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+1 (336) 609 1985
415 lindsay rd, apt 4, Clemson, SC 29631
ctran@g.clemson.edu
experience (2008-2013) Architectural intern - WHR architects - Houston - USA - Bispebjerg Medical Campus competition - Denmark Architectural associate Healthcare studio in CPG Consultants - Singapore - Jurong General Hospital – 700 beds - Singapore | Support senior architects during work-shop | Work with HOK and Studio505 during Concept design stage - Desa Park City Hospital - 350 beds - Malaysia | Support senior architects in master plan stage | Detail Design | Tender drawing - Binh Duong General Hospital -1200 beds - Vietnam | Concept Design | Medical planning | Coordinating with local architects for construction design stage Freelance - Mumbai Aquarium - India | Master plan report - 3D & Concept development - Proposed 704 beds Teaching Hospital Kothalawela - Srilanka. | Concept design | Master planning report - Tourane Restaurant and Bar - Danang city - Vietnam | Renovation: interior design
reference Lim Lip Chuan Senior Vice President | CPG consultants | 238 B Thomson road - Singapore | email: Lim.lip.chuan@ cpgcorp.com.sg
Anthony Haas Senior principal WHR architects, Inc 111 Louisiana 27th oor - Houston, Texas 77002 email: ahaas@whrarchitects.com
David Allison FAIA, FACHA Clemson University Alumni Distinguished Professor and Director |Graduate Studies in Architecture + Health 2-144 Lee Hall | Clemson, SC 29634 | email: adavid@clemson.edu
RESUME education Master of architecture + health - GPA: 3.8 - Clemson University - USA (2015) Registered Architect - Vietnam
awards Merit award - 2015 AIA South Carolina Student Award First place - 2014 Durban World Healthcare Design Conferece in South Africa Certificate of Charette Healthcare Design Conference USA 2013 Accomplishment Fulbright Vietnam Scholarship Award 2013 Certificate in Recognition of Valuable Contributions to Pacific Partnership 2012 Excellent Final Year Project 2008 - Vietnam - The Best Hospital Design First prize in “Van Lang Festival” - Southern of Vietnam Grand Prize “Nguyen Hue Flower Street-Lunar New Year 2006” - Vietnam Third Prize “ICI interior Design Contest 2005”- National One of the 3 selected students to Singapore for internship 2007 Third prize in National Painting Contest “ Summer Thunder” - 1999 Second prize in Children painting competition “My Danang” - 1993
skill Hand-sketch Rhinoceros Sketch-up
language English Vietnamese
ADOBE:Photoshop | Illustrator | inDesign Autodesk Autocad | Architectural Revit Photography
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the architect Printmaking - Pronto plate ( Clemson REFLECTION art exhibition 2015)
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THU THIEM INTERNATIONAL GENERAL HOSPITAL
COMPREHENSIVE STUDIO 2008 EXCELLENT FINAL YEAR PROJECT 2008- VIETNAM
Because of its high population and rate of development; Vietnam is a country high a high need for increasing health care. Healthcare Design was assigned as my Final Year Project as it is complicated as has a huge impact on Society, Economic, Culture and so on. Thus, it would be easier for me to serve people in my country. My design for this 500-bed large scale hospital made me realize and embrace the complexity of healthcare. This healthcare development is located
in Thu Thiem, which is a new urban district within Ho Chi Minh City. The concept “Hospital – Hotel” was the line which connects the design from concept to Master plan, from Function room to inpatient room. To adapt the beauty of the hospital to the needs of users consist of circulation, requirement of doctors, staffs, inpatients, and outpatients, the hospital itself already complies the regulation of a building in general and in healthcare design in particular. Those serve not only patients but also visitors who come, visit and definitely change their point of view about hospitals. It’s not only the place for treatment but also for relaxing with many healthcare services to increase the quality of daily life.
[ outpatient clinic ]
[ fluid canopy ]
[ natural features ]
[ auditorium ]
[ inpatient tower ]
[ dianostic and treatment block]
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...Main lobby and courtyard is the heart of the hospital. Natural light, green and water features are element that play very important roles in patients’ healing and family experiences...
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‘
REFRACTION - REFLECTION”
A PROPOSED CONCEPT TO CONNECT THE OLD AND THE NEW SAIGON... FIRST PLACE AWARD - STUDENT FESTIVAL “ VAN LANG ARCHITECTURAL STUDENT FESTICAL 2007 - VIETNAM
The project is my idea for Thu Thiem new urban center for a 8 hours Charette Design competition for Architectural Student in Vietnam. The issue to be solved is connecting the old and the new district: Saigon - 300 years
old and Thu Thiem the new urban area with Saigon river in between. The big idea that I came up with is to create the town by lighting and reflected imaging. By providing the big mirror on the 2 sides of the river, we
PAST PRESENT FUTURE The image of old Saigon is visually in the new Sigon by is reflection effect of the mirror
can visually catch the images of the old city with walking toward the new city and vice versa. This would solve the issue of the huge gaps of old and modern withing the city. In the night time, we can use light sys-
tem to tight the town together visually providing that we have a well-set-up mirrors from the very simple physical rule: reflection of light through the mirror. This would create the visual connection like a sewing thread.
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Future population growth patterns are intensely focused on urban waterfronts of economically undeveloped countries. In Doha, Qatar, waterfront vitality is continually challenged by social deprivation and physical dereliction. Resuscitating the historic wadi is a rehabilitation effort combining practical solutions for infrastructure, social, economic and environmental concerns at the water’s edge. The goal of masterplanning the Hamad Medical City is to enhance regional identity while addressing the lack of open public space, overpopulation and an unhealthy urban development within the historic city center.
Despite rapid economic and social gains, as well as political change, Qatar has maintained its cultural and traditional values as an Arab and Islamic nation that considers the family to be the main pillar of society. Under the wise leadership of the Emir, Sheikh Hamad tcontinues to implement important initiatives that will propel Qatar to fully developed nationhood, and strengthen its role in the international community.
The aims of the masterplan align with those of the Qatar National Vision 2030: Human Development, development of all its people to enable them to sustain a prosperous society; Social Development, development of a just and caring society based on high moral standards, and capable of playing a significant role in the global partnership for development; Economic Development, development of a competitive and diversified economy capable of meeting the needs of, and securing a high standard of living for, all its people for the present and for the future; and Environmental Development, management of the environment such that there is harmony between economic growth, social development and environmental protection.
WADI HAMAD
MEDICAL CAMPUS
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MEDICAL ACCESS
THE FOUR AGES OF DOHA
MARKET PATTERNS
Zoning + Landm
Transport + Landmarks 8
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3 5 6
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Bus Routes Subway Routes Hamad Medical Center Souq Waqif Diplomatic District Doha International Airport Education City Sports City The Pearl Qatar University
Medical Zoning Civic Zoning
Automobile Circulation Primary Routes Secondary Routes
1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5
Res. + Com. Zon
Women’s Hospi
Hamad General
Hamad Medical
HMC Heart Hos
Al Amal Hospita
Rumailah Hospi Amir’s Palace
Ministery of Pu
Government Gu
Ministry of Defe Army Security
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Courtyard provides natural access to dianostic and treatment block
Courtyard provides natural access to lab, outpatient clinic
access
01 single building mass
nature
02 divide massing
green roof
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submerge volumes
WADI HAMAD
BLOCK 1 - 250 beds
The masterplan has emerged from a study of the existing urban morphology of inner Doha, based on traditional, vernacular settlement patterns. Over time, building densisty, narrow streets and layered building envelopes dissolved into open, suburbanized developments. Attracting people and uses to the water’s edge for cultural, recrea-
04 sikkat shading
tional and health-centered developments, the planning and design for the Wadi Hanifa extension was a serious challenge considering harsh local climatic conditions. Envisioned as a place for pedestrian and bicycle experience, the Wadi offers opportunities for enjoying nature, people-watching and active recreation. The promenade is staged in different levels
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channel natural breeze
stepping down to the waterfront adorned with an interactive public space. The promenade is partially sheltered by trees and shading structures with a stage for public events. Highlighted through a series of water features, ending with a cascade at the mosque, the plaza creates a cooled microclimate and emphasizes the central backbone as an organizational axis of the Hamad Medical Campus.
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manipulate topography
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“fully attentive to the image at the very moment at appears�
individual 2 Printmaking - stone (Clemson REFLECTION art exhibition 2015)
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LINCOLN’S PROMI
STUDENT CHARETTE ORLANDO HEALTHCARE DESIGN CONFERE
ISE
PROFILES KOREAN WAR VIETNAM WAR GULF WAR
AFGHAN WAR IRAQ WAR
1950 - 1953
1955 - 1975
1990 - 1991
2001 - present
2003 - 2011
DIMENTIA
HIP REPLACEMENT
SKIN DISEASE
PTSD
AMPUTEE
... And I hope that our trip here can foster relations, which will be good not only for our two countries but for the whole world to see this.”
We damn sure couldn’t do it with out our families and loved ones support.”
Military service can be the absolute easiest and most arduous thing an American will ever do.”
There is no political parties in a foxhole, just Americans with a common belief worth fighting for, each other”
ENCE 2013
78 years old Married, lives with his wife
“I would do it all over again in the knowledge that I can never be accused of allowing someone else to sacrifice for my benefit without any effort on my part.
56 years old Grandfather
40 years old Single, lives with brother
-Master Sergeant Mile Porter
30 years old Single, lives with her best friend from college
-Andy McCarty
20 years old Married with kids, lives with his family
- Captain TJ Carners
-Thomas Hunder
- Sgt. Jack Hickman
TO CARE FOR HIM WHO SHALL HAVE BORNE THE BATTLE AND FOR HIS WIDOW, AND HIS ORPHAN.”
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CALM + COMFORTING
INTERACTIVE SPACES
HABITABLE OUTDOOR SPACE
BREAKING OUT
31%
SIMPLIFY PROCESS
18%
OF ALL FLORIDA VETS FAUGHT IN VIETNAM
CALL FLORIDA HOME
VETERANS
VETERANS
IN FLORIDA
IN THE U.S.
VETERAN FACILITIES IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA
1st FLOOR
2nd FLOOR
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in GREENVILLE
MERIT AWARD - 2015 SOUTH CAROLINA AIA STUDENT AWARD
Proposed guidelines to improve social, physical, mental health and also an economic solution to enhance their life quality: Natural centric: Nature in the design is carried from outside into the center of the building. Bringing nature light, water and breeze, it is also physically and visually located right in the center as the main view-focal element within the house. Private & Public: One if the issue of private house and group-home is the private and public separation. With 8 people
living in the house, this issue becomes even more important. The design uses natural elements as main features to separate the public and the private zone to adapt their needs in different cases. Green space as plant and water features are being used as space divider: one side accommodates the nine bedrooms including the care-taker bedroom while the another one is completely open contains living room, dining room and kitchen. While one side is completely private from the entrance to bedroom, another is completely
open containing big dividable living room, dining room and kitchen. They all have the view to the farm garden outside and courtyard inside. Simplification the process: With the very simple form of a BOX, the prototype could be replicate to any site and also avoid all the sharp angles within the group home. The simple form drives simple functional ows within HOME, making an easy life for people who live in. From the economic perspective, the design is easier to be constructed, saving more time and materials with the same footprint.
HOME
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individual farm garden for each grouphome grouphome
restaurant (indoor and outdoor) recreational center
main drop-off
parking lots under the tree canopy administration
clicnic
outdoor walking trail around the lake green buffer space
ower garden
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Warwick junction is a very happening area with a lot of functional urban conicts: markets, cemetery, train station, schools. This is a very diverse-colors picture with a bunch of contrast elements in the urban: the trading interaction between consumers and sale-men or the rich and the poor; with Warwick train station as a landmark traffic intersection a number of tourists come or pass by the area, giving chances to deal with the locals. More significantly, the multi-religious cemetery and the very happening market with a lot of street-trading activities seem to be the interesting difference from urban stand point. The still and silence of the cemetery completely differ from the daily movement and active atmosphere of people’s
activities in the market. However, it is culture. It is the historical development. It is what left from thousands years history of the Ancient and almost 200 years of being colonized. Every city has its own characteristics. Durban has its own beauty and Warwick junction is one of the areas that shape the city based on a lot of mentioned contrasts. It is the culture that personally I think it has to be preserve in the right way, creating the healthy environment that could complete and introduce itself to the world. The objective of the proposal is to create a healthy environment for the residents who live surrounding the area to improve their physical health, mental health and social health, the interesting cultural scene for tourists who pass by the station and cannot
resist stopping by and joining the community and lastly the trading area for people to work to support their life financially. These three have to develop together and support each other to make Warwick junction as a model role for a lot of similar intersections in the world. Warwick could be the very specific OTHERWHERE that people remind in the healthy environment space aspect.
WHAT DO WE WANT...
FIRST PLACE AWARD: INTERNATIONAL UIA PUBLIC HEALTH DESIGN COMPETITION 2014 - SOUTH AFRICA
“... this is the place for us!” Lwazi Xaba - taxi washer/ repairman
“...there is no shelter for me or my customers, it gets very hot and wet. I would like space to store my fruit s, vegetables when i’m not here...” Nombeko - street trader
“... we are very close to the city... we can’t work at night because there is no light...” Barawani Haruna - street barber
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1. SOCIAL AND ARCHITECTURAL CONTEXT:
Black area
Highway
Indian area
Railway
Coloured area White area
25.8% 79%
urban residential areas by race
spine of Durban
INDIAN
56%
77% COLOURED
WHITE
observations lack of social space harsh climate urban accessibility automobile complicated traffic node
lack of insfrastructure complication of small traders polution of noise and smell cemetary
designing guidelines
green-link, increase air and water quality
create socialization space
converting cemetary to park
pollution filler
green space for students
create more public access
cool down the city and save energy
solving working space for traders
tourist attraction
AFRICA
HIV in KwaZulu-Natal
percentage of people per race group who have HIV percentage by all province in South Africa moved at least once within the area
medical, educational and institutional
residential and commercial
52%
elevated green linkage concept
taxi/ bus station and traffic flows that shape warwick junction
CONCEPT
the ďŹ rst impression of tourists who come through the warwick train station is traditional activities of human, green of trees that could actually stop them for a tour.
trading space trail to the beach park for community events the park of RESPECT the green linkage
green not only has many health beneďŹ ts but also mitigate noise from high-way and train station, bringing the less noisy space for the cemetary.
the elevated green linkage
link bridge idea in the cemetery - The Southern Ridges Singapore
green box surrounding cemetery forming the park - New York central park
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clemson the healthy comunity CITY OF COMMUNITY SPACE
CITY OF GREEN DESIGN
CITY OF CELEBRATION
Social health is one of the important features of healthy community. As a university town, Clemson needs more academic space for students, visitors and residents. The project not only focuses on proposing relevent programs but also concentrates on solving the relationship between in door and outdoor spaces, making them very connecting in both macro and micro scale: Library and bookstore, terrace cafe, gallery as space for art students, restaurants, stores remain as part of history and city development.
Located at the connection point of Shanklin/ Sams greenspace and bowman Field, the idea of keeping this greenline go thru downtown is imperative. The whole building is covered by green system also a relevent language to connect the new and old architecture in the town. Plantation is also functionally utilized as a great natural sunscreen.
clemson is packed in every single football season or back-to-skull seacon. Create space as transition for people to easily access to downtown, enjoy the space as part of the event is neccessary. As a reslt of lacking a big node for many parade a year, create a plaza for people to have enough space to celebrate is very important to adapt the needs, bringing more tourists as well as making Clemson stronger as the top 20 public university.
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FARM TO THE TABLE RESTAURANT
GARDEN IN THE CITY PLAZA
BOUTIQUE HOTEL
AUDITORIUM OUTDOOR AND INDOOR
TERRACE CAFE
GALLERY ( COMMERCIAL & SPACE FOR ART STUDENT)
SEATS OUTDOOR BOOK STORE & LIBRARY
PUBLIC TOILET AT CLEMSON TOURISM STOP
STORE break-down block
regulation block
nodes and flows
court yard and green roof as city garden mainly for educational purpose
transition space
hotel blocks
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spring charm - 2006
GRAND AWARD: “NGUYEN HUE FLOWER STREET-LUNAR NEW YEAR 2006� The objective of project is to create an entertainment space for residents in Ho Chi Minh city on lunar new year days. We tried to bring as many as traditional activities as possible to this design to remind people about traditional culture
but beautiful of the old Vietnam. Project was completed to serve in a month attacted not only local but also traveller on this anually occasion. Within 3 days, the project was completed, submitted and won the grand prize. The gov-
ernment decided to use the project as the design for 2006 new year celebration and atracted millions people participate in the event. It now becomes a traditional event in Ho Chi Minh city and has spreaded to many cities in Vietnam
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When I was working in Singapore, one of my favourite things to do was to explore every single alley and capture some great moment of the city by photography and water color. Finding myself though brushes whenever I am alone is the meaningful process that I really appreciate
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MUMBAI AQUARIUM The Ground Floor levels provides the primary access point for vehicular movement and is one of the two key entry levels for Aquarium Visitors and Leisure Entertainment/ Retail Customers. The other key Visitor/Customer entry point is Level One.The main arrival point for the Ground Floor level is the Marine Drive drop-off
zone (for taxi, bus and private cars) and the internal private vehicle drop off at the rear of the site. The internal drop-off provides undercover access to the Taraporewala Aquarium and direct access to the car parking in the basement. Access to the main Aquarium is through a dedicated lobby on Ground Floor, via both escalators and a dedicated lift. Other
spaces on Ground Floor are allocated to themed retail and attraction zones relating to the Aquarium experience. Ground Floor Level also provides the “Base� for the five storey 2nd Generation Aquarium tank that forms the key attraction within the retail atrium spaces above.
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PROPOS TEACHIN
SED 704 BEDs NG HOSPITAL
The project is a 704 beds military and teaching hospital within the big medical campus complex for future expansion located in Colombo, Srilanka. Within 2 weeks, the master plan report was delivered to start with schematic design and the project is still under construction, expecting to finish in 2017.
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Tourane BAR & RESTAURANT The project is the renovation of the 120 years old vernacular French architecture located right in the center of Danang city - the center of Vietnam. Using Vietnamese style furniture together with the simple modern language to create a friendly tradional Vietnamese style benefiting the conversation between morden and ancient architecture. Scope of work: Design architect, site supervisor.
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photo: Chau Tran
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Furniture are simple design and very low cost. Flexiblility is one of the requirement as layout needs to be changed every 6 months to adapt with the need of the young dynamic city.
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thank you +1 (336) 609 1985
415 lindsay rd, apt 4, Clemson, SC 29631
ctran@g.clemson.edu