vy nguyen
portfolio selected works | 2015-2019
about me
I am Vy Nguyen and currently a graduate architecture student that pursuing Master in Architecture at The University of Texas at Arlington. I am studying to become a designer of the future. I am very passionate about the act of creation and how we as a society can change for the better through design.
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the chameleon center
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the concrete pipe
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basic and travel drawings
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professional work
portfolio // vy nguyen
individual project
the chameleon
Arrival & Reception
meeting conference + meditation center junior studio, spring 2018
The project takes place at Douglas Russel Parks and Recreation in Arlington, Texas. Hidden within the park, there is a graveyard known as Lost Cemetery of Infants. Considering that it was a home for unwed mothers, there were bound to be some still births and other complications. With the water branch system within the park, students were asked to create a conference center and meditation place with an accommodation. The project examines the intention and seizing upon reflective and meditative part of the program. Towards that, the study of precedent Katsura Imperial Villa was an approach model to begin to analyze. The programs are all lifted on columns and on separated volumes to diminish the overall impact of the building of being compressed rather than intimate. Even though it is separated but unifies under one roof. The facade skin plays like a skin of a chameleon due to its materials of mirror that placed irregularly throughout the building and mimics the pattern of the existing trees in the park.
Meeting & Conferencing
Food Service
Gallery Exhibition
Building Operations
Mechanical & Outdoor Space
site location | doug russell park, arlington, tx gis and illustrator
facade formation from trees stratification | photographed basswood and acrylics, and photoshop
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programs and forms organization | rhino and illustrator
individual project
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A-2 floor plan | scale: 0’-1” = 32’-0”
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portfolio // vy nguyen
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section A-1 | scale: 0’-1” = 64’-0”
t.o roof 35’-00”
t.o roof 18’-00” b.o ceiling 15’-06”
section A-1 | scale: 0’-1” = 64’-0”
section A-2 | scale: 0’-1” = 32’-0”
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individual project
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Clerestory detail 1/16” = 1’- 0”
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Section detail 1/32” = 1’- 0”
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Ceiling detail 1/8” = 1’- 0”
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Section detail
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Clerestory detail
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Ceiling panels
portfolio // vy nguyen
individual project
physical model | basswood, chipboard and copper wire scale: 0’-1” = 32’-0”
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individual project
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physical model | aerial and roof top view , scale: 0’-1” = 32’-0”
physical model | meditation rooms view , scale: 0’-1” = 32’-0”
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physical model | main entrance view , scale: 0’-1” = 32’-0”
portfolio // vy nguyen
collaboration project
concrete pipe tiny home National AIAS Competition 2018 collaboration with Drew Morrison from Massachusetts College of Art and Design
overpopulation, homelessness, natural disasters. these are realities that architects are facing when designing now and for the future. in recent years, tiny homes have proven to be a positive solution for communities facing challenges such as population growth in urban areas, addressing homelessness, climate change and other natural disasters, and environmental degradation. pipes are oriented for use/privacy needs. convertible living spaces with ample light and views.
exploded axonometric | rhino and illustrator
rendering perspective | rhino, lumion and photoshop
customization diagram | rhino and illustrator
study sketches
floor plan | rhino and illustrator
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section | rhino and illustrator
individual project
portfolio // vy nguyen
travel sketches and first year drawings summer 2017 and srping 2016
portrait collages | prisma colored pencils
travel sketches | various mediums
hand drawings | prisma colored pencils and pens
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fruit sectional study | prisma colored pencils
portfolio // vy nguyen
professional work
bell helicopter training academy summer 2019 internship at Jacobs Engineering Group
Bell Helicopter Training Academy | perspective rendering | revit, lumion and photoshop
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professional work
portfolio // vy nguyen
Bell Helicopter Training Academy | perspective rendering | revit, lumion and photoshop
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portfolio // vy nguyen
professional work
Harwood Parking Garage and Park conceptual/schematic deisgn phase in this project, I had a chance to research and analyse the site for the future parking garage and green public spaces, and renovation of the tunnel space.
Downtown Dallas| site and context | gis, rhino and illustrator, scale: 0’-1” = 500’-0”
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professional work
portfolio // vy nguyen
Downtown Dallas| circulation | GIS, rhino and illustrator, scale: 0’-1” = 500’-0”
Downtown Dallas| programs | gis, rhino and illustrator, scale: 0’-1” = 500’-0”
Downtown Dallas| physical model | acrylic sheets and 3D prints, scale: 0’-1” = 500’-0”
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portfolio // vy nguyen
professional work
Knoll Trail Station | anoxometric rendering | sketchup and autoCAD
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professional work
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Knoll Trail Station | top view | sketch up
Knoll Trail Station | perspective rendering | sketch up
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thank you