Astronomy Park

AstronomyPark is a public park project in Hanoi. The project is located in a newdevelopment area in the West of the city and is Vietnam’s first astronomy park. Construction project surrounds Bach Hop Thuy lake, an abandoned detention basinof Duong Noi urban area. This project is a boost to the real estate while alsosignificantly improving the quality of life and public space in the newdistrict of Hanoi. The park area is 120000m2, of which 6000m2 is the watersurface area. We will actas astronauts to explore the new universe as we stroll the Milky Way andexperience 9 highlights of the world of astronomy through the language oflandscape architecture and science and technology: Developed under the theme ofastronomy, it tells about the journey to explore the universe through thelanguage of landscape design. The park is the place to nurture science, arousepeople’s interest, discovery, research about the wonders of the universe andthe faroff lands outside the Earth, especially the young generation. Thelanguage is circles, spheres, spirals, the basic geometric shapes in theuniverse. The journeyto explore the universe at the Astronomical Park is connected seamlessly fromthe beginning to the end by the 2 closed routes, the outer route is the MilkyWay. Milky Way is a walking path in the park inspired by the Milky Way (alsoknown as the Milky Way) winding in the sky. On that path there are decorativeitems that represents the constellations in the Milky Way. Different lightingeffects and colors provide a dramatic atmosphere for the park at night. Thepark has 4 entrances corresponding to 4 squares, those are Big Bang Square,Zodiac Square, Solar System Square and Alien Square. The inner route is alakeside promenade, which is more of peaceful, a walking route wherepedestrians can approach the water closer through the piers, the deck encroachto the lake. It isinteresting that all trees in the park are planted in rows in the direction ofthe sun with an angle of 45 degrees relative to the master plan. In the nextphase, phase 2, a series of items will be built including a museum, a blackhole swimming pool on the lake and a telescope system to observe the sky. Project name:AstronomyPark Company name:EGO Group Website: and Contact e-mail:info@egogroup. com. vn Project location:Ha Noi,Viet Nam Completion Year: 2020 Building area (m²):120000 m2 Other participants:OlivieroGodi,Thai Binh Duong, Le Minh Huy, Dang Quoc Linh, Tran Hoang, Le Thi Chinh, LeThanh Duong, Simon Jagu, Nguyen Ngoc Du, Tran Cong Thanh, Trinh Quang Son,Nguyen Duy Hung Photo credits:Nam Le, TrieuChien