Tra Nguyen Porfolio

Tra Nguyen In-between

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Content Ubuntu Nation Fall 2017 - Spring 2018

Threshold Spring 2015

Urban Stich Fall 2015

Bronzeville Turn Center Spring 2017

Other Projects 2013-2020

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The notion of in-between is defined as the situation somewhere between two extreme categories. In architecture, in-between represents different values of spatial experiences, material uses, and program. Inbetween can depict relationship of spaces from inside to outside, public to private, to the quality of space, such as light to dark, as well as a system that can be implemented to use for different programs. These projects explore how the notion of in-between can be executed in architecture

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Ubuntu Nation Instructor: Dr. Peng Du & Anthony Wood_CTBUH

In-between at city scale illustrates the relationship between buildings and city, and how public and private programs can be integrated. Based on the word Ubuntu comes from a South African saying that translates to “I am because you are�, this project imagines how the city will be like in 2050 in grassland terrain. As humanitarian philosophy shared in many regions of Africa that humankind remains connected through sharing, interaction, and a level of codependency, our city is built upon this sharing philosophy. Current global trends suggest that a shared economy is the way that the world is going. Private lives are being expanded and opened up to the world through social media and new socio-economic constructs, namely in transportation and accommodation. Ubuntu Nation is an organically developed community and lifestyle. It is the community of the future.

*Team project with Arlene Hayes

* World Architecture Community Award 28th Cycle - Student Categories * Eurasian Prize 2018, Student Competition - Future House, 2nd Prize

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Solar Energy

Water Resources

Very high in major basins

< 1900 kWh/m2

2000 kWh/m2

2100 kWh/m2

2200 kWh/m2

2300 kWh/m2

2400 kWh/m2

High in major basins

Medium in major basins

Low in major basins

4.5 - 5 m/s

1 - 1.5 m/s

5 - 5.5 m/s

1.5 - 2 m/s

2 - 2.5 m/s

2.5 - 3 m/s

3 - 3.5 m/s

3.5 - 4 m/s

4 - 4.5 m/s

5.5 - 6 m/s

6 - 6.5 m/s

6.5 - 7 m/s

7 - 7.5 m/s

7.5 - 8 m/s

8 - 8.5 m/s

Very low in major aquaifers

High in area with complex structure

Very high in area with complex geological structure

Medium in area with complex structure

Natural Disasters

Wind Power

0.877 - 1 m/s

Very low in major basins

Very high in major aquaifers

Volcanoes location

Site Selection

Crisis Food Insecurity

Stress Food Insecurity

Population Analysis

Site: near Eastern Equatoria, South Sudan Area: 850 sq km

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2017 2100

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NYC 10 431 people/ sq km Area: 789 sq km

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Manila 41 515 people/ sq km Area: 43 sq km

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Propose 46 878 people/ sq km

36.1 mil 30

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Addis Ababa 5 165 people/ sq km Area: 527 sq km Nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Djamena Addis Ababa Mogadishu Chad Ethiopia Somalia

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Nairobi Kenya

Khartoum Sudan

Dar es Salaam PROPOSE CITY Tanzania South Sudan

Mumbai 30 900 people/ sq km Area: 603.4 sq km

x 1000

Desertification

Boundary condition

Desertified region Proposed push back on desertified land

Existing Condition

Open land provides open grazing for herbivorous wildlife Existing river doubles as the main transport route, cutting across the entire site.

Infrastructure & Network

Wildlife reservoir separated from river flow Major water transit stations connect people to activity nodes

Program Zone

Commercial/ Business

Residential

Agriculture/ Park

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Livestock Local form

Push out to create shading and allow wind flow

Create atrium for light to come in the building & opening at the facade for green space & wind flow Cluster Arrangement

Urban Scale

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Building Scale

Local Cluster Scale

Inter-Building Relationsh

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Regular floor height - 4m

15 storeys ~ 45m solar penetration

25 storeys ~ 65m solar penetration

The cluster is organized based on the study of sun and wind in order to find the best orientation that allows the maximum sunlight into the buildings as well as allows ventilation to move through the cluster. The orientation of the cluster also contributes to the facade system that can distribute and recycle water itself.

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Coated with a photovoltaic module

Copper tone aluminum piping

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Collection of UV-purified grey water from the facade occurs within the outrigger zones

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Purified water is then filtered through phytoremediation by the roots of plants at each sky garden

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The recycled water is retained for distribution in the building core at each outrigger zone

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Clean, potable water is then re-distributed to individual units by gravity

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The connection between human and animal also plays an important role in the city. The rotation of the livestocks and wild animal helps to revitalize dried out land by elminating over-use by cattle.

The animals are allowed to graze and fertilize the soil, then trample the land as they move on to new pastures to repeat the process.

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600 m

Agriculture Planting Market 500 m

Commerical/ Institution Office School Museum Hospital 400 m

Residential

300 m

200 m

Agriculture Research Technology

Local Elevator Express Elevator

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100 m

Each building is divided vertically into programmatic zones and separated structurally by outriggers. Floor plates are supported by columns from the floors below and each zone of loading is then transferred to the outrigger beams that connect into the large cores and are braced by a 2-storey high belt truss system at each zone.

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Typical platform level plan where people from all buildings in the clusters can go out and enjoy public spaces together. In addition, this level serves as the transit level where people from other clusters can come here to enter the cluster.

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OfďŹ ce Plan 0

20m

5m 10m

40m

Typical office level plan where it is an open floor plan that enhances people creativity and communication. In this zone, there are also other activities that relate to culture and community such as gallery, museum, and exhibitions 18

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Residential Plan 0

20m

5m 10m

40m

Typical residential level plan where each unit is consider a small village so that it still maitains the close relationship among people in the family. In additions, there is a small farm where people can do the subsistence farming and share their food together.

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Threshold Instructor: Jeff Klymson

Located in Motor Row, South Side of Chicago, the area is used a crowded area with many automobile showroom in 18th century. However, the establishment of expressway and Chinatown makes the area become quite with many vacant land and unused buildings. As a result, there is a division between residential area and commercial area. The questions about the relationship between public and private at different scales are raised. How does this relationship influence programs at the site? Where is the in-between or blur area between public and private? This project seeks solution for these questions by intergrating both public programs (market, office) and private programs ( apartments) in the building. The transition between public and private is expressed through the use of materials as glass for public programs, while bricks are used for the private programs and also to engage with the site fabric

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Top left to right: diagram explains the relationship between public and private in different scale: urban, neighborhood, and at the site.

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1st Floor Plan

3rd Floor Plan

Commercial Interior

5th Floor Plan

Building roof top

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Section EW

Section NS

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Urban Stitch Instructor: Martin Klaeschen

In-between at neighborhood scale is created through people movement, their experiences, and the security of the area. Located in Streeterville neighborhood, near with Magnificient Mile area, park 107 is being disconnected with other activites in the area, such Navy Pier, Looking Glass Theatre, and MOCA. Recognized the disconnection among these programs existing at the site, this project is aim at reconnecting all the existing programs at the site as well as creating sequence of flow, bringing more programs to make the site more lively from Looking Glass theatre to Lake Michigan, and advoiding people to go underground when they go to Lake Michigan, directly from the park.

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Initial Concept Models

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Site Plan

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Ground Plan

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Bronzeville Turn Center Instructor: Eva Kultermann

Bronzeville has a rich history of African American. As the time passes, various economic and social problem resulted in the neighborhood, losing its strong pride and unique identity. Hence, TURN Centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s goal is to heal the community by helping families and individuals through the lingering effects of traumatic experiences, and provide a structure for the positive de-velopment of Bronzevillesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s youth. Inspired by the unique structure of Chicago Jazz music, and its dance forms, the spatial quality of the building is organized based on the underlying rhythms of dance, which are emphasized by slow and fast beats. This is made visible through the linear pattern of movement through the building (east to west), defined by the load bearing wall structure and materialized in the relationship between the heavy split limestone and light, airy, glass. These create a variance of experiences, switching somewhat rapidly between more compressed, intimate spaces and larger, brighter ones.

*Team project with Arlene Hayes

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Patients

Counseling Educational

Students

Circulation

Workers

Retail Office

Public

Assembly

Vehicular Traffic

Services

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Rhythm Architecture: System of repetition, unifying movement characterized by pattern repetition/ alteration of formal elements/motifs in the same or modified form

Music: Pattern of regular/ irregular pulses caused in music by occurrence of strong & weak melodic and harmonic beats

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Activities AS

EATING

Loud

Sound

AS

Quite Dark

Light

Light Small

ENTERTAINING

Scale

Big

Slow

Open

Enclosure Close

SOCIALIZING

Mass

Structure

Plane

Fast

Column Private

WALKING

Level of Privacy

Semi-Private Public

Semi-Public 39

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C’ RETAIL STORAGE

LOADING MECHANICAL ROOM

GARDEN COVE

ENTERTAINMENT ROOM

RETAIL: BAKERY/COFFEE SHOP

GENERAL STORAGE

MEDIA PRODUCTION/ ARCHIVES

Finance Room

UP

Security

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B’

A’

JANITOR'S CLOSET Student Lounge

Parent Lounge

F

CONTROL ROOM

Changing Room

A

KITCHEN/ BACKSTAGE UP

Dance Studio

RETAIL: BRONZEVILLE HERITAGE STORE/ LOCAL ARTS & CRAFTS

S. Cottage Grove Ave

UP

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BRONZEVILLE HERITAGE GALLERY

S. Evans Ave

UP

PICKUP/DROPOFF

CLASSROOM

BRIGHT STAR VISITOR CENTER/ GALLERY ENTRANCE

LOCKERS BELOW

UP

E 46th Street

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First Floor

East Elevation

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S. Cottage Grove Ave

S. Evans Ave

E 46th Street

Second Floor

South Elevation

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EW Section A-A’

NS Section C-C’

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3/8” Double Glazed Glass with 1/2” Air Space and Low e coating Mono-pitch Steel Truss with steel cable as tension member

Flashing Green roof: lightweight, engineered soil on layers of filter fabric, on retention layer, waterproof membrane, 7 “ thermal insulation, vapor retarder, and 4” concrete slab cast in metal deck R = 40

Open-Web Joist Steel Stud

Hanging Wire

Nail Clip

Perforated Wood Acoustic Panel (1.5” x 4’ x 8’)

Split Limestone Genoa Sands 3” x 1.5” x 12” 8” Concrete Masonry Unit

Metal Ties Steel Keel

5” Acoustic Wool

W 24 x 76 Steel Beam

4’ Farmhouse Beech floor finishing

Vertical Steel Reinforcement in Grout @ 48” O.C

Polished Stone

6” Concrete slab 1/2” Radiant Heat Pipe Vapor Barrier 3” Rigid Insulation 6” Gravel 1/2” Expansion Joint Reinforced Concrete Foundation Wall & Footing

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Crossroads of Hope Once disaster strikes, the most important thing that helps bring people back on their feet again is a strong community presence. Therefore in thinking about the role that an Emergency Operations Center plays, we want to emphasize on the aspect of fostering community resiliency.

More specifically, the question is how can a space be designed to cultivate and strengthen the presence of community while allowing for outside humanitarian groups to assist and manage during an emergency and even afterward. The space dedicated to the community is therefore central to all other programs, in the form of a hybrid between the traditional African courtyard and a crossroads. And yet, like the flow of people in and out, this space is not stagnant but is pliant and flexible, accommodating for expansion of other programs. The programs are according to the guidelines, however with the assistance, reception, and monitoring function, we felt the need to further separate into the assistance to large groups and the assistance to individuals needing special attention. As these programs expand in need of space within the timeline of an emergency, they can spill into the inner community space through the use of movable bamboo partitions. The height of the roof engages with the wall to create various squatial qualities as well as allow ventilation through the building. This flexibility of space also allows for the building to host different community-based programs once the emergency is over. *Team project with Ngoc Le * Kaira Looro International Competition 2020 Emergency Center Operation, Top 50

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Crossroads of Hope Once disaster strikes, the most important thing that helps bring people back on their feet again is a strong community presence. Therefore in thinking about the role that an Emergency Operations Center plays, we want to emphasize on the aspect of fostering community resiliency. More specifically, the question is how can a space be designed to cultivate and strengthen the presence of community while allowing for outside humanitarian groups to assist and manage during an emergency and even afterward. The space dedicated to the community is therefore central to all other programs, in the form of a hybrid between the traditional African courtyard and a crossroads. And yet, like the flow of people in and out, this space is not stagnant but is pliant and flexible, accommodating for expansion of other programs.

As these programs expand in need of space within the timeline of an emergency, they can spill into the inner community space through the use of movable bamboo partitions. The height of the roof engages with the wall to create various squatial qualities as well as allow ventilation through the building. This flexibility of space also allows for the building to host different community-based programs once the emergency is over.

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Dusit Tu Hoa Palace Professional Works

Project Type: Hospitality Location: Hanoi Area: 3733 sqm Floors: 9 floors and 3 basements Involve in creating plans, diagrams, room matrix, room layout, and file presentaion

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3D

Diagram

Master Plan

Diagram

1st FLoor

Typical FLoor

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Dream House Beach Club Professional Works

Project Type: Hospitality Location: Phu Quoc Area: 4500 sqm Floors: 2 floors Involve in creating plans, diagrams, and file presentaion

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Push the volume down to create connection with the site and open view to the ocean Push the volume inward to create connection

BEACH CLUB

1. Building Orientation

2. Create connection with the site

D 3. Open view to the ocean and create connection

between indoor and outdoor RENDERING

BEACH CLUB

A ZONING BEACH CLUB The outdoor area presents 3 swimming pools total of 2275 sm as the main feature of the landscape, surrounded by the deck, used also as dancefloor for musical shows.

Rows of trees guarantee the privacy, dividing the public space from the resort area: a VIP longue looks towards the beach and the pool.

Green sidewalks provide a direct access to the beach from the resort.

Option: a slide from the terrace to maximize the use of the swimming pool.

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BEACH CLUB

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B SECTIONS BEACH CLUB

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ZONE

AREA

1. Beach club

710 sm

2. Drop-off

130 sm

3. Loading Bay

218 sm

4. Parking lot

513 sm

5. Deck

2147 sm

6. VIP lounge

730 sm

7. DJ set

452 sm

8. Adult pool

643 sm

9. Family pool

443 sm

10. Main pool

1189 sm

11. Art Object

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12. Technical Area

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Phung Khoang Hotel Professional Works

Project Type: Hospitality Location: Hanoi Area: 9233 sqm Floors: 21 floors and 2 basements Involve in creating plans, diagrams, room matrix, room layout, and file presentaion

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PHUNG KHOANG HOTEL Floors X1

X2

King

Suites

T

K

T

K

T

K

T

K

T

K

Suites

D

T

T

K

K

T

T

D

9

7

2

2

20

19th

Suites

T

K

T

K

T

K

T

K

T

K

Suites

D

T

T

K

K

T

T

D

9

7

2

2

20

21st

X3

X4

X5

X6

Executive Lounge

X7

X8/X8'

X7'

X6'

X5'

X4'

X3'

X2'

X1'

Deluxe Suites Total

Twin

20th

Special Restaurant

18th

Suites

T

K

T

K

T

K

T

K

T

K

Suites

D

T

T

K

K

T

T

D

9

7

2

2

20

17th

Suites

T

K

T

K

T

K

T

K

T

K

Suites

D

T

T

K

K

T

T

D

9

7

2

2

20

16th

Suites

T

K

T

K

T

K

T

K

T

K

Suites

D

T

T

K

K

T

T

D

9

7

2

2

20

15th

Suites

T

K

T

K

T

K

T

K

T

K

Suites

D

T

T

K

K

T

T

D

9

7

2

2

20

14th

Suites

T

K

T

K

T

K

T

K

T

K

Suites

D

T

T

K

K

T

T

D

9

7

2

2

20

13th

Suites

T

K

T

K

T

K

T

K

T

K

Suites

D

T

T

K

K

T

T

D

9

7

2

2

20

12th

Suites

T

K

T

K

T

K

T

K

T

K

Suites

D

T

T

K

K

T

T

D

9

7

2

2

20

11th

Suites

T

K

T

K

T

K

T

K

T

K

Suites

D

T

T

K

10th

Suites

T

K

T

K

T

K

T

K

T

K

Suites

D

T

T

K

9th

Suites

T

K

T

K

T

K

T

K

T

K

Suites

D

T

T

8th

Suites

T

K

T

K

T

K

T

K

T

K

Suites

D

T

T

7th

K

T

T

D

9

7

2

2

20

K

T

T

D

9

7

2

2

20

K

K

T

T

D

9

7

2

2

20

K

K

T

T

D

9

7

2

2

20

LIFT LOBBY & SERVICE LOBBY

T

K

T

K

T

K

T

K

T

K

D

T

T

K

K

T

T

D

9

7

2

2

20

6th

D

T

T

K

T

K

T

K

T

K

T

K

T

D

D

T

T

K

K

T

T

D

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7

4

0

22

5th

D

T

T

K

T

K

T

K

T

K

T

K

T

D

D

T

T

K

K

T

T

D

11

7

4

0

22

Suites

Suites

4th

D

T

T

K

T

K

T

K

T

K

T

K

T

D

D

T

T

K

K

T

T

D

11

7

4

0

22

3th

D

T

T

K

T

K

T

K

T

K

T

K

T

D

D

T

T

K

K

T

T

D

11

7

4

0

22

170

126

2nd

Spa - Gym - Pool - Kid Club - Meeting Room - Garden

1st

Lobby - All Day Dining - Ballroom - Prefunction

B1

BOH - Parking

B2

Parking Guestroom

Keys

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28

368

%

King

126

34.24%

Twin

170

46.20%

Deluxe

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11.96%

Suites

28

7.61%

Total

368

100.00%

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