Hala Ashour Architecture Portfolio 2020

Architecture Portfolio 2013 - 2020

HALA ASHOUR

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Curriculum Vitae

R.A.K Villa

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Uzbakistan Villa_1

Uzbakistan Villa_2

Santorini Private Resort

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Raha Beach Apartments_1

Raha Beach Apartments_2

Gym to Cafe`

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Jabal Hafeet Resort

Z Residence

Jerash Residence

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Aqaba Logistics City Center

Pearls Villa

Albayader Energy Industry

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01 R.A.K. Villa _ 2018 With e11

Total built-up area: 5910m2 Role: Analysis, Concept, planning, 3d modeling Program: Private holiday resort Located on one of the summits of Ras Al Khaim mounts overlooking dramatic views of the Gulf Bay this house is designed for one of the royal families, would be used as a holiday house to escape the busy city life out there.

The materials and the building system used in the construction of the house follow the traditional methods with a modern feeling. The resulting building keeps the warmth and comfort of a traditional town house. The perfect environment for a peaceful escape house. Inspired from the mountain rocky nature the exterior is mainly cladded with natural stone of rough texture, besides using wooden vertical louvers to partially protects the fully glazed facedes againts the sun exposure while adding an poetric rythem from both outside and inside the building.

The house hosts 24 bedrooms, Public gathering formal and informal areas, and leisure areas (Spa, Gym, Cinema, and pool). all of these are served seamlessly by back of house areas that are carefully plugged inside to serve the house without interuspting the main rooms.

The planning strategy of the ground floor is a duality of an open Plan with the main functions and a balck box enclosure with the supportng functions

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The building masses have been scattered following the natural terrrains of the mount in such a way that allows each room inside the house to capture the best possible views.

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02 Uzbakistan Villa _ 2018 With e11

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Total built-up area: 2760m2 Role: Analysis, Concept, planning, 3d modeling, visualization Program: Holiday farm house

This house is located in a residential area along a small river in Tashkent, where the vegetation is so lush that it becomes very important.

The presence of some ancient holm oaks spread over the plot generates the location and shape of the dwelling.

Thus the design process is thoroughly bound to the place.

The building sets back to respect the largest trees, thus giving them a leading role.

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The house hosts four zones; Private royal zone of three bedrooms, Public zone of Majlis, Dining and Gym, Guest zone of 3 bedrooms, and the back of house zone for servants.

The design process started with the fragmentation of the building in several boxes. Each box has a different height according to the room that it hosts. This hierarchical organisation of the rooms gives the main façades rhythm and movement.

The materials and the building system used in the construction of the house follow the traditional methods with a modern feeling. The resulting building keeps the warmth and comfort of a traditional rural house. The perfect environment for a peaceful life.

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03 Uzbakistan Villa _ 2018 With e11

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Total built-up area: 1770m2 Role: Analysis, Concept, planning, 3d modeling, visualization Program: Holiday farm house

For the same previous project another smaller house option was proposed with a different style.

The approach in this proposal was to adhere to the surrounding buildings with a modern twist. so the house blends into its old surroundings but it is also related to our present time. each function has it’s own mass, each mass has it’s simple shape inspired form the basic geomerty of the surrounding buildings extended by wooden logs canopies. This extension allows the house to broaden outwards generating multiple terraces.

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The design Process started by stacking the required functions infront of the river capturing the best views.

The entrance lobby has been placed between the public and private areas with uninterupted views.

The public area has been pushed backward to increase the privacy of the bedrooms while increasing the outdoor public area. and finally rotating the bedrooms to follow the river direction to maximize their privacy and views.

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04 Santorini Villas_ 2017 With e11

Total built-up area: 7,800 m2 Role: Analysis, Concept, planning, 3d modeling Program: Private Holiday Themed Resort

A private resort for a royal family located on a beach of one of Abu Dhabi’s Islands.

The owner vision was to adapt the style of Santorini Isalnd in Greece.

The site was flat infront of the beach so, in order to create the cluster feeling of Santorini an artificial hill was created where all the back of house amenities were placed.

The resort consists of 3 zones; the central building is the main one where the main royal suite is placed along with formal and informal gathering spaces, gym, spa, bar, and cinema, a building for the very close friends of the owner where it accomodates 10 bedrooms with dining majlis and a lounge, and the third one is for occasional guests where ot also has 10 bedrooms, dining and lounges areas. The three buildings are connceted with the back of house amenites to serve the 5 star resort seamlessly.

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In order to bring the santorini theme inside as well as ouside, the plans layouts intented to be organic to simulae the shapes of santorini buildings.

Every Room was oriented toward the beach views. As the floors go up their sizes decrease in order to use the roof of the lower floors as a terrace for the upper ones.

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05 Beach House_ 2017 Total built-up area: 350 m2 Role: Analysis, Concept, Planning, 3D Modeling, visualization Program: Holiday House

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06 Raha Beach_ Option 1 With e11

Total built-up area: 17,000m2 Role: Analysis, Concept, planning, 3d modeling Program: Serviced Apartments

Located on one of Abu Dhabi beaches, the functional program of this building includes commercial serviced apartments: two cellars for Parkings and services, Lobby and retails on Ground Floor, Restaurant and recreationals on Podium levels, and nine floors include 65 studiod, 31 one Bedroom Apartments and a Penthouse of 4 bedrooms.

Design process started by building the maximum allowed volume with the core in the middle then creating a recess on podium level to allow for a bigger outdoor area, and shifting the mass on the core axis to maximize the views and exposure to light.

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Outer skin designed to be light, bright, and novel; Wooden texture, white plaster and white stone cladding were used inspired from the colors of the beach.

Using louvers that introduce dynamic and romantic lighting quality within internal spaces.

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07 Raha Beach_ Option 2 With e11

Total built-up area: 16,800m2 Role: Analysis, Concept, planning, 3d modeling Program: Residential Aparmtents

For the same previous project the client asked for another option with residential apartment units.

It includes 50 units of one, two, and three berdooms apartment, Fitness center, Retail area, Lobby and two underground cellars for parking. the units were carefully placed to achieve a maximum building effeciency in terms of Leasable area, Electrical Structural and Mechanical requirements while following the municipalty regulations.

Bigger and more balconies were placed in this option with two penthouses overlooking the city and beach views.

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2 Bedroom apartment layout

3 Bedroom apartment layout

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08 Cafe_ 2018 With e11

Total built-up area: 625m2 Role: Analysis, Concept, planning, 3d modeling Program: Coffee Shop

1st Option

The building was used as a Gym, the client asked to remodel it from both inside and outside to be used as a Cafe`, taking into consideration that most if it’s users are going to be ladies.

The first approach was to create an airy feminine atmosphere.

Pastel colors, Terazzo flooring, a big greenery area in the middle with cloud like pendants lightings were the key elements to achieve it the desdired theme.

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2nd Option In the second option a more casual country style approach was adapted.

Wood, white metal, terrazzo, home-like shelves and lots of greenery were the key elements used to create the atmosphere.

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09 Jebel Hafeet Hotel_ 2017 With e11

Total built-up area: 16,400m2 Role: Analysis, Concept, planning, 3d modeling, visualization Program: Hotel Located on top of a very distinctive rocky mount in UAE, Hafeet Mount. It’s a 5 star Hotel including 90 keys, 3 restaurants and lounges, a signature spa and recreation facilities.

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10 Z Residence_ 2016 Freelance

Total built-up area: 1,350 m2 Role: Analysis, Concept, Planning, 3D Modeling, visualization Program: Private Family House

It’s a family house, consists of three units; the parents’ unit located on the Lower two floors and the upper floor has 2 apartments for their sons.

The owner (the father) is a very social man who has lots of acquaintances, so a very flexible open plan was needed to adapt for his different kind of gatherings. That space has been located on the lower floor directly facing the pool. The entrance opens to a double volume with dramatic spiral stairs leading to the main gathering area.

The site is located on a steepy lot which allowed for an open basement floor where the pool, outdoor cinema theater guest and gathering rooms are. The family room, kitchen and bedrooms are located on the ground floor.

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The luxury of this house relies on it’s simplicity. The approach was to create a minimalistic elegant house. Local Stone cladding was used for facades with big openings to maximize the views and lighting quality while keeping their privacy by locating these openings on places where it’s not exposed. Movable wooden screens were used to add privacy while breaking the hot summer sun.

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Total built-up area: 605 m2 Role: Analysis, Concept, planning, 3d modeling, visualization Program: Private Holiday House 0

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Jerash residence is a family holiday house surrounded with the calm nature of Jerash.

The approach here is to make the rural nature setting of the site rules the function’s distribution to create a maximum possible link between inside and outside.

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The rural setting is 1visually linked with all 2 the spaces inside, using the open plan in 6 parallel to an elongated infinity pool in front of the panoramic views of Jerash, while multiple overlooking balconies are located in the upper floor.

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The open plan here has the ability to accommodate large number of guests for the family 4gathering and special events.

The main entrance is located along a spine where it 2 divides3 the private suites from the public area, while1 linking the entrance with the nature ahead via the6 direct glazed facade.

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The double volume void above the dining table and around the seating area makes the space feel more spacious and gives it a lighter effect on the nature and facades.

The private suites are floating above a reflected pool from their back side and could be accessed via a wooden deck in the ground floor, while from the upper floor are linked by an outside bridge that can be accessed from the inside.

The outer facade materials are selected to fit the nature with sandy colored concrete finish and travertine and wide glazed facades covered with a wooden louver skin over it, to break the direct sunlight while allowing it’s rays to penetrates inside for a dramatic dynamic effect that fits with the dynamic spirit of the surrounding nature.

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12 Aqaba Logistic City Centre_ 2013 With ASALI

Total built-up area:172k m2 Role: Analysis, Concept, planning, 3d modeling Program: Logistics Warehouses, Offices, Retails

n- Landscape - Visualization Located in the Aqaba-Saudi borders, besides the new port in order to complement their logistics services and in the same time create some other supporting functions.

The master plan was first of all designed in a way to reach an optimum result for the ease of use of the lorries circulation in accordance with the functions and the site contours. it’s divided into two main zones; the main official logistic works zone, and the other is fore public and entertaining zone.

The architectural design of each building was oriented into the green eco-friedly concepts, to reduce energy consumption, and also to create a user friendly spaces to provide the users a creative work atmosphere.

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The mosque is oriented towards the Qibla.

The prayes enter the mosque through a platform floating on a water feature surface, which reflects the prayer purity, covered by a timber canopy, inspired from the islamic patterns, while the facades are ornamented by the arabic font.

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The Institute The student zone is placed facing the whole logistic city and the sea views in order to show them a practical example for their studies, while the staff area and the conference room are placed on the other side floating on a water surface which enhance their spaces, and the internal corridor for the building as well.

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13 Pearls Vila_ 2015 Freelance

Total built-up area: 1,350 m2 Role: Analysis, Concept, planning, 3d modeling, visualization Program: Private Holiday Themed Resort Two attached villas projec. Placed in a sophisticated neighbourhood.

The land in divided equally for both villas. The main idea was to create a non-identical plans for the two vilas, while at the same time create a facade that look like it’s a single homogeneous unit

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The open plan in ground floor for both villas is integrated with the outside landscape differently, so that the user inside feels a good direct link with the outside features.

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1. Family living room 2. Open to below 3. Bedroom 4. Master bedroom 5. Balcony/ terrace

The facade is delicately carved with an islamic pattern that gradually fades towards the left side of the building.

This pattern was inspired from a nearby mosque.

The whole building is cladded with local clean cutted white stone that’s used in many houses around the same neighbourhood

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14 Albayader Energy Industry_ 2013 Gaduation Project

Total built-up area: 2600 m2 Role: Analysis, Concept, planning, 3d modeling, Visualization Program: Retail, Instituational, Industrial

The Proposed Project aims to present a solution for the energy problem we are suffering from. It also aims to promote sustainable and balanced interventions and find solutions .

The Site (Bayader Wadi Al Seer Industrial area) was chosen for its polluted environment and its waste disposal problem making it a perfect candidate for a new technology that produce energy from waste, and by that we place the solution in the problem area.

Developing Area towards Wadi Al Shita Nature is Dominant , Human Pollution is still low

One of the projects main goal is to raise awareness at the public level, to achieve that we chose to redesign wadi al seer vegetable market and place the rest of the project near it, benefiting from it as an entrance for the project and serves as a provider of waste (raw material) to the proposed power plant, producing energy for the project and by that closing the cycle of waste and energy .

The other goal was to create a research hub were researchers can study and develop alternative energy sources.

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