Thuy-Dung Tran Design Portfolio

Address | 104 Sullivan St. Apt 18 NYC, NY 10012

E-mail | ttran470@gmail.com

Phone | 712. 301. 4378

Pratt Institute

Master of Architecture

University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Bachelors of Science in Design | Interior Design Studies

Global studies minor with regional specialization in Europe

Business Minor

2019-2020

Interior Designer Perkins and Will | New York, NY

Designed and specified materials for corporate interiors workplace projects. Prepared client presentations consisting of floor plans, material specifications, and renderings. Completed construction documents. Assisted clients with review and approval of material selections.

LEED Green Associate

American Society of Interior Designers Student Member

National Organization of Minority Architects

Creative Chair | University of Nebraska Student Chapter

William H. Thompson Scholars Honor Community

Study Abroad Student Panel

Park(ing) Day Public Installation: Annual Open-Source Global Event

Civil Rights in Contemporary Perspective Service-Learning Trip

Susan Thompson Buffett Scholar

Full-tuition scholarship

Tyson Family Foundation Scholar

Four-year $6,000 academic scholarship

Interior Designer Perkins and Will | Minneapolis, MN

Under the supervision of senior interior designer, I led the design of multiple Corporate interior projects. Worked on higher education and corporate interiors workplace projects from schematic design to construction documents. Ensured that designs are within federal and local codes concerning health and safety.

William H. Thompson Scholars Academic Award

Recognition for semester GPA of 3.5 or higher

Perkins and Will D.L.C. Design Competition

Shortlisted

Global Internship Award

2016-2017

2018-2019 2015-2017

Interior Designer Intern Group One Interiors | Omaha, NE

Worked closely with senior designer to prepare technical and detail drawings of residential cabin and home projects. Created floor plans and renderings to show design intent. Conducted site analysis and did field measurements.

Interior Designer Intern

Lee Douglas Interiors Inc. | Lincoln, NE

Worked on residential home projects. Researched and specified materials for specification. Went to construction site and conducted walk through with electrical engineers.

Scholar Community Mentor

William H. Thompson | Lincoln, NE

Responsible for working with first year scholars for entire academic year. Planned and facilitated semester group activities and monthly one-onone meetings.

Art and Architecture in Florence and Tuscany

Education abroad | Florence and Tuscany, Italy

Global Studies and Japanese Language

Education abroad | Matsudo, Chiba Japan

UNL-Senmatsu Teaching Internship

Internship abroad | Matsudo, Chiba Japan

Academic scholarship received for study abroad in Florence, Italy

Early Abroad Scholarship

Academic scholarship received for study abroad in Florence, Italy

Global Studies Student Spotlight

Surveyed

W. H. Thompson Service-Learning Trip

Provided environmental park clean up services | New Orleans, LA

OWNZEN: JAPANESE BATHHOUSE

Spring 2017 | 4th year undergraduate studio (Interior Design)

Educational

LINK-K: AGING & SUBURBAN ENVIRONMENTS

Spring 2016 | 3rd year undergraduate studio (Interior Design)

Educational

GENERATION C

Fall 2017 | 4th year undergraduate studio

Educational

PARAMETRIC (in process)

Spring 2021 | 1st year graduate mediums class

Educational

INVERT

Fall 2020 | 1st year graduate studio

Educational

PULL-UP-A-CHAIR (shortlisted)

Fall 2018 | Perkins and Will - DLC Design Competition

Professional/Competition

CALVIN KLEIN

Fall 2019-Spring 2020 Perkins and Will - Schematic Design

Professional

OWNZEN

Interior Design Studio | Undergrad Year 4

Capstone Project | Ownzen

Mentor | Stacy Spale

Research | 3 weeks

Design | 8 weeks

This Capstone project tackled the challenge of designing a very private amenity as a public program while incorporating traditional Japanese culture into modern design. The Japanese hot springs bath or Onsen is one of the great staples of Japanese culture. Gifted with more than 4000 natural hot springs created by volcanic activity, Japan is the hot spring enthusiast dream destination. The natural hot spring water is rich in sulfur and sodium chloride, and it is thought to heal aches and pains, as well as help with conditions such as hypertension and diabetes. Offers a space for users to find their "own zen".

CHECK-IN LOBBY

OWNZEN

Total Japanese Visitors that have been to Hawaii before

Japan continued to rank third in visitor expenditures, visitor days, and arrivals

Visitors coming for the purpose of pleasure: vacation, honeymoon, or getting married

Total Air Visitors

SITE

The Ownzen Spa is located in Hawaii. Hawaii the ideal location for the public bathhouse as it is a popular vacation spot, and has a lot of Japanese visitors as well as residence. This Onsen location will provide a place for users who are familiar with the Japanese culture as well as give opportunity to vacationers who wish to experience the Japanese cultural experience of a bathhouse spa, allowing users to find their "own zen".

TAKE SHOES OFF GET UNDRESSED RINSE OFF BODY SHOWER SOAK IN TUB

MALE PUBLIC OWNZEN

LEVEL 01

FEMALE PUBLIC OWNZEN

LEVEL 02

TAKE SHOES OFF GET UNDRESSED RINSE OFF BODY SHOWER SOAK IN TUB

LINK-K

Interior Design Studio | Undergrad Year 3

Residential Design | Link-k

Mentor | Amanda Swartwout

Research | 3 weeks

Design | 8 weeks

The aging and suburban environments are explored through the means of expert discussions, site visitation, readings, and exploration in this project. With a growing percentage of elders, there is a higher need to be more proactive about designing for the aging population. This residential design explores a holistic home that meets the multiple and complex needs of elders to assist with the inevitable process of aging in order to slow down and eliminate the avoidable processes of aging by healing through the environment by providing comfort for those who are in the final phase of life, and using technology as a tool to assist in prolonging the secondary aging process.

GENERATION C

Collaborative Studio | Undergrad Year 4

The American Dream | Generation C

Mentor | Kim Wilson + Emily Andersen

Research | 6 weeks

Design | 4 weeks

Collaborators:

Anabella Gilbert, Architecture

Jamie Dannell, Landscape Architecture

Mohamed Bushara, Architecture

Generation C is a new generation that strives to promote the most innovative forms of multi-generational interaction. C comes from the term “community,” where people of different generations or families can interact together as one. The new development hopes to compliment its existing surrounding of Boys Town, Nebraska in addition to add various vertically oriented mixed use settings that will benefit the future users. Along with residential areas, the mixed use settings will include commercial shopping districts, office parks and civic buildings to provoke a higher density in the area. A new green network of trails and differing outdoor program will offer healthy and community-focused interaction for the future residents.

Multi-Generational Pod Topography created by Jamie Dannell, Diagram overlay created by me.

Collaborated on creating and representing master plan in Rhino and Illustrator with Anabella Gilbert, Jamie Dannell, and Mohamed Bushara. All responsibilities were split evenly.

GENERATION C

The residential portion of Generation C offers the most innovative aspect of the site. Through extensive research in both Multi-generational households and co-housing communities, the concept of multi-generational, co-housing living pods will be implemented. The pods are arranged in a way that include two forms of residential buildings and shared facilities that surround central, shared outdoor programs.

SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSE

Collaborated with Anabella Gilbert on Building the Apartment in Revit, shared responsibilities with finalizing graphics in Illustrator.

EVOLUTION OF THE HOME

Collaborated team of Anabella Gilbert, Jamie Dannell, and Mohamed Bushara on reach, shared responsibilities of creating graphics with Anabella Gilbert.

POD ITERATIONS

MULTI-GENERATIONAL APARTMENTS

Collaborated with Anabella Gilbert on Building the Apartment in Revit, shared responsibilities with finalizing graphics in Illustrator.

GENERATION C

COMMUNITY PLAY BUILDING

Render fully developed by me

BABY BOOMERS GENERATION X MILLENNIALS

PLAY BUILDING CHILD CARE

Senior citizen visits the child care center weekly to interact with and care for the neighborhood toddlers.

PLAY BUILDING YOGA

Couple attends yoga course while children play and exercise in the outdoor recreation area.

COMMUNITY KITCHEN

Render fully developed by me

PLAY BUILDING WEIGHT ROOM

Student lifts weights in the self-use exercise area before meeting neighbors for lunch.

PLAY BUILDING USER NARRATIVE

Diagrams fully developed by me, narrative concept developed with team: Anabella Gilbert, Jamie Dannell, and Mohamed Busha-

BABY BOOMERS GENERATION X MILLENNIALS

ENTERTAIN BUILDING | LIVING

Senior citizen meets daughter in the living room area to catch up and watch a movie together.

ENTERTAIN BUILDING KITCHEN

Couple prepares lunch for them and their children before heading to their single family home and relaxing.

COMMUNITY ENTERTAIN SECTION

PLAY BUILDING | DINING

Student eats lunch with neighbors and then head to the apartments to start laundry and do homework

Diagram fully developed by me, narrative concept developed with team: Anabella Gilbert, Jamie Dannell, and Mohamed Bushara

PARAMETRIC (IN PROGRESS)

Mediums 2: Advanced Modeling & Drawing |

M.Arch Year 1

Project | Interiority

Mentor | Ben Martinson

Design | 4 weeks

This project explores coloration and parametric fragments. In regards to the parametric fragments, there are two patterns of exploration that occur throughout the space: one a parametric object and a topographic object. The parametric object that serves as interior partitions, letting views and light into the interior spaces. And the topographic object serves as exterior partitions in most instances.

PARAMETRIC (IN PROGRESS)

INVERT Design Studio | M.ARCH Year 1

Addition Project | Invert Mentor | Hart Marlow Design | 12 weeks

In the exploration of poche cuts, it was discovered that the same shape can take on different forms and uses in the poche cuts of roofs and walls as well as in section and in plan. With the cuts driving the addition of the architecture on the backside of the building, some of the walls start to invert into the center of the building and serving as walls. The utilitarian function of the exterior façade also serving as interior walls allows for multifunction programs within the artist loft. The walls allow for art to be hung, for extensions of shelving spaces, tables, etc. The addition of this building starts off as a growth at the back of the building and starts to grow out into the existing exterior, and takes over all areas of the floor plan on the interior. The inverted concept allows the form to conform to existing forms through merging into the existing window, but also introduces a new language.

PULL-UP-A-CHAIR

Perkins and Will Design Professional Competition Project | Fall 2018

Project Team:

Joanne Chappalez, Interior Designer

Samantha McKinney, Landscape Architect)

Research | 1 Day

Design | 2 Days

Full contribution: all drawings shown

Team effort: concept development, research, building Revit model

We live in an age where we spend so much time alone: in our home, in our car, even with others we are fixated on our phones and attached to our headphones. What brings a community together? Food. Building upon what the South Dallas/Fair Grounds neighborhood has been developing over the last year with the Seedling Farm’s initiative, my design team and I focused on the next steps in the food cycle: the preparation and sharing of meals.

PULL-UP-A-CHAIR

COMMUNITY TABLE

Image credits: President's Choice. “#Eat Together 2017” YouTube, Name of the Publisher (only include if it is different than the author or title), Dec 31, 2016, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDuA9OPyp6I.

SOUTH DALLAS/FAIRGROUNDS DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH

LEARNING CENTER PROGRAMS

The senior housing units share a common courtyard where the senior community can farm food for themselves. The senior amenities are located at the learning center to encourage further interaction between one another to ultimately build a greater sense of community.

SENIOR HOUSING POD

"Celebrate the power that eating together has at a time when the world seems disconnected." - President's Choice

South Dallas/Fairgrounds

CALVIN KLEIN HQ (SCHEMATIC DESIGN)

Perkins and Will | Fall 2019-2020

Building Restack Project | Schematic Design

Project Team | Arjav Shah - Senior Interior Designer, Michael Tam - Senior Interior Designer

My design team and I set out to create a modern workplace that reflects Calvin Klein’s heritage and establishes a consistent unified expression of CK’s brand, culture and future vision. We wanted to emphasize beauty in simplicity, devoid of decoration, concentrate on purity of form and architecture, craft a sophisticated space with refined details and pure finishes, create a warm and welcoming arrival experience, develop an open and airy Social Space that supports a youthful and energetic CK culture, plan a clean office design that promotes communication and interaction and pays attention to employee wellbeing, and design a “Best in Class” space to reflect the brand's DNA. Calvin Klein once said " believe in pairing something down to its essence, where line, color, and form are all. There is beauty in simplicity, grace in understatement", and that is what we set out to do with the architecture of the space - celebrate the purity of form through the means of framing of architectural moments.

CALVIN

CONCEPT - CELEBRATE THE PURITY OF FORM THROUGH THE MEANS OF FRAMING OF ARCHITECTURAL MOMENTS.

| CRAFT A SOPHISTICATED SPACE WITH REFINED DETAILS AND PURE FINISHES

| CREATE A WARM AND WELCOMING ARRIVAL EXPERIENCE

| DEVELOPE AN OPEN AND AIRY SOCIAL SPACE THAT SUPPORTS A YOUTHFUL AND ENERGETIC CK CULTURE

| PLAN A CLEAN OFFICE DESIGN THAT PROMOTES COMMUNICATION AND INTERACTION AND PAYS ATTENTION TO EMPLOYEE WELLBEING.

FLOOR PLAN (BASELINE CONCEPT)

MATERIAL PALETTE