The Central Business District and the Riverfront District are articulated as exceptional moments in the New Town, due to their programmatic and geographic importance for Hanoi.

The Riverfront District, conceived as a lake with a chain of islands, shows most explicitly the full integration of water in the urban scheme. Water, to be used for leisure and transport, for promenades and views, becomes part of the qualitative experience of Hanoi.

The relation of the Riverfront District will bring North and South riverbanks closer and initiate the development of the South banks as a next step.

Progressively Hanoi will conquer its beautiful waterfront and become even more what its name suggests: the watercity.

Leap Into the 21st. Century

In the Hanoi New Town, the land and transport systems will be developed to optimise conditions for greenery, water, leisure and cultural pursuits. By the integration of these elements, Hanoi makes a quantum leap in the quality of the city’s environment, establishing the working and living standards of the future.

Hanoi New Town, the Green City

Everywhere the qualities of a green city can be felt, due to the alternating strips of built and unbuilt, which ensure the mutual proximity of urban and green.

The green strips consisting of gardens, parks, agriculture, outdoor sporting and informal landscape offer a contrasting experience to the city life in the built strips.

Hanoi New Town, the Water City

New, as in the future, the presence of water is defining the landscape. As in Amsterdam or Venice, water contributes to the city-image of Hanoi.

A new lake in connection to a canal network is the basis of the watermanagement system. The lake reflects the West Lake and provides the ground for a chain of islands, which exploit the integration of city and water to a maximum.