PREFAB MODULAR COMMUNITY CLINIC

The design approach to modularity was through the use of four feet grids. These were multiplied and adjusted according to the footprint for the various departments.The departments were placed according to volume and frequency of user groups.

The care facility engages with the public space towards the south by providing walkable areas and leisure spaces for people to stroll and relax. Through pocket green spaces, courtyard and ‘park’, this project aims to engage community and clinic, and the young and the senior.

County

Site and major roadways

Site

Patients (vehicular)

Caregivers/ service (vehicular)

Pedestrian

Residential area

Residential apartments

Commercial

Solar and wind study of Florida, three interstitial spaces were introduced that would allow natural light to penetrate the building while providing adequate shade for the

Senior care

Diagnostic imaging

Primary care

Administration

Public services

Specialty care

Physical therapy

Administration

Public services

Accessible to both patient and caregiver

Accessible to patients only/Major usage by patients

Accessible to caregiver and administration only

Culinary Arts School Of Texas

The Bowie school in Downtown Bryan is an old brick building with a long history. This project was an attempt to design a culinary school while preserving and reusing the existing building.

The design removed the central square space to create a courtyard. This would allow the existing foundation to stay intact. Additional spaces are added with new independent structural systems.

The preservation approach exposes the old interior walls of the square space to the exterior. This allows the original exterior brickwork to be preserved as the interior of the new building.

Analyzing the character of the surrounding buildings revealed that neighborhood. The analysis led to experimenting with various roof types that resembled the surrounding gable-hip roofs. This resulted in the decision to use folded roof. This roof would have folded sheet metal on the interior, with insulation sandwiched between exterior polycarbonate shell and interior metal.

Center For The Rehab Of The Paralyzed

“To rehabilitate is to empower a person to lead an ordinary life, despite extraordinary circumstances.”

The idea was to design a center that catered to the healing of both body and mind. Utilizing the site location, the idea of a courtyard building that bends itself to the climatic needs, starts to take shape. Basic column grid structure, screens that can be manipulated by whoever is nearest to them, and plaster over brick walls, are designed.

Country and division

District

OCCUPANCY BASED ZONING

Site and surrounding

Site study

Programs are arranged within the building so that patients with locomotive disabilities do not have to travel great distances. The building is divided into two wings, connected through a common section. Open stepped terraces provide community spaces and ensure that patients do not feel alienated from the world they are being rehabilitated to go back to. Perforated brick walls provide ventilation, light and privacy.

Sustainable Urban Community

The site is part of a future development and redevelopment scheme proposed over a few months. This particular plot belongs to a densely populated sector, marked as sector 3, that had been designated to house a majority of working population. On the north, is a park which is part of a higher earning residential area, providing green spaces and educational institutes. On the west of the sector is the only purely residential sector of the proposed development area. On the south is the Urban centre which would act like a Central Business District, and on the south east is the market sector.

Quality control, packing. Public green area

Production that requires trained artisan and craftsman. Production that requires unskilled or semi skilled workers. A part of the production can be sold o in nearby markets. Raw materials like jute and ax can be produced here. Clinics and health care services provide basic health care facilities for workers.

Projected average built up area Handicraft production that does not require trained artisans.

Skilled handicraft production- that requires trained artisans.

Administration

Logistic center Training facility for handicraft artisans

Public green area

Semi public green area

Major motor vehicular access roads

Collection pathways for tricycle van

Major internal pedestrian pathways

Entry/exit points to individual sectors for motor vehicles

Major nodes where tra c congestion may occur

People living here, would work to build their own apartments, and work within the sector to provide for themselves and pay off for the space. To keep the workers within the sector, small cottage industries would have to grow, since large scale garments or other industries cannot be proposed in a residential block. As surveys indicated, most of the people who would come to live in Dhaka would come from villages, and they would be well versed in the crafts. The logistic centre provides logistic support and storage facilities for the outbound goods produced in the workshops.

PLOT 8 (CALCULATED FIGURES):

TOTAL SITE AREA: 169,096 sq. ft. (1.6 ha)

FLOOR-AREA RATIO: 0.9

GROSS FLOOR AREA: 147,500 sq. ft.

MAXIMUM GROUND COVERAGE: 84,548 sq. ft.

HEIGHT: 4

RESIDENTIAL GFA: 118,000 sq. ft.

SERVICE AND COMMERCIAL GFA: 29,500 sq. ft.

NO. OF LOW END UNITS: 144

NO. OF MID END UNITS: 8

TOTAL NO. OF UNITS: 152

NO. OF INHABITANTS: 760

UNITS PER HECTARE: 101

Military Museum

The three museums are completely separated, and a fourth building provides public, income generating facilities like auditoriums, symposium halls and cafeterias. All storage and parking facilities are taken underground in order to maximize the open air exhibition ground. The entry is marked by two towering walls bent at angles, signifying the growth and expansion of the disciplined forces.

The meeting point of the three museums is a depressed circular area that represents the struggle and harsh training which remain unseen to the general civilization, till they put themselves at the core of the museum itself.

Virtual Behavior Health Clinic

The Health Science Center at Texas A&M University reaches out to the Brazos community through their behavior health clinic. This project required the placement of ten individual, sound-proof booths with visual privacy. These booths will be used to take the services of the clinic to remote areas which are otherwise hard to reach or access. Blue was used a calming color for the reception, booth interior, conference space and personal spaces.The waiting space, kitchen, and eating spaces use a shade of yellowfor an energetic and uplifting ambiance. Psychology of colors determined the choice of these colors for these spaces.

PROFESSIONAL WORK, PHOTOGRAPHY AND OTHERS

Professional Work

Projects worked on during internship included the schematic design

Other projects included the Salmiya residential area schematic faacade details among others.

Photography

Others

2021

With a penchant for critically analyzing the visual and an insatiable curiosity for learning, Elham’s interests in the research-informed design of architectural spaces often translate into questions of e ciency in architectural practice and management. Her best works are borne out of challenges, and she constantly seeks people and environments that push her boundaries to new limits. Arduous and keen, she thrives in teams while responsibly meeting individual goals and expectations. Inquisitve by nature, she often indulges in questions of human behavior, perception, empathy, and culture.

2021

M.ARCH (NCARB), M.SC in Architecture

Texas A&M University, College Station, T X

Time Management Strategies for Project Management

Purdue University, FutureLearn

2018

Bengal Institute for Architec ture, Landsc ape and Settlement, Dhaka, BD

2017 B.ARCH

Nor th South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

2011

Indian Educ ational School, Kuwait

AWA R D S

2019 Norman and Renee Zelman Enodwed Scholarship

Texas A&M University, College Station, T X

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Aug 2022

Sep 2018 -

Feb 2021

Mar 2018 -

Aug 2018

Oct 2017 -

Jan 2018

Oc t - Nov 2016

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Job Captain, Walmart Group, Architecture

LK Architecture, Wichita, KS, USA

Graduate Assistant Non-Teaching

Texas A&M University, College Station, T X, USA

Junior Architect

Al-Habshi Consultants, Kuwait

Trainee

Junior Architect (Par t-time)

Hatch Studio Ltd., Dhaka, Bangladesh

Oc t - Dec 2015

Intern

Gulf Consult, Kuwait

AutoCAD

Revit

Sketchup

MS Word

MS Powerpoint

MS Excel

Photoshop

Indesign

Illustrator

Lightroom

Dynamo

Zotero

ArcGIS

TECHNICAL SKI L L S

Model making

Specifying

Coordination and management

Sketching

Design programming

Lumion