Vinh Phuc Nguyen /viŋ fukp ŋwien/
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Hello, My name is Vinh Phuc Nguyen, currently a part I graduate from the University of Kent, UK. With a passion for urban planning, commercial and domestic housing designs, I am searching for an opportunity to assist and learn from industrial practices. Observing the process of how a house is built under my father’s guidance, the child me felt a strong desire to be capable of making my own architecture. When I came to the Kent School of Architecture and Planning (KSAP) at the University of Kent, my ambition to be an architect was further enhanced by the in-depth teaching and competitive environment. I was able to explore architecture in not only the context of brick and mortar but also programs, utilities, and above all humanity’s importance.
In the workplace, my colleagues see me as an enthusiastic team worker who is willing to help and learn, and also an effective communicator. I enjoy studying new knowledge and perspectives, exploring new design techniques, and stepping out of my comfort zone to challenge myself in the architectural design process. With the knowledge gained from Part I Architectural education and previous work experience, I wish to continue to learn more about the architecture profession. New environments mean new inspirations and challenges, which I am looking forward to experiencing.
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Education
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UNIVERSITY OF KENT, Canterbury, UK Kent School of Architecture and Planning BA Hons First, July 2019
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BELLERBYS COLLEGE, Oxford, UK Art and Design Foundation Finished with 85 average, June 2016
Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe Indesign Adobe Premiere Sketchup Vray for Sketchup Enscape 3D Autocad Architecture 2D Microsoft Excel Microsoft Word
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LUONG THE VINH HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE GIFTED, Bien Hoa, VN Major in English Finished with Excellent Certificate, June 2015
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Achievements 2017-2019
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KSAP End of Year Show, Canterbury, UK Featuring architectural drawings and models in KSAP End of Year shows for three consecutive years. LISTENING CANTERBURY - Sensory experience of multimodal environment as a design strategy for architectural visualization, Canterbury, UK. Nominated for RIBA Part 1 - Internal Prize, Dissertation Prize 2019 Published on ResearchGate since Jan 2019 HMY (Hazle McCormack Young Architects) sketchbook prize for stage 2 students, Canterbury, UK One of two winners of the prize. Bellerbys End of Year Showcase, Oxford, UK Featuring drawing, models and video montage in the final show.
Abilities Teamwork/Strong adatability Physical models Hand-drawn Illustrations 3D modelling/Rendering Conceptual design Laser cutting/3D printing/ Woodworking Vietnamese (Native)/English (Fluent working proficiency)
Work experience Freelance Designer Working with a friend family to design a kitchen space
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Kientruc O Junior Architect TAA Design Project Architect
References Tom Sweet (Mr.), Stage 3 Tutor Kent School of Architecture and Planning t.p.sweet-22@kent.ac.uk Vu, Dam Huynh Quoc (Mr.), Principle Architect info@kientruco.com Thien, Nguyen Van (Mr.), Principle Architect info@taadesign.com
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nstead of questioning what forms and shapes create good architecture, spatial creativity generates more possibilities for the uniqueness of a built environment. TAA Design represents a collective of creative personalities where I am allowed necessary creative freedom as well as work alongside exciting young talents. As a team, we always strive for the more exciting spatial experience inside each architectural design and are ready to explore all possible solutions for our final proposal. Experiments are more valued than the product itself, therefore as a concept architect, I am heavily involved in the initial stage to develop multiple design developments and examine different approaches to a given architectural situation.
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uring my time at TAA Design, the proposed architecture is continuously studied to be in coherence with its urban context and its future dwellers. The importance of creating better architectural impacts on people experience is not limited only to the clients but also to all who are in connection to the vicinity of the site and further on the very microscale of urban culture.
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HILL CASA #1 Weekend Home//2020 - 2021 // Initial Concept Duong Dong // Phu Quoc Island Interior//Landscape//Architecture Design leader
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HILL CASA #2 Weekend Home//2020 - 2021 // Initial Concept Duong Dong // Phu Quoc Island Interior//Landscape//Architecture Design leader
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CU CHI VILLA Residential home//2020// Initial Concept Cu Chi // HCMC Architecture Project Architect
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hat is Architecture, again? Will it be a form of thought that we base on preconceived images and designs, or is a result of memorial recollection in which we rediscovered the experienced architectural situation in the past. During my part I educational training in Architecture, we were taught to creative works trying to solves multiple architectural problems under a subjective perspective. As a success of this experiment, our designs presents an uncontaminated personal reflection and the excitement of creating new architectural situations, but very often a lack of adherence to the real world. Architecture then in my mind, was merely a form of thought that has not found it way to reach concrete existence. When working in Kientruc O as a Junior Architect, I had a chance to work with real architectural conditions. The challenge of solving building problems in compliance with technical and functional requirements adds a new dimension to my design process. In Kientruc O we provided the answer to these questions as a team, and as the youngest member, I was exposed to critical analysis in the search of forms, materials, compositions, lighting and greenery to visualise the desired architectural images of the given place. Our strive to create buildings that bear spatial qualities of the place, to provide a better-built environment for dwelling and to create a good architecture out of very ordinary things founded locally. As a result, in my opinion, designing is not merely creating anymore, but to discover what has already existed in the spatial situation, and to provide what is needed.
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C C K 3 Kindergarten//2019-2020 // Under Construction District 10 // HCMC Architecture Architectural Drafter
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Construction Phase // Modular System For Shading
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Construction Phase // View from workshop
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Concept Phase // View from Living Room
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re circus arts supposed to be merely about childish fun and entertainment? Does the magic of circus only stay in the bodily movements of the acrobats, the thrill of daredevils and the laughter from the clowns? Or is the enchantment of the circus actually lying much more faintly behind the temporary tents and stages, which takes us a long time of observing and absorbing to finally understand how great this performing act was? . In response to the demand for a new institutional campus for circus arts in Cliftonville, the poetics of the attraction seemed to lack the utilitarian language of the surroundings: there was no context, no origin, and no communication to the community. For a moving circus tent, this alien excitement only lasts for a few days or weeks. For an institution that aims to bring education to new generations, the school of circus needs to transform itself from just mere temporary stages, riggings and seats to become a part of the story, a building with context and a standing ‘person’ in Cliftonville neighbourhood. . A hypothesis, therefore, is created. The institution of circus arts will be no more an immediate product, but a long lasting architectural performance, starting from the origin of a circus to become a new building. Inspired by the ‘cautionary story’ of Brexit, the building will go through hard times to adjust its programme to the needs of the people to finally reach its graceful end as a new educational campus. . Architecture, as a result, is a process.
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Exploded view // An architectural walkthrough of history
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Technological section // Shading system in facade // Roof structure // Wall treatment // Supporting structure
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Section AA // Circulation tubes // Connection with Lower Promenade
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Foyer space // The inside street
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Training and Performing // Dancing in the Light
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heme parks and fairgounds have been important features in British culture. these not only provide necessary entertainment for times of depressions but also reflects the spirit of possitivitism on the local urban background. therefore, entertaining places can be seen as a subject to study urbanists culture as well as a possible design directive for any other built environment. The art of story telling in themed entertaining grounds is an aspiring topic in how an architect can introduce local context in to the design process. theme park can be explored as a cultural vortex whose swirling forces contribute to the construction of knowledge, even as they open a dynamic territory between dualistic notions of place and space, myth and reality, work and play. ‘City as a theme park’ is the idea of encouraging public engagement through providing appropriate and attractive venues. People in this city does not simply live and work, they play, trade and communicate in places of entertainment. The city then become a themed show, where moving between places become the act of going through different stories of the urbanists.
Art is meaningful through the way of story-telling. By replicating or artistically transform culture norms the artist can tell audience about the meaning behind their art piece. Theme park in the same way using visual cues in ornaments and structures to inform the visitor of a culture votex through the engagement in fun activities.
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Art Workshop // ‘Dove’ pendant lights // ‘The Hat’ skylights // Student and artist workspaces
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Main Extension // School Cafe // Art Classes //Main stairscace //Playful slides
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ollective dwelling may not merely be a housing project to cope with the need of accommodation and economic growth. It includes the life of the habitants, their daily mundane tasks, their chats, their meals, their works and their cultures. The home, therefore, does not come before the people. Collective dwelling then means creating a series of homes, to fulfil people memories, events and wishes. A modern house solution with hi-tech comfort may not be an answer to the culturally-rich Faversham, but a design in which the life of the town is reflected. Observing closely at the context of the town, a softer and more earthly is to be introduced into the old façade of Faversham, as if the houses has always been there, ready to be discovered as homes again and again.
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