November 22, 2008

BlueScope Steel Vietnam names design award winners

VNS reported that two architecture students in HCM City have won first prize in the 2008 BlueScope Steel Vietnam Design Award for their multi function bus station plan.

Mr Vu Ngoc Hai and Mr Nguyen Tan Loc beat 300 other competitors who submitted 200 designs for a bus station at Ben Thanh Market and a traffic toll station.

The duo’s Saigon Combination of Past and Present design features a harmony between modernity and tradition through the use of color plated steel and a plaited structure.

Dr Le Quang Quy deputy rector of the HCM City Architecture University said that "The contest not only promotes ideas and plans but also serves as a bridge between the training work of our university and the reality of the architecture industry.”

The Australian steel company held its first contest last year when 200 students submitted 68 designs.