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Drew Ngo - 4th Year (BARCH)
2023
Drew Ngo +1 972 965 4495 drewngo@ymail.com
Architecture Student Profile
I am a 22 year old Architecture student from Dallas, TX. I have been studying at the University of Oklahoma for 4 years. I have been interested in Architecture from a young age and have been studying it since high school. Most recently I got the chance to study in Rome and take classes in Italian and Ancient Architecture. Which played a pivotal role in opening my eyes to the impact of Architecture and attention to details. My other interest include, woodworking, automobile design and sports.
Work Experience Design Intern PBK Architects Dallas, Tx
Fall - Summer 2020
Project Manager/Engineer Advantage Construction Richardson, Tx Summer 2023
Other Experience
OU AIAS student orginization Fall 2021 - 2023
Richardson High School Architecture Club President Spring 2019
AIA Rome Study abroad program Spring 2023
Education 4th of 5 years into Bachelor of Architecture The University of Oklahoma Gibbs College of Architecture Software Autocad 2024 Photoshop CC 2024 Illustrator CC 2024 Indesign CC 2024 Rhinoceros 7 Sketchup Pro Revit 2024 Enscape
Table of Contents 03 - The Animal Kingdom 1st Year Project
11 - Lake Thunderbird Yoga Cafe
3rd Year Project
05 - The Bug Habitat Project 2nd Year Project
15 - La Radice Museum 3rd Year Project
07 - Norman Equestrian Center
2nd Year Project
19 - Vickery Meadow Supportive Housing 4th Year Project
08 - Norman Urban Farming Center
2nd Year Project
The Animal
The Animal Kingdom was my firs ing the project I first came up with in three different spaces. It was im tunnels and the plateau where yo portant for me to start learning h
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st year mid term project. Our focus of the project was to create a circulation path that interacts with the site. When designh the idea of having three generations of bridges that overlap over eachother creating a circulation that moves virtically mportant for the experience of the circulation to feel like you are moving into 3 different spaces that are the valley, the ou start your journey. I appreciated this experience as my first big model I made in architecture school. It was also imhow to draw section and perspective drawings.
In an alternate universe, bug-like aircraft fly around like cars. THIS is a prime example of one of those personalized aircraft. Powered by the top-of-the-line Toyota racing engine, this “Toyota Wasp” features 230 beats per second wings with power retractable legs. The cockpit is in the head of the wasp and the body is fully constructed out of aluminum. Aluminum offers a rigid construction and lightweight exoskeleton, This model was based on the Cuckoo Wasp. A very small fast-flying parasite, a perfect platform to base a aircraft off of.
NORMAN EQUINE ASSISTED THERAPY CENTER
The norman equestrian center is meant as theraputic center for children with handicap. This means that the building is not only designed for people with physical and mental handicap as well as the horses. With two ramps that lead down into the building, we are able to give vistors on wheelchairs the same entering experience as a person on feet. By putting the building down built into the site, the whole design is able to stay on one level and give the horses a flat riding area. The butterfly style roof is not just a design element, it is used to collect water and move it to the water area. This will help cool the temperatures in the stables during the summer riding season.
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Floor Plan - 1’ = 1/16”
Section A - 1’ = 1/16”
Sun Path Diagram Section B - 1’ = 1/8”
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The norman equestrian center is meant as theraputic center for children with handicap. This means that the building is not only designed for people with physical and mental handicap as well as the horses. With two ramps that lead down into the building, we are able to give vistors on wheelchairs the same entering experience as a person on feet. By putting the building down built into the site, the whole design is able to stay on one level and give the horses a flat riding area. The butterfly style roof is not just a design element, it is used to collect water and move it to the water area. This will help cool the temperatures in the stables during the summer riding season.
Norman Urban Farming Center The Goal of the Urban Farming Center is to persuade and educate members of the community to want to start growing and cultivating their plants. The concept of “Urban Farm Norman” came from the idea that students and occupants would be more excited about growing and cultivating if they are always surrounded by plants. To achieve this a datum was used to have growing spaces and another program side by side. And by putting all my growing spaces on one side of the building, The design benefits from the more sunlight. The form was created after realizing that another circulation path was going to be needed for researchers who are trying to get to their offices. The experience inside the Urban farm is not unlike other buildings in the surrounding area. Besides the Glulam heavy timber beams, the brick and concrete facade mimics the other buildings in Downtown Norman. From the street, People are welcomed by the pivot glass doors that open to the cafe. Inside occupants watch their food be prepared straight from the ground from the in-house greenhouse. After their meal visitors are welcome to check out the gallery space where the hydroponic stacks are on display. To get a closer look, visitors walk up the fire staircase and across the catwalk to the private research area. Reception greets them before they can get into the research area and are ushered up to the roof where more outdoor learning spaces are located. Creating an experience that attracts visitors will encourage them to want to learn to plant their garden and join the Urban Agriculture movement.
Programmatic Spaces -Hydroponic Demo Space -Greenhouse -Cafe -Kitchen -Event Space -Gallery -Office/Research Space -Storage -Entry/Reception
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Lake Thunderbird Yoga Cafe Norman, Oklahoma USA For the Lake thunderbird project, I have been experimenting with two similar forms that create two different experiences. After visiting the site for the first time, I noticed that some people were drawn to the lake and some were drawn to the forest. I choose to use both aspects of the lake to become a cafe and Yoga studio. By manipulating building form, enclosure, and site relationship to best fit the program. The Cafe is a loud bustling restraut on the water to cater to the most popular activity on the lake: water sports. The yoga studio is a quietude, secluded in the forest to make a meditative experience
Vents
Perforated Masonry Wall
Operable Windows
Summer wind moves primarily South to North in Norman. This design takes advantage of this my placing a permeable brick screen on the South the receive fresh air into the space. This brick screen is composed of bricks with curved corners, allowing for the Coanda effect to direct air into the openings between the bricks. As the air passes through these pockets, it is diffused via the Venturi effect. Air drawn in from the South wall and North vents is heated by the radiant heat from the thermal mass floors. As the air is heated, it circulates towards the roof via convection. Darkened air vents on the roof are heated by the sun. This creates a heat stack effect and draws hot air out of the building. The air vents create a negative pressure within the space. Thus, due to Bernoulli’s principle, air circulates faster through the space, causing a cooling effect on the skin of inhabitants.
La Radice
Trastevere,
The radice’s social goal is to connect the trastevere c give it a strong foundation to grow into the future. Its the community back to the river. This action has both es. In the urban sense, new public and private spac to live and learn. In the cultural sense, these public s arsenale for its historical significance in Trastevere’s literal portal between Porta Portuense and the Tever between Trastevere’s past and its future. The primary action used to accomplish this is two ur peristyle. These seemingly separate urban spaces a unite the river with porta portuense and create uniq ence. The arsenale and the corderie also serve as portals. museum, and the corderie is the portal into the priva which are accessible from the inner piazza and from Finally, there is a large monumental stair and a bike and the porta for pedestrians and cyclists. Within all of these examples, there are also visual p portals. The arsenale is made transparent, creating a pedestrians from the street can see into the museum perforated with the courtyard from the peristyle, cre Lastly, the peristyle colonnade is transparent from th parency from the river into the museum. All of these nection of trastevere to the river and the connection
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community to its cultural roots and s urban goal is to do so by tying h urban and cultural consequencces are created for the community spaces are created to celebrate the s history. The Radice becomes the re, and the metaphorical portal
rban spaces – the piazza and the are synergistically combined to que spaces for the public to experi-
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portals that reinforce the logistical a horizontal transparency, so that and across the river. The piazza is eating a vertical transparency. he river, creating horizontal transvisual portals reinforce the conn of the community to the site.
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Cafe / Gift Shop
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Verde Dallas, Tx
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Vickery Meadow Supportive Housing
Res Pro Building Program Community Spaces
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From DART Station Outdoor Community Space
Parking Lot Bus Stop From Library
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Total sf 8190sf x 3.33 KWh
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h/day Per sf 27,300 KWh/day
Solar Panels
90 Solar Panels 6’ 6” x 10’
2 Bedroom Apartment 1000 KWh per day x40 units = 40,000 Kwh /day
Building Systems Integration Greenhouse Operable fin Roof
Apartment HVAC
Planters
Hallway HVAC
Plumbing run through Ceiling
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Level 5 40' - 0"
1" Steel Siding R-0.71 1" Air Gap
2" Insulation Board R-10 Western Window Systems Casement Awning Style 670 Series dual-paned low-E glass
3" Concrete Floor
Level 3 20' - 0"
3' - 3 1/8"
1 3/8" Acousti-Mat & Underlayment System STC-51 R-0.973
5-Ply CLT Panel STC-39 R-8.75 Wood Cladded Column (hidden duct work?)
5/8 "Quiet Rock Drywall Finish STC-52 R-0.56 4" Expanded Polystyrene Insulation Steel Stud Wall 16' O.C
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Personal Planters Steel w/ Drip Irrigation System
Level 2 10' - 0"
Planter's Flashing
Knife Plate Connection 6" Concrete Slab
to Water Reservior
Level 1 0' - 0"
South Elevation
East Elevation