Ngoc
Hong Nguyen
Curriculum
Vitae
Faculty of Architecture K 6/7 Nguyen Du St.Danang University of Science and
Technology Danang City, Vietnam
Email: ngocfulbright@yahoo.com
PUBLICATIONS
Alawadi, K., Hong Nguyen, N.,
& Alkaabi, M. (2022). The edge and the center in neighborhood planning
units: assessing permeability and edge attractiveness in Abu Dhabi. Transportation.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11116-021-10257-6
Alawadi, K., Hong Nguyen, N.,
Alrubaei, E., & Scoppa, M. (2021). Streets, density, and the superblock:
neighborhood planning units and street connectivity in Abu Dhabi. Journal of
Urbanism: International Research On Placemaking And Urban Sustainability, 1-28.
https://doi.org/10.1080/17549175.2021.1944281
Nguyen, Ngoc Hong. 2018. "Simulating the Generative Process of Urban Form: An
Application Using OpenSim". Journal of Planning Education and
Research, doi:10.1177/0739456x18772069.
Hong Nguyen, Ngoc. 2016. "Generative Forces Shaping The Traditional City: The
Case of Hoian, Vietnam". Journal of Urbanism: International Research on
Placemaking And Urban Sustainability 10 (2): 231-253.
doi:10.1080/17549175.2016.1223737.
Under Review
Hong Nguyen. Ngoc, S. Al Hinai, K. Alawadi “Is grid a generator? Revisiting the grid network for understanding the issue of the large number.” Journal of Urban Planning (First review).
K. Alawadi, A. Khanal, Maram, Hong Nguyen.
Ngoc. “From global to local: the efficiency of neighborhood planning units
(NPUs).” Submitted to the Journal of Transport
Policy (First review).
Hong Nguyen. Ngoc
“The Generative Process versus Urban Codes: a Survey of Two Traditions of
Urbanism” Submitted to the Journal of Urban Design International (First
Review).
In Preparation
Alawadi, K, A. Khanal, Hong Nguyen.
Ngoc, “Shaping Sustainable Urban Growth for the UAE: Typological & Network
Analysis Index of Abu Dhabi and Dubai Neighborhoods.” (Book manuscript).
Hong Nguyen. Ngoc, “Reconceptualizing
the Identity of Vietnamese Architecture and Urbanism: A Generative Approach.”
To be submitted to the Journal of
Planning Literature.\
Hong Nguyen. Ngoc,
“Coherent Index for the Wholeness: A New Approach in Quantifying the Urban
Form” To be submitted to the Progress in Human Geography
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCES
2018-
present Senior Lecturer. Faculty of Architecture,
Danang University of Science and Technology, Vietnam
2019-
2021 Research Scientist. Faculty of
Industrial and Systems Engineering, Khalifa University of Science and
Technology, United Arab Emirates
2016-
2019 Dean, Faculty of Architecture,
Danang University of Science and Technology, Vietnam
2015-2019 Head, Urban Planning Unit, Faculty of
Architecture, Danang University of Science and Technology, Vietnam.
2010 Head, Architecture Unit, Faculty
of Civil Engineering, Danang University of Science and Technology, Vietnam.
1998-2010 Lecturer, Faculty of Civil Engineering,
Danang University of Science and Technology, Vietnam
Paper in Proceeding
2015 Nguyen Hong, Ngoc. 2015.
'Alexander’s Wholeness and Pirsig’s Quality: their Implication in Architecture
and Urban Design (in Vietnamese)'. In Proceeding
of Advanced Technology in Civil
Engineering Towards Sustainable Development, 195-202. Hanoi: Construction
Publisher.
2011 Nguyen Hong, Ngoc. 2011.
'Building Generative Modules for Smartcodes Based On Simulations of Netlogo- An
Agent-Based Model'. In Proceedings of the
2011 International PUARL Conference: Generative Process, Patterns, and The
Urban Challenge, 259-266. Portland: University of Oregon, PUARL Press.
Reports and Non-refereed Articles
2019 Hong Nguyen, N., Generative Codes Yield Better
Plans. Featured in Planetizen's Blog Post, Available at: https://www.planetizen.com/blogs/107040-generative-codes-yield-better-plans
[Accessed 15 May 2020].
2013 “The need for a SmartCode for
Danang City” (in Vietnamese.) Architecture
Journal, 3:30-35.
2012 “American Zoning Codes: Current
and Reformed” (in Vietnamese.)
Architecture Journal, 5:22-29.
2010 “Introduction to the use of
generative codes in the planning of Hoian City” (in Vietnamese.) Architecture Journal, 6: 20-27.
Book
2016 Urban Design: Generative Method and Pattern Language (in
Vietnamese). 2016. Danang City: Danang Publishing Co. Ltd.
RESEARCH GRANTS
Danang University, Vietnam.
Reseach Grant: Reconceptualizing identity in architecture and urbanism: a new approach
using pattern language in Hanoi during the colonial period. 2020-2023. Code
number: B2020-DN02-81.
PI: Ngoc Hong Nguyen.
Khalifa University, United
Arab Emirates. Competitive Internal Research Award. Shaping sustainable
urban growth for the UAE: Understanding the role of street networks’ efficiency
and centrality in city. 2019 – 2022. Code number: CIRA-2019-53. PI: Khaled
Alawadi. Ngoc Hong Nguyen, Research Scientist.
Vietnamese
Ministry of Education and Training. Grant to support research
on SmartCode application in Truong Dinh river’s area, Danang City. 2016 – 2018.
Code number: B2016-DNA-26-TT.
Ngoc
Hong Nguyen, PI.
EDUCATION
Ph.D. School of Geographical Sciences
and Urban Planning, Arizona State University, Tempe, 2015
M.U.P. Department of Urban Planning, Kansas
University, Lawrence, 2006
B.Arch.
Faculty of Architecture and
Planning, National University of Civil Engineering, Hanoi, 1997
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
2020-present
Advisory Board Member, International Making
Cities Livable
2018-present Vice
Director, Center for Risk
Management and Safety Sciences, Danang University,
2018-present Advisory Committee Member, Planning and
Development of City-University of Danang
2018-present
Advisory Board Member, Asian Building
Beauty Council, Building Beauty Institute, Italia
2016-
2018 Project Manager, The HAC
Development & Consultancy company
2015 Design Manager, Advanced
Solution Design, Danang City Vietnam
2012-present
Advisory Board Member, Sustasis
Foundation
2008-2010 Consultant, Techtonics Corp, Danang City,
Vietnam.
2000 Site architect, Victoria Resort-
Joint Venture Company, Hoian City, Vietnam.
CONFERENCE ACTIVITY
Papers
2018 Beyond
the mechanistic view: the wholeness and qualities in Whitehead, Bohm, and
Pirsig’s thoughts - their implications and the relationship to Alexander’s
approach for sustainable architecture, Portland Urban Architecture Research
Laboratory the 10th Anniversary International Conference, University
of Oregon, Portland, OR, October 25-28.
2013 Reconceptualizing the Identity
of Vietnamese Architecture and Urbanism: A Generative Approach, Engaging with
Vietnam: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue Conference, the 5th, American
Anthropological Association, Thai Nguyen City, Vietnam, December 16-17.
2011 Building the generative modules
for SmartCode based on simulation of NetLogo- an agent-based model. Portland
Urban Architecture Research Laboratory International Conference, University of
Oregon, Portland, OR, October 28-30.
CAMPUS TALKS & INVITED LECTURES
2018 Invited
lecture, " Beyond the mechanistic view: the wholeness and qualities in
Whitehead, Bohm and Pirsig’s thoughts - their implications and the relationship
to Alexander’s approach for sustainable architecture”- Hawaii University, HI,
November 1st.
2018 Invited lecture, "Critical
Urban Issues in Megacities and Solutions"- National University
of Civil Engineering (Hanoi). August 28th, 2018.
2016 Challenges
in Urban Planning in Danang (in English.) Talking to Toronto University’s
students in Urban Studies in Study Abroad Program at Danang University, Danang,
Vietnam, February 18th.
2011 Adaptive Design or Do
Architecture and Urban Design need creativity? (in Vietnamese.) Phan Chau Trinh
University, Hoian City, Vietnam, July 22nd.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
University of Danang, Lecturer
Quantitative Method in Architecture
and Urban Planning (Spring 2022
Pattern Language in Architecture and
Urban Planning (Fall 2021)
Architecture Structure (Spring 2018)
Introduction
to Generative Method in Urban Design (Graduate course, Fall 2017, 2018)
Spacy Syntax in Urban
Design (Graduate Course, Fall 20
History of Urbanism (Fall 2006-2010,
Spring 2016-201
Advanced Topic: Generative Process
in Urban Design (Fall 2015-16)
Urban Land Use Planning (Fall
2015-2016)
Advanced Topic Sustainable Urban
Form (Fall 2006-2010)
Civil Architecture
(Spring 1998- 2003, Spring 2006-2010)
Design Studio:
Architecture and Urban Planning (Fall 2001-2003, Spring 2006-2010)
Graduate Project
Instruction (Spring 2003, Spring 2006-2010, Spring 2015-present)
Theory of Architecture
(Spring 2000-2003, Fall 2006-2010)
Arizona State University, Teaching
Assistant
Geography of World
Crisis (Online class) (Fall 2013)
Geography of Middle East
and North Africa (Online, Fall 2013)
Geography of Latin
America (Online class) (Fall 2012-2013, Spring 2012-2013)
Population Geography
(Online class) (Spring 2012)
Energy in Global Arena
(Fall 2011)
Geography of the United
States and Canada (Fall 2011)
COURSES PREPARED TO TEACH
Quantitative methods in urban
design: Space Syntax and Multiple Centrality Assessmen
Beyond the mechanistic view
of the world: the wholeness and quality
Sacred or profane? The
false duality between nature and the man-made environment
Introduction
to Geographic Information Systems
History of Urbanism
Generative Process in Urban
Design: Theory and Practice
Sustainable Urbanism
Urban Land Use Planning
Theories of Urban Design
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
Examiner of Luu Thien Huong’s Doctoral
Dissertation Assessing The Impacts of Urban Morphology and Architectural
Elements on Indoor Thermal Conditions in Vernacular Houses and Modern Terraced
Houses in Hoi An, Vietnam. Advisors: Professors Dominique Laffly and
Professor Juan-Carlos Rojas-Arias. University of Nante, December 2021
Organizer and Coordinator, Urban
Design Workshops for Urban Planners from Dubai Planning Department, Khalifa
University, 2019
Member, Jury of Architecture Design
Competition for Danang Museum, 2019
Member, the Review Panel of the
Marina Project, Danang 2019
Member, Research Team, HealhBridge
Canada & KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, 2017-2019
Member, Jury of Architecture Design
Competition for Danang’s APEC Park, 2019
Member, Advisory Panel of Renewed
General Plan of Danang 2030-2045
Team Leader of DUT’s Architecture
Program for Asian University Network -Quality Assurance, July 2016- October
2018.
Manuscript Reviewer, Annals
of the American Association of Geographers, 2018
Manuscript Reviewer,
Journal of Urban Design International, 2015-2016, 2018
Manuscript Reviewer,
Journal of Urbanism, 2011, 2020, 2021
Organizer and Coordinator,
Japan-Vietnamese Urban and Architecture Design workshop, Danang University,
2008
Member, Phoenix Historic Building
Survey, January- March 2012
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
Programming skills: Python
Spatial analysis and Mapping skills:
Multiple Centrality Assessment (MCA), Urban Network Analysis (UNA), Space
Syntax software (DepthMapX) ArcGIS, QGIS, GeoDa.
3D Virtual Simulation
skills: OpenSim, Singularity.
Drafting and Rendering skills:
AutoCAD, Sketchup 7 & 8, Kerkythea, GIMP, Photoshop, Inscape
Statistical skills: SPSS
Other computer skills:
Microsoft Office, Excel
FELLOWSHIPS &AWARDS
2020 Commendation by Danang City for the
Excellent Scientific Research Article
2019 Commendation by the Ministry of
Education and Training for Excellent Scientific Research in 2016-2019
2014 Graduate Education Completion
Fellowship, Arizona State University (USA).
2010-14 University Teaching Assistant
Scholarship, School of Geographical Sciences and Planning, Arizona State
University (USA).
2004-06 Vietnamese Student Fulbright
Scholarship
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
American Planning
Association
Vietnamese Association of
Architects
Environment Structure Research Group
(ESRG)
LANGUAGES
Vietnamese: native
English: Fluent
REFERENCES
Emily Talen,
FAICP, Ph.D.
Professor
of Urbanism,
University of Chicago
1126 E 59th St
Chicago, IL 60637
Email:
talen@uchicago.edu
David Rockwood, Ph.D
Professor, School of Architecture
The University of Hawai’i at Manoa,
2410 Campus Road
Honolulu, HI 96822
Email: rockwood@hawaii.edu
Tel: +808-222-2036
Michael
Mehaffy
Executive Director
Sustasis Foundation
742 SW Vista Ave., #42
Portland, OR 97205
Email: michael.mehaffy@gmail.com
Tel: (503) 250-4449
Cliff EllisProfessor, Department of Planning and Landscape ArchitectureClemson University2-215 Lee HallClemson UniversityClemson, South Carolina 29634-0511Email: cliffoe@clemson.eduTel: +01 864-656-9889
