Colourful painted stairs create an art space for pedestrians and tourists on the Cam LeRiver in Da Nang (Photos courtesy of I love Cam Le facebook)Da Nang (VNA)- A team called Architecture for Community (Kicodo club) from the Da Nang ArchitectureCollege has completed painting murals on a set of concrete stairs and manholecovers in Cam Le district in the central city of Da Nang.
The team said their work was part of a pilot project under the Rapid Planningproject, which seeks to turn heavily polluted sites into attractive spaces forlocal residents and tourists.
About 20 volunteers and students from the club spent one week (from August18-26) cleaning up the site along Thang Long street, which was overgrown withbushes and had become a dumping ground for rubbish.
Students used coloured paints to brighten up the concrete stairs with images offish and ocean life.
Vo Ho Bich Hanh from the team said the pilot project aimed to raise awarenessamong local residents of illegal littering along the river side, which pollutesthe river local habitat.
The project would review feedback on the work done so far, in order to continuethe schedule in the future, Hanh said.
She said the district would set up a public gym and parks for kids in the area.
The mural pilot project was funded by the German Federal Ministry of Educationand Research (BMBF).
The city’s tourism department also plans to decorate a 1.5km sea dyke in Ngu HanhSon district with murals to create a coastal art space for pedestrians andtourists.
Da Nang was selected as one of the cities, along with Kigali (Rwanda) and Assiut(Egypt) under the Rapid Planning project by the United Nations HumanSettlements Programme (UN-Habitat) in 2016-19.
In May, a mural created by artist Nguyen Thi Thu Thuy and her colleagues fromthe New Hanoi Art Company located in the Da Nang International Airport won thebronze medal at the 10th International Design Awards (IDA).
Different mural projects were also completed at fishing villages in Quang Namand Quang Ngai provinces in order to boost community-based tourism.-VNA
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