New Hanoi Park to rival Singapore’s Garden by the Bay

Cities across Asia are now realizing that public parks are essential for residents’ quality of life.

Singapore has many parks, and the Royal household has announced a new public park in Bangkok to commemorate HM the Late King Bhumibol Adulyadej the Great which is expected to open to the public in 2024.

Astronomy Park

Vietnam has also just opened the new Astronomy Park, a public park project in Hanoi.

The project is in a new development area in the West of the city and is Vietnam’s first astronomy park.

Construction project surrounds Bach Hop Thuy lake, an abandoned detention basin of Duong Noi urban area.

This project is a boost to the real estate while also significantly improving the quality of life and public space in the new district of Hanoi.

https://www.archdaily.com/974128/astronomy-park-ego-group

According to ArchDaily, the 120,000-square-meter park was designed by EGO Group, and is dedicated to space, and takes visitors (or "astronauts") on a journey through the Milky Way and nine highlights of astronomy, all told through the language of landscape architecture. 

Different areas utilize circles, spheres, spirals, and other geometric shapes to portray the universe, while the four-entrance squared are named Big Bang, Zodiac, Solar System and Alien.

Along with a waterfront promenade, at night the park features a light show meant to simulate different constellations.

Signs throughout the space also educate visitors on the planets in our solar system, and other aspects of the great beyond.

Looks like fun.

If you have been there, please let us have your reactions?

[All Photos by Trieu Chien and Nam Le via ArchDaily]

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