Last weekend, I was fortunate enough to travel to Hanoi, Vietnam with my basketball team. Though the flight is only three and a half hours long, the differences between Kuala Lumpur and Hanoi are dramatic. First and foremost, it was extremely cold, ranging from 12 °C-6 °C! Coming from a city that was averaging around 35 °C at the time, it was a welcome change. Another difference between Vietnam and Kuala Lumpur was the architecture, layout, and development of the city itself. From my experience, Kuala Lumpur is striving to make itself a thoroughly modern metropolis, replacing old buildings with towering skyscrapers. While that may not necessarily be a bad thing, it does lessen the easy access to culture and authentic street-life. In Hanoi, they have preserved this way of life, though purposefully or through necessity I am not sure.
During our free time over the weekend, we walked throughout different districts of the city, the most interesting of which was the Old Quarter. This semester, I have chosen architecture as my personal project, mainly because of the wide variety of architectural styles that are accessible to me, as well as because I wanted to do something vasty different than my last personal project, which was street. Hanoi provided a perfect opportunity to try out architecture photography.
This small collection of photographs was taken at St. Joseph’s Cathedral in the Old Quarter. From the information I gathered, the cathedral emphasized the trinity, which was visibly present everywhere, from its facade, to its windows, arches. it was built in 1886 by the French colonial government, and seemingly resembles its Parisian predecessor, Notre Dame. What really captured by attention was the symmetry of the building itself, the beautiful arches, as well as the distinct shape of the windows and staircases.
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