According to Lao Dong reporters on the morning of October 20, the old villa at 65 Nguyen Thai Hoc Street (Ba Dinh District) has been gradually deteriorating over the years, and the structure of the house has been seriously affected as many households have expanded and reinforced the caged balcony to increase the usable area.
Mr. Huy (living in villa number 65 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Hanoi) said that many items of the old villa have seriously degraded over the years.
Currently, the villa has dozens of households, many families have 2-3 generations living there, so they "reluctantly" had to renovate, build additional outbuildings, and reinforce the caged balcony to increase the usable area, causing the structure of the villa to increasingly deteriorate.
Similarly, Ms. Trinh Thi Hong (born in 1965, Nguyen Thai Hoc street, Ba Dinh district) informed that the villa at 65 Nguyen Thai Hoc street was built before 1954, and is in conservation group 2, so during use, residents must ensure that the exterior architectural style is kept intact.
According to Ms. Hong, residents living here have repeatedly petitioned and asked the authorities to quickly come up with a plan to renovate and relocate according to the level of danger so that they can live in peace.
For this project, the Hanoi Department of Construction once requested the People's Committee of Ba Dinh District to include house number 65 Nguyen Thai Hoc in the list of projects that need to be surveyed and assessed for load-bearing safety, and sent to the Department of Construction for synthesis and reporting to the city.
Meanwhile, according to statistics from the Hanoi People's Committee, the city has about 1,216 old villas built before 1954 (including 509 ancient houses and 1,167 architectural works), mainly concentrated in the districts of Ba Dinh, Hoan Kiem, Hai Ba Trung, Dong Da, and Tay Ho.
Notably, most of these old villas have mixed ownership between the State and the private sector, requiring the development of a system of mechanisms and policies to harmoniously and satisfactorily resolve the needs, aspirations and interests of relevant entities when some villas have been deformed in terms of architectural form and structure due to arbitrary renovation and construction.
Speaking with Lao Dong reporter, Architect Dao Ngoc Nghiem - Vice President of Vietnam Urban Planning and Development Association - commented that there have been many studies on old villas and ancient houses in Hanoi, but in reality, up to now, there has not been a set of criteria to scientifically classify which ancient villas have architectural, cultural and historical value.
According to architect Dao Ngoc Nghiem, what is necessary now is that managers and architectural planners need to quickly re-evaluate the list of old villas. If any villa has special value, there must be a plan to preserve and restore it immediately.
