CURRICULUM VITAE/ RESUME
DUONG HONG NG U YEN E-mail: duong.h.nguyen@gmail.com Phone: in Vietnam (+84) 919 517 058
OBJ E C TIVES: Master urban design skills and strategic thinking through professional work. Enlarge personal perspective through activities in various fields. E DU C ATIONAL BAC KG ROUNDS: 2000 - 2003: Le Hong Phong Highschool for the gifted. (Vietnam) Major in Mathematics, Literature and English. 2003 - 2008: Ho Chi Minh City University of Architecture (Vietnam) Bachelor of Urban planning 2012 - 2013: The University of New South Wales (Australia) Master of Urban Development and Design E X PE R IENC E OF WOR KING: 07/2007 - 09/2007: Internship by Urban Environmental Planning Programme in Vietnam (UEPP-VN) and HCMC Uni. of Architecture. Employer: Huy Khuong Corp. Architectural assistant in urban design projects. 08/2008 - 04/2011: National General Construction Consultancy Jsc. (Nagecco) Center of Urban Planning and Infrastructure design. Architect - Urban planner 05/2011 - present: Vietnam Institute of Architecture, Urban and Rural Planning Southern Sub-institute of Urban and Rural planning Division of Science Research and Technology Management. Urban planner - team member in international collaboration. K E Y PROJ EC T S: 2008 Sonadezi New Urban Area masterplan - design contest. Location: Bien Hoa I Industrial zone, Dong Nai Province, Vietnam. Role: Designer 2009 - 2011 An Phu Thinh New Urban Area - design contest. Location: Quy Nhon city, Binh Dinh Province, Vietnam. Competition project scale 1:5000 Master plan project scale 1:500 & basic design project scale 1/ 200 Role: main designer 2011 - 2012 Camau province - New Administrative Center Master plan project scale 1/ 500 Role: urban designer, translator
Bien Hoa city - General master plan - project scale 1/ 10000 Role: urban planner, interpreter for the team of foreign experts New rural residential area of Ly Hoa Hiep- scale 1/ 2000 Location: Ly Nhon, Can Gio, Ho Chi Minh city. Role: chief designer 2012 Barcelona International Studio - (MUDD program) Location: Barcelona port Role: team leader C ON T EST, HONOU R & AWA RD: 2004 - 2005 - 2008 HCMC Uni. of Architecture ’s scholarship for students with out standing academic results. 2006 Creative talent contest by UEPP-VN and Dept. of Urban planning Consolation prize for creative writing. 2008 ICI Dulux - Akzo Nobel’s scholarship for graduation projects with top results. 2008 Vietnam Association of Architects’s Loa Thanh Award for excellent graduation projects - Consolation prize. 2009 British Council’s “Awaken Space” public art design contest. Finalist. 2012
Australian Development Scholarship - by Autralian Government
2013
Program Director’s Award 2012/2013 - by the program director of Master of Urban Development and Design, Faculty of Built Environment, UNSW.
SKI L L S: Basic skills Urban design, urban landscape design, using and understanding the work-flow of professional softwares in design project, design report writing and presentation preparing, urban mapping (with ArcGIS or Illustrator) Special skills Branding in urban design. Academic research. C O- C UR R IC U L AR AC TIVI TIE S: 2006 - 2009 2007 - present
HCMC Uni. of Architecture’s music club, “Arch-plugged” musical club - MC and creative writer. Freelance graphic designer, illustrator and photographer.
Photography, travelling and blogging HOBBIES: Vietnamese, English L A NG UAG ES:
Up d ate: 2014 Jan 16