MONOGRAPH STUDIO Interwoven Location: Manhattan, New York Critics: Ada Tolla + Giuseppe Lignano with Thomas de Monchaux Individual Work
The challenge of this book is to produce a pre-emptive book about future work of mine: neither retroactive nor merely a manifesto. The task was intensively made substantial new work and then collaboratively interrogated this work. The process required both reliance on, habituated behaviors. It stages a transformative experience in which the familiar traumas of the design process were accelerated and repeated, but were then mindfully reconsidered-to a theoretically therapeutic effect. The task was designing five buildings in one block of Manhattan
Interwoven I think through my thread, I design through my thread, thread is the pencil I use to draw and design my architectural pieces and give life to my imagination. My thread is the reservoir of ideas, a representation of free soul, free body, no boundaries, endless laughs, limitless joy, no fear and no rules, the ultimate experience of living in the moment. Each moment on the thread carries its own truth, connected to strands of the past and future, each moment stands tethered to each other. Through my thread I introduce an architecture of effusive joy and playfulness. Architectural elements are disengaged from their traditional settings and set into motion by a tug of the thread. I take my thread and weave it across the site, creating a unifying structure with the power of connecting separated unites. The thread becomes strong, it holds up each of the programs while also becoming inviting and playful with paths for people to weave through this exciting new place. This connecting thread is my white track. My white track leads through 5 different, constantly changing habitats. Each habitat is the home to moving elements that redefine spaces through time, the thread pushing, pulling, knotting and stitching pieces of space.
HOTEL
My white track leads to a hotel of 350 capsule units swinging and moving in pears up and down in a seesaw motion, like on and off switches. Up, you may enter and down, you may stay. The unites are peered according to its scale and Wight in order to get the balance of the structure
PLACE OF FITNESS
My white track leads to a place of fitness which is a labyrinth of 55 tubes the labyrinth is made of L-connectors,U-shapes and Rectangle-Extrusions.Aggregating and forming the Play with Gravity Tunnel, Indoor Skydiving Tunnel, Balance Tunnel, Illusion Tunnel all those tunnels held by the structural thread
PLACE OF CULT
My white track leads to, a place of cult a gallery capsules of 250 mechanisms move 250 colorful, interactive galleries, along in a loop. The galleries are suspended from the structural thread with long cables.
STORAGE
My white track leads to the storage carpet of the amethyst where you can store your own amethyst its 15,000m of threaded fabric stitched 20 times to the structural thread , storing 2,600 Amethysts.
RETAIL
My white track leads to the retail, designers boutiques of 330 capsules suspended and hanged from the structural thread.
Manhattan Block
PROFESSIONAL WORK Public Restrooms Location: Riyadh/Saudi Arabia Built in 2014 Individual Work with Makan Consulting Engineering Firm,Amman, Jordan
A public park that has long been popular for daily prayers befits from the addition of a modern and comftable washroom. Two entrances allow for easy circulation at peak times. The placements of the lighting create inviting space and reflect the overall structure.
PROFESSIONAL WORK Multi-Family Residential Location: Jarash/Jordan Built in 2014 Individual Work with Makan Consulting Engineering Firm,Amman, Jordan
PROFESSIONAL WORK USA Lake House Location: Beach Way DR, Falls Church, VA. Built in 2017 Individual Work with Gradient Design LLC.
New 8000 sq ft modern contemporary house by the lake On three floors with a lot of glass capturing beautiful lake views.
PROFESSIONAL WORK USA Stuart Mill House Location: Oakton, VA /USA Built in 2016 Individual Work with Gradient Design LLC.
I presented series of triangles of solid wood framed rail complemented with opposite glass pieces that complement the shape. I also used striking different colors within the same stair flight ( one side dark grey and the other opposite white color ) etc. client and principal approved the design and was implemented with 65% less cost (26k vs 60k).