Amelia Karadsheh Undergraduate Architecture Portfolio

AMELIA KARADSHEH ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO UNDERGRADUATE WORKS: UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA & UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 2020-2023

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AMELIA KARADSHEH E: AMELIA.KARAD@GMAIL.COM P: (904)-955-4642 ORLANDO, FLORIDA

00: RESUME 01: ROME’S REFUGE

FALL 2023 - DESIGN 7 | UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA | PROFESSOR PETER SPROWLS | PROJECT PARTNER: ABIGAIL McKNIGHT

02: SAVANNAH MUSEUM OF URBANISM

SPRING 2023 - DESIGN 6 | UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA | PROFESSOR HERBERT JAMES | PROJECT PARTNERS: SARAH LE, EMILY MELENDEZ

03: CLERMONT ARTIST CAMPUS

FALL 2022 - DESIGN 5 | UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA | PROFESSOR KELLY KLEPPIN

04: LOWER DIVISION SPATIAL STUDIES

FALL 2020 - DESIGN 1 | VALENCIA COLLEGE | PROFESSOR KOURTNEY BALDWIN FALL 2021 - DESIGN 3 | VALENCIA COLLEGE | PROFESSOR JENNIFER PRINCIVIL

05: ART & PHOTOGRAPHY 2023 | ANALYTICAL SKETCHING AND NARRATIVE POSTER 2020 | PERSONAL WORKS FROM QUARANTINE 2023 | PHOTOGRAPHY FROM STUDY ABROAD UF PROGRAM

AMELIA UCF B. ARCHITECTURE GRADUATE MAY 2024 ARCHITECTURE MAJOR DIGITAL MEDIA MINOR

REFERENCES HERBERT JAMES E: tommy.James@ucf.edu KOURTNEY BALDWIN E: kbaldwin6@valenciacollege.edu SHAHBAZ SHAMSAI P: (321) 432 - 6368 PETER SPROWLS E: peter26@ufl.edu DR. RAYMOND ISSA raymond-issa@ufl.edu

EDUCTAION

BISHOP KENNY HIGH SCHOOL | HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA | 2020 VALENCIA COLLEGE | ASSOCIATES DEGREE IN ARCHITECTURE | 2022 UNIVERITY OF FLORIDA | STUDY ABROAD IN VICENZA, ITALY | FALL 2023 UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA | BACHELOR OF DESIGN IN ARCHITECTURE | 2024

| MINOR IN DIGITAL MEDIA | COMPLETED SPRING 2022

HONORS

DEAN’S LIST PRESIDENT’S HONOR ROLL BURNETT HONORS COLLEGE STUDENT

00 RESUME

KARADSHEH EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

FINFROCK | JANUARY 2023- PRESENT | INTERN At Finfrock I have had a wealth ing plant. There, I learned every of experience working in differ- step of how Finfrock makes their ent areas of the company such precast concrete pieces. I spent as architecture, manufacturing, the second half of the summer and conceptual design. I have in conceptual design. I tested spent the most time interning in out their procedures and made architecture. I worked in Revit virtual reality mockup files assisting on multiple projects. I spent half of the summer doing a rotation in the manufacturTSG KEESEE ASSOCIATES | JUNE 2022 - AUGUST 2022 | INTERN During my time at TSG, I was in constant contact with engineers, architects, and clients relaying information on projects back and forth. I learned how to communicate in a professional

setting through that experience.

I also helped out with making floor plans and updating construction documents. I learned to be clear, organized, and attentive to my work.

INVOLVEMENT UCF CHAPTER AIAS AMBASSADOR | FALL 2023 UCF CHAPTER AIAS VP | 2024

SKILLS PHOTO AND VIDEO EDITING ADOBE SUITE MICROSOFT OFFICE REVIT RHINO ENSCAPE AUTOCAD

01 ROME’S REFUGE FALL 2023 - DESIGN 7 | UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA | PROFESSOR PETER SPROWLS PROJECT PARTNER: ABBIGAIL McKNIGHT

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CONCEPT THINKING ABOUT THESE TWO ELEMENTS IN THIS D7 STUDIO WAS FOCUSED ON CRE- WAR.” THE CONTEXT OF LIFE SINCE ANCIENT ROME, THE

ATING A PUBLIC SPACE IN ROME IN ONE OF THREE SITES. WE CHOSE THE SITE OF PORTA METRONIA DUE TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRANSFORM AN OVERLOOKED ROUNDABOUT INTO A CENTRAL GATHERING SPACE FOR THE COMMUNITY. THE TITLE “ROME’S REFUGE” DRAWS UPON THE HISTORY OF THE SITE. PORTA METRONIA IS SURROUNDED BY THE AURELIAN WALLS WHICH PROTECTED ANCIENT ROME FROM INVADERS. AT THE POINT OF OUR SITE ARE TWO LARGE OPENINGS THAT ACTED AS SECRET ENTRY/EXIT POINTS FOR MERCHANTS AND TOWNSPEOPLE. ADDITIONALLY, THERE IS A SMALL MONUMENT FROM 1960 THAT READS “FROM THE CITY OF ROME TO ALL THE VICTIMS OF

WORLD HAS ENDURED MANY HORRORS AND IS CONTINUING TO ENDURE MORE HORRORS. WITH THAT, WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A POCKET OF SECURITY AND HARMONY FOR THE COMMUNITY. THE COMMUNITY PRIMARILY CONSISTS OF FAMILIES SO THERE IS A WIDE RANGE OF AGES. THE DESIGN INTENT IS TO HAVE THE OLD, YOUNG, AND EVERYONE IN BETWEEN SHARE A SPACE THAT WILL ENCOURAGE THE SHARING OF EXPERIENCES. THE EFFECT OF THIS SPACE WILL FOSTER A GREATER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN GENERATIONS FOR A FUTURE IN WHICH HISTORY WILL NOT REPEAT ITSELF.

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COLLAGED SITE MAP OF PORTA METRONIA

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LOGIC

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HE FORM STEMS FROM THE ORIGINAL IDEA OF SECURITY AND COMMUNITY: THE CAVE. USING A FOLDING LOGIC, THE CAVE FORM EMERGES THEREFORE ENVELOPING THOSE INSIDE. THERE ARE TWO UNDERGROUND SECRET ENTRANCES WHICH CALL BACK TO THE SECRET ENTRY/EXIT POINT IN THE AURELIAN WALLS. THE ENTRANCES CONVERGE TO PLACE VISITORS IN THE HEART OF OUR INTERVENTION WHICH IS CALLED THE HEARTH SPACE. IMAGERY OF CAVES TYPICALLY HAVE A LIGHT SOURCE OR FIREPIT FOR PEOPLE TO GATHER AROUND. THE HEARTH IN SET INTO THE GROUND TO SEPARATE VISITORS FROM THE CHAOS OF THE OUTSIDE WORLD AND TO ACT AS THE PRIMARY GATHERING SPACE. ON ONE SIDE OF THE HEARTH ARE APARTMENTS AND ON THE OTHER SIDE IS A SOCIAL LIBRARY. THE IDEA OF A SOCIAL

LIBRARY IS TO LEARN FROM EXPERIENCES WITH YOUR NEIGHBOR RATHER THAN FROM BOOKS. INSIDE ARE SPACES INTENDED FOR COMMUNITY EVENTS SUCH AS A COMMUNAL KITCHEN AS FOOD IS A WAY THAT MEMORIES, STORIES, AND CULTURE IS TRANSFERRED AND EXPERIENCED BETWEEN GENERATIONS. ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE COMMERCIAL STORES AND CAFES IN THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING. THE LOGIC FOR THE ROOMS WITHIN THE TWO FOOTPRINTS OF THE INTERVENTION IS THAT BY BRINGING TOGETHER REGULAR SHAPES INSIDE OF IRREGULAR SHAPES IT REFERENCES THE COMING TOGETHER OF THE OLD AND YOUNG GENERATIONS.

FOLDING LOGIC DIAGRAMS

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02 SAVANNAH MUSEUM OF URBANISM SPRING 2023 | DESIGN 6 | UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA | PROFESSOR HERBERT JAMES PROJECT PARTNERS: SARAH LE, EMILY MELENDEZ

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CONCEPT

BY THE TERM “DISORIENT.” THIS DESIGN STUDIO FOCUSED ON IN- CHARACTERIZED SHAPING A NEW CITY IS BY NO MEANS AN EASY

TERVENING IN SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, ONE OF THE MOST HISTORICALLY RICH CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THIS MUSEUM OF URBANISM EXPLORES HOW SAVANNAH CAME TO BE THE CITY IS TODAY THROUGH TWO DIFFERENT LENSES: THE SLAVE AND THE SLAVE OWNERS. THREE WORDS WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THREE DIFFERENT SYSTEMS USED TO CONSTRUCT THIS MUSEUM. “PROBE” WAS USED TO CHARACTERIZE THE SKIN SYSTEM. PROBE MEANS TO COME TO A DISCOVERY OF NEW INFORMATION. BY THIS DEFINITION, THE SKIN REVEALS AND CONCEALS CERTAIN VIEWS FROM THE MUSEUM THAT RELATE TO THE STORIES BEING TOLD INSIDE. THE BRICK SKIN BECOMES MORE AND MORE PERFORATED OR COMPLETELY ABSENT TO REVEAL RELEVANT VIEWS SURROUNDING THE MUSEUM. PROGRAM WAS CHARACTERIZED BY THE TERM “INTERVENE.” THE DEFINITION OF INTERVENE IS TO COME BETWEEN TO PREVENT OR ALTER A RESULT. THIS WAS UTILIZED BY EACH FLOOR BEING ABLE TO SEE INTO THE FLOOR ABOVE AND BELOW IT, THEREFORE ALTERING THE VISITOR’S EXPERIENCE AND THOUGHTS WITH FORESHADOWING AND REFLECTION OF THE JOURNEY THEY HAD JUST TAKEN. THE CIRCULATION SYSTEM WAS

TASK.” DISORIENT” SPEAKS TO HOW THE LEADERS OF THE TIME WERE CONFUSED WHICH DIRECTION TO TAKE SAVANNAH BUT ALSO HOW THE SLAVES WERE DISORIENTED BEING STOLEN FROM THEIR HOMELAND AND NEVER KNOWING WHAT’S TO COME NEXT. CIRCULATION WAS SPLIT INTO TWO MAIN ROUTES PER THE TWO POINTS OF VIEW. THE CULMINATION OF THE MUSEUM OF URBANISM IS THE ROOFTOP OBSERVATION DECK WHICH OVERLOOKS THE ENTIRE CITY. VISITORS CAN TAKE WHAT THEY’VE LEARNED AND SEE IT IN MODERN TIMES AT THE END OF THEIR JOURNEY.

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PROCESS

MIDTERM CONCEPTUAL MODEL UTLIZING 3 SYSTEMS: CIRCULATION - DISORIENT| SKIN - PROBE | PROGRAM - INTERVENE

CONCEPTUAL MOVIE POSTER

NARRATIVE MOVIE POSTER

THEMES: SLAVE TRADE | SLAVE OWNER | SAVANNAH CITY GRID | PATHS OF LIFE COMING TOGETHER

RED: THE PAIN AND SUFFERING OF THE SLAVES IN BUILDING UP SAVANNAH

DISORIENT: MULTIPLE PATHS PROBE: IMAGES REVELAING THE STORY BEHIND THE CITY INTERVENE: THE BOLD ELEMENT CUTTING THROUGH THE PIECE

WHITE: THE PROPERITY SLAVE OWNERS AND CITY OFFICALS SAW IN THEIR CITY BLUE: THE SAVANNAH RIVER THAT HELPED THEIR ECONOMY AND CITY FLOURISH, BUT THE SAME RIVER THE SLAVES ARRIVED TO SAVANNAH ON WHICH BECOMES A FLOW OF TEARS BLACK: THE CITY GRID ORDERLY AND NEAT IN THE EYES OF THE PRIVILEGED BUT CLOTTED AND ROUGH FOR THE HARSH REALITY OF SLAVE LABOR

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FALL 202

03 CLERMONT ARTIST CAMPUS

22 |DESIGN 5|UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA|PROFESSOR KELLY KLEPPIN

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CONCEPT

CROPS TO GROW. FICLERMONT, FLORIDA IS FOR NALLY, THE LINEAR ORGA-

UNIQUE IN BEING THE MOST HILLY TOWN IN FLORIDA. THE NIZATION OF CROP ROWS FORM OF THIS ARTIST CAM- ALSO INSPIRED THE LINEAR PUS IS DESIGNED TO GROW STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS. JUST LIKE THE LANDSCAPE. THE SITE IS ADJACENT TO SOUTHERN HILLS FARMS. THE IDEA OF GROWING CROPS WAS PULLED INTO THIS PROJECT IN A FEW WAYS. THE ORGANIZATION OF THE SITE IS LINEAR, THE ARTIST GALLERY DIRECTLY CORRESPONDS WITH THE ARTIST RESIDENCE SPACE. ADDITIONALLY, EACH ARTIST GALLERY IS CURATED TO EACH ARTIST SIMILAR TO HOW FARMERS MUST CURATE IDEAL CONDITIONS

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

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THE INTERVENTION CONSISTS OF A GALLERY SPACE, A COMMUNITY GATHERING

SPACE, AND ARTIST RESIDENCES. EACH OF THE THREE BRANCHING EXHIBITS FROM THE MAIN GALLERY WERE DESIGNED AFTER A SPECIFIC ARTIST. THE FIRST ONE BEING EMERSON, A PROLIFIC WRITER AND POET WHO EMBRACED NATURE. BECAUSE OF THE DOWN TO EARTH NATURE OF HIS WRITINGS, HIS GALLERY IS THE LOWEST AND SURROUNDED BY TREES. THE MIDDLE GALLERY IS DEDICATED TO AN AMERICAN LANDSCAPE PAINTER BY THE NAME OF HEADE. HIS GALLERY IS CENTERED TO GIVE VISITORS THE BEST VIEW OF THE SITE. HEADE BECAME FAMOUS FOR HIS

TECHNIQUES IN PAINTING LIGHT, THEREFORE THIS GALLERY INCORPORATES A VARIETY OF SKYLIGHTS TO GUIDE USERS AROUND THE GALLERY AND TO CALL ATTENTION TO THE STAR OF HIS PAINTINGS. THE LAST GALLERY IS FOR A MODERN NEOCLASSICAL ARTIST NAMED MAX RICHTER. HIS MUSIC IS REFLECTIVE AND MADE FOR MEDITATION, THEREFORE VISITORS ARE NOT MEANT TO SEE CLEARLY OUTSIDE, THE GLASS PANES HAVE BEEN FROSTED TO ALLOW AMBIENT LIGHT IN BUT TO NOT DISTRACT FROM THE PERFORMANCES.

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1/8” MODEL AERIAL SHOT OF RESIDENTIAL SPACES

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1/8” MODEL VIEWS

EMERSON GALLERY & LIBRARY

VIEW FROM ARTIST RESIDENCE PATH

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04 LOWER DIVISION SPATIAL STUDIES THE CUBE FALL 2020 | DESIGN 1 | VALENCIA COLLEGE | PROFESSOR KOURTNEY BALDWIN

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ACTION AND REACTION FALL 2021 | DESIGN 3 | VALENCIA COLLEGE | PROFESSOR JENNIFER PRINCIVIL

PLAN SECTION

SECTION

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SPACES OF MEETING, SPACES OF REDEMPTION FALL 2021 |DESIGN 3 | VALENCIA COLLEGE | PROFESSOR JENNIFER PRINCIVIL

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ANALYTICAL SKETCHING FALL 2023 | UNIVERISTY OF FLORIDA | PROFESSOR ALFONSO PEREZ

05 ART & PHOTOGRAPHY

NARRATIVE POSTER FALL 2023 | DESIGN 7 | UNIVERISTY OF FLORIDA | PROFESSOR PETER SPROWLS

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PERSONAL DRAWINGS SPRING 2020 DURING QUARANTINE

DURING THE START OF LOCKDOWN, I STARTED WATCHING A LOT OF MOVIES AND FOUND

MYSELF INSPIRED BY VARIOUS SCENES. THESE SCENES ARE FROM TWO WES ANDERSON MOVIES I WATCHED DURING QUARANTINE. THE ONE ON THE LEFT IS FROM THE DARJEELING LIMITED AND THE TWO OTHERS ARE FROM RUSHMORE. AS HORRIBLE OF A TIME IT WAS FOR THE WORLD, MY TIME ALONE IN QUARANTINE REALLY ALLOWED FOR MY CREATIVITY TO BLOOM. IT INSPIRED A DESIRE TO CREATE DURING A TIME WHEN SO MANY THINGS WERE TAKEN AWAY.

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PHOTOGRAPHY

SEMESTER ABROAD | FALL 2023 | ITALY | SPAIN | PORTUGAL

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THANK YOU.