The Berlage Keynotes: ARB Architects (Nguyễn Hà)

Nguyễn Hà is the co-founder of arb architects Vietnam, based in Hanoi. She set up a practice office in Vietnam with two Swiss architects Kurt Aellen and Laurent Cantalou right after she returned from Switzerland, where she completed the MAS programme at the Department of Architecture at the Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETHZ). Creating the sense of serenity that architecture can provide to everyday life in every setting is the focus of architect Nguyễn Hà's work. At the same time, she always wishes to search and experiment with new materials and different way of using materials (upcycling and/ or re- arrangement) in architecture, which is why she also works as an artisan to find new forms of expression in materials. Hà collaborates with craftsmen and multi-disciplinary artists to develop projects that explore traditional materials and produces a number of contemporary installations of ceramics, lighting, and traditional toys. Hà won the 2024 Moira Gemmill Award.