In the coming months, studioMilou will deliver our new public landscaping and design project for the 29 March Lake in Da Nang, Vietnam, a natural site commemorating the city’s Veteran’s Day.

The project creates a beautiful new landmark at the Lake site – an elliptic colonnade representing a ‘Ring of Peace’, while rejuvenating the Lake itself and its surroundings through sustainable drainage and cleaning processes for the water, new plantations that enhance the area’s biodiversity, and the sensitive integration of public amenities including a café, water park and playground to the north of the Lake.

Our design, with its calming form, and covered promenade, offers local communities and other visitors a meditative environment for gathering, walking, reflection, and enjoyment. While large in scale, the simplicity and elegance of this elliptic form tend to merge unobtrusively with the existing landscape.