G E O R G E A. E I D Selected Works | 2015 -2021
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Zein Design - Abu Dhabi, UAE CONCEPT ARCHITECT / April 2021 - Present
American Institute of Architecture Students - Byblos Lebanon
- Designing architectural concepts for residential and mixed use buildings in the UAE. - 3D Rendering and BIM Modeling comprehensive architectural models including MEP, Structural, and Environmental Data.
- Organized and executed the year plan including events and activities focused on student professional self development. &UHDWHG DQ RQOLQH GDWDEDVH WR DLG DUFKLWHFWXUH VWXGHQWV ĆQG PDSV and information related to potential sites. - Gave an Online Revit Course using Panopto to 45 students.
EDUCATION
Sweven Services for Marketing & Web Development - Dubai,
UAE
CREATIVE DESIGNER / April 2021 - June 2021
Lebanese American University- Byblos
- Worked on Web Design, Social Media Management, Motion Graphics, and Videography. - Handled branding and marketing of clients in the MENA region.
Bachelor of Architecture (CGPA: 3.79) September 2015 - June 2020
Antonine Sisters School Ghazir
Lebanese Baccalaureate / General Sciences
Unipods LLC - Ras al Khaimah, UAE BIM ARCHITECT / Jan 2021 - April 2021
October 2000 - June 2015
INTERESTS Architecture Psychology Music Politics History Travel Graphic Design Computation Stand Up Comedy
AWARDS AND CERTIFICATES “Safe Space” Exhibited at the Venice Biennale / May 2021 La Biennale di Venezia
AIA Design Awards Second Place / December 2020 American Institute of Architects Middle East
AIA Associate Architect / October 2020 Torch Award / July 2020 Awarded to a graduate of each school displaying “great leadership and service spirit”
Urban Furniture Design Competition 2nd Place / July 2018 DPLB X Egger
Dean’s Honor List - High Distinction / January 2016 - July 2020 Lebanese American University
- Modeled Architectural, MEP, and Structural Families on Revit based on schematic drawings and suppliers’ technical sheets. - Modeled Prefabricated Pods using Revit at LOD 500.
La Table Events - Abu Dhabi, UAE 3D Modeler/ Graphic Designer / November 2020 - Present
/ October 2019 - June 2020
- Led a team of 9 coordinators who prepared, maintained, and supervised the smooth running of three Training Sessions and The Final Conference. - Innovated a new Exit Pass system using Google Drive and Google Sheets which ensures delegate safety and facilitates Trainer WorkćRZ
Helped teach highschool girls how to produce laser cut models along with exploring different ideas related to spatial visualization.
Bernard Mallat Architects - Beirut, Lebanon ARCHITECTURAL INTERN / June - July 2019 - Modeled detailed urban projects in the MENA region. - Submitted landscape proposals and environmental studies.
Autodesk Autocad Autodesk Revit Autodesk 3DSMax Lumion
ghali@swevenservices.com
DIRECTOR OF LOGISTICS AND OPERATIONS
- Modeled and rendered several projects on Revit and Lumion. - Optimized the design process and increased team collaboration by introducing BIM software to the company.
Arabic English French Spanish
Mr. Ghali Hafez - Sweven LLC
LAU Model African Union - Beirut, Lebanon
Girls Got IT Workshop - Parallel Studio - Beirut, Lebanon
Dr. Maroun Daccache - LAU jad.saber@unipods.ae
Participated in meetings with LAU Faculty focused on discovering methods of enhancingdesign student studio lifestyle.
Architectural Consulting Group - Abu Dhabi, UAE ARCHITECTURAL INTERN / August 2019
SKILLS
Mr. Jad Saber - Unipods
STUDIO CULTURE COUNCIL MEMBER / March 2019 - June 2020
Rotaract Club of LAU Byblos - Byblos, Lebanon
LANGUAGES Native Fluent Intermediate Conversational
LAU School of Architecture and Design - Byblos, Lebanon
- Designing and modeling stages and backdrops for weddings and events in Abu Dhabi using Sketchup and Photoshop. - Designing the graphics of various events (invitation cards & videos) 'HVLJQHG WKH &RPSDQ\ 3URĆOH
REFERENCES mdaccach@lau.edu.lb
VICE PRESIDENT / September 2019 - June 2020
Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Sketchup Rhinoceros
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC RELATIONS / Sep 2018 - Sep 2019 Managed club social media pages and led a team of 20 individuals ZKR FUHDWHG SRVWHUV ć\HUV DQG YLGHRV WR DGYHUWLVH GLIIHUHQW projects.
ARCHITECTURE TRAINER / March 2018
Beirut Port Explosion - Beirut, Lebanon
VOLUNTEER / August 2020
Assisted in the clean up of the several areas following the Beirut Port Explosion. Helped build furniture for the survivors of the explosion.
Sketching Model Making Microsoft Office Google Suite
Creative Thinking Team Management Communication Organization
Academic 01 A Safe Space Thesis | p. 5-14
02 Sprawl on the Fringe of An Ever Exploding City Year IV | p. 15-18
03 Reinspiring the Lebanese Artist Year IV | p. 19-20
04 The Contagious Void Year III | p. 21-22
05 Panopticon Year I | p. 23
Architecture
Professional 01 AS Villa Abu Dhabi p. 24-25
01 Sweven Services Website Social Media Management p. 29-31
02 POD #0803 Dubai p. 26
03 Bishop´s Residence Abu Dhabi p. 27
02 HAM Business Consultancy Social Media Management p. 32
03 Spot App
Social Media Marketing p. 33
Graphic Design
04 Trad Residence Metn p. 28
04 La Table Events Company Profile p. 34
Won Second Place at the AIA ME Design Awards: Student Graduation Project Category Currently exhibited at the Venice Biennale
“It is easier to build strong children, than to repair broken men.” – Frederick Douglas. Beirut, once an inclusive area for everyone with its freedom of speech, culture, and entertainment evolved to become an unfortunate result of its wars and tragic events. What remains now is only a story of what once was people’s home and refuge. This created feelings of detachment and pessimism in its populace, as few are those who are hopeful of what might happen in the near future. What the Lebanese youth require is a space for them, a space which can give them hope, a Safe Space.
A Safe Space Beirut, Lebanon
Process Sections
Process Axonometrics
Perspectival Section portraying the communication of the different functions of the project
Analysis The research began with a thorough study of the borderline areas in Beirut and their political, social, and architectural consequences, and how these borderlines can be transformed into connectors which serve all people regardless of race, sect, or gender.
Axonometrics Examining the Present Borderlines
On a programatic level, it has been discovered that the area served an intellectual purpose in the early 20th century, with its several printing presses and news companies.
A physical analysis has been carried to examine the amount of traffic and density during each period of the day in order to asses the optimal placement of each function. Since each function will serve a certain portion of the youth and thus be active at a specific time, this portion of the analysis was necessary to make sure the project adds to the site and the commnity rather increase problems.
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Elevation of the Basta Area
After Sections Showing the Impact of the Underpass
The presence of these borderlines majorly affected the character of these areas and transformed a very vibrant area filled with life and commerce to two very detached districts each with its own characteristics. The civil war further catalyzed this separation as each district was filled with a community unique to a specific religion.
After the assessment of the different borders, several sections were cut across the site in order to examine the possibility of creating a common ground between the 2 very socio-politically varied areas. This final part of the analysis involved programmatic functions in both areas along with certain urban and architectural elements.
The project comprises a Montessori Technical School for teaching children skills and crafts needed in their area, an Innovation Hub and Tower aimed at empowering young adults to start their own businesses and an underground nightlife venue where people from different backgrounds join hands and forget their differences. The different functions are situated at different levels and stem from an underground monolith which combines different activities in the same place thus giving people the sense that they are part of a larger community.
Programmatic Axonometric of the Project
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Axonometric Render of the Public Piazza Space, Linking the Whole Project at the Ground Level
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Sectional Axonometric Showing the School and its link to the library
First Level of the School
The school comprises technical workshops, lecture halls, a multi level study
hall and sports complex. This section shows the multi level study hall with its horizontal corridors, acting as study spaces and the large stairs which serve for seating. The verticality of the school is achieved through visually and functionally connecting different classrooms through large shafts which serve as connectors in one case, and mechanical lifts in another case. The most private side to the right includes the lower elementary and includes a music workshop, art workshop and nursery; the void in this case serves as a sound transmitter allowoing students in the art room to listen to the music from the music room and enjoy the ambiance of the tree from the nursery. The other section would be middle school and includes a computer lab and IT workshop. The void serves as stairs and mechanical lift. The most public part would be the highschool which is majorly exposed to the highway and includes fabrication workshops such as carpentry, metal works, furniture design, and culinary arts.
Exploded Axonometric explaining the overlay of the different levels of the Study Hall
The intention of the facade
is meant to portray the atmosphere of creativity within the school and to create large openings that connect the school entities and define them as one thus enforcing the vertical school idea. The shafts are also exposed and create a hierarchy of openings. Vertical openings for shafts, geometric openings as windows and small squarish openings which serve as shelves in which students can display their projects and where student work can become part of the facade. The purpose of the diagram below is to show the interrelation of the public piazza with the underground realm characterized by athletic activities. Views are created with the different in slab slopes that also create interesting promenades to people accessing the site. The diagrams to the right show the fabrication workshops along with the custom made chairs used by the students.
Section-Elevation Collage Explaining the Interaction of the Underworld and Upper World of the Project
Exploded Axonometrics Depicting the Fabrication Workshops
Exploded Axonometric of the Library Reading Area
Exploded Axonometric of the Library
Roof Structure
Second Floor Workign Area
Reading Area
A bridge is created on the bookshelf for the upper levels of the shelf. This bridge may change inclination with the help of 6 mechanical rods that compress and extrude in order to accomodate the selected height. The bench on the right is present at the outdoor reading area.
Mechanical Steel Rods
Outdoor Benches
The library comprises a multi level entity which takes the person from the exterior ground level Shelf Bridge
to the upper levels and the school. The ground level connected to the school study hall is extended to an outer reading area surrounded by the Y columns holding the library and overlooking the public piazza. The main space present in the first level is defined by reading steps collided to a large bookshelf where people can enjoy a book while admiring the view of the public piazza and school.
Setional Axonometric Showing the Athletic Courts, Theater, and Student Playground
First Underground Plan
Exploring the underground realm, portrayed by an intertwining of the athletic along with the leisure functions. The athletic center is conceived as a full fledged complex serving the school and the community as a whole. Activities ranging from swimming, basketball, football and others allow school kids to interact with other disadvantaged children who lack these facilities in their city.
Perspectival Section Showing The Nightlife Venue and Stand Up Comedy Club
On the other hand, the Nightlife Venue is meant to serve as a social catalyzer happening in the underground symbolizing a “return to the roots”. Citizens of the Achrafieh area access it through a public staircase, meanwhile citizens of the Basta region access it through a tunnel happening underneath the Bechara El Khoury underpas. It includes a Party area and Stand Up Comedy club where citizens turn their tragedy into humor in the spirit of accepting one another.
A P A R T M E N T S D O R M S HOSTEL
Sectional Axonometric of the Live-Work Tower
LI VI N G P UBLI C LI VI N G
I N N O VAT I O N
A series of green spaces shape the main public space which includes stairs as physical connectors and voids as visual connectors, thus creating a sense of community in the residential tower. The voids themselves are shaped by the flow of western sunlight to the building. And in this section we can see the interrelation between the double leveled apartments, single level apartments, the main central public space, and the alternating work spaces and lounges happening every 2 to 3 levels and becoming the public spaces of the building.
Sprawl on the Fringe of an EverExploding City Beirut Port Area, Lebanon
An urban project was the main objective of this studio, with the driving idea the creation of an urban park separated into 5 different courtyards, each acting as its own microcosm of the city and hosting a set of unique functions, from library, to sports complex, and day care center. The project’s goal is to extend the Pasteur street to the highway. This housing project aims to link different streets and parts of the Gemmayze area,through a series of different experiences encapsulated in courtyards, sitting on one of the most important highways in Beirut and suspended above. While providing affordable housing at different scales for the workers of Beirut, either in towers facing the port, or structures facing Pasteur street, a variety of amenities is also offered to the community.
Typological Diagrams of the Apartments
Exploded Axonometric Depicting the Implemented Courtyard System
Perspectival Section of the 1st Courtyard Linking to the Sports Arena
Exploded Axonometric of the Project
Approach of the Project
Perspectival Render Depicting Courtyard Belt System
Concept |Diagrams
Diagrammatic Plan Explaining the Overlay of the Circulation Paths
Circulation Diagram
Main Path
Secondary Path
Tertiary Path
A park is created in the in between spaces, assuming altered identities as one moves through the platform, either taking the form of a sloping green surface, boxed-in between the courtyards, or a simpler green area unfolding in front of the ground floor functions inhabiting the lower buildings, such as a day care and a supermarket.
Photos of the Section Model displaying the Facade Material and Courtyard Experience
Project Art RevivalLebanon Byblos, Lebanon
The project brief encompasses a spiritual place to inspire artists and provide them with a new experience while providing for their activities. A temple like experience was created in order to reinstill or rebirth what was once lost in the Lebanese Artist; Inspiration. The project includes a complete promenade path for visitors, which allows them to view and interact with the artists, whether in their rooms, work studios, or room of silence. Artists are also given the opportunity to showcase their work in the gallery.
Perspective Drawing Showing the Stepped Terraces and Gallery Facade
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Elevation of the Project from the Valley
The intent of this studio was the creation of a housing project in the Karm El Zeitoun area of Beirut. This area witnessed several factors which led to its current unpleasant condition.
A student housing program was chosen to provide affordable housing for students in nearby universities and schools and to allow people of the young age group to engage in community acts, enliven the neighborhood, and invite commerce to the area. The title “Contagious” derives the main intention of the project; Influence An in depth study of the proximity has beeen carried out followed by site selection and program definition. The project contains 15 rooms for students, a library, gym, and theater.
The Contagious Void Beirut, Lebanon
Perspective Drawing Depicting the Street Approach of the Project
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The facade implemented on this project makes use of layers of glass, concrete and movable sheets of steel for varied privacy in the more private parts of the building.
Facade Detail Drawings
Eastern Elevation
Panopticon Foundation Year Work
A panopticon is an institution that is designed in a way as to allow one unit to have surveillance abilities over different other units due to the former's central positioning. Since in our day knowledge, intelligence, and information mean power, my body seeks to gather information from its surroundings using its variable size and receptors. As it opens up its receptors and gathers information, it gains power over its surroundings, thus it elevates as a form of demonstration of superiority. This extra height allows it to gather more information since it widens the panopticon’s range of sight. The receptors are placed all over the panopticon and from all sides for maximum range of sight and the spinal system allows transformation of information from one plate to another and ensures that all of the body is in sync and continuity.
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