In this fifth and final iteration for a 170ha resort on the Vietnamese island of Phu Quoc, NDA develops innovative and comprehensive tourism products that are unique to the island, in order to attract visitors to the resort’s remote location: a 24h interactive leisure & entertainment core, a golf course and casino resort, a fisherman’s wharf…
This strategy results in a thorough activation of the area, increasing visitor flows and creating a unique tourism chain.
Preserving the vast mangrove forests surrounding the vast 20sqkm competition site, this winning proposal aims to create Vietnam’s first model Eco-town, relying on 4 main pillars: eco living, eco connectivity, eco entertainment and eco resources and facilities.
The “Mangrove Loop” name is derived from the city’s masterplanning concept, that relies on a strong urban shape: a green, circular boulevard that helps redistribute flows from the center to the new functional areas, bringing functions together and increasing the value of the land.
Serving as entrance pavilion to Nha Trang’s most exquisite waterfront entertainment district, this design echoes a massive ocean wave that immerses visitors into a themed world of maritime culture and marine ecosystem explorations.
In a bid to create Vietnam’s first holistic urban park, this project arranges different functional areas along a green loop: themed islands meant to be a contemporary expression of the key Vietnamese values: family, education, health and spirituality. An archipelago for the entire family to relax and explore the LOHAS values.
By striving to discover the original elements of genuine Vietnamese architecture in order to bring them into modernity, NDA’s solution for this one-stop leisure and entertainment destination along the Mekong River creates a contemporary, yet familiar environment for both locals and tourists to stroll, shop and indulge. An environment imbued with all the time-tested characteristics of sustainable tropical architecture.
In this cultural tourism project, NDA embarks on a quest to identify and distill the quintessential features that enabled the Mekong to transcend its condition of a simple waterway and become a generator of culture and identity: unique landscape, thriving commerce and cultural entertainment. All these elements are then brought together in order to transform the site of an existing waterpark and allow both tourists and residents to experience the best of The Mekong in just one world-class tourist destination.
In order to create Vung Tau’s first and foremost luxury address, NDA introduces a revolutionary product to the city’s residential market: “The Cloud Gardens” – a unique concept that organizes apartments around multi-tiered sky gardens, combining the tropical passion for outdoor lifestyle with all the conveniences of living in a central heritage district.
Few international tourists arriving by cruise ship to the tropical paradise of Sanya know much more about China other than the Great Wall or Imperial Palace in Beijing and the modern skylines of Shanghai. Acting as an immersive window into China’s hidden wonders, this massive 500m-long urban culture park employs state-of-the-art digital technology to reveal the countries’ 50+ world heritage sites, inspiring both the international visitors, and the Chinese nationals themselves.
In this initial proposal for a 170 ha resort in the Vietnamese island of Phu Quoc, NDA employs the concept of “archipelago” to maximize the waterfront length of the resort and therefore increase its real estate value. A floating F&B village – located in the middle of an axis leading from the resort’s main access point to a public pier - is set to become the vibrant core of the development – and eventually for the entire south part of the island.
As the first public entertainment pier in China, Pier One is designed as a series of unique experiences interwoven along a winding tropical boulevard whose iconic shading elements promote interaction and spur enticing activities. It culminates with an iconic ride that is shaped like a gigantic letter “S”: “S” for “Sanya”…
