Fatma Oualha Portfolio

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GENERAL INFORMATION - Nationality: Tunisian - Date of birth: 22/02/1996 EDUCATION - American University of Sharjah B.A. in Architecture Graduated in May 2020 - Qatar university, Doha, Qatar, Electrical Engineering September 2014 - December 2014 - Amna Bint Wahab school Doha, Qatar September 2013 - June 2014 - Tunisian high school, Doha, Qatar September 2010 - June 2013

SKILLS Computer Skills Rhinoceros/ Grasshopper Revit AutoCAD Twin Motion (Rendering) 3Ds Max

- Maya - Houdini - Photoshop CC - Indesign CC - PremierE Pro

Other Skills Drawing Sketching Painting Video Editing

- Laser Cutting - Wood Fabrication - Steel Fabrication - Physical Models

CERTIFICATIONS & AWARDS - Top 10 winning entries in Cool Abu Dhabi challenge competition and Grounds of hope memorial competition 2nd winner of Anti-Smoking design poster campaign in American University of Sharjah in 2020 American University of Sharjah Merit Scholarship from 2015-2017 and Dean List in Spring 2020

EXTRA CURRICULARS Media coordinator in Tunisian cultural club in American University of Sharjah.

Participated in Tiny House competition 2020 by Volume Zero Competitions Volunteered in various events including interior rennovation for an Orphans’ house and painting for a school

COMMUNICATION Arabic (native language) English French

WORK EXPERIENCE Internship in Mimar Design architect and consulting engineers in Doha, Qatar in 2018 Tasks: - Constructing lateral and longitude sections for a residential villa using AutoCAD - 3D modeling using AutoCAD and rendering the villa using 3Ds Max

CONTACT +974 66715221

fatmaw_14@yahoo.com

TABLE OF CONTENTS

P 4-11

COOL ABU DHABI CHALLENGE COMPETITION

P 12-19

BIM PROJECT

P 20-25

GROUNDS OF HOPE MEMORIAL COMPETITION

P 26-33

PHYSICAL MODELS/ FABRICATION

P 34-37

ILLUSTRATION AND RENDERING

P 38-45

TIMBER OF THE CITY

P 46-53

AL JADA, ARADA CENTRAL HUB

P 4 -11 | COOL ABU DHABI CHALLENGE COMPETITION

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 vegetation 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.

Professor: George Newlands | Partrners: None | Course: Studio + Competition

The stratergies used to reduce the heat island effect includes: - The practice of the tree planting in cities is an incredible 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.

- Green parking spaces utilize green infrastructure 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.

- Water channels and irrigation systems are implemented 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 channels. 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.

- Metal fabric mesh is implemented in the project because 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 precipitation for a cooling effect and irrigation purposes.

Exploded Axonometric

P 12-19 | BIM PROJECT

BIM project This project introduces two-dimensional drafting and three-dimensional 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 paper. The task is to produce drawings and renders from scratch by using Revit 2019. To model the villa and produce drawings with BIM CAD applications to assist in design decisions.

Professor: Ahmad Mokhtar | Partrners: None | Course: CAD course

The construction of the thick exterior walls mainly consists of concrete cast in place as a core boundary with rigid and air insulation and wood finishes. In addition, less thicker exterior and interior 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

Plans and sections perspectives that show the spaces and the structure of the villa

Glass curtain walls with wood louvres are included for a clearer relationship and shaded view between 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.

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Elevations show the facade of the villa from various directions along with the grid and the height levels

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East-West Elevations

Professor Ahmad Mokhtar

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P 20-25 | GROUNDS OF HOPE MEMORIAL COMPETITION

Grounds of Hope One of the 10 Winning Entries of the Grounds of hope memorial 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.

Professor: None | Partrners: Amna al Hashimi | Competition

Falcon

From derived from the shape of a falcon’s wing

Fanoos (lantern)

Structure mirrored

Lanterns (feathers) combined with the structural form (wings)

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.

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The water in the center of the structure is meant to provide cooling and to represent the division that people had to follow for the safety of the community.

The bent stainless steel rods are longer across each bay towards the back to give an illusion of a soaring wing and height variations.

Three colors for the lanterns are used: dark orange, orange, and yellow that represent encouragement and determination and to give depth to the lanterns.

The structure becomes a central component that illuminates the area where people would go to gain courage and hope.

P 26-33 | PHYSICAL MODELS/ FABRICATION

Physical models: Skin + Bones 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, creating 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 given for 3d abstract forms exploration that results in innovative forms and shapes using common and cheap materials.

Professor: Michel Heintz | Partrners: None | Course: Fundementals of Design

Physical models: Drawing analysis

This project started as depth analysis drawings represented by light, dark and dashed lines to show positive and negative spaces. Then, developing and transforming the 2d drawings to 3d isometric models. The lines transform to an integration of volume to the mass and then adding planes and frames.

Finally, from the drawings the physical models are created.

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

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 tension 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.

Professor: Faysal Tabbarah | Partrners: Rawan Shabban and Sarah Mohamed | Course: Structure

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P 34-37 | ILLUSTRATION AND RENDERING

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.

Using Photoshop collages (images, advanced digital modeling, and renderings) to construct Systems and dense Landscapes.

The work focuses on narratives and concepts, technical and material specificity, geometries, systems, and environmental realities (light, texture, depth of space and atmosphere) 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.

Professor: George Katodrytis | Partrners: None | Course: Illustration and rendering

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 “Photoshop” to create a Galaxy City imagery.

P 38-45 | TIMBER IN THE CITY

Timber Hybrid Living 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 technologies, and thinking about the site as a testing ground for socially, materially, and environmentally progressive and innovative models of sustainable urban living.

Professor: Igor Curiel | Partrners: Rawan Shabban | Course: Studio

LEED credit category: Sustainable sites:

Use of native tree vegetation that absorbs water and less combustible trees that are useful due to the proximity to the river

Water efficiency:

Use of the river water for the fountains for the community near the waterfront

Energy and atmosphere:

Skylight in the wellness helps sunlight to penetrate the building and to reduce electricity energy consumption

Materials and resources:

Cross laminated timber and concrete are mainly used for the construction

Indoor environmental quality:

Movebale panels in windows of the education center that allows inner ventilation and air circulation

Section cutting through the wellness and education center

Design strategies:

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 residental buildings

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

Ariel render of the mid-rise complex, the community wellness facility, and the education center

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

Render of the mid-rise complex, the community wellness facility, and the education center from the entrance view

Exploded axonometric of the residental structure: Timber columns

Concrete foundation columns

Primary timber beams

Concrete core

Secondary timber beams

Foundation footing

Concrete to timber connection by steel corner post base with attachment wings

Wall section details of the residental building:

Constrcution details:

Physical model of the wall section

P 46-53 | AL JADA, ARADA CENTRAL HUB

Thick Skins The Aljada Central Hub of Arada’s sales centre by Zaha Hadid Architects includes an outdoor cinema 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 contemporary case studies of performative rooftops, a similar approach is implemented for ARADA’a pavilion. The pavilion acts as a community hub for the users of the Central Hub that provides shade and a cooling effect as well.

Professor:Jason Carlow | Partrners: None | Course: Studio

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

Venecular: Trulli houses Truli Village houses located in the Puglia region of southern Italy.

The Puglia houses featured clustered conical structures built with corbeled stone and clad with thin slate shingles

Contemporary: Dragon Skin Pavilion by LEAD

Design strategies:

Dry plywood intersecting and bent to allow ventilation and sun light in the interior

Based on an analysis of the stone, inspired by the vernacular and the contemporary examples, the design uses conical forms with layers of shingles, oriented vertically, rather than horizontally to provide 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.

Parti diagram:

Step 1: Arches with 3.6 m distance

Step 2: Half cones to allow circulation and to support the hanging cones

Design stratergies:

North west straight singles to allow wind and sun to come through. South east angled shingles to block sun and humid air

Different sizes of the rings to block or allow sunlight penetration and natural ventilation

Arches to support and connect the rings to form the cones

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

Renders:

Exterior render

Interior render

Physical models: Physical models’ trials to establish various ways to create shingles and rings to form cones and connect them. Different materials were used for the models, such as cardboard, acrylic, MDF, ropes, and strings.

Some models use strings and ropes to connect 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