F A T M A O U A L H A
PorfolioARCHITECTURE
• American University of Sharjah B.A. in Architecture
INTERNSHIP
GENERAL INFORMATION living in Qatar - 02 - 1996
201820212022
• Meeting with a client to design a residen tial house
• 3D modeling and rendering IN MIMAR DESIGN
Responsible to print badges and data entry in Accreditation system
F a t m a O u a l h a
• Gritnova Global Campus, Sustainable AI for Architecture
IN CLASSICO TRADING AND TECHNOLOGY
ARCHITECT AND CONSULTING ENGINEERS
• Volunteer as a Graphic Designer for h(ear). Student led-peer support group in Qatar, committed to mak ing a difference in student mental health EXPERIENCE ENTRY SPECIALIST
WORK
EDUCATION
EXTRA CURRICULARS
• Volunteer in events including interior rennovation for an Orphans’ house and painting for a school
• Developing a Plan for the residential house
2021
• Amna Bint Wahab school Doha, Qatar - 2022 - 2020 2013 - 2014
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• Media coordinator in Tunisian cultural club in Amer ican University of Sharjah.
• Constructing lateral and longitude sec tions for a residential villa using AutoCAD
FREELANCE ARCHITECT
• 3D modeling using AutoCAD and rendering the villa using 3Ds Max
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DATA
• Volunteer to teach English for special needs students in Thiqaa Club in UAE
2015
NATIONALITY BIRTH DATE Tunisian
CONTACT +974 66715221 https://www.linkedin.com/in/fatma-oualha-8465761b2/fatmaw_14@yahoo.com CERTIFICATIONS & AWARDS ARCHITECTURE ACHIEVEMENTS • Certificate of Graduation from Gritnova Global Campus 2022 • Top 10 winning entries in Cool Abu Dhabi Challenge competition 2020 • Top 10 winning entries in Grounds of hope memorial competition 2020 • Participation certificate for Tiny House 2020 Architec ture Competition OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS • Drawing and oil painting certification in Girls Creativity Center in 2012 • 2nd winner of Anti-Smoking design poster campaign 2020 • American University of Sharjah Merit Scholarship from 2015-2017 and Dean List in Spring 2020 SKILLS SOFTWARE SKILLS • Rhinoceros/ Grasshopper • Revit • AutoCAD • Twin Motion • 3Ds Max OTHER SKILLS • Communication skills • Sketching • Drawing/Painting • Video Editing COMMUNICATION FrenchEnglishArabic Architect • Maya • Houdini • Photoshop CC • Indesign CC • PremierE Pro • Laser Cutting • Wood Fabrication • Steel Fabrication • Physical Models
P 6-13 P 14-21 P 22-27 P 28-35 P 36-39 P 40-47 P 48-55 P 56-63 COOL ABU DHABIBIMCHALLENGEPROJECT GROUNDS OF HOPE MEMORIAL PHYSICAL GRITNOVAILLUSTRATIONMODELS/ANDTIMBEROFALJADA,ARADAAISUSTANABILITY T a b l e o f
CHALLENGE COMPETITION MEMORIALPROJECT COMPETITION MODELS/ ARADAOFANDFABRICATIONRENDERINGTHECITYCENTRALHUBSUSTANABILITYPROJECT
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Arqoob
One of the 10 Winning Entries of the Cool Abu Dhabi Challenge
The challenge for this competition is to Design an outdoor space that reduces the Urban Heat Island Effect in the city center of Abu Dhabi. One of the critical issues in designing outdoor spaces is considering human thermal comfort. Creating comfort to allow people to enjoy and spend more time in outdoor spaces and be a part of a thriving city This project uses orange as a color for its main materials to complement the greenery of the veg etation and to represent U.A.E’s desert dunes or “Arqoob” in Arabic. Moreover, this project could be built with different scales and integrated to various sites. George Newlands Studio Competition
P 6 -13 | COOL ABU DHABI CHALLENGE COMPETITION
Professor:
- The practice of the tree planting in cities is an in credible way of reflecting solar radiation while decreasing the heat island effect. Deciduous trees are used in the project to provide a cooling effect in summer and to not block warmth during winter.
- Metal fabric mesh is implemented in the project be cause of its light qualities that allows for air movement. Moreover, metal fabric would be able to collect fog and rain, which would help reduce humidity and collect pre cipitation for a cooling effect and irrigation purposes.
- Water channels and irrigation systems are implement ed to cool the atmosphere. Water travels from the irrigation pipes that comes from filtered grey water in the surrounding building and connect to the water chan nels. Then it travels up the columns to the sprinklers. Eventually, the sprinklers shoot water to the metal fabric allowing for the water to irrigate the soil and the plants.
The stratergies used to reduce the heat island effect includes:
Green parking spaces utilize green infrastruc ture strategies to limit the impacts of urban heat island effect. In particular, it cushions against the elevation of pavement temperatures which can considerably prevent thermal pollution. Thus, the danger posted to aquatic systems is reduced.
Exploded Axonometric
P 14-21 | BIM PROJECT
Professor: Ahmad Mokhtar | Partrners: None | Course: CAD course
This project introduces two-dimensional drafting and three-di mensional Building Information Modeling (BIM) CAD applications. It identifies components and capabilities of each application and emphasizes the use of 2D/3D CAD applications in the management of a drafting task to produce quality drawings. The design of this project was given beforehand on pa per. The task is to produce drawings and renders from scratch by using Revit 2019. To model the villa and produce draw ings with BIM CAD applications to assist in design decisions.
BIM Project
The construction of the thick exterior walls mainly consists of concrete cast in place as a core bound ary with rigid and air insulation and wood finishes. In addition, less thicker exterior and interi or walls with CMU as core boundary are added for support with insulation and wood finishes as well.
The villa is designed to accommodate 7 people. In the ground floor plan, the entrance follows a vertical axis as a hallway that breaks private spaces from the center and leads to the living room to the exterior terrace. While the second floor breaks private spcaes from the center horizontally from the stairs leading to the balcony. Hence, the design leads the resident towards the exterior with an orthoganl organizationo of spaces
Glass curtain walls with wood louvres are included for a clearer relationship and shaded view be tween the interior and the exterior. Concrete footing in the foundation and columns of 2 m grid connected to beams in the roof are added to support the curtains and the cantilever along with the walls.
Plan and Section Perspective that show the spaces and the structure of the Residential Villa
Elevations and sections showing of the residential building along with the grid and the height levels
One of the 10 Winning Entries of the Grounds of hope memorial
Grounds of Hope
Professor: None | Partrners: Amna al Hashimi | Competition P 22-27 | GROUNDS OF HOPE MEMORIAL COMPETITION
The concept of this project is to emit courage and strength that people have during times of difficulty of Covid-19 through a symbolic memorial derived from elements that are important to the U.A.E. The falcon and the “fanoos” lantern are two elements that drive the inspiration for this project.
The falcon is a national symbol that plays a significant role traditionally, as it was used for hunting in the desert as a source of survival. The “fanoos” lantern was used traditionally as well to light up the surrounding which symbolizes hope that would ignite the soul of U.A.E's citizens. The combination of the two provides a strong gesture of optimism and determination prevalent in the U.A.E despite the challenging situations that are endured.
Structure mirrored Lanterns (feathers) combined with the structural form (wings)
From derived from the shape of a falcon’s wing
Falcon Fanoos (lantern)
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The bent stainless steel rods are longer across each bay towards the back to give an illusion of a soaring wing and height variations.
The structure becomes a central component that illuminates the area where people would go to gain courage and hope.
Three colors for the lanterns are used: dark orange, or ange, and yellow that represent encouragement and determination and to give depth to the lanterns.
The water in the center of the structure is meant to pro vide cooling and to represent the division that peo ple had to follow for the safety of the community.
P 28-35 | PHYSICAL MODELS
This project explores skin as paper and bones as basswood to create various visual abstract forms. It starts with folding Bristol paper in a repetitive, uniform pattern. Later, cre ating structures with basswood sticks and gluing them to the folding paper to make it stand while taking into consideration different positions and angles. This exercise was giv en for 3d abstract forms exploration that results in innova tive forms and shapes using common and cheap materials.
Professor: Michel Heintz | Partrners: None | Course: Fundementals of Design
Skins + Bones
This project started as depth analysis drawings repre sented by light, dark and dashed lines to show positive and negative spaces. Then, developing and trans forming the 2d drawings to 3d isometric models. The lines transform to an integration of volume to the mass and then adding planes and frames. Final ly, from the drawings the physical models are created.
Physical models: Drawing analysis
Physical models: (+) and (-) bar
Creating systems of organization by building volumes. This project’s objective is to to create volumes in a Sketchup digital model and to transform that to a physical model. The measurements of different volumes are given, the challenge comes by figuring out the placement and the connection of the volumes to create a cohesive form and design. Different materials are used for the physical models as well, such as chipboard, museum board, and concrete.
1:1 scale wood fabricated model
smaller scale models
Professor: Faysal Tabbarah | Partrners: Rawan Shabban and Sarah Mohamed | Course: Structure
Fabrication: Structure analysis
This project’s goal is to create a 1:1 scale structure that can withstand an average human weight. It starts by making a study of compression and ten sion with smaller scale models to a 1:1 scale wood fabricated model. Hence with the aid of the small-scale model analysis, the fabricated structure is made with nut, bolts, and tension cables connections with a platform for seating.
The work focuses on narratives and concepts, technical and material specificity, geometries, systems, and en vironmental realities (light, texture, depth of space and at mosphere) as hybrid, layered, and dynamic compositions.
This image’s narrative is a physical manifestation of a polluted city. The atmospheric pollution creates monstrous like forms and objects that resurfaces from the earth. “Maya 2018” was used for modelling and rendering the texture on the diagonal objects and “Blender” was used for creating the landscape. Both were collaged along with the polluted atmospheric images in Photoshop to create the final output.
Using Photoshop collages (images, advanced digital modeling, and renderings) to construct Systems and dense Landscapes.
Clusters and Hybrids
Experimentation of compositions using both digital and analogue skills. This project includes advanced digital modeling techniques, rendering, and Photoshop using collages to construct larger ‘clusters’ and ‘hybrids’ of objects and environments. These collaged compositions include settings (i.e. urban or landscapes).
The programs used are: Maya, Blender, Houdini, and Photoshop.
P 36-39 | ILLUSTRATION AND RENDERING Professor: George Katodrytis | Partrners: None | Course: Illustration and rendering
Collages made to experiment clusters and hy brid of man made machines and industries
This project’s narrative is creating a galaxy made with earthly materials that are used in an urban city. Hence, the planets are made by glass cylinders wrapped in a concrete interconnected form. While the galaxy seems to be made of aluminum fiber strings with a hybrid of an enclosed structure made of steel. “Houdini” was used for modelling the landscape and the objects, then collaged with galaxy atmospheric images in “Pho toshop” to create a Galaxy City imagery.
Timber Hybrid Living
Professor: Igor Curiel Partrners: Rawan Shabban
The competition challenges participants to re-imagine a vacant waterfront site in Queens, New York, as a vibrant and vanguard model of healthy, biophilic living for the future of the city. Designing a mid-rise, mixed-use complex that includes affordable housing, a large community wellness facility, and an early childhood education center, all interlaced with a new exterior public waterfront space. Proposing construction systems in scenarios that draw optimally on the performance characteristics of wood technol ogies, and thinking about the site as a testing ground for socially, materially, and environmentally progres sive and innovative models of sustainable urban living.
P 40-47 | TIMBER IN THE CITY
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Indoor environmental quality:
Skylight in the wellness helps sunlight to penetrate the building and to reduce electricity energy consumption
Use of the river water for the fountains for the community near the waterfront
Movebale panels in windows of the edu cation center that allows inner ventilation and air circulation
Materials and resources:
Energy and atmosphere:
Water efficiency:
The two main axis define the public and private zones in the site and circulation. similarly to the Queensboro Bridge in NY, a bridge is designed to connect the resi dental Designbuildingsstrategies:
LEED credit
Cross laminated timber and concrete are mainly used for the construction
UseSustainablecategory:sites:ofnativetreevegetation that absorbs water and less combustible trees that are useful due to the proximity to the river
The project is located in an industrial area, therefore, the addition of the green roofs helps in creating a more sustainable environment. Masses are substracted to create defined exterior spaces for public use
Section cutting through the mid-rise complex and the education center
The use of the shifted frames act as a shading device, as well as breaking the rigid rythym of Manhattan’s grid. The masses are shifted for more exposure to sunlight, natural ventilation, and views
Render of the mid-rise complex, the community wellness facility, and the education center from the entrance view
Concrete foundation columns
Primary timber beams
Concrete coreTimber columns
Secondary timber beams
Foundation footing
Exploded axonometric of the residental structure:
Concrete to timber connection by steel corner post base with attach ment wings
Wall section details of the residental building:
Constrcution details: Physical model of the wall section
Thick skins Carlow
| Partrners: None | Course: Studio
The Aljada Central Hub of Arada’s sales centre by Zaha Hadid Architects includes an outdoor cine ma space, a food truck village, and a skate park, is due to complete at the end of 2019. Arada said it is on track “to complete the entire complex by 2022”. They sponsored students to create a pavilion next to a food truck village. After analyzing venecural and con temporary case studies of performative rooftops, a similar approach is implemented for ARADA’a pavilion. The pa vilion acts as a community hub for the users of the Cen tral Hub that provides shade and a cooling effect as well.
P 48-55 | AL JADA, ARADA CENTRAL HUB Professor:Jason
Contemporary: Dragon Skin Pavilion by LEAD Dry plywood inter secting and bent to al low ventilation and sun light in the interior
Based on an analysis of the stone, inspired by the vernacular and the contemporary examples, the de sign uses conical forms with layers of shingles, oriented vertically, rather than horizontally to pro vide shading and channel prevailing winds. The design process employed form finding techniques using suspended ring structures to find structural solutions for a pavilion made of inverted, shingled cones.
Design strategies:
Case studies:
The Site: Arada, Al Jada Central Hub on track to be completed by 2022 in Dubai,U.A.E by Zaha Hadid Architects
Truli Village houses lo cated in the Puglia re gion of southern Italy. The Puglia houses featured clustered conical structures built with corbeled stone and clad with thin slate shingles
Venecular: Trulli houses
Step 1: Arches with 3.6 m distance
Step 2: Half cones to allow circulation and to support the hanging cones
North west straight singles to allow wind and sun to come through. South east an gled shingles to block sun and humid air
Different sizes of the rings to block or al low sunlight penetration and natural ven tilation
Arches to support and connect the rings to form the cones
Design stratergies:
Parti diagram:
Step 3: Hanging full cones with different opening sizes depending on sun angles
Step 4: Bending of the steel rings by melting to support the strucutre and connect the connes
Physical models:
Physical models’ trials to establish various ways to create shingles and rings to form cones and connect them. Different materi als were used for the models, such as cardboard, acrylic, MDF, ropes, and strings. Some models use strings and ropes to con nect the cones while others use acrylic to connect the shingles to each other. The cones could be hanging, standing upright or slanted with the support of other cones.
The final model is the result of these explorations made with chipboard and museum board
P 58-65 | GRITNOVA AI SUSTANABILITY PROJECT
A floating city design is proposed to be on the end of the Hudson River in New York - USA. The project con sists of five districts, the Art District is one of them. the sea level will rise within the next decades, which will cause a displacement of a huge number of people and animals. We as architects are left to pro pose a suitable solution. To build a floating city on the core concepts of; Sustainability, Bio-mimicry and Circular economy, as the solution to the challenges faced by New York in the coming decades.
Partners: Osama Fayad, Branden Berg, Daniel Biton, Rodrique Abi Chebel
Art Distrcit Project
