Natural elements, including wind, airflow, temperature, acoustic, light, ecosystem, etc., are always carefully studied by architects and engineers at Van Phu – Invest from the very beginning of the building design, thereby creating distinctive, environmentally friendly, energy-saving products.

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Buildings with typical designs create the brand name of Van Phu – Invest (Illustration: Grandeur Palace – Giang Vo project)

“Dedicated to creating life values” has been the motto of Van Phu – Invest during the past 20 years. This is illustrated right from the architectural design of each project. Every project has its non-stereotypical design, but all meet the strict urban product standards Van Phu – Invest set.

One of those standards is environmental comfort. The architects and engineers carefully study natural elements such as wind, airflow, heat, acoustic, view, lighting, and ecological diversity when sketching the initial project concept.

Take advantage of natural wind and light 

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The Van Phu – Victoria project with three towers rotating 45 degrees to take advantage of the direction of wind and light

There is an old belief “Choose a graceful wife to marry and choose a house facing the South”. With the tropical monsoon climate in our country, South and Near-South directions (including Southeast and Southwest) are considered good directions for a house to catch cool breezes from the sea blowing in and enjoy the bright sunlight. Understanding this, Van Phu – Invest also considers “Wind” as one of the prerequisites when designing high-rise housing projects. Thus, the company develops all projects to receive wind naturally. The wind-receiving rate for each project is up to 80%, so every house designed and developed by Van Phu – Invest always receives cool and fresh air.

In all product segments of Van Phu – Invest, from standard to premium and luxury, living rooms and bedrooms have good views of the outside space. In many projects, a typical apartment has a kitchen and at least two toilets that could receive fresh air. The proportion of floor area with a view to the outside is more than 85%, helping to ventilate and deodorize the apartment well. This design also helps to obtain natural light and reduces the need for artificial lighting.

In addition to the ability to receive the wind, the arrangement of rooms, partitions, and the position of the main doors and windows in each apartment of Van Phu – Invest also helps natural ventilation throughout the rooms and the apartment is always supplied directly with fresh air.

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The percentage of apartment areas having a view of the outside space at Grandeur Palace – Giang Vo is up to 85%

“We study the climate and wind direction very carefully when deciding the orientation of the whole building, in general, and each apartment specifically. Because not only obtaining the wind is essential, but regulating wind speed in urban areas is equally important. Improper allocation of buildings in a project area can create air zones that are stuffy and sultry, leading to increased temperature. On the contrary, if the calculation is inaccurate, it may create inlet areas that increase risks during storms. Therefore, we focus on creating a cool urban area that is also safe in stormy weather”, a representative of Van Phu – Invest shared.

According to the representative, Van Phu – Invest pays much attention to the influence of wind and heat in urban areas. To regulate heat and cool the air in the projects, Van Phu – Invest develops logical spatial planning with large water surface areas and plenty of trees to create shade, reduce heat radiation, and minimize the urban heat island effects. For buildings inside urban areas, the investor creates an optimal thermal envelope, using concrete containing a high percentage of fly ash to reduce heat transfer, combined with a finished façade design using materials capable of reducing heat radiation, thereby helping to regulate the temperature inside the building, reducing energy consumption from air conditioning equipment.

Satisfying many requirements, strict standards related to design, materials used, and energy saving of the whole building, many projects of Van Phu – Invest have achieved international green building certification EDGE (Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiencies) such as The Terra – An Hung and Oakwood Residence Hanoi.

Focus on acoustic, color and lighting

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Van Phu – Invest effectively uses glass materials for the façade to reduce heat radiation and prevent noise (Illustration: Oakwood Residence Hanoi project)

Regarding acoustic, in public areas of projects, Van Phu – Invest planted many trees to help scatter sound waves from external traffic roads. For indoor space, Van Phu – Invest uses walls, ceilings – floors with good sound and heat insulation structure, glass facade ensures sound insulation. In addition, vibration and noise reduction devices are also installed with the building’s technical system to alleviate the impact on residents’ daily life.

According to some architects in the industry, the distinctive feature Van Phu – Invest has in their works that few investors care about is the matter of architectural design – the use of light inside the city. Accordingly, Van Phu – Invest selects suitable designs with materials and colors that are harmonious between the internal elements, the surrounding landscape, and the outstanding highlight works of each project. The investor develops different color and material palettes for each project to help ensure aesthetics.

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Van Phu – Invest has standards for colors used in the project to ensure aesthetics without causing light pollution (Illustration: Grandeur Palace project – Giang Vo)

“When there are many lighting sources such as natural light, night light, lighting from street lights, vehicles, etc., the materials used must ensure that they do not cause glare that affects daily life’s activities or cause unsafe situations. In particular, we have an important criterion, temporarily named “starry night sky”, how to make it easy for residents to see the sky at night,” a representative of Van Phu – Invest shared.

Environmental amenities help improve living space and create lasting living values for residents and are a way to build sustainable buildings. In addition to architectural design, Van Phu – Invest researches and provides solutions to take advantage of local plant species, place them in the landscape, and allocate conservation or separated areas. All are to minimize the impact of projects on the surrounding environment.

Living in harmony with and nesting in nature is how Van Phu – Invest forms model urban areas, meeting international green building standards; towards the goal of sustainable development; thereby, each project is an inheritance for future generations.