Nguyen Nhu Quynh Doan

Master of Architecture & Urban Design

Nguyen Doan is a graduate architect with over three years of experience in residential, commercial, factory, and resort projects. She has a particular passion for residential buildings, viewing them as spaces not just for living, but also for enjoyment, sharing, and entertainment. During her studies at Swinburne, she engaged in various projects focused on housing, from renovations and new constructions to urban design.

Nguyen believes that housing is more than just a structure, especially in the context of challenges like pandemics, housing shortages, and economic crises now and in the future. These social issues can lead to isolation and a decline in mental and physical health. Her work at Swinburne has been part of her ongoing research to explore solutions to these pressing problems.

"In Between Laneways" Apartments

During the COVID-19 pandemic and the social distance regulation applied, people who live in apartments suffered the most; therefore, the goal of this project is to provide apartments but also a place where people can communicate, enjoy, and share time even in a hard time like COVID-19 pandemic in the future.

"Vertical Neighborhood" Apartment

To encourage socialization within ahousing neighborhood, an architectural conceptual diagram can incorporate elements that promote both horizontal and vertical relationships among residents. Integrate vertical connections within residential buildings like an open staircase, communal spaces on different floors, or shared rooftop terraces.
"Vertical street" is the intentional design elements that facilitates interaction and socialization between residents living on different levels of a building.
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Kit of Parts - Housing Renovation

A sustainable systemic modular design that replicates future prefabricated modular housing applied in retrofitting can improve flexibility, thermal comfort, and circular economy practices.

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"Social Streets" - Urban Form

The concept of urban form started from the barcode and the normal shape of Melbourne housing. Depending on the sunlight’s direction, these buildings are folded a part to get more sunlight and create a more private space for residence. These buildings are connected by a “social street”, this street is for not only residents but also the public. Besides the “social street”-the main vertical street- there are 3 small horizontal streets- “art street”, “play street”, and “eat street” allow people to access and experience the public spaces with the aim of enriching urban’s connection and communication, this also enhances local businesses’ development which is located in all buildings’ ground floors.

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"The Boats of Time" Cu Lao Pho Museum

Cu Lao Pho is an islet on the Dong Nai River in Southern Vietnam, where boats serve as the primary means of transport. Vessels from various nations have arrived here, bringing diverse cultures that have enriched Cu Lao Pho and transformed it into a multicultural hub. Over the past 300 years, however, this cultural beauty has faded from memory. Today, a museum serves as a repository for the rich cultural heritage of the region.

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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.