𓇼 ⋆｡˚ 𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 ⋆｡˚ 𓇼


Hi, I’m Du Nghiem (b. 2003, Hanoi). I’m a Master of Architecture candidate at Rice University. 
I graduated from Yale College in May 2025 with a B.A. in Architecture and Psychology, earning distinction in both majors.

I love desire paths, hammock naps, palm reading, sending postcards, and the cold feel of concrete. I am interested in memory preservation, mapping and counter-mapping.

I hope to design with curiosity, courage, and care.


𓆝 ⋆｡𖦹°‧


A - ARCHITECTURE

5-1. Rotary Houses
4-2. Threaded Ground
4-1. Mobile Textile Hub
3-3. River’s Edge 
3-2. Intimate Immensity
2-3. Play/ Ground
2-2. Sheer Folly
2-1. Kit of Parts
1-3. And/ Or


B - OTHER MEDIUM

3-2. Thresholds
3-1. Dominant Void
2-1. Illustrations
1-1. Sketches


𓆝 ⋆｡𖦹°‧


Email | Linkedin | Instagram

A2-3. PLAY/ GROUND

Academic Project
Spring 2024, Yale College
Instructors: Surry Schlabs & Joyce Hsiang

Initial concept sketch

Site plan/ zoomed in plans

Taking up the entire parking lot, my intervention resembles a pergola that extends from the back of the existing buildings - restaurants, social clubs, music hall. Considering play as movement and flexibility, the project curates and transforms current access points to the lot into vibrant entries leading to a communal plaza and smaller courtyards and garden beds.

SKIN/ SKELETON

I took inspritation from the serpentine cracks on the ground and imagined them as stitches on a patchwork quilt. The structure consists of several layers of fabric membranes interwoven within the wooden scaffolding, whose open-endedness caters to different modes of social gathering.

LAYERS

The fabrics freely weave, stretch, and drape based on the conditions of the scaffolding and the varying slopes of the ground, serving as a form of overhead enclosure, curtains, tents, hammocks. These curvatures stand in contrast with the gridded frame. Light and sound filter through the canopy, creating a pleasant semi-interior environment. 

The series of scattered vertical columns imitates the field experience of walking through a forest. The long, interconnected hallways that overlook the open courtyards encourage visibility and movement.

Sectional Drawings