The settlement heritage in the development of urban real estate projects towards sustainability in Hanoi

Hanoi Architectural University, Faculty of Architecture, Hanoi, Vietnam

¹ Corresponding author: phamthuylinh9988@gmail.com

Abstract

The settlement heritage in Vietnam was formed in the urban core and the green belt for a long period. When Vietnam's economy entered the Doi Moi phase in 1986, real estate was gradually considered as a high-value commodity for trading, investment and hoarding. In 1993, when the National Assembly passed the first Land Law and the Housing Ordinance, the wave of "land fever" had a strong impact and even put great pressure on the conservation of settled heritage. Therefore, there is a long-standing prejudice that the preservation of settlement heritage and the development of real estate are two conflicting, even mutually destructive tasks in urban planning, especially in the suburbs of Hanoi. The settlement heritage in suburban area usually included in a new urban planning map. So the development of the new urban area will destroy existing context and the settlement heritage itself. Those actions lead to an unstable development of urban and suburban structure. However, until recent years, when the concept of "Sustainable Cities" received much attention, especially when compared with actual case studies abroad, the role of Settlement Heritage Conservation Hanoi suburbs in real estate development need to be re-evaluated and considered from an objective scientific perspective, with a new vision and perspective, towards the goal of building a sustainable urban development.