Portfolio ANTONY SIMON
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The Thermal Garden The Substrate Studio The Weave Retentive Thresholds Soft Armature Physical Prototyping
o1 The Thermal Garden CIBALI AYACAPI HAMAM, ISTANBUL, TURKEY Professor Igor Peraza Designed in collaboration with Negar Shafiee Fatema Al Osta The Thermal Garden rehabilitates the dilapidated Cibali Ayakapı Hammam as an agricultural research and community center, reviving its historical significance while at the same time introducing a contemporary architectural narrative. Located in the heart of Istanbul’s Fatih district along the southern bank of the Golden Horn, the project juxtaposes preservation and innovation. The new intervention mirrors the pure geometry and formal clarity of the original hammam while intentionally contrasting it in materiality and spatial experience. While the historic structure is introverted, heavy, and stereotomic; defined by stone, brick, and marble, the new addition is open, light, and tensile, built with sustainable materials like KALWALL and recycled steel. Inspired by the traditional art of Ebru (Turkish paper marbling), the design portrays the layering of culture and vibrant colors, bringing together craft and architecture in a space that welcomes light, color, and community engagement.
SITE PLAN
GENERATIVE DIAGRAM
Footprint for the new proposal
Subtraction to create a plaza
Extrusion and rotation of massing
Canopy to provide shading while also forming a datum with the top of the existing hammam
Voids in the extruded volumes to bring in light mimicking the dome
Final Proposal
PLANS
The project transitions from public to private as we move up. The ground the first floor hosts working studios and a small café, while the u
d floor accommodates for exhibition areas and public gathering spaces, uppermost level is dedicated exclusively to agricultural research
SECTION AA
SECTION BB
Looking out into the plaza
Working studio
The project explores the contrast between the original hammam and the contemporary intervention. While the former is characterized by stereotomic, heavy massing, the latter introduces a tensile, lightweight structure
adjacent to CAAD, the project reimagines the main o2 plaza through a subterranean design-build hub. inspiration from the existing Starbucks The Substrate Studio Drawing skylight and courtyard, the project revolves around the Embedded within the gardens of the AUS Plaza
THE PLAZA, AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH, UAE Professor Roberto Castillo
relationship between enclosed and open-to-air underground spaces and their discreet subterranean connections. The double-height fabrication spaces are positioned beneath angular skylights, framed by overlooking studios and supported by peripheral services, storage, and technician offices. Directly connected to CAAD through the existing wood labs, the extension ensures seamless continuity of workflow from design to assembly. A sunken courtyard and communal lounge link the new structure to the broader campus fabric. The project aims to creates a contemplative and productive environment to further develop CAAD’s design build program
SITE PLAN
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PLAN G-2
Strategically integrated air vents distributed throughout the structure to promote passive ventilation, enhancing natural airflow and minimizing dependence on mechanical cooling systems
A multi-layered skylight system comprising of tensile fabric, a space frame, and a double-glazed curtain wall enveloped in a Mashrabiya-inspired screen, to mitigate solar heat gain while allowing for natural daylight to come through
The roofing system incorporates extensive green cover reducing heat gain and lowering the temperature within the structure
SUSTAINABILITY
SECTION DD The Design-Build Hub is directly accessible from CAAD Labs, facilitating seamless workflow between design, fabrication, and assembly
EXTERIOR RENDERS View from the Main Entrance of CAAD
Looking towards the design build extension from the adjacent sunken courtyard. The courtyard serves as a shaded transitional space, offering direct access to the student center quadrangle thus enhancing campus walkability
Looking down into the fabrication space
SECTIONAL PERSPECTIVE
Looking up into the studios
The hub features an expansive fabrication space with new laboratories, while the Design and Build studios are positioned to overlook and engage with the making process below
Located along the Dubai Creek, adjacent to the Jameel Arts Centre, ‘The Weave’ is envisioned as a museum and cultural art center to honor the life and work of Emirati artist Hassan Sharif. The design adopts a radial, pinwheel-like geometry to capitalize on the panoramic views of the Al Jaddaf waterfront, while organizing programmatic zones around a dynamic central core. Inspired by Sharif’s intricate weaving techniques, the project features a modular precast concrete roof system that performs as a filtration device controlling the amount of sunlight within the gallery spaces. Sustainability is central to the project’s material palette, with precast concrete, reclaimed wood, and recycled steel used to reduce environmental impact and enhance building performance.
o3 The Weave
AL JADDAF WATERFRONT, DUBAI, UAE Professor George Newlands Designed in collaboration with Fatema Al Osta
SITE PLAN
STRUCTURAL AXON C D C
1.75m 3.5m 1.75m
A B 2.5m
A 3m 2.5m
ROOF MODULES
PLANS
WALL SECTION
SECTION EE
Lobby social seating
EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC
ELEVATION 1 - ENTRY
The project comprises of six galleries (three naturally lit and three designed for light-sensitive work), alongside an archive library, a projection room, and dedicated spaces for exhibition preparation and the storage of Mr. Sharif’s paintings and sculptures. The project aspires to honor and celebrate the enduring legacy of Mr. Sharif’s artistic contributions
RENDERS
Natural light exhibition area Archival library
o4 Retentive Thresholds AL QASBA CANAL, SHARJAH, UAE Professor Charles Jones
Situated along the banks of the Al Qasba Canal, in the Al Qasba district in Sharjah, this architectural landscape intervention addresses critical urban and public realm challenges. The project is designed to mitigate and control flooding caused due to storm water from the surrounding catchment zone. Beyond flood management, the proposal aims to revitalize the edge of the canal by enhancing pedestrian connectivity and reactivating public space through the ‘naked street’ concept. The design promotes a shared environment for both vehicles and pedestrians. Existing waterfront restaurants have been integrated into the scheme with indoor dining, outdoor dining as well as dining areas extending along the canal bank. The project attempts to reinforce the canal as a social and ecological spine of the suburb
SITE PLAN 650m3
Max
444m3
Other Subsurface Storage
Cellular Storage
84m3 184.5m3
175.5m3
Surafce Forebay Storage
SURFACE AND SUBSURFACE STORAGE
PLAN
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Cellular Storage
Permeable Pavement
Forebay Storage
Rain Gardens
Permeable Pavement
Canal
The project is designed to manage and retain stormwater from the surrounding catchment zone during a 100-year flood event. A comprehensive water management strategy has been implemented, incorporating cellular storage beneath existing structures, rain gardens, permeable pavement systems, and surface-level retention through a forebay
Repurposed canal edge
Vegetation Indoor
Outdoor Canal Waterfront
Dining Cellular Water Storage
Permeable Pavement Storage Rain Garden
Sub-Surface Stormwater Storage
Surface Stormwater Storage
Retaining Walls
EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC
Forebay at capacity
The ‘naked street’ concept was applied that creates shared suburban spaces between pedestrian and vehicular traffic. This approach reduces visual and physical clutter, enhancing walkability and promoting a more pedestrian-friendly environment
Implemented naked street
STREETSCAPE SECTION
Canal
4.5m Canal Waterfront Walkway
12.5m
3m
5m
6m
Canal Waterfront Dining
Running Track
Cycling Track
Rain Garden
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Physical simulation test of the water filtration efficiency of the canal ed filtration pe
3.5m
Paved idewalk
4m Paved Vehicular Access
28m Paved Sidewalk
Stepped Green Park
VS AFTER
dge dining with sand and red-dyed water to visualize flow and sediment erformance
CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE AXONOMETRIC
SITE PLAN
o5 Soft Armature
Professor George Katodrytis
Soft Armature is a speculative, process and research driven architectural project that envisions a temporary adoptable shading system that can be deployed across a number of different spatial environments. Utilizing Gothic ribbed vaults and brutalist massing as structural and conceptual inspiration, the project explores the intersection between permanence and transience through fabric casted forms anchored to a ribbed framework. The system aims to support a range of programs from sheltering pilgrims and open air markets to hosting cultural gatherings. Infrastructural yet sculptural, the project proposes a living architecture that evolves, changes and erodes, conforming with the landscape within which it is placed
SITE SECTION
PLAN
SITE ELEVATION
The project comprises of a series of parametric modules, waiting in height providing different atmospheric conditions for different program. These modules have spatial continuity unified along a single datum with the ground plane being carved out to accommodate these shifts and volumes. Underground corridors link these spaces enabling spatial continuity and respite from the hot arid surface environment
This timeline illustrates the cycle of a performative architectural system and how it responds to the env and anchored across the ribs in its second phase. As natural elements such as sandstorms and rainfall in enclosures shaped by environmental conditions. In it’s final stage the fabric is removed leaving b
vironment. Initially composed of exposed structural ribs and foundation walls, elastic fabric is overlaid nteract with the system, the fabric swells and deforms through gravity and pressure creating temporary behind some casted remnants that can be used as service elements for the next seasons structure
o6 Physical Prototyping
A collection of physical models made as a part of a number of design courses, using various fabrication techniques including laser cutting, casting, CNC milling, 3d printing, and plastic thermo-forming
Site model
Structural section model
Supersuraface tester models
Forebay tester model
Structural section model
Detailed seater model
Fabric casting model experiments
Timeline casted models