{"id":2592,"date":"2021-06-20T16:44:29","date_gmt":"2021-06-20T09:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/notesbook.vn\/?p=2592"},"modified":"2022-12-13T10:59:53","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T03:59:53","slug":"tran-canh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/notesbook.vn\/en\/portrait\/architects\/tran-canh\/","title":{"rendered":"Tran Canh"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>Meeting Architect <strong>Tran Canh<\/strong> at <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/artistay.vn\/\" target=\"_blank\">Artistay<\/a><\/strong>, I was sitting there, enjoying him finishing some classic pieces on guitar. We started our friendly chat with the story of his 10-year journey practising architecture<\/em> <em>with <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/xoithit.vn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Adrei Studio<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1667\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20161824\/TRC_1928.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1033\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1667\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20161824\/TRC_1928.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1033\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Ki\u1ebfn tr\u00fac s\u01b0 Tr\u1ea7n C\u1ea3nh, Adrei Studio. \u1ea2nh: Tri\u1ec7u Chi\u1ebfn<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:54px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:27px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>It\u2019s been 10 years since you founded Andrei Studio, what is your definition of designing a building?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Architecture differentiates itself from other arts, it requires a certain topic to develop. By interacting with clients, the architect is the one finding solutions for the topic. There\u2019ll be togetherness, conflict, argument and debate in this relationship. It\u2019d be easy if I design a construction literally for my own, but it would be a missing piece. What I\u2019m talking about is purely about work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fact is that in Vietnam, there are few interesting constructions that were independently built without being affected by any clients. To me, this is how architects maintain the work-life-art balance and I wish to see more of this balance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1334\" height=\"2048\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20161858\/271892020_5268565946495616_7187708636622556395_n.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1035\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1334\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20161858\/271892020_5268565946495616_7187708636622556395_n.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1035\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Architect Tran Canh (right) at Uu Dam vegetarian restaurant (Hanoi), designed by Andrei Studio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Photo<\/strong><br>Andrei Studio<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Interviewer<\/strong><br>Hoang Huong Tra<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Time<\/strong><br>Feb 2021<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>To you, what is the border between art and architecture?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have more than 1 friend telling me architecture is the technique. I presume that it is what people think that it is. It depends on the architect&#8217;s opinion about architecture, it can be art or technique. From my view, the nature of architecture is both about technique and art. In Vietnamese, architecture is KI\u1ebeN TR\u00daC, the word \u2018KI\u1ebeN\u2019 is in \u2018KI\u1ebeN T\u1ea0O\u201d (BUILD\/CREATE) or \u2018S\u00c1NG KI\u1ebeN\u2019 (IDEA); it requires architects to proactively explore, create and apply utilise ultimate knowledge. To me, this is art. If all that we do is about technique, we are no more than engineers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Architect Le Corbusier\u2019s standpoint is also very interesting: \u201cArchitecture is the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in the light\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Speaking of shapes and light, I am very interested in the placements of windows in your constructions. The window is like the connection in between spaces, especially the enclosed indoor space and open space outdoor, architectural space and natural space, trees and light. What are their roles in the overall project to you?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People say the eyes are windows of the soul, don\u2019t they? (smile graciously)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I like to say the window is the soul of the house. Although I could pre-calculate on the drawings with highly accurate software tools, I often design and adjust windows directly at the construction site. I do draw and imagine the location before that based on the overall building, however, the form and scale of it will be done based on reality.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have known that you have utilised many kinds of material in all your projects since 2009. Do you have any particular interest with a certain material?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today has bricks, I play with bricks, tomorrow has lime, I play with lime. Each time like that makes me think more, not depending on experience or \u2018convenience\u2019. I like playing with materials and creating fun things.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I have known that you have utilised many kinds of material in all your projects since 2009. Do you have any particular interest with a certain material?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today has bricks, I play with bricks, tomorrow has lime, I play with lime. Each time like that makes me think more, not depending on experience or \u2018convenience\u2019. I like playing with materials and creating fun things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20162507\/DSC04976.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1043\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20162507\/DSC04976.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1043\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>C\u00e1i Chu\u1ed3ng G\u00e0 (H\u00e0 N\u1ed9i)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20162510\/DSC04986.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1045\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20162510\/DSC04986.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1045\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><em>C\u00f4ng tr\u00ecnh chu\u1ed3ng g\u00e0 th\u1ef1c hi\u1ec7n n\u0103m 2017.&nbsp;<\/em>\u1ea2nh: Tri\u1ec7u Chi\u1ebfn<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20164022\/IMG_4813.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1067\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20164022\/IMG_4813.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1067\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>L\u1ed3ng Ph\u01b0\u01a1ng \u0110\u00f4ng (H\u00e0 N\u1ed9i)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I honestly see some humour in you and also your scheme aside from all the planning.&nbsp; How could you free architecture?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I came to architecture as my fourth pick and architecture will be with me for life. I usually tell friends that: If I could be younger right now, I would be a football player, playing in the 4th or 5th division. (chuckling)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"716\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20162604\/97977344_2700997876852553_1285423204193533952_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1047\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"716\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20162604\/97977344_2700997876852553_1285423204193533952_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1047\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>KN House\u2019s constructors, in that time, Architect Tran Canh had his leg casted, playing music at a street vendor near the construction site. Photo: Tran Canh<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am passionate about football, I play guitar, I love drawing, and I dream of being a painter. We have dreams when we are young. After years chasing those dreams, I feel grateful because the journeys of learning drawing and playing music have answered me questions that, without them,I would have paid a high price in architecture. When I started learning, I found myself swimming in a sea of information, too many idols and everyone wants to have some people to learn from, then comes drawings and guitar things, they all share some same things. Architecture students also, it\u2019s hard for them to separate from big \u2018shadows\u2019. I rarely read architecture books, mostly getting to know about the anecdotes of architects. I find their lives inspire me the most. Then I draw, a lot, relax myself and think scrumptiously about things I want to draw. Thoughts of synchrony will meet, even without knowing about others\u2019 existence and probably they are a hemisphere of the planet apart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2667\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20163147\/7-kn.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1051\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2667\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20163147\/7-kn.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1051\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2667\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20163152\/13-kn-.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1055\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2667\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20163152\/13-kn-.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1055\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><em>KN House (Quang An, Hanoi, Vietnam) <br>Photo: Andrei Studio<\/em><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2667\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20163149\/12-kn.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1053\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2667\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20163149\/12-kn.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1053\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The only way to free architecture thought is to stay conscious with unnecessary information, keep your head clean and clear. That\u2019s it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Is there any project that makes you think for 2-3 years?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not yet for now, I really want to, though. Maybe my house in the future. (Talking and smiling)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1668\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20162805\/TRC04392.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1049\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1668\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20162805\/TRC04392.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1049\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><em>Xom Chieu House in Hoi An, Quang Nam<\/em><br><em>Photo: Trieu Chien<\/em><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What kind of space do you want to live in, both geographically and about its design?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our desires for today and tomorrow are different. I used to think like others, I like a quiet place, outside of the city or on the mountain, rural area something. In 2010, I travelled along Truong Son mountains with friends. They say: \u201cTruong Son, sunny in the East, rainy in the West\/ Without being there it is like not knowing yourself\u201d (<em>Tr\u01b0\u1eddng S\u01a1n, \u0111\u00f4ng n\u1eafng, t\u00e2y m\u01b0a \/ Ai ch\u01b0a \u0111\u1ebfn \u0111\u00f3 nh\u01b0 ch\u01b0a r\u00f5 m\u00ecnh). <\/em>Before we started the journey, I read this quote and wondered about the practicality of it. But when I got there, it\u2019s exactly like the quote, the sublime landscape of mountains and rivers. The one who wrote this quote must be amazing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then I thought: Does it have any meaning if I have a construction here, the creating-such-thing in a place has such overwhelmingly amazing scenery? My answer is that there is no meaning at all. Human beings are so small. If I still kept that thought of moving to a sub-city area, perhaps just building a tent with few bamboo sticks would be enough, no need to design. I must be very old then!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So I just chose Hanoi. \u201cWho care one goes where, I would just be here in the capital\u201d<br>(\u201c<em>D\u00f9 ai \u0111i m\u00f4 v\u1ec1 m\u00f4, c\u00f2n choa v\u1eabn c\u1ee9 th\u1ee7 \u0111\u00f4 choa ng\u1ed3i\u201d.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2000\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20163432\/DSC06107.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1057\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20163432\/DSC06107.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1057\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><em>Cuc Cu House (Gia Lam, Hanoi, Vietnam)<br>Photo: Trieu Chien.<\/em><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The importance is our manner to the house, right? I like a house that can bring people from this emotion to another, there are surprises, some little kicks, but absolutely not the things about functional spaces, furniture or colours. I might set some traps for fun (chuckling).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Thank you for this interesting conversation!<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2500\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20163536\/DSC09060-HDR.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1059\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2500\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20163536\/DSC09060-HDR.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1059\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2500\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20163539\/DSC08977.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1061\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2500\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20163539\/DSC08977.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1061\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meeting Architect Tran Canh at Artistay, I was sitting there, enjoying him finishing some classic pieces on guitar. 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