Hoan Vu Work Samples 2015 - 2019

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B I O G RA P H Y Hoan Vu /hwan-voo/ is an aspiring artist and interior designer from Saigon, Vietnam.

She has a strong passion for culture, arts and storytelling, especially through the vernacular architecture and idiosincratic souls of cities. Her objective is to create spatial

experiences

that

are

not

only

functional, but also visually and culturally enticing. During her free time, she likes to go to movies, read books and sketch down her whereabouts.

H O A N

V U

www.linkedin.com/in/hoanvusaid vutrantn@mail.uc.edu (513) - 206 - 3064

E D U C AT I O N 2015

2020

UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF DESIGN, ARCHITECTURE, ART, & PLANNING Cincinnati, Ohio, United States B.S. Interior Design

2012

2015

LE HONG PHONG HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE GIFTED Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam

EXPERIENCES Spring 2019

3D design intern | MKG New York, New York, United States Assisted with projects as junior designer for this creative agency specializing in brand experiences.

Summer 2018

interior design intern | WOODS BAGOT New York, New York, United States Coordinated with senior designers on concept development, schematic design, and construction documentation for hospitality and residential projects.

Spring & Fall 2017

architectural intern | HUNTSMAN ARCHITECTURAL GROUP San Francisco, California, United States Assisted architects and senior designers in field verification, code survey, finish selection and design presentation, utilizing Revit and Photoshop.

SKILLS

ACTIVITIES

proficient autoCAD, Revit, SketchUp, Adobe Suites, Hand moderate V-ray, Enscape, Photography, Model Making basic Rhinoceros, Videography Fluent in English & Vietnamese. dancer UC “Classick” Modern Dance Collective Propanel member DAAP Student Technology Lab

Sketch

CAPSTONE STUDIO SUMMER 2019

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CONCEPTUAL WORKS

/ T I M E , S PA C E , B O DY / A collection of conceptual works including found object sculptures and 3D printed scale model to explore different methods of representing time - space - body relationship.

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HOSPITALITY STUDIO SPRING 2018

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LAKE MĂ?VATN, NORTHEAST ICELAND

/NORTHEN LIGHT ROOMS/ A

guesthouse

with

movable

bedroom

units

to

accommodate up to 20 guests and a permanent home for the hosts and their family.

which show the way�. Used by the Viking as compass, the symbol represent the strong sense of direction, protection and guidance.

The Northen Light rooms is designed to capture that mythological Icelandic spirit. With the Guest Hub being a central element, staying still and being the anchor for the rest to circulate freely around.

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Vegvisir /Vegg-vee-seer/ is an Icelandic magical stave means “That

The guest hub takes up the form that allow panoramic view to the site, with most windows facing south for maximized access to daylight during winter time. Like an undulated ring that emerges from the earth, the curved exterior mass is juxtaposed with the humble, rustic interior look and feel.

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GROUND LEVEL

S U BT E R RA N E A N L E V E L

1. Entry

5. Kitchen

9. Restrooms

2. Reception

6. Host’s Bedroom

10. Sauna

3. Dining Hall

7. Water Feature

11. Host’s Bedroom

4. Cafe

8. Gallery

12. Kitchen

The bedroom units are built upon pier foundation to limit footprint on the site. All bedrooms are located behind 200m from the coast of the lake. Within each unit, the visitors can manually spin the wheel to rotate the whole unit to face a desired sight. The roof is slanted to capture rainwater to reuse in

ushing toilet. Each unit consists one king bed,

toilet and shower.

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Skylight

Bed

Floor Base

Spinning Wheel

Fixed Base

Pier Foundation

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CINCINNATI, OHIO

/LIVEWELL/ Livewell Collaborative moves their office to the new building and asks for a complete redesign of their space to better accommodate their creative process.

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WORKPLACE STUDIO SUMMER 2017

The grid is morphed.

By introducting a “frame� element and an airy, translucent experience through spaces, the office wants to embody both practicality and a creative spirit that support and inspire every occupiers.

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1. Lounge 9

2. Gallery 8

3. Open Office 4. Personal Office

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6. Touch-down 1

7. Kitchen 8. Studio 2

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9. Secure Storage

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Open Ceiling 14’-7”

Wood Drop Ceiling 14’-2”

Black Metal Grid 12’-0”

Perforate Metal Panels Stainless Cable

Customized Perforated Panels

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GROUPWORK STUDIO 2017

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SCHNEIDER QUAD, UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI

/ FO L LY / Folly is a nonfuntional construction that suggest spatial possibilities for the human body.

Based on the “datum” and “overlapping” notion generated from the proxemics studies, the folly takes on the form that highlight symmetry and mutation.

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T H E S K E L E TO N

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THE SKIN

Bringing the schematic form to full-scale construction required the design of an additional supportive base framework that secures the skeletons together and provides structural strength to bear 20-person load.

S H O R T F I L M : CO L L E A G U E S & FO L L I E S A side project is to make a short film documenting the process as well as exploring the narrative language of the 7th Art.

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Drawing inspiration from Jim Jarmusch’s “Coffee

and

Cigarettes”, we

told the story of an eclectic group of designers conversing about the folly they designed. The awkward miscommunications, heated arguments and conflicting mindsets in reality are exaggerated.

View at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z20183hURZw

FALL STUDIO 2017

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OVER-THE-RHINE, CINCINNATI

/ F I L M I N ST I T U T E / “Cinema is the most beautiful fraud in the world.� - Jean-Luc Godard

Inspired by the curvature of film strips, and the story-telling structure, an organic form that came from the ground, piercing through the existing building, knotting and unknotting itself was given birth.

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Cladding Stainless Steel Panel Thermal Insulation Aluminum Framing Steel Frame 1/2” Wood Floor 6” Concrete Slab Steel Decking Steel Beam

Gypsum Board with Skim Coat

Curved Steel Frame Beam Steel Angle Bold Connection

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SPRING STUDIO 2016

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DAAP, UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI

/INSERTION/ An exploration of parasitic form that can be inserted onto/ into another existing building.

This designed space aims to replicate nature forms, clambering plants in particular, to explore the idea of inserting without forcing or changing the building characteristics.

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Rectangular box

Chop off roof

Offset geometry

Overlap boxes

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P L A N & S E C T I O N E L E VAT I O N

Existing building

New insertion

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F LO O R P L A N S & C I R C U L AT I O N

SECTIONS

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LIGHTING STUDIO SUMMER 2019

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DAAP, UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI

/A CAFE/ Develope lighting design strategies to give a nondescript classroom inside DAAP a new spatial program.

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DESIGN CHARRETTE SPRING 2018

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK

/ STO R Y / Develope creative design solutions for a long, narrow retail space in New York city. A retail concept that “takes the point of a magazine, changes like a gallery and sells thing like a store.”

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INTERNSHIP SPRING 2017

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HUNTSMAN ARCHITECTURAL GROUP

/ P R E S I D I O CO - L A B / During my first co-op, I got to involved with this project at various phases. My main contribution were designing the reception desk, doing construction drawings, created renderings, building customized 3D furniture on Revit and pulling together presentation board.

S PA C E P L A N

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INTERNSHIP SUMMER 2018

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WOODS BAGOT

/NORTH PORCH KIOSKS/ The

150-square-foot

installations

are

situated

on

the

Heineken Riverdeck of recently renovated Pier 17 in New York city. The design is conceived of as a single rectangular volume sliced to create two distinct shapes that allow various ways of interaction. The materials of the new kiosk were influenced by the new Pier 17 building and the ephemeral qualities of the East River itself.

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EX T R U D E DBLOCK B LO C K EXTRUDED Starting with the given envelope...

S KSKEWED E W E D SLICE SLICE

We then slice it with an S-curve to create distinct spatial and programmatic opportunities.

PPULLED U L L E DAPART A PA R T

The two blocks are pulled apart to their respective site locations, but each registers the negative of the other.

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1. Thick Acrylic sheet 2. 6� dia. Aluminum pipes 3. Wood bench

INTERNSHIP SPRING 2019

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MKG

/OUTSIDE - INSIDE/

through two stations of life to showcase the products in their natural environments. As a junior designer, my responsibilities included drawing as-builts, designing & styling the Google kitchen.

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A spatial and temporal journey throughout a day takes visitors

PERSONAL WORKS

/ H U M A N D I M E N S I O N S O F S PA C E /

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“Buildings are not what make a place intimate, but the remembrance, the recollection of the energy created through human interaction that helps us to claim places for ourselves.�

Sighting, Citing, Siting

T H E E N D. Thank you for your consideration!

CO N TA C T Hoan Vu vutrantn@mail.uc.edu (513)-206-3064