PORTFOLIO & RESUME Selected Works // Vivian Nguyen
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Personal Statement Points of Departure Montrose Performance Hall Hope Farm Energy Exploratorium Casa Houston Honeycomb Contact + Resume
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PERSONAL STATEMENT
There is beauty in the process.
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I have learned that architecture is about the process. The process is not only the steps taken to receive your diploma and license, but those long hours spent at your desk. It is that roll of trace paper you went through while the ideas escape your mind and become study models. It is when you learn new techniques, styles, and softwares. Most importantly, it is when you learn the most about yourself and your passion. It can be frustrating, creative, and awakening.
POINTS OF DEPARTURE A NATURAL REGENERATION OF HOUSTON’S LIVING GEMS
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Project Type // Master plan Location // Houston, Texas Year // 2016 Critic // Peter Zweig & Thom Mayne As drones become a normal entity through the delivery of goods/services/mail, a centralized industry begins to expose itself. The drones make the delivery industry almost obsolete, but at the same time efficient. This disruptive technology will infiltrate all aspects of business and personal reductions, efficiency, and reduction in traffic accidents while at the same time reducing the general cost of delivery of goods. Drones are also a form of toy used by adults for the purposes of sports and entertainment and even professional endeavors. Therefore, “Points of Departure” becomes a location where business, leisure, and profession intersects to become an undulating landscape housing varied interests.
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site plan
A NEED FOR DRONES POST OFFICE REPLACED BY DRONE DELIVERY
TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN HOUSTON
REPORTED ACCIDENTS IN HOUSTON
70,744
Non-Injuries 138,383 Non-Injury Crashes 42,333 Possible Injuries 23,858 Unknown Injuries 15,014 Non-Incapacitating Injuries 6,797 Non-Incapacitating Crashes 5,076 Unknown Severlty Crashes 2,680 Incapacitating Injuries 1,310 Incapacitating Crashes 1,100
2014
53,581 2011
DRONE DELIVERY
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3X FASTER
THE OF CRASHES THAT HAPPEN IN HOUSTON REPRESENTS
THAN A CAR
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Fatalities 203 Fatal Crashes 191
DOOR - TO - DOOR DELIVERY: AMAZON IS PLANNING TO IMPLEMENT DRONES TO DELIVER GOODS IN
13%
30 MIN OR LESS
OF THE ACCIDENTS THAT OCCURED IN TEXAS IN 2011.
-RENDERING TRADITIONAL DELIVERY ROUTES USELESS.
TOP BUSINESS APPLICATIONS: FUTURE: POST OFFICE UPS, AMAZON, & FED EX
US XPRESS TRUCKS 16 FATAL PRECISION FARMING
TRANSPORTATION OF PARTS OR SUPPLIES TO REMOTE AREAS
INFRASTRUCTURE INSPECTION
FEDEX TRUCKS 11 FATAL UPS TRUCKS
189 INJURY 197 INJURY
CRASHES REPORTED TO FMCSA IN TEXAS WITHIN THE LAST 4 YEARS
39 FATAL
541 INJURY
RULES
DRONE TYPOLOGIES
AIR
grab
crawl
fly by themselves
HOW DRONES ARE CHANGING:
PREDEFINED LOW RISK LOCATION
500 ft / 152m NO FLY ZONE
PASSENGER
DREDGING
400 ft / 122m
recognize faces and objects
climb
HIGH-SPEED TRANSIT
talk to eachother
give eachother space
200 ft / 61m LOW-SPEED LOCALIZED TRAFFIC
model flying fields
rural
suburban
urban
airport
KEEPING UP WITH TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES AROUND THE WORLD THE CONSUMER ELECTRONICS ASSOCIATION
SUCCESSFUL DRONE USE IS HAPPENING IN AUSTRALIA, FRANCE, CANADA, AND GERMANY. THEY HAVE PERMITS FOR COMMERCIAL DRONES.
$130 MILLION IN REVENUE
PROJECTS
THERE ARE 4,000 DIFFERENT UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES IN CIRCULATION ON THE GLOBAL MARKET, MOST BUILT BY THE US.
ON CONSUMER DRONES THIS YEAR. INCREASING BY
55% FROM 2014.
ITALY 2% FRANCE 2%
R&D FUNDING AND UAV SPENDING
$89 UAV BILLION SPENDING IN THE NEXT DECADE:
OTHERS 6%
BRITAIN 2% PAN-EURO 3%
$5.2 BILLION
RUSSIA 8%
ISRAEL 9%
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT BY COUNTRY:
CHINA 12%
THERE COULD BE
30,000
U.S. 56%
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10-YR TOTAL
CURRENT DRONE TEST SITES SELECTED TO CONDUCT RESEARCH APPROVED BY THE FAA:
THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINSTRATION [FAA] ESTIMATES THAT BY 2019 NEARLY 8,000 CIVILIAN DRONES COULD BE FLYING THROUHGHOUT THE UNITED STATES.
NORTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE STATE OF NEVADA GRIFFISS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT VIRGINIA TECH TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY - CORPUS CHRISTI UNIVESRSITY OF ALASKA
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2023
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DRONES OVER THE U.S. BY 2020
2013
$11.6 BILLION
BENEFITS $11.3 BILLION 2013
DRONE ECONOMIC GROWTH
150,000 EXTRA JOBS BY 2050
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$140 BILLION 2020
IN THE NEXT DECADE, THE COMMERCIAL DRONE INDUSTRY IS PROJECTED TO GENERATE MORE THAN $82 BIL FOR THE U.S. ECONOMY.
BETTER PRECISION IMPROVED PRODUCTVIY REDUCED LABOR COST MORE SCALABILITY AND ADAPTABILITY INCREASED SAFETY
The combined number of COMMERICAL and HOBBYIST drones are expected to rise from
2.5 MILLION in 2016 to 7 MILLION in 2020.
100 year 500 year
Houston flood plain
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area distribution
program storage/packaging research lab 4% repairs observation deck pier lighthouse greenspace pathways public park space drone play park wetlands amphitheater 60%
water flood plains ponding
35%
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1%
infrastructure highway
total built area 1 acre total land use 95 acres
walking trail
wetlands
kayak & fishing platform
before the flood
after the flood
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view of drone hill
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drone play park
lighthouse
observation deck
DRONE DELIVERY
PACKAGING
DRONE RESEARCH + REPAIR LAB
PARK
pier
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drone hill
AMPHITHEATER
OBSERVATION
ACTIVITY PIER
LOOKOUT POINT
WETLANDS
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MONTROSE PERFORMANCE HALL
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Project Type // Performance hall Location // Houston, Texas Year // 2016 Critic // Kevin Story The city of Houston is an internationally popular destination to visit. Houston is the perfect backdrop to hold numerous annual events that make up its richness in culture and community. The neighborhood of Montrose is known for its diverse lifestyles, vibrant street life, and safe haven for writers, artists, and musicians. The Montrose Performance Hall is a symbolic place representing both the city of Houston as a whole and the neighborhood of Montrose, not through an icon, but through the image of the city itself which reflects and resolves, becoming thus a meeting point of urbanity and nature. The Montrose Performance Hall embodies the very idea of a public space: a place for cultural and social gathering and sharing for the community. While the building represents a stage set, with the bayou and city skyline as the backdrop, it is a flexible system with a structural facade allowing the building to become highly porous, open, and permeable. Adaptive to the changing needs of the community in the course of time. To observe this building means to observe the city, the nature surrounding it, and its culture.
DOWNTOWN HOUSTON
AMPHITHEATER WITH BUFFALO BAYOU AS THE BACKDROP EXTENSION OF BRIDGE CONNECTING BUFFALO BAYOU PARKS WITH SITE’S PARKSCAPE
NEW MID RISES INVADING HUMAN SCALE OF MONTROSE
PAINTED CROSSWALK TO SLOW DOWN MONTROSE AVE TRAFFIC TO VIEW THE BUILDING & SITE ROSEMONT BRIDGE
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POPULATION
Houston Heights
31,740
MONTROSE
AVERAGE AGE
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YEARS OLD
South Shepherd Driv e
DWELLING
HOUSTON
Braz
Montrose Boulevard
BUNGALOW
Westheimer Road
APARTMENT
tage
Mila 52 m 7 FronStre Spur
Montrose Boulev
BARS
GALLERIES
MUSIC SCENE
floodplain FloodPlain
disconnection Disconnection from from Downtown Downtown Music Hub music hub
intense Houston weather
Intense Houston Weather
BIKING
WHY NEIGHBORS LOVE MONTROSE:
Riverside Terrace
RESTAURANTS
Control
TRANSPORTATION
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WALKING
PROXIMITY
noise control Noise
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ANTIQUE AND RESALE SHOPS
building lifted, allowing BUILDING LIFTED OFF THE GROUND ALLOWING BUFFALO BAYOU PARKSCAPE Buffalo Bayou TO RUN THROUGHOUT THE SITE parkscape to run UNINTERUPTED throughout the site uninterrupted
program plugged PROGRAM PLUGGED INTO A POROUS, into aPERMEABLE porous,BOX permeable box
rotated for views ROTATED FOR VIEWS FROM MONTROSE TO THE BUILDING from Montrose to the AS A BILLBOARD building as a billboard
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Allen Parkway
South Shepherd Drive
HOUSTON
Montrose Boulevard
W Gray St
Montrose Boulevard
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Spur
Montrose Boulev
7 Fron
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site context
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Westheimer Road
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W Dallas St
HOUSTON
SITE CONTEXT
traffic and sound direction TRAFFIC AND SOUND DIRECTION
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Montrose Boulevard
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Allen Parkway
South Shepherd Drive
South Shepherd Drive
Allen Parkway
W Dallas St
W Gray St
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THE HEIGHTS TO HOBBY AIRPORT
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KIRBY THRU DOWNTOWN TO EASTWOOD
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MEDICAL CENTER TO GREENSPOINT
ANGLED RESIN FILL TYPICAL @ ALL MEMBRANE TERMINATION POINTS. FLINTEDGE METAL COPING CAP TERMINATE LIQUIFLASH MEMBRANE @ OUTSIDE EDGE OF WALL. LEVEL & PATCH SUBSTRATE
MEMBRANE FLASHING BEAD OF POLYURETHANE CAULKING SUBSTRATE & RESIN SATURATION OF FLEECE. CONTINUOUS 4" WIDE STRIP OF LIQUIFLASH MEMBRANE GRANULATED CAP SHEET
site plan
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curtain wall detail CURTAIN WALL DETAIL
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INSULATED ALUMINUM PANEL WALL PANEL CLIP CLIP FASTENER
WALL GIRT NON-SKINNING BUTYL SEALANT
1" x 1/8" TAPE SEALER
1/8 x 3/16 POP RIVET
INSIDE CORNER TRIM 1/8 x 3/8 POP RIVET 1/8 x 3/16 POP RIVET
ANCHORING TO HORIZONTAL STEEL FLAT OUTSIDE CORNER TRIM BLANKET INSULATION
parapet roof detail PARAPET ROOF DETAIL
PANEL THICKNESS
THROUGH PANEL FASTENER
aluminum insulated panel detail ALUMINUM INSULATED PANEL DETAIL
EGREESS
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life safetySAFETY egress LIFE
exit discharge EXIT DISCHARGE
supply SUPPLY duct DUCT return RETURN duct DUCT to chillers in mechanical yard
TO CHILLERS IN MECHANICAL YARD
HVAC DIAGRAM
HVAC
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view from amphitheater
HOPE FARM Project Type // Urban farm Location // Houston, Texas Year // 2015 Critic // Susan Rogers
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Located in the community of Sunnyside in Houston, Texas, the farm engages with its surrounding neighborhood, provides efficient farming space, and welcomes in the community. The four existing large Oak trees are kept on the site to provide shade as well as a point of gathering. The trees create an axis throughout the site that extends outward towards the neighborhood, drawing the user into a community gathering space. The public pathway is highlighted by an open shaded system, leading the user along the precession from the market entrance to the teaching pavilion, and ending at the observation deck looking out onto the wetlands pond. Hope Farm aims to provide the community of the resources for having readily fresh produce and the teachings of where it comes from.
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PROGRAM CONNECTIVITY
PUBLIC CIRCULATION: ENTRANCE POINTS
W E T L A N D S
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view of row crops
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floor plan
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DECEMBER 21 12:00
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28 JANUARY jan 4.22” 4.22 IN. FEBRUARY feb 3.18” 3.18 IN.
3.03” 3.52” MAY may 4.54” JUNE jun 5.55” JULY jul 4.74” AUGUST aug 4.35” SEPTEMBER sept 5.26” OCTOBER oct 5.46” NOVEMBER nov 4.78” DECEMBER dec 4.09” spring SPRING 10.64 10.64”
summer SUMMER 14.83 14.83”
fall FALL 13.86 13.86”
MARCH mar
3.03 IN.
APRIL apr
3.52 IN. 4.54 IN. 5.55 IN. 4.71 IN. 4.35 IN. 5.26 IN. 5.46 IN. 4.78 IN. 4.09 IN.
winter WINTER 11.30 11.30”
Houston’s average seasonal rainfall AVERAGE SEASONAL RAINFALL : HOUSTON
Houston’s avg monthly rainfall AVERAGE MONTHLY RAINFALL : HOUSTON
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ENERGY EXPLORATORIUM
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Project Type // Mixed-use Location // Houston, Texas Year // 2014 Critic // Kevin Story The Energy Exploratorium provides not only a place for learning and discovery but a place of gathering within the community. Being that the site is located within Houston’s Energy Corridor, the site for the building is surrounded by energy and fuel companies. Therefore, the building is based upon energy being in motion. The Energy Exploratorium aims to spark creativity and excite students of all ages, young adults, and professionals who want to explore new energy technologies along with the actual building. The form itself is an expression of energy in motion. While approaching the building, it is appeared as if the building itself is unfolding and peeling up from the landscape, drawing the user in and igniting curiosity to want to further explore. These angles enable the user to flow through the spaces in a continuous push, leading them throughout the programs. Once inside, the user is to feel the spatial twist while exploring the exhibition spaces that are located throughout the classrooms on the ground floor. Throughout this experience, the user and the building co-exist in this exertion of energy in motion.
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site plan
exploded axon
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NORTH ELEVATION 1 = "16/1' 0
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SOUTH ELEVATION 1 = "16/1' 5
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WEST ELEVATION 1 = "16/1' 0
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BASEMENT FLOOR PLAN
1’ = 1/64”
LONGITUDINAL SECTION A-A 1 = "16/1'
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section a-a
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LONGITUDINAL SECTION B-B 1 = "16/1' 0
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SECTION DETAIL A 1 = "4/1'
section c-c CROSS SECTION C-C 1 = "16/1' 0
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SECTION DETAIL B 1 = "4/1'
section d-d CROSS SECTION D-D 1 = "16/1' 0
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CASA HOUSTON Project Type // Satellite school Location // Madrid, Spain Year // 2016 Critic // Rafael Longoria Team // team of 2
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Casa Houston is located on the dense street of Calle Fucar in Madrid, Spain. It is a satellite school for the University of Houston College of Architecture and Design. It is a small piece of Houston gently placed within the lively city of Madrid. The locals often say that it does not matter where you are from, “If you’re in Madrid, you’re from Madrid”. Consequently, we want Casa Houston to not impose on the surrounding neighborhood, but blend in and become unified with the city: culturally, aesthetically, and programmatically. Observing the neighborhood from above, there are many special moments of carved away spaces used for courtyards and gardens. Green-space is a very important aspect of Madrid. Madrid’s Retiro Park is said to be the Lungs of the Capital. Its name refers to its function under King Philip II’s rule. Retiro Park is the place from which to escape from the rigors of the court life.
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a // Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia
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b
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b // Caixa Forum
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c // Museo Nacional del Prado
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surrounding green spaces
d // Real Jardin Botanico
floor 04
floor 03
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floor 02
floor 01
view of entrance from Calle Fucar
floor 00
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mass vs void
natural light
green space
view of vertical garden staircase
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floor 04 private 21 laundry 20 balcony 19 dorm
floor 03
private 18 balcony 17 assistant apartment 16 director & family apartment 15 balcony
floor 02
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14 12
13 11 10
09 08
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private 14 kitchen 13 dining 12 library/study 11 communal space 10 balcony
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floor 01
private 09 classroom flex space 08 computer lab 07 studio 06 balcony
05 04
03 02
floor 00
public 05 cafe 04 gallery private 03 director’s office 02 workshop semi-public 01 courtyard garden
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back elevation
section c-c
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view of cafe entrance
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section a-a
HONEYCOMB Project Type // Digital fabrication Location // Houston, Texas Year // 2016 Critic // Jason Logan & Joshua Robbins
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The objective was to develop an understanding of the digital processes through the application of research on material production and fabrication. Throughout the course we learned that there are several different techniques that can be applied when creating a single form. With the use of rhinoceros and grasshopper, the concept of the project was to then combine two or more techniques into one object. Then the final result was to be fabricated with materials of our choice. Material selection depended on dexterity, function, and aesthetics.
sliced SLICED massing MASSING
faceted form FACETED FORM
mass void MASS +& VOID
potential POTENTIAL EXPANSION expansion
ADAPTABLE adaptable POSITIONING positioning
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CONTACT
VIVIAN NGUYEN
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Email // vanguyen10@gmail.com Issuu // issuu.com/vivianguyen LinkedIn // linkedin.com/in/nguyenavivian
WORK EXPERIENCES
EDUCATION Aug 2012Dec 2016
Bachelors of Architecture University of Houston Houston, Texas College of Architecture & Design
AugDec 2016
Vertical Studio - Exclusively selected to collaborate in a studio under Thom Mayne of Morphosis.
JunAug 2016
Pan-American Studio: Spain & France - Exclusively accepted into the summer study abroad program.
LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCES
Jan 2015Present
Garcia Design Associates / Residential Firm / Houston, TX Design Intern - Gain insight into office workflows, protocols, and organization. - Work in AutoCAD to produce construction documents. - Responsible for marketing: creating and maintaining image and website: www.gdaoffice.com
Aug 2015Aug 2017
UH American Institute of Architecture Students Chapter Officer - Requires teamwork with other student leaders and professors at the College of Architecture.
Aug 2016Present
AIAS CRIT Journal Editorial Board - Remotely conducted in a team to create and write content for design students.
Aug 2016Present
JunJul 2014
Ulloa Design Group / Residential Firm / Houston, TX Summer Intern - Gained experience working in AutoCAD to produce construction documents.
JunJul 2013
Garcia Design Associates / Residential Firm / Houston, TX Summer Intern - Responsible for administrative tasks. -Worked in AutoCAD to produce construction documents.
UH Freedom by Design Chapter Project Manager - Work in a team of four to organize and run community service projects for the College of Architecture and the Houston community. -Establish projects, fundraising, record keeping, meeting schedules, and coordinating team members.
PUBLICATIONS &EXHIBITIONS Vertical Studio Genetic City: A Post-Industrial Vision “Points of Departure: A Natural Area for Regeneration of Houston’s Living Gems” Print and exhibition.
2016
Pan-American Studio Madrid Taller Panamericano “Casa Houston” Print.
2016
Pan-American Studio Madrid Taller Panamericano “Herzog & De Meuron Ciudad BBVA Las Tablas (Madrid)” Essay.
2016
AIAS CRIT Issue 80 “SPOTLIGHT | THIS FOR THAT” Print.
2016
AIAS.org “PARK(ing) Day 2016 Houston, TX” Web.
2015
RiceDesignAlliance.org “2015 PARK(ing) Day in Houston” Web.
2015
UH.edu/New-Events/ “UH Architecture Students Designing Urban Farm for Houston’s Sunnyside Community” Web.
2D & 3D
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Illustrator InDesign Photoshop Auto CAD 3Ds Max Revit SketchUp Grasshopper T-Splines Rhinoceros V-Ray Thea Render Weebly 48
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SKILLS
Production
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Hand-crafted models Laser Cutting Machine Wood Shop Tools
Languages
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English Vietnamese
INTERESTS - Painting - Experimenting with different mediums, styles, and software - Exploring new places
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