PORTFOLIO - TRAN NGO

T R A N G I A N G O

C a l P o l y P o m o n a A r c h i t e c t u r e

S E L E C T E D W O R K

TRAN G. NGO

Chino Hills, California

tgngo13@gmail.com

+1 9099707290

Education

CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY, POMONA

Bachelor of Architecture, Class of 2023

Graduated Magna Cume Laude, GPA: 3.71

MT. SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE, WALNUT

Associate of Science in Architectural Design

Experience

GRUEN ASSOCIATES

Los Angeles, CA

Architectural Intern: June - August 2022

• Prepared drawings, award presentations, site research, and material board in collaboration with 2 divisions including retail team and commercial team

• Organized master plan documents by using bluebeam

• Engaged with the retail team to site visit and did the measurement

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

San Luis Obispo, CA

Design Village: Spring 2018 & Spring 2019

• Communicated and contributed in the schematic design with instructors and student fellows

• Participated in the fabrication and assembly of essential components for our ground breaking project.

Awards + Honors

Design Village: Best Theme Award - Ethereal Planes

Pre-fabricated an inhabitable structure to sleep in for two nights according to the given theme at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo’s annual Design Village competition, 2019

Outstanding Student in Third and Fourth Year Design

Cal Poly Pomona, 2020 - 2021, 2021 - 2022

Skills

3D Software: Rhino (Proficient), Lumion (Proficient), Enscape (Intermediate), Vray (Intermediate)

Drafting: Autocad (Proficient), Revit (Intermediate)

Adobe: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign

Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Bluebeam

About Me

Languages: English (Professional working proficiency), Vietnamese (Native proficiency)

Hobbies: Cooking, Traveling, and Crafting

Reference

Jasmine Le, Project Architect, MG2, jasmine.le@mg2.com

Hirohito Kuroki, Architecture Professor, Mt. Sac Antonio College, hkuroki@mtsac.edu

INTERACTION AND SHARING | ARTIST LIVE - WORK LOFT

SENIOR THESIS | SPRING 2023

PERSHING SQUARE RECREATION CENTER

SPRING 2022

THE GARDEN HOUSE

FALL 2021

MIXED USED HOUSING

SPRING 2021

DESIGN VILLAGE

2018 - 2019

interaction and sharing

The Artist Live - Work Loft

The Artist Loft is located on Albion Street in the Lincoln Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, across from the Albion Riverside Recreation Center. The surroundings of the site consist of hybrid industrial, residential single- and multifamily, and public facilities. Earning a living wage from an art practice in LA is uncommon, and the economic barriers that exist for those who attempt to pursue an art practice are many. Therefore, this project is composed of artist live-work lofts that share workshop space and outdoor balconies, and also provides public art studios, an art gallery, and communal workshop spaces.

Since, there are several art studios around the site there are opportunities for collaboration and the expansion of this neighborhood as an art destination. In addition, there are several schools around the site as well that could benefit from more arts education. Students and families can have a chance to learn and create art work at this live-work housing development.

The massing is designed by stacking two U shapes, one that faces toward the street for public use and one that faces toward the alley for more privacy. The voids in the upper level are designed as gathering spaces that are accessible from the units and the balcony spaces. Moreover, the ground level has several openings that flow from the street into the courtyard. Overall, the project is designed to meet the needs of artists who live there and creates an opportunity for the program to interact with the larger surrounding community.

Type 1: A loft unit with balcony and workshop space (9 units) 1598 sf

Type 2: A loft unit with shared balcony and workshop space (6 units) 1598 sf

Type 3: A loft of two bedrooms with shared balcony and workshop space (9 units) 2,464 sf

PERSHING SQUARE RECREATION CENTER

A New Community in Downtown of Los Angeles

Pershing square is a public park where is located in a heart of Downtown Los Angeles, and framed by Olive Street, 5th Street, Hill Street, and 6th Street. This project is transformed from the public zone into a facility which pairs community spaces and open-air public places. The goal of this project is to create an opening and inviting area that serve people and regenerate the park as the true heart of DTLA.

The idea of the project is about subtraction and additional to create a void and the outside additional programs which is raised at an angle like a mount that creates the different functions of the use. Therefore, it established the intergration of indoor and outdoor in between each programs. Alos, it expresses the entrance of each building that visitor could pass underneath. In Pershing Square, the S. Olive St is the vehicular dominant where is most of the outdoor activities are located; moreover, the zigzag facade is designed facing into the park that can create the interaction between indoor and outdoor through the zigzag glass, and bring light into the buildings.

The proposal of the circulation is considering with the diagnol grid where visitors could access in four sides of the park. The idea is creating two differnt themes of the circulation that visitors can enjoy and explore in each path. The passive energy path is where the sitting area so visitors can relax and look around. The active energy is where the event area, sports field, outdoor training, socail communities, educational, and kids play area happened.

Concept Diagram: The transformation form to create the void and additional programs

Concept Diagram: The transformation form to create the void and additional programs

Above: Site Plan along with Floorplans

STANDING SEAM METAL FINISH ROOF

PLYWOOD SHEATING

1x3 BATTEN

WATERPROOF MEMBRANE

6” INSULATION

VAPOUR CONTROL LAYER

INTERNAL PLASTERBOARD

SINGLE TOP PLATE

2’x2’ JOIST

1’x2’ TRUSS

2x8 STUD WALL @ 28” O.C

8” INSULATION IN STUD SPACE

EXTERIOR SHEATING

WATERPROOF AIR MEMBRANE

Z-CLIP FURRING

1 1/2” SEMI-RIGID MINERAL

ALUMINIUM PANEL PLATE

6” HARDWOOD INTERNAL FINISH FLOOR

6” EXTERNAL FINISH FLOOR

CONCRETE SLAB

PARKING STRUCTURE

STRUCTURE CHUNCK NTC

Above: Massing model with the surrounding buildings. Below: Close up to sitting area and the pool building

The Garden House

A Multi-generational Residential

With the idea of lush, intermingle, and heavy, the proposal of an affordable intergenerational housing which carries characteristics of the neighborhood, at the same time providing amenities to support the family and the neighborhood. Therefore, the idea is pushed forward to the house which is designed to have both privacy and togetherness such as the community garden for the public use and a communal kitchen for residents. Also, it would have flexibility that residents can either choose to be connected with their other family members or to stay in their own space.

The modified single-family home to multigenerational family consistent of two great grandparents, four adults, and two children. The residents are extroverted and welcoming to the community. Especially, the graparents love gardening and cooking.

The main goals for the Enviromental Community Plan are establishing the interaction between neighborhood, creating the trust and healthy enviroment for neighbors, and providing education and positive energy to everyone. For the residents to be able to achieve those goals, there is a community garden where residents enjoy learning and gardening collectively, and communal kitchen where residents can cook and share fresh meals.

SECTION CUT AA

SECTION AA

LOS FELIZ MIXED - USE

The Development of A Mixed-Use Housing

The property is located at the northeast corner of the intersection at Hollywood Blvd and Vermont Ave in Hollywood. The site currently supports a carwash and two residential buildings that will be demolished for the new development which is a multi-family urban housing project on the subject site. The design proposed must be resolved and be able to translate to basic Type V construction techniques. Concrete and steel may augment the design for ground level construction and in the development of moment frames when warranted. However, the goal will be to utilize a simple Type V shear wall construction technique that is common in the region and housing industry as the standard.

The project is affordable housing which is focused on young adult, couples, and single family. Also the design contains the mixture of commercial and residential which consist of 5 stories mixed use courtyard building with one block of 4 stories of residential above a commercial level along Prospect Ave; also, another block of 4 stories of residential above a commercial level along Hollywood Blvd, and three stories of residential along the alley. The building is approximately 70’ tall with a publicly accessible stairs case leading the public into the central courtyard in the day so people in and out could interact and create the connection with the neighbors, yet also the gate will closed at night for the residence’s safety.

To make the building looks more animated with the busy streets, the facade of each unit is assigned through colored on the sliding shutter in the balconies which is represented different units. With the big opening on the second floor and leading up to the rooftop where the pool and garden spaces are located, allowed the sunlight from the east and created the communal space for residential only to meet and enjoy the view.

STRUCTURAL EXPLODED DIAGRAM

DESIGN VILLAGE 2019 - ETHEREAL PLANES