Nhung Pham

Teaching Fellow

Nhung is a practicing architect/ designer originally from Vietnam. She earned her
Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Architecture Ho Chi Minh City (UAH) in 2015 and later served as architectural design team leader at MIA Design Studio, Vietnam.
She completed an Advanced Master’s in Human Settlements at KU Leuven, Belgium, in 2022 as a VLIR-OUS Scholarship recipient, followed by a Master of Architecture at Aalto University, Finland, in 2024, with a minor in Wood Studies and graduating with Honors. In 2025, she received the Wuorio Prize from the Finnish Association of Architects (SAFA) for the best diploma thesis in architecture, which examined users’ preferences and modification patterns in different life situations, using “play” as a
research method.

Alongside her academic work, Nhung is a research assistant with RUA (Research
Urbanism & Architecture), focusing on landscape urbanism in the Mekong Delta.

Drawing on over a decade of professional and academic experience, she
investigates how people shape the natural environment and how flexible housing can address the challenges of climate change, shifting needs, and cultural diversity.

Alongside her academic work, Nhung is a research assistant with RUA (Research Urbanism & Architecture), focusing on landscape urbanism in the Mekong Delta. Drawing on over a decade of professional and academic experience, she investigates how people shape the natural environment and how flexible housing can address the challenges of climate change, shifting needs, and cultural diversity.
She is currently pursuing her PhD at KU Leuven and Aalto University, exploring how “play” can be used as a qualitative preference study method to inform user-centered flexible housing design.