Urban Design Portfolio 2008-2014

URBAN DESIGN PORTFOLIODUONG HONG NGUYEN

SELECTED WORKS OF 2008 - 2013

BRIEF

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Master of Urban Design (2013)The University of New South Wales, Australia

Bachelor of Urban Planning (2008)Ho Chi Minh City University of Architecture, Vietnam

Previous workplace:Southern Institute of Urban and Rural Planning (SIUP) (current)

National General Construction Consul-tancy JSC. (NAGECCO)

Huy Khuong Ltd.

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Urban Design Branding, Graphic design & Mapping

Photography

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Australia - MUDD program

Spain - International studio

Vietnam

Others

City Visions MUDD18 BrandingBeyond the Industrial Past

MUDD18 BrandingBeyond the Industrial Past

GIS mappingYangon and Ho Chi Minh

GIS mappingYangon and Ho Chi Minh

Study mappingShanghai

Illustrating mappingShanghaiTourism mappingHanoi and Ho Chi Minh

Barcelona- Redesign the Industrial City

Bien Hoa City Masterplan for 2030 and Vision to 2050Ca Mau Administrative CentreAn Phu Thinh New Urban AreaNguyen Trai Fashion Street - graduation project

Study of Urban forms

Gore Hill New Urban Area

Bayshore City Kingsford Smith Airport

Gore Hill Airport Transfer Centre

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CITY VISIONS

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA/ MUDD STUDIO

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This last studio in the post-graduate program investigates a large-scale and complex urban redevelopment in Sydney and other centres in New South Wales. The studio commences with broad analysis of the social, economic, environmental and regulatory factors shaping urban form. Later a conceptual framework or structure plan is proposed for future development.

Source: MUDD course outline

This year the theme of the studio is Sydney’s Second Harbour Crossing, aiming at realistic issue of the development of the city toward 2031. The overall goal of the whole studio is a proposal of transit-oriented framework in relation with the New South Wales Metro Plan and Transport Plan.

The extension of the North West Rail Link and the redevelopment of key potential areas to provide a massive housing stocks were proposed and tested.

Research panels - Group work

Far left: Opportunity for Fast MetroBy researching the State’s plans and analysing how current transportation system works, we point out the general transport solution and estimate the general housing needs for the whole class.

Right: Conclusion panel of the studioSummerising the proposals from each teams (transportation, housing) and comparing with the estimated number in the Opportunity for Fast Metro and the NSW Metro Plan.

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GORE HILL NEW UBAN AREA


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Far left: Pre-design researchSite analysis, different options of rail station location, 4 main options of landuse, 3 options of FSR and illustrating 3D models

Right: Final master plan scale 1:2000Key site analysis, calculated population and housing, design analysis, master plan and 3D model.

Role: team leaderdesign strategies and calculation, layout design

Gore Hill masterplan - Group work

The site is a part of Artarmon and St. Leonards, and belongs to Willoughby Council, NSW. Currently an industrial zone reaching its peak for decades, this site is proposed to be redeveloped as a new residential centre providing a large amount of new housing for North Sydney Region along with a new transfer centre.

Main advantages of the site are the Gore Hill Freeway, The Pacific Highway and its landform. The crossing of a new rail line and the Gore Hill freeway is a great potential connection between the site and the city centre in cluding the airport. Landownership, land value, housing price was taken into account and shapes the form of the new development.

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GORE HILL AIRPORT TRANSFER CENTRE

Left: Final design presentation panel Bird’s eyes view of the project, traffic connection and parking diagrams (ground level and upper level), landuse and 2 options of rail line arrangement, phasing and related investment calculation.

Top right: Bird’ eyes view Car parkingValet parking/ Shaft parkingBus parkingRailway station/ Airport Transfer CentreMixed use developmentHotel

Bottom right: Top view plans showing the traffic and the connection of different functionsElevated road from the freewayValet parking and Car parkingRailway stationHotel and Mixed use Bus parkingExit road

Gore Hill Airport Transfer Centre - Individual work

As one of the key developments in the Gore Hill master plan, the new railway station is proposed at the intersection of the Gore Hill freeway (also the Lane Cove tunnel) and the existing rail line. This station is among the strategic points along the extension of the North West Rail Link connecting to North Sydney, Central Sydney and the airport and will also function as an airport transfer centre for Sydney’s Northern region.


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Image source: MUDD18 students, Studio 1 semester 2, including my works

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BAYSHORE CITY

The studio was based on two inter-related modes of study: first, a research component, which introduced students to urban design history, theory, paradigms and precedents; second, a critical urban project aimed at relating the knowledge gained from the research component to the design of an urban precinct.

The research mode involved in depth historical investigation of the urban morphology and climatic conditions of the nine cities. A rigorous graphic analysis of the settlement pattern of each city was undertaken, involving figure ground mapping at 1:200,000; 1: 20,000 and 1: 2000. The information obtained from the mapping and associated background research was used in the second phase of the studio – the making of the urban project.

A new airport for Sydney - The Bayshore City

A city of 4.5 million people does not need two airports; it just needs one efficient airport. The studio advanced the argument that one large, efficient airport should be built to serve Metro Sydney at the site at Badgery’s Creek in Western Sydney; a plot of land purchased in the 1980s by the Australian Government explicitly for the purpose. It was assumed that the new Badgery’s Creek Airport will be similar in size and operational capacity to the most efficient airports in the Asia-Pacific region, Chek Lap Kok Hong Kong and Incheon, Korea. To pay for the construction of the new airport, the studio proposed that Sydney’s Kingsford-Smith Airport (KSA) be closed when the new airport becomes operational, and its site redeveloped as a new urban precinct, Bayshore City.

A 2012 study by Mrdak & Haddad, has found that Sydney’s Kingsford-Smith Airport (KSA) will reach its operational capacity by 2027, i.e. within 15 years. The inner-ring location within the suburban matrix of Sydney also imposes noise pollution on a large inner-city residential population. To partially address this problem airport operations are subject to a curfew. KSA closes down between 11.00pm and 6.00am every day. This is inherently inefficient, and limits the capacity of Australia’s principal international gateway. In addition, the site is physically constrained by Botany Bay, the Cooks River, arterial roads, railways and related urban infrastructure. Finally there are the environmental impacts on the sensitive ecosystem of Botany Bay.

The Studio investigated the development potential, character and quality of the KSA site through a ‘companion city’ investigation, taking eight cities/city precincts from around the world as the point of departure for the design of eight schemes for Bayshore City. Schemes sit within a fixed site boundary and propose a range of different yields and urban qualities that are based on a considered response to existing urban districts or ideal city proposals.


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City West, Berlin 52033’ N

New Ningbo City, Ningbo 29089’ N

Back Bay Boston 4203518’ N

Amsterdam South 52022’ N

Garnier’s Cite Industrielle, Lyon 45046’ N

Garden City, Welwyn 51048’ N

New Songdo City, Incheon 37028’ N

Västra Hamnen, Malmo 52033’ N

Shanghai -French Concession 35010’ N

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Text source: MUDD18 Studio 1 semester 2, including my words


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The French Concession first came to existence in 1849 when 66 hectares of land were allocated to the French on Shanghai’s west bank. Over time, the concession grew, road networks followed, and the topography of the land and creeks provided a unique feel. The architecture of the Concession is influenced by varying styles including art deco and a unique mix of Chinese-European designs. Today, the Concession is a popular place to live, work and play.

Taking inspiration from the design and cultural elements of the Concession, the Bayshore City site will offer memorable and exciting experiences to locals and visitors. The unique design elements of the Concession create unique public and private spaces that draw upon Chinese and Western influences. The French Concession is also famous for the Lilong, a mix of Chinese and Western Architecture creating a unique, private space with a strong sense of community.

RE-DEVELOPING KINGSFORD SMITH AIRPORT IN THE FORM OF SHANGHAI FRENCH CONCESSION

Existing Infrastructure and Internal Traffic

Left: Master plan of the Bayshore city built with inspiration from Shanghai French Concession

Top right: Existiing infrastructure on the site

Bottom right: Night landscape of the Bayshore city with the ‘Kingsford Smith Avenue’ based on the existing runway

Word source from MUDD18 Folio

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REDESIGN THE INDUSTRIAL CITY

The 2012/2013 Barcelona Studio, set within the overall MUDD18 theme, ‘Beyond the Industrial Past’, involved a critical investigation of the post-industrial transformation of Barcelona that has made this great city one of the outstanding centres of contemporary urbanism over the past 30 years. The Barcelona Workshop and the challenge of the site served as a unique laboratory for experimentation. We investigated and developed urban regeneration strategies for the 1960s extension of Barcelona Port along the Ronda del Litoral at the foot of the seaward cliff-face of Montjuïc. These port facilities, which include grain and potash silos and tank farms, are approaching the end of their useful life.

Ambitious plans for housing, high-tech industry and transport infrastructure have been advanced for this part of the Barcelona waterfront in recent years. However, the future of the site is still unresolved and challenging. Understanding this, the students prepared analyses, plans and designs that attempted to integrate multiple infrastructure networks, energy and environmental factors, socio-economic conditions, and the complex process of reclaiming an industrial port through urban design. In order to increase the value of this area, the students proposed a range of solutions to convert it to contemporary uses, and create a new urban district. The urban design investigation addressed a range of issues developing strategies to humanise the industrial port site and make it a part of the city

Based on these investigations, conducted by significant exploration on foot in Barcelona, and through other documentation, the students generated informed ideas and future scenarios, resulting in six different schemes by the 18 students.

BARCELONA, SPAIN/ INTERNATIONAL STUDIO

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“SURPUERTO - The Southern Port” - Groupwork with Salma Osman & Zhang Chi

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Over the last 20 years, Barcelona has lost 5 percent of its population, whilst the outer metropolitan region has grown at an accelerated rate. With more of the population living in low accessibility areas, Barcelona is experiencing problems in road congestion and related sustainability issues. In addition, an ageing population means the city must consider how to attract young people in a time of economic downturn. The expansion to the port provides the opportunity to rethink current activities on the port.This design maximises available land uses through the consolidation of cruise ship and ferry activity in the port. Creating a mixed use precinct, university and student facilities are combined with affordable housing. Through adaptive reuse of existing buildings, a range of cultural facilities are promoted, while a bus system and ‘bicing’ stations promote accessibility. In opening up the waterfront, a strong and coherent identity for the city is created, connecting with existing waterfront public spaces.

“SURPUERTO - The Southern Port” - Groupwork with Salma Osman & Zhang Chi

Top: Landuse plan

Bottom: Bird’s eyes view of the redeveloped site in relation with the Montjuic mountain and the city.

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“La comunitat de la Fase A - The community of the Phase A” - individual work

Process is an important aspect of an urban design project’s feasibility, especially in a time of financial crisis. Through process, unexpected changes of form may occur. This scheme proposes a flexible process which can adapt to different economic scenarios. The proposal shown here depicts the first phase which involves the construction of a central neighbourhood complex for the new community.


Detail Plan scale 1:500 of the waterfront market in phase A. The nearby warehouse is re-used as a Research lab on Sustainability. Some blocks using the affordable Container Houses designed by Shigeru Ban as a short-term housing solution.

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Development Program. Urban design is not a drawn plan. It requires policy, strategies and realistic program to come true. In this individual proposal of Staging, I create a program in which the project will be built based on the economic recovery of each phase.

I suggested using local research, local new recycled materials, local staffs and labor to create jobs, also short-term housing. On the next phase, longer-term housing will be considered together with transformation or new constructiono of building.

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“La comunitat de la Fase A - The community of the Phase A” - individual work


First row: Staging plans showing how the project will be built based on the propose development program (on the previous page)

Second row: Bird’s eyes view of the site in Phase A and of the Container House complex, which was amended from Shigeru Ban’s design for Japan after tornado disaster.

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BIEN HOA CITY MASTER PLAN 2030 AND VISION 2050

Location: Bien Hoa city, Dong nai province, VietnamRole: team member (of three, including the chief designer), interpreter and translator.

This is my first time being involved in a major project. Though a city master plan, this project is shaped by regional and national, at certain points, factors. The complexity of different players in decision making process and the tiring length of the project are important challenges.

Key points of the project:1. The expansion of the city and a new location for the provincial administrative centre. 2. The preservation of Cu Lao Pho island’s ecology and heritage.3. The reformation of industrial zones for 2030 and 20504. The relation with the new international airport in the South.

Through this I started to clarify the role of politics in large-scale urban projects. The form of the project is the physical result of all negotiation.

In this project I had the chance to support the collaboration with two Japanese experts: Dr. Shinichi Moshizuki and Mr.Toyobe Masayoshi as a host and an interpreter (using English)

BIEN HOA, VIETNAM/ SIUP

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Location: Ca Mau city, Ca Mau province, VietnamRole: conceptual design, 3D modelling and rendering, report wrting, interpreter/translator in a team of 3 members (under a chief designer).

The province’s capital city looks for a new form for its administrative centre. This reflects their desire of reformation. However, traditional mindset and political conflict are the decisive factors. The project is consulted by SIUP, a major local planning institute, and Dr. Mochizuki, a Japanese transport planing expert

Above: Location of the the project in Ca Mau city master plan (the highlight red area)

Next page: Landscape plan scale 1:500 of the administrative centre precinct, including an iconic tipped square, administrative office tow-er, offices and mixed use commercial centre

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CA MAU ADMINISTRATIVE CENTREMASTER PLAN 1:500


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CA MAU ADMINISTRATIVE CENTREMASTER PLAN 1:500

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1 - The facade and the square surface have similar material texture. Local and some informal plants are proposed to increase friendliness.

2 - Shades provided by the Northern side of the building and combined with lake and fountains to create micro-climate effect

3 - Bird’s eyes view of the project from Phan Ngoc Hien axis.

4 - Pedestrian’s view from Phan Ngoc Hien axis

5 - Same volume, more dynamic shape

6, 7, 8 - Test of 3 options of building form for the Administrative building in the proposed context.


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PHASE 2 CONCEPTUAL DESIGN FOR SIUP

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AN PHU THINH NEW URBAN AREACONTEST & PROJECTLocation: Quy Nhon city, Binh Dinh province, Viet-namRole: conceptual design, 3D modelling and render-ing, report wrting, in a team of 2 members (including a chief designer).Phases:1. Design contest2. Master plan scale 1:20003. Master plan scale 1:5004. Construction plan

This page: 3 panels for the design contest. The conceptual designed were carried out in 6 days.

Next page: The master plan of the project in phase 3 - Master plan scale 1:500

Following a development project from design contest to master plan project and construction design project is valuable experience to me.

An Phu Thinh is a strong local developer of Binh Dinh province aiming to build a new town with high quality of life in the north of Quy Nhon, the capital city of the province. The site has an advantageous location between the city and a major new industrial zone, and a spectaculous natural landscape. However, the site’s low elevation of land most of which is flooded affects the effectiveness

of investment. The bias of the development is a very limited land, the unfavour of the local market for apartment buildings and the financial return of the project.

Superstition is another factor of the decision-making process. A monk was invited and gained even more important role than the designers and engineers in shaping the town’s structure.

This project does not seem like a successful investment but still a big lesson to learn for both the investor and the consultant.

QUY NHON, VIETNAM/ NAGECCO

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NGUYEN TRAI FASHION STREET

Location: District 1, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam.Undergraduate Graduation ProjectInstructor: Kien Trung Truong

Nguyen Trai St is a commercial street connecting District 1 and District 5, the two oldest commercial centres of Ho Chi Minh city. Fashion is the outstanding business in the District 1 session where locates Zen Plaza, the first fashion mall in the country. However, the business requires more utilities and space for its service than just space for exhibition. Vehicle and pedestrian traffic, convenience and urban management and appropriate investment are the main issues of the site.

I proposed an overall strategy for the street and focused on its most elegant session with detail solutions. In this session, the street would be trenched down to reduce vehicle traffic conflict while provide a new pedestrian street above itself. Two sides of the street are developed as two different markets of fashion: luxury and affordability.

The proposal spreaded more small public space in the network of alleys and connected them to the central park nearby with the goal of triggering commercial activities by improving the comfort of pedestrians.

Building heights are considered with the uniformity with the nearby city’s central area, and building forms are horizontally manipulated to bring a different facade to the area.

Right: Masterplan at scale 1:2000 from the Nguyen Thai Binh market to Phu Dong Thien Vuong roundabout. Two zigzag buildings are two landmarks for two sections of the fashion street: one for luxurious brands and one for more affordable stores.

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NGUYEN TRAI FASHION STREET

Left: Bird’s eyes view of the site: Proposed (top) and Existing (bottom)

Right: The mixing of the new complex into existing built environment. Some existing buildings are chosen to be kept from destruction under the new complex. This complex provides space for not only shopping but also repairing, producing and after-services.

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HO CHI MINH, VIETNAM/ UAH

Eye-level view of the street after transformed into a pedestrian one.

Top: The old water tower re-used as an element of the open space for the youth. This tower currently locates in the middle of the neighborhood and is crowded by a small market right at its feet. This market is proposed to be removed for more open space in the alleys.

Bottom: The open space inside the luxury complex.

BRANDING GRAPHIC DESIGN

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MUDD18 BRANDING“BEYOND THE INDUSTRIAL PAST”

Role: Graphic Director, Editor, Photographer

Main tasks: - Editing: Folio composition, words for some section, proof-reading

- Graphic design: Theme graphics with 5 illustrations, folio template and designs for the exhibition.

- Photography: Student profile photographs and event documentary photographs

Student profiles with the concept “Urban design is...”

Folio cover design

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Folio template design: project pages.

Folio template design: student Experience pages

Exhibition design: exhibition and lecture program

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MUDD18 BRANDING“BEYOND THE INDUSTRIAL PAST”

Exhibition documentary photographs

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Exhibition documentary photographs

Pop-up banners


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GIS MAPPINGYANGON & SAIGON

Research project: “The Desakota cities of the Mekong Delta”Advisor: Dr. Scott HawkenTask:Urban mapping with ArcGIS for later analysisExperience:First approach to GIS and ArcGISMore understanding of the cities’ relation-ship between built form and natural form.

Progress at scale 1:50000 and 1:5000

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Yangon, Myanmar

Progress at scale 1:50000 and 1:5000


AUSTRALIA

Study the urban form of a city by mapping/ re-drawing its built form. This study is a part of the ‘Bayshore city’ design project which requires using Shanghai French Conces-sion as the inspiration to build a new city in Sydney.

Shanghai map at scale 1:20000

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URBAN FORM MAPPINGSHANGHAI FRENCH CONCESSION


0 40 8020Meters

From top left (clockwise): Green space, Train and Metro, Roads, WaterwaysBottom: French Concession’s Huaihai Zhonglu at scale 1:5000

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PHOTOGRAPHY

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BARCELONA

Travelling and Urban Photography

On La Rambla

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Last drinks in Barcelona

View from Montjuic

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MADRID


On Granvia


Pieces of Madrid

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MELBOURNE


Sit down by the river, Southbank


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PARIS


An artist in Paris


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SYDNEY


Festival of the winds, Bondi beach


Urban Design Portfolio 2008-2014

Documents

new housing

design analysis

new south wales metro

complex urban redevelopment

university of new south

southern institute of

new transfer cent

transport plan