SAM MOUNT - Buddhist cultural park

INTRODUCTION | ANALYSIS | CONCEPT | SECTION | DETAILS |

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THE FIVE AND PARTNER M.ARCH. CUONG, HA NGUYEN B.ARCH. NGUYEN, TRAN TRUNG NGUYEN B.ARCH. THAO, THI THU THAN

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Buddha ‘ s life 7

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Site Analysis 12

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Topographic 14

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Master plan

NOTE 1: 1. Amitabha Buddha statue 2. Vesak buddha statue 3. Starving Buddha statue 4. Lying buddha statue (Nirvana buddha statue) 5. Eighteen-Arhats statues 6. Lotus garden 7. Succulent + Kalanchoe pinnata garden 8. Cycads garden 9. Central landscaping lake 10. Central square 11. Vietnamese Buddhist exhibitor 12. 9-storey view tower 13. Executive house 14. Pavilions 15. Belfry 16. Main triple gate 17. Side triple gate 18. Triple gate 19. Parking 20. Cham area 21. Cham area 22. Cambodian area 23. Cambodian area 24. Chinese area 25. Chinese area 26. Vietnamese area 27. “CÔ NĂM” tomb 28. Charnel-house 29. Overpass bridge 30. Parking 31. Vegetarian restaurent 32. Outside sale 33. Flagstaff 34. Forsanke spirits temple 35. Pavilions 36. Public toilet 37. Souvenir store 38. Vending machine 39. Waterfall

NOTE 2: A. DYSNAMIC AREA B. STATIC AREA C. SILENT AREA D. PARK AREA

Zoning plan 19

Figure 1. Overview in general [photo courtesy of Trung Nguyen]

Figure 3. One Pillar Pagoda [Photo courtesy of Trung Nguyen,2019] 20

Figure 2. eighteen Arhats statues [photo courtesy of Trung Nguyen,2019]

Figure 4. The extra Triple Gate [Photo courtesy of Trung Nguyen,2019] 21

Including types of sector: parking, vegetarian eatery, souvenir store, observatory, etc. This area has been dynamic, crowded in reality world. Organized separately from a park areas in spirituality.

The link conects to two side areas by overpass brigde, that become highly attraction and be considered wellcome gate for this park.

The public toilets are established a discreet ecological systems, airy and hygieric.

The Safe-back Plants systems are created consider level to water treatment factory.

Dynamic area

Figure 6. Vegatarian restaurent areas [Photo courtesy of Trung Nguyen,2019] 22

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Overpass bridge [Photo courtesy of Trung Nguyen,2019]

Figure 7. Vegan restaurent areas [Photo courtesy of Trung Nguyen,2019] 23

The festival square is located in behind the Triple Main gate where visitors could observe and locate the main building of the park as: Buddha statues area, the Vietnamese Buddhist Exhibition hall, 9-storeys observation towers.

1. The festival square can be expananded on festivals by using more categories in themes park.

This is park reveals the awesome flowers and bonsai according to major national and local holidays.

2. The main pagoda would be designed with two layers of reinforced concretes combined with wood, the first stage is a Vietnames Buddhist Exhibition hall.

Sta tic area

3. The park sqace would be held open with two entrances; one is the main Triple gate from no.91 highway, and the orther is the extra Triple gate welcoming guests from the walking path subrounding of the mountain and connecting with the existing Mausoleum of Sam mount.

Figure 9. The vista of Tabebuia rosea cluster [Photo courtesy of Trung Nguyen,2019] 24

Figure 8. The main Triple Gate [Photo courtesy of Trung Nguyen,2019]

Figure 10. Landscaping pool [Photo courtesy of Trung Nguyen,2019] 25

The silence area is arranged to illustrate the life of Buddha in the experience from left to right with the theme parks placed in front of the each statue: 1. The versak Buddha statue (Buddha’s birth) is 21 meters high with a succulent garden planted on a cliff.

2. The Starving buddha statue is 28 meters high with a Catus and Kalanchoe garden.

3. The Shakyamuni statue is 81 meters high with 18th Arhats on the lotus petals.

4. The Lying buddha statue (Nirvana buddha statue) is 49 meters long with cyscas pectinata garden.

Silent area

The entire body of Buddha statues in this area was carved into the cliff. The focus of this area is the Shakyamuni Buddha meditating on a high lotus throne.

The Bodhisattva was born standing on two feet, after that, waljing seven steps and statements “I am the supreme cult in the world. I am the highest in the world.

This is the last times life, no more rebirth in this suffering life”.

Figure 12. Lotus pond in front a Versak statue [Photo courtesy of Trung Nguyen,2019] 26

According to the Buddha story, Sakyamuni was then 29 years old, leaving the throne to find the Himalayan mountain range. He had cultivated asceticism for six years, accepting physical forms to attain spiritual liberation. In that state his body was really haggard, emaciated but could not shake his resilient lice. After the seventh years, he attained enlightenment, renounced asceticism and gained enlightenment to become a Buddha.

Figure 11. Catus and Kalanchoe garden in front the Starving buddha statue [Photo courtesy of Trung Nguyen,2019] Nivana is the main purpose of all buddhist salvation. In the original Buddhism, it is considered to eliminate samsara, that is the eradication of the orginal in three akusala kammas which are craving, hatred and ignorance.

Figure 13. Nirvana Buddha statue [Photo courtesy of Trung Nguyen,2019] 27

Figure 14. Cyscas pectinata garden[Photo courtesy of Trung Nguyen,2019]

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Vietnamese Buddhist exhibitor [Photo courtesy of Trung Nguyen,2019]

Shakyamuni, “ The out standing person of the Shakya tribe�, the founder of Buddhism, is often refered to as the Buddha or historical Buddha. Shakyamuni could be acknowledged about most Buddhists not only as a lord but also as a human being who achieved goodwill, discovered the truth about the suffering of human life and shared that awareness with orthers. Shakyamuni is the main and unque religious image of Theravada Buddhism in Sri Lanka and Shoutheast Asia.

Figure 15. The path to nearly the Amitabha Buddha statue 81 meters high [Photo courtesy of Trung Nguyen,2019] In the Chinese Tradition, the 18 Arhats are generally presented in the order they are said to have appeared to Guan Xiu, not according to their power: Deer Sitting, Ecstatic, Raised Bowl, Raised Pagoda, Meditating, Oversea, Elephant Riding, Laughing Lion, Open Heart, Raised Hand, Thinking, Scratched Ear, Calico Bag, Plantain, Long Eyebrow, Doorman, Taming Dragon and Taming Tiger.

Figure 17. 18 Arhat statues and Lotus Lake [Photo courtesy of Trung Nguyen,2019] 29

This area could be organized according to the structure of cultural parks depend on a four-ethnic who lives locally in residents as: Vietnamese, Chams, Khmer, Chinese. Therefore, it is also reveals the division of the Buhhist traditions most clearly Mahayana (China, Japan, VietNam) and Theravada (Sri Lnaka, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia). Showed of introducing the history of Buddhism and Buddhist architecture to tourists.

On the orther sector is arranged in the park is the 3-stroreys Essence House with miniature shape. This is a part of the burial service for existing burial sites and the burial needs of the deceased in future. The Essence House is located close to the cliff and hidden behind the groves of Apricot blossom among the path in front of the Essence House.

Park area

Figure 19. pedestrian and 9-storeys observation tower [Photo courtesy of Trung Nguyen,2019] 30

Figure 18. Walking path and 9-storeys observation tower[Photo courtesy of Trung Nguyen,2019]

Figure 20. “CÔ NĂM” tomb [Photo courtesy of Trung Nguyen,2019] 31

Figure 21. Cambodian areas [Photo courtesy of Trung Nguyen,2019]

Figure 23. Chams areas [Photo courtesy of Trung Nguyen,2019] 32

Figure 22. Cambodian areas [Photo courtesy of Trung Nguyen,2019]

Figure 24. VietNamese areas [Photo courtesy of Trung Nguyen,2019] 33

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