Best Design Studio: Medium
LAVA (Laboratory for Visionary Architecture)
Dream Lab
Interior Design - Public or Institutional | Creator: LAVA (Laboratory for Visionary Architecture) | Commissioner: Sydney Story Factory
The "Dream Lab" is the second visionary space for the Sydney Story Factory, a not-for-profit creative writing centre for young people. It transformed a heritage 1830s cottage in Parramatta - a former lolly shop - into a dream-like, fluid, continuous space for writing workshops.
‘Dream Lab’ brings the space to life and merges past, present and future. 
Central Park
Architecture - Proposed - International | Creator: Laboratory for Visionary Architecture | Commissioner: Ho Chi Minh City Committee
LAVA with partner ASPECT Studio won the international competition to design the 16 hectare Central Park in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, with construction due to start in 2020.
Gently elevated curving pedestrian walkways are patterned on the original 19th century railway tracks built by the French. Sunken gardens provide performance and play spaces and connect to an underground shopping area linking to the new Ben Thanh Metro Station. Artificial trees complement the existing greenery and provide shelter and harvest water and energy. 
Van Phu
Architecture - Proposed - International | Creator: LAVA | Commissioner: Van Phu Towers
LAVA’s design for Van Phu, a new triple-tower mixed-use project in Hanoi takes its inspiration from the UNESCO heritage-listed BảN GiốC Waterfall. It creates a unique destination in Hanoi by blending features of local nature with the lifestyle of the future.
TIEN BO
Architecture - Proposed - International | Creator: Laboratory for Visionary Architecture | Commissioner: TID Group
The Tien Bo City project reinterprets the unique Hanoi streetscape and Vietnamese landscape into a contemporary green, light and airy development.
LAVA's competition winning design is a mix of five-star hotel, commercial and residential in a city-block-sized complex in the centre of Hanoi, a new place for people that connects old and new.
Three low-rise buildings cascade down to a public space preserving an historic printing factory, a century-old pagoda and a banyan tree.
The building design references the various scales of Hanoi old town (including famous ‘tube’ houses) and the sweeping hills and valleys of Sapa. Staggered rooflines and the multi-functional layering of commercial activities on the ground floor and apartments above are topped by a terrace.
The nine storeys-high buildings are subdivided into multiple small units for hotel, residential, offices, a culture centre and artist studios that recreate the feeling of the typical Hanoi streetscape with active ground planes and activated terraces and rooftops.
Detech Headquarters
Architecture - Proposed - International | Creator: Laboratory for Visionary Architecture | Commissioner: Detech
The headquarters of Detech includes a group of connected towers for a family business including the original building located in a thriving up-and-coming part of Hanoi, the My Dinh district.
Eco Kid Kindergarten
Architecture - Public and Institutional | Creator: Laboratory for Visionary Architecture | Commissioner: Hoo Goong Education Development & Investment
LAVA collaborated with Module K on their first kindergarten project in Vinh, south of Hanoi, for the next generation of Vietnamese children.
A 6,300 sqm series of buildings creates indoor and outdoor spaces that are playful and safe while making an architectural statement.
PHUNG KHOANG
Architecture - Proposed - International | Creator: Laboratory for Visionary Architecture | Commissioner: Nam Cuong Corporation
The Phung Khoang Mountains Hotel is a hotel and residential complex by a beautiful lakeside in Hanoi creating a unique destination and iconic hotel address.
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