FIRST YEAR ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO

ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO

AKREM AHMED FIRST YEAR STUDIO

Table of Contents Instructions of Making

Doris Farms

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Living Lighthouse

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Spring 2022

Instructions of Making Meat Grinder with a Suction Base First and foremost the objectives of this assignment was to cultivate and develop my skills in analog drafting, digital composition, and spatial representation.

These were the objectives because for this assignment I would involve myself in paraline and orthographic projection methods when drafting.

Prospective Side View

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This assignment was split into two parts.

The first part was more focused on drafting by hand as I chose a specific gadget to work with which was the Meat Grinder with a suction base. I drafted the gadget to translate the object into a group of orthogonal projections so that I can analyze the object in ways the naked eye can not see on its own and also so that I can use the iteration of drafting to further understand the object in a unique way,

Bottom View

For Part 2, the deliverables was to go into further detail of the object from using my previously done drafts to create a new series of drawings that embodies primary, secondary and tertiary axes of operation.

Specifically, I focused on the movements that are consisted in my gadget and also a paraline of my gadget as well, specifically an exploded view of my gadget. I was asked to focus on all of the parts in part 2 with only using digital aspects of design like in design, Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator so i could develop skills in digital composition and spatial representation.

Front View

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Exploded View

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Doris Farms For this assignment, I was assigned a client that had 140 acres of land.

The client wanted their land to be turned into a luxurious yet vernacular retreat people can visit to as a destination spot.

There was certain deliverables I was tasked to create for this assignment.

Firstly, I had to create two units, a double and a single unit. I also had to create three floor plans for those units and 2 sections for each of those units as well. Along with that, I created a site plan and two exploded axonometric drawings. Lastly, I made some representational diagrams that showed my iteration process throughout and three renderings that showed my units in full detail.

To add on, I created analytical maps to represent circulation and the activities along the site.

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Second Floor Plan of Double Unit

First Floor Plan of Double Unit

Floor Plan of Single Unit

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Key Site Plan

Site Plan

Exploded Axonometric of Double Unit

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Exploded Axonometric of Single Unit

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Interior Render of the First floor of the Double Unit

Interior Render of the Second floor of the Double

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Short Section of Double Unit

Long Section of Double Unit

Diagrams representing my iteration and process models

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Short Section of Single Unit

Long Section of Single Unit

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Spring 2022 Activities Analysis Map of Doris

Water Pathway Open Land

Accessible Land

More Secluded Land

Less Accessible Land

Circulation Analysis Map of Doris

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Spring 2022

Final Model photographs of the Double Unit

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Fall 2021

Living Lighthouse This assignment was created during my fall semester. The deliverables for this assignment were that we had to make a building that included 30 units of housing, at least 2 classroom spaces, a recreational study space and also a climbing wall. I was also assigned with creating a core that included an elevator and 2 fire stairs. I also had to incorporate a lobby that had a security desk, bathrooms, and a seating area.

At the time of making this, this was the first model i had to create that included a specific square footage so since it was new to me at the time, i was confused on how to take that into account and involve it in my design. Along with making a model, I also had to make a site model that would be used for out model to sit on.

Along with the model, I had to create some process models showing my iteration process, a section, elevation and multiple plans.

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Study Models

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First Floor Plan with site

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Second Floor Plan

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South Facing Elevation

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Section AA

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Final Models

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Fall 2021

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