Another future for Thong Nhat Park
In the spring of 2007 plans were released to turn the largest park in central Hanoi, Thong Nhat Park, into a privately owned theme park. The news stirred the emotions of Hanoians and a heated debate followed, involving park-users, professionals and politicians. The debate brought urgent issues to su...
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| author | Hellberg, Lisa Johansson, Åsa |
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| description | In the spring of 2007 plans were released to turn the largest park in central Hanoi, Thong Nhat Park, into a privately owned theme park. The news stirred the emotions of Hanoians and a heated debate followed, involving park-users, professionals and politicians. The debate brought urgent issues to surface, revealing the multi-layered conflicts over urban space that come with the processes of globalisation and urbanisation. Due to land exploitation and privatisation the public spaces of Hanoi are shrinking in surface. Population densities in the inner city are now among the highest in the region, and a continuing rise is expected. Simultaneously the people of Hanoi are experiencing an increased scope of action in their usage of the public space, both politically and economically. New demands on the public spaces appear with new consumption patterns and life-styles, while politically there is still a fine balance between freedom and control when it comes to how the citizens are allowed to use the urban arena. The public spaces in Hanoi are thus experiencing increased pressure as well as new possibilities, and Thong Nhat Park is at the centre of this process.
In our master thesis we are following the debate about the Thong Nhat Park project and relating it to a broader discussion on the role of public space. We use this discussion as a basis for a proposal for the future Thong Nhat Park, where the park as public space has been our focus. |
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| spelling | RepoSLU126762017-10-20T13:03:00Z https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/12676/ Another future for Thong Nhat Park Hellberg, Lisa Johansson, Åsa Landscape Architecture (until 121231) Landscape architecture In the spring of 2007 plans were released to turn the largest park in central Hanoi, Thong Nhat Park, into a privately owned theme park. The news stirred the emotions of Hanoians and a heated debate followed, involving park-users, professionals and politicians. The debate brought urgent issues to surface, revealing the multi-layered conflicts over urban space that come with the processes of globalisation and urbanisation. Due to land exploitation and privatisation the public spaces of Hanoi are shrinking in surface. Population densities in the inner city are now among the highest in the region, and a continuing rise is expected. Simultaneously the people of Hanoi are experiencing an increased scope of action in their usage of the public space, both politically and economically. New demands on the public spaces appear with new consumption patterns and life-styles, while politically there is still a fine balance between freedom and control when it comes to how the citizens are allowed to use the urban arena. The public spaces in Hanoi are thus experiencing increased pressure as well as new possibilities, and Thong Nhat Park is at the centre of this process. In our master thesis we are following the debate about the Thong Nhat Park project and relating it to a broader discussion on the role of public space. We use this discussion as a basis for a proposal for the future Thong Nhat Park, where the park as public space has been our focus. Under våren 2007 offentliggjordes planer för omvandlingen av centrala Hanois största park, Thong Nhat Park, till en privatägd nöjespark. Nyheten väckte starka känslor, och en intensiv debatt som engagerade både parkens användare, politiker och yrkesverksamma inom planering och arkitektur, följde under året. Debatten lyfte fram aktuella problemställningar och blottlade många av de konflikter om stadsrummet som globaliserings- och urbaniseringsprocesserna medför. Som en direkt följd av den snabbt accelererande urbaniseringen krymper Hanois offentliga rum till ytan, då mark exploateras och privatiseras. Samtidigt ökar invånarnas handlingsutrymme i de offentliga rummen både politiskt och ekonomiskt, och med nya konsumtionsmönster och livsstilar uppstår nya behov i staden. Politiskt är situationen komplex då myndigheterna balanserar mellan kontroll och eftergifter i sin syn på vad som är tillåtet i stadens rum. Park. Sammantaget sätter dessa processer ett ökat tryck på Hanois offentliga rum och leder till en ständigt pågående förhandling om användandet av dessa. I vårt examensarbete följer vi debatten kring Thong Nhat Park och relaterar den mot en vidare diskussion om offentliga rum i Hanoi. Med denna diskussion som utgångspunkt presenterar vi ett förslag för ett framtida Thong Nhat Park, där parken som offentligt rum har varit vårt fokus. 2008-12-12 Other NonPeerReviewed application/pdf sv https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/12676/1/hellberg_l_johansson_a_171020.pdf Hellberg, Lisa and Johansson, Åsa, 2008. Another future for Thong Nhat Park : public spaces in transition in the new urban reality of Hanoi. UNSPECIFIED, Alnarp. Alnarp: (LTJ, LTV) > Dept. Of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management <https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/view/divisions/LMNR=3A644.html> urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-s-8104 eng |
| spellingShingle | Landscape Architecture (until 121231) Landscape architecture Hellberg, Lisa Johansson, Åsa Another future for Thong Nhat Park |
| title | Another future for Thong Nhat Park |
| title_full | Another future for Thong Nhat Park |
| title_fullStr | Another future for Thong Nhat Park |
| title_full_unstemmed | Another future for Thong Nhat Park |
| title_short | Another future for Thong Nhat Park |
| title_sort | another future for thong nhat park |
| topic | Landscape Architecture (until 121231) Landscape architecture |
| url | https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/12676/ https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/12676/ |