Portfolio 2022

IN BRIEF

I am an individual who ultimately believes in the power of learning. It is only through learning that one may strive for self growth profesionally and personally. I am constantly in search for new skills to acquire and new experiences to experiment with. I rarely limit my work to a single ideology or method, I rather employ a fluid strategy that is target oriented.

EDUCATION

Lebanese American University- Byblos Bachelor of Architecture (CGPA: 3.79)

September 2015 - June 2020

Antonine Sisters School Ghazir

Lebanese Baccalaureate / General Sciences

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

SKILLS

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Beiler François Fritsch Architectes - Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Architect / June 2022 - Present

In my current role as architect in the Revit team, I work on different facets of the CRMS LuxTram project, by: - conducting research pertaining to the structural, mechanical, and facade treatment of the administrative building, - developing the BIM model, - creating parametric Revit families to speed up the design process and facilitate changes, - working on interior and exterior spaces, and technical functions, - maintaining the cleanliness of the model and, - working on presentations for the APD phase.

Zein Design - Abu Dhabi, UAE

Concept Architect / April 2021 - May 2022

- Handled concept, permit, and tender phase of housing projects. - Participated in design, detailing, and coordination activities.

BIM Specialist / July 2021 - May 2022

- Assessed the design process and increased efficiency

- Created modeling, representing, and scheduling workflows.

- Created a library of Revit families for various disciplines.

Creative Designer / April 2021 - June 2021

- Worked on web design, account management, and motion graphics.

LEADERSHIP & VOLUNTEERING

American Institute of Architecture Students - Byblos Lebanon

VICE PRESIDENT / September 2019 - June 2020

- Organized and executed the year plan including events and activi ties focused on student professional self development.

- Created an online database to aid architecture students find maps and information related to potential sites.

- Gave an Online Revit Course using Panopto to 45 students.

LAU School of Architecture and Design - Byblos, Lebanon

STUDIO CULTURE COUNCIL MEMBER / March 2019 - June 2020

Participated in meetings with LAU Faculty focused on discovering methods of enhancingdesign student studio lifestyle.

LAU Model African Union - Beirut, Lebanon

DIRECTOR OF LOGISTICS AND OPERATIONS

/ 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 Work flow.

Rotaract Club of LAU Byblos - Byblos, Lebanon

DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC RELATIONS / Sep 2018 - Sep 2019

Managed club social media pages and led a team of 20 individuals who created posters, flyers, and videos to advertise different projects.

Girls Got IT Workshop - Parallel Studio - Beirut, Lebanon

ARCHITECTURE TRAINER / March 2018

- Modeled families based on technical drawings.

- Modeled 8 Prefabricated Pods using AutoDesk Revit at LOD 500.

Modeler/ Graphic

Designer

- Designed circulation plans, technical details, and materials and modeled the stage of weddings and events.

Helped teach highschool girls how to produce laser cut models along with exploring different ideas related to spatial visualization.

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.

Adobe Illustrator

Ms. Marta Fresneda - BFF m.fresneda@bffarchitectes.lu

Dr. Maroun Daccache - LAU mdaccach@lau.edu.lb

Arabic

English French Spanish Native Fluent Intermediate Beginner

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe After Effects

Adobe Premiere Pro

Thinking Communication Training

LuxTram CENTRE DE REMISAGE ET MAINTENANCE

Luxembourg, Luxembourg 2022

Le projet consiste en la réalisation d’un site de maintenance et de remisage évolutif qui viendra compléter une série d’infrastructures dédiées aux transports publics dans le quartier Cloche d’or.

Dans ce projet, j'ai travaillé sur différents aspects du bâtiment administratif, notamment la conception de la façade, la conception des détails et les présentations.

En plus du centre de remisage, des ateliers, une voie d’essais et un bâtiment administratif avec une cafétéria et une salle de sport s’inviteront sur le site. Sur une longueur de 250m le CRM hébergera 10 voies de remisage permettant d’accueillir environ 50 rames de tramway.

L’ensemble du programme a été traité comme un élément paysager cohérent dans l’esprit d’une composition harmonieuse et cohésive, contrairement à un morcellement des différents bâtiments. Des plantations importantes favorisant la biodiversité ainsi que des massifs végétaux sur terre-plein créant des zones ombragées, viendront renforcer ce paysage.

Locaux Techniques

Direction, Ressources Humaines

Salles de reunion, DAF, DNL, Communication, Locaux Techniques

Salles de reunion, Cafeteria, Salle de sport, Prise de poste, HSQE

Toiture Locaux Techniques, Vestiaires, Garage

L'intention du bâtiment administratif était de créer des espaces entièrement en bois. Des colonnes et des poutres en bois 40x40 ont été utilisées, ainsi que des dalles de plancher en CLT et des systèmes de plancher surélevé. Des panneaux rayonnants ont été intégrés dans le plafond afin de garder les espaces de bureaux chauds. Des panneaux en aluminium laminé avec un module d'espacement de 1,3 m offrent de l'ombre aux bureaux du bâtiment et définissent la façade.

Un chemin extérieur entre le bâtiment administratif et le atelier remisage était nécessaire pour la fonctionnalité du projet. Des structures d'ombrage métalliques modulaires ont été créées à l'aide de panneaux sandwichs afin de créer une trajectoire intéressante, remplie de nombreuses pauses et de zones de transition où les travailleurs peuvent se rencontrer et discuter. L'esthétique des structures d'ombrage s'inspire de la forme des colonnes de la voie ferrée.

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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

Won Second Place at the AIA ME Design Awards: Student Graduation Project Category

Currently exhibited at the Venice Biennale

Exhibited at LAU School of Architecture and Design Student Final Year Project Exhibition

Process Sections Process Axonometrics

Perspectival Section portraying the communication of the different functions of the project

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.

Axonometrics Examining the Present Borderlines

Before Sections Showing the Impact of the Underpass

After

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.

Elevation of the Basta Area

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 situat ed at different levels and stem from an under ground monolith which combines different activities in the same place thus giving people the sense that they are part of a larger community.

TOWER HUB

GYM TECHNICAL SCHOOL ATHLETIC CENTER NIGHTLIFE VENUE

Axonometric Render of the Public Piazza Space, Linking the Whole Project at the Ground Level

Programmatic Axonometric of the Project

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.

First Level of the School

Sectional Axonometric Showing the School and its link to the library

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

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.

The library comprises a multi level entity which takes the person from the exterior ground level 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.

Shelf Bridge

Mechanica Steel Rods

Exploded

Second Floor Workign Area

Reading Area

Outdoor Benches

Exploded Axonometric of the Library

Setional Axonometric Showing the Athletic Courts, Theater, and Student Playground

Perspectival Section Showing

The Nightlife Venue and Stand Up Comedy Club

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, basket ball, football and others allow school kids to interact with other disadvan taged children who lack these facilities in their city.

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 happen ing 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.

First Underground Plan

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.

Al Jazira Club SPORTS & RECREATION PAVILION

Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 2019

The intent of this project is to create a prototype multi-use pavilion that will be placed next to several stadiums in the UAE as an extension. Maintaing an open ground floor was an essential aspect of this project. The usage of steel structure and steel walls is necessary for the easy dismantling of the pavilion should it be transported or recycled. The circulation trajectory in this building is a constant flux between interior and exterior spaces, made possible with the glazed walls that allow for connectivity, as well as the steel stairs. The choice of colors was inspired by the Al Jazira FC emblem colors. My role in this project comprises redesigning, modeling, and rendering.

Roof Shading Devices, Sandwich Panels

Steel Beams and Bracing

Structura Concrete Wall

Steel Cast Stairs for Promenade

Roof Terrace

Theater, Yoga Room, VR Room

Mini Golf Course, Billiards, Cafeteria

Steel Cast Stairs for Promenade

Circulation Core

Steel Columns

Skate Park

Emirates National School STAFF ACCOMODATION

Beauty in the unit. Modularity was a guiding principle in this project as the different sizes of apartments dedicated for the staff of ENS are highlighted by the different modules of balconies and frames. My tasks comprised designing the facade and rendering several views.

2019 Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

COMMUNITY MOSQUE

The brief of this project entailed a small, cost-effective mosque for a small community town in Abu Dhabi. Openness and the integration of landscape was a guiding factor in the conception of this project. A mosque including prayer halls for men and women, as well as a housing unit for the clergy men, are formed in a way as to create an urban connection and bring the people inwards. I participated in the schematic and detail design of this project.

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Green space for the community

Maintaing an uban connection and placing the minaret as a follie in the pathway

Aligning the heights of the minaret and entrance frame from the ground level perspective

Screens with geometric, simpified patterns, reminiscent of the old Islamic motifs

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Height and scale are important factors in religious buildings. The minaret and the inner halls of the mosque were carefully designed to create a sense of scale while maintaing the impression of a cozy community mosque. Perforated GRC Panels define several facades and allow for the representation of Islamic motifs in contemporary manners.

Sprawl on the Fringe of an EVER- EXPLODING CITY

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.

Beirut Port Area, Lebanon 2019

Typological Diagrams of the Apartments

Perspectival Section of the 1st Courtyard Linking to the Sports Arena

Exploded Axonometric Depicting the Implemented Courtyard System

Approach of the Project

Perspectival Render Depicting Courtyard Belt System

Exploded Axonometric of the Project

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.

Circulation Diagram Main Path Secondary Path Tertiary Path

Photos of the Section Model displaying the Facade Material and Courtyard Experience

Diagrammatic Plan Explaining the Overlay of the Circulation Paths

Project ART REVIVAL-LEBANON

Byblos, Lebanon 2018

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 Leba nese Artist; Inspiration. The project includes a complete prome nade 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.

Promenade of Rebirth Harmony with Nature Stepping of Public Space Division of Functions According to Privaccy

Interaction Between Artists and People

Open up to access road and to views

Creation of 2 masses Creation of path from public to private

Depression of private entity to accomodate views

Stepping of public spaces to accomodate ramp

Perspective Drawing Showing the Stepped Terraces and Gallery Facade

Axonometric Sketch of the Project

-1 Level Plan

Elevation of the Project from the Valley

AS VILLA

This project aims at creating a large, open, and transparent spaces while maintaing privacy. It including a living room, dining room, kitchen, 4 bedrooms, and a separate master wing. Large L-frames and glazed planes define the different areas and connect it with the lavish exterior. In this project, I worked on facade treatment, permit documentation, detail design and modeling, and rendering.

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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Dubai, United Arab Emirates 2021

This pod is a pre-fabricated bathroom that is inserted as a plug-in into a hotel in Dubai. In this project, I modeled the architectural and MEP aspects of the pod at LOD 500 using Revit.