Interior Architecture Portfolio

PORT fo lio XUAN TRUC NGUYEN

Interior Architecture

2017 2022

XUAN TRUC NGUYEN Bachelor of Design Interior Architecture (Honours) Swinburne University of Technology

trucnguyen.cathie@gmail.com www.linkedin.com/in/trucnguyen-cathie +61434 16 3828

THIS PORTFOLIO EXHIBITS FOUR YEARS OF MY INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE WORK FROM UNIVERSITY PROJECTS. MY STRONG COMMITMENT TO THE ART OF BUILDING AND THE NATURE OF THE UNIVERSE, BOTH BUILT AND NATURAL, STEMS FROM GROWING UP IN VIETNAM, SOUTH-EAST ASIA, WHILE STUDYING AND WORKING IN AUSTRALIA, THANKS TO THE INDIVIDUAL AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY.

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HEXAGONAL PRISM A Museum of the Handmade

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CO-LIVING Swinburne Student Village

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CONNECTING US Saigon Central Station Hall

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MODEL MAKING

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RÉSUMÉ

CONTENTS

A CIRCLE’S STORY Docklands Restoration Centre

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A Circle’s Story:

When Life Crushes You Life provides suffering, and can architecture heal?

Docklands Restoration Centre Melbourne, Australia An undergraduate thesis that starts with an image.

A collage by the author, titled “Shared Experiences”.

Fragments of images are cut out and arranged in a way that shows the building is simultaneously a restorative and ritualistic machine, marrying ecological values with the process of restoration.

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The chosen site locates in Docklands, Melbourne Australia which named The Queen’s Warehouse.

The heritage building is a two-storey, red brick, arcaded warehouse with a corrugated iron roof.

It has approximately 6 parapets which separate both floors into three areas. The building structure is supported on timber piles and bearers upon which the brick strip foundations are laid.

DESIGN CONCEPT

TOWARD A HE AL I N G JO UR N E Y

The Project is a piece of narrative interior architecture set in the world remade by COVID-19, which is an ideal vehicle for re-imagining the present-day of Melbourne, Australia and post-pandemic scenarios for architecture and social change. Aspects such as the way interior architecture respond and improve the overall wellness of population from mental health illness like chronic stress, anxiety, and depression, the modernity’s crisis of loneliness and the loss of real experiences in a coronavirus world are explored. The narrative revolves around design can heal people.

THE HEALTH-PROMOTING BUILT ENVIRONMENT

PSYCHOLOGICAL

Therapeutic Approach

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ENVIRONMENTAL

HUMAN ISSUES

SOCIAL

Third Place Design

SITE & CONTEXT

Refurbishment Heritage

CULTURAL & AESTHETIC ISSUES

ISSUES

COVID-19 RESPONSE

Social distancing

SUSTAINABLE

Passive Design

COMPLEXITY OF DIVERSITY

Australian Contemporary Urban Condition

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STUFF

SHEARING LAYERS OF CHANGE (Brand, 1994)

SPACE PLAN

SOCIAL CONNECTION EXPERIENCE & SENSORY STIMULATION

SERVICE

COMMUNITY HUB & DEVELOPMENT CONTEMPLATIVE GARDEN & ZEN SPACE PSYCHOLOGIST CONSULTATION EXHIBITION & PUBLIC ART

STRUCTURE

HERITAGE RESTORATION SUBTERRANEAN EXTENSION

SKIN

19TH CENTURY’S BRICKWORK THIRD PLACE - A HOME AWAY FROM HOME

SITE

DOCKLANDS CONTEXT & HISTORY OF THE QUEEN’S WAREHOUSE ENVIRONMENT COVID-19

Neighbourhood Context

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From a design perspective, I am searching for a suitable perceptual thinking that can give form to the formless. My goal for this space is to increase the awareness of mental illness and the importance of good mental health by understanding what it’s really is. People who have experienced sadness may think they understand depression, but that’s not usually the case. While depression is a serious mental illness, it is often misunderstood.

This project looks at how people living with depression provided insight into the pain, anguish, and distress of someone trapped in what many consider a living nightmare, then designed an accessible destination for healing. The environment cannot cause healing to occur but can facilitate engagement in behaviour and emotions that support healing; the environment can induce physical and emotional responses such as happiness, joy, and relaxation; and the built environment can enhance individual control and functionality—all of which are antecedents to healing.

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The work has been generated through research, evidence-based design principles, and reflection on the contemporary Australian urban condition. It focuses on highlighting the aforementioned aspects and traces breadcrumb into a possible future.

CIRCULATION STRATEGY A path as an experience. All programmatic elements are designed to be directly accessible through a series of lifts, and indoor and outdoor stairs

MULTIPLE ACCESS POINTS The Docklands Restoration Centre will present itself as open and inviting, regardless of which way people might be using to arrive. At each access point, the visitors will find a virtual information hub located nearby to help them navigate through the centre space. Like a map for a journey refer to the design concept - A Healing Journey.

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A Healing Journey from RESPONSE -> RECOVER -> THRIVE

community identity connectivity

UP

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UP

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INFORMATION POINT VISITOR ENTRY MAIN ENTRANCE ALTERNATIVE WAY

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Main Hall

4m

UP

UP

CONFERENCE ROOM

WEEKEND MARKET

UP

UP

YOGA/ DANCE CLASS

UP

STAGE

UP

RENDER IMAGE

UP

WORKSHOP

Activate the ground floor by providing an alternative plan for a multifunction room. The community has the power to determine how the space may be used for the benefit of the group.

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Co Ad Ad Ph Fa e-m

CAFETERIA

Co Ad Ad Ph Fa e-m

THERAPIST STUDIO

READING & RECREATIONAL SPACE

Pr En UP

No. THERAPIST BOX OFFICE DN

COMMUNITY ROOM EXISTING STAIR

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OUTDOOR LIFT OUTDOOR SPIRAL STAIR

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FURNITURE PLAN - FF 1 : 100

Projec S Date

Drawn Co Ad ID Ad Ph Fa e-

Co Ad Scale Ad Ph Fa e-

DARK ROOM

MULTI-FUNCTIONAL ROOM

MAIN HALL

EXHIBITION

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STORAGE

FOYER

WC

STORAGE

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EXISTING STAIR ENTRY

OUTDOOR LIFT OUTDOOR SPIRAL STAIR

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GROUND FLOOR 1 : 100

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Drawn ID

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ZEN TEA ROOM

1 A141

CONTEMPLATIVE GARDEN

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Social Room Dialling up the sense of belonging by facilitating the fire pit as a focal point is a rich sensory experience with minimal cognitive engagement

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BETWEEN PROCESS EXPLORE THE MIXTURE OF

THE SPACE IN BETWEEN

BETWEEN DIFFERENT TEXTURES BETWEEN BOUNDARIES BETWEEN THE OBJECT

AS A WAY OF CONNECTING PEOPLE

BETWEEN RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SENSES

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Swinburne Unive

Consultant Address Address Phone Fax e-mail

CAFETERIA

FUNCTION SPACE SOCIAL INTERACTION AREA

Consultant Address Address Phone Fax e-mail

THERAPIST STUDIO

READING & RECREATIONAL SPACE

Project Address Enter address he UP

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THERAPIST BOX OFFICE

MIX-USE SPACE

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COMMUNITY ROOM EXISTING STAIR

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OUTDOOR LIFT OUTDOOR SPIRAL STAIR

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DOCKLANDS CE

FIRST FLOO P

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FURNITURE PLAN - FF 1 : 100

Project number Date Drawn by ID

A Scale

20m

_ LONGITUDINAL SECTION

A small library with therapeutic literature and soothing views of Docklands Park.

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Explore the mixture of the spaces in between as a way of connecting people. To capture social value, the Social room and Recreation room are designed to work as a community hub that can promote social cohesion, by bringing together different social or generational groups; increasing social capital and building trust; increasing wider social networks and interaction between community members; and increase individual’s knowledge or skills.

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With hospitality-like open space that encourage and invite diverse interactions.

Formal places intimidate people, they discourage expression.

Therapist Studio 19

Zen Tea Room The inner-city Melbourne solace place unfolds like A Garden Path

20m

_ CROSS SECTION

The space works as a contemplation chamber buried under the heritage building.

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Using garden paths that run from outside in or vice versa to illustrate the idea that the whole site functions as a continuous healing journey, with changes in materials, textures, shading, light and outlook evolving as you move through, so that you feel drawn on to the next space, all the way from the front gate to the lane way out the back.

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museum

of

the

handmade

hexagonal prism

The shading façade’s tile finishing is a custom-designed light Salem green glaze to navigate the “fine line between contextual and contemporary.”

How design can cultivate a closer engagement with Nature?

Finding the answer by investigating the Local, the Phenomenological, the Material, the Sensory and the HandMade as antidotes to our culture of maximum harm.

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Hexagonal prism

SITE CONTEXT Next to Gardiners Creek, Glen Iris 3126 VIC Melbourne Australia.

Originally known as Kooyongkoot Creek, is a waterway in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, and part of the Yarra River catchment.

hexagonal prism

In the 21st Century, however, with Climate Change, and Peak Oil on the horizon, the dual mantras of consumption and progress are being questioned. A central concern of Sustainable Design is to adopt strategies that Lower Energy use.

These strategies deploy certain forms, materials, programs, and technologies.

The project aims to achieve a full, immersive, multisensory experience of natural phenomena and materials to engender an ecological literacy that underpins truly sustainable design.

The design approach focused on passive solar design strategies including shading, ventilation, material science of insulation, and thermal mass.

Furthermore, the building has been considered about Water Technologies, Solar Hot Water, Larger building Passive heating and cooling strategies , Lighting, Energy Generation, and Environmentally Sustainable Design (ESD) material selection.

Being inspired by hexagons all over the place in nature, particularly, Victorian Hexagonal Rock Formations or Columnar Joints.

At the beginning stage, the hexagon tiles are kept in its original colour terracotta.

HEXAGON TILE FOR SHADING FACADE WITH A VARIETY OF PATTERNS. FOUR TYPES OF TILES PRODUCE VARYING PATTERNS. THREE TYPES OF TILES FOR A CORNER UNIT. EACH IS JOINED WITH SYMMETRICAL PAIR TO FORM AN EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR FACADE.

Exploring the material properties and the process of clay.

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RIVER ROCKS ARE USED TO COVER THE BOTTOM PART AND ANCHOR THE CERAMIC FACADE'S FRAME

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RIVER ROCKS ARE USED TO COVER THE BOTTOM PART AND ANCHOR THE CERAMIC FACADE'S FRAME

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Diagram shows how two halves are assembled to form the doublesided surface SECTION 01 SCALE: 1/25

Summer LEGEND:

DRAWINGS NAME:

ELEVATION 02 - WEST VIEW

PV: PIVOT DOOR SYSTEM CF: CERAMIC FACADE, NON-BEARING WALL MF: SUPPORT METAL FRAME STRUCTRURE

PROJECT NAME:

A MUSEUM OF HAND MADE

DRAWING No.: A003

NOTE:

Doors: The frame is equipped with invisible "Stealth Pivot mounted on top of a finished surface, without the need fo hinges are mounted on top of the finished floor and solid The doors are double glazed.

Facade: Connections of windows must be detailed and inst on the adhesive bond or the integrity of the ceramic tile.

SCALE: 1/25 LECTURER/ CONVENER :

ASTRID HUWALD SIMON LLOYD

DATE: 09/09/2020

Winter

hexagonal prism

A exhibition space - Ground Floor

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BB

LEGEND: 1 EXHIBITION AREA 2 ENTRANCE FOYER 3 OFFICE SPACE 4 WORKSHOP 5 RESTAURANT 6 MUSEUM SHOP 7 LIBRARY 8 STORAGE 9 STAFF ROOM 10 OUTDOOR SPACE 11 COMMUNAL AREA

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Project number 07 Date

Student Name

Project B - Museum Of The Handmade.

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Xuan Truc Nguyen

Student ID

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FIRST FLOOR PLAN B

Project number Date

Project B - Museum Of The Handmade.

Student Name

Xuan Truc Nguyen

Student ID

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102843870

Scale

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2020-HS2-DIA 30004 – Interior Design Studio 4 – Sustainable Design

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Project number Date

Project B - Museum Of The Handmade.

Student Name

A104

24/11/2020 Xuan Truc Nguyen

Student ID

2ND FLOOR PLAN

102843870

Scale

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17/10/2021 00:50:38

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2020-HS2-DIA 30004 – Interior Design Studio 4 – Sustainable Design

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Project number Date

Project B - Museum Of The Handmade.

Student Name

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24/11/2020 Xuan Truc Nguyen

Student ID

102843870

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2020-HS2-DIA 30004 – Interior Design Studio 4 – Sustainable Design

Student Name

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102843870

ROOF PLAN 5

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24/11/2020 Xuan Truc Nguyen

Student ID

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hexagonal prism

ROOF PLAN Project number Date

Project B - Museum Of The Handmade.

40 m

Scale

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WINTER SUN-PASSIVE SOLAR HEATING SUMMER SUN-PROTECT FROM OVERHEATING & SHADING

SOLAR ORIENTATION SOLAR SHADING ON NORTH AND WEST ELEVATIONS

GREEN WALL / THERMAL MASS

PV PANEL WITH A ROOF PITCH 23 DEGREE

HIGH PERFORMANCE WINDOWS & DOORS

CONTINUOUS INSULATION

RAINWATER HARVESTING

BALANCE VENTILATION

PASSIVE SUSTAINABLE DESIGN 29

LEGEND

RB: Reed

Library Reading area - 4th Floor

Communal WC:Space Toil S: K:

Sink Kitc

ROOF CATCHMENT AREA GREY WATER HEADER TANK 5000L RAINWATER HEADER TANK 5000L

GREEN ROOF WC

All green features are to be irrigated by the rainwater gravity feed from the rain water header tank

S RAINWATER

Reed bed, located next to south facade, size to environmental engineer specification, to provide final treatment of grey water before it is pumped up to grey water header tank

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WEST CERAMIC FACADE K

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Note: Water flow rates for fixtures are as per AS/NZS 6400:2005

SUCTION TANK Water is pumped from underground rain water toroidial storage tanks to rain water header tanks on 3rd floor. Rain water from header tank to gravity feed to toilets, washing machines and greenery below

GREY WATER TREATMENT

EPA approved

A filter placed in the tank clears the water of impurities

RAINWATER STORAGE 20 000L

All black water (Dishwasher, EPA approved compositing toilets, kitchen sink) is collected annd leaves site to sewer

SCHEMATIC WATER hexagonal prism

_ DIAGRAM

e - 1st Floor

The Eastern Office - Ground Floor

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A house model Drafting

Planning Map w

Swinburne Stable Solid

Site Context Dynamic Energetic Out going

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Student house “The Youth”

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SWINBURNE

This project aims to understand how architectural aspects of student housing influence students’ residential satisfaction and a feeling of home. The chosen site is located in the residential area and close to Swinburne University.

It was key to bring a sense of community to the house whilst also respecting the needs of an individual’s space. Designed specifically to suit a group of cohabiting students, it combines large en-suite bedrooms with a range of communal spaces, so that residents can live and work alongside each other, but also find solitude when they need it.

I carved a route through the middle of the house from the front entrance hall to the back garden which became the key circulation route around which the shared spaces are organised.

STUDENTVILLAGE

co-living

The houses foster an inclusive and engaging co-living experience.

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co-living

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EXT.S METAL SIDING

INT.S

ZEE GRIT 100mm

METAL STUD RUNNER TRACK

SEALANT AND BACKER ROD HOLLOW METAL FRAME, GROUT SOLID ALUMINUM STOREFRONT SYSTEM

METAL DRIP BY MANUFACTURE RUNNER TRACK

ES ED TO

METAL SIDING

INT.F

2 PIECE ADJUSTABLE BRICK TIE

WALLBOARD

IES OL 2 ALIAN D TO FIED, ONAL

BRICK VENEER

CATIVITY INSULATION

METAL STUD

VENTED AIRSPACE 250mm min.

WOOD FRAME 60mm

SEALANT

PLYWOOD 12mm

ZEE GIRT 100mm

ME 2

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_ DETAILED WINDOW JOINERY SECTION

MANCE AN D R ESSED

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RIGID INSULATION 18mm

S.F SF.M

TAPEALL JOINTS HOR AND VER E.F.A

SILL SEALER

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STYROFOAM INSULATION

F.F

PROTECTION LAYER

BONDING ADHESIVE

BASE FLASHING WEEP HOLES AT 1200 CRS max.

ANCHOR BOLT

SEALANT

HIGH DRAINAGE COMPOSITE 8mm MOISTURE RETETION MAT

FINISH GRADE

ROOT BARRIER

ROOF LEVEL ROOF

9mm HYDROFLEX DRAINAGE MAT

44500

18mm WATERPROOFING MEMBRANE

STRIP FOOTING

INT.S

EXT.S

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UD TO PLATE APPED

_ DETAILED GREEN ROOF SECTION

_ DETAILED WALL SECTION

RRIER

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A Shared House For A Swinburne Student Village Project Assessment: Construction and Detail Documentation 2D and 3D

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co-living

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GREEN ROOF DETAIL

2020-HS2-DIA30002-Interior Architecture Digital Documentation 2 50

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LEGEND: CROSS SECTION DETAIL 1 Project number

ENTRANCE 03 2 FOYER Date 13/11/2020 3 LIVING ROOM Student Name Xuan Truc Nguyen 4 KITCHEN Student ID 5 BEDROOM102843870 6 LAUNDRY 7 BATHROOM 8 STUDY ROOM 9 COMMUNAL AREA 10 COURT YARD

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TH E c ity c e ntr al S TAT ION

connecting us

Sai Gon’s underground will become the first subway system in Viet Nam when it might begin operation in 2022. Subways are an essential part of public transportation in cities. Within these systems, architecture plays a big role in defining the environment of the subway. Based on the iconic buildings, which are just the start of a series of stations that will push the boundaries for subway architecture.

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Location: Storey: Floor area: Height: Floor height:

connecting us

SaiGon VN 2 860 m2 8000 mm 4000 mm

Discreet cornices, columns, doors, and windows with clear outlines, marble fireplaces – all furnishings tend to rectangular form.

The colour scheme of the interior is maintained in light pastel colours. Niches of spacious rooms are decorated with statues, to hair’s breadth as in ancient times. Classical ornaments depict oak or laurel leaves, and Greek meander, but it can be seen a certain order and symmetry at their disposition. Classicism in interior design implies the presence of arches, stucco, halfcolumns, and columns.

the conection among landmarks Saigon Central Post Office

Saigon Municipal Opera House

4/10/22, 3:46 PM

Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica of Saigon

Google Maps

Ben Thanh Market

Map data ©202

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connecting us

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LEGEND: 1 ENTRANCE WAY 2 INFO ROOM 3 OFFICE 4 INDOOR PLAYGROUND 5 BREAD SHOP 6 STAFF ROOM 7 UNDERGROUND FOOD COURT 8 LIFT 9 ENERGY ROOM 10 TOILET 11 WAY TO OTHER PLATFORMS

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MODEL-MAKING GROUP WORK I N

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Productive Garden Wellington Restaurant & Cafe

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Working in the garden is also a shared experience for the family, and instills in children an understanding of the natural cycles of growth, which provide lessons of lifelong value.

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Bearing a resemblance to forest and flowery perfumes are service to customer calms and soothes the mind.

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The sound of outdoor fountains can drown out any loud noises and water fountains create negative ions which can make a person feel more at ease and relaxed.

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Scale: 1-100 Subject: Garden Design Name: Bui Ai Mi & Nguyen Xuan Truc Class: Interior Design 17

RESTAURANT LANDSCAPING

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FOR ME, BEAUTY IS A PROMISE OF HAPPINESS WHICH LIES NOT ONLY AT THE ROOT OF THE FUNCTIONAL, AESTHETIC, AND PURPOSEFUL NEEDS BUT ALSO IN SOCIO-CULTURAL FACTORS. DESIGN ALWAYS IS BEYOND THE CONSTRAINTS OF PHYSICAL REALITY, AND INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE IS MORE THAN JUST A PLEASE OF THE EYES, IT IS A SENSORY AGGLOMERATION. MY

ENGAGEMENT

PROCESSES

USE

MORE

ART,

PLAY,

MOVEMENT, OR PERFORMANCE BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE THE MAGNETISM IS IN THE MIX. I AM THE SEEKER OF THE UNCONVENTIONAL AND ALSO A STORYTELLER. I TELL THE STORIES BY MEDIATING BETWEEN ANY NUMBER OF OPPOSITIONS, INCLUDING THE OLD AND THE NEW, THE NATURAL AND THE MAN-MADE, AND THE MASCULINE AND THE FEMININE. I HOPE IN THIS SENSE THE BUILTENVIRONMENT CAN RAISE LIFE TO ITS GREATEST POSSIBLE HEIGHTS THAT SUPPORT A SPIRITUAL AND MEANINGFUL CONCEPTION OF HUMAN EXISTENCE.

about me

CATHIE XUAN TRUC NGUYEN D.O.B: Email: Phone: LinkedIn: Instagram:

30/10/1999 trucnguyen.cathie@gmail.com +61434 16 3828 linkedin.com/in/trucnguyen-cathie xt.whitespace

EDUCATION Bachelor of Design

WORK EXPERIENCE |2017-Present

Interior Architecture (Honours) Swinburne University of Technology, AUS University of Architecture HCM, VN Expected graduation: June 2022

Waitress|2021-2022

(part-time) Hakata Gensuke Ramen, QV, Melbourne, Australia •

Learned that actively showing respect should be a part of every interaction I have; “Go the Extra Mile” as in Japanese culture, most people will go out of their way to help someone.

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Trained to adapt and be flexible to accommodate changes meanwhile improving communication skills and the ability to work in a multi-culture team.

VOLUNTEERING 2022 A member of members of Grad Ex 2022 exhibition team.

01/2021 to 03/2022 Faculty of Health, Arts and Design International Student Representative at Swinburne Student Representative Council (SRC).

Semester 1 - 2021 Work for Services Hub of Swinburne Student Life, at Hawthorn campus.

SKILL SET Revit Rhino SketchUP AutoCAD 3DsMax Enscape V-ray Grasshopper ARCHLine.XP

ENCON VIETNAM LLC, Hochiminh City, Vietnam •

Prepare, develop and maintain highly detailed documentation; coordination of documentation with internal and external consultants.

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Improved operations by working with team members and customers to find workable solutions; Develop where required representations of design options for further discussion by design teams.

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Provided excellent service and attention to customers in person or through phone conversations.

Interior Design Intern

|Winter

2018

ENCON VIETNAM LLC, Hochiminh City, Vietnam •

Photoshop InDesign Illustrator Premiere Pro

Paid internship position in 3 months, included creating presentation packages, exploring interior design layout and detailing furniture specifications.

Karate-Do Teaching Assistant|2017-2019 HCMC Children’s Centre, Hochiminh City, Vietnam

INTERESTS Sketching Reading Meditation Photography Exploring other cultures

Interior Design Assistant| Assistant 2019-2020

Traveling Hiking Badminton Swimming Cooking

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Experienced to work under high pressure while fostering connections between students, especially children.

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Organised and maintained teaching and learning resources, besides, ordered appropriate equipment as required.

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“Unconventional? It’s just a question about the accepted order of things”