Van Phu – Invest: Creating sustainable living values from green design solutions

Architecture contributes profoundly to creating a modern and civilized community, and for these virtues to be maintained in the long term, Van Phu – Invest has constantly researched and applied many design solutions, along with modern scientific and technical advances in the development of buildings and projects.

The solution towards “sustainable development”

Discussing design trends and architectural practice worldwide, Dr Architect Vu Hoai Duc stated that architecture has focused more on maximising living conditions and the seemingly unlimited needs of people in more and more modern buildings. This is the main driving force for the birth of a new design movement with eco-architectures, energy-saving green architecture, and smart architecture.

According to architect Vu Hoai Duc, it is the creativity and practice of architecture in the world that has initially found a solution to “sustainable development” with the mindset of the 4.0 technology revolution era.

Not standing out of the trend, as Vietnam is one of the countries heavily affected by climate change, experts say that sustainable architecture is becoming a mainstream, even indispensable, trend in the real estate–construction market in Vietnam.

According to a survey of Cushman & Wakefield (CWK) – one of the major real estate service companies, about 40% of emissions into the environment come from real estate building projects. Notably, in recent years, the rate of energy use in high-rise buildings in Vietnam is very high, accounting for 35-40% of the country’s total energy consumption.

In this context, building an urban area in the right direction according to the set of standards on the environment – society – governance (ESG) is a worthy trade-off. This creates many challenges, but also an opportunity for project developers to promote their creativity, balance their goals of developing urban areas and create more modern and spacious high-rise buildings while also creating a civilized and friendly living space.

For Vietnam to have more and more sustainable buildings following international standards, it is necessary for real estate developers to be truly dedicated, to respect nature, to uphold people, to be creative and to focus on the application of modern technology in project design and construction. This is also the strategic goal of Van Phu – Invest, a real estate developer whose core value is “dedication”.

Sustainable design solutions for each project

Realising that architectural design makes a great contribution to the construction and development of the community, Van Phu – Invest always appreciates the idea’s incubation and development, enabling design solutions for beautiful and modern buildings, where people can live in harmony with nature and the environment.

Parallel with sketching the design, Van Phu – Invest applied advanced techniques to simulate the thermal impacts of the external elements on the buildings, thereby forming the initial design idea (concept design), meeting the requirements of taking advantage of natural light, sunshine, wind, etc. to help save energy and reduce emissions to the surrounding environment.

Accordingly, Van Phu – Invest focuses on an effective thermal shell design solution based on careful calculations, balancing between aesthetic factors and reducing heat on the building façade. Among them, there are solutions for buildings including walls with the use of good insulation materials, a window system with a suitable window-on-wall ratio, insulating glass materials, shading solutions for the windows; buffer compartments allocation in the building to create a green space.

Besides, the designs of Van Phu – Invest pay special attention to natural ventilation and air conditioning. The Terra – An Hung project is a typical example of the apartment design with an internal space having windows towards the main wind direction that helps good ventilation through various functional areas, using highly efficient air conditioners with energy labels, and applying heat recovery solutions.

Based on natural light simulation software, Van Phu – Invest calculates the percentage of apartment area that meets the requirements of optimising natural light, combining the use of indoor and outdoor highly efficient artificial lighting systems, ensuring energy savings.

The works of Van Phu – Invest has put into application efficient energy systems such as PMS metering system, BMS – the building management system, motion sensor system for public areas, solar or gas-powered central heaters for hot water, using stepless gearbox elevators, with energy regeneration function.

One of the factors that contribute to the sustainability of Van Phu – Invest projects is the ability to use renewable energy such as solar and wind energy. Van Phu – Invest designs aim to save water efficiently through the use of certified water-saving equipment, a water-consumption monitoring system, a high-performance irrigation system for plants and landscapes using recycled rainwater, and a combination of a selection of native plants that are drought tolerant.

Van Phu – Invest projects are all aiming to achieve green certificates from international organizations such as EDGE, LOTUS, GREEN MARK, and LEED. Therefore, the projects comply with strict regulations towards environmental protection such as applying sustainable construction technology, adopting environmentally friendly products, reducing construction density and increasing the percentage of green areas, having an optimal wastewater and waste treatment system, and easy access to public transport. Moreover, the projects also adapt and mitigate the impacts of the external environment and climate change on the building.

In addition, Van Phu – Invest also creates distinct features for the projects by connecting with surrounding utilities, increasing public areas and providing essential support for disabled people, planting roof gardens and green walls, applying innovative eco-technology, self-cleaning facades, swimming pool treatment systems without using chemicals, applying new technology to increase the safety of emergency escape for residents.

With the motto “Dedicated to creating living values” in their 20-year development journey, Van Phu – Invest has been developing smart and green urban areas, so that the presence of each project becomes a typical model for the future trend of sustainable architecture.