We, as the Designer Interviews ("DI") had the distinct pleasure and opportunity to interview award-winning, most creative and innovative Scene Plus ("SP").

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Designer Profile of Scene Plus

Scene Plus Co.,Ltd was established in 2015 by architect, urban planner Dang Thuc Trang to implement the sustainable projects for the cities and provinces in Vietnam. Scene Plus targets practical commercially effective projects while pushing them up to creative limits. Since 2017, Thuc Trang and Scene Plus is pioneer in using the Living-Lab method for Urban Planning in Vietnam: State - Academy - Enterprise - Society, an operational model for planning the city. With a strong belief in the result of cooperation, always accompanying customers as well as Local Governments in Vietnam, Scene Plus is entrusted to carry out a number of projects such as: U Hoi An Hotel, Anantara Mui Ne, Lang Song CBT development, Banh It Champa heritage site in Quy Nhon, Bakeo resort, Regency Tourism training school and Paradise Resort in Phu Quoc, Hotel of nursing and physiotherapy Hong Duc 2, Cua Can Harbour, Thi Nai EcoBay and Memories City in Binh Duong..

Scene Plus Designs

We are pleased to share with you original and innovative design work by Scene Plus.

The Pilgrimage CBT Development

Scene Plus Design - The Pilgrimage CBT Development

Designer Interview of Scene Plus:

DI: Could you please tell us more about your art and design background? What made you become an artist/designer? Have you always wanted to be a designer?

SP : With a background in Architecture since 1999, I have been then educated at School of architecture of Versailles in 2005 and at Institute of Urban Planning of Paris in 2007. Holding Landscape design and Urban Planning Master degrees, I have 20 years extensive experience in all phases of building process in Vietnam and France. Since 2005, I have worked with Lecaron Architecte who has the projects considered European heritages in France. I came back to Vietnam in 2009 with an ambition to work and to get more and more experiences in my country and I have been involved in many interesting projects. With a passion in nature, in landscape since I was a child, my art is combined in planning and landscaping and urban design, in a large scale, open spaces. I always orient my designs for buildings, even for interior open toward the nature, to view to landscape. I am particularly interested in conservation and exploiting the heritage value of the nature and the culture on each site we study.

DI: Can you tell us more about your company / design studio?

SP : Founded in 2015, SCENE PLUS, an eco-friendly studio of architects based in HCMC, specializes in master planning and landscape design for housing, hospitality, healthcare & educational projects. We work together in cooperation with Lecaron Architecte and other consultants and develop a new way of thinking about Vietnamese architecture, landscape, implementing innovative projects. Particularly interested in sustainable projects, holistic designs and smart growth concerns, SCENE+ is committed to developing high quality sustainable landscape and architecture that benefits people and environment. We have a thorough understanding of the proactive design approach required to meet today’s demand for sustainable development at the same time commercially practical projects. With a simple but effective management structure, SCENE+ pays much attention to international cooperation and development of professional collaborators network in order to deliver the best quality consultancy products to Client. Since 2017, Scene Plus is pioneer in using the Living-Lab method for Urban Planning in Vietnam: State - Academy - Enterprise - Society, an operational model for planning the city. After 5 years, SCENE+ has been achieving good prestige toward Clients and partners. Our clients have discovered our professionalism, our involvement in their projects, the deeply right and beautiful concept we develop just for them. It’s why, between them and us, very confident relationships exist and allow to realize their projects in the best conditions. With a strong belief in result of its cooperation with Clients, SCENE+ was nominated to proceed a number of projects such as Cua Can Marina in Phu Quoc; Thi Nai EcoBay and Hon Kho, Quy Nhon University, Nhon Ly fishing village and Lang Song community based tourism development in Quy Nhon; U Royal Hoi An Hotel, Hong Duc Physiotherapy Hotel-hospital, My Son Heritage resort and Spa, Dam Sen Park in HCMC, Saigon-Mui Ne, Saigon Vinh Long, Landscape for VAS school in District 2, Dalat Paradise Garden, and Suoi Hoa resort in Dalat…

DI: What is "design" for you?

SP : For me "design" is the creation of designer to make a physical product upon the look and functioning serving the human, for human, to satisfy the human's needs.

DI: What kinds of works do you like designing most?

SP : I like all kinds of works in designing industry

DI: What is your favorite material / platform / technology?

SP : My favorite material is eco friendly one, using many plants, and easy to find in the local.

DI: When do you feel the most creative?

SP : In the early stage of the design, when we do brainstorming and first sketches. I feel that is the most creative time.

DI: Which aspects of a design do you focus more during designing?

SP : I focus more on the function of the design during the designing process. The first I do before designing is analysis, and evaluation of the site then propose a program explaining the functions of the design.

DI: What kind of emotions do you feel when you design?

SP : I feel excited, inspired when I design.

DI: What kind of emotions do you feel when your designs are realized?

SP : I feel very proud when your designs are realized.

DI: What makes a design successful?

SP : A successful design explains its function, is user-oriented, focus on the detail and satisfy the human's needs

DI: When judging a design as good or bad, which aspects do you consider first?

SP : For me, the first aspect that I consider when talking about a design is the "raison d'etre", its reason for being. Every design must serve a purpose, some kind of human need..

DI: From your point of view, what are the responsibilities of a designer for society and environment?

SP : In my opinion, the responsibility of a designer to society and the environment is in the designer's understanding of what the design serves the needs of society and how it affects the environment. Sometimes designs are designed to honor the values ​​of nature and culture, but sometimes there are designs that warn of the harmful effects of human behavior on the environment and life in the present and in the future. Depending on the location, situation, the designer must be creative and choose the appropriate theme to create a valuable design product.

DI: How do you think the "design field" is evolving? What is the future of design?

SP : Currently "design field" is expanding unlimited. Even in this competition, we also see a lot of categories, topics and tools to implement. And an increasingly prominent factor is technology. In the past, design was simply hand-drawn in the past, but in the future, it seems that artificial intelligence allows us to be creative by doing nothing in the usual physical way. We can even imagine machines scanning ideas from people's brains... The old fiction might not be far off. In the Covid era with the physical separation, people can't interact directly with each other, the design that serves the human needs would be forced to focus more on the intangible..

DI: Do you work as a team, or do you develop your designs yourself?

SP : Yes, we are working as a team, in