In May 2021, invited by the Planning department of Binh Thuan, Vietnam, we proposed a planning scheme to preserve a natural-born mangrove area on abandoned agricultural land and develop the site into an ecological park, instead of urbanization development as approved planning scheme previously.
The site was abandoned in 2003 when the water condition was no more suitable for farmlands. During the past seven years, a 32-hectare mangrove forest has been born with a diverse range of aquatic ecosystems and birds. However, the rectangular grid-patterned terrain filled with standing water was considered a landscape defect of this half-nature lung of the city.
We make this weakness a strength by creating a land-and-water maze out of the existing composition and cutting openings to allow water circulation. This mutual reclamation helps the ecosystem self-improve day by day.
We introduce an oval sky-bridge superimposed over the orthogonal pattern treetops carpet, which function as the internal circulation, sightseeing path road, and life support at the same time. Adventurous-minded visitors can do kayaking or trekking on the trails. The heart of this park is the viewing tower called the V Infinity. This loop structure makes visitors step up from inside before walking out to the stepped viewing platform at the top for a spectacular aerial view of the mangrove carpet and descending to get back down. The tower can also function as a community hall and a three-wing open-air theatre for cultural events.
We provide a transitional area between the park and the urban area spreading along the main street functioning as a community square, responding to the lack of local public gathering space. The place offers a dramatic view of nature from a crowded city plaza with outstanding sunken viewing decks along the stepped embankment. This scenery contradiction makes the area unique.

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