attraction. The objective is towards the potential of creative economy to develop sustainable conservation tourism in the Mang Thit area in the future.
Taking advantage of the Master Cai canal built by the French since 1955 as the "backbone" to plan a new sustainable and multifunctional urban area of more than 333 hectares. Functionally converting traditional brick and ceramic kilns into multi-purpose spaces with mixed use functions (workshops, training areas, cultural centers, agriculture).