An Idea of Hang Nga villa
Hang Nga Villa, later on called Crazy House, because its first name has been used for some other places.
Within the end of the past century in Vietnam as well as in several places in the world, nature and the environment have been much destroyed. At present men have paid too dear for it. With the voice of architecture I wish to lead the men to come back to nature, keep close touch with nature and love it and not make full use of it and destroy it.
Hang Nga (the Moon) Villa also gives expression to the life and work style of myself and at the same time the creative style of an architect. After being graduate at the architecture university of Moscow (1959 - 1965) and then in the stage of doctorate schooling (1969 - 1972) I came back to Hanoi and had official business in Architecture Design Institutes of the Building Ministry, Cultural Ministry. In 1983, I was transferred to Dalat and worked at the Building Design Institute.
I like Dalat, it is the beautiful landscape, sound climate, the gentleness and good nature of the in habitants and calm of Dalat have influeneed my decision to stay and there all my life. After designing several projects for the State, and also because of my own pleasure, the passion of architecture creation has pushed up me to begin to give expression to my own dreams.
Though I have been firmed regularly, in the Hang Nga (The Moon), Villa, I wanted to break traditional practices by forming free volumes with free curves and structures, not dependent classic principles in the arrangement of masses of straight lines and square planes as usual. Especially it is used here spaces open on the four sides of the room to create the richness of the environing visibility.
The Moon Villa (Crazy House) was built in the years (1990 - 2010) including: in the hollow of tree roots, and been cut short stone slabs, man can also create warm and comfortable rooms even abstruse, attractive castles. This place is at the same time a sight seeing spot/ a mini hotel.
Every person thirsts for Independence Liberty. I therefore give expression to such ideas.
The designer, the person guiding the construction and the owner of Crazy House, the architect Dr. Dang Viet Nga.
