Architecture: In The Context Of

Architecture

“In The Context Of”

Az Zahrawaani Al Aryan’s Selected Works from 2020-2023

Curriculum Vitae

Hello!

My name is Az Zahrawaani Al Aryan, but you can call me Acha.

I’m an architecture fresh graduate with an interest in exploring contextually driven design. Graduated as Bachelor of Architecture in Universitas Indonesia, I’ve approached architectural design during my studies with an emphasis on contextual research in order to explore possibilities and find the personality of each design.

As a designer, my long-term goal would be practicing a multidisciplinary approach that combines both of my interests, architectural and graphic design.

I’ve combined architectural and graphic design approaches during my studies to sharpen my problem solving skills and explore ways to communicate my ideas effectively across mediums.

Personal Data

Competence

Birth

Surabaya, December 22nd 2000

Address

Jl. Pandugo Sari VII PS2 M-34, Penjaringan Sari, Rungkut, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia

Ordered based on proficiency

Jl. Mawaddah V Blok J5 No.5, Klp. Dua, Kec. Klp. Dua, Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia

E-mail

azzahrawaania@gmail.com

Phone

+62 895 3352 65445

Instagram

@ahcaayran @azzhrwn

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Language Bahasa Indonesia English (Intermediate)

Interests Architecture, Graphic Design, Photography, Sketching Architecture Portfolio

Curriculum Vitae

Education

Working Experience

2019-2023

Architecture Universitas Indonesia 3.68 GPA

2016-2019

SMAN 5 Surabaya

2013-2016

SMPN 1 Surabaya

Organizational Experience 2022

Ekskursi Arsitektur UI 2022: Wong Sikep Head of Design

2021

Architecture Competition & Education 2021 Creative Director

2023

Department of Architecture UI Teaching Assistant for Basic Design 2 Guiding, facilitating, & reviewing student works based on Basic Design 2 studio parameters

2022

Ekskursi Arsitektur UI 2021: Rumah Pohon Vice Head of Website Design Ikatan Mahasiswa Arsitektur Universitas Indonesia 2021 Senior Staff of Academics & Core Competence Development Department

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Competition

2023

Kaira Looro Architecture Competition 2023 Primary School In Senegal Competition Entry

2022

International Bamboo Design and Construction Competition 2022 Indonesia Division 2nd Place Winner

Dongkrak Seni UI 2021 Head of Design

Sayembara Desain Miniatur Universitas Diponegoro 2022 Favorite Winner

Ikatan Mahasiswa Arsitektur Universitas Indonesia 2020 Staff of Academics & Core Competence Development Department Ekskursi Arsitektur UI 2020: Tanah Timor Staff of Visual Design

Selected Works 2020-2022

gemasemesta.co Graphic Design Intern During 5 months internship contributed on: Indonesia Bertutur 2022 (Environmental graphics) Rajnik Arial (Booth design) Dipl-.Ing Architect (Captions & preparations) RECEH (Research Courses on Housing) Student Researcher Field research on urban kampong potentials and housing policies in Kampung Muka, North Jakarta

International Youth Summit for Renewable Energy Model United Nations Head of Creative Design Archicare 2021: Recreactivity Manager of Publication, Relations, and Design Department

Panggung Bersenandung Graphic Designer

Iceland Movie Pavilion Buildner Architecture Competition Competition Entry

2021

Sayembara Bangunan Hijau: Tepat Guna Lahan Top 12 Finalists

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Contents Undergraduate Design Thesis Ignis Refugium

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Academic Projects Pasar Rakyat Tambak Wedi Kalideres Refuge

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Competitions Platalea Passage Transforming School Balajar

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Internship Indonesia Bertutur 2022

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Architecture Portfolio

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Selected Works 2020-2022

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Ignis Refugium Undergraduate Design Thesis

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Architecture Portfolio

Scope Undergraduate Design Thesis Main Topic Disrupting The Understanding of Nature in Architecture Year 2023

The world is on fire. Coal fires and forest fires meet, creating a cycle of destruction. Fire that has burned down below was failed to be contained and rises to the surface. Forests burned, habitats ruined. All the coal mines burned, fuel for power became scarce. Humans scattered to save themselves and now the environment with them.

In a world that is constantly burning, the presence of a fire refugia, landscapes that remained unburned or minimally affected by fire, became a myth among the scattered humans that settled the remaining cities because of the dangers caused by both the eternal coal fires and the ephemeral forest fire.

Ignis Refugium is a demonstration of architecture that repositions itself as a prosthetic that utilizes existing natural processes or replaces those lost as a result of uneven natural changes for sustainable natural resource management, an ecological cyborg. A large community living along the forest patches, that responds to the two forms of fire disaster through an infrastructure systems of fire suppression, fire control, and fire lines. Fire refugia as the ultimate goal is formed gradually as a combination of the ephemeral and continuous process of Ignis Refugium.

Selected Works 2020-2022

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Coal fires geomorphology

Wildfire spread from multiple cases Jharia coal fires, India

Constructing A Fire Line

2019-2020 Bushfire Season, NSW, Australia

Isolated patches centered around coal mines

Concentrated on bushland areas

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Fire spread Burning patch

Fire line started filling the perimeter

Burnt patch Towards fire fuels

Amazon Wildfire, Bolivia

Kalimantan Wildfire, Indonesia

Scattered patches of fire

Concentrated along peatland areas along the river

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Forest Growth 3-5 Years

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+Fire management Creating more gaps between trees

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Firefighter escape route

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Fire response starts from anchor points

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Backburning to eliminate fire fuels towards fire center

Constructing fire lines towards burnt areas

isolating currently burning patches

After wildfire

The project stems from contextual study of fire response, landscape elements and natural processes that constitutes the context of forest fires and coal fires. Coal seam fires demonstrate natural changes that are persistent due to the fires that are difficult to extinguish and a number of cases that have lasted for hundreds of years so the changes that occur can be perceived as a stable natural condition. In contrast to it, natural changes due to forest fires occur intermittently because its possibility to be put out so they can be considered as natural changes in the short term or ephemeral.

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The natural factors identified from the contextual investigation are used to develop new scenarios of natural change which are a combination of the context of both fires It is situated that all coal mines in the world in the future are experiencing fires due to mining activity accidents and natural phenomenon that cannot be extinguished, acting as “fuse” that can be ignited at any time and become catalysts for high-intensity forest fires that consume most of forest areas scattered around the world.

Ignis Refugium is an architectural response system based on fire suppression, fire controls, and fire lines tactics. It acts as a prosthetic that enforces, replaces, and adds the existing natural processes that contributes to both the ephemeral forest fires and persistent coal fires.

Selected Works 2020-2022

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Fire Lines demonstrates

the role of architecture as a prosthetic which plays a role in the formation of physical defenses from fire to support forest regeneration processes. This settlement typology implements a fire line system as a physical barrier that creates gaps in the forest so that it inhibits the spread of fire when a fire occurs.

The construction of Fire Lines are divided into four stages, in response to the the rapid spread of fire. In collaboration with the fire suppression infrastructure, residents of Fire Lines carry out preventive fire management in the form of prescribed burning to use up fuel (leaf waste, dry stems, wild vegetation, etc.) while creating gaps that will be filled by Fire Lines.

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Selected Works 2020-2022

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Fire Suppression system in Ignis Refugium acts as a prosthetic

that replaces the role of fires that burn forests uncontrollably into fires that regulate uncontrolled forest growth. The system consists of two semi-permanent infrastructures, Pyre Dome and Cooling Dome

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Fire Control system in Ignis Refugium acts as a prosthetic

that adds a distribution process in the otherwise perpetual and isolated burning of coal fires. The system consists of two infrastructures, Pyre Dome and Cooling Dome, that functions not to extinguish the coal fire but to harness its combustionn for other benefits.

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Fire refugia that is formed is a combination of ephemeral and persistent fire refugia according to the development of Fire Lines.

The forest patches that have survived previous fires must be burned as a form of suppression as well as to provide land for the construction of Fire Lines. These parts are classified as ephemeral fire refugia or areas that survive only after one fire incident. The other patches that Fire Lines must maintain so that life can survive are classified as persistent fire refugia or areas that remain unaffected after going through several fire incidents.

Selected Works 2020-2022

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Pasar Rakyat Tambak Wedi Academic Projects

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Architecture Portfolio

Location Kenjeran, Surabaya Scope Academic Project Architectural Design 3 Year 2021

Selected Works 2020-2022

A community market as an integrated point for trading activities of the local community consisting of fishing communities, street vendors, and MSMEs in Tambak Wedi, Kenjeran, Surabaya. The project consists of a fresh market and fish market, a shopping center and a multipurpose hall for local MSME workshops, a warehouse and a rain garden.

The design utilizes the land and coastal wind of the areas for passive cooling through massing and facade composition that create wind channels and controllable openings that direct the wind to various parts of the building. The market also utilizes the controllable openings for natural lighting based on the peak hours of activities and for the conditioning of its fresh products

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The building’s massing is formed to create wind channels that directs the wind inside the building based on different pressures. Before entering the building, the wind will go through the rain garden as a windbreaker that breaks the wind and reduces its speed. The system will help release hot air and bad odors in the market so they don’t spread to other areas.

In addition, openings such as windows and skylights are also arranged to bring in natural light optimally based on the angle of light altitude during peak hours of activity in the market.

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Selected Works 2020-2022

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The facade of this building consists of wind directing panels made of wood which can be tilted mechanically.

The panels are placed in four areas with different tilt angles so the intensity of sunlight and wind speed are also different. To protect against extreme weather such as heavy rain or intense heat, these panels can be closed so that the number of openings in these four areas can be reduced by 50 percent.

Selected Works 2020-2022

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Kalideres Refuge Academic Projects

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Architecture Portfolio

Location Kalideres, West Jakarta Scope Academic Project Architectural Design 4 Year 2022

Selected Works 2020-2022

A refuge from uncertain living conditions for foreign refugees and asylum seekers in Jakarta through the provision of shelters as additional shelter to support the Jakarta Immigration Detention Center as well as the provision of skills training and basic education.

The project is designed to achieve 3 goals, namely temporary shelter, basic education & skills, and community interactions. The goals are achieved through the provision of temporary shelters and refugee empowerment centers in the form of community workshops and classrooms. The complex is structured based on 2 axes that separate programs for refugees and for the public The axes crossed at the center of the complex as an area of interaction between refugees and the local community.

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Refugees and asylum seekers are placed alongside immigration violators in

Immigration Detention Centers (Rudenim) in 13 cities across Indonesia. However, each of these detention centers has different standards of facilities and infrastructure that tends to be inappropriate for them.

The complex is located in Kalideres, West Jakarta which is close to the Jakarta

Immigration Detention Center.

Surrounded by residential areas, kampongs, and also street vendors and shops, several road intersections become meeting points for various activities in the area.

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The form is derived from a generative form-finding using Rhino and Grasshopper based on precedents of social housing, migrant shelter, refugee school, and community center typologies.

The main structure uses a container system consisting of steel frames with columns at the 4 ends of the boxes as balanced load-bearing points. The system is used in shelter programs for its modular capabilities for future changes.

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The shelters are designed to fulfill the main purpose of being a private place for refugees to settle down and rest and allow them to interact with each other communally. There are 3 types of rooms with different sizes to accommodate capacities of 1, 2 and 4 people.

The central void in each shelter block functions as a circulation axis that can provide visual connectivity.

Apart from that, there are other pockets of open space on each floor as spaces that accommodate various communal activities.

Selected Works 2020-2022

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Platalea Passage Competitions

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Architecture Portfolio

Location Nansha, Guangzhou Scope Competitions International Bamboo Design and Construction Competition 2022 - Indonesia Division Achievement 2nd Place Winner

A pavilion, both as a pathway or stopover, for humans and Black-faced Spoonbills that reside in Nansha Bird Park. The design is situated on an existing site that is mainly used as a pathway for the humans, and a stopover site for the birds. Platalea Passage aims to maintain the existence of those functions, catering more to the needs of the Spoonbills while at the same time raising awareness regarding the existence of these endangered species by fostering safe interactions between humans and the birds.

Year 2022

Collaborators Annasya Koesty Fadhilah Chairunnisa Yasmin Azzahra Dimas Ananda Setiawan Fifi Oktiana Suryanti Ganishtasya Endhis Stefanie Aylien Tuhfah Hanifah Zahra Nabilah

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The design is developed based on a bird’s nest to create a covered space for birds to stop-by. The nest is the opened to allow human circulation, expanding the views of the surroundings while still providing access for the birds to rest.

The form is also inspired by the bird’s fly-landing-eating daily habit and its physical appearance to create a strong connection between the birds and the visitors

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The structure consists of bamboo columns, which shape are inspired by the spoonbills’ silhouettes, that are placed along the existing pathway to support its bamboo slats roof and two layers of bamboo floors.

The structure covered the existing concrete pathways and added two levels of its floor. The upper level is the pathways for visitors while the lower level is shallowly sunk in the water for the bird to perch and eat.

Selected Works 2020-2022

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Transforming School Competitions

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Architecture Portfolio

Location Zigunchor, Senegal Scope Competitions Kaira Looro Architecture Competition 2023 Primary School in Africa Achievement Competition Entry Year 2023

Architectural Drawings Az Zahrawaani Al Aryan Dhiya Luthfiyyah

A transforming school that utilizes an expandable system that can provide spaces with different functions and integrating water into the design as a tool to tackle the issue of sanitation, with the goal to improve student learning experiences.

The school consists of individual classrooms that can be combined as extended learning spaces and a large semi-open space at the center of the school that functions as laboratory and communal area for learning and other students’ activities.

Clean water has been an issue that rural schools in Senegal struggled with, especially with the students that can’t attend school to take water from the river.

The design included water reservoirs for the school’s needs, which are connected to the laboratory as a way to integrate the system into the student’s learning activities.

Renderings Az Zahrawaani Al Aryan Dhiya Luthfiyyah Nadia Putri Humaira Diagrams Lulu Safitri Wijaya Jonni

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From the proposed program, the massing are arranged to enhance the connectivity and adaptability to transform of each function and its possible combination by creating an expandable space.

The laboratory in the middle acts as the main transformative space as well as the connection towards all programs. Its semi-open form can be utilized for multiple scenarios, depending of the learning needs and also the site’s potentials.

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Pathway Entrance Water Reservoir Teacher’s Room Principal Office Teacher’s Toilets Sickroom Laboratory Area Transitional Water Reservoir Corridor Classroom Canteen Storage Women’s Restroom Men’s Restroom Play Area

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An expandable system where classes could be connected to each other with a sliding blackboard and transformed into a hall, are created as a response to the issue of overcrowding in various primary schools in Senegal nowadays. The system also connects the classrooms with the corridor outside by using a pivot window. Thus, bigger spaces are created to accomodate more students to learn and to collaborate with each other.

Water reservoirs are included in the design to tackle the issue

of sanitation. These reservoirs can store 37400 liters of water that could meet the needs of clean water for an estimated 784 people. The large size of these reservoir will accomodate the needs of the school and also for the local community in need of clean water. The school’s roof is slanted toward the center which is essential to allow lights to enter the school and for the water system to direct water to be collected into the reservoirs.

Selected Works 2020-2022

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Balajar Competitions

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Architecture Portfolio

Location Gondoriyo, Semarang Scope Competitions Sayembara Desain Miniatur Universitas Diponegoro 2022

A school for Early Childhood Education(PAUD) that provides space for children to study formally and aims to contribute to the surrounding community by becoming a communal area for gathering and providing health facilities, while maintaining the cultural characteristics of the surrounding environment.

Academic Project Architectural Design 5 Achievement Favorite Winner Year 2022

Architectural Drawings Az Zahrawaani Al Aryan Renderings Dimas Ananda Setiawan Diagrams Alvina Olivia Jeanette

Selected Works 2020-2022

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The program are separated into private areas for the children’s activities and communal areas like pendopo and clinic that are allowed to be used for the local communities.

Children tend to be exploratory so the design tries to utilize architectural elements that “trigger” their sensory and motor experience. The use of these elements as a playful medium with a more abstract patterns will encourage children to become explorative and active, when compared to traditional games which tend to have specific set of rules

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The locality aspects of Javanese architecture was maintained from the existing PAUD building such as the joglo form and its use for communal activities.

Building materials come from

local commodities, as well as combining new materials with materials from existing buildings to improve the form, spatial quality and structural integrity of the building. The use of materials and design elements are also designed to maintain the safety and comfort of children when they are active in it.

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Indonesia Bertutur 2022 Internship

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Location Borobudur, Central Java Scope Environmental Graphics Internship Project at gemasemesta.co Year 2022

Branding & Graphic Design Garyanes Yulius & Team Festival Design FFFAAARRR Environmental Graphics Gema Semesta Farrel Jeremiah Az Zahrawaani Al Aryan Septian Dwi Kurni

Environmental graphics based on the supergraphic of Indonesia Bertutur festival identity, implemented on the fabric mesh partitions across the festival, creating a continuous visual and light performances during night time.

Indonesia Bertutur is a festival held by The Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology (Kemendikbudristek) in the Borobudur Temple Area on 7-11 September 2022 as an effort to advance the Indonesia cultural ecosystem, involving around 900 cultural actors and displaying more than 100 works.

The festival architecture was designed by FFFAAARRR, consisting of rectangular steel modules with fabric mesh partitions. During my internship period at gemasemesta.co, I was tasked on creating various iterations of the supergraphic concept to be implemented on the fabric mesh partitions across the festival.

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The supergraphic concept was inspired by the Indonesia archipelago treated with a contemporary approach, resulting in organic abstractions of the islands with pixelated shapes. A wide range of supergraphic iterations was created, which will be printed on sheets of fabric mesh that will be arranged to create a continuous form.

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Photo by Gema Semesta

The semitransparent characteristic of fabric mesh was combined with lighting from inside the modules that will highlight the supergraphic during night time.

The supergraphic was also implemented together with the wayfinding and the festival’s curatorial contents for a variety of module sizes and placements.

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As a designer...

my long-term goal would be practicing a multidisciplinary approach that combines both of my interests in architectural and graphic design or other scopes of design.

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E-mail

azzahrawaania@gmail.com

Phone

+62 895 3352 65445

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