The People's Committee of Ba Dinh district is coordinating with Hanoi University of Construction to research plans to renovate and reconstruct Long Bien market through the AIAC 2025 international architecture competition with the theme "Reconstruction of Long Bien market".

14 student groups from 14 prestigious universities around the world will participate in this competition, such as: Tsinghua University (China), Gyeongsang National University (Korea), Tokyo University (Japan), Paris-Belleville School of Architecture (France), Ricardo Palma University (Peru), Hanoi University of Civil Engineering (Vietnam)...

The theme of the contest is to renovate and reconstruct Long Bien market, a famous crowded market in Ba Dinh district, imbued with the cultural and historical values ​​of Hanoi.

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Long Bien Market at night. Photo: Pham Hai

The competition aims for design ideas that blend modernity and tradition, old urban areas and green spaces to create a multifunctional space that serves commercial trade without affecting people's lives.

In addition, ideas can combine the organization of cultural spaces, street art, and culinary areas to integrate with the bustling night market scene here, while at the same time, promoting the cultural and historical values ​​of the area.

Good design ideas will be studied by Ba Dinh district to implement future planning and renovation projects for Long Bien market area.

Long Bien Market (Phuc Xa Ward, Ba Dinh District) has an area of ​​2.75 hectares, designed with a maximum of 3 floors, a level 2 market scale. Built in 1991 and put into use in 1992, Long Bien Market has become the largest wholesale market for fruits, agricultural products, and food in Hanoi.

However, Long Bien market has a cramped space, degraded facilities, and is unable to meet the increasing trading demand. Narrow walkways, lack of parking areas and supporting facilities, leading to traffic congestion and poor environmental sanitation.

Architecturally, Long Bien market bears a strong historical mark but has not been properly preserved and upgraded, making the operating space inconvenient, unsafe and unsuitable for modern urban development.

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Source: https://vietnamnet.vn/sinh-vien-14-truong-dai-hoc-danh-tieng-the-gioi-nghien-cuu-cai-tao-cho-long-bien-2383927.html