KHOAVU
@archdekk
Khoa Vu is an Architectural Designer based in New York.
His work lies at the intersection between the measurable rationality of built form and the immeasurable phenomenology of embodied experience and perception.
With a Master of Architecture from Harvard Graduate School of Design with Distinction, Khoa is a winner of the Araldo Cossutta Prize for Design Excellence and recipient of the Department of Architecture Faculty Design Award. He earned a Bachelor of Art in Architecture with High Honors from the University of California, Berkeley where he received the Eisner Prize for highest achievement in the Creative Art in Architecture.
Khoa's international experience includes work in Japan, Switzerland, and the US, with notable contributions at Michael Maltzan Architecture on projects like the Alexander McQueen exhibition at LACMA, Music Performance Theater in Rochester New York, and Sixth Street Viaduct Bridge in Los Angeles. His work has earned prestigious accolades, including the Lexus Design Award at Milan Design Week, Venice Biennale, C-Idea Design Award, and Architecture MasterPrize. Currently, Khoa focuses on pioneering research and innovation for nature-centric architecture at OXMAN.
Updates
02.2022 / Khoa Vu joined OXMAN
08. 2020 / Cloud and Columbia Project won Jury Nomination Award in C-IDea Design Award 2019
11. 2019 / GRAYSCALE won KRob Architectural Delineation Competition 2019 / Award for Best Hand Delineation (Professional) / AIA Dallas
09. 2019 / GRAYSCALE won the 2019 Architecture MasterPrize / Cultural Architecture Category
09.2019 / Khoa Vu joined Michael Maltzan Architecture as Project Designer
07. 2019 / GRAYSCALE is selected to be exhibited at Dean’s Wall / Oct - Dec 2019 / Harvard GSD
05. 2019 / Department of Architecture Faculty Award 2019 / Harvard GSD
01. 2019 / Interview by Voyage LA Magazine / Meet Khoa Vu of ARCHDEKK
10. 2018 / Publishing Object 001 / Zine / Collaborative work with Mahfuz Sultan, Chole Sultan, and Printed Matter Inc. at Art Book Fair at Moma PS1 / Published by CHAOS Books
10. 2018 / Attending Alvar Alto Residency / Finland / Sponsored by Tradeka Foundation, Finland
09. 2018 / Attending Venice Biennale 2018 / Workshop "Vardiya (the Shift)" / The Turkish Pavilion
06.2018 / Winner of MAD Travel Fellowship 2018 / Travel Destinations: England, Switzerland, Japan
Research topic: Space Organism / A search for a new invention in contemporary architecture
04. 2018 / Exhibition of “CO-living at Milan Design Week / Panelist Winner of Lexus Design Award 2018 / Partner: Wilson Harkhono
02. 2018 / Attending ETH Zurich / Study Exchange Program / Studio: Christian Kerez
05. 2017 / Winner of Araldo A. Cossutta Prize for Design Excellence / Harvard GSD
One year full tuition fellowship is awarded to one student who has successfully completed the core
MArch program and whose design work consistently shows outstanding promise.
03.2017 / Completion: Rehab Station Bar / 5000sf / Hochiminh City, Vietnam / Renovation & Concept
02. 2016 / Completion: The Yen Concept Store 2000sf | Hochiminh City, Vietnam / Interior Renovation
04.2015 / Winner of Eisner Prize for Architecture / UC Berkeley / Outstanding creative achievement in architecture
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