ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO
KHOI M. DO
selected works carnegie mellon university
WORK EXPERIENCE
KHOI MINH DO
Sep 2020Jun 2021
ARCHITECTURAL / INTERIOR ARCHITECTURAL INTERNSHIP Learnt and practiced Autodesk Revit to construct and manage 3D architectural models. Assisted actual projects by using Adobe Photoshop to render floor plans
Jun 2022
SCHOLARSHIPS
TTT Corporation, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
ARCHITECTURAL CONSULTANT
Childcare Vietnam, Quang Binh, Vietnam Liaised, translated and mediated conversations between the architect, program director and founder for the renovation of a school for disabled and abandoned children. Made decisions on designs to execute and provided ideas for future improvements.
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Minority Architects of Pittsburgh Scholarship
EDUCATON Carnegie Mellon University School of Architecture Pittsburgh, PA, USA
EXPERIENCE / ACTIVITIES
Nov 2022Current
CO-EDITOR
Interpunct, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Interpunct is an architectural experimental publication and workshop organisation. As co-editor, I help coordinate meetings with members and suppliers, plan and execute events and workshops, edit submissions, and design graphics.
Aug 2022Current
FIRST-YEAR RESIDENT ASSISTANT
Residential Education, Pittsburgh, PA, USA As paraprofessionals, first-year RAs responsibilities include: peer advisor and support, educator, university citizen and administrator.
Hi!
My name is Khoi and I was born and raised in Saigon, Vietnam. I am currently a secondyear Bachelor of Architecture student at Carnegie Mellon University and am considering a minor in photography and/ or business entrepreneurship. When I’m not going on late-night drives with friends or editing photos, I’m collaborating with artists for exhibitions and working on the next issue of Interpunct, our architectural publication. I’m personable, enjoy meeting and working with new people and am always eager to learn. 2 | KHOI DO
Nov 2022Current
Architectural Crafts Collective, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
CRAFTSMAN
‘A Second Home’ Exhibition, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Crafted detailed miniature wooden objects for installation in a dollhouse as part of an exhibition lead by artist and architect Dennis Maher.
Mar 2022Apr 2022
about / contact
kmdo@andrew.cmu.edu
PHONE
(412) 251-4045
linkedin.com/in/khoi-do
LANGUAGES English Vietnamese French
Fluent Advanced Intermediate
SOFTWARE ADOBE SUITE (Ps, Ai, In, Lr) RHINOCEROS 3D AUTODESK REVIT V-RAY PROCREATE
FABRICATION
NOMAS Carnival Pavillion, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Learnt how to use construction tools and machinery like scissor-lifts and experienced real life construction of a modular wooden structure with a team
Apr 2022May 2022
HCMC, Vietnam
PUBLICITY & NETWORKING CHAIR
In charge of public relations and social media for ACC, an educational architectural crafts organisation.
Mar 2023Current
British International School Ho Chi Minh City [K-12]
PHOTOGRAPHER
Humans of SoA, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Documented the people and teamwork behind the construction of the NOMAS Carnival Pavillion as part of a photogrpahy project supervised by Kemuel Benyehudah
Sep 2021Current
Member of National Organisation of Minority Architects Students (NOMAS)
Sep 2021May 2022
FIRST YEAR REPRESENTATIVE
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Student Advisory Council (SoA), Pittsburgh, PA, USA Brought insights and concerns from the first year class to the school Leadership Team to better the education system and environment at CMU SoA
ARTISTIC SKILLS TECHNICAL HAND DRAFTING FREE-HAND DRAWING (observational, perspective, tonal/ colour)
DRY MEDIA (charcoal, pastel, etc) WATERCOLOUR OIL PAINTING WOODWORK CLAY SCULTPING MODEL MAKING PHOTOGRAPHY
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CULINARY INSTITUTE
In partnership with Delaney Rice | 3 month project
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SHELTER WALL
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Individual project | 3 week project 2 3 4 5 6 7
CRAIG STREET THEATRE 8
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MATERIALS & ASSEMBLY 17
Drawing Assignments
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01 3/4” PLYWOOD ROOF SHEATHING 02 2 x 10 WOOD RAFTER 16“ O.C. 03 2 x 10 WOOD JOISTS 16” O.C. 04 FASCIA 05 BLOCKING 06 HEADER 07 2 x 6 DOUBLE TOP PLATE 08 4’ x 8‘ 3/8“ PLYWOOD SHEATH 09 2 x 6 ROUGH SILL 10 2 x 6 TRIMMED STUD 11 2 x 6 CRIPPLE STUD 12 2 x 6 SOLE PLATE 13 2 x 6 BLOCKING 14 2 x 6 HEADER STUD 15 2 x 6 FULL WALL STUD 16 “ O.C. 16 4’ x 8’ 3/4” PLYWOOD SUBFLOOR 17 10” I-JOISTS 16” O.C. 18 2 x 6 PRESSURE TREATED SILL PLATE 19 2 x 10 END JOISTS 20 TERMITE BARRIER 21 ANCHOR BOLT 22 SILL SEAL 23 FOUNDATION 24 DAMP PROOFING 25 8” CONCRETE SLAB 26 VAPOUR BARRIER 27 FOUNDATION DRAIN
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FREEHAND DRAWINGS Individual works
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WOOD FRAMING ASSIGNMENT 4
PHOTOGRAPHY Individual works
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CONTENT | 5
THE WAY OF THE LOTUS:
Field Model
culinary institute Professor: Tommy Cheemou Yang, Laura Garaofalo
Done in partnership with Delaney Rice*
Located on Beechwood Blvd, Pittsburgh, this culinary centre is to be dedicated to Korean Buddhist monk chef Jeong Kwan. The design is developped through the use of a field drawing developped with Jeong Kwan’s ideologies and gastronomic aesthetic qualities as a method of form finding. * All work presented is done by myself unless stated 6 | KHOI DO
plan by Delaney Rice, landscape done by myself
Architecture Studio Poiesis III, F22
physical model done in partnership with Delaney Rice
field We interpretted the three-dimensional field model by distinguishing shapes and patterns from the field drawing and used systems and methods of extruding, overlapping and stacking. The crossing patterns in the background with ligher lineweights made up the structural lattice that holds the structure at differing heights
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model whilst the more distinguishable shapes made up the larger stacked shapes.
Plan Oblique
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physical site model done in partnership with Delaney Rice
site model
The site, ‘sledding hill’, on Beechwood boulevard slopes steeply down from the sidewalk and from the Riverview trail to the lowest point on the opposite corner. We situated our main structure along the Riverview trail and excavated to create a lower level that connects to a lower elevation on the site. On the other end of the site, we created a bioswale to capture rainwater for reuse, slow water runoff, recharge groundwater, isolate noise and create a lush landscape with both local plants as well as eucalyptus and lavender to reduce mosquitos. Using the excavated land, we poured earth to create an elevated plot of land where our pavilion sits which is a multi-use outdoor area that also acts as an outdooor amphitheatre thanks to the slope of the site. The field drawing was interpreted into a three-dimensional physical model and turned into a small-scale massing model. The massing consists of repeated, stacked and overlapped elongated triangles, cylinders and our signature shape that evokes a lotus petal.
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early moment model
view from the neighbouring house
view from lobby (side pedestrian street)
view from pavilion/bioswale
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COBWEB: shelter wall
Architecture Studio Poiesis III, F22 Professor: Tommy Cheemou Yang, Laura Garaofalo
The Shelter Wall project aims to create a line of shelters in a site, each done by a student in the studio section which comes together to become a “wall” of different shelters. Our site is in a national park, a kilometre North West of the village of Nam O in northern Laos. The biome is tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests. My site is in the centre of the line and is also exhibits the lowest elevation of the sites in the line.
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series of ideation models
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series of concept models
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final model
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Digitally Painted Renderings
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CAVERN: craig street theatre Architecture Studio Poiesis II, F22 Professor: Elijah Hughes, Hal Hayes
The Craig St. Theatre project is our first large scale program project. We also explored precedent morphology manipulations as a method of form-finding. Basing it on Western Pennsylvania sedimentary rock formations, I created my theatre with undulating layers which also forms the interior, especially that of the theatre, evoking sediment layers. There is also a courtyard where the main entrace is located which evokes that of a cavern, attracting and immersing the audience from the street.
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POESIS STUDIO II • SECTION C • ELIJAH HUGHES KHOI DO • STUDIO POESIS II, SECTION C • ELIJAH HUGHES
EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC SHOWING CONSTRUCTION & PROGRAM
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Egress Stairs Equipment Room Ensemble Dressing Office
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Audience Chamber Outdoor performance space Skylight
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FIRST FLOOR SHELL Egress Stairs Loading Dock Rehearsal Room (expandable stage) Stage Audience Chamber
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Control Room Restroom / Coat Block Monumental Stairs Cafe Lobby Egress Stairs Loading Dock Rehearsal Room (expandable stage) Stage
FIRST FLOOR
Audience Chamber Control Room Restroom / Coat Block Monumental Stairs Cafe Lobby
Egress Stairs
ROOF PLAN
Storage
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Laundry Room Mech Water Filtration Room Egress Stairs
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Top: watercolour elevation rendering. Bottom: pastel perspective rendering. Next Page: wood massing model
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materials & assembly
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01 STONE BACKFILL 02 CONCRETE POURED-IN-PLACE FOUNDATION WALL
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04 CONCRETE POURED-IN-PLACE SPREAD FOOTING
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05 DOWEL REINFORCING 06 HORIZONTAL FOOTING REINFORCED STEEL 07 UNDISTURBED SOIL
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FOUNDATION SYSTEMS ASSIGNMENT 1
Professor: Gerard Damiani This course examines the specificities and multiplicities of materials and construction assembly. Assignments are created to practice technically detailing and understanding these aspects and components. 30 | KHOI DO
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04. MINIMUM REAR SETBACK: 20 FT.
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parks for the enjoyment of the City’s residents
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parks for the enjoyment of the City’s residents
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BUILDING CONSTRUCTION 602: TYPE II-A BUILDING OCCUPANCY 303.1: GROUP B PROTECTED CONSTRUCTION AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM INSTALLED ALLOWABLE BUILDING HEIGHT (504.3): 85 FT ALLOWABLE NO. OF STORIES (504.4) : 6 ALLOWABLE AREA FACTOR (506.2): 112,500
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01 3/4” PLYWOOD ROOF SHEATHING 02 2 x 10 WOOD RAFTER 16“ O.C. 03 2 x 10 WOOD JOISTS 16” O.C. 04 FASCIA 05 BLOCKING 06 HEADER 07 2 x 6 DOUBLE TOP PLATE 08 4’ x 8‘ 3/8“ PLYWOOD SHEATH 09 2 x 6 ROUGH SILL 10 2 x 6 TRIMMED STUD 11 2 x 6 CRIPPLE STUD 12 2 x 6 SOLE PLATE 13 2 x 6 BLOCKING 14 2 x 6 HEADER STUD 15 2 x 6 FULL WALL STUD 16 “ O.C. 16 4’ x 8’ 3/4” PLYWOOD SUBFLOOR 17 10” I-JOISTS 16” O.C. 18 2 x 6 PRESSURE TREATED SILL PLATE 19 2 x 10 END JOISTS 20 TERMITE BARRIER 21 ANCHOR BOLT 22 SILL SEAL 23 FOUNDATION 24 DAMP PROOFING 25 8” CONCRETE SLAB 26 VAPOUR BARRIER 27 FOUNDATION DRAIN
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01 6”X6” W1.4 10 GAUGE WIRE MESH MAT 02 4” CONCRETE TOPPING SLAB 03 3” STEEL FLOOR METAL DECKING 04 W14X38 STEEL SECONDARY BEAM 9.33 O.C 05 W21X73 STEEL GIRDER 06 W8x18 STEEL COLUMN
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THE STEEL FRAME
THE CONCRETE FRAME
ASSIGNMENT 5
ASSIGNMENT 6
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freehand drawings GRAPHITE
Drawing I & Drawing II, Professor: Douglas Coopper A selection of freehand one point, two point perspective drawings as well as oblique drawings. All were done using a graphite pencil.
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freehand drawings CHARCOAL
Drawing I & Drawing II, Professor: Douglas Cooper A selection of charcoal stick drawings that explores tone, shape and form.
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freehand drawings CONTE CRAYON
Drawing I & Drawing II, Professor: Douglas Cooper A selection of drawings using Conte crayon, exploring stroke qualities and weights, shape and form.
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freehand drawings PASTEL
Drawing II, Professor: Douglas Cooper This series is an exploration of colour combinations, colour theory and colour mixing. This is done through the use of Prismacolour pastels. Colour and stroke is used to emphasise formal qualities in the imae. 44 | KHOI DO
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PHOTOGRAPHY
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