Tran Tan Phuc Architecture Portfolio

TRAN TAN ARCHITECTURE

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2009–2014

SELECTED WORKS

Contact Info TRAN TAN PHUC Permanent 10/25 Nguyen Trai St, Ward 7, My Tho City, Tien Giang Province, Vietnam Temporary 443/24 Le Van Sy St, Ward 12, District 3, HCMC, Vietnam Tel Email Linkedin

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Table of Contents RESUMÉ

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COURSEWORK PROJECTS Nguyen Huu Canh Memorial

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‘Windy Day’ Kindergarten

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‘The Babylon’ Apartments Building

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Me Linh Financial Tower

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Research Institute of Severe Weather

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EXTRACURRICULAR PROJECTS Thu Thiem Mangrove Research Centre

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S.M.O.F. Saigon Market on the Flow

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The Revitalization of Nguyen Thien Thuat Neighborhood

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[music]BOX Project

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Floating Children Cultural House

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Champa Eco-Village

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OTHER WORKS

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ABOUT ME My full name is Trần TẼn Phúc. I am a fresh graduate architect from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. I am a designer, presenter, researcher and thinker. Being passionate in architecture, I believe that its absolute mission is to provide more decent, sustainable and enjoyable lives for people, changing their lives in a positive way. With a fresh mind and great enthusiasm, I am eager to work with and to learn from others specialized in the field of architecture.

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 PROFILE

 HONORS AND AWARDS

Born | 23.11.1991 My Tho City, Tien Giang Province, Vietnam

Highest Honor for Best GPA in Graduate Architecture Program | HCMC University of Architecture, 2014, Vietnam

High School | 2006 to 2009 High School for the Gifted – Vietnam National University, HCMC, Vietnam

Representative to enter ‘Loa Thanh’ Award for Outstanding Thesis Projects | Vietnam Association of Architects, 2014, Vietnam

Bachelor of Architecture | 2009 to 2014 (full-time) HCMC University of Architecture, HCMC, Vietnam Highest GPA in Graduate Architecture Program (3.36/4, Grade: Very good)

First Prize – Student Category – FuturArc Prize 2014 | BCI Asia Inc. and FuturArc, 2014

 SKILLS

Second Prize of Asia and the Pacific Region (First Prize of Vietnam) – ‘Urban Revitalization of Mass Housing’ Competition | Human and Settlements Program (UN) and the International Union of Architects, 2014

Free Hand Sketching & Drawing | Paper and Wood Modeling Software Proficient: Revit Architecture | Vasari | Artlantis Studio | Adobe Photoshop | Microsoft Offices Word and Power Point Basic: SketchUp | V-ray | Adobe InDesign | Adobe Premiere Pro | Ecotect and Weather Tool

Shortlisted for World Architecture Festival Student Charrete | Events Group, sponsored by Perkins+Will, 2014, Singapore

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First Prize – GREAT Britain & Northern Ireland Building Design and Construction Challenge | UK Urban Development Working Group, UK Trade & Investment, HCMC University of Architecture, 2013, Vietnam

Certificate Autodesk Building Performance Analysis Certificate 1.0 (2014)

Third Prize – National Award for Student Science Research | Vietnam Ministry of Science & Technology, 2013, Vietnam

Language: Vietnamese, English

Second Prize and Consolation Prize – University Award for Student Science Research | HCMC University of Architecture, 2013, Vietnam

 OTHER ACTIVITIES Various Event Poster and Standee Cooperative Designer | HCMC Foreign Trade University, 2012 - 2013, HCMC, Vietnam Coordinating Volunteer in ‘Mekong Big Build’ Campaign | Habitat for Humanity Vietnam, 2013, Tien Giang Province, Vietnam

Consolation Prize – International Yacht Festival Logo Design | 2012, Vietnam

Third Prize – “Build Something Great” Competition | Vietnam Young Architect Society and Boral Gypsum Asia – Vietnam, 2012, Vietnam Third Prize – Holcim Prize Semi-Final Round | Holcim (Vietnam) Ltd, 2013, Vietnam Consolation Prize – “Connecting Past, Present, Future” Quick Design Competition | HCMC University of Architecture, 2012, Vietnam

3 NGUYEN HUU CANH MEMORIAL Location: ‘Thao Cam Vien' – Sai Gon Zoo and Botanical Garden | HCMC | Vietnam

Nguyen Huu Canh was acknowledged as the leading establisher (since 18th century ) of Vietnamese ownership in present southern provinces, especially Sai Gon Gia Dinh – Ho Chi Minh City today. The memorial silhouette depicts a South-heading ship commanded by Nguyen Huu Canh landing and setting up a wide territory – “from the ship to the land” . The building also serves as an observing stage which embraces the beautiful panorama of the area.

‘WINDY DAY’ KINDERGARTEN Location: Assumption | HCMC | Vietnam

When designing this project, I tried to solve a challenging requirement of a tiled-roof system for a kindergarten, which not only enhances the indoor micro-climate, but also must creates an appealing aesthetic. As a result, the massing concept is derived from kites and paper planes, the memorable self-made childhood toys. All classes, administration and services are separated for better ventilation and sound insulation, yet are connected by a corridor surrounding and securing the public playground. Everything is to form up a dreamy space for kids’ creative studying and playing activities.

The project slogan is: “A child’s mind is like a white piece of paper. But paper is not only to be written, it can fly.” Creativity is one of the most important for children development in their earliest years.

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5 ‘THE BABYLON’ APARTMENTS BUILDING TOP 10 SHORTLIST – “BUILD SOMETHING GREAT” COMPETITION | Vietnam Young Architect Society and Boral Gypsum Asia – Vietnam, 2012, Vietnam Location: Le Van Sy Street | Phu Nhuan District | HCMC | Vietnam

This apartments building is located in the middle of a busy and narrow streets, in a prosperous residential and commercial district of Ho Chi Minh City. Houses in this area are somewhat cluttered, noise and air polluted, as well as greenery lacking, all due to poor management.

In this project, I try to exploit all the advantages and disadvantages of popular apartments building prototypes in the region, in order of to build up modern residential spaces in respond to the tropical climate and socioeconomic background of the local area.

The project mission is not limited to that only. It is also aimed to produce a recreational area for family and communal activities of the apartment owners, and also of the other people in the neighborhood.

High-rise Solution

Low-rise Solution

Proposed Low-rise Building

Apartments surround a hall with vertical circulations.

• High ratio of residences exposed to East and West solar radiation.

• Apartments could have maximum open to nature.

• Skylight and empty slots aid natural ventilation.

Apartments are arranged along a central hallway.

• High ratio of residences open to North and South.

• Apartments in the North is hidden from Southern winds.

• Dark and stifling corridor.

• Cost-effective. The number of elevators and staircase per family/person is lower.

• Comprehensive with overburdened narrow streets of this area.

• Apartments are arranged along a center hallway with skylights at every end.

• Duplex apartments with private gardens on the upper level creates voids, which provide light and ventilation to the center hallway and the residences on the other side of the building.

To maintain privacy , the garden is raise to higher level in compare to the public hallway.

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7 East – West Aligning

Front Block

Swimming Pool

Elevating

Minimum the impacts of solar radiation and take advantage of cool breezes from the South.

Commercial podium oriented parallel to the road, to join in the existing prosperous commercial street.

Act as a filter to clean and cool the air from the street before it penetrates into the building.

1st floor is left empty for green space, purifying the living environment with fresh air and for communal activities.

TYPICAL FLOOR PLAN – BLOCK A

TYPICAL FLOOR PLAN – BLOCK B Each story has at least 3 green voids to provide natural ventilation for the central hallway as well as the apartments of the other side.

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

Block B

Block A

SITE PLAN

BASEMENT FLOOR PLAN

1ST FLOOR PLAN

MEZZANINE FLOOR (POOL FLOOR) PLAN

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TYPE A

TYPE B

STUDIO

Upper Floor

+ Apartments can be transformed to meet with the needs of clients or house owners at specific points of time.

TYPE C

Lower Floor

Upper Floor

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Lower Floor

9 MĂŠ LINH FINANCIAL TOWER Location: Riverfront Me Linh Square | District 1 | HCMC | Vietnam Located in one significant spot on the waterfront of the CBD though having moderate height, the office tower raise a question: How should it be designed to stand prominent and competing with historic towers at the Me Linh Square, or other A-class high-rise around and on the other side of Saigon river?

To solve that problem. the design emphasizes on these factors: eye-catching green and open spaces, sustainable features, great connections and great river view, making them the trademarks for this office tower.

Renaissance Riverside Saigon (21flrs) + Boutique Hotel

Vietcombank Tower

Sabeco Tower

(35flrs, underconstruction, 2014) + Bank HQ + Office for lease + Commercial Podium

(40flrs, concept design) + Office for lease + Hotel + Retail Center Podium

The design tried to exploit other unique adavantages of the building site including great view to the river, direct connections to the riverfront and underground tunnel (future), as well as great perspective from far away due to the curve of Ton Duc Thang waterfront boulervard.

Me Linh Point Tower (22flrs) + Office for lease + Commercial Podium

Financial Tower (my project) (20flrs + 1 mezzanie + 3 basement flrs)

Ton Duc Thang Street Future planned to become an underpass, return the ground level for pedestrians’ direct connection from Me Linh Plaza to the waterfront Promenade.

Tower A + Office for lease

Podium Me Linh Plaza The iconic convergence spot of HCMC from the very origin. Will be connected directly to Thu Thiem New City Square via a spectacular pedestrian bridge.

+ Bank Transactions + Stock Exchange + Commercial & Services

Tower B + Bank HQ

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URBAN EDGES

RIVER VIEW

PUBLICH SPACES

STOCK EXCHANGE CAFE

BUILDING SECTION

CONCEPT 1

CONCEPT 2

With all the high towers ultimately close up the space of the crescent green square, it is a chance to open another green atrium ‘core’ right inside the proposed building

To link the greenery from the riverside park into the building, up directly on the tower’s facade.

That will not only creates a unique look, but also showcase to everybody how comfortable the office space can become.

GREEN UP!

MORE DYNAMIC SHAPE

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TOWER A 5TH FLOOR PLAN

COTE +9,600 (2ND FLOOR) FLOOR PLAN

COTE +19,200 (4TH FLOOR) FLOOR PLAN

Open Podium Space

TOWER B (SKY LOUNGE) 11TH FLOOR PLAN

TOWER A (TOP LEVEL) 16TH FLOOR PLAN

TOWER B 13TH FLOOR PLAN

Stock Exchange Cafe

Central Atrium

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312m2 535m2 223m2

TOWER B FLEXIBLE LAYOUT OF OFFICE FOR LEASE

200m2 335m2

181m2 179m2

168m2

13 INSTITUTE OF SEVERE WEATHER Location: Son Tra Peninsular | Tho Quang Ward | Son Tra District | Da Nang City | Vietnam

The project buidling site is select for the following criteria: Big city (developed infrastructure); Center Vietnam region (proned to typical severe weather in the country - typhoon, tsunami, flash flood); unpolluted environment (reliable meteorology data); seafront (for offshore research) and finally, strategic topography for storm and tsunami protection.

Vietnam is among 10 countries in the world most vulnerable to natural disasters and climate change. Nowadays, when disasters like super typhoon and tsunami happen with unprecedented frequency globally, a national institution of researching and developing cutting-edge technologies in disaster mitigation is a factual necessity in this country.

This thesis project of me (of designing this building) call for many objectives including: providing best functional layout for specialized research activities (both theory and technology); attracting people to educate about disaster preparedness; saving energy by passive and active strategies.

On top of those, this structure requires special considerations to reassure its performance (or at least damage minimization) under severe weather conditions, ensuring uninterrupted research.

TROPICAL TYPHOON PATHS IN VIETNAM (1954-1991)

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2 Axis & 2 Low-sloped Area Based on topography and connection from higher land to the sea

Divergent Layout From the top plaza, open to summer wind and protected from winter cold wind

Alternate Layout Storm proofing, using topography and other blocks for shelf shading

Inclined to the Cliff Increasing storm proofing, natural ventilation and sea view open spaces

Push Down Creating relaxing patio with great sea view and more void aiding ventilation

Green Roof Solar shield, unroof protection, blending architecture into surrounding landscape

Leaning wall At the end of South-ward protruding blocks, protect against wind-pressure

Program Zoning Public, Semi-Public and Private areas connected by Central Hallway

Circulations Separated Internal, Guest and Facility circulations

Research Spaces Departments allocated by blocks, Specialized spaces (Theory, Technology, Design) allocated by levels

Main Hall with great view to the sea

Acording to award-winning strategic plan of S.O.M, Son Tra peninsular is mostly a natural preservation area with only compact development in the valleys.

The architecture have to blend with the topography and nature, confirming that green is the dominant color of this area.

Meteorology station on green roof

FLOOR PLAN COTE 0,000

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FLOOR PLAN COTE -5,000

FLOOR PLAN COTE +4,000

FLOOR PLAN COTE -20,000

FLOOR PLAN COTE -10,000

FLOOR PLAN COTE -15,000

TROPICAL TYPHOON RESISTANCE DESIGN SOLUTIONS THREATH 1 – STRUCTURE COLLASPING DUE TO WIND PRESSURE

THREATH 2 – UNROOFING DUE TO UPLIFT PRESSURE

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THREATH 3 – FAÇADE, EQUIPMENTS DAMAGING BY DERBIS

Perpendicular face receives high pressure

Parallel layout creates dangerous wind corridor

Alternate layout distributes pressure evenly

Solid overhang can be dangerous

Use permeable ones for shading

Best shape for large space roof, pushed down by wind

Use reinforced double glazing panels

Movable shading devices protect glazing

PV panel’s rear should not be exposed to wind

Reducing pressure on windward faces, direct force transmitting to cliff

Aerodynamic shape for wind exposed structures

Leaning walls separate thus reduce wind pressure

Invulnerable concrete roof structure

Green roof retain rain water, reduce erosion

Green roof protects car park (instead of light structures)

Solyndra permeable PV panels or…

Solid protective panels cover before typhoon

Safety inclined from roof’s border

EDUCATION AND EXHIBITION SPACE SECTION

CONFERENCE HALL & ADMIN SPACE SECTION

WATER COLLECTION SCHEME

ENERGY MANAGEMENT SCHEME

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SIMULATION OF SHELF-SHADING MASS EFFECTIVENESS

SIMULATION OF WIND PRESSURE ON BUILDING AND SURROUNDING LANDSCAPE IN TROPICAL TYPHOON CONDITION

SIMULATION OF NATURAL VENTILATION

SIMULATION AND SELECTION OF BUILDING LAYOUT

WIND DIRECTION IMPACT BASED ON TYPHOON’S POSITION AND DIRECTION

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19 MANGROVE RESEARCH CENTRE (GROUPWORK) FIRST PRIZE – GREAT BRITAIN & NORTHERN IRELAND BUILDING DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION CHALLENGE | UK Urban Development Working Group, UK Trade & Investment, HCMC University of Architecture, 2013, Vietnam Location: Thu Thiem South Delta District | HCMC | Vietnam

When mentioning ‘Imbalance’, we want to remind all of us about the conflict between rapid urbanization and natural reservation, as well as stressful urban life and relaxation or leisure. The project, as a Mangrove Research Centre, aim not only to maximize the benefits of mangrove to the landscape of Thu Thiem new urban area, but also to create a educative institute where urban people, with their families and friends, can come to play, to see, and to learn about natural environment, water system, climate change, etc. We also implemented public places for events and family activities, making it a destination so that people can gather and enjoy their life after hard-working hours in the city.

We hope that the building presence will help change mass manners in behaving to our natural environment and one day, we can confidently say that (not imbalance, but) “I am balance. We are balance”. That is our “holistic vision for the creative and sustainable development of contemporary Vietnam”.

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Mangroves have been studied for both research and practical purposes. Planting mangrove becomes one of the most effective and leading way of many nations in fighting against climate change because of its many benefits.

The neighborhood is one of rare areas left in Ho Chi Minh City with green landscapes

- Mangrove can filter the salt water to fresh water and mediate heavy metals, thus reduce water environment pollution.

- Mangrove forests provide home for several species of plants and animals.

- Mangrove protect coastlines from wave and tsunami, prevent coastal erosion.

- Biological products made from mangrove tree and mangrove ecosystem bring some economic benefits for local people.

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GROVE

GREEN among BUILDINGS

MANGROVE

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BUILDING among GREEN HOW?

GREENIN + BUILDINGS UP The idea is to bring in and give rise local plants and make the building itself more interact with the ecological system

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2. BLOCKS AND COURTYARD

The so called Mangrove Research Centre is designed to be in harmony with natural landscapes Local plants such as Mangrove are grown and cultivated for preservation, research purposes and other benefits

3. CLIMATE ADAPTATION

4. LIFT UP FOR PUBLIC SPACE

5. ALSO FLOOD ADAPTATION

6. PROGRAM ZONING

7. FACADE AND GREEN ROOF

8. CONFERENCE BLOCK

9. MANGROVE WALKWAY

+ GREEN + LANDSCAPE + MICRO-CLIMATE The plants grown and cultivated in the Centre then become one of great factors that will improve local landscape and micro-climate as well as the Southern Delta ecosystem

+ PUBLIC SPACES + AWARENESS + BEHAVIOR Encourage community to engage with researchers and their works through inviting, accessible spaces Enhance people’s awareness about environmental issues and change their behavior into a more sustainable way

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26 PASSIVE DESIGN STRATERGIES 1 OPEN SPACES Breezes can penetrate throughout the building. Public spaces are natural ventilated, saving energy.

2 OVERHANGED ROOF Protect the building from sunlight during most of operating hours throughout a year.

3 DOUBLE FAÇADE Recycled aluminum outer louvers shield the glass surface from exposure to the sun.

4 OPERABLE WINDOWS Allowing natural cross ventilation for available spaces (offices, reading rooms,…)

5 LIGHT SHELVES Enhancing daylight deep in to working space.

6 LIGHT TUBES Providing low-heat daylight for the indoor spaces right under the roof, especially the Tissue Culture Laboratory.

7 COURTYARD WITH TREES Provide shades, filtering and cooling air, providing light to indoor spaces. Assisting ventilation by stack effect.

8 MANGROVE GARDEN Filtering and cooling air when it enters the building from South. Green space for exhibition and leisure.

9 GREEN ROOF Shielding the building from solar heat.

Adding community space for activities.

ACTIVE DESIGN STRATERGIES

WATER AND WASTE MANAGEMENT

10 PV PANELS Providing energy from plentiful sunlight. Also acting as a second layer of roof.

13 RAINWATER COLLECTION Rainwater is collected for toilet usage and watering green roof or landscape. Using kinetic energy of rainwater flowing down to generate energy.

11 UNDERFLOOR VENTILATION Providing fresh and cool air to the individual working station with low-power fan and stack effect.

12 DISPLACEMENT AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM Saving energy for air-conditioning necessary working space near the floor.

14 LANDSCAPE WATER TREATMENT Water is treated through mangrove landscape and floating “aquatic plant boat” to better water environment.

15 COMPOSTING TANKS Collecting brown and green waste from building activities to fertilize botanical research.

27 S.M.O.F (SAIGON MARKET ON THE FLOW) (GROUPWORK) FIRST PRIZE – STUDENT CATEGORY – FUTURARC PRIZE 2014 BCI Asia Inc. and FuturArc, 2014 Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) was once a floating market. From the very origin, Saigon was shaped up with waterfront commercial row houses and merchant boats coming from all over the Mekong Delta or oversea. That lifestyle was nourished by a vast area of water body in Saigon River and a network of multiple canals. But that was of the past.

As time passed, the development of road system and other infrastructures has expanded the city to a tremendous scale on land, letting the original forgotten. The waterways become unexpected drainage for urban wastewater, being polluted, and decayed. Recently, a number of projects were carried out to restore the water quality and landscape. The recently constructed East-West Boulevard running along Tau Hu - Ben Nghe canal is considered the new motivation for the city reshaping and development.

In this project, we would like to go further, to exploit maximum potential of large waterway system that was endowed to Saigon and mark the rising of the city with her waterfront memories.

Location: Tau Hu – Ben Nghe Canal | District 1 & 4 | HCMC | Vietnam

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MASSING CONCEPT

Saigon Market on the Flow

PROJECT OBJECTIVES Urban sustainable farming and fishery

Urban marketplace selling fresh food; Gathering products delivered on water Encouraging pedestrians, cycler and public transportation (including waterbus)

Mediating water environment.

Collecting urban garbage Encouraging classifying and recycling.

Cultural and meeting place. Spreading urban farming idea.

29 Supermarket seems to be a trending solution for developing urban like Saigon, replacing crumbling traditional marketplace’s unidentified food with wellpacked groceries.

Actually, supermarket has posed a lot of problems, including: the lack of fresh food but redundant frozen one; over-usage of plastic bags and wrappings; energy consumption for air-conditioning, transporting and preserving food process from the farms (sometimes can be oversea) to the display freezers, and to the refrigerator at each residence.

And most importantly, supermarket cannot create a sociable place where urban citizens can meet and interact with each other.

PROPOSAL We focus on building up an urban market system standing along and harmonizing with Saigon waterway, which offer solutions for current urban problems of food distribution and polluted waterways in a holistic approach.

CULTIVATION PROTOTYPES Including Green Roof Farm; Indoor Hydroponic Farm; Floating Wetland; Floating Fish Farm and Gastropod Wall.

Some of them merely provide food. But some others also help mediate the water system of Saigon waterways.

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NEW MARKET-ORIENTED LIFESTYLE

The shape of roof adapted from traditional Vietnamese market offers opportunities for rainwater harvesting and natural lighting. It also provide possibility to cultivate various plantings on green roof according to the solar energy accumulated on each roof sector.

One S.M.O.F. acts as a pedestrian bridge crossing the canal. It is also fully accessible for cyclers, encouraging non-fuel transportation in the area. It also encourages people to use public transportation, classify garbage, and say no to plastic bags. People can also come to learn and buy seeds and equipment to practice hydroponic farming at home.

The building is also a place for meeting and exhibition. In the night, the market transforms into a cultural gastronomic market, promoting traditional cuisine of Saigon and Vietnam. Once per year, the market can hold a flower market festival, a traditional activity of the Orient people in the Lunar New Year.

S/M/O/F. would be the connecting lines of land and water, people and the society, as well as the city and its glorious past. We hope that Saigon city could embrace the forgotten waterways through her future development.

31 THE REVITALIZATION OF NGUYEN THIEN THUAT NEIGHBORHOOD (GROUPWORK) SECOND PRIZE OF ASIA AND THE PACIFIC REGION (FIRST PRIZE OF VIETNAM) – ‘URBAN REVITALIZATION OF MASS HOUSING’ COMPETITION | Human and Settlements Program (United Nations) and the International Union of Architects, 2014 Location: Nguyen Thien Thuat Apartment Buildings and Neighborhood | Ward 1 | District 3 | HCMC | Vietnam

Mai and Nhu (22) are childhood friends born and raised here. They believe the vibrant street life with many delicious food is the trademark of this area.

Ms. Trinh’s family is sharing a unit with 2 others, making the whole number of people up to 18. They are all workers and merchant.

Mrs. Ba (62) is a retired teacher who loves living here because the neighbors are very nice. However she is desperate of water dripping from clothes and watering plants from the upper corridors.

Mr. Nhan (51) earns a living by keeping motorbikes in his apartment at ground floor. He is worry about water leaking in their toilet from upper floor.

Located in the central area, the project currently land value is greatly underutilized, occupied by aging poor-designed housing and degrading infrastructure. Lacking of green spaces and having high carbon footprint, the site, meanwhile, is flooded with vibrant informal commercial households, especially at the street level. The population is rising fast, but people refuse to move out. They choose to live in a smaller spaces with no lighting and ventilation, yet near downtown for various opportunities to earn a living.

Mr. Huy (27), is very proud of g a dwelling near downtown. But his kids doesn’t because they don’t have any park or playground.

Most of mass housings in Ho Chi Minh City were built long ago to fulfill an immediate need. Nowadays, theses aged projects in the central areas, such as Nguyen Thien Thuat Neighborhoods, are overload, degraded and lack of resources for maintenance or upgrading.

This research project focus on sustainable urban planning and architectural solutions to exploit the maximum potential large area of high-value land in the downtown area, in the other hand, balance between development and social welfare.

LOCAL URBAN CONTEXT Flawless location, overloaded density; Aging houses and degraded infrastructure; Lack of green space and community space.

NEW BLOCK CONSTRUCTION Demolish certain parcels; Construct 2 highrise with public services podium (commercial, culture, sport and parking facilities); Provide financial base for the project.

TRANSFORMATION Existing unit encouraged to be flexible (Startup Offices, CafÊ, Art Gallery‌); Promote vernacular modest size and affordable style of commercial complex.

CONNECTIONS AND GREEN SPACES Parks, green productive roofs, vertical gardens added; Sky bridges connecting old and new blocks, multiplying existing vibrant street life to all levels.

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PHRASE 0 - PREPARATION - DWELLERS REALLOCATION (FOR BUILDING TOWER 1)

PHRASE 1 - MUNICIPAL CENTER AND SCHOOL - TOWER 1 CONSTRUCTION - DWELLERS REALLOCATION (FOR BUILDING TOWER 2)

PHRASE 2 - CENTRAL PARK - TOWER 2 CONSTRUCTION - TRANSFROMATION EXISTING BLOCKS

PHRASE 3 - SKY BRIDGES - ROOFTOP GARDENS - ENERGY PARK

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FUTURE DEVELOPMENT The city is always in transformation. Population will keep growing. In the future, with more advanced public transport and new construction technologies, the existing apartment blocks can be modified again (and again, and again) to serve people’s rising demand.

35 [music]BOX PROJECT (GROUPWORK)

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PROPOSED SITE Ho Chi Minh City Grand Theater Located in the centre of HCMC, The City Grand Theater is the resample of what a music space is like to the cityscape: an enclosed classical building with more historical values than social ones.

With [music]BOX, we desire to transform the space around the Theater to a flexible playscape for street music and contemporary art performances, along with many other outdoor activities. The playscape is connected with planned Dong Khoi walking streets and nearby roads (which will also be gifted with colorful birds and their songs), making a lively and enjoyable city sense.

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CULTURAL HOUSE FOR FLOATING CHILDREN (GROUPWORK) THIRD PRIZE – NATIONAL AWARD FOR STUDENT SCIENCE RESEARCH

Wind Rose

Sunpath Diagram

Vietnam Ministry of Science & Technology, 2013, Vietnam

SECOND PRIZE – UNIVERSITY AWARD FOR STUDENT SCIENCE RESEARCH

Moc Hoa 10°46'46"N 105°56'25"E

HCMC University of Architecture, 2013, Vietnam Location: Vam Co Tay River | Moc Hoa Town | Long An Province | Vietnam On the broad water body of Mekong Delta live an unstable and shattered community with a precarious lifestyle of floating fishermen and merchans. The perpetual floating lifestyle prevents them from stable homes and their children from education. No education means no other choice of occupation and kids have to start their fishing career at an early age. As a result, the poverty continue from this generation to the next without any sign of ending.

LOCAL MATERIALS

PASSIVE DESIGN

RAINWATER HARVEST

SOLAR ENERGY

GROWN-UP TO HELP SMALLER CHILDREN

SUSTAINABLE DESIGN

CLASSROOM

LIBRARY

SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY

HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENTALLY EDCATION FLOOD SEASON CHILD CARE

POOR FLOATING CHILDREN IN MEKONG DELTA

FLEXIBLE SPACE DEVELOPING AND MAINTAINING RESOURSES LOCAL GOVERNMENT

VOLUNTEERS

N-G-OS

SELFPRODUCT

PERFORMANCES WORKSHOPS, HANDCRAFTS

In this project, we want to create a prototype by which the upcoming floating lives can overcome their “border of life” in hopes of a sustainable future through education. We also believe our design would help foster the interactions within the area and stimulate a stronger sense of community.

We focus on using architectural solutions to create a community floating platform for various educational activities: Seasonal classrooms of general knowledge and specific understanding of water environment; as well as developing skills such as swimming, diving and rescuing; Space for compact libraries, playgrounds, and common social areas; Destination for temporary social events such as free healthcare and charity.

Long An Province

MODULE CONNECTING SCHEME

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SPACE AND FURNITURE FLEXIBILITY

39 CHAMPA ECO-VILLAGE (GROUPWORK) THIRD PRIZE – “BUILD SOMETHING GREAT” COMPETITION | Vietnam Young Architect Society and Boral Gypsum Asia – Vietnam, 2012, Vietnam Location: Hoa Thuy Village - adjacent to Thanh Tin Sand Hills | Phan Rang | Ninh Thuan Province | Vietnam

40 Desertification has always been a major environmental problem. Soil degradation and erosion cause massive loss of biodiversity and agricultural productivity, eventually leading to the poverty of both Nature and Mankind.

PRESENT Exposed and Vulnerable

PROPOSAL Shielding and Co-existing

The cause of desertification is not only the rainwater crisis or surface runoff. It is the irresponsibly mischief cultivating activities of human on dry land that gives the desert chances to emerge. Therefore, in our perception, Man must be responsible for helping Nature to resurrect the injured biosphere that they have destroyed in decades.

PROJECT OBJECTIVES To build up a sustainable village which is capable of life and farm in the semi-desert area. This society’s mission is not only to educate about the critical danger of desertification, but also to form a prototype for human to fight back desertification.

The project is set up at the foot of the hill, next to the existing village for the ease of circulation and merchandise. After a certain period of time, this project sample can be reestablished not only horizontally but also vertically up-hill. The developed units will give boost to newly established units which are drier and deeper in the desert. This stepby-step strategy paves the path for Man and Nature to co-develop sustainably in the future.

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DUSTFUL WIND PREVENTION AND COOL BREEZES ALLOWANCE TESTING

Design is adapted from traditional Champa house (now only existing in Hanoi Ethnology Museum): Low stilt floors prevent dust getting into the houses.

Double roofs and double facade (terraces covered with hung-up bamboo louvers) protects the houses from sun radiation.

Typical block include 5 residential houses arranged around a courtyard (traditional lifestyle of Champa people), allowing people living in these houses to have meetings and interaction interact.

One workplace house is the place for doing handicrafts, especially pottery and “Tho Cam� traditional silk weaving. This house also opens to the approaching road for tourism. One block also consist of a livestock barn and variety of farming area to produce food for local habitants.

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43 OTHER WORKS

GRAPHIC DESIGN I occasionally work as a cooperative designer for some of FTU (Foreign Trade University) Events. The design was nothing special but it was interesting to work with people from other fields of work. I sometimes also participate in some logo design competitions, in one of which I won a consolation prize.

CONSOLATION PRIZE – 2013 INTERNATIONAL YACHT FESTIVAL LOGO DESIGN | Thai Son Binh Duong JSC (Thai Son Group, Ministry of National Defense) and People’s Committee of Khanh Hoa Province, 2012, Vietnam

Long An Province Logo (competition entry)

Australia – Vietnam 20 years of Friendship Logo (competition entry)

The logo depicts 5 sails on the waves of Vietnam East Sea, which show the theme of the 2013 Yatch Festival: “5 continents converging at Nha Trang – Khanh Hoa”. It also describes the swallow-bird’s nests (the exclusive specialty of Nha Trang), as a sign of home and peace, the destination of small but strong wings that always face the ocean with great bravery. The color of this logo is derived from which of the Olympic, while still emphasizing the significance of Vietnam - the hosting country.

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VOLUNTEER WORK MEKONG BIG BUILD 2013 | Habitat for Humanity Vietnam, August 2013, Tien Giang Province, Vietnam Habitat for Humanity Vietnam hosted an event in which 190 international volunteers came to build 25 houses for poor families in Hoa Dinh Commune, Cho Gao District, Tien Giang Province. I participated as a native volunteer to help with translating and logistics, working with 10 other members from the USA at House #5.

That was my first time on field to learn about Vietnamese general building skills such as brick laying and mortar mixing. That was a fun and meaningful week. As a future architect, I am happy to contribute as much as possible to the work of building better dwellings for people, especially ones in my homeland.

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