Consultancy

I am available for consultancy on project to project basis.

• residential building
• office building
• Museum
• retail complex and retail Main Street
• large scale mixed use building complex
• new community/TOD mixed use town center

Resume Profile

As Lead Design and project Manager, my complete responsibility was to lead the projects from beginning to end. Attended initial site visit to understand the client scope and program, investigated existing site conditions in order to produce site analysis diagrams, program test fit, site constraints and opportunities summary. Responsible for understanding land use regulations, zoning requirements, setbacks and easements. Coordinated with project manager to schedule project team members and help monitoring project budgets. Met periodically with Principal-in Charge to report project progress and review. Proposed initial project concept and overall master plan vision. Worked with project teams to generate 3D massing vignettes, revised program to fit project vision and to meet client project goals. Prepared presentation and project reports. Coordinated meeting schedules, assisted Principal-in Charge and made presentation to client and consultants. Coordinate with consultants and project teams on the daily basis to meet project deadlines and client expectation.                               

Summary

• More than 18 years’ experience designing large scale mixed use commercial projects and master plans involved solving complex program, multilevel parking and circulation, adjacent usages, 3D massing and over design aesthetic.
• Strong design background with good leadership responsibilities, have strong presentation and good communication skills, have architectural technical knowledge and basic real estate planning background.
• Design Leadership role for NYC Special Initiative Rebuilding Resiliency (SIRR) for one of Mayor Bloomberg post Sandy rebuilding projects in South Queens. Led the project team to help rebuilding Breezy Point, shorelines and dune restoration, re-envisioned the commercial corridor as game changer and rebuilding Far Rockaway shorefront communities.
• Monitor project budgets, report project progress to principal-in charge, coordinate with project manager for staffing and provide design quality control.
• Well versed in site planning and zoning, setbacks, Right-of-Ways and easements in order to achieve maximum buildable building envelopes.
• Believes passionately in the creation of a sustainable and low-impact development that is sensitive to local ecology, is compact and pedestrian-friendly and is less-auto dependent, creating places where people and wildlife can co-exist in harmony.
• General knowledge of architectural building design from SD, D, CD and CA – Mixed use building, office building, residential building and Museum expansion.
• Prepared award-winning master plans for several new mixed use communities in Florida, including WaterColor and WindMark Beach, Florida.

Skills                

InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrators, 3D Studio Max, Sketch Up, CAD 2014, Microsoft office and PowerPoint. Freehand design sketches-illustrative master plan rendering, public presentation and lecturer

Experience     

Perkins Eastman Architects, NY

Senior Associate (2012-2015)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

     Served as design lead and senior urban designer for all large scale mixed projects and new community master plans in the US and abroad. As design lead and manager/architect, my responsibilities were to train and help guide the younger design staffs and to make sure that the projects met client deadlines and expectation. With my combined knowledge of architecture and land planning, and my ability to understand projects on multiple levels and at multiple scales, I was able collaboratively work on PE studios wide large scale projects such as: Willow Grove Master Plan-PA and Jai Alai Redevelopment Master Plan-Orlando-S9, Taif regional city, Saudi Arabia-S5 and Minks Airport New City, Belarus-S5 and CCRC Greenland Master Plan, China with Chicago Office.   

 Past projects include:

• Mayor Bloomberg 2013-SIRR, Special Initiative for Rebuilding and Resiliency for South Queens Area
• NEON Mixed Use Large Scale Complex, Rio de Janeiro
• Guyyang Financial City Center Complex, china
• Viet Capital Head Quarter Building – Competition, HCMC, Vietnam
• Xi’an Main Street Master Plan, Xi’an, China
• Zhang Jiang Mixed Use Master Plan, Shanghai, China
• Jing Qiao New City Center Master Plan, Shanghai, China
• Lingang FX Vanke Cheng New City Master Plan, Shanghai, China
• Shanghai Long Beach Riverfront Master Plan (SD and DD), Shanghai, China
• Jiang Wan Master Plan Competition-won (SD and DD) Shanghai, China
• Lingan Health City Master Plan Competition-won
• Hoffman-La Roch Campus: Nutley-Clifton Refurbishing Mixed Use Master Plan, New Jersey
• RTP Research Triangle Innovative Mixed Use Center, North Carolina
• Nha Trang – South End New City Center Master Plan Competition-won second place, Viet Nam

PGiang + Partners, New York                                                                                                              

Founding Principal (2009 to 2012)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

     PGP is founded on the principle that design professionals and their clients play a critical role in maintaining the health of the environment. The client's land is analyzed by understanding its underlying structure, its ecology, the existing infrastructure that serves it and the local culture in which it exists. By combining the latest GIS mapping techniques with a conventional design approach to provide its clients with accurate, detailed and informative land plans, we create land plans that add value while lowering the ecological impact of development, reducing auto-dependency, creating walkable communities and allowing the coexistence of people and wildlife.  We work collaboratively with like-minded professionals from across the spectrum of urban design and place making. This team-based approach has been an essential feature for us to build a diverse business network in the United States and Southeast Asia.

Past projects include:

• Marine City Riverfront New Community, Vung Tau Province, Vietnam
• Lotus City Riverfront New Master Plan, Dong Nai Province, Viet Nam
• Van Minh Ocean Bank Eco-Town Competition, Hanoi, Vietnam
• Top five finalist: An Invited International Competition in 2010 - Phuoc Giang New City Vision, north of Ho Chi Minh City, locates on a 3000 hectares site.Dong Nai Province, Viet Nam
• Coconut Groves Village, Ben Tre Province, Viet Nam
• Phan Rang New Community Master Plan, Ninh Thuan Province, Viet Nam
• Minh Dam Resort Master Plan, Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province, Viet Nam
• Serenity Beach New Community Master Plan, Binh Dinh Province, Viet Nam

Cooper Robertson & Partners, LLP, New York, NY - 12 years

Senior Associate (1997-2009)

    Served as senior urban designer for East Edisto, South Carolina-a 78,000 acres sector plan. Lead designer and manager/architect for several large-scale urban design and new communities, including WindMark Beach and Bonfire Beach in Florida; Tuxedo Reserve in New York and Troitsk Village in Moscow, Russia. Personal goals included learning leadership skills necessary for attaining Partnership. As project urban design manager. I prepared scope of work and fees for potential projects, managed in-house project team, coordinated consultants, advised clients on design decisions, worked with project teams to ensure that deliverables met client expectations and deadlines. Provided on-going design services and over-saw master plan implementation.

Past projects include:

• Hoboken Waterfront Master Plan, Hoboken, New Jersey
• Hunter College Campus master plan feasibility study, New York
• The Workers Community Master Plan, Caribbean Island
• New Rochelle Marina Master Plan, New York
• New Town, Williamsburg, Virginia – Town center completion 2007
• Val d’Europe Marne-la-Vallee, France – Tower center completion 2004
• Master plan for the New York Jets stadium and a proponent of NY Olympic 2012, New York.
• Adaptive-reuse of 35-story mixed use tower, Jersey City, New Jersey
• GCBC Disney Head Quarters Master Plan, Glendale, California

Kha Le-Huu & Partners, PA Orlando, Florida

Designer (1994-1996)

    Involved in all phases of a project from programming to schematic design, design development, construction     documents and construction administration.

Past projects include:

• Appleton Museum of Art Expansion – Completion 1996
• Bradford County Health Unit, Florida – Completion 1997
• Orange County Cooperative Extension Campus Master Plan

Paramount Metal – Structural Steel Fabricator Inc., CA

Drafter (1991-1992)                                                                                                                                          

    Estimator and prepared shop drawings 

    Past projects include:

• LA Metro Rail stations on I-105

Education       

Columbia University - Master of Science in Architecture and Urban Design - 1994

Rensselear Polytechnic Institute - B.Arch and B. Building Science degrees - 1990

Honors            

• Guest Speaker at H209 Forum: Water challenges for coastal cities – from the Dutch Delta to NY Harbor - 2013
•  Appointed Member of Orange County Community Development Advisory Board, Orlando, Florida 1995-1997
•  Columbia University Scholastic Fellowship Award 1993-1994    
•  Chapter of Connecticut AIA Award – Dubois Fellowship 1993-1994         
•  Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Scholastic Achievement Award 1984-1990

Awards 

• 2008 Award of Excellence, American Society of Landscape Architects – Florida Chapter, WindMark Beach, FL
• 2007 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
• Welcomed JOE WindMark Beach as the first member of Florida’s Wildlife Friendly program
• 2006 Builder’s Choice Award – WindMark Show House - WindMark Beach, FL
• 2004 Urban Land Institute – Award for Excellence - WaterColor, FL
• 2003 Council for Sustainable Florida – Sustainable Florida Award – WaterColor, FL
• 2002 National Association of Home Builders - Grand Award for Excellence, WaterColor - Seagrove Beach, FL

Press  Coverage                

• Bao Dat Viet, Hanoi, Viet Nam "Ước mong những điều giản dị" February 23, 2010
• The Star of Port St. Joe, Florida "History Leads to WindMark Beach" May 16, 2008
• Southern Accents “WindMark Show house” July / August 2006
• Abstract, Exhibition & Publication, Thesis Project, Columbia University 1994-1995

Hobbies          

• Traveling the World, Tennis, Competitive running, 6X-NY Marathon finisher and 3X Ultra-marathon finisher                   

Reference    Upon request