The flagship project for Lavenue Investment Corporation is designed to reflect the form of the lotus flower and is set to become a landmark on the city’s emerging skyline.
The 36-storey development will become home to a luxury five-star Langham hotel, a boutique retail mall, serviced apartments and a spectacular sky bar upon completion. The tower is approximately 160m high with a total gross floor area of 66,000m2. It features four petal-like facades that extend down to provide a series of canopies and up to shelter the roof terraces of the sky bar.
Ian Milne, Atkins’ senior design director in Hong Kong, said: “Our challenge was to design a tower with a grand entrance on a tightly constrained site. Our design delivers this, along with a generous public space and drop off area while achieving the best building shape to maximise the total gross floor area.”
Tri Quang Mai, Atkins’ chief representative in Vietnam, said: “The tower, once completed, will become one of the most important urban landmarks which reflects the contemporary, vibrant and dynamic nature of Ho Chi Minh City.”
Ho Chi Minh City’s foundation dates back to as early as the 16th century AD with a large citadel built on a commercial port by the river. Over the centuries, the city grew from a single fortress structure to being the largest and most important commercial and tourist city in Vietnam, home to nearly 10 million people and covering an area of over 2,000 km2. Its population is expected to reach 13.9 million by 2025.
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