Architecture Portfolio - Tu Tran (2019)

Architecture Por�olio 2019 Tu Anh Van Tran

Tu (Johnny) Tran CONTACT

EdUCATION

32 Westland Avenue, #9 Boston, MA,02115 +1 (857) 3209-356 tutran.johnny@gmail.com

NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY,

SOCIAL

Skype - JohnnyTuTran1 linkedin.com/in/tutran1

boston, ma Candidate for Bachelor of Science in Architecture Minor in Graphic Design

09/2016 - Present

IE UNIVERSITY, Segovia, Spain 09/2018 - 12/2018 Study Abroad Examined how Segovia’s urban fabric works together and functions as one.

Prepared and constructed various conceptual models for the urban fabric.

EXPERIENCE REfERENCE

Adam Lee Murfield Maryann Thomson Architects alee.murfield@gmail.com

ABACUS [ ARCHITECTS + PLANNERS ], Boston, MA 01/2019 - 07/2019 Architectural Intern Conducted printing and scanning firm’s documents.

Answered phone calls on a daily basis.

Constructed 3D models and conceptual designs for the Lawrence Project.

Created various conceptual drawings for the firm.

Developed Revit skills.

PITRAGO ARCHITECTURE COMPANY,

Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam Intern Sketched and drew simple plans, sections and elevations.

Developed fundamental design strategies.

Learned basic free-hand sketching.

06/2016 - 08/2016

DIGITAL GRANDPARENTS, Boston, MA Community Volunteer and Tutor Tutored elderly clients about technology.

02/2016 - 04/2016

LITTLE BROTHERS - FRIEND OF THE ELDERLY, Boston, MA Community Volunteer Presented companionship to elderly clients.

Visited the elderly center twice a week.

Collaborated with manager about well-being of elders.

10/2015 - 01/2016

SKILLS

- Sketching, drafting, model making.

Windows, Mac OS, Office Word, Office Powerpoint, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe In-Design, AutoCAD, Rhinoceros 6, V-ray for Rhino, Revit, SketchUp, Blender.

PHYSICAL DIGITAL -

CONTENTS ARCHITECTURE

Community Center

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Durable Exhibition

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Performance Art Center & School

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c

Recreation Facility & Pool

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Structure, Skin & Experience

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Watchtower

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f

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Fuencarral, Madrid, Spain

BSA, Boston, MA

Blackstone, South End, Boston, MA

South Boston, Boston, MA

ARCHITECTonic systems Steel Frame with Wood Cladding

Lightwood Framing

Experiential learning Co-op Work

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COMMUNITY CENTER - Fuencarral Category - Design Studio 1 3rd year Studio Location: Fuencarral, Madrid, Spain Fall 2018 Fuencarral is a District in Norther Madrid, actually one of the biggest within the Municipality, comprising several and different neighborhoods. Though, the focus is in the Old Village of Fuencarral, an area which used to be independent from Madrid until 1951 and, that today, is a kind of reminiscent small village surrounded by big developments, metropolitan infrastructures, disconnected but beautiful natural spots and industrial areas transforming themselves into prime office locations.

Given the strong character of Old Fuencarral itself, and the many in-between areas that its matching within a wider strategy left, an implementation of a public program regarding a Community Center, with a total extension around 2,000 sq meters.

Specifically, the site is split into 2 parts; 1-part North and 1-part South. It is located around San Miguel Arcรกngel Church. The first half of the project is to create a conceptual idea and then apply it into the second half (architecture design). For me, I decided to have filtering layers as my conceptual idea. As I move on to the second half of the project, the filtering layer is starting to fit in my project; where it will give different views and feelings as people are passing through it. And since the Church is the main attraction of the points, the two buildings are oriented toward it to indicate that point. Additionally, the procedure for my design is pretty simple, I lay the filtering layers on top of the site first, and then carve out the space within it for each program where I find appropriate.

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5’-6”

6’

5’-6”

26’

13’

FILTERING LAYER SECTION

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FILTERING LAYER EXTERIOR PHOTOS

FILTERING LAYER AXON

FILTERING LAYER INTERIOR PHOTOS

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B1 A1 C1

C1

B1 A1

C2

A2 B2

A2 C2

SITE PLAN

SECTION B1

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SECTION B2

SECTION C1

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SECTION C2

NORTH BUILDING

SOUTH BUILDING

1ST FLOOR PLAN

1ST FLOOR PLAN

2ND FLOOR PLAN

ROOF FLOOR PLAN

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

ROOF FLOOR PLAN

SECTION A1

SECTION A2

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EXPLODED AXON

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SERIES OF RENDERING AND MODEL PHOTOS

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DURABLE EXHIBITION - BSA Category - Advanced Architectural Communication 3rd year Studio Location: BSA, Boston, MA Summer 2019 Architectural exhibitions have played crucial roles in shaping broader definitions and understandings or architecture and its relation to the social, political, and economic questions of the contemporary world.

We were given a plan of the Boston Society of Architects plan, and a presentation on the kinds of topics and ideas that the Durable team are thinking for their exhibits. The three domains of durability are material ecologies, material assemblies, and material cultures. The material precedents are steel, wood, concrete and masonry. The four buildings we are using as example are Thomas Phifer and Partners’ United States Courthouse in Salt Lake City, Michael Green Architecture’s Wood Innovation Design Centre, Baumschlager Eberle Archtekten’s 2226, H Arquitectes + DATAAE’s Research Center ICTA-ICP · UAB. The main design is to have four different furniture for each material; and each of them will act as a beacon of its own area as a way of guiding people through the exhibition. Since the exhibition’s space are small and narrow, these four beacons are placed carefully at the corners or wide turn area in BSA to prevent blockade.

Pause Point Start/ End Point

Graphics

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Visitor’s View SITE PLAN

Texts

Point of Interest Possible Path

Interactive Projector

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Texts

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Graphics

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Graphics

Texts Texts

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Board Board

Board

Documentary/ Short Film

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AXONOMETRIC OF THE PROPOSED EXHIBITION

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16’

14’

6’-7”

6’

10’

7’

7’

7’

SERIES OF FURNITURES’ RENDERING

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SERIES OF PERSPECTIVE

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PERFORMANCE ART CENTERS AND SCHOOL – Blackstone Site Category – Urban Institutions 2nd Year Studio Location: Blackstone Site, South End, Boston, MA Spring 2018 The city seeks proposals for a school that is specialized for students of the performing arts. The school is planning to arrange the class from grades 9-12, and the enrolment of 220 students will come from all parts of the city. The auditorium of the school will also function as a public Performing Arts Center.

The site is mainly designed to make the middle part of it to becomes more public with welcoming atmosphere. Therefore, the main reason that the corners of the site are being made as a continuous connection from the street intersection back to the site.

Additionally, there are also retail shops on the bottom floor, along with the row house commercial on the top that both circulated around the site.

The main aim of this building is to turned the auditorium into the central core and makes everything inside to orbit. Additionally, the auditorium is classified as a private space, which is surrounded by a circulation space, with the public spaces are being allocated on the two ends of the building.

Furthermore, the two balconies on two sides act as a bridge that connect the building and the outside of urban context. For the South Façade balcony, it connects the building to the main street, which is the Washington Street. For the North Façade balcony, it connects the buildings to the inside park of the site, which is publicly opening.

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SITE PLAN

BUILDING TYPE DIAGRAM

STREET CONNECTION DIAGRAM

PARK ANALYSIS DIAGRAM

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1ST FLOOR PLAN

2ND FLOOR PLAN

SECTION A

SECTION B

3RD FLOOR PLAN

SOUTH FACADE ELEVATION

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MASTER PLAN DIAGRAM

FIGURE-GROUND DIAGRAM

SITE AND ABSTRACT BUILDING PHOTO

VISUALIZATION OF SPACES AROUND THE AUDITORIUM

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EXPLODED AXON DIAGRAM

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RECREATION FACILITY & POOL – South Boston, Boston Category - Site, Space & Program 2nd year Studio Location: South Boston, Boston, MA Fall 2017 A group of designers are seeking to propose different plans for recreation facility in South Boston that will be adjacent to several of their condominium projects. The proposed site is on Dorchester Avenue and Foundry Street, near the Broadway T station. This area has seen as an extensive residential region over the past decade, and several projects are actively under construction or in other phases of development.

The design building has divided into the program that included both hot and cold factors in terms of the humidity levels of the programs. To further expand this idea to other parts of the building, the hallways has been treated differently for hot and cold purposes. For example, hot hallways would be narrow and small, which gives visitors the feeling of being compressed and warm. Cold hallways would be big and wide, which gives visitor the feeling of solitary and cool. Additionally, the design follows a grid structure that helps organizing the programs and the structural system.

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This site analysis analyse the hot and cold factors around the site and it serves as a tool for oganizing the hot and cold programs within the design.

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SITE PLAN

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PARTI DIAGRAM

1 SOUTH FACADE

2 VIEW TO THE DIVING WELL

4 VIEW TO THE CLIMBING WALL

5 VIEW TO THE CLIMBING WALL

3 ENTRANCE TO THE LOBBY

6 VIEW LOOKING AT THE POOL & FITNESS AREA

These visualizations show how the hot and cold concept is being apply to the hallways. For example, the narrow hallways (pict 3 and 5) give the visitors the feeling of being suppressed and tight; which represent the hotness. The expansive hallways (pict 4) shows how the space is very wide and tall; which gives visitors the feeling of being alone and coldness.

SECTION A

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SECTION B

This program and circulation diagrams represent how all the programs are allocated in the center of the buildings, and all the circulation or pathways are pushed to the two sides.

Additionally, the hot and cold programs are identified as different shades of red while cold programs are identified as different shades of blue color.

PROGRAM DIAGRAM

SECTION C

CIRCULATION DIAGRAM

SECTION D

FRONT FACADE ELEVATION

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18"

9'-10" METAL PANEL CONNECTIONS

LIGHT WOOD CLADDING SYSTEM

4" 4"

2'

4”x 4” STRUCTURAL STEEL

3/4” DIA. BOLTS 1/2' 1/2'

5'-10"

1' RIGID INSULATION

WINDOW PANEL

PLYWOOD WATERPROOFING MAMBRANE 1/2” OSB SHEATHING CAVITY INSULATION

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PLAN

STRUCTURE, SKIN AND EXPERIENCE Category - Architectonic Systems 2nd year Class Fall 2017 This project gives the student the freedom of choice on the structural and skin system to see how those materials are expressing their inherent qualities. In addition, this design will conform to the dimensions and constraints of the attached drawing. In assuming, the roof, slab, and columns to be an unnamed material. An achievement of at least 35% minimum open area for the wall is required.

For this project, we chose steel for the structural system because we are interested in its characteristic – the lightness. We would like to test out and play around with steel; to help us to develop the knowledge on organizing a stable structure without using a lot of steel columns. By doing this, it will further support the idea of lightness and openness in steel.

Additionally, for this project, we chose wood for the cladding system because we are interested in combining two different materials together. Furthermore, steel is bad with insulation and wood, which have a better insulation system that might help out steel weakness. For the windows system, we want to have openings which will tell a story of what happen inside the structural system. Therefore, our openings in the cladding system is open and enclosed in some areas which tell how the steel was structured on the interior.

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12"

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1/2” PLYWOOD SHEATHING 1' RIGID INSULATION 1/2” OSB SHEATHING CAVITY INSULATION

WATER PROOFING MEMBRANE

10" 3

1 2"

1 4"

METAL PANEL CONNECTION

6"

I BEAM

2x6 WOOD FRAMING

KNIFE PLATE

1/2” GYPSUM BOARD AS INTERIOR FINISH

PLYWOOD CLADDING

EXTERIOR TRIM

WINDOW PANEL

4”x 4” STRUCTURAL STEEL

18" SILL TRIM

5'-10" 3/4” DIA. BOLTS

5 1'-3 16 "

METAL PIN CONNECTION

SECTION

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5'-10" 5'-10"

6" 6"

10" 10" 3" 4

2' 2' 2"

6"

1' 1'

2"

6"

3" 4

15'-8" 15'-8" KNIFE PLATE KNIFE PLATE

1" 4

1" 4

3 1'-3 1'-3 344"" 2" 2"

3" 3" ELEVATION WITHOUT THE CLADDING SYSTEM ELEVATION WITHOUT THE CLADDING SYSTEM ELEVATION WITHOUT THE CLADDING SYSTEM

LIGHT WOOD LIGHT WOOD CLADDING CLADDING

OPENINGS OPENINGS

OPENINGS OPENINGS

ELEVATION WITH THE CLADDING SYSTEM

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WATCHTOWER Category - Architectonic Systems 2nd year Class Fall 2017 This project will investigate wood light frame construction and its expressive potential. It will be a mini design project for a ‘watchtower’ on two levels. The location will be non-specific and flat. The structure itself shall reveal, exploit, and dramatize the nature of wood frame construction including its lightweight standardized elements, modular planning, simple assembly, and plethora of formal possibilities

GROUND FLOOR WALL FRAMING

FIRST FLOOR WALL FRAMING

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GROUND FLOOR WALL FRAMING

GROUND FLOOR FRAMING

FIRST FLOOR FRAMING

ROOF FLOOR FRAMING

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SECTION CUT

LEFT FACADE ELEVATION

FRONT FACADE ELEVATION

BACK FACADE ELEVATION

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CO-OP WORKS - Boston Category - Architectural Intern Location: Abacus [ ARCHITECTS + PLANNERS ] Spring 2019

PEABODY HOUSING MASTER PLAN

LAWRENCE COMMUNITY PROJECT © 2019 Abacus [ ARCHITECTS + PLANNERS ]

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