By Team IAnD
Photography: Quangdam; courtesy a21studio
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a 21 studio from Vietnam play with the idea of conserving
memories through their design of temporary field-shelters...
Seeking a change from brick-and-mortar construction, a 21 studio
ideate on the several disregarded row boats that lie abandoned in farming villages
along the river Cai in Nha Trang city, Vietnam.
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These boats – once the lifeline of the city, especially during
floods in the river Cai, have post the hydroelectric plant project, become
memories, to be hung up in garden kitchens or discarded completely.
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With the area no longer in the grip of this natural calamity,
even the handicraft of weaving boats has waned and the beautiful, colourful
means of transpiration in the city is but a distant memory.
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Trying to capture this quintessential detail as part of the
local flavours of Nha Trang city, the designers have found an alternate
application for the boats as temporary shelters in open fields and as roofs for
small all-purpose retail shacks.
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Although they do not provide shelter from downpours, the boats
act as transitory refuge as field workers toil under the scorching sun. They
also add a distinctive element to the fields, supported as they are on bamboo
stilts; fittingly pragmatic whilst warming hearts with memories that could
otherwise elicit bitterness and loss.
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The ingenious minimalist intervention is high on aesthetics, an
aspect of design ingrained in the a21 studio’s portfolio.
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