Vietnamese architect Nguyen Ha has won an award for promising architects under 45 of the World Around 2024 award

The World Around, a New York-based nonprofit organization that champions architecture’s now, near and next, hosted its fifth Annual Summit, co-presented with the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, last Saturday. The summit’s day-long series of talks and conversations spotlighted new projects from all over the world with a focus on the intersection of architecture with ecological and social justice.

Ha’s project made a strong impression on a large number of architects by using ancient tiles to build the museum,

Vietnam’s first attendance at the summit was acknowledged with the Mother Goddess Worshiping Museum project by architect Nguyen Ha. In her presentation at the summit, Ha shared about Vietnamese culture reflected in the architectural project which she has pursued over the past 20 years. 

Ha introduced history of Vietnam's Mother Goddess worshiping ritual, its influence and practice and her ideas of designing the museum.

Ha’s project made a strong impression on a large number of architects by using ancient tiles to build the museum, creating sacredness through architectural layers as well as the ways she arranged light and created microclimate elements.

Combining traditional and modern methods of construction, the project is a testament to the urbanization process of rural landscapes in Vietnam, while helping preserve and promote a cultural heritage.