As an architectural researcher & designer in the Bay Area, Duy’s interests explore the evolving relationships between people, environments, narratives, histories, and futures. Through a multi-disciplinary approach ranging from analytical research, experimental narratives, publications, exhibitions, policies, and built environments, his work centers on how architecture can enable agency for how we live and will live.

Self-referential projections “An exploration of quotation, appropriation, and plagiarism, arguing that quotation and associated operations are ubiquitous, intentional, and vital in architecture. Every intellectual endeavor relies upon an exis
Precarious periphery of the American dream “In today’s global economy of intermittent and flexible labor regimes, not just the traditionally poor, but also the middle class are dwelling on the periphery. Against this backdrop, for many,
No-stop city’s carscapes & the endless roads to nowhere “The No-stop City is an instrument of emancipation. Andrea Branzi explains: ‘The idea of an inexpressive, catatonic architecture, outcome of the expansive forms of logic o
Complexity and Contradictions of the Family Home “Previous mainstays of suburban life are now myths: that the majority of people own their homes; that the suburbs are havens for the middle class; or that the bulk of people are young families w
“Ask the brick” series ''If you think of Brick, you say to Brick, ‘What do you want, Brick?’ And Brick says to you, ‘I like an Arch.’ And if you say to Brick, ‘Look, arches are expensive, and I can use a con
Alternative vignettes from “The Garden and the Machine” by @stereotank “The garden and the machine” is a series of hypothetical vignettes that envision imaginary self-sufficient ‘home-machines’ or ‘green-ma
Envisioning the transformative power of water accessibility Sanitation, health, women’s rights, business operations, and food insecurity are among some of the main challenges communities with unequal access to water continue to face today. Fin
Overcoming sites of queer erasure People have always had a complicated relationship towards difference. From interpersonal discrimination stemming from archaic religious ideologies to governing bodies that reinforce systems of oppression, queer eras
“The city is the realization of that ancient dream of humanity, the labyrinth. It is this reality to which the flâneur, without knowing it, devotes himself.” Walter Benjamin, The Arcades Project