Ho Chi Minh City 2000 to 2050: An Annotated Illustration of Social Transformation

Abstract

This innovative visual essay, consisting of six hand-drawn line illustrations
and annotations, illustrates half a century of urban development in
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam’s largest city and a growing mega-urban region.
Starting with anthropological documentation of urban life in the year 2000,
our work engages with academic literature and speculative futures to map the
transformation of the city to 2050. The possibilities we present aim to provoke
discussion and reflection, contributing to rethinking policy and practice solutions
and reframing a Southeast Asian mega-city in future horizoning.