Vuong Nguyen

Bachelor of Design (Architecture)

My name is Vuong and I am an aspiring architectural student who is looking to make it into the industry of design. As of 2020, I am most confident and comfortable in rhino. I am also very proficient with certain rendering programs like Lumion and Enscape, in addition with adobe programs such as Photoshop, illustrator, Lightroom and in-design to name a few. Regarding other CAD pro-grams, I have experience in them at a moderate level such as AutoCAD and Google SketchUp. This goes for BIM, Revit in addition, having only used it for less than a year. I want to explore the world of architecture in more depth. It is my passion to design and draw anything, especially buildings. I have dreamed to become one ever since my mom and I walked around the neighborhood, admiring the structural style, colours, landscape and texture that buildings give off. I love drawing in addition, it has always been my hobby to sketch-out a diverse range of subjects. This love for design and architecture grew as I studied architecture at Swinburne University, meeting new people who share the same dream and perspective for architecture and working alongside these people in group projects. I would always be attentive and reactive to topics like these in hopes to becoming an architecture myself.

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The Sandridge Development no.01

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Acknowledgement of Country

The School of Design and Architecture respectfully acknowledges the Wurundjeri peoples of the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Owners and knowledge-keepers of the lands, waters and sky that surround us, where we work, learn, create, communicate and make place. We recognise that sovereignty has never been ceded and this always was and will always be Wurundjeri Country. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who continue to make a better world through design.

We extend our acknowledgement to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff, students, alumni, real-life clients, and knowledge keepers, who have contributed to our own education diversity and growth. We will continue to ensure that staff and students respectfully honour ancestral connection to Country and Place in everything that they do.

We are dedicated to the notion of design to make a better world and we acknowledge that making tools, shaping place, sharing stories, making meaning, wayfinding and collaborating have long been and continue to be both central and integral to First Peoples' cultures. We recognize that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ cultural contributions have continued relevance to design practice and commit to: reconciling ancestries of design and contemporary practice as well as pursuing culturally and professionally appropriate ways to engage with a diverse population of colleagues, industries and clients. In a time of treaty-making and voice we understand that there are overlaps between caring for Country and the sustainable production of goods, services, experiences, products and buildings.

Guided by the principles of respect, reconciliation, and reciprocity we undertake to indigenising and decolonising design practice by dismantling colonial structures and challenging biases that have marginalised Indigenous voices and design.

As students of SoDA you will be given opportunities to both engage with and educate yourself in Indigenous creative practices and cultural protocols through a lens of inclusivity, diversity, respect, mutual understanding, inter-cultural dialogue in all aspects of design practice. Indigenous people have been telling stories, making tools, and connecting to Country through visual media, placemaking and place marking for more than 60,000 years and these practices are part of an ongoing, evolving and live tradition.