Clay Tunnel-Clay sculpture tunnel - Dalat Star tourist area

Clay sculpture tunnel - Dalat Star tourist area

Clay Tunnel Tourist site, also known as the Dalat Star Sculpture Tunnel, is 500 m2 in Tuyen Lam Lake area. Da Lat.

Owner of the clay sculpture tunnel and Dalat Star tourist site
The owner of this clay Tunnel was Trinh Ba Dung, a man who had been being scolded by his friends and relatives with his hands alway dirty with clay. After graduating from a maritime University, he went to Germany to study three more years of business administration. and then Returning to his country to work, he continued to travel to European countries and began to fascinate the ancient European architecture from then.

History of clay tunnel sculpture in Dalat

"After 10 years as an officer, I would like to take a break with 4 friends in furniture, construction and tourism field. In 2007, we had a project of making the Tuyen Lam Lake tourist resort so that it could be built in the middle of the forest. The days when i was here, my shoes were always weighing several times its real weight because of the red soil. I realized that Dalat has many famous tourist destinations but people will be attracted if there is a unique Place can meet the demand. The idea of architectural materials of basalt red soil began from here, "Dung said.

Since the establishment of this "dream tunnel", Dung has continued to make practical trips to European countries such as the Netherlands, Austria, and France, where the most unique architectural works are to be explored.

"In 2008, we started doing this work, then there was no road, no electricity, no water, we started from zero. Over and over again, the original idea changed as well. In fact, I burned out most of my fortune into what my friends thought was crazy. For many nights, even though it was cold, an idea flashed in my head, and I threw my blanket to get into the garden, poking my hands into the cold clay piles. The hardest part is to find clay mixing formula so that the building can withstand the sun and rain, as durable as earthenware, "Dung said.

Achievement from clay

In 2012, after trying hard, in the sun and wind, cold night dew, finally, also came to the time Dung rubbed his hands, smiled that informed people that he was successful. "In fact, the technology of using clay has been used by some European countries for road construction. But for an architectural material is still new, "Dung said. Once the formula has been found, the work is done very quickly.

Overview of Dalat Star tourist area

Dalat Star Resort was formed in the midst of a 500 m2 area on a sloping hill overlooking Tuyen Lam lake, with a 100 sq.m. of land surrounded by old trees, with beautiful nature, on the ground are artworks engraved, covered with mud and quite sophisticated.