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The exhibition "The Peculiar Traveler, or the Story of Rejected Projects," featuring 24 models, designs, and constructions canceled for various humorous reasons, is attracting a large number of young people in Hanoi. Here, viewers can admire the comical reasons behind the complete projects that were rejected by the investors.
The 2018 design for the district children's center was canceled because it looked too strange, even stranger than the provincial children's center.
Despite being labeled "failures" or "rejected," the designs presented at the exhibition actually impressed artists, architects, art lovers, and even those who came out of curiosity, with their imaginative, pioneering ideas that transcended conventional architectural thinking.
This is considered a peculiar aspect of architecture, because since it was not constructed, these 24 designs are 24 original ideas, 24 pure experiments, entirely the free creative ideas of the architects and have not been influenced by any concessions or modifications from any other party.
"There must be some truth in what has been rejected. If so, perhaps we should look back and reflect more on what has been rejected instead of discarding it," architect Nguyen Ha shared about his exhibition.
The exhibition presents viewers with hilarious and absurd reasons why investors reject architects' designs.
At the exhibition "The Peculiar Traveler or the Story of Rejected Projects," visitors were treated to hilarious moments due to incredibly funny reasons. Specifically, these included: the investor claiming the design was too open and too free; the building being constructed in a planned area requiring demolition; the investor being involved in a high-profile lawsuit and deciding against construction; the bidding process being delayed; and the refusal to design a road wide enough for cars to reach the entrance...
Join Travellive in admiring some of architect Nguyen Ha's rejected design models in the exhibition "The Peculiar Traveler or the Story of Rejected Projects":
The investor calculated that building a hotel would not be economically viable.
The hotel design was rejected by the investor because a recalculation revealed that building a hotel would not be economically viable.
The developer's sales and marketing team was at a loss as to how to sell this design.
The investor refused to build the workers' dormitory because they didn't think it was a dormitory.
The exhibition attracted young people to participate.
Additional information
The Peculiar Traveler, or the Story of Rejected Projects
Address: Manzi Exhibition Space - 2 Hang Bun Alley, Hanoi
Time: from July 30th to August 21st, 2022 (11:00 AM - 7:00 PM, Tuesday - Sunday)
Free entry
