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Duy Nguyen Bao Vo

Design Portfolio


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Beauty goes beyond the measure of aestheticsIt encompasses both the physical and emotional contents of

a given object. In architecture, beauty is not simply what can

be seen or perceived; it is something that provokes the mind,

engages the soul and the body. For such beauty to truly exist,

the architect must go beyond superfcial aesthetics and actively

engage users with the built environment they occupy. I believe

every building that I create should respect its context, touch its

users, and strive toward true beauty.

Duy Nguyen Bao Vo || Fifth-year undergraduate || [email protected]

If the sky was made of paperWar Letters Museum

Winter 2011 Portland OR

Advisor: Adjunct Prof. James Givens

Center for Architectural Study and ResearchSpring 2010 Vicenza, Italy

Advisor: Prof. Donald Corner

Center for Architectural Study and ResearchWinter 2010 Saigon, Vietnam

Advisor: Adjunct Prof. Melinda Nettles

Springfeld Youth Outdoor CenterSpring 2009 Springfeld OR

Advisor: Adjunct Prof. Diego Urrutia

Study Abroad ProgramVicenza, Italy

Townform studies & Material studies

Built ProjectWind Chime Tea Shop

Summer 2011 Saigon, Vietnam

Work in ProgressCatalyst Foundation Housing Prototype

Summer 2011 to present - Kien Giang, Vietnam


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Scheme 1: Suspension Scheme 2: Rib Cage

Te main letter display space issuspended in mid air to repre-sent the eeling o ones at both

war ront and home ront.

Te main letter display spaceis exposed as one proceedsdeeper in the building, justas a rib cage opens revealing

the heart.

Scheme 3: Separation

Te big stone wall representsthe physical, psychologicaland emotional separationbetween the home ront and

war ront.

Parti Functional Poche Delineating lines

If the sky was made of paperWar Letters Museum

Project Description:

Te building will be located on an open site at the terminus o the North Park Blocks. It willbe approximately 35-40,000 square eet, thereore a multi-story building, with an emphasison epitomizing good civic design. Besides the actual gal lery spaces, the program also allowsor a ex theater/presentation hall used specical ly or interpretive presentations.

Studio:4th year undergraduate - Winter 2011 - Portland OR


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View from glass walkway View from the interior exhibition


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Center for Architectural Studies and ResearchProject Description:

Te building will be located on an open site that is kitty-corner to the Independence Palace. It will be approximately 35-40,000 square eet, thereore a multi-story building, with an emphasis onepitomizing good civic design. Besides the actual library and archive space, the program also calls or a small cae, a lecture hall as well as resident unit or visiting scholars. Te program alsoallows or an ample amount o outdoor space.

Tis parti diagram shows the experimentwith the curves ormally transorming into

the straight edges

Tis diagram shows the interlocking rela-tionship between the green and the built

environment.

Tis diagram shows cross ventilation as well asthe integration o the curve element as light de-

ector.

Tis diagram shows many dierent lev-els o intimacy layered through out the

buildings outdoor spaces.

Studio:

2nd year undergraduate - Spring 2009 - Springeld OR

Sectional Longitudinal Perspective


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View from courtyard


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Contextually, the site is blocked rom thestreet by a ence o tall trees, making it hard

or people to know where it is located

Te site is located at a rather picturesquelocation with green edges and water way.However, because o tall trees, it does have

problems concerning visibility.

With the trees blocking the view into the siterom the street, the site is actually the breed-ing ground o drug scene, prostitution prob-

lems, and other criminal activities.

Te building has a series o sun-shades keeping the southside nicelyshaded. Second oor juts over the

water engaging the landsccape.

Te main objective or this particular project is to create a youth center that would so-cially and aesthetically reinvigorate a airly historic site located in Springeld Oregon.Te ground oor o the building houses a double-height warehouse with administrativeoces, a lobby area that has good view o the 40 oot tall rock climbing wall. Tere is also

a wood patio that allows visitors to enjoy the side at its natural condition.

Te building is composed o 2 highly active acades engaging people to what is happen-ing on both sides o the site: the creek and the street. Te idea o layering materials is alsoincorporated thoroughly through out the project in hopes o creating a canopy-like eel orthe building Troughout the design I intended to emphasize the duality between rootedness

(ground oor) and lightness (1st oor)

Springfeld Youth Outdoor CenterProject Description:

Te building will be located on a site that is currently occupied by an optometrist oce and is close to a stream. It will be 10,000 square eet and willbe housing equipments and holding events or our major outdoor activities: bicycling, kayaking, canoeing, and rock climbing. Beside the recreational

areas, the program also calls or an indoor rock climbing wall, a ully equipped warehouse and oces or renting out to public.

Studio:

2nd year undergraduate - Spring 2009 - Springeld OR


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My inspiration or this project is a tree and my goal is to create a building that would not only be unctional but also be able to respond/reect changes o the context seasonally and socially. Te ground oor symbolizes the rootedness with the presence o administrativeunction and reception area. Tey help providing more surveillance to not only the building but also the site. Te 1st oor represents

the lightness with the presence o cantilevering elements housing miscellaneous educational and social activities.


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Windchime Tea ShopQun Tr Chung Gi

Project Description

I was commissioned renovate an old residential building (320 square meter) into a tea shop. Tis tea shop, though conceptually modeled afer one o my avorite tea shop in Portland calledea, Chai, e, is located in Saigon Vietnam. Because o the lack o time as well as nancial constraints, I kept the design or the most part simple yet sophisticated and unique. Te building isdivided by two main programmatic elements: the tea room and the service. I introduced a series o arches into the two oor o the building providing a much more contracted and homey eelto the shop. Up on second oor, there are book nooks that allow or private conversation to take place.

Downstair tea room


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Upstair tea room


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Catalyst Foundation Housing PrototypeWork in progress

Project Description

I was rst exposed to this project at the UNAVSA (Union o North American Vietnamese Student Associations) conerence where I represented the Vietnamese Student Association at theUniversity o Oregon as the newly-elected co-director. Tough presented tenously, this particular project caught my attention or the potentials it possesses. I approached Caroline Parker, theexecutive director o the Catalyst Foundation, and expressed my interest in pushing this project orward. Initially, the organization estimated the cost or each prototype close to $5000, which inmy opinion was a bit too expensive to build a simple brick and mortar home. I proposed to Caroline my design which is composed o mainly a recycled wood structure with bamboo shading.

She then brought the my idea back to Kien Giang and presented to the ethnically Khmer Vietnamese community as well as some local construction businesses. Te design was well-receivedand later estimated to be built with $2500 at most. Te work I am presenting in this portolio is a snippet o the preliminary design that Caroline took with her back to Vietnam.


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3 meter

Te programmatic diagram explainsthe assignment o tasks according to

appropriate interior spaces.

Tis elevation shows the side view o the prototypeand where it is located in related to the earth berm

acting as the walkway.

Tis north acing elevation shows the generalcomposition o the exterior o the prototype.

Bamboo lattice provides shading.

Tis show the skeletal structureused or this particular housing

prototype.

Te site on which the prototype sits is arice paddy eld that has a water tableo 3 meters. As a response to such high

water table, I decided to employ the stiltstructure as the base rom which theunit springs o. Te roo helps shedingthe water while the south acing plas-tered wall absorbs the heat rom the sunduring the day and releases it at night.

Site Response Design


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Study Abroad Travelling Sketches (Spring 2011, Vicenza Italy)These sketches were done as parts of courses taken in Italy examining Italian urban town form, and materials and details.


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