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Graduate projects 2019 - 2020 GREENHAVEN APARTMENT Hibbing, Minnesota - November 2020 THE ARTIST’S GARDEN Burnsville, Minneapolis - May 2020 UPPER HARBOR TERMINAL PROJECT Minneapolis, US - November 2019 SKOK HALL ENTRANCE PROJECT Saint Paul, US - November 2019 “ICEBERG” - THE IMAGINE CITY OF ESMERALDA PROJECT Minneapolis , US - September 2019 THE SENSORY GARDEN PROJECT Minneapolis, US - October 2019
Undergraduate projects 2013 - 2018 COASTAL ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION PROJECT Khanh Hoa, Vietnam - June 2018 LOST AND FOUND PROJECT Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam - September 2018 CULTURAL PARK PROJECT Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, April 2017 RESORT PLANNING PROJECT Phu Quoc, Vietnam - June 2017 INDOOR PLAYGROUND DEISGN PROJECT Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam - June 2017 LAYOUT AND MODELLING BA NA HILL PROJECT Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam - September 2014
Internship projects October - November 2018 AVANI PHAN THIET Phan Thiet, Vietnam, October 2018 FLOWER EXHIBITION FOR THE YEAR OF PIG - 2019 Da Nang, Vietnam, November 2018
GRADUATE PROJECTS Universit y of Minnesota S e p t e m b e r 2 019 - D e c e m b e r 2 02 0
GREENHAVEN WELCOMING A NEW BEGINNING
Perspective Section of the sunken pathway
BIOFENDER
CONNECTING THE NORTH Upper Harbor Terminal, Minneapolis - November 2019
1. PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE
2. INFILTRATION PONDS
3. WETLAND PATHWAY
4. COMMUNITY HUB
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MASTER PLAN 1. Woodland 6. UHT Museum 2. Wetland 7. Art Center 3. Marketplace 8. Housing 4. Riverfront 9. Parking Lots 5. Main Plaza 10. Aquatic Area
The Bridge
Aerial Perspective
The Riverfront
The Riverfront
The Main Plaza
SECTION
BIG CIRCLE
THE NURSERY GARDEN Skok Hall, St. Paul - November 2019
122.3' 56.2'
29.8'
1.1'
28.5'
6.7'
SKOK HALL
EXITING TO REMAIN
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SKOK HALL COURTYARD SECTION 2 - SCALE 1-10'
SKOK HALL COURTYARD LANDSCAPE DESIGN SITE SECTIONS
PLANTING DETAIL
WALL DETAIL
DRAINAGE DETAIL
Project SKOK HALL COURTYARD LANDSCAPE DESIGN Date 12/19/2019
Student MINH NGUYEN Course LA 3571
Scale 1"=10'
Page Number 05/06
INVISIBLE CITIES AN EXPLORATION OF “THE ICEBERG” Minneapolis - September 2019
The Esmeralda based on “Trading Cities 5” from Calvino’s book is the vision of an upside down spaces which are contrast from each other: open and enclose - simplicity and complexity. This is a story of an “iceberg” - we can’t see how big is an iceberg unless we discover it.
SENSORY GARDEN
THE STORY FROM EASTERN Noltre Center, Minneapolis - October 2019
UNDERGRADUATE PROJECTS
Universit y of Architecture of Ho Chi Minh Cit y S e p t e m b e r 2 013 - A u g u s t 2 018
THE COASTAL
ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION PROJECT Bai Dai , Khanh Hoa, Vietnam - June 2018 Bai Dai coastal is well-known as one of a few places in Vietnam that contain sand dunes, an unique ecosystem of coastal area. However, the coastal area is excavated to make site for tourism development which led the them disappear through time. This project is to maintain and protect the existing sand dunes and create a park to recover the ecosystem.
WOODEN PATHWAYS AND SANDY PATHWAYS
RECOVERING THE VEGETATION
1st year - Establishing the grass layer
2-3 years later - Establishing the trees layer
10 years later - The forsest
Artwork inside the Sand dune Greenhouses at Community Garden
Playground
Community Hub
SECTION
Ho Chi Minh - September 2018
PERSPECTIVE AT THE PASSIVE ZONE
CULTURAL PARK PERSPECTIVE AT THE RETENTION POND
REVITALIZING THE RIVER BANK Go Vap, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam - April 2017
PERSPECTIVE AT THE MAZE GARDEN
THE WAVE RESORT GET AWAY FROM THE HAPTIC LIFE Bai Khem, Phu Quoc, Vietnam - June 2017
THE KID ’S ZONE RHYTHM OF THE CUBE Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam - June 2017
BA NA HILLS LE JARDIN D’AMOUR Danang, Vietnam - September 2014
INTERNSHIP PROJECTS TA Co r p o ra t i o n S e p t e m b e r 2 018 - N o v e m b e r 2 018
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THE WHALE OASIS HEIGHT HEIGHT
AVANI PHAN THIET Binh Thuan, Vietnam - October 2018
AERIAL VIEW TO “THE LAND” CONCEPT
YEAR OF THE PIG FLOWER EXHIBITION FOR TET HOLIDAY Danang, Vietnam - November 2018
AERIAL VIEW TO “THE SEA” CONCEPT
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