Museum History Marks of Land Reclaiming in South Vietnam

– Cape Ca Mau is located in the southernmost region of the country, considered the starting point of the country, and also the final destination on the total journey to the South of Vietnamese people. It is a testament to a whole and unified Vietnam from Nam Quan Ai to Ca Mau Cape. This place also possesses pristine beauty with a unique mangrove ecosystem that reminds memories of a time of exploration.

” The development process of the southern region has been continuing. Behind a brilliant and prosperous southern land is a long journey filled with many memories “

– Since ancient times, the Southern region has been the place where ancient civilizations existed, but due to many reasons, changes in times and the biggest is changes in nature, a sea advance took place in the 6th-7th centuries have submerged civilizations deep under the Southern alluvial strata. The land of the South at this time became a wild forest flooded area. After more than 300 years since the first footprints of Vietnamese people on the Nam Tien journey arrived in this land, the South has become a prosperous and rich land. Leaving behind innumerable values and heritages after the excavation process. It is a clear proof of a long journey to open the realm and define the realm of the nation. However, this land is facing the next wave. The Southern Reclamation History Museum is a proposed project that can solve the problem of organic sustainability, store all valuable artifacts in the reclamation work, and be a place for research. , an academic exchange and at the same time a place to display and bring the historical values sent by our ancestors into the memories of the new class of citizens.

– The project is designed to be a strong symbolic structure, with the property of stirring up space. The 5-storey building block includes 1 public floor, 3 floors of thematic exhibition space and 1 technical floor, designed to float on the water with characteristic columns learned from the way humans and nature in this place coexists and cohabits with the water. (Mam tree, Mangrove tree in nature & traditional houses on stilts of Southern people). Through architectural language, visitors will be guided to a region of memory, open and closed spaces with natural landscape buffer zones evoking a wild, quiet scene so that visitors can enjoy a gentle transition between the interior and exterior spaces of the building. Going through the natural landscape, the project will gradually appear as a sacred temple standing out among the immense sky and water. A memorial axis stretching throughout will lead visitors into the project combined with the surrounding landscape. The symbolic milestone placed at the end of the road further evokes the curiosity, discovery, and conquest of visitors on the journey to experience the historical Nam Tien road of their predecessors.