Iconic Tower Design Wins Top Architectural Award For Thinkscape Group

July 10, 2009 - PRLog -- International consultancy Thinkscape Group has won the best-of-show Special Award at a recent architectural design competition for a planned tower project in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Thinkscape won the top recognition based on the criteria of creativity, identity, functionality, cultural and environmental relevance.

“We were pitted against some of the best architectural firms from France, Australia, Hong Kong and Vietnam. This victory reflects the standing of our architectural division, Thinkscape Team3,” said group managing director John Jong.

Organised by Doan Ket Village Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of a local bank, the project in focus was a luxury serviced apartment block at the West Lake district in Hanoi, Vietnam.

The winning work, submitted via sister company JBIP, was a proposal for what is to be the tallest tower in the city. The judges’ overwhelming votes in favour of the work resulted in the final elimination process between the top-two deemed irrelevant.

Named “The Lotus”, the award-winning design was inspired by the lotus bud, a homage to the local culture and history. The design also represents the Asian clasp-palms that symbolises offering and sincerity; while the two-halves of the tower reflect the East Asian philosophy of balance and harmony.

Instead of the usual "glass-box" design, the exterior of this tower consists a jigsaw of metal shutters from individual units. As individual dwellers open and close their shutters, the texture of the building evolves – thus ensuring the tower will never look exactly the same at any given time. This also mimics the lotus in a pond, which blooms and closes at different time of a day.

Thinkscape Group (www.thinkscapegroup.com) is a trans-disciplinary consultancy that offers ideas-driven services spanning from the conceptualisation of brand, to design, communication, visitor experience, interactive, 3D animation, architecture and interior design.

Thinkscape's community consists over a hundred individuals across three offices and seven partnering offices worldwide; working from the creative hot-hubs of Kuala Lumpur, Dubai, Shenzhen, Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong, Singapore, Jakarta, Hanoi and Doha. To find out more, click to http://www.thinkscapegroup.com


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About Thinkscape:

Thinkscape Group (www.thinkscapegroup.com) is a trans-disciplinary consultancy that offers ideas-driven services spanning from the conceptualisation of brand, to design, communication, visitor experience, interactive, 3D animation, architecture and interior design.

Thinkscape's community consists over a hundred individuals across three offices and seven partnering offices worldwide; working from the creative hot-hubs of Kuala Lumpur, Dubai, Shenzhen, Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong, Singapore, Jakarta, Hanoi and Doha. To find out more, click to http://www.thinkscapegroup.com

The group is led by Thinkscape Sdn Bhd, Malaysia's MSC- (multimedia super corridor) Status company and an associate member of the Association of Accredited Advertising Agents (4As).