Flowers of Clouds Primary Function: Tore sa Pag-obserbar, Tindahan sa Kape by Vu Van Hai

Flowers of Clouds Primary Function: Tore sa Pag-obserbar, Tindahan sa Kape by Vu Van Hai is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award nga Pilak in Disenyo sa Arkitektura, Gambalay ug Estruktura Competition Category.

PilakArkitektura· 2021

Flowers of Clouds Primary Function: Tore sa Pag-obserbar, Tindahan sa Kape

by Vu Van Hai

Client: Vha Architects

A' Design Award nga Pilak Winner in Arkitektura Category

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The Design

About Flowers of Clouds Primary Function: Tore sa Pag-obserbar, Tindahan sa Kape

Ang Flowers of Clouds usa ka tore sa pag-obserbar nga adunay espasyo alang sa kape, nga nahimutang sa Da Lat City, Vietnam. Ang tore gihimo pinaagi sa 27 ka steel modules, 12 metros ang gihabogon, nga giporma sama sa bulak sa lotus. Ang Corten steel maoy nagtabon sa gawas nga bahin, ug ang mga pundasyon hinimo gikan sa reinforced concrete. Ang espasyo alang sa kape nga 600 square metros gipataas ngadto sa gihabogon nga 8 metros ug naglakip ug internal nga bangag sa atabay. Usa ka padayon nga ramp taliwala sa duha ka laray sa mga haligi ang naggiya sa mga bisita nga hinay-hinay pataas. Ang atop usa ka tanaman ug usa ka outdoor nga dapit alang sa kape nga adunay panoramic nga talan-awon sa palibot.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award nga Pilak

Flowers of Clouds Primary Function: Tore sa Pag-obserbar, Tindahan sa Kape usa ka mananaog sa A' Design Award nga Pilak, usa ka talagsaon kaayo nga prestihiyoso nga pag-ila nga gihatag sa labing taas nga lebel, matahom, ug makadani nga mga disenyo. Ang mga mananaog sa Pilak labihan ka hayag ug mamugnaon nga mga buhat nga nagpakita sa bantogan nga kahanas, talento, ug kamatngon sa ilang mga tigdesinyo. Gilauman nga ang Flowers of Clouds Primary Function: Tore sa Pag-obserbar, Tindahan sa Kape mahimong talagsaon nga buhat nga ipasigarbo, dako ang pagkapropesyonal ug lawom ang kabag-ohan. Kini nga disenyo nga nakadaog og A' Design Award nga Pilak usa ka labihan ka mamatikdan, gihangaan nga imbento nga mapuslanon ug nagpalapad sa mga utlanan sa arte, siyensya, disenyo, ug teknolohiya. Flowers of Clouds Primary Function: Tore sa Pag-obserbar, Tindahan sa Kape usa ka paglalang nga giinggit sa daghan, nga nagpukaw og mga tinguha, nagdala og positibo nga mga pagbati, ug nagsiga sa katingala ug paghangyo.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The flower tower appears as a giant sculpture, structuring of 27 steel modules with 12m height stylized like a lotus flower, lifting the coffee space of 600m2 at an altitude of 8m and comprising internal well hole. The entire roof area is a garden to grow large confetti and large space for visitors to admire the surrounding landscape. A continuous ramp is located in the middle of the two columns to help visitors viewing the landscape gradually like a flowing river before enjoying the panoramic view at the rooftop.
Dimensions & Packaging: The project is with a building scale of 600 square meters
W30m x D30m x H12m
Tags: Architecture, Hotel, Resort, Coffee, Modern, Natural, Elegant, Cultural, Futuristic, Corten Steel
Production Technology: The flower tower is supported by a steel frame structure and corten steel covering the outer surface and the foundations are made in reinforced concrete.
Design Challenge: The project is the focal point of the 250-hectare resort project complex surrounded by pine hills and natural landscapes. It requires us to come up with a unique and creative idea of the form to highlight the entire resort project, and you can see it as far away as possible.

The main challenge is that we have to find a construction engineering solution that is suitable for low construction costs in the financial conditions affected by the covid-19 pandemic.
Research: The flower tower really stands out with the orange-red combination of corten steel covering the outer surface, along the large curve of the petals module, in a natural landscape. It appears as a lighthouse to guide the visitors when visiting and exploring this area.
We have designed a space where people can observe and feel stunning nature at different latitudes. Tourists, flower tower and nature are integrated here.
Inspiration: Da Lat is a city of highland considered to be most romantic in Vietnam with natural pine-tree hills, colorful flower valleys planted by local farmers. The city is all the year around surrounded by clouds. The project is located on the hills at an altitude of about 1,000 meters above sea level, inheriting all the typical natural conditions of this land.
Like a flower sprouting from a cloud, named the flower tower. It functions as an observation tower comprising the coffee and fastfood space in the vast natural landscape. Our design inspiration is not only a simple observatory tower or coffee space is put up high. Instead, we want to create an impressive, eye – catching works transferring a message of spiritual belief through lotus images.
Project Duration: Study in July 2020. Expected construction commencement Avril 2021. Location in Da Lat City Vietnam.
Operation Flow: Visitors enter the building from a small hall at the entrance to the ground floor with two rows of orange-red corten steel columns and a sky-well space. A continuous ramp between the two columns that can take you to the first floor is a coffee and restaurant space. The rooftop is for stretching flowers and outdoor coffee space as well as allowing visitors to see the whole area.
Team Members: VHA Architects Team, Principal Architect: Vu Van Hai