Architecture Portfolio '23 | Ali Sayed

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Ali Sayed Curriculum Vitae

Hello, I am Ali.

I am an upper division graduate from Heriot-Watt University with a BA (hons) degree in Architecture, and RIBA Part 1 certified. During the past few years in architecture school, I’ve developed a solid foundation into a variety of softwares which became tools that allowed me to freely express design concepts and ideations. I am also heavily invested into BIM softwares, and i am proficient in photo-editing softwares to produce highly illustrative work. I am a team player and I value the importance of coordination and organization. Lastly, I am flexible and adaptible and I am always looking for new ways to design.

The International School of Chouiefat, Dubai

High School Degree

2006-2017

Canadian University Dubai

Bachelor of Architecture

2017-2021

Heriot-Watt University, Dubai

Bachelor of Arts (hons) in Architecture Upper Division Graduate 2021-2023

Skills

Autodesk Revit

Rhino 3D

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Indesign

Enscape

Twinmotion

AutoCAD

Sketchup

Procreate

Archicad

Adobe Illustrator

Lumion

CMYK Exhibition 2023

Curated selected students’ works, arranged, and set them up to be displayed in the university’s annual design exhibition. Contributed to the exhibition with personal work and helped produce other university exhibition-related pieces.

Design Proposal for Al Bayader International, 2019

Generated design ideas through conceptual drawings and sketches and produced a schematic set of drawings, plans, elevations, sections, as well as 3D visualisation and BIM model, for a labor accomadation project for Al Bayader International, located in Sharjah.

V-ray

Grasshopper

Languages

English, full professional fluency

Arabic, native ali.sayed35@outlook.com

+971 56 768 9694

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

linkedin.com/in/alisydt

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TO INFLUENCE: UN Office on Drugs and Crime

All things around us exert a degree of influence. The things you hear, touch, see, and smell. A person could look at the night sky and contemplate on the inner workings of the stars and their beauty, while another would sense unease in the everlasting void and darkness that engulfs our world. If one singular element could invoke these contradicting emotions in different people, how could a singular defined user experience ever be enforced in a space? It cannot.

The UN Office for Drugs and Crime is an experiment in user experience and place-making, benefitting from its site plot located in Baniyas Square, Dubai. Baniyas Square is a highly urban, mixed-use environment that serves as a catalyst that defines both form and function within the project. And similarily, so does a UN Office on Drugs and Crime situated in the heart of Baniyas carry a lot of weight and influence on the behaviors and movements within its surrounding site.

The Lines of Influence coming from McDonald's determine the access points to and across the Baniyas Square and the site plot. It also would ensure that visibility from either sides of Baniyas Square are largely maintained and unobstructed. These parameters are important in A. retention of the public value of Baniyas Square and restricting the intervention from obstructing it, and B. Framing a symbol that invokes a sense of safety and ease via familiarity of surroundings

The Surveilling Lines of Influence by the Policeman on site. This is a vertical axis that uses elevation and hierarchy, both in height and complexity of architectural elements, to monitor both the rest of the project as well as the surrounding context. Naturally, the form would be shaped to provide 360 degree viewpoints around the site.

Red Axis Blue Axis Purple Axis

The movement of the "Rolex" seller across the Square forms an axis that indicates crowd movements and concentrations along the public square. This axis will form the lining up of functions across Baniyas Square. The different functions lined around it will act as opposing nodes of Influence that pull users towards them, gives them choices and get them to make decisions. this axis also includes the green and pink lines of influence, due to the similarity of the site conditions they indicate.

X,Y, And Z Axes of Influence

Of all the low-rise forms within the project, the Offices building stands out with an hierarchy in elevation and the complexity in form, signifying its role both within the project and the surrounding environment as the point of greatest influence. displayed through a design language that alters public perception on the typology of the building, and a functional hierarchy that addresses the needs of the community.

REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES

CRIME PREVETENTION INTIATIVES

DRUGS PREVENTION/ TREATMENT & CARE

CYBERCRIME

LOBBY/LOUNGE

AUDITORIUM

Contemporary Alpine Chalet

The project, located in St. Moritz, Switzerland, presents a contemporary take that preserves the traditions contained within an Alpine Chalet and St. Moritz’ renown as the ultimate winter ski resort destination. The project addresses climatic and economical factors within St. Moritz, with an aim of revitalising tourism in a dying ski resort economy.

Contemporary Alpine Chalet | Selected Works

WALL/DETAIL SECTIONS

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Qarya: The Vertical Village

The Al Ras district in Deira is mainly populated with immigrant workers, who struggle against poor living conditions in a place that is harsh and alien to them, and broader issues of gentrification and the lack of any sense of belonging.

Qarya is a social living, or co-housing, project that aims to instill a sense of village community and offers a place that they can call home that is also affordable.

The co-housing plan layout consists of mainly private single-bedrooms, with large clusters of communal facilities. That includes, communal kitchens, dining areas, bathrooms and showers, balconies, and terraces.

Mosque

Shaded Praying & On-the-go Dining Court

Mosque

Basement Parking

Communal Terrace

Visitor Parking

Grocery Shop

Laundry Shop

Barber Shop

Paved Alley

Dubai Creek

E-scooter parking / bike rack

Spice Souq

Museum of Ornithology

Ornithology is the study of avian creatures. The Museum of Ornithology is located in the Dubai Creek Harbor adjacent to the Ras Al Khor Wildlife Sanctuary, a rich animal reserve that habitates various flora and fauna.

The Museum follows the design aesthetics of the envisioned Dubai Creek Harbor. It is split into 3 main sections; the museum itself, the researcher’s labs, and the researcher’s residence, in addition to multiple public spaces, terraces, and cafes.

The museum’s researcher’s residence is made up of a ground floor cafe and a stairway that leads into the 2-story residential units. All the units are glazed facing towards the Ras Al Khor Sanctuary, shielded by rotating louvers along the West facade.

Museum of Light

The Museum of Light is located on Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai. The road is known as Dubai’s frontier, populated by rows of tall skyscrapers, each competing with one another with flashy attention grabbing designs and nightscapes. the Road provides a wonderful opportunity for the Museum of Light, that introduces underrepresented forms of art onto Dubai’s world stage.

Thresholds: RIBA Sketch Competition

A threshold places you in the space, without having you worked up in the chaos. To be engaged in a space without being physically present. Rather than jumping head on into a hurricane, you are simply dipping your toes in the water. This is what creates our pause; it is our freedom to become passive and become simple observers, rather than becoming worked up and entangled in an intertwining weave of uninterrupted motion.

Thresholds: Thank you..