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ARCHITECTURE H E R I TA G E C O N S E RVAT I O N ACADEMIA & RESEARCH INTERIOR DESIGN

W W W. A R AYA A B R H A M . U N A U X . C O M

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1.1 INTRODUCTION 1.2 ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN WORKS 1.2.1 MALL DESIGN 1.2.2 REHAB CENTER 1.2.3 REGIONAL BUREAU PROPOSAL

1.2.4 OFFICE COMPLEX PROPOSAL

1.2.5 OFFICE FOR THE WAREHOUSE

PREFACE

DISCLAIMER T H I S I S A C O L L E C T I O N O F O U T P U T S A N D W O R K S T H A T I P R O D U C E D O V E R A S PA N O F S E V E N Y E A R S A F T E R M Y G R A D UAT I O N I N , A N D I S A R E P R E S E N TAT I O N O F M Y A R C H I T E C T U R A L A N D A C A D E M I C P O R T F O L I O. T H E R E F O R , I H E R E B Y A S S U R E T H AT A L L T H E WO R K S L I S T E D H E R E A R E M Y P R O D U C T S A N D I N D I V I D UA L E F F O R T S .

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I A M A N A RC H I T E C T, L E C T U R E R A N D A RC H I T E C T U R A L H E RT I TA G E R E S E A RC H E R C U R R E N T LY WO R K I N G AT T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F G O N DA R , E T H I O P I A . I H AV E WO R K E D A C RO S S VA R I E T Y O F T H E M AT I C S C O P E S W I T H I N A R C H I T E C T U R E I N C L U D I N G P R A C T I C A L A N D A C A D E M I C R E A L M S . I G R A D UAT E D M Y B S C . I N A RC H I T E C T U R E F RO M A D I G R AT U N I V E R S I T Y I N J U LY 2 0 1 9 , A N D I M I D I AT E LY S TA RT E D TO P ROV I D E D E S I G N A N D H I S TO RY C O U R S E S A S A N A S S I S TA N T I N S T RU C T O R . A F T E R T E A C H I N G F O R A B O U T T WO Y E A R S , D U E T O T H E C O N F L I C T I N T H E AREA, I RELOCATED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR IN JULY 2021. IDURING MY TIME IN TEACHING HAVE TAUGHT COURSES INCLUDING ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN, ETHIOPIAN HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING HERITAGE AND COMMUNICATION S K I L L S . I N 2 0 2 2 I S TA RT E D M Y M A S T E R ’ S D E G R E E I N C O N S E RVAT I O N O F U R B A N A N D A RC H I T E C T U R A L H E R I TAG E I N A D D I S A B A B A U N I V E R S I T Y C O L L E G E O F T E C H N O LO G Y A N D T H E B U I LT E N V I RO N M E N T, W H I L E SIM ULTANE OUSLY E NGAGING IN ARCHITECTURAL AND INTERIOR DESIGN WORKS-PROVIDING DESIGN SERVICE FOR CLIENTS. AFTER THE COMPLETION MY MASTER’S DEGREE I HAVE RETURNED TO MY HOME UNIVERSITY ( THE UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR) AND I AM CURRENTLY SERVING AS A LECTURER PROVIDING ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE AND DESIGN COURSES. PRESENTLY, I AM WORKING ON PUBLICATIONS AND RESEARCHES IN THE AREA OF ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE AND HISTORIC PLATFORMS IN AND AROUND GONDAR.

MALL DESIGN

1.2 ARCHITECTURAL

DESIGN WORKS

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BRIEF

THIS IS AN INDIVIDUAL PROECT PROPOSED FOR A LOCAL HOTEL OWNER IN ADDIS ABABA. THE PROECT HAS BEEN PITCHED IN AND PRESENTED FOR THE CLIENT. HOWEVER,DUE TO BUDGET CONSTRAINTS IT HAS BEEN ON HOLD AND OFFICIALLY NOT COMMENCED. THE PROECT WAS DRAFTED, PROPOSED AND DESIGNED BY ME.ITS INITAL CONCEPT IS FOCUSED ON CREATING MODERN ARCHITECTURAL THEME THAT IS CONTEXTUALIZED ACCORDING TO THE LOCAL CULTURE

PATTERNS DRIVED F RO M T R A D I T I O NA L C L O T H I N G O F T H E L O C A L C O M M U N I T Y

CURTAIN WALLS

SCHEMATIC FLOOR PLANS

Buffer

Building Area

THIS IS AN INDIVIDUAL PROECT PROPOSED FOR A LOCAL HOTEL OWNER IN GONDAR CITY. THE PROECT HAS BEEN PITCHED IN AND PRESENTED FOR THE CLIENT. HOWEVER,DUE TO BUDGET CONSTRAINTS IT HAS BEEN ON HOLD OFFICIALLY NOT COMMENCED.

AS PER THE NEED OF THE CLIENT THE DESIGN PROVIDED SCHEMATIC PLANS OF THE INTERIOR FUNCTIONS WHERE AN OVERARCHING LAYOUT WAS DRAFTED TO SHOW CASE THE GIST OF THE FINAL DESIGN.

THE BIGGER PROPORTION OF ITS FACAD IS COVERED WITH ALUMINIUM -BASED CURTAIN-WALL

General Site area

SITE LAYOUT

5 LOCAL WOODEN PANELS

Floor Break

EXOSKELETON

Prevailing Wind Direction

FUNCTIONS AS A CONTROLER FOR SUN LIGHT AND REDUCES H E A T W A V E S T H A T C A N IMPOSE DISCOMFORTING CONDITIONS FOR THE END USER.

Harsh Sun

IN ORDER TO ENHANCE ITS NATURAL AESTHETIC, WOODEN LOUVRES ARE PROPOSED. THESE SLATES ARE DESIGNED TO BE DIRECTLY ATTACH ON THE PANEL OF THE CURTAIN WALL.

West

THIS IS A DOUBLE SKIN FACADE SYSTEM| ENVELOPE MADE FROM HIGH-PERFORMANCE FIBER-REIN FORCED CONCRETE (GFRC)

VOLUME DEVELOPMENT

MASS-1

MASS-2

MASS-3

MASSING-1

MASSING-2

M A S S D E M A R C AT I O N

PODIUM

MASSING-3

1.2 ARCHITECTURAL

REHAB DESIGN

DESIGN WORKS

DESCRIPTION

THE DESIGN IS A REHABILITATION CENTER SUBMISSION FOR UNION OF INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTS(UIA)FOR THE NEXT GENERATION STROKE REHAB CENTER.THE DESIGN INCLUDES A G+2 INTERNATIONAL STANDARD REHAB FACILITY INTENDED TO BE APPLICABLE FOR RESIDENTS IN HAILE GARMENT,NEAR CDC AFRICA BUILDING,ADDIS ABABA. THE INITIAL CONCEPTWAS DRIVED FROM SITE DRIVEN MASS ADJUSTMENT. THEN LATER EVOLVED TO INCORPORATE LOCAL CUSTOMARY EMBROIDERY

THE COMPETITION HAD PROVIDED APPLICANTS THE FREEDOM TO CHOSE A SITE OF THEIR CHOICE. THUS, A LOCAL SITE WITH IN ADDIS ABABA WAS SELECTED FOR THAT CASE. Harsh sun

Morning sun

C S I T E A N A LY S I S

E THE PROJECT HAD TWO PARTICIPANTS RESPONSIBLE FOR DESIGNING, RENDERING AND PRESENTATION. I WAS PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BIGGER PORTION OF THE TASKS INCLUDING DESIGNING, CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT CAD MODELLING AND PRESENTATION PANEL DESIGN. WHILE ARCHITECT AND INSTRUCTOR EYOB ALENE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR RENDERING AND PRODUCTION OF CONCEPT DIAGRAMS.

REGIONAL OFFICE

1.2 ARCHITECTURAL

DESIGN WORKS

DESCRIPTION

R E G I O N A L

THIS PROJECT IS A STATE REGIONLA BUREAU THAT INCORPORATED SEVERAL GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND PUBLIC SERVICE FUNCTIONS INTO A COORDINATED CAMPUS. THE PROJECT AIMS TO STRENGTHEN ADMINSTRATIVE EFFICIENCY, ENHANCE PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY AND CREATE EXUBERANT PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE THAT REFLECTS REGIONAL IDENTITY.

CONCEPTUAL DIAGRAM THEDOME SERVES AS A CENTERAL ELEMENT UNIFYING THE TWO FORMS TO CREATE PERMANENCE.IT IS MADE FROM A PHOTOVOLTAIC CURTAIN WALL THAT CAN BLOCK HARSH SUN AND HEAT FROM OVER HEAD DIRECTION.

EAST PREVAILING WIND

THE VOLUMETRIC CONCEPT WAS BASED ON THE PRAGMATIC NEED AND STUDY OF THE CORPORATE BEHAVIOR, WHICH REQUIRES A COMFORTABLE AND HOSPITABLE SETTING. THIS IS HOW I DIRIVED THE VOLUME CONCEPT FOR THE COMPLEX EMPHASIZING ON THE ULTIMATE SHAPE( TYPOLOGY) TO REDUCE HARSH SUN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

HARSH SUN

CONCEPTUAL SKETCH

WEST

THE FORM EVOLUTION WAS BASED ON THE IDEA THAT THE OUT MOST IMPORTANCE NEEDS TO BE GIVEN TO EVADING HARSH SUN THAT SPANS FROM 12:00 PM TO 4:00PM, THE THE VOLUMETRIC TYPOLOGY SELECTION THEREFORE BECAME ECLECTIC IN CHOOSING THE IDEAL SHAPE THAT MITIGATES THE HARSH SUN IMPACT.

THE SITE IS LOCATED IN BAHIRDARCITY( REGIONAL CAPITAL OF THE AMHARA REGION). TAKING UNDER CONSIDERATION THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT THE COMPLEXIS TO BE HOSTING, THE PRIMARY FOCUS BECAME CREATING A SPACE THAT IN NO MEANSE INSTIGATES DISCOMFORT FOR THE USERS. THE INTERNAL SPACES AND PARTITIONS FOLLOWED THE EXISTING VOLUMETRIC PATTERN OF THE BUILDING TO PROVIDE THE ULTIMATE CIRCULATION AND NATURAL VENTILATION

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COMPLEX DESIGN

1.2 A RCHITECTURAL DESIGN WORKS DESCRIPTION THIS PROPOSAL IS DESIGNED, DRAFTED AND RENDERED BY ARAYA.THE COMPLEX IS ENVISIONED AS A CONTEMPORARY AND SUSTAINABLE WORKPLACE THAT RESPONDS TO EVOLVING WORK CULTURES OF AFRICA. AND IT IS INTENDED TO BLEND THE TRADITIONAL ETHIOPIAN CULTURAL EXPRESSION WITH THE CORPORATE WORK BEHAVIOUR.

VERTICAL CUTTING PLANE

PHASE-1

PHASE-2

INITIAL MASS COMPLETE VOLUMETRIC SHAPE

DISSECTING

PHASE-3

SOLID

RESHAPING THE BROKEN UNITS INTO A MODULAR FORMS OF

VERTICAL PLANE

PHASE-4

PHASE-5

SYNCHRONIZING THE CONCEPT INTO A SKETCH

BACK TO PHASE ONE-CREATING A VOLUME

THEIR OWN RHYTHMIC FORM MODULATION

A SOLID

PHASE-4

BREAKING DOWN THE VERTICAL MASS

THE MASS WITH

THAT IS COMPRIZED OF ALL THE STEPS.

P L A N N A R T RA N S F O R M AT I O N

RHYTHMIC FORM MODULATION

SOLID

THE DESIGN IS POSITED IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE INTERNAL FUNCTIONS ARE GIVEN VISUAL TRANSPARENCY AND ACCESS TO DAYLIGHT WITH OUT BEING AFFECTED BY HARSH SUN.

RECTANGULAR INITIAL SHAPE

TRIMMING AND CREATING SMOTH

EDGES

LANDSCAPE INTEGRATION

CHALLENGES ONE OF THE CHALLENGES TO THE PROJECT WAS BALANCING BETWEEN T HE M O D E RN AE S T H E T IC WITH PRAGMATIC NEEDS AND LOCAL CONTEXT.

BASE

DENTING

ALL THE SIDES TO CREATE

A NEW SHAPE

VVERTICAL AXON UNIT DIAGRAM

SITE

ALL THE SIDES TO CREATE

A NEW SHAPE

THE DESIGN IS POSITED IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE MASSES ARE VERTICALLY COMPATIBLE WITH ONE ANOTHER TO CREATE A RHYTHMIC HIERARCHY. THE MAS NOT ONLY SYNCHRONIZED WITH ITS VOLUMETRIC SELF BUT ALSO WITH THE LANDSCAPE TOO. IN AN OVERARCHING OPTICS THE WHOLE MASS SERVES AS AN EPICENTER WHEN IT IS IMMERSED WITH IN THE LANDSCAPE.WHICH IS INTENDED TO CREATE VISUAL ELEGANCE OF THE COMPLEX WITH IN THE SITE

DENTING

THE VERTICAL SPATIAL ALIGNMENT FOLLOWED HIERARCHY BASED ON TOLERANCE TO PANDEMONIUM. FUNCTIONS ON THE GROUND ARE DESIGNED TO BE NOISE TOLERANT WHILE SPACES ON THE HIGHER FLOORS ARE SOUND SENSITIVE.

VARIANT-1

VARIANT-2

VARIANT-3

REHAB DESIGN

1.2 A RCHITECTURAL DESIGN WORKS

O F F I C E

DESCRIPTION THIS PROJECT WAS AN OFFICE DESIGN SUBMITTED TO A COFFEE EXPORTING COMPANY KNOWN AS YEDESTA BUNNA,THE INITIAL CONCEPT OF THE DESIGN WAS DRIVED FROM THE SITE, WHERE THERE WAS ALREADY AN EXISTING WAREHOUSE THAT WAS USED BY THE PREVIOUS OWNERS AS A COFFEE PROCESSING PLANT.

THE GIVEN REQUIREMENTS OF THE CLIENT WERE TIGHT THAT IT WAS PRACTICALLY CHALLENGING TO FIT THEM IN TO A PHYSICAL SPACE( FUNCTION). AMONG THOSE CREATING A HIGH-END CORPORATE OFFICE IN AN INDUSTIRIAL ZONEWAS ONE. THIS DELIMITED THE DESIGN FROM PROVIDING DESIGN SOLUTIONS THAT ARE PROBLEM TAILORED.

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THE SITE IS LOCATED IN KALITY SUB-CITY, ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA.WITH A GROSS AREA OF 2098 SQM THE OTHER CHALLENGE TO THE SITE IS THAT THERE IS AN ACTIVE VEHICULAR ACCESS TO AND FROM A WARE HOUSE WHICH REQUIRES DESIGN SOLUTION

EXISTING WAREHOUSE

ANOTHER CHALLENGE WAS LACK OF AMENITIES IN THE AREA THE LIKES OF WATER ELECTRICITY AND TRANSPORTATION.

DUE TO THE CURRENT RENTAL COST THE CLIENT NEEDED TO BUILD A NEW OFFICE NEXT TO A RECENTLY BOUGHT WAREHOUSE THE CHALLENGE WAS THAT THE BUILT UP A R E A FOR THE OFFICE WAS LIMITED.BECAUSE DUE TO CLEARANCE BYLAWS AND ACTUAL NARROW SPACE IN THE FRONT, IT WAS CHALLENGING TO COME UP WITH A RECTILINEAR DESIGN THAT INCORPORATED

OFFICE ENTRANCE

OFFICE MAIN OFFICE AREA

ANCILIARY FACILITIES

PARKING

WAREHOUSE

VEHICULAR ENTRANCE

WAREHOUSE

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