Extraordinarily line Prague-Hanoi - introduction of the "Vietnamese" number ERA21
On Thursday, February 19, 2015, starting at 8:00 PM, an event will take place in the experimental space PRAHA / Forum for Architecture and Media at Husova Street 18 in Brno featuring the launch of the "Vietnamese" issue of the magazine ERA21 #06/2014 along with an opening speech by Osamu Okamura and a lecture by Mark Obtulovič and Mai Lan Chi from the Vietnamese studio Vo Trong Nghia Architects.
This issue addresses a completely new, somewhat surprising cultural phenomenon that still has to prove its viability. There is perhaps only one country in the world, geographically very distant and entirely outside the European cultural sphere, that has the potential to establish exceptional ties with us in the field of contemporary architecture and construction. This is Vietnam.
In recent years, the first graduates from the second generation of Vietnamese immigrants to the Czech Republic have emerged from Czech schools, whose local community, according to unofficial statistics, numbers up to one hundred thousand people, or one percent of the population. They are young architects and civil engineers trained in the best European technical tradition. They are graduates from Brno, Prague, and Liberec, who are at home in both cultures, Vietnamese and Czech, at least linguistically. In the Czech Republic, they are already beginning to reap the first fruits of their labor in student competitions, and some even in design firms. However, while stagnation continues in construction in the Czech Republic, construction is booming in Southeast Asia, and there is demand for ambitious and capable Czech graduates. It is therefore no surprise that Czech graduates are already working in the best Vietnamese architectural firm.
Some traditional and newer Czech construction companies are simultaneously trying to expand into the promising Vietnamese market, often, with varying degrees of success, reaching out to graduates from the Czech Vietnamese community. These companies see their opportunity primarily in the ability to supply complex technological units turnkey or to provide know-how in building underground railways in traffic-collapsing metropolises.
The currently not very visible third line of this story consists of Vietnamese entrepreneurs who gained valuable study or work experience in the Czech Republic in their youth, adopted our culture, and are now trying their luck in their rapidly developing homeland. If they start to succeed and want to shine with international reach and cultural connections, they do not hesitate to approach good architects from the country they know so well – from the Czech Republic.
Welcome to Vietnam!
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This issue addresses a completely new, somewhat surprising cultural phenomenon that still has to prove its viability. There is perhaps only one country in the world, geographically very distant and entirely outside the European cultural sphere, that has the potential to establish exceptional ties with us in the field of contemporary architecture and construction. This is Vietnam.
In recent years, the first graduates from the second generation of Vietnamese immigrants to the Czech Republic have emerged from Czech schools, whose local community, according to unofficial statistics, numbers up to one hundred thousand people, or one percent of the population. They are young architects and civil engineers trained in the best European technical tradition. They are graduates from Brno, Prague, and Liberec, who are at home in both cultures, Vietnamese and Czech, at least linguistically. In the Czech Republic, they are already beginning to reap the first fruits of their labor in student competitions, and some even in design firms. However, while stagnation continues in construction in the Czech Republic, construction is booming in Southeast Asia, and there is demand for ambitious and capable Czech graduates. It is therefore no surprise that Czech graduates are already working in the best Vietnamese architectural firm.
Some traditional and newer Czech construction companies are simultaneously trying to expand into the promising Vietnamese market, often, with varying degrees of success, reaching out to graduates from the Czech Vietnamese community. These companies see their opportunity primarily in the ability to supply complex technological units turnkey or to provide know-how in building underground railways in traffic-collapsing metropolises.
The currently not very visible third line of this story consists of Vietnamese entrepreneurs who gained valuable study or work experience in the Czech Republic in their youth, adopted our culture, and are now trying their luck in their rapidly developing homeland. If they start to succeed and want to shine with international reach and cultural connections, they do not hesitate to approach good architects from the country they know so well – from the Czech Republic.
Welcome to Vietnam!
More information >
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