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nguyen xuan man MArch Architecture Design - The Bartlett, UCL, UK BArch Architecture, Newcastle University, UK
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the parks tower
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the breeze
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the digital garden
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the alps residents
vertical communism
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concrete ideagora
the sand castle
post-work habitation
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game & robot
the green ridges
inspiration hotel
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tropicality 2
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assemble assembler
the diagonal green
academic
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detroit station of the art
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Curriculum Vitae
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Nguyen Xuan Man
Education
Personal Profile
2008-2009 University of Civil Engineering, Vietnam Highest Grade in University’s Entrance Exam
MArch AD Bartlett graduate with 4 years of experience in practice. Highly motivated with comprehensive analogue and digital skills. Interested in innovative and sustainable architecture, material experiment, computational design, digital fabrication, robotic assembly, and the relation between architectural design and the inhabitants. Experiences as Architect / BIM Manager for small to large scale projects . Wish to further abilities and gain more experiences in all areas of practice, particularly enjoys inovative projects which utilize the advancement of digital technology.
Achievements - Chevening Scholarship from UK Gorvement for Future Leaders, 2017 - BCA BIM Gold Award ( Project Category & BIM Manager Category), 2016 - Shortlist for Destroit Station For the Art Competition, Arch Medium, 2015 - Selection of work featured in Graduation Show, 2013 - Selection of work included in Design Year Book 2012-2013 - International Undergraduate Merit Scholarship, Newcastle University, 2010 - 322 Scholarship from Vietnamese Gorvement for Highest grade in University Entrace Exam, 2008
Languages Vietnamese (native) , English (competence)
Rhino Grasshopper C# & Python
2017-2018 The Bartlett, UCL, UK MArch Architectural Design In progress
Experieces July - Sep 2012:
Intern at VoTrongNghia Architects, Hanoi, Vietnam - Dailai restaurant : Site research, model making. - Mr Hung’s House: concept design, design development, client presentation.
Sep 2013 - Now: Architect / BIM Manager at Group8asia, Hanoi, Vietnam Seclected Projects inculding: - Tampines Stone Forest, Singapore: BIM Coordinator , from Concept Design until Final Tender, Sept 2013 Dec 2014 - InterContinental Hotel, PhuQuoc, Vietnam: Facade Design, April 2015- Sep 2015 - The Alps Residents, Singapore: BIM Manager , from Concept Design until Final Tender, Oct 2015 - Jul 2016 - Hoasen Tower, Quynhon, Vietnam: Concept Architect / 3D Animation Movie Maker, Competition First Prize, Aug 2016 to Oct 2016 - Sports and Cultural Center, Nam Tu Liem, Hanoi, Vietnam: Architect Leader, Competition Second Prize, Oct 2017 - Dec 2017 - Villa Bitexco Mariot, Hanoi, Vietnam: Co-Leader, Facade Design, Dirrect Commision, Oct 2015 to Current - CEO Group Office, Hanoi, Vietnam: Architect Leader, Dirrect Commision, Nov 2015 to Current
References
Software Skills Autocad Revit Dynamo
2010-2013 Newcastle University, UK BA (Hons) Architectural Studies Overal grade: High 2:1 class Graduation Project: Distinction
xuanman90@gmail.com +44780320643 2 Gateway, London SE17 3HQ
Sketchup Lumion Photoshop Illustrator AfterEffect Unity
Academic: Graham Farmer (Personal Tutor), Newcastle University graham.farmer@ncl.ac.uk
Practice: Manuel Der Hargopian (Director), Group8asia manuel.derhargopian@group8asia.com
Interests Logo design, Photography, Guitar, Tennis, Hair Dressing...
Colections of works
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Asembler Assemble
MArch AD Design Thesis (in progress)
The design thesis was questioning the automation process in architecture, specificly within the domestic context of building house in the digital post-work era. The project propose not just an design, but a system of production which also propose to automate the construction process by modularise both the construction product and the robot. By design a robot and a tile which geometricaly identical, the whole system of the house are reduce to just 2 single element: an active and a passive elements. Base on the research on Digital Material and Robotic Assembly, the projects is also developing a computational system which ultilize the recent development in Machine Learning and Robotic, to construct the house in a fully autonomous manner. Click to play animation
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NCCR Digital Fabrication NCCR Digital Fabrication ETH Zurich ETH Zurich
WYSS Institute TERMES
WYSS Institute TERMES
Due to the limitation of using an industrial arm robotic, we researched in the the use of a local multiple small-climbing robot in construction. The ‘relative robot’ is more flexible, has an infinite working zone and can perform a specific task in construction scenarios. By designing a simple identical geometrical syntax between robot and the building components, we are able to transform a normal end effector into an active component of the design process. Robot and Building Compoent become diffirent variable of a fully automated system, ultilizing the power of computational design in the Fourt Industrial Evolution.
Robot Electrical System
Modular Tile
Modular Robot
Robot basic flipping movement
Robot swiching gear Movement
Robot assembling a loop system
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Building Components prototype
System of Manufacture, Logistic and Assembly Sequence
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Real Scale Robotic Assembly Trial
Shelter to deployed to disater area where human labour is insufficient
Human’s Activities shelter by robotic assembly structure
Neural Network Diagram of a Robot Locomotion
Sequence of building a box-beam structure using counter balancing strategy
Trainging the robot using Renforcement Learning - Machine Learning Agents
Local force sensing - Error Migration
Control System
Topology Optimization - Evolutionary Structure Generation
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BIM application for Design and Assembly Sequence of the House
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POINT OF ACTIVITIES
AREA AND CONNECTION
VOXELIZED OPTIMIZ ED STRUCTURE
STRUCT PATH FOR 1 ROBOT
MASS AND VOID
STRUCT PATH OF MULTIPLE ROBOT
POINT OF ACTIVITIES
AREA AND CONNECTION
VOXELIZED OPTIMIZ ED STRUCTURE
STRUCT PATH FOR 1 ROBOT
MASS AND VOID
STRUCT PATH OF MULTIPLE ROBOT
Exterior Vizualization
Bedroom
Living Room
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Concrete Ideagora BA Graduation Project
Culture Exchange Centre This project explores the description of concrete as a ‘medium’. It is a global medium which attempts to create local identity and acts as a photographic negative to capture the traces of formwork. My ‘touch stone’ which displayed the imprint of bamboo and Newcastle’s figure ground, give two local images on two sides of this global medium. This becomes a metaphor for the project’s program of an ‘Ideagora’. A Cultural Exchange Centre at the gate of Newcastle will contribute to solve recent immigration problems, foster encounters and understanding between different ethnic groups in Newcastle. The centre, with an ‘Exchange hall’ at its heart, uses cultural elements such as language, art, dance, music and food to create a common platform which helps reduce conflict and create a more unified society. The design arose from the simple architectural principle of responding to the context. Three distinctive volumes were proposed which responded to the three different contexts interwoven in the site. The top volume tried to respond to the cityscape and could be seen from the Tyne Bridge. This part of the building provided a panoramic view of the city. The middle volume followed the street-scape, carefully considering heights and facades. The bottom volume responded to the underground system in the site, connecting with the subways. The three volumes were then interconnected via a continuous circulation area, a spiral from bottom to the top, and the ‘Exchange Hall’ The building become a continuos route, not just only inside but also link all the disconnected route due to level differences in the site.
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The Site
Touch stone
Using a site model for the formwork, a negative of the site was impress on the touchstone. It is a study about mass and void, above and below. Buildings represented as sunken, meanwhile some underground structure include the bank’s vault are the convext elements. This also gave the touchstone a local identity, achived by a digital process. Using bamboo framework on the other side, a natural and raw image of concrete was studied. Bamboo grows abundantly in most regions of the world, except Europe, providing a non-local image in the context of Newcastle. It can also be used as reinforcement, as shown in the image above. Concrete in this touch stone, has become a medium which contains and transmits two contrasting images created by the lost formwork.
1:500 massing study casts
The site: Bank Of England, Newcastle Upon Tyne, The formal Brutalism structure demolised in 2010 with only the vault left due to high demolision cost.
Exchange Hall Concept
Exchange Hall Concept
Circulation
CAFE - BAR- RESTAURANT ROOF GARDEN LANGUAGE LABS LANGUAGE LABS FUCTION ROOM
STAFFS
CULTURAL WORKSHOPS NewcastleGatehead culture links
1:200 spatial study casts
1:500 massing study casts
GALLERY SERVIECE
Programs
ROOF GARDEN LANGUAGE LABS CUTURAL LIBRARY LANGUAGE LABS MEDIA LOUNGE OFFICE SHOP
AUDITORIUM
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N-S site section
Vault floor -2 1:500
Second floor 1:200
Vault floor -1 1:500
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Ground floor 1:500
Roof garden - Fifth floor
Cafe - Restaurant Bamboo roof garden
Language centre Library, Media lounge Offices
Reception & Shop Exchange Hall
Auditorium Art gallery Workshops
Explode Axonometric
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W-E perspective section
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A place is a place in so far as it is both global and local. - Adrian Forty Roof details: - Bamboo plant - 600mm soil - Filter - Drainage - Waterproofing Menbrane - 100mm Insulation - 250mm Concrete Slab
Wall details: - 40mm polycarbonate cladding - Cladding transom-anodised aluminium - 40x32 cladding edge trim - Steel mullion support bracket - 50mm Insulation fixed - 150mm insulation in all gap - 40mm polycarbonate internal cladding
Intermediate floor details - 1000x1000x50mm traveltine floor tile - 50x50x200 mm steel support bracket - 250mm concrete flat slab
Ground floor details - 50mm traveltine floor tile - 150mm Screed with Pine work - 150mm Insulation - 250mm concrete slab - Waterproofing Menbrane - Gravel
1:20 Juctions details
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Game, Robot & Algorithms March AD Workshop 1 & 2
The aim of the Game Workshop was to create a Construction Game using basic aggregration logic and interaction like the Jenga Game. The structure was created depend on the procedural landscape, then randomly removed. Player will have to place the tile back to the structure, and finaly activate gravity to test if the structure is stable or not.
Click to play animation
For the Robotic Workshop, the interaction between robot and human was explore through a basic trial on machine learning idea. The main task of the robot is to assemlby the structure which mirror the structure built by human. A camera system was set up to scan the position of the tile, create a feedback loop for each action of human.
The Algorithm Workshop equipped us with advance computational algorithms such as A* Shortest Path, Diffusion Limited Aggregation (DLA) , Cellular Automata (Conway’s Game Of Life) (CA) and Space Filling Curve . Two structure was aggregated ussing the combination of those algorithms in an interactive app call the “Generative Toolbox”. 16
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Tropicality
AA Visiting School
Tropicality seeked to ‘lift the veil of innocence’ surrounding narratives of the domestic space. We was expose patterns, struggles and resistance through architectural stories about identity, place and home. Our immersion into Ho Chi Minh City’s (Saigon) multiverse of stories begun in the role of forensic investigator to set out to rouse personal stories of the home. Based on material and social observations, insights and recorded stories, we composed our own story about the connections between architecture, identity, and place. This workshop as an experiment which cultivate extraordinary architectural insights through a creative study of the tropical domestic space, honed my compositional abilities and revaluate my definitions and understandings of what Vietnamese architecture is and does.
Construction of Mental Soft Prison
Explosion of Physical Soft Prison
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeF17nawis0 The Soft Prison Nhà (house, building) Tù (prison, stagnant) Lỏng (soft, fluidity, thin, loose) Hieu is 57 year olds, he’s living in a small wooden house in district 4 of Ho Chi Minh City. He was born in this house. All of his brothers went to America after the Vietnam War; at the Liberation of the country. He he stayed. He was a diplomatic driver, now he stopped driving and takes care of his house business. He compares his house to a soft prison. The house, the car, and the objects of memory, justifications and rationalisations build up act as frames; as a system of assumptions and justifications to orient for orientation of the self and to give meaning to decisions, behaviors and beliefs. The soft prison seems to be is constructed to gently obscure by an regret, internal conflict and contradictions between the will for mobility and the necessity of stability, between risk of taking in the openness of the open and the security of self-imposed enclosure.
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The Parks Tower
view from the sea to the park tower góc nhìn từ biển - bình minh
Hotel Tower, QuyNhon,Vietnam
Group8asia, Competition 2016, First Prize. GFA: 180000m². Inspired by venecular Champa Duo Towers, The Parks tower is contextual and composed of three main ingredients that are distinct and in harmony; densification with nature, local heritage and cohesive community. Start with the research about culture and nature of the site, develop the concept and typical block plan of the tower, and end up making a 3d animation movie, this project have given’t me a diversity of experiences in an creative design process. The inhouse movies making process work more than just a representation tool, but also help to refine the concepts and designs.
champa dual towers
lingam & yoni
“The union of lingam and yoni represents the "indivisible two-in-oneness, the passive space and active the union of lingam and yoni represents the indivisible time from which all life originates”.
Linga & Yoni
two-in-oneness, the passive space and active time from which all life originates flats
hotel
lobby
sky bar
cafe
champa culture influence
lấy cảm hứng từ sky văn forest hóa chăm pa restaurant
business center
pool
flats
spa
hanging forest
fitness
view from the sea to the park tower góc nhìn từ biển - bình minh champa dual towers
lingam & yoni
“The union of lingam and yoni represents the "indivisible two-in-oneness, the passive space and active the union of lingam and yoni represents the indivisible time from which all life originates”.
hotel
two-in-oneness, the passive space and active time from which all life originates
shopping
Smart Comunity
GREEN PRESERVATION
Click to play animation champa culture influence
lấy cảm hứng từ văn hóa chăm pa
green preservation
smart community
bảo tồn các khu vực xanh
champa dual towers
Một cộng đồng thông minh
lingam & yoni
“The union of lingam and yoni represents the "indivisible two-in-oneness, the passive space and active the union of lingam and yoni represents the indivisible time from which all life originates”. two-in-oneness, the passive space and active time from which all life originates
a strategic position to highlight
một vị trí chiến lược để làm điểm nhấn
Green Ratio GREEN PRESERVATION
champa culture influence
lấy cảm hứng từ văn hóa chăm pa
green preservation
bảo tồn các khu vực xanh
City & Nature
connected with city and nature kết nối giữa đô thị và thiên nhiên
I’M HERE
a strategic position to highlight
một vị trí chiến lược để làm điểm nhấn
I’M HERE
a strategic position to highlight
một vị trí chiến lược để làm điểm nhấn
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Plaza View - Revit - 3DS Max - Photoshop
Sky Pool View - Revit - 3DS Max - Photoshop
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The Breeze House, Hanoi, VN
Group8asia, Dirrect Commision, 2016 GFA: 550m², Facade Design The project was a luxury house in Hanoi, which I envoled in the Facade Design of the projects. Inspired by the reed in the wind as a strong surrouding environment, and to emphasized the domesticity of the project, as system of curtain like - GFRC pannels was introduced, combined with customized metal fins to created a soft and dynamic look for the structure. This is also the first project that I work in a Co-Leader role, when I learned to communicated and collaborate with clients and consultants.
Lake View - Revit - 3DS Max - Photoshop
Entrance View - Revit - 3DS Max - Photoshop
Entrance View - Revit - 3DS Max - Photoshop
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The Digital Garden Office, Hanoi, VN
Group8asia, Direct Commision 2017 GFA: 4500m² , Contruction Drawing Phase. The Digital Green is an small IT office building located at the Hightech-Park, Hanoi. The design aim to provide a green flexible workspace but represent the spirit of the Digital Age. Embracing the traditional village work place with a green courtyard and intergrated sky garderns, the simple and efficent structure with no interior collums made the project very flexible. This is the first project I was assigned as the Architect Leader roll, and BIM Manager at the same time. I was further improve my skill in not only design but also management and collaboration.
External View - Revit - Cloud Rendering - Photoshop
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Corridor View - Revit - Cloud Rendering - Photoshop
Office Interior - Revit - Cloud Rendering
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The Alps Residents
Condominium Housing, Singapore
Group8asia, Competition 2015, Completion 2021 GFA: 43850m² , Contract Drawing Phase. “The alps residences” will be one of the most iconic precincts of Tampines area in Singapore, to be developed. Inspired by the traditional European “courtyard block”, it will reflect the design excellence, complying with all requirements, and being part of the further development of the area. As a BIM Manager, I was further improve my skill in modeling and managing Architectural models from Concept Design, through all the Summision to the current Contract Drawings phase. In additional, I learned about seting up the Revit Server, scripting with Dynamo for practical use in the project, improve clash check process with Solibri, and corabolate effectively with other consulants through A360. system. I also optimize the Cloud rendering function with the trendy Virtual Reality images, which improving dramaticaly client interaction with the project.
Drop-off Perpestive
Landscape Deck Perpestive
Perspective Section - Revit - Cloud Rendering
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Intercontinetal Hotel Phu Quoc, Vietnam
Group8asia, Dirrect Commision, 2014 GFA: 35640m², Facade Design Involving in the facade design process of a 5 star hotel at Phu Quoc, the most beautiful island of Vietnam, I have experience and explore how the luxuryness could come from the distincitve design rather than expensive materials. Inspired by the sand and the water of Phu Quoc, the project is a narative from the typical mangrove forest of the Mekong Delta to the traditional village of Phu Quoc, and end up with a breath-taking story of the ocean.
Entrance - Conference Area
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Courtyard Hotel
Sea Facade
Construction Progress - 10/2017
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The Green Ridges
GREEN FACADE MINERAL FACADE
Condominium Housing, SG
Group8asia, Competition 2013, Completion 2019 GFA: 220000m², Construction Phase The design concept for this 2’000 units public housing development was inspired by the Asia stone forest, giving the project a unique identity for a new urban developments at the northeast area of Singapore. My role as a BIM Coordinator is modeling and managing all architectural models from Concept Design, through all the Summision until the end of Tender Documents. This process not only helped me understand the power of BIM on managing large-scale project with constant development and revision, but also teach me to manage the team to work in a colaborative manner to meet strict deadlines.
Blocks & Facade Strategy MATERIALITY INTENT FOR FACADES FRONT FACADES SIDE FACADES
GENERAL FACAdE CONCEPT
=> GREEN => MINERAL
A1038_TAM TAMPINES N6 C1A & B WITH PARK SINGAPORE
Stone Forest - Poetic Reference
Master plan -16 blocks
Block 606C - Revit Model
Construction Progress
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Diagonal
Hanoi, Vietnam
House, Hanoi, VN
Vo Trong Nghia Architect, Private Housing . 2012 GFA: 500m2, Concept Design Phase Located in the centre of Hanoi, a crowded developing tropical city full of noise and pollution, the design is a private housing for a single family with two children. Aim to bring a green, quite environment with well consider micro-climate, the key elements of the design is a series of diagonal-vertical garden, acting as both green terrace and central courtyard at the same time. With all the activity surround this garden, this also give a centralization feeling inside the house; enhance the relationship between people living in this house.
Courtyard typology
Stepping Rice Field
Building Volume
Diagonal Green
Structure : RC Frame
Lighting
Filtered Sunlight
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Ventilation : Stack effect
Living Room Renders - Revit
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Vertical Communism Concept Sketches
A collection of sketches which explore and illustrate the blend of oriental traditions and modernisation which form a chaotic vertical development in Vietnam. After the war, waves of new technology in the construction industry were combined with past influences to create a disjointed architectural style across Vietnam. The lack of consultancy, regulations and government restrictions have resulted in a chaotic urban aesthetic. Hence my desire to answer questions regarding identity and national style in Vietnamese Architecture, a regional architecture in an age of globalisation. The chaos and disorder can positively be seen as an opportunity rather than a threat, like the statement from Jeremy Till:� Mess is the law�.
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POST-WORK HABITATION
Evolo Skyscraper Competition, 2018 - Honorable Mention
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Detroit Station for the Arts Archmedium Competition, 2015
Shortlisted Michigan Central Station, the Depot, oce was a great monument of Detroit, the Motor City. Suffered from socio-economical degradation; this city has been desolated to be the contemporary ruins with abandon buildings. However, inthis depressed post-apocalypes situation is arising potential dream for artist. This proposal Renovation base on the character of a monumental station, combine with the re-evaluate for streets art, the arts which represent for resitance again harsh circumstances. This development will not only help to re-habilitate this station, but also creating apromising movement spread over the city
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Inspirational Hotel Open Gap Competition, 2016
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