Building identities in public spaces through cultural language analysis framework: a case study of public spaces river the Ha Thanh river Quy Nhon city - Central – Viet Nam

Abstract

When it comes to the typical image of an urban area, public space is considered a place that many people refer to because it is a place where cultural, social and entertainment activities often take place in daily life. Along with the trend of global integration and urbanization, the current Vietnamese urban architecture, especially the traditional urban spaces, is being gradually lost because of the influences of new architecture imported from the other countries. In terms of management, the choice of development and preservation of identity is always a difficult problem when taking into account the economic and social development of the city. It is necessary to include the goal of harmonious development of urban identity in the planning and design process. Through synthesizing and surveying local cultural values that have been evaluated and analyzed to distill some outstanding tangible and intangible values, and at the same time recreate urban public spaces in order to regenerate landscape at Ha Thanh river, in Dieu Tri area - Quy Nhon city - Central region - Vietnam.

Keywords

• cultural landscape
• identity
• behavioral culture
• ha thanh river