INTRODUCTION

Landmarks provides eco-friendly, nature-based solutions to corporate clients and government partners. Our design process draws heavily on our environmental strengths. We start with an analysis of the site’s biophysical environment and social context, and interview the project’s stakeholders. This allows us to apply and adapt our clients’ vision to the reality into which it will be introduced.

The vision is expressed through an iterative process: story boards, conceptualization, alternative designs, and modeling. We then conduct the design development in-house, ensuring that outputs conform to the desired design narrative and preventing the loss of signature nuances.

Our wide-ranging projects have included:
• Residential, Commercial and Hotel and Resort Landscape Design and planning;
• Sustainable Natural Resources Management Planning (Environment, Biodiversity, Forests, and Water), e.g. for a 1,200 ha Recreation Area in Thai Nguyen, northern Vietnam, National Parks, etc.;
• Introducing LEED standards for landscape for commercial real-estate development projects;
• Monitoring the impacts of construction, e.g. for a 92 ha coastal resort in Phu Yen, central Vietnam.

Management 

Mr. Kevin Marks, Landmarks’ managing director, has 20 years of landscape design and environmental planning experience in Vietnam with UNESCO, the Vietnamese government and several of Vietnam’s premier real-estate developers.
He has been recognized by the government for his outstanding contributions to design and planning in Vietnam, particularly in the fields of heritage management and conservation. His work on UNESCO World Heritage Sites has included the mapping and restoration of Hoi An’s historic architecture, re-establishing mangroves in Ha Long Bay, rehabilitating ecosystem processes at Tram Chim National Park, and mapping the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Phong Nha Ke Bang. This commitment to Vietnam’s natural and cultural heritage informs the design philosophy in all of his projects.

Design Team

Landmarks’ team is made up of architects, landscape architects, urban planner(s) horticulturalist(s), and civil engineer(s). It is further supported by a network of senior consultants, allowing us to support a wide range of landscape design and land-use planning projects.

Mr. Udo Hummels studied architecture at T.U Berlin and has 25 years professional experience in energy efficient design, tendering, and construction management.

Dr. Le Phat Quoi holds a PhD. from Ghent University and teaches at Vietnam National University. Dr.Quoi has a soil science and hydrology background. For Landmarks, Dr. Quoi conducts environmental assessments and site analyses.

Mr. Nguyen Huu Thien studied freshwater ecology at U. of Wisconsin, and is one of Vietnam’s foremost conservationists. At Landmarks he supports the team by providing advice on environmental issues.

Dr. Ngo Anh Dao studied Urban Planning at U. de Montreal. She specializes in social and waste management issues.

Nguyen Ly has taught design at STU University and HCMC University of architecture for the past 8 years. He’s an imaginative designer and photographer with a special interest in horticulture. He supports Landmarks by adding nuance and beauty to all of our projects.

Mr. Nguyen Dinh Do is a civil engineer with 10+ years experience, who has worked on some of HCMC’s most ambitious projects. For Landmarks he specializes in project management and technical design (hardscape, lighting, irrigation and related MEP).