ART PORTFOLIO The above image symbolises nature in the present world: Suffocated by human pollution.
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M inh A nh K ieu
ABOUT ME
NOSTALGIA... These are series of photographs I’ve taken in Vietnam since 2016. These melancholic photos hope to portray what home means to me.
Saigon, Vietnam. 2017
Why I pursue Landscape Architecture:
Saigon, Vietnam. 2018
My past experience of being a city street photographer and journalist led me to be aware of the social inequity and the displacement of people. I believe in increasing public spaces and green infrasture in dense urban areas will improve public health and increase economic
Professional Experiences:
Sapa, Vietnam. 2016
Global Penn State - International Orientation Leader [ 2019 ] Phan Anh Light Steel House - Intern Graphic Designer [ 2018 - 2019 ] Project Kanzen - Intern Graphic Designer [ 2016 ]
Education: Bachelor of Lanscape Architecture, 2021 Pennsylvania State University - University Park
Skills: Adobe Suite Applications | AutoCad | Sketch Up | Rhino | Lumion | ArcMap GIS | Watercolor Painting | Digital Shooting
Ninh Binh, Vietnam. 2019
TABLE OF
Project Description
CONTENTS
Watercolor x Acrylics Painting August 2019 8.5’’ x 11’’
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
Health & Wellness Center Interdisciplinary Collaborative Design
Grow Food, Grow Community Community Design & Urban Agriculture
Model Sustainable Farm System Design
Bringing Back The Wildlife Planting Meadow Design
Urban Treed Plaza Planting Methods
Stormwater Management Construction Documents
Public Campus Plaza Laser Cut Model Making
The Spiritual Gateway Hand Drawn Project
1.
ASTER PLAN HEALTH & WELLNESS CENTER
MASTER PLAN: SE-
LIVING NIOR HOSPITAL
Interdisciplinary Collaborative Design Studio Location: Lancaster, PA, USA | Date: Spring 2020 Instructors: Ross Weinreb (AE),, David Goldberg (LA) , Lisa Iulo (A),, Moses Ling (AE) Team Project: David Wong (LA),, Ray Jia (LA) , Maryam Esmailian (A),, Teagan Marron (A)
INTEGRATED WELLNESS CENTER
Taylor Schoch (SE),, Tommy Simone (CM),, Sam Komber (LE),, Brandon Kuruzovich (ME) Software: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Revit, Sketch Up, AutoCad
CENTRAL
SUPPORT BUILDINGS
SE-SENOR
LIVING
WAREHOUSES
*AE: Architectural Engineer | A: Architecture | LA: Landscape Architecture | SE: Structural Engineer CM: Construction Management | LE: Lighting Engineer | ME: Mechanical Engineer
V ROOFTOP GARDEN AXONOMETRIC:
CONCEPT DIAGRAM The project focuses on bringing different type of user groups together and connecting them to a more sustainable and biophilic lifestyle. Using skylights on the rooftop garden to increase natural daylight into the birth and family room at the first floor.
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TYPOLOGIES TYPOLOGIES
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TYPOLOGIES:
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The landscape architects and the lighting engineer work MEADOWS together closely to determine the function of different spaces and how they would look during normal daylight and at night
HEALING GARDEN
2
RGB WATERFALL LIGHTING
5
MEADOWS MEADOWS
MAIN PLAZA
PERENNIAL MESIC MEADOW
UNDER BRIDGE LIGHTING
YOUNG WOODLAND TREE
WOODEN BOARDWALK
PLANTING LIGHTING
4 VINE POST
LANDSCAPE
BIKE + PEDESTRIAN BIKE BIKE ++ PEDESTRIAN PEDESTRIAN + EXERCISE PATHS ++ EXERCISE EXERCISE PATHS PATHS
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LANDSCAPE LANDSCAPE
LIGHTING
LIGHTING LIGHTING
THERAPEUTIC POOL
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RGB WATERFALL LIGHTING
ADA RAMP SYSTEM
LINEAR IN-GRADE LIGHTING
AROMATIC FLOWER BEDS
OUTDOOR FITNESS EQUIPMENT
SWARR RUN CREEK
PEDESTRIAN PATH
POLLINATOR GARDEN BEDS
BOLLARD PATH LIGHTING
BIKE PATH
VERTICAL LUMINOUS POLES
STEP LIGHTING
LANDSCAPE
IVY WALL PLANT LIGHTING
LANDSCAPE
MEADOWS
2
LIGHTING
5
TREE UPLIGHTING
LANDSCAPE
LIGHTING
LANDSCAPE LANDSCAPE
LIGHTING LIGHTING
LIGHTING
MAIN PARKING
MAIN PLAZA INTEGRATED CURB LIGHTING
POROUS GRAVEL PAVER
MOB
TREE GRATE DRAINAGE
HOSPITAL
LANDSCAPE
LANDSCAPE
BIKE + PEDESTRIAN + EXERCISE PATHS
POLE-MOUNTED LUMINAIRE
RAIN SWALE
LIGHTING
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LIGHTING
HORSE AND BUGGIE PARKING
ADA PARKING
PLAZA TRELLIS + OUTDOOR CAFE
ORNAMENTAL TREE
GRASS MOUNDS
TREE UPLIGHTING
DECORATIVE LIGHTING
HORSE PARKING
IN-GRADE PATH LIGHTING
LANDSCAPE
LIGHTING LANDSCAPE
INTEGRATED CURB LIGHTING
HORSE FEEDING PATCH TREE GRATE DRAINAGE
LIGHTING
POLE-MOUNTED LUMINAIRE
POROUS GRAVEL PAVER
LANDSCAPE
LIGHTING
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Fats Sweets
HYDROPONIC FENCE
Milk, Cheese, Dairy
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Meat Fish
COLLECTING RAINWATER INTO THE TANK
Grains
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Floor 1: - Gardening storage (hand tools) - Gardening storage (bigger tools i.e wheelbarrows) - Extra storage/ Flex Event Space
GILMOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
YEAR : 1 - 3
Floor 1: - Community Kitchen - Food Storage - Event Storage (Chairs, tables, etc) - Extra Storage / Flex Event Space
Floor 2:
2. GROW FOOD, GROW COMMUNITY - Educational Space - Look Out Space (to the garden)
YEAR : 3 - 5
Community Design & Urban Agriculture Location: Baltimore, MD, USA | Date: Spring 2020 Instructors: Travis Flohr, Marc Miller, Dan Li Individual Project Software: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Lumion, Sketch Up, AutoCad, Rhino Grasshopper
Design Intent: Through initial exploration of food desert problems in West Baltimore neighborhoods, the ďŹ nal design aims to maximize production of vegetables and fruits to supplement nutrients for students at Gilmor Elementary School.
Pavillion
N Calhoun St
N Stricker St N Stricker St
- Community Kitchen - Food Storage - Event Storage (Chairs, tables, etc) - Extra Storage / Flex Event Space
N Calhoun St
Pavillion - Gardening storage (hand tools) - Gardening storage (bigger tools i.e wheelbarrows) - Extra storage/ Flex Event Space
FOR 264 ELEMENTARY STUDENTS (FALL SEMESTER)
GATEWAY ENTRANCE:
The entrance is placed directly across the street from one of the side exit of Gilmor Elementary School with the intention to attract students attention after
INTO THE GARDEN:
- Educational Space - Look Out Space (to the garden)
LEGEND: Growing Season Cold Storage Season
This is a perspective of a kid who would be gardening inside the space. This view alsoshows the pavillion and how people are interacting at the distance.
2. 3.MODEL SUSTAINABLE FARM
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The project transforms an already operating dairy farm into a model sustainable public agriculture farm. The farm demonstrates defensive Atlantic strategies when dealing with highly Ocean nutrients run off farm production and serve as local community gathering.
Plantation Seating
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Project Goals:
Design Intent:
System Design Studio Location: Centre County, PA, USA | Date: Spring 2019 Instructors: Travis Flohr, Wu Hong, Nastaran Tebyanian Individual Project Software: ArcMap GIS, Adobe Photoshop, AutoCad
PUBLIC SPACE | SECTION - ELEVATION
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4BRINGING BACK WILD LIFE
3.
Bird Eye Perspective: A display of all types of gardens
Project Description:
A campus plaza consists of prairie, mesic and rain meadows aim to educate visitors about the beauty and benefits of native North American graminoids and grasses. All the species in the meadow plaza are carefully chosen to attract pollinators and birds, to create not only an immersive but also educational and interactive experience for the visitors.
Meadows - Planting Methods Location: State College, PA, USA Autocad, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator Instructors: Travis Flohr, Ken Tamminga Individual Project: Software: Adobe Photoshop, AutoCad
EES BUILDING
1B
1A
1A 1b
3A
3B
2B 1A
APPLIED SCIENCES BUILDING
1B
2A
2B
1A
2A
2A 2B
LEGEND 1A
Prairie Meadow Taller Plants [ 3’ over ]
1B
Prairie Meadow Shorter Plants [ 3’ under ]
2A
Mesic Meadow Taller Plants [ 3’ over ]
2B
Mesic Meadow Shorter Plants [ 3’ under ]
3A
Upper Zone Rain Meadow
3B
Lower Zone Rain Meadow Boardwalk
Human Perspective: Walking through an immersive garden
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Wood bench
LEONHARD BUILDING
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Height Spread
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JUN
JUL
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OCT
NOV
DEC
Links
Attractions
Common name 6FLHQWL¿F QDPH ,QLWLDO
Grass Species
Blue grama Bouteloua gracilis (Bg)
1’ - 3’ ’’
Indian grass Sorghastrum nutans (Sn)
3’ -8’
Butterflies, moths �Pepper and �alt �kipper�
Northern sea oats Chasmanthium latifolium (Cl)
2’- 5’ s
Butterflies
Prairie drop seed Sporobolus heterolepis (Sh)
2’ - 3’ s
Native bees
Orange milkweed Asclepias tuberosa (At)
1’ - 3’
Butterflies, hummingbird
Corn�ower �Bachelor’s button� Centaurea cyanus (Cc)
1’ - 3’ 1’ - 2’
Birds , Butterflies
Spotted Beebalm https://www.wildflower.org/ Monarda punctata (Mp) plants/result.php?id_plant=bogr2
1’ - 3’ 9’’ - 12’’ 1’ - 3’ 10’’ - 12’’
sweet cone�ower https://www.wildflower.org/ Rudbeckia subtomentosa (Rs) plants/result.php?id_plant=chla5
2’ - 6’ 2’ - 3’
three-leaved stone crop https://www.wildflower.org/ Sedum ternatum (St) plants/result.php?id_plant=�PH�
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1’ - 3’
Joe-pye Weed/ Trumpetweed (XWURFKLXP ¿VWXORVXP (I
5’ - 6’ 2’ - 4’
Butterflies Bumblebees Birds, butterflies
Native bees 2’ - 4’ 2’ - 4’
Smooth White penstemon Penstemon digitalis (Pd)
2 - 5’
Creeping phlox Phlox subulata (Ps)
0.25’ - 0.5’
Brown Eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta (Rh)
2 - 5’
Grass/ Grasslikes
Birds, Hummingbirds, Butterflies Hummingbirds, bumblebees Nectar-Bees, Nectar-Butterflies, Nectar-insects, �eeds-�ranivorous birds
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Upland bentgrass Agrostis perennans (Walter) Tuck.
1’ - 3’
Canada Wild Rye Elymus canadensis glaucifolius (Ecg)
2’ - 5’ 2’ - 3’
Prairie junegrass Koeleria macrantha (Km)
2.5’ - 3’ 1’ - 1.5’ 1’ - 2’ 0.75’ - 1.50’
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Butterflies
Native bees
Forb Species Pearly everlasting Anaphalis margaritacea (Am) Bluebell Bell�ower Campanula rotundifolia (Cr) Jacob Cline Bee Balm Monarda didyma ‘Jacob Cline’
FEB
MAR
APR
MAY
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC
Attractions
Links
6’’ - 8’’
Butterflies
https://www.wildflower.org/ plants/result.php?id_plant=MOP�
Native bees
https://www.wildflower.org/ plants/result.php?id_plant=peca7
Native bees
https://www.wildflower.org/ plants/result.php?id_plant=rusu
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https://www.wildflower.org/ plants/result.php?id_plant=sete3
Section - Elevation:
1’ - 3’ 10’’ - 12’’ 1’ - 3’
3’ - 5’ 2’ - 3’
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Butterflies, hummingbird, pollinators
Intimacy and privacy of the space
Eastern Columbine https://www.wildflower.org/ Aquilegia canadensis (Ac) plants/result.php?id_plant=ange
1’ - 3’ -
hummingbirds, bees, butterflies, hawk moths
https://www.wildflower.org/ plants/result.php?id_plant=aqca
http://www.missouribotanicalgarMichigan Lily den.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderLilium michiganense (Lm) Details.aspx?taxonid=277177
2’ - 5’ 1’ - 2’
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https://www.wildflower.org/ plants/result.php?id_plant=LIMI9
hummingbirds, birds, butterflies,
http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=244713&isprofile=0&basic=Liatris�20
UPLAND RAIN MEADOW
lanceleaf tickseed Coreopsis lanceolata (Cl)
Bottlebrush grass Elymus hystrix (Eh)
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Forb Species
Shooting Star Dodecatheon meadia (Dm)
Wild bergamot 0RQDUGD ¿VWXORVD 0I
Height Spread
https://www.wildflower.org/ Long-Sepal Beardtongue plants/result.php?id_plant=sonu2 Penstemon calycosus (Pc)
Forb Species
Pale Purple cone�ower Echinacea pallida (Ep)
MESIC MEADOW
Birds , Butterflies
MESIC MEADOW
4’ - 8’ ’
Kobold Blazing star https://www.wildflower.org/ Liatris spicata ‘Kobold’ (Ls) plants/result.php?id_plant=sonu2
2’ - 2.5’ 2’
Slender Mountain Mint https://www.wildflower.org/ Pycnanthemum tenuifolium (Pt) plants/result.php?id_plant=chla5
2’ - 3’ 2’ - 3’
Golden ragwort https://www.wildflower.org/ Senecio aureus (Sa) plants/result.php?id_plant=�PH�
Birds, butterflies
https://www.wildflower.org/ plants/result.php?id_plant=pyte
1’ - 2’ 1’
Bees
https://www.wildflower.org/ plants/result.php?id_plant=paau3
1’ - 3’ 1’ - 3’
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http://www.newmoonnursery. com/plant/Carex-bicknellii
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https://www.wildflower.org/ plants/result.php?id_plant=caca4
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https://www.wildflower.org/ plants/result.php?id_plant=�LBI4
https://www.wildflower.org/ Grass/ Graminoids plants/result.php?id_plant=mofi Prairie sedge
Carex bicknellii (Cb) https://www.wildflower.org/ plants/result.php?id_plant=pedi Blue joint grass Calamagrostis canadensis (Cc) https://www.wildflower.org/ plants/result.php?id_plant=phsu3 Glades Spikerush https://www.wildflower.org/ (OHRFKDULV EL¿GD (E
plants/result.php?id_plant=ruhi2
2’ - 5’ 6’’ 3’ - 5’
River Bank Wild rye Elymus riparius (Er) Redtop Panicgrass https://www.wildflower.org/ Panicum riqgidulum (Pc) plants/result.php?id_plant=A�P�
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https://www.wildflower.org/ plants/result.php?id_plant=elri
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https://www.wildflower.org/ plants/result.php?id_plant=pari4
https://www.illinoiswildflowers. info/grasses/plants/canada_rye. Forb Species htm https://www.wildflower.org/ New England Aster plants/result.php?id_plant=�LH� Aster novae-angliae (Ae)
LOW LAND RAIN MEADOW
PRAIRIE MEADOW
Big bluestem Andropogon gerardii (Ag)
https://www.wildflower.org/ plants/result.php?id_plant=ange Forb Species
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Bees, butterflies
https://www.wildflower.org/ plants/result.php?id_plant=syno2
Bottle Gentian https://www.wildflower.org/ Gentiana clausa (Gc) plants/result.php?id_plant=�OMA
1’ - 3’
Bumblebees
https://www.wildflower.org/ plants/result.php?id_plant=��CL
Blue vervain Verbana hastata (Vh)
2’ - 6’ 1’ - 2.5’
Birds, butterflies, native bees
https://www.wildflower.org/ plants/result.php?id_plant=veha2
2’ - 6’ 1’ - 2.5’
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https://www.wildflower.org/ plants/result.php?id_plant=�LCA
3’ - 5’ 2’ - 4’
Birds
https://www.wildflower.org/ plants/result.php?id_plant=sccy
1’ - 1.5’ -
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https://www.wildflower.org/ plants/result.php?id_plant=sian3
3’ - 6’
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https://www.wildflower.org/ Grass Species plants/result.php?id_plant=anma Rattlesnake Manna Grass https://www.wildflower.org/ Glyceria canadensis (Gc) plants/result.php?id_plant=caro2 Wool Grass Scirpus cyperinus (Sc)
http://www.newmoonnursery. Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass com/plant/Monarda-didyma-JaSisyrinchium angustifolium (Sa) cob-Cline
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RAIN MEADOW UPPER ZONE
RAIN MEADOW UPPER ZONE
5.URBAN TREED PLAZA
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Design Implementation | Planting Methods Location: State College, PA, USA | Date: Fall 2019 Instructors: Travis Flohr, Ken Tamminga Individual Project Software: AutoCad
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Design Implementation | Grading & Construction Documents Location: State College, PA, USA | Date: Spring 2019 Instructors: Wu Hong, Stuart Echols Individual Project Software: AutoCad
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Root Zone Plan
Catalpa speciosa (Cs)
Scale: 1'' = 10'-0
Project:
Module 2: Treed Plaza Location:
University Park, PA
Scale: 1/2'' = 1'-0
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Modular Soil Cells with Steel Collar - Section
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Silva cells
WEST CAMPUS COMMONS
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Greenleaf's Urban Arbor Soil
Catalpa speciosa
Betula papyrifera
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Catalpa speciosa
2.
Treed Plaza Plan Scale: 1'' = 10'-0
POB:
Seating benches Tree Grate
Point of Base
Drawn by:
MINH ANH KIEU
Date:
November 7, 2019
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Module 2: Treed Plaza
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Planting Schedule
Location:
University Park, PA Sheet Title:
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