STUDY TOURS HANOI INTA 37 VIETNAM Date: 2 December 2013. Time: 13.00 to 17.00 Start Pullman Hanoi Hotel National Urban Planning Exhibition Palace Group 1: Group 2: NEW NEIGHBORHOODS HERITAGE HANOI Destination 1: Destination 1: Ciputra Hanoi International City Hoan Kiem Lake Destination 2: Destination 2: Lac Long Quan flower garden The Old Quarter Destination 3: Destination 3: Tay Ho Temple Hanoi Opera House Destination 4: Destination 4: Tran Quoc Pagoda Ngoc Son temple Back to Pullman Hanoi Hotel INTRODUCTION ON TOUR LOCATION NATIONAL URBAN PLANNING EXHIBITION PALACE (NUPEL) The National Planning Hall The building is located about 10km from the city centre, in one of the most recent development area of Hanoi. This building is surrounded by several contemporary architecture buildings such as the Vietnam national convention centre, Hanoi Museum and Marriott Hotel, creating a beautiful urban landscape. The National Urban Planning Exhibition Palace was established by the Minister of Construction, functioning as a place for organizing exhibitions, events and activities involving introducing key National and Hanoi construction plans. This also a great place for information in architecture, construction, planning, technical infrastructure and urban development fields. The National Urban Planning Exhibition Palace, where are displayed models, information and drawings of Hanoi City planning up to the year 2050, provides more understanding of Hanoi city, its urban growth and future planning. This building will be the start place of both study tours: Hanoi Heritage and New Neighborhoods tours. Study tours – INTA37 – Hanoi – 2/12/2013 2 NEW NEIGHBORHOODS: CIPUTRA HANOI INTERNATIONAL CITY AND ITS WEST LAKE NEIGHBORHOOD West Lake, a freshwater-lake in the centre of Hanoi, this is the largest lake of the city with a shore length of 17 km. The neighborhood is a popular place for recreation with many surrounding gardens, restaurants, hotels and villas, which are now occupied by many foreigners, rich Vietnamese people and expats. This tour provides opportunities to discover the relationship between Westlake and new urban communities in Hanoi. DESTINATION 1: CIPUTRA HANOI present Central Business District (CBD). INTERNATIONAL CITY CIPUTRA HANOI is an attractive location for business, residential and investment The first destination is Ciputra Hanoi purposes. Located north-west of Hanoi International City (CIPUTRA HANOI) - the between the 2nd and 3rd ring road: 20 first integrated new town development minutes from Noi Bai International Airport, project in Hanoi, which is located next to 15 minutes from downtown Hanoi; 3 the Westlake. This is a great place to minutes from the proposed new CBD and understand the development trend of new right next to the future Diplomatic Precinct. neighborhoods in Hanoi in recent years. Ciputra Hanoi is a Distinctive Integrated Township CIPUTRA HANOI is a new world-class 301 hectares integrated township, developed in accordance with the Hanoi City Master Plan. It will consist of residential buildings, primary and secondary schools, gardens, a clubhouse and retail area, a luxury hotel and high-rise office buildings. The project harmonizes and improves the environment as well as enhances the quality of life for the expected future population of 50,000 residents. Modern home, a good road and public transportation system, convenience An ideal geographical location adjacent to of various facilities, more living space and the Red River and the historic West Lake of conductive living environment are Hanoi makes easy the accessibility from the Study tours – INTA37 – Hanoi – 2/12/2013 3 increasingly gravitating the population DESTINATION 3: TAY HO TEMPLE toward integrated and professionally managed township. Culture and religion are important features that affect urban architecture and planning. Phu Tay Ho is a temple used to worship Princess Lieu Hanh who is one of the immortal saints in the Vietnamese religion. It is located on a peninsula of the West Lake and has held many religious activities for many years. CIPUTRA HANOI is developed by the Citra Westlake City Development Co. Ltd, a joint venture between the Urban Development and Infrastructure Investment Cooperation (Vietnam) and the Ciputra Group, known throughout the world as a leader in new urban city developments. With over 100 subsidiaries, the Ciputra Group has pioneered large-scale real estate developments, creating modern green urban communities. Up to present, the Ciputra Group has developed 14 new urban areas in Indonesia, ranging from 500 ha to 6 000ha. DESTINATION 4: TRAN QUOC DESTINATION 2: LAC LONG QUAN PAGODA FLOWER GARDEN Tran Quoc Pagoda can be considered as the oldest pagoda in Hanoi located on a Enjoy the “Lac Long Quan flower garden” small island of the West Lake. With nearly with a tour around the lake by tramcar to 1500 years of history and traditional discover the Westlake and its architecture value, Tran Quoc Pagoda is a neighborhood atmosphere. very important sacred place of the Buddhists in Hanoi. Tran Quoc pagoda is the final destination of the tour and the bus is ready to take you back the Pullman Hanoi hotel. Study tours – INTA37 – Hanoi – 2/12/2013 4 HANOI HERITAGE TOUR Hoan Kiem Lake and the Old Quarter located in the very centre of Hanoi, carry many stories of the ancient history. While the Old Quarter draws a picture of social life from the early centuries of Hanoi, Hoan Kiem Lake is a legendary location that has become the heart and soul of the city. Its surrounding neighborhood also consists of many historical buildings and architecture representing a French colonial period. The Hanoi Heritage tour offers opportunities to understand the initial form of the capital Hanoi and how culture and history influences urban forms and appearance. DESTINATION 1: HOAN KIEM LAKE Enjoy a tour by tramcars from Hoan Kiem Lake to explore the beauty of the legendary lake in the City centre. DESTINATION 2: THE OLD QUARTER OF HANOI Hoan Kiem Lake (“Return Sword” Lake) or The Old Quarter Hanoi which is also called Ho Guom (“Sword” Lake) links to a legend “36 streets and guilds”, is located outside story of Le Thai To emperor. According to of the royal citadel of Thang Long, and is the story, a turtle came and grabbed back the oldest trading area of Hanoi. It is said the magic sword, which was given that artisans from many different places previously to the Emperor to fight against gathered around and settled at this area invaders and protect the country. The lake, from the 13th century, creating many small then, was renamed from Luc Thuy Lake handicraft-trading villages. There is a range (“Green Water”) to Hoan Kiem Lake of different traditional handicraft products (“Return Sword”) to commemorate the produced in different guilds separated by event; the name of “Turtle Tower” (Thap doors. Each guild was organized as a Rùa) on a small island of the lake is also hamlet, which was named after the linked to this legend. traditional product produced and sold With a centre location, surrounded by a there. Today the streets with the name of beautiful landscape, many ancient historical traditional products such as Hang Duong architecture buildings and magnificent for “Sugar Street”, Hang Tre for “Bamboo French colonial period buildings, this lake is Street”, Hang Trong for “Drums Street”, considered as a flower basket of the capital indicate the old names for the guilds in the and has become a major open space in past. Hanoi for public and community lives. Study tours – INTA37 – Hanoi – 2/12/2013 5 influenced significantly the current urban houses and urban planning. During the tour around the Old Quarter, the tramcar might stop at some remarkable places to study more about history, culture and architecture of the area; and thus discover their influences on modern architecture, urban planning and development. The streets of the Old Quarter feature very DESTINATION 3: HANOI OPERA special architectural characteristics with a HOUSE range of long and narrow shop houses. Each house has a very narrow façade Leaving the traditional shops house, we will facing the street to sell traditional goods, visit one of the typical architecture of the while its backside was used for living and French colony period, the Hanoi Opera producing goods. This long house usually House located on the August Revolution has 2 to 3 courtyards and light wells not square. only to gain space but also for better ventilation and lighting. Although the Old Quarter today has become over-crowded and might lose its initial layout plan, its eternal beauty and value is undeniable. It was built by the French in 1901 and completed in 1911, following the model of the Opera House in Paris. Its architecture is of classical Gothique style. It has 870 seats, 18 rooms for the artists making up, 2 rehearsal rooms, a mirror room, a library and a meeting hall. The Opera House plays an important role in creating special characteristic and image of Hanoi. The distinctive features of the area with the long and narrow shop houses have Study tours – INTA37 – Hanoi – 2/12/2013 6 DESTINATION 4: NGOC SON TEMPLE Hoan Kiem Lake neighborhood also retains many Eastern style architectures including Ngoc Son Temple (Temple of the Jade Mountain), which represents traditional value as well as the spirit of Vietnamese in the old history. This is one of the most beautiful heritage of Hanoi, located on Hoan Kiem Lake, built on a small island of the lake and dedicated to Confucian and Taoist philosophers and the national hero - Tran Hung Dao. The small temple contains many tradition monuments such as The Huc Bridge (the “Morning Sunlight Bridge”), Thap But (“Pen Tower”), Dai Nghien (the “ink-slab”), the Dac Nguyet Lau (“Moon Contemplation Pavilion”) and Dinh Tran Ba (“Pavilion against Waves”), all featuring symbolic meanings. The “Ink- slab” and the “Pen tower” with three words “Ta Thanh Thien” (“writing on the blue sky”) on it indicate the respect of Vietnamese to Confucian spirit and to education.