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ID 102851297 - Bachelor of Design (Architecture)
Swinburne University of Technology 2021-2024
Duc Anh Dang selected works
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Duc Anh Dang
Email: iamdanganh@gmail.com
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Address: 4 Hay Street, Box Hill South, VIC 3128
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GradX 2024: Commendation in BIM (sponsored by Architectus)
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Swinburne University of Technology Bachelor of Design (Architecture) Vietnamese
2021—2024
Melbourne, Australia
Project Unbuilt: A building's essense competition
Hanoi-Amsterdam High School for the Gifted
2017—2020
Hanoi, Vietnam
Architectural visualisation
V-ray, Lumion, Enscape, D5, Twinmotion
3D modelling and 2D drafting
Rhino, Revit, Sketchup, Autocad, Grasshopper
BIM Collaboration
Revit Collaboration, BIM 360
Conceptual Design
Hand sketching
Critical thinking
Planning and coordination
Research and visualisation
Verbal and wrtitten communication
Design intern at Little Wonder
March 2024 — June 2024
Melbourne, Australia
Architectural intern at PTW Architects
December 2023 — February 2024
Hanoi, Vietnam
Staff member at FOF Hotpot
January 2022 — May 2022
Melbourne, Australia
Event specialist at Palm Artspace
May 2019 — January 2022
Hung Yen, Vietnam
SWINBURNE AMDC RETROFIT
Class: Professional practice: BIM (2024)
Type: Education
Project: Group work
LATERLIER group's retrofit of Swinburne University's AMDC building (Hawthorn, VIC) for the School of Design and Architecture features a facade redesign addressing current shortcomings while retaining structural integrity, complemented by an interior renovation that harmonizes with the new facade, embodying the school's future "next gen" identity. The project is an opportunity to refine BIM collaboration and work-sharing skills using Revit to complete a large-scale project within six weeks.
View from Burwood road
Render by Quan Nguyen, post-production by myself
The façade features four extended balcony module typologies designed to utilise the existing concrete fins as size references and structural anchoring elements. Each typology corresponds to specific programs across the building's floors, addressing shortcomings of the original façade design: increased green and open spaces, unobstructed views, outdoor studios, and entertainment (music) corners.
Design by Nam Anh Nguyen, Quan Nguyen Drawing by myself
Rotatable
MUSEUM OF CHILDHOOD MEMORIES
Class: Architectural Design Studio 5 (2024)
Type: Cultural
Project: Group work
Located in Newport, Melbourne, the Museum of Childhood Memories celebrates the workingclass identity and industrial heritage of Melbourne's western suburbs. Focusing on immersive experiences rather than static displays, it captures the emotions and stories of growing up in the industrial West. The museum provides a fun, educational space where families connect through shared memories, as parents and grandparents recount experiences in local industries. Through role-playing, workshops, and interactive exhibits, children explore the area’s history while creating new memories, bridging past and present.
Inner street render Render by Nam Anh Nguyen, post-production by myself
Form-finding concept
The design envisions revitalizing Newport’s "Activity Centre," anchored by the arts and cultural hub, The Substation. Aligned with Hobsons Bay Council’s 2030 vision, it enhances the East-West connection with improved cycling and pedestrian links, upgraded amenities. The Museum of Childhood Memories aspires to become the precinct's vibrant heart, maximising public access, blending education and entertainment to invite the community in.
The museum’s massing reflects the fine-grain scale of the surrounding suburban neighborhood, while its form is inspired by a child’s perception of the industrial western suburbs. Drawing on diverse industrial building typologies as thematic landmarks, the design creates a dynamic narrative that bridges history and imagination.
1. The toy box
Site analysis: Newport's activity center
2. Scattered on site
3. Industrial elements & building typologies = A museum town
Drawing by Nam Anh Nguyen
Drawing by Nam Anh Nguyen
1. Amphitheater
2. Melbourne CBD building
3. Footscray brewery
4. Footscray food processing factory
5. Footscray flour mill
6. Foodscray steelwork and building material factory
Building legends
7. Altona tannery and textile factory
8. Altona oil refinery
9. Altona library
10. Newport automotive factory
11. Newport railway workshop and event hall
12. Giftshop and book cafe
13. North Laverton exhibition and office
Fast circulation
Museum town divided into different zones representing the Western suburbs, connected by a small train taking visitors from one theme to the next.
square
Slow circulation
Veritical and horizontal circulation for museum visitors. Skybridges and canopies facilitate smooth transition between most of the builidngs.
Entrance and amphitheater
Public porosity
Public squares within the museum can be accessed through multiple entry points
Public
Render by Nam Anh Nguyen, post-production by myself
Render by Nam Anh Nguyen, post-production by myself
Footscray food processing factory
Newport automotive factory Exhibition and immersive activities spaces
Render by Nam Anh Nguyen, post-production by myself
Drawings by Jack Caminiti
Design by myself, Nam Anh Nguyen
Exhibition and immersive activities spaces
Section B-B
Section A-A
Nexus Network Docklands
Class: Architectural Design Studio 4 (2023)
Type: Mixed-use
Project: Group work
Nexus Network is a response to the design unit's Waterfront Placemaking brief, which seeks to revitalize Docklands' Seafarer's Precinct by the Yarra River. This mixed-use development integrates a creative coworking hub with student accommodation, aiming to cultivate meaningful interactions between people and the waterfront. It offers a space where professionals and students can collaborate, exchange knowledge, and find inspiration, thereby further invigorating the Seafarer's Precinct and enhancing Melbourne's creative identity.
Activities on new promenade
Final perspective view from the river by Nam Anh Nguyen, modified by Duc Anh Dang
Glass offices on forest floor with waterfront view
Riverfront view from outdoor eateries
Streetfront cafe and shops
View from student residence terraces
WORK, LIVE, SHARE, PLAY: bridging academia and practice through PLAY
Site analysis shows there are many educational institutes and office towers within walking distance of the site, but a lack of a working space for students. To cater to the target demographic of young students and professionals, the theme of "playfulness" in both the design language and functions: playful spaces that support various work modes such as craft and fabrication, digital work, group work, exhibitions, and individual study. Moving through the building is reminiscent of entering a giant playground. By blending WORK, PLAY, and LIVE elements within the same space, Nexus Network seeks to foster a dynamic and fresh experience for occupants, thus enhancing productivity, relieving stress, and forming bonds between different demographic groups.
In this group project, I am responsible for the Student Residence located above the Creative Hub. The elements of LIVE, WORK, and PLAY are also repeated throughout, aiming to help students not only thrive academically but also form meaningful experiences and relationships with fellow student residents and young professionals.
Concept diagram by Nam Anh Nguyen, modified by Duc Anh Dang
Typical residence floor plan
4th floor plan
Perforated facade system detail
Facade form-finding concept
A facade system consisting of perforated aluminum panels, inspired by the form-finding technique of observing how hot liquid wax adapt to a fabric formwork. Aluminum shell organically "adapts" to the building's massing, providing protection against direct sunlight, heat gain, and strong winds. The facade not only serves a functional purpose but also appears to grow naturally from the building’s environment.
wax rises
Physical model of creative hub @1:200 Design and assemble: Duc Anh Dang, Nam Anh Nguyen
Long perspective section - Key moments
Design: Duc Anh Dang, Nam Anh Nguyen
Section drawing: Nam Anh Nguyen, Interior scene render: Duc Anh Dang, Nam Anh Nguyen
Swinburne Student Housing
Class: Interior Architecture Communication 2 (2022)
Type: Residential
Project: Individual work
Swinburne Student Village is an alternative to the conventional student housing. The site: part of car park at 4 Paterson Street, just off Burwood Rd near Swinburne Hawthorn campus. The Village provides short-term accomodation for students in a emergency or for attending academic events at the university. The project maximizes the effective use of basic housing module; each has the internal measurement ranging from 2400-2700 mm (Height); 2500-3300 mm (Width) and 6000-9000 mm (Length).
South East Final Perspective render
section B Scale 1:20
1. 41mm KLIP-LOK® 406 corrugated steel cladding
2. 80mm rigid insulation
3. 92mm steel universal beam
4. OSB Sheathing
5. 40x40mm timber cavity batten
6. Mineral wool insulation
7. 10mm plasterboard
8. Vapour barrier
9. 80mm steel channel
10. Flashing
11. Perimeter insulation upstand to prevent thermal bridging
12. Foundation block
13. Concrete footing
14. Marble top
15. Laminated MDF board
16. 120x120mm Beaumont small wall tiles
17. 29mm laminated MDF board
18. Wood flooring
Kitchen cabinetry detail Scale 1:10
Wall
Living room/study space final render
Olive oil guest house
Class: Architectural Design Studio 2 (2023)
Type: Residential/Hospitality
Project: Group work
Location: Barreira, Central Portugal. With its main goal of bringing the guests together as a closer community, the guest house complex boasts convenient expandable spaces via sliding glass doors, giving access to a continuous U-shaped walkway to increase human interactions, as well as enhances fluidity between the interior and exterior. The project arranges itself around an olive tree in its internal courtyard to pay homage to the client's traditional olive oil business.
Concept sketch
Taking advantage of the beautiful landscape view of rural Portugal. Olive tasting room requires a unique facade and tectonic design that highlights the iconic Portuguese red tile, shielding from direct sunlight from the South while maintaining visual connection to the central courtyard
Cellar Floor Plan
Olive tasting room tectonic concept sketch
Sketch: Duc Anh Dang, Zoom in annotation: Nam Anh Nguyen
Perpendicular
ASSEMBLING ONE MODULE
Recreating the foliage of olive tree via light and shadow
The special structural system of suspended terracotta roof shingles in pre-fabricated steel frames were chosen, not only because terractota is a low-cost local building material which stays loyal to the surrounding Mediterranean architecture, but because it also allows more porosity between the house’s volumes. The hanging tiles encase the main tasting room to shade the guests from strong southern sunlight, all the while weaving a tapestry of ephemeral light effects for when they enjoy the Verde’s fresh olive oil products
Facade module detail
Design: Duc Anh Dang, Nam Anh Nguyen, Graphics: Nam Anh Nguyen
Suspended tile system
Design: Duc Anh Dang, Nam Anh Nguyen, Graphics: Nam Anh Nguyen
Polycarbonate panels
Alicantina-12
Reinforced
OTHER WORKS: DA BAC VILLAGE
Project: Internship - PTW Architects (Hanoi, Vietnam)
Type: Residential
Year: 2024
Theme: Viet/Chalet.
Responsibility: Collecting research data, Site modelling, managing host model in Revit. 3D render in Lumion
Da Bac (Silverstone) Village is a eco-village resort complex located in Hoa Binh, Vietnam Scale: 80.19 Ha. The Preliminary Concept Design Stage requires architectural study of 4 types of low-rise buildings, ranging from 1118 shophouses and mid-range to luxury villas. PTW Architects proposed 3 design themes: European, Viet/Chalet, and International.
Shophouse belongs to the lower range segment of the Da Bac Village. However, it is located in the most bustling zone of the complex. The brief demands 2 commercial floors and 2 residential floors with 4-6 bedrooms. Each function will share the stairs and elevator but has seperate entry, one from the front and one from the back.
Responsibility: Concept design, contribute to redrafting floor plan following client's request to add an elevator. Floor plan rendering in Photoshop.
Shophouse front and back render
Ground (Commercial) floor plan
2nd floor plan
Theme: Viet/Chalet.
Responsibility: Collecting research data, Site modelling, managing host model in Revit. 3D render in Lumion
Hill Villa belongs to the mid range segment of the Da Bac Village. The brief requires for a 3 level duplex builings for 2 families that each has a seperate entryway from either front or back. Responsibility: Concept design, contribute to redrafting floor plan following client's request to add an elevator. Floor plan rendering in Photoshop.
Hill Villa front and back render
Ground floor plan
1st floor plan