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ANDY VO

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ANDY VO

Contact

avo8@huskers.unl.edu 531-739-9991

Education

University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Architecture

Bachelor of Science in Design Architectural Studies Expected Graduation May 2024

Experience

TACKarchitects

Architectural Intern | Summer 2023

Model existing buildings for projects Propose design concepts to clients Assist with design drawings Assist with RFP submissions Render visualizations Attend OAC and client meetings Competition submissions

Actual Architecture Company

Architectural Intern | Summer 2022

Completion and detailing for the FACT (Fabrication and Construction Team) program and projects.

Schematic drawings Propose facade design concepts Digital model development Construction details Render visualizations Model making

Certifications Envision

Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure

Envision Sustainability Professional (ENV SP) Credential ID: 53225

Involvement

Tau Sigma Delta

Vice President | March 2023 - present

Asian American Architects and Engineers Association (AAa/e) Member | January 2022 - present

National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMAS) Member | August 2020 - present

American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) Member | August 2020 - present

Asian Caucus

President | August 2017 - 2020

Achievements Dean’s List | August 2020 - present BVH Architecture Norman-Ochsner Design Excellence Merit Award Architecture Faculty Scholarship Social Justice Access Scholarship UNL Class of 1968 Scholarship Nebraska Achievement Scholar R.H. Davis Scholar Smithfield Scholar

Skills Rhinoceros Revit Grasshopper Adobe Products Vray Lumion Twinmotion Enscape

Climate Studio 3D Printing Laser Cutting Woodworking Drawing Casting Midjourney Bluebeam

Table of Contents 01

Atlas F Missile Silo

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ICE Silo

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Cultural Capital

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Entropy Facade

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Werk

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Research & Documentation

Research & Exhibition Facility

Cultural Center

Facade Renovation

Mixed-Use Tower

The Lay of The Table

A frozen moment of perfection

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Atlas F Missile Silo

Year

2023

Site

Professor Partners

Research & Documentation

Beverly, Kansas Brian Kelly

Sara Lee, Gavin Stelling, Taylor Yakel To develop a better understanding of the state of the Atlas F Missile Silo, we developed comparative visuals comparing LiDAR scans to declassified construction documents to understand the asdesigned versus as-built and its current state.

The Meal

Traces of occupation in time

Sara Wigglesworth’s drawing “Table Manners” was referenced in regard to the level of detail captured in order to show the effects of time which guided our project study in the visual comparison of historical documents and LiDAR images. To this end the silos were traced in its current state with all errors both in construction and deterioration captured.

Atlas missile silos were built during the Cold War as part of the U.S. ICBM program to deter Soviet aggression. Approximately 72 Atlas missile sites were constructed across the United States during the late 1950s and early 1960s. The silos have been decommissioned and abandoned, however, some have been repurposed.

The Trace

Disorder between space and time

Sarah Wigglesworth “Table Manners”

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Section Comparative Visual

Digital Tracing Process

Missile Silo Photograph

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LiDar + Vector Trace LiDar scanning is a remote sensing technology that uses laser beams to measure distances and create 3D maps of environments or objects.

LiDar scans were used to trace vector lines to develop a comprehensive visual of the current status of the Atlas-F silo.

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Entrance Security Checkpoint Launch Control Center DN

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-1 Level Floor Plan

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Stairwell Blast Doors

LiDar + Vector Trace + Drawing Declassified construction documents by the U.S Government were scanned and overlayed with the LiDAR scans and traced vector lines to create visual comparisons between the different documentation types to compare commonalities and discrepancies.

Launch Control Center Stairwell Utility Tube Missile Silo

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DN

-2 Level Floor Plan

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ICE Silo

Year

2023

Site

Professor Partners

Research & Exhibition Facility

Seward, Nebraska Brian Kelly

Isaac Alvarado, Sara Lee, Dalton Sedlacek ICE Silo seeks to adaptively reuse an abandoned Atlas-F missile silo erected during the Cold War to be transformed into an ice-drilling research facility. The challenge presents the opportunity to transform what once held the world’s most powerful weapon into an Ice Coring and Education Silo to address climate change. The facility is proposed for the testing of ice drilling equipment prior to being used in deep-field remote locations. The proposal will combine research and exhibition, as well as housing for visiting researchers.

Our design enables multiple perspectives of the Cold War and missile silo to develop a deeper understanding of the seriousness of climate change and nuclear warfare with the power of the present and future generations. The retaining wall acts as a divide between public and private.

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Lobby Entrance

Excavated Launch Control Center and Staircase

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DN

FLEX

LOBBY

WORKSHOP

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FLEX UP

LAB COLD STOR. STOR.

OFFICE

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ICE DRILL TESTING

Ground Level Floor Plan

Workshop Cold Storage Storage Office

Lobby Flex Lab Ice Drill Testing

Atlas F Exhibit Nebraska Exhibit Seward Exhibit Virtual Reality Exhibit

Children’s Exhibit Courtyard Rest Area Ice Silo

Launch Control Center Exhibit Projection Room Exhibit Ice Silo Exhibit

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Mechanical Archives Storage

Ground

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-2

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NEBRASKA EXHIBIT

SEWARD EXHIBIT

ATLAS F EXHIBIT

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VR EXHIBIT UP

REST AREA

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CHILDREN’S EXHIBIT

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ICE SILO UP

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REFLECTION COURTYARD

-1 Level Floor Plan

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Atrium Volume

Projection Exhibit

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Design Details We designed a charred wall to convey the solemnity of nuclear warfare. The char increases with the direction of the missile pointing downwards, revealing a blast radius impact zone for Nebraska.

Universal History Archive/Getty Images

Charred Wall Study Model

Hiroshima Victim Shadow

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PROJECTION EXHIBIT

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ARCHIVES LCC DN UP

STOR. MECHANICAL

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ICE SILO EXHIBIT UP

-2 Level Floor Plan

Silhouettes of visitors from the glass symbolizes the nuclear warfare victims’ shadows being incinerated from their last living moments. The moving silhouettes of visitors creates a living portrait contrasting the standstill launch control center and missile silo.

Researcher Workshop

Section Relief Model

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Observation Deck

EXHIBITION

Site Plan

RESEARCH

Residential Exterior

Residential Co-Living Interior

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COURTY ARD

SUPPORT

SHARED LIVING

Residential Plan

Residential Concept

TE IVA IC BL PU

PR

The residential units take advantage of views into the landscape. Fixed cores allow various furniture configurations and opens up circulation.

The accordion walls delineate public and private space. Voids within the concrete create pockets of space for occupation on both sides of the concrete.

Retaining Wall Organization

Residential Unit Interior

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Residential Unit Organization

BEDROOM

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D

BATH ROOM

KITCHEN

M

LIVING / DINING

PATIO

Residential Unit Typical Plan

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Cultural Capital

Year

2022

Site

Lecturer Partner

Cultural Center

Lincoln, Nebraska Hilary Wiese

Eli Melendez A cultural laboratory and residency to promote the accumulation of knowledge, skills, and behaviors that one can procure through creation and its discourse.

The design focuses on creating dynamic spaces with an emphasis on implementing flexible spaces that can be altered via foldable doors and versatile furniture to produce various spatial arrangements dependent on the social scenario.

We challenge the function this building can serve.

Could art circulate outside of the Cultural Capital into schools, community centers, homes, etc.? The concept of museum is reimagined as a center for cross-cultural exchange where visitors can become collaborators rather than observers. Cultural Capital becomes a facilitator for the community.

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Model Site Context

Model Structure Demonstration

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Entrance Perspective

Conference and Flex Space

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UP

cooking

storage

flex rr

rr

creating discussing

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exhibit

entry

Ground Level Plan

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Dining Configuration

Venue Configuration

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lounge

gardening

work research rest

work work

open to below

rest

communal living

mechanical rest

open to below study

terrace

Second Level Plan

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Exploded Axonometric

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Entropy Facade

Year

2023

Site

Professor

Partner

Facade Renovation

Lincoln, Nebraska Matthew Miller Eli Melendez

The investigation of mis-craft by researching methods of production and error from the ceramics profession. We focused on the specialty of 3D-printed ceramics and errors to experiment the potential of how architectural form can be designed through computation and materiality to create a resolution addressing feedback loops through observation and experimentation using misuse of craft and environmentally responsible design considerations.

The facade renovation is proposed in the Havelock neighborhood, which has various masonry buildings and structures deploying various architectural styles, materials, and colors.

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Experimentation to develop a deeper understanding of clay properties and the errors in craft that can arise.

Clay Material Study

We challenge methods technology can be leveraged to contradict precision and stimulate creativity.

Vase Crafted Using Human-Influenced Error

3D-printable filaments have the potential to harness soil and seeds to grow vegetation.

Filament Material Study

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Control points produced using Grasshopper that increases the amount of error in undulation as height increases with the facade.

Control Points Diagram

Grasshopper Script

Fauna

Flora

Soil 3D-printing paths

Facade Elements Diagram

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Street Perspective

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AIR VENT 1/2” DIA. GALVENIZED THREADED ROD STRUCTURAL EPOXY

DOUBLE PANE LOW-E ARGON GLAZING, 4-4.8 STEEL FRAME 1/2” STEEL ANGLE 1” DIA. GALVENIZED THREADED ROD AIR GAP

DOUBLE PANE LOW-E ARGON GLAZING, 4-4.8 3D PRINTED GEOPOLYMER 2x4 WOOD FRAMING 1/2” GWB 3-1/2” RIGID INSULATION, R-23.8 STRUCTURAL MASONRY WALL 1/2” WEEP HOLE

Wall Section

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Front Perspective

A-1

A-2

A-3

B-1

B-2

B-3

C-1

C-2

C-3

A-4

A-5

A-6

B-5

C-4

C-5

C-6

A-7

A-8

A-9

B-7

B-8

B-9

C-7

C-8

C-9

D-8

D-9

E-8

E-9

D-1 E-1

E-2

Panelization Diagram

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E-3

E-4

E-5

E-6

E-7

Second Level Plan

Ground Level Plan

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Werk

Year

2023

Site

Professor

Partner Award

Mixed-Use Tower

Chicago, Illinois Matthew Miller Eli Melendez

BVH Architecture Norman-Ochsner Design Excellence Merit Award A mixed-use tower along the Riverwalk aimed to support sex workers and the nightlife industry by adopting the “city within a city framework”. We wanted to consider what an office could be by posing the question of what an office would look like for a sex worker. Sex work is defined as the exchange of sexual services, performances, or products for material compensation.

The criminalization of sex work forces workers underground where they are denied access to basic worker rights such as safety, fair compensation, healthcare, legal representation, and protection from law enforcement. Werk aims to legitimize and celebrate the sex work industry. Feeding off of the momentum of the “Sex Work is Work” movement, Werk transforms into a lively and interactive assemblage of spaces designed for workers in the sex work and nightlife industry.

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Miesian Floorplan Chicago Federal Center Courthouse

Ceramic Extrusion Error

Site Plan

Collage

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Form Concept Diagram

Proposed Site 319 Lower North Water St.

CTA Rail Lines & Stations

Bike Routes

Chicago Datascape

CTA Bus Routes & Stops

Park Locations

CTA Rail Lines & Stations

Using metadata provided through Openstreetmap and census information, a data landscape was created using Grasshopper and Rhino to compile data and analyze the urbanity of Chicago, Illinois.

Transportation, amenities, and proximity were investigated using information sourced from the Chicago Data Portal to understand the interconnectrivity of the city in relation to the proposed site and identify potential needs.

The datascape allows for a better understanding of the surrounding context through representation of data used to inform our design and programmatic concept.

Bike Routes

CTA Bus Routes & Stops

Hospitals

Design Concept Inspired by the Marina City coining the term “A City within a City”, we began to challenge this and frame it in a way that would become a curation of support spaces for the sex work industry. Centralizing sex work enhances safety, regulation, healthcare access, and reduces exploitation, promoting worker rights, public health, and societal understanding.

The form of the tower builds off of Entropy Facade and reverses it in a way where the form starts with undulation to represent error and becomes more ordered in geometry as the height of the tower increases. We were inspired by Mies Van Der Rohe’s functional and minimalistic aesthetic to fit into the Chicagoan context. The use of chrome is intentional to create a monumental sculpture within the city that reflects the city skyline while providing privacy for the tower’s occupants.

staff lounge

halls

theraputic rooms

vertical circ.

LEGAL

lobby

janitorial

confer

shared work

outdoor

storage library restrooms vertical circ.

shaft

restrooms

CLINIC

MENTAL

staff lounge

fire egress

lobby

halls

fire egress

janitorial

shaft

halls

fire egress

staff lounge

shaft vertical circ.

lab

lobby

telehealth janitorial

restrooms

shaft

vertical circ.

restrooms

RETAIL

fire egress security/ facilities

staff lounge

janitorial

LOBBY

DANCE CLUB

vestibule

halls

exam rooms

restrooms

gather

fire egress

staff lounge

shaft

restrooms

private office storage

janitorial fitting rooms

janitorial

shopping storage vertical circ.

cashier

security

dressing room

fire egress

shaft

staff lounge

locker room

cryotherapy

vertical circ.

halls

VIDEO PRODUCTION

reception

vip room hot tub

recording set recording set

staff lounge

vertical circ.

kitchen

tanning station bar

fire egress cold tub

locker rooms

recording set

halls

reception

showers shaft

green room

janitorial

filming equipment recording set

halls

sauna

dressing room

reception

BEAUTY SALON

weights and cardio

conference room

makeup room

reception

restrooms

offices

staff lounge

workshop

shaft

pool

prop storage

fire egress

FITNESS

janitorial

restrooms

hair station

vertical circ. shaft

janitorial laundry room

styling station raquetball court

editing room

yoga room

vertical circ.

Program Space Diagram

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halls

treatment room

basketball court

massage room

fire egress

Dance Club

Legal Clinic

Mental

Research Beauty Salon

Workshop

Retail

Office

Video Production

Program Vertical Organization

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Entrance Perspective

Lobby Perspective

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MUSEUM

LOBBY

MEMORIAL

Ground Level Floor Plan

South Elevation

Lower Level Landscaping Proposal

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West Elevation

LOW E ARGON GLAZING CHROME FRIT VERTICAL MULLION SUPPORT BRACKET RIGID INSULATION 1/2” DIA. ANCHOR BOLT CAST-IN-PLACE CONCRETE

RIGID INSULATION METAL DECKING STEEL TRUSS LOW E ARGON GLAZING FILTER FABRIC GRANULAR FILL DRAIN PIPE

Ground Level Wall Section

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Office Perspective

Section Detail Model

LOUNGE

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UP

BREAK AREA

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STORAGE RECEPTION

Office Plan

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SHARED WORK SPACE

6” CONCRETE SLAB ACOUSTIC LAYER 9-LAYER 12 3/8” CLT PANEL

GLULAM BEAM 1” DIA. ANCHOR BOLT 1/2” STEEL ANGLE CAST-IN-PLACE CONC. COLUMN

LOW E ARGON GLAZING CHROME FRIT MULLION

SOFFIT SUPPORT BRACKET HVAC FIRE SPRINKLER

Typical Wall Section

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RECEPTION

OFFICE

LOUNGE UP

DRESSING

UP

STORAGE FILM SETS

Video Production Studio Plan

MASSAGE ROOMS

RETAIL RECEPTION UP

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NAILS

Beauty Salon Plan

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PEDICURES

SHAMPOO

STYLING

Video Production Set Behind the Scenes

Beauty Salon Perspective

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LOUNGE

PRIVATE UNITS

UPPER MEZZANINE

Nightclub Mezzanine Plan

DINING

KITCHEN

COLD STOR.

RECEPTION

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SECURITY

STOR.

BREAK ROOM UP

BREAK ROOM

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NIGHTCLUB CHECKPOINT

DANCE FLOOR

Nightclub Plan

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Nightclub Perspective

Nightclub Mezzanine Perspective

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avo8@huskers.unl.edu 531-739-9991