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Chu Thi Ngoc Anh

Chu Thi Ngoc Anh

Vietnamese architect ("Kiu") and Lead of the Innovation & Design Team at Think Playgrounds in Hanoi; 2025 Habitat Youth Solutions grant recipient working on climate-resilient housing.

Sep 29, 2026

19:15
So can you talk us through, so what were some of the unique features that you incorporated to try to withstand these stronger currents and this flooding that these communities are experiencing?
19:25
When I designed and I harvested many of the body eggs about flooding the money and about in the recording people in the poor poor community so people don't have money i i find the two points for for my project and one is the natural natural solution and local material is one i do on the water when i waiting the I would think the wind have any direction for the exactly location people want to use power.
19:59
And I make the floating house lighting, lighting because in the water level raise so, so fast.
20:08
So I'm making the light in when the floating come in, housing have a raise.
20:16
I using the wind wind system and natural wind system for for the closing closing housing because in the they are no in the electric so so so hot when when the more in the summer but i using in the natural wind for the closing uh basing cooling house and i think it's a safe for many money for the people in the local material i using the style on the material So I using this, maybe in the user want to change or repair of the house.
20:56
It's so easy for people buy new material.
21:01
In my project class, in the training skills, still for the people have easy repair the house.

13 MINS LATER

34:32
So, you know, what did it mean or what does it mean today in the work that you're doing to actually be co-designing alongside communities?

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