Undergraduate Portfolio-Hamza Jamjoom

Hamza JAMJOOM

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Penn State University (B. Arch) 2018 - 2023

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Hamza JAMJOOM

Nature Education Center

“The mission of The Arboretum at Penn State is to engage the academic strengths of the University in promoting scholarship and education about plants and their history and importance on earth. The Arboretum at Penn State strives to be a place of beauty and renewal, a venue for the arts, and a pathway to discovery and enrichment.

The Nature Education Center would be at the heart of the cultural district at the University; It will be the main destination at the Arboretum where students, professors, and visitors can learn about the lush plants of Pennsylvania.”

The building design is inspired by an existing garden (Poplar Court) that is considered formal within an organic setting.

Hence, the trees, columns, and walls are driven by the garden’s grid to have a vocabulary that is familiar to the site. The ‘lines’ from the Poplar Court are extruded into the education center, as shown in the site plan, creating a modular sequence of space that focuses on verticality and modularity.

Laia Celma | ARCH 330/331

Site Plan: The poplar court is located behind the Education Center and the tree lines drawn created a 6 feet module into the building.

Exploded Axonometric Wooden columns were utilized to mimic the rich trees of Pennsylvania.

Section

North Elevation East Elevation

South Elevation West Elevation

Lobby:

Active Strategy: Water Collection- When it is raining, there is a water collection system that begins on the roof. The plants collect water and it is moved down through a thicker pipe within the column which involves a series of filteration steps till it is stored at the cistern. The water is reused in the building.

The constructed wetland allows for collecting stormwater. The welands are connected through the outlet pipe as there is a natural flow of water through the angle of the ramp.

Visitors could enjoy the weather and learn about the lush trees found in Pennsylvania.

The lighting strategy of utilizing colored uplights allows the outdoor sunken garden to be highlighted and celebrated at night. This is important as visitors cannot access the area directly from the entrance, but must be gravitated towards the area.

Sunken Garden

Modular Low-Cost

Housing: Concrete Printing Technology

“The focus of the studio was governed through parallel systems of research and design activities. The objective was to establish the design of a small low-cost housing units and explore novel ways to develop and represent through Automated Additive Construction technology.

The project comprised a deep-dive into the technological complexities of integrating elements related to design, material properties, and printing system, resulting in the utilization of Robotic Additive Construction as a new design initiative within the fields of architecture and engineering.”

Site:

Sahara Desert, Issaouane Erg Sand Sea. Located in Eastern Algeria, the Issaouane Erg has sand dunes as tall as 400 feet. The design is inspired by the sand dunes and therefore the structure becomes part of the landscape, with a contrasting element of concrete.

Project Responsibility:

Responsibilities entailed learning new technology-based skills to be able to print concrete structures using robotic systems. Research, prototyping, arid climate testing, and design-development procedures were established prior to producing a flexible system that could be utilized in the Sahara Desert. Research was also established independently to consider unit modularization. Further, focused on designing using Grasshopper to represent a variety of iterations and printing multiple models before reaching the best solution.

Fall 2021 Professor Jose Duarte & Shadi Nazarian Arch 431

Partner: Gaurav Ganguli

Concept Development: Drawn from the Sand dunes of the Sahara Desert

Printing

Utilizing the robotic arm, we printed a scaled portion of the housing unit to test the technology

Plan Configurations: First, the central unit could be closed to create space. Second, at night, the sides of the unit unfold to create beds for the nomads. Third, the tables that cover the unit could be taken off when needed.

Section Diagram

Prayer Room:

At the back of the housing, there is a prayer room in which visitors could pray in tranquility

Roof

The sun penetrating through the roof informs the nomads prayer timings through the angles

Aurelian Wall Intervention

The project title POMERIUM 2.0 derives from “Pomerium” the name given to the ancient, symbolic enclosure of Rome, coinciding with the city walls, which separated its “sacred” space, with its laws, traditions and religious rites, from the outside world with its agricultural practice, military activity and alien populations and deities.

Phase 1 Group Site Analysis Partners: Emily Freid & Holly Zimmerman

Concept Statement: The intervention is an interactive route along the Pomerium for visitors to be enlightened about the local art, history and culture. It provides a new connection between the Testaccio and Ostiense neighborhoods. Pods attached to the Aurelian Wall create a unique park which connects the two museums. Visitors can directly interact with the Aurelian Wall

by climbing, touching and passing underneath the pods. Each pod teaches visitors about a different part of the neigh- borhood

Phase 2 Individual | Community Center Program Goal: To offer a flexible organi- zation of space that acts as a platform for visitors to learn about the arts in the area, simulate interaction between different disciplines, and become inspired by the end of the journey.

Spring 2022 | Professor Silvia Aloisio| Arch 499A Pantheon Institute

Section A-A

Elevation

Elevation

Meditation Space

Design Brief: ARKxSITE Competition

The fortress is located at Veracuz Figueira in Algarve, Portugal. Built in the 19th century, abrasions occurred through time and the stones remained. The program was to create a meditation space for visitors overlooking the ocean.

Concept:

The heaviness of the mountain along with the ruins is celebrated through the contrast of a light structure at the end of the cliff. This reflects nature; Earth is contrasted with the sky and water is contrasted with the stiffness of mountains.

in a space that enhances elevation of mind and body. This is meditation, the sensation of existing in a space that is boundless and limitless.

When visitors approach the site, they will be attracted towards the linear structure at the end of the cliff. Walking between the ruins till reaching the carved-out entrance that is contrasted to the light system. There, an infinite space towards the horizon will reflect the notion of meditation

As it is a flexible-modular sequence, one can contemplate by climbing up a ramp that symbolizes elevation of mind. Another possibility is focusing on one element by viewing a ruin wall from the building as sunlight creates shadows of columns and trusses.

Fall 2020 | Professor Katsuhiko Muramoto Arch 331

Concept Models Concept Models Collage

of Concept

Neue Galerie Expansion

Design Brief: NCMA Competition (National Concrete Masonry Association)

This is an expansion design project located at the Neue Galerie in New York City. The program is to expand the galerie to the neighboring building and offer improved accessibility to the location from 5th Avenue. The first week of the project revolved around studying a precedent with a group (partners Madison Ausbury and Adam Figueroa)

through analysis and model-making. The precedent chosen was Zaha Hadid’s Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati where I learned the importance of ‘negative’ space as means of circulation. Also, I learned how to connect the urban fabric with the building itself.

Design Concept: The expansion I designed is titled Pods Woven by Space

The New York city streets are organized

as a grid that connects through a dynamic central park. As shown in the sketch on pg. 35, the paths in central park ‘stitch’ the two grid halves together creating an organic movement and a break from the congestion of the streets. My Neue addition symbolizes the connection of the grid across the space of the park. My Neue addition consists of gallery pods supported on a grid that are divided by a large open atrium of space that cuts from the sky to the basement of the addition.

Precedent Sketches

Spring 2020 Professor Felecia Davis | Arch 232

New York Analysis - Model & Sketch

Precedent Models

Concept Models

The string represents the ‘dynamic space’ which reflects the nature of the New York City grid. It is a reflection of how Central Park breaks the grid and creates breathing space.

Concept Interior Development

Existing Neue Galerie

Section

Boathouse

The targeted clients for this project are kayakers at the Bald Eagle State Park. The dynamic terrain of the site resonates a radiant interaction between the viewrs and the park. As visitors approach the boathouse, either along the water or via the pathway from parking,the building appears to puzzle the visitors as there are multiple layers (structure and scree- ning) intrigues the kayaker to explore. A flexible kayak rack wasalso built to store the kayaks throughout the seasons as the water levels change

Fall 2019 | Professor DK Osseo-Asare| Arch 231

Side Elevation

Front Elevation

Dock View

Kayak Rack Mechanism & Models

This project features a lantern that was designed based on geometry. The design concept was presented with a physical model constructed with papers that is a fusion of our preliminary work. Afterwards, we utilized the CNC machine to cut steel panels to create the final lantern.

Spring 2019 Professor Benay Gursoy| Arch 132

Swirl

Snub Dodecahedron

Partner: Christopher Castiglia

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