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Southern metro to expand Thu Thiem urban area
The total floor space of Thu Thiem New Urban Area in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 2 will be revised up to 7.7 million square meters, a 33 percent increase over the 2005 plan.
It will accommodate 160,000 residents.
US-based consultant Sasaki Associates Inc. as the designer and Thu Thiem ICA have been tasked to make a study for the amendment of detailed planning of the scale 1/2,000 and urban design guidelines for the peninsula development.
The approved master plan in 2005 shaped an image for Thu Thiem, but some problems had occurred during implementation, thus changes were needed to improve the effectiveness of the future urban town.
Changes therefore will be made to construction density, heights, landmarks and block structure in the core area in the new urban town, he said.
The amendment will affect An Khanh, Thu Thiem, An Loi Dong, Binh An and Binh Khanh wards that have been zoned for the Core Area, Central Lake, Southern Delta region and Eastern Resident Area.
According the revised plan, Thu Thiem New Urban Area, which covers 657 hectares, will create workspace for 450,000 per day, as well as receive a million visitors every day.
Besides mentioning some public facilities such as the Opera House, Children Palace and fire fighting facilities, the consultant presented areas for hotel developments and residential areas in the town.
According to architects the zoning plan should consider the effectiveness of investment if it wanted to woo potential investors. Therefore public facilities should be developed to pave the way for investors to follow.
Unlike the popular practice that allows for development of high-rise buildings along main roads in different regions, they have reckoned that high-rise buildings should be developed in group in a certain area only, and the height should not be capped.
The approved zoning plan allows a maximum of 300 meters high for the observation tower and a maximum of 40 floors for other buildings in the peninsula.
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