Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
2.4 ha
2021
Lotte is a Private residential development designed for Thu Thiem (Ho Chi Minh City) with a strong vision to incorporate sustainable landscape design strategies that contribute to save water and energy, and help to control the climate.
Protection and inclusion of local flora and fauna into newly built environments will generate natural corridors, minimizing maintenance, mitigating urban heat island effect, democratizing access to nature and overall improving life quality standards.
Strategically located green corridors generate natural breezeways that allow natural ventilation of indoor spaces, cooling down the environment, minimizing dependence on AC in the interiors, maximizing use of exterior spaces.
The illustration below and the sequence aside shows how the rain water will be captured and partially absorbed in the multiple planted areas along the different levels of the building, reducing substantially storm water flow rate as an effective flood prevention measure.
The remaining running water will be filtered and collected in the caption ponds, which will have a seasonal character: During the rainy season the excess of naturally filtered clean water will be directed to the Central Lake, while during the dry season the water perimeter will decrease, giving opportunity to natural planting transitions to appear.