Mai Ta Architecture CV

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Curriculum vitae

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MAI QUE TA

Curriculum vitae

ta.mai1@yahoo.com 07958165152 Cargocollective.com/maiqueta

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Curriculum vitae

ACADEMIC RECORD Higher Level Education, University of Nottingham, Sep 2011 - 2014 B(Arch) Honours Upper Second Class Honours First Class Studio

Third Year: Unit 5B. Farida Makki: Brink Territories

PERSONAL SUMMARY I am a diverse individual with proven capabilities, balancing my workload with my hobbies. I developed a focused approach, with an interest in natural and traditional materials and techniques after my time working on Project Aga Sikolo, where I was a member in designing and building a Nursery school in South Africa. This lead me to Article 25 Nottingham where I served as the Design Publicity Officer. With much experience with working in teams, I can communicate my ideas in a positive, relevant & passionate way.

I am enthusiastic in learning and developing my skills further in all areas of design, although am confident with most design based software.

ACHIEVEMENTS AND EXPERIENCE

Second Year: Unit South Africa.

Calais Nursery School, South Africa, Easter 2013 John Ramsay: Project Aga Sikolo Designer and construction worker on Project Aga Sikolo, Nursery school, South Africa, learning valuable skills, few being: team work skills, adapting to the changing environment, construction knowledge, and working within a time and budget constraint A-levels, Magdalen College School, Brackley, Sep 2009 - 2011 A*- Art A - Mathematics A - Economics GCSE, Magdalen College School, Brackley A*-B - All subjects

Education Africa award in recognition of invaluable contribution during the construction/development of a nursery school, Easter 2013 Awarded by James Urdang, Executive Director/Founder of Education Africa Vice Chancellors Exhibition, University of Nottingham, Feb 2013 Chosen with a team as the only second year Architecture students to exhibit work and meet the Vice Chancellor to showcase project Fleeting Retreat, Market Square, Nottingham, Feb 2013 Building a pavilion at the light show in Nottingham, to publicize the Aga Sikolo project while learning initial construction skills and teamwork skills East Lindsey District Council Exhibition and Meeting, Dec 2013 I exhibited and presented my studio project to the East Lindsey District Council Marketing and Publicity Officer Article 25, University of Nottingham Working with a team of students to publicize Article 25, organise workshops and fundraise, providing me with skills of organisation, initiative and specifically creativity 4

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SKILLS Computer Skills Micro-station (Basic) Vectorworks (Basic) Autodesk Ecotect (Basic) Rhinoceros AutoCAD 2013 SketchUp Adobe Photoshop CS6 Adobe Illustrator CS6 Adobe InDesign CS6 Mac Software Other Sketching Model making Photography Research Construction detailing Language Skills English: Mother Tongue Vietnamese: Limited working proficiency

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY Freelance Designer Branding, design and interior design work for restaurant and catering start-up Levi Strauss and Co., Bicester Village, Focusing on customer service, taking initiative and confidence in communicating fashion advice Aspire Hospitality, Silverstone Racing Circuit Working on a large scale catering service while, developing valuable business skills in communication, training, and stock taking Ta Bros Fish and Chips

Running the day-to-day catering operations, leading a team, tasked with optimising the quality of the food, service and performance.

Jun 2014 - Current

Aug 2013 Sales Assistant

Apr 2010 – Dec 2010 Sales Assistant

Sep 2006 – Present Assistant Manager

Ann’s Fish Bar Sep 2006 – Present Achieving good quality at low cost, maintaining high Assistant Manager standards of hygiene and customer satisfaction, while running operations and a team.

CONTACT INFO. Name: Email: Telephone: Website:

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Address:

91 Halse Road Brackley Northants NN136EQ 5

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FINAL YEAR THESIS PROJECT Boston, Lincolnshire

The germinator project, “The Woad Guild” is centred around the preservation and revitalisation of the ancient ink production within the disappearing dockland culture, in the face of rising sea levels. The site focus for the project is Boston, a town under constant threat from flooding, while battling with constant coastal problems being situated in the Brink territories.

“The Woad Guild” is a revival of Woad ink production. A production of rich, deep, and heritage rooted blue, cultivated from the leaves of the Woad plant. The narrative of the project adopts traditional, sustainable and transitional aspects of the woad production. Constructed to embrace both the flood-water and the raw life-cycle of the production method, “The Woad Guild” is dedicated to the experience and transitional moments captured within the sensitive journey through materiality. In doing so, simultaneously revives the ancient civilisation and activity of the river.

Mapping

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Monolithic exterior

Tectonic Section

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PROJECT AGA SIKOLO South Africa

Project Aga Sikolo, a studio module in the first semester of second year, run by University of Nottingham for it’s third time since 2009. The project ran as a competition, with teams of six creating a proposal for a nursery school.

The intention of our design concept was on non-linear learning and the opportunity that education could provide for the small village of Calais. Our approach was a rigorous development through making. Located within a flood risk and sub-tropical climate, all means to design sensitively towards their needs was an opportunity of environmental design.

In Easter 2013, I was a member of the second phase design and construction team, which flew to Calais Village, Limpopo, South Africa. An amazing experience, which has influenced the way I think and design; developing project management skills, adapting to the changing environment, sourcing materials, construction knowledge, and working within a time and budget constraint, are only a few of the many things I learnt throughout the process and being on site.

Modelling

Phase 2 Team

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Construction of truss

Kitchen

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INTERESTS Aside from architectural interests, I am passionate about other forms of art, such as music and dance & photography. I am Grade 4 in piano, and I selftaught myself the ukulele,. I was also a member of the NUdance society at the University of Nottingham.

When I haven’t got my thinking cap on, I continue to travel, explore, and make ice coffees the Vietnamese way.

SKETCHES Academic and free-time sketching and painting.

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REFERENCES Farida Makki, Unit Tutor farida@redmak.co.uk Amy Tang, Personal Tutor.

Yue.Tang@Nottingham.ac.uk John Ramsay, Unit Tutor lazjr1@email.nottingham.ac.uk 10

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Copenhagen Photography

Building a pavilion in Market square

Copenhagen Photography

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