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12 October 2012

Luxury Villas by the Saigon River

Design Competition
Status: under construction (year of completion 2013)
Architects: Pentago Design
Location: Phuoc Long B (district 9) Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Design stages: from concept to site supervision

The Luxury villa residential area approx 2,5 Ha. The developers are the IREKA group of companies from Malaysia. The final rearrangement of the master plan concept was done by the Pentago office Malaysia. The Design Development of the Master Plan was done by the P&T Group Vietnam office. The villa residential is a part of grater development consisting of luxury apartments, townhouses, sport center and public places among the Chiec canal (linked to the main body of Saigon river). The site is relatively close to the city center and to the new international airport. several luxury developments can be found among the canal such as the Riviera Cove by the Keppel Land which is the biggest competitor in the region.

Three architectural consultancy offices were awarded to design several types of stand alone villas to ensure the diversity of the small gated villa compound.
Our task was to develop the design for seven different type of detached villa unit. Most of them are on an average 300 SQM size land. the line of typical repeating type is stretching among the canal. the show house is a modification of the typical type.

The Luxury Villa following the spatial arrangement of traditional Vietnamese homes and giving further options for the customization. Some additional functions are optional such as the praying room which can be used as family room if the client requires.

The idea to create a special place to look out to the river. observation on the different levels and layers of the building. entering the house like into a camera-obscure which exposes the environment outside. framing the views on the terrace (outdoor daybed) and in the master bedroom. the copper screen gives us an unique experience in examining the natural life of the Chiec canal and the wild landscape of the canal-side.

My task was to control the whole design process of the villas on all stages and coordinate with the co-designers and the design directors in the Vietnamese and Malaysian office too.

Copyright of the 3D images by the client IREKA Aseana Properties Limited Co.

related links:

http://pentago.com.my/

18 December 2011

Tales from the firewall

a workshop and performance in corporate with the contemporary art festival: Fete dela WSK! in Manila, Philippines

We are willing to tell a story from you…

The aim of such workshop is to let the participants to deciding to the workshop direction, to being creative by defining the whole story telling. This is a collaborative workshop with a lot of research, a "self-research" in a way. The artists cited above, are here to provide some help, giving assistance in choosing the instruments-tools to express themselves, coordinate the main working development, open up to ‘other’ directions and of course to participate all together to the public performance. To provide a certain direction and after a meeting-chat, we have focused on the Hanging Coffins from Sagada, Mountain Province as a starting point for the workshop. According to this, we have found a main title that will certainly provide some inputs from the participants because of its openness, Tales From The Firewalls.
Metaphors happen right here at this level. A quick definition: ‘a firewall is a device designed to permit or deny network transmissions’ (i.e. wikipedia). Here we are, in the process and concept of communication. From a traditional point of view, the communication with the spiritual defined by the sound of the Gong, Bell Tones and from a contemporary approach, whereas we belong to the society of communication, the Network as a new belief, a new entity, getting the gates by its little spreading fancy children such as cell-phones, iPad, Android, sound toys app., … our living experience is surrounded by those beeps & signals as part of the soundscape of the e-modernity."

(extract from the original proposal for the workshop by Thierry B-G.)

the complete proposal for the workshop is available here

Fete dela WSK! is dedicated to contemporary electronic, digital and experimental sonic art, as well the diverse range of artistic activities in the context of digital culture in South East Asia.

WSK! -- three cryptic letters, which can only provide as much as the sum of the parts. Organized by SABAW Media Art Kitchen – a not-for-profit organization whose primary interests lie in curatorial and research-based production towards the imminent intersections of art and technology.

tales from the firewall by

idea: Thierry Bernard-Gotteland (Fr), Krisztian Kelner (Hu)
curator: Merv Espina (Ph)

Tanks all the participants of the workshop for the great collaborative performance in the Blackbird Cafe

venue: Kanto Art Gallery, TERMINAL GARDEN 566 Int. Shaw Boulevard, Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila (Phone: 0920 604 5559)
related links:

official website 2011
official poster 2011
manila bulletin

video is coming soon...

26 November 2011

Ốc sên rỗng/Un Escargot Vide?

an improvisation and audiovisual experiment at the IDECAF (French cultural center in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam)

(the text below is from the official website of IDECAF)

« Un Escargot Vide ?

», Rencontre artistique visuelle et sonore A l’occasion de la présence à Ho Chi Minh-Ville de l’artiste plasticien et sonore français Sébastien SZCZYRK, l’IDECAF, le Consulat Général de France et l’Antenne à Ho Chi Minh-Ville de l’Institut Français du Vietnam invitent différents ar

tistes locaux à collaborer en vue de proposer une performance sonore, musicale et visuelle unique le vendredi 25 novembre 2011 à 20h à l’Institut d’échanges culturels avec la France (IDECAF, 28 Le Thanh Ton, District 1).

Sébastien SZCZYRK est diplômé de l’école des Beaux-arts de Paris. Sa pratique artistique couvre plusieurs disciplines : recherche visuelle, dessin, création musicale, expérimentation sonore. Son travail a été présenté dans de nombreux pays comme la France, l’Allemagne, l’Indonésie, le Japon, la Corée, Taiwan. Souvent expérimentales et éphémères, les formes qu’il propose se nourrissent de ses voyages et des rencontres qui naissent sur son parcours. Le temps d’une soirée exceptionnelle le vendredi 25 novembre, il nouera un dialogue créatif et interculturel avec d’autres artiste

s français, vietnamiens, hongrois, ou philippin résidant à Ho Chi Minh-Ville : Thierry Bernard-Gotteland (plasticien et artiste sonore), Freddy Nadolny Poustochkine (illustrateur), Cao Hoang Long (artiste visuel), Nguyen Hong Giang (artiste sonore), Krisztian Kelner (architecte et artiste sonore) et Mervin Joseph Espina (plasticien, musicien et curator).

final list of participants:

Sebastian SZCZYRK - visual art

Thierry Bernard-Gotteland - electric guitar (moet)

Cao Hoang Long - visual art

Nguyen Hong Giang - computer sound

Krisztian Kelner - electro acoustic noise

Mervin Joseph Espina - bass g

uitar

Moe Lang - percussion, conga