Hoang Thuc Hao

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Architect

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Engineering

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Biography

Hoang Thuc Hao (born 1971 in Hanoi) is a Vietnamese architect from Hanoi. He studied architecture and urban planning at National University of Civil Engineering in Hanoi and later graduated from the Polytechnic University of Turin with master's degree in 2002. As the chairman of the Architecture Association of Hanoi University for Civil Engineering, he is a lecturer at the Architecture Faculty at Hanoi University for Civil Engineering. He is also executive member of the Association of Vietnamese Architects and of the Organization for Green Architecture in Vietnam. 2004, Hao founded the architecture office 1+1>2 which is focused on architecture supporting disadvantaged communities.

Career

Hoang Thuc Hao is the first Vietnamese receiving the SIA-GETZ Award 2016 for emergent architects: "...Hoang Thuc Hao, specifically with his work in rural communities, highlights the role that architects can play in such contexts. By understanding and adapting to local conditions, he has achieved a remarkable degree of architectural innovation. As part of the process, villagers are involved and thus empowered in the improvement of their environment. Mr Hoang goes beyond building sustainability in that he also addresses cultural sustainability in his works, an aspect often neglected in developing economies."

Hao's work focuses on supporting neglected communities by diverse projects, such as community houses, workers’ houses, schools for disadvantaged children, children's playground systems and so on. By his approach of combining academic knowledge and traditional experience, natural and cultural assets of a commune should be enhanced and minority culture should be preserved. Among all the projects he has done, Hao not only aims at sustainability of the building but also the sustainability of culture.

With his principle of ‘happiness architecture’, Hao outlines the ability of architecture that not merely includes designing building and space, but creating happiness.