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The Community Housing Blocks of Saigon

by Satyaki Chakraborti (Singapore)

Vietnam

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Story in every storey. Saigon's dilapidated but vibrant community housing blocks are anchors in the flow of time, more so in the fast-evolving cityscape.
Story in every storey. Saigon's dilapidated but vibrant community housing blocks are anchors in the flow of time, more so in the fast-evolving cityscape.
Geometry. Saigon is a gritty, chaotic city, with neighbourhoods full of character. Seek, and you shall find order in chaos, like regular shapes and straight lines in this image from the old community housing neighbourhood near downtown Saigon.
Geometry. Saigon is a gritty, chaotic city, with neighbourhoods full of character. Seek, and you shall find order in chaos, like regular shapes and straight lines in this image from the old community housing neighbourhood near downtown Saigon.
Heart break! Full of sorrow, the boy kept looking out of his apartment door at his friends playing in the common corridors, while his mother locked him in. These old apartment blocks are an observer's paradise.
Heart break! Full of sorrow, the boy kept looking out of his apartment door at his friends playing in the common corridors, while his mother locked him in. These old apartment blocks are an observer's paradise.
The mornings in the old housing blocks are frenetic, with office goers rushing down the stairs. By noon, street food vendors take over. Kids chase each other up and down. Somewhere in this melee, there's always room for a nap to while away the sultry Saigon afternoons.
The mornings in the old housing blocks are frenetic, with office goers rushing down the stairs. By noon, street food vendors take over. Kids chase each other up and down. Somewhere in this melee, there's always room for a nap to while away the sultry Saigon afternoons.
Corridors of Life. Cramped, dark apartments, monsoon-stained walls with peeling paint, an uncertain future, and all other odds are trumped by the sense of community and kinship displayed by the residents of the old housing blocks of District 3, Saigon.
Corridors of Life. Cramped, dark apartments, monsoon-stained walls with peeling paint, an uncertain future, and all other odds are trumped by the sense of community and kinship displayed by the residents of the old housing blocks of District 3, Saigon.

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