Hien Information Centre
- Year
- 2019
- Category
- Cultural · Pavilions
- Type
- Commercial
- Status
- Built
- Location
- Hanoi, Vietnam
Our mission in this project is to design a pavilion that serves as an information and pastoral center for parishioners and visitors to the St. Joseph Cathedral. The main functionalities include a reception area, a bookstore, and a gift shop. Having said that, being in such a symbolic location, this project requires us to pay more attention to other aspects. A dialogue betaween the old and the new is inevitable, together with the religious spirit of the building. Furthermore, the dual characteristic of classical Catholicism needs to be amplified in this otherwise purely functional project, while refusing to repeat its inherent symbols.
Our mission in this project is to design a pavilion that serves as an information and pastoral center for parishioners and visitors to the St. Joseph Cathedral. The main functionalities include a reception area, a bookstore, and a gift shop. Having said that, being in such a symbolic location, this project requires us to pay more attention to other aspects. A dialogue betaween the old and the new is inevitable, together with the religious spirit of the building. Furthermore, the dual characteristic of classical Catholicism needs to be amplified in this otherwise purely functional project, while refusing to repeat its inherent symbols.