Architectural Portfolio _ Nguyen Tran Huy Vu by Nguyen Tran Huy Vu

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NGUYEN TRAN HUY VU

kindergarten go to school

finish primary school

finish secondary school

starting university

HCMC Uniiversity of Social Science and Humanity

starting university

HCMC Uniiversity of Architecture

Hochiminh City, Vietnam

working as 3D Tutor

working as freelancer in 3D Visualization

junior architect

WTA Design Studio

starting university

Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart

Stuttgart, Germany

starting university

Dessau Institute of Architecture

Dessau, Germany

ERASMUS Exchange to Politenico di Milanno, Italy

intern at LAVA

intern at Studio FUKSAS

BIM Specialist

ORANGEBLU Building Solutions GmBH.

Architect

wwa architekten

Munich, Germany

Design Architect

Kengo Kuma & Associates Manila, the Philippines Stuttgart, Germany

Tokyo, Japan

OBJECTIVE

KEY SKILLS

AN ARCHITECT FROM VIETNAM WHO HAVE RICH EASTERN CULTURE STUDY AND PRACTICE IN A SPECIALIZED WAY, TO GAIN PRACTICAL

3D MODELLING

RHINOCEROS

LANGUAGES

ENGLISH (C1)

GERMAN (B1)

VIETNAMESE (NATIVE)

WORK EXPERIENCE

EDUCATION

HONORS & AWARDS

VISUAL PROGRAMMING

GRASSHOPPER

ARCHITECT // NOIZ ARCHITECTS

ARCHITECT // KENGO KUMA & ASSOCIATES

ARCHITECT // WWA ARCHITEKTEN

ARCHITECT // ORANGE BLU BUILDING SOLUTIONS

INTERN // LAVA VIETNAM INTERN // FUKSAS STUDIO

FURNITURE DESIGNER // DOSER & ZIMPRICH

ARCHITECT // WTA ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN STUDIO

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNER // FREELANCER

POLITECNICO DI MILANO

2016-2017 : MASTER OF SCIENCE, ERASMUS+ EXCHANGE STUDENT

DESSAU INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTURE (FACHHOCHSCHULE) - HOCHSCHULE

2015-2016 : MASTER OF ARTS

STUTTGART STATE ACADEMY OF ARTS (STAATLICHE AKADEMIE DER

2014-2015 : VISITING-STUDENT, MASTER OF ARTS, ARCHITECTURE DEPARTMENT

HOCHIMINH CITY’S UNIVERSITY OF ARCHITECTURE

2005-2012: BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE

NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES & HUMANITIES

2003-2005: BACHELOR OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, LITERATURE & JOURNALISM

RUNNER-UPS OF "LIVE/WORK MICRO-DWELLING COMPETITION"

SECOND PRIZE OF “PHU QUOC PRISON OF WAR MARTYRS

_ BY PEOPLE’S COMMITTEE OF PHU QUOC PROVINCE _ BY THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS - NORTH CAROLINA

FINALIST OF “BLUESCOPE STEEL VIETNAM CONSTRUCTION _ BY MINISTRY OF CONSTRUCTION AND HOCHIMINH CITY’S UNIVERSITY

HONORABLE MENTION - SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH PROJECT FOR _ BY HOCHIMINH CITY’S UNIVERSITY OF ARCHITECTURE

SILVER MEDAL OF LITERATURE, SOUTH-VIETNAM‘S OLYMPIAD

THIRD PRIZE OF LITERATURE, EXCELLENT STUDENTS CONTEST _ BY MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING _ BY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF HOCHIMINH

CULTURE BACKGROUND WITH PASSION OF COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN LOOKING FORWARD TO EXPERIENCE OF WORKING AND IMPROVE THE CAREER.

PROGRAMMING

STUDIO

CONCEPT DESIGN

TECHNICAL DRAWING (LP5)

CONCEPT DESIGN (LP3)

CONCEPT DESIGN

TECHNICAL DRAWING

FURNITURE DESIGN

ARCHITECTURAL PLANNING

HOCHSCHULE ANHALT

DER BILDENDEN KÜNSTE STUTTGART) DEPARTMENT

TOKYO, JAPAN

MUNICH, GERMANY

STUTTGART, GERMANY

HOCHIMINH CITY, VIETNAM ROME, ITALY

STUTTGART, GERMANY

MANILA, PHILIPPINES

HOCHIMINH CITY, VIETNAM

MILAN, ITALY

DESSAU, GERMANY

STUTTGART, GERMANY

HOCHIMINH CITY, VIETNAM

JOURNALISM DEPARTMENT

COMPETITION"

CAROLINA

MEMORIAL DESIGN COMPETITION”

DESIGN AWARD 2009”

UNIVERSITY OF ARCHITECTURE FOR STUDENTS

OLYMPIAD COMPETITION FOR STUDENTS

CONTEST

HOCHIMINH CITY

PYTHON

REVIT

BIM

HIGH-RISE APARTMENT BUILDING

STUDENT PROJECT, HCMC’S UNIVERSITY OF ARCHITECTURE, 9TH SEMESTER, SEPT 2010

THIS HIGH RISE APARTMENT BUILDING HAS BEEN BUILT ON THE NEW EXPANDED URBAN AREA OF HOCHIMINH CITY, WHERE MANY IMMIGRANTS FROM OTHER AREAS COME TO. ALMOST OF THEM ARE THE YOUNG PEOPLE AND HAVE DIFFERENT BACKGROUND CULTURE. MY IDEA IS BUILD THE APARTMENT BUILDING ONLY HAVE ONE BEDROOM AND I CREATE THE PUBLIC SPACES INSIDE THE BUILDING TO CONNECT THE PEOPLE. FURTHERMORE, THE ALTERNATE LAYERS OF VOIDS AND MODULES KEEP THEY HAVE ENOUGH PRIVATE SPACE. MODULES ROTATE AROUND MAIN STRUCTURAL CORE MAKE EACH INDIVIDUAL APARTMENT HAVE ITS UNIQUE VIEW TO THE PUBLIC GREEN SPACE WHICH CONNECTS THE BLOCKS.

STEEL FRAME FLOOR

GRASS ROOF

STEEL H-COLUMN

KINETIC LOUVER SYSTEM

CONCRETE WALL

PHOTOGRAPHY EXCHANGE CENTER

UNDERGRADUATE THESIS, HOCHIMINH CITY’S UNIVERSITY OF ARCHITECTURE, DECEMBER 2012

MY 16-WEEKS GRADUATION PROJECT, WAS A CONVERSION FROM AN ABANDONED DOCKYARD ON SAIGON RIVER’S RIVERSIDE INTO A NEW EXCHANGE CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS AND WHO LOVE PHOTOGRAPHY, WHERE MANY ACTIVITIES ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHY HAPPENED HERE, NOT ONLY EXBIHITIONS AND CONGRESSES, BUT ALSO TRAININGS, WORKSHOPS AND EDUCATION AT ALL.

THE MAIN DESIGN GOAL IS “MATCH-MAKING A MARRIAGE” BETWEEN THE LANGUAGE OF PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE CHARACTERISTIC OF THIS RIVERSIDE AREA, WHICH IS IMPORTANT WITH LIFE-STYLE OF SAIGON.

MAIN CONCEPT -THE MODULE OF FOLLOW Z-AXIS TREE IS FLYING IN -THE MODULE OF BRELLA-MODULE

MONITOR, FOR MAKING COLORFUL PATERNS PLE NEVER SEE THE TREE-AND-POT THAT SITE CAN HAVE

IS FOLLOWING METABOLISM (SHINCHINTAISHA) , I MAKE 2 CATEGORIES OF MODULES FOR STRUCTURAL EXTENSION. OF “TREE AND THE POT” USE FOR “METABOLISM” ARCHITECTURAL IDEA. THE PLAZA AND PLAY-GROUND CAN BE EXTENDED (UP TO THE SKY OR GO DOWN UNDERGROUND) BY PUT MORE MODULES AND MAKE THE CONNECTION OF MODULES. THE IN THE SKY, GROWING UP WITH THE PURPOSES OF BUILDINGS. OF “UMBRELLA” FOLLOW THE SKY-PATH (WHICH CONNECTED THE TREE-AND-POT MODULES). THE STRUCTURE OF UMBRELLA-MODULE CONTENTS STEEL FRAMES AND POLYCARBONATE PLANES, THE ANGLE OF PLANE CAN BE CHANGED BY HAND OR BY MAKING AN SUNSCREEN TO COVER THE SKY-PATH. THROUGH THAT COLORFUL PLANES, THE NATURAL LIGHT MAKE THE PATERNS IN THE GROUND AND BUILDING FACADES. WITH MULTI LAYERS PATHS AND FREEDOM ANGLE OF EACH MODULE, PEOTHE SAME PATTERNS IN DIFFERENT MOMENTS OF DAYLIGHT. MODULE AND UMBRELLA MODULE IS BASE MODULES.OTHER MODULES CAN BE PLUGGED-IN TO THE BASE-MODULES. HAVE A MEGASTRUCTURE (FOR MIXING MULTI-PURPOSES, MULTI-FUNTIONS) BY THOSE MODULES.

EVOLUTIONARY & MUTATION ARCHITECTURE

CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS THE MIRACLE-MAKER, SHORT NAME: RUSSIAN CHURCH, WAS BUILT ON THE SITE OF THE DESTROYED MOSQUE, LOCATED IN THE SITE NEARBY THE RUSSIAN COMMUNITY IN SOFIA, BULGARIA. THROUGH 100 YEARS, ITS DETAILS HAS BEEN CHANGING AFTER SOME HISTORICAL EVENTS, INCLUDED THE BIG RELIGIOUS CONVENTIONS AND COMMUNISM OCCUPIED ERA IN SOFIA.

I DO SOME EXPERIMENT BASE ON MY IMAGINATION ABOUT THE EVOLUTIONARY AND MUTATION OF THIS CHURCH IN ITS CULTURAL ENVIROIMENT. THE ASIAN WAVE HAS LEFT SOME MARKS INTO BULGARIAN CULTURE AND EVEN THIS CHURCH HAS ITS CHINESE NAME ON GOOGLE MAPS. MY IMAGINATION IS WHEN EAST ASIAN PERSPECTIVE ABOUT AFTER-LIFE BELIEF MUTATES INTO WESTERN PHYLOSOPHY THINKING, THIS CHURCH CHANGED ITSELF IN WHOLE SCALE AND IN ITS EVERY DETAILS.

EVOLUTION OF ARCHITECTURE DETAILS, FROM RUSSIAN DETAILS & ORNAMENTS MIXXING AND EVOLUTION WITHIN ASIAN MUTUTATION PROCESS

KINETIC PAVILION

WHILST PEOPLE IS MOVING, THE BALLOONS INSIDE EACH COMPONENT HAVE BEEN INFLATED TO MAKE THEM BIGGER OR SMALLER, THEREFORE THE GAPS INSIDE THESE COMPONENTS HAS CHANGED AND MAKE SUNLIGHT GO THROUGH THEM MORE OR LESS. DEPENDS ON THE LEVEL OF SOUND VOLUME FROM PEOPLE, THE COMPONENTS MOVE AND MAKE THE “FIGURATIVE” SEPERATION OF SPACE, TO MAKE PEOPLE HAVE THEIR PRIVATE SPACE TO SPEAK WITH ANOTHERS. _ EXBIHITION AT FÓRUM

THERE IS A CAFE IN THE COURTYARD. THE PAVILION MAKES IT BECOMES A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO MEET AND SPEAK TOGETHER. THE SURFACE OF PAVALION IS MADE BY THE COMPONENTS WHICH CAN REACT TO THE HUMAN MOVEMENTS AND SOUND, TO ACHIEVE THE OBJECTIVE CREATING INTERESTING MOVABLE FACADE AND THE ABILITY OF SPACE SEPERATION.

surface with Erwin Hauer geometry

physical model: kinetic components can be move vertically by in inflating the balloons which inside the gaps between 3 layers, cotrolled by Ardu

3d print _sample part presentation at the exbihition

CULTURE COLLAGE SKYSCRAPPER

L-SYSTEM SKYTREE

FRACTAL ORIGINS

INNER SERVICE PIPE NEW STRUCTURE

ONE OF THE DRAWBACK OF MODERN ARCHITECTURE IS FLATTENING THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CULTURES WITH THE GLOBALIZATION PROGRESS. IN OUR PROPOSAL, THE ORNAMENT SYSTEMS WOULD BECOME THE TOWER’S NEW STRUCTURE. MAIN GEOMETRY DESIGN / FORMFINDING PROTOCOL IS UTILIZING THE PRINCIPLES OF FRACTAL GEOMETRY, WHICH DERIVED FROM HERITAGE OR EXISTING ARCHITECTURAL LANGUAGES. ORNAMENT IS THE LANGUAGE THROUGH WHICH ARCHITECTURE COMMUNICATES WITH A BROADER PUBLIC.

VIETTEL HEADQUARTER BUILDING

PRELIMINARY CONCEPT PROPOSAL, LAVA_HOCHIMINH CITY, VIETNAM, APRIL 2017

IN THE SHORT INTERNSHIP TIME AT LAVA, I TOOK PART IN THE COMPETITION OF VIETTEL HEADQUARTER BUILDING, VIETNAM, IN THE PRELIMINARY CONCEPT PROPOSAL PHASE. I HAD A CHANCE TO PRACTICE MY SKILLS IN PARAMETRIC DESIGN FOR URBAN CONTEXT AND ENVIRONMENT ANALYSIS AND OPTIMIZATION FOR THE VERY-FIRST PHASE FORM FINDING PROCESS.

PROGRAMME

DIAGRAM

RADIANCE ANALYSIS AND OPTIMISATION

INTERACTIVE SOFT ACTUATED ENVIRONMENTS WORKSHOP WHICH TOOK A PLACE AT FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE, CTU IN PRAGUE FROM APRIL 11 TO 17 2019.

WORKSHOP DEMONSTRATED EXCITING POSSIBILITIES OF ARCHITECTURE TACKLING FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES THAT CAN SENSE HUMAN PRESENCE, MOVE AND TRANSFORM ACCORDINGLY WHILE BEING ACTUATED WITH SOFT MATERIALS. I HAVE A CHANCE TO EXPERIMENT WITH THINKING ABOUT FORM WITH SOFT MATERIAL, PRACTICE ARDUINO AND GRASSHOPPER. ACTUATED HEXAGON _ WORKSHOP, PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC, APRIL 2019

SINGLE COMPONENT

COMPONENT MOVING BY THE INTERRACTION WITH PEOPLE MOVEMENT

02 KINDS OF PANEL: WOODEN AND STEEL PANEL, FOLLOWS THE MANIPULATION BASED ON SUNLIGHT COVER, RADIANCE AND SHADOW ANALYSIS, TO ACHIEVE THE BEST PERFORMANCE OF BUILDING.

DANCING TOWER

KURGI OBSERVATION TOWER COMBINES THE IDENTITY AND ATMOSPHERE OF NORTH VIDZEME BIOSPHERE RESERVE, THE WIDE LANDSCAPE OF SWAMP AND FOREST WITH ABUNDANT TREES IN A HORSE-FRIENDLY STRUCTURE. UNDERSTAND HOW BIG TREES BEHAVE IN NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND TRANSLATE IT INTO A LANDMARK TO PROVIDE A SHELTER FOR HORSES. A WATER COLLECTING SYSTEM IS ATTACHED TO THE ENTIRE TOWER STRUCTURE TO PRESERVE THE UNIQUENESS OF THE SWAMP OF THE NORTH VIDZEME BIOSPHERE. THESE TWO GOALS ARE MERGED INTO A REMARQUABLE AND LIGHT CORTEN STEEL STRUCTURE (WITH TENSEGRITY SYSTEM), BLENDED IN WITH THE ENVIRONMENT. THE MULTIPLE LAYERS OF CABLES ARE THE WATER COLLECTING SYSTEM, WHICH ALSO SUPPORTS THE DISK PLATFORMS WHICH ARE PROVIDING THE SHADE FOR HORSES. THE 35-METER TOWER IS SHAPED TO EMBRACE THE CIRCULAR MOVEMENT OF A 360° OPEN VIEW EXPERIENCE. THE FIRST PLATFORM ARE WIDER THAN THE UPPER PLATFORMS. IT CONTRIBUTES TO STABILIZING THE STRUCTURE. ANOTHER FUN PURPOSE OF THE FIRST PLATFORM IS TO ALLOW VISITORS TO WATCH THE HORSES TO DRINK THE COLLECTED WATER OF THE TOWER IN A SHORT DISTANCE WITHOUT DISTURBING THEM. FIRST FLOOR PLATFORM IS WIDER THAN THE UPPER FLOORS TO STABILIZE THE TOWER, IN THE MEANTIME PROVIDING UNDERNEATH A LARGE SPACE FOR HORSES.

NORTH VIDEZEM BIOSPHERE RESERVE

TENSEGRITY COLUMNS

SPIRAL STAIR

MAIN PYLON SPIRAL STAIR SOLID FLOOR TENSEGRITY FRAME INCLINED COLUMNS

TENSEGRITY STRUCTURE

THIRD LAYER: CONECT TO METAL MESH FLOORS

SECOND LAYER: CONECT TO STAIR FRAME

FIRST LAYER: CONECT TO CORE FLOORS

CABLE-STAYED STRUCTURE

THE SPIRAL STAIR WITH LOW SLOPE ANGLE 10° GIVES VISITORS COMFORTABLE CONTINOUS WALKING AND MULTI LEVELS OF SIGHTSEEING VIEWS.

UMMAHAT AL SHAYK ISLAND RESORT _ MAY 2020

SCHEMATIC DESIGN | KENGO KUMA & ASSOCIATES

DUNE VILLA

CORAL VILLA

INSULATION

BUILDING

DESERT

WOODEN BEAM

UMMAHAT AL SHAYK ISLAND RESORT _ MAY 2020

SCHEMATIC DESIGN | KENGO KUMA & ASSOCIATES

A NEW HOSPITALITY CONCEPT EMERGING FROM THE RED SEA AND ONE THAT IS DEEPLY ROOTED IN THE SITE’S CHARACTERISTICS. DESPITE CHALLENGES PRESENTED BY THE DELICATE ENVIRONMENT, THE SITE-SPECIFIC APPROACH GUIDED THE TEAM IN CRAFTING LOW, HORIZONTALLY ORIENTED LAND VILLAS WITH GENTLY CURVED ROOFS MIRRORING THE NATURAL DUNES. THIS DESIGN NOT ONLY ENSURES GUEST PRIVACY BUT ALSO FOLLOWS ALONG WITH THE ISLAND TOPOGRAPHY, MINIMIZING SAND INFILL AND PRESERVING ITS NATURAL SHAPE. COMPLEMENTING THE LAND, VILLAS ARE CORAL-SHAPED, FLOATING UNITS THAT ARE INTERCONNECTED LIKE LIVING ORGANISMS.

VILLAGE ON THE SLOPE, A SUGAMOTO “ROJI-DISTRICT“

A VILLAGE ON THE SLOPE, AIMS TO BRING VARIOUS GENERATIONS TOGETHER IN ONE HARMONIC SPACE, PROMOTING SHARED AMENITIES, RESOURCES, AND PLENTIFUL INTERACTION SPOTS THAT BLEND WITH NATURE AND CONFORM TO THE SITE’S INCLINE. THE DESIGN FEATURES A RANGE OF SPACES AND GARDENS, INTENDED FOR BOTH RESIDENTS AND VISITORS, THAT WILL NOT ONLY SPROUT LIFE INTO THE IMMEDIATE SURROUNDINGS BUT ALSO SERVE AS A BEACON FOR TOSHIMA.

PLAN FEATURES A SIMILAR FRONT-ON-THE-SLOPE GARDEN, CRAFTED FROM THE SLOPE’S EXCAVATED EARTH. BOXES GROUNDED TO THE FAÇADE SHOWCASE EVERYDAY FUNCTIONS – CAFES, GYMS, LIBRARIES – CREATING AN ANIMATED DAILY FRONTAGE AND FOSTERING AN INTERACTIVE NEIGHBORHOOD ENVIRONMENT. THE BUILDING’S OVERALL LAYOUT MIRRORS THE URBAN STRUCTURE, PRESENTING A SOLID PUBLIC FAÇADE AND A MORE INTIMATE RESIDENTIAL.

THE DESIGN MAINTAINS ALIGNMENT WITH THE SURROUNDING HEIGHTS, AND FRAGMENTED ROOFS PRODUCE A VILLAGE-LIKE FEEL WHILE SOFTENING THE STRUCTURE’S VOLUME. THE FRONT SLOPE MERGES THE BUILDING WITH THE STREET WHILE ADDING A TRIAD OF VARIATION AND COLOR TO THE SCENERY.

A VILLAGE ON THE SLOPE INTEGRATES THE EXTERIOR WORLD THROUGH ITS ROOF FORMS, GARDENS, AND ACCOMMODATION APPROACH. THE UNIQUE RULE OF ONE ROOF/FIVE ROOMS FOSTERS A FAMILIAL ATMOSPHERE CENTERED AROUND TWO LARGE INTERIOR GARDENS. THE GROUND FLOOR CAFE AND GARDEN WELCOME THE PUBLIC, WHILE THE SECOND FLOOR BOASTS EXPANSIVE OPEN SPACE PUNCTUATED BY A SLOPING ROOF, PROVIDING A VENUE FOR SPORTS, GATHERINGS, AND LEISURE AKIN TO A PUBLIC PARK.