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Dung is a registered architect in Vietnam and a virtuous illustrator. He holds a Bachelor's degree from Ho Chi Minh City's University of Architecture. Prior to NGNG, Dung supervised a wide range of projects and competitions from hotels, resorts to office buildings, including Rex Hotel (HCMC), Continental Hotel (HCMC), Victoria Hotel (Siem Reap) and so on, while with S&D and Archetype Group. Dung brings to NgNg 20 years of experience in design and construction in multiple cities in Vietnam (Saigon, Nha Trang) and abroad (Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore, and the US). Besides architecture, Dung has been an art director for various commercials as well as working on multiple artistic projects across the US and Vietnam.
Phi is an architectural designer and urban researcher. Her interest lies in the conservation of architecture and the urban fabric through both traditional and contemporary design lenses. Besides co-leading NgNg, Phi is currently a postdoctoral fellow at Yale University, CSEAS. Phi holds a PhD in Urbanism from the Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Switzerland, a Master in Architecture degree from Harvard University, Graduate School of Design (GSD) and a Bachelor's degree (summa cum laude) from Berea College in the USA. Prior to NGNG, Phi has worked in both art/design practice and research from renown firms and institutions around the world such as the Harvard Art Museums (Boston, U.S.A), Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum (New York, U.S.A.), Kengo Kuma and Associates (Tokyo, Japan), GUNDPartnership (Boston) and the Archeological Exploration of Sardis Program (Sardis, Turkey).