Ha Noi Creative Design Festival 2023 attracts over 60,000 visitors

An art space inside the Gia Lam Train Factory.
Photo: Huy Pham/The Hanoi Times

The kick-start of creative spaces at Gia Lam Train Factory, Hang Dau Water Tower has been successful as it attracted more than 60,000 visitors during the Hanoi Creative Design Festival 2023 from November 17-26, making a promising development of playgrounds for people in the capital city. With a wide range of attractive cultural activities, this year's festival has attracted a crowd of domestic and international tourists to Hanoi.

Hang Dau Water Tower is open to the public for the first time from November 17 to December 31. The 130-year-old architectural work is located at the intersection of the ancient streets of Hang Than, Hang Luoc, Hang Giay, Hang Dau, Quan Thanh and Phan Dinh Phung in Ba Dinh District.
The design team, consisting of architect Cao The Anh and artist Nguyen Duc Phuong, drew inspiration from Asian concepts to transform the water tower into an art space through two key installation systems. The sound installation reproduces the sound of water in nature, and the light installation expands the visual image of artifacts recycled from urban waste.

One of the four creative pavilions at the
Hanoi Creative Design Festival 2023

Meanwhile, Gia Lam Train Factory is the main venue for this year's event. Located on 20.3 hectares on the banks of the Red River with six workshops, the factory has become a funky space for creativity thanks to talented artists and designers.

With 10 different art spaces, the factory has become a rendezvous for art lovers in Hanoi. Among them, the most prominent creative spaces include the architectural pavilion entitled "Waiting Station", the installation exhibition "Water Palace", the exhibition "Sparkling Heritage", and the space of "Locomotive Memories".
* Source: Hanoi Times - hanoitimes.vn - Nov 22, 2023
* Tags: #Ha Noi Creative Design Festival, #Hang Dau Water Tower, #Gia Lam Train Factory, #heritage site,