Landscape Design Portfolio

THAO NGUYEN ‘ S PORTFOLIO URBAN DESIGN - LANDSCAPE DESIGN

A. URBAN DESIGN

1. URBAN DESIGN of South of An Hoa Ward, Rach Gia City, Kien Giang Province - Vietnam

2. URBAN DESIGN STRATEGY of Ninh Hai, Ninh Thuan Province – Vietnam 3. URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE STRATEGY of Ward 16 District 8 HCMC – Viet Nam

4. URBAN DESIGN of Ben Thanh Market area, District 1, HCMC – Vietnam

1. URBAN DESIGN of South of An Hoa Ward, Rach Gia City, Kien Giang Province - Vietnam

Development history of Rach Gia city.

VISION: A sustainable adaptive water urbanism of Rach Gia City in the whole Mekong Delta context.

Existing topography.

Existing blue system.

Saline intrusion in wet season.

Saline intrusion in dry season.

Water flow and soil erosion.

Existing green system.

Existing water management section.

Flooding map.

Sense of place.

Pollution.

Circulation.

Density of vehicles at 8am.

Density of vehicles at 12pm.

Density of vehicles at 5pm.

Open space typology.

Image of the city.

Existing human activities.

Existing land - use plan.

Potential of existing land - use plan.

Open space interaction to the water.

Oriented land - use plan by the government.

Permenancy of building structures.

Typical section on Tran Khanh Du str.

Storey map.

Typical section of alley areas.

Typical section on Lam Quang Ky str.

Construction functional usage map.

Typical section along Xang Moi canal.

CONCEPT CREATION:

Water flow - soil erosion.

Street network.

Topography.

Zoning.

Existing land- use plan

Government land- use plan

Comparative land - use plan

Chosen land - use plan Water system.

Overlaying layers of concept.

Section AA’.

Section BB’.

Master plan

Elevation CC’ - new residentail area of Phu Cuong co.

WATER MANAGEMENT

Strategic cross section of canal.

Strategic cross section in Nam An Hoa ward.

In Building scale: Applying building water storage, rain water harvesting and recycling of grey water.

Applying bio - swale and green surface water runoff, permiable paving, => Designed to remove silt and pollution from the surface runoff water in urban areas, In Landscape: water reused for agriculture, water purification through various natural systems, wetland as rain water and flood water storage.

2. URBAN DESIGN STRATEGY of Ninh Hai, Ninh Thuan Province – Vietnam

3. URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE STRATEGY of Ward 16 District 8 HCMC – Viet Nam

Housing unit.

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B.

4. URBAN DESIGN of Ben Thanh Market area, District 1, HCMC – Vietnam

1698 - 1861: Ben Thanh market was a large swamp.

1861 - 1912: Ben Thanh market was appeared and located next to main rail way.

Density of vehicle flows at 9am

pedestrian stationary at 8pm

Density of vehicle flows at 8pm

Pedestrian flows ar 8pm

1912 - 1940: Population explosion.

French & Indochine architecture style.

Level of streets

1940 - 2014: Rail way was moved.Large buildings were constructed.

Open space system

Public transportation

Garbage pollution

Air & Noise pollution on day

Land - use plan

Air & Noise pollution at night

Figure 16: Land - use statistic

CONCEPT:

Ground floor

Vehicle direction

Basement floor 1

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Area Identities.

Public transport Land - use plan of government’s strategies

Building height and building chronology.

Green space system

Table of plants

Building facade.

Basement floor 2nd

openspace

Basement floor 3rd

Height & setback

Basement floor 4th

zoning

Land - use plan of the author

Perspectives

Master plan - design for Ben Thanh market area.

Concept underground

B. LANDSCAPE DESIGN

1. DETAIL LANDSCAPE DESIGN of Thi Nai Lagoon, Qui Nhon City, Binh Dinh Province – Vietnam 2. DETAIL LANDSCAPE DESIGN of Quach Thi Trang node,

District 1, HCMC – Vietnam

3. LANDSCAPE DESIGN of Sai Gon ‘s zoo, Ben Nghe Ward, District 1 HCMC – Vietnam 4. LANDSCAPE DESIGN of Business coffee shop, Ca Mau Province – Vietnam 5. LANDSCAPE DESIGN of Vietnam - Australia School (VAS), Dai Quang Minh residential area, District 2, HCMC – Vietnam 6. LANDSCAPE DESIGN of Saigon Mui Ne Resort, Binh Thuan Province – Vietnam 7. LANDSCAPE DESIGN of Thuy Ta Restaurant, HCMC – Vietnam

1. DETAIL LANDSCAPE DESIGN of Thi Nai Lagoon, Qui Nhon City, Binh Dinh Province – Vietnam

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2. DETAIL LANDSCAPE DESIGN of Quach Thi Trang node,

District 1, HCMC – Vietnam

Section BB’.

Lighting system.

Master plan of proposed design for Quach Thi Trang node - area.

Section of underground Quach Thi Trang node.

Green space system.

3. LANDSCAPE DESIGN of Sai Gon ‘s zoo, Ben Nghe Ward, District 1 HCMC – Vietnam

Concept:

4. LANDSCAPE DESIGN of Business coffee shop, Ca Mau Province – Vietnam

Lighting system

5. LANDSCAPE DESIGN of Vietnam - Australia School (VAS), Dai Quang Minh residential area, District 2, HCMC – Vietnam

1. School gate area 2. Playground area 3. Fence of trees 4. Sports area 5. Campus trees 6. Pool area 7. Botanical Garden 8. Multi-purpose yard 9. Basketball Court 10. Running road

School gate area section

Playground area section

Pool area section

Cổng 3

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1. School gate area 2. Sports Ground 3. The greenery campus 4. Pool area 5. Botanical Garden 6. Average tree area 7. Dormitory multipurpose 8. Playground area 9. Garden 4th floor (seminar area) 10. Garden 5th floor (for teachers) 11. Roof garden (for students)

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4 Cổng 2

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Cổng 5

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Cổng 4

Cổng 6 Open from 8am to 5pm Open after 5pm Open from morning till end of activity time of the sports field

Cổng 1

Cổng 7

1. Seats 2. Wood floor 3. Medium-sized trees

1. Seats 2. Medium-sized trees 3. Trees or shrubs

1. Grass hill 2. Average – sized plants cover roof 3. Cobbled path planting drought trees 4. Seat

6. LANDSCAPE DESIGN of Saigon Mui Ne Resort, Binh Thuan Province – Vietnam

7. LANDSCAPE DESIGN of Thuy Ta Restaurant, HCMC – Vietnam