Architecture Portfolio - Fall 2019

vy nguyen

portfolio selected works | 2015-2019

about me

I am Vy Nguyen and currently a graduate architecture student that pursuing Master in Architecture at The University of Texas at Arlington. I am studying to become a designer of the future. I am very passionate about the act of creation and how we as a society can change for the better through design.

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about me

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the chameleon center

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the concrete pipe

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basic and travel drawings

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professional work

portfolio // vy nguyen

individual project

the chameleon

Arrival & Reception

meeting conference + meditation center junior studio, spring 2018

The project takes place at Douglas Russel Parks and Recreation in Arlington, Texas. Hidden within the park, there is a graveyard known as Lost Cemetery of Infants. Considering that it was a home for unwed mothers, there were bound to be some still births and other complications. With the water branch system within the park, students were asked to create a conference center and meditation place with an accommodation. The project examines the intention and seizing upon reflective and meditative part of the program.

Towards that, the study of precedent Katsura Imperial Villa was an approach model to begin to analyze. The programs are all lifted on columns and on separated volumes to diminish the overall impact of the building of being compressed rather than intimate. Even though it is separated but unifies under one roof. The facade skin plays like a skin of a chameleon due to its materials of mirror that placed irregularly throughout the building and mimics the pattern of the existing trees in the park.

Meeting & Conferencing

Food Service

Gallery Exhibition

Building Operations

Mechanical & Outdoor Space

site location | doug russell park, arlington, tx gis and illustrator

facade formation from trees stratification | photographed basswood and acrylics, and photoshop

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programs and forms organization | rhino and illustrator

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A-2 floor plan | scale: 0’-1” = 32’-0”

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section A-1 | scale: 0’-1” = 64’-0”

t.o roof 35’-00”

t.o roof 18’-00” b.o ceiling 15’-06”

section A-1 | scale: 0’-1” = 64’-0”

section A-2 | scale: 0’-1” = 32’-0”

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individual project

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Clerestory detail 1/16” = 1’- 0”

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Section detail 1/32” = 1’- 0”

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Ceiling detail 1/8” = 1’- 0”

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Section detail

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Clerestory detail

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Ceiling panels

portfolio // vy nguyen

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physical model | basswood, chipboard and copper wire scale: 0’-1” = 32’-0”

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individual project

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physical model | aerial and roof top view , scale: 0’-1” = 32’-0”

physical model | meditation rooms view , scale: 0’-1” = 32’-0”

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physical model | main entrance view , scale: 0’-1” = 32’-0”

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collaboration project

concrete pipe tiny home National AIAS Competition 2018 collaboration with Drew Morrison from Massachusetts College of Art and Design

overpopulation, homelessness, natural disasters. these are realities that architects are facing when designing now and for the future. in recent years, tiny homes have proven to be a positive solution for communities facing challenges such as population growth in urban areas, addressing homelessness, climate change and other natural disasters, and environmental degradation. pipes are oriented for use/privacy needs. convertible living spaces with ample light and views.

exploded axonometric | rhino and illustrator

rendering perspective | rhino, lumion and photoshop

customization diagram | rhino and illustrator

study sketches

floor plan | rhino and illustrator

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section | rhino and illustrator

individual project

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travel sketches and first year drawings summer 2017 and srping 2016

portrait collages | prisma colored pencils

travel sketches | various mediums

hand drawings | prisma colored pencils and pens

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fruit sectional study | prisma colored pencils

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professional work

bell helicopter training academy summer 2019 internship at Jacobs Engineering Group

Bell Helicopter Training Academy | perspective rendering | revit, lumion and photoshop

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professional work

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Bell Helicopter Training Academy | perspective rendering | revit, lumion and photoshop

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professional work

Harwood Parking Garage and Park conceptual/schematic deisgn phase in this project, I had a chance to research and analyse the site for the future parking garage and green public spaces, and renovation of the tunnel space.

Downtown Dallas| site and context | gis, rhino and illustrator, scale: 0’-1” = 500’-0”

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professional work

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Downtown Dallas| circulation | GIS, rhino and illustrator, scale: 0’-1” = 500’-0”

Downtown Dallas| programs | gis, rhino and illustrator, scale: 0’-1” = 500’-0”

Downtown Dallas| physical model | acrylic sheets and 3D prints, scale: 0’-1” = 500’-0”

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professional work

Knoll Trail Station | anoxometric rendering | sketchup and autoCAD

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professional work

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Knoll Trail Station | top view | sketch up

Knoll Trail Station | perspective rendering | sketch up

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thank you