An architectural designer (Part II) based in London, I'm experienced in both design management and architectural design on projects across the UK and the Middle East. Proficient in Revit, AutoCAD, Sketchup, Rhino, and Adobe Suite. A collaborative team player with strong presentation skills and a proven academic record
CONTACT
15 The Hamlet, Champion hill, London, SE5 8AW +44 7435 110320 Nader.haytham21@gmail.com
LANGUAGES
English Arabic Spanish
Coventry University
Master Of Architecture M.Arch Part II Sept.2021 - Sept. 2023: distinction
Activities and societies: Architecture society Speaking Engagements and workshops
United Kingdom
• New London Architecture -Student Member
• Local Basketball and Volleyball teams
• Cycling and Hiking enthusiast -Adventure Society 2021 2023 2017 2021
Academie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts - University of Balamand BS-Architectural Studies (Part I Equivalent) Lebanon
Jan. 2017 - Jan. 2021: grade 16/20 (First class)
• Activities Included: ALBA society, Volleyball team
• Achievements: DEAN’S HONOURS, Académie Libanaise des Beaux Arts award for academic performance 2019-2021
EXPERIENCE
First Projects Int. Design Coordinator (Part II): July 2023 - July 2024 London, UK
• Produced documents and drawings for planning applications and change of use permitted development including design & access statements and natural light assessment reports
• I was responsible for collaborating as a focal point of contact between internal design teams and external consultants
• Took active design roles working with the architectural team on projects from small residential to midscale development across RIBA stages 0-5 using Revit
Coventry University
Assistant Tutor: Jan. 2023 - Jun. 2023 Coventry, UK
Supported undergraduate architecture students in their design tutorials by offering constructive feedback and resources
Qalhat Hills Properties
Junior Architect: October 2020 – September 2021 Lebanon
Worked on the design of extensions, refurbishments, and guest house developments from preliminary studies to construction
Design: Produced rendered and detailed architectural drawings using Autocad, Sketchup, and Revit.
Built strong client relationships through clear communication and personalized designs, including bespoke furniture drawings for carpenters.
Tripoli Municipality
Academic Placement: January 2019 – August 2019 Lebanon
• Worked as part of my University's collaboration with the municipality on Unesco preservation initiatives such as surveying and preserving 1920s window shutters and balconies
REFERENCES
Sebastian Hicks: M.Arch Course leader - Coventry University; Senior LecturerOxford Brookes University Shicks@brookes.ac.uk
Mustafa Abdelhalim: Operations & Projects Manager - First Projects Intl. (UK) m.abdelhalim@firstprojectsinternational.com
Re-Market: Rethinking Urban Market Typologies as a Hybrid Paradigm
RE - MARKET: Rethinking Urban Market Typologies as a Hybrid Paradigm
How does combining labyrinthine spatial design with the spectacle in urban markets transform the perception of time and disrupt traditional consumerist ideals?
Sovware Used:
Illustrator
Rhinoceros 7 Grasshopper
RE - MARKET: Rethinking Urban Market
Typologies as a Hybrid Paradigm
Cultural Reclamation
Embracing the radical concept of bending time in the urban market challenges conventional consumerism, disrupts temporal norms, and fosters cultural reclamation and temporal justice, ultimately oûering a vision of a more equitable and liberated urban experience.
MATERIAL RE-USE
the combination of reusing materials and structures from the old East London Market with the themes of the labyrinth and the spectacle creates a transformative space that honors the past, challenges dominant power structures, and oûers a vision of a more just and temporally conscious future.
LABYRINTH
Temporal Anarchy:
Embracing nonlinear experiences disrupts the spectacle's linear narrative of time, introducing a form of temporal anarchy. This challenges visitors to rethink their relationship with time and explore alternative narratives within the labyrinthine spaces of the market.
Bending time challenges the commodiûcation of time itself, subverting the spectacle's emphasis on productivity and eûciency. By creating an expansive, leisurely environment, the market reclaims time as a shared experience rather than a scarce resource to be monetized.
RE - MARKET: Rethinking Urban Market
Typologies as a Hybrid Paradigm
LABYRINTH
Visual Focal Point
|e central spiraling atrium would serve as the main space of spectacle in the project by captivating visitors with its dynamic form and immersive experience. Here's how it would exist as a central space of spectacle:
Embracing the labyrinthine nature of the project, the spatial layout features intricate pathways, meandering corridors, and interconnected spaces that encourage exploration and discovery. The design incorporates multiple levels, hidden alcoves, and unexpected transitions, inviting visitors to navigate through a complex and immersive environment.
As the central circulation spine of the project, the spiraling atrium facilitates dynamic movement and ûow, encouraging visitors to ascend and descend through its levels in a continuous loop. Its spiraling form creates opportunities for unexpected encounters and interactions, enriching the overall visitor experience.
RE - MARKET: Rethinking Urban Market
Typologies as a Hybrid Paradigm
LABYRINTH
Renecting the complexity of the labyrinth, the project integrates multifunctional zones that serve diverse purposes and accommodate a range of activities. Flexible spaces adaptable for exhibitions, performances, gatherings, and leisure activities allow for nuid transitions between diûerent uses, fostering a dynamic and interactive environment.
SPECTACLE
The visually striking technical cloud roof creates shade and comfort. It allows daylight into the interior through multiple small openings, similar to sunlight penetrating a forest canopy, creating an ever-changing visitor experience. Mirror surfaces renect direct sunlight against the roof skin, a dynamic interplay of light.
The Coventry Museum
INTROVERTED
creating an ambiance characterized by curvilinear shapes signifying the concept of transformation and the idea that a museum does not necessarily need to be static and stuck in a limited time period
Site Model
Structure Hinging on the Existing
it started out as a snake-like structure stretching from metropolis and evolved into the loop structure explored further throughout the project, where the central part of metropolis roof merges with the new structure in a continuous wave-like form
structure looping from a single source (personal experimental model)
Concept Evolution
FLUID
The Coventry Museum
Gallery spaces
Fluid and immersive exhibition
geometries of natural systems into a continuum of nuent and dynamic space 3 where oppositions between exterior and interior, light and dark, natural and artiocial landscapes are synthesised. Lines of energy converge within the Pavilion, constantly redeoning the quality of each exhibition space whilst guiding movement through the
Byblos, Lebanon
Contemporary Library Reflecting the Ancient city's Heritage
the aim is to create an interesting experience for visitors and staû through circulation and multiple zones of reading and study .dividing the library into separate and interconnected zones, where spaces can have their uniqueness and be connected by an interesting circulation Why would we want to work in oûces or sit at libraries in a post-pandemic world?
how could people utilize their time in a public building?
CONTEXT
the Byblibrary is strategically located on the edge of Byblos' historic old city, allowing for a seamless integration with the surrounding urban fabric. |is positioning oûers high visibility and accessibility while providing an opportunity to blend traditional and contemporary architectural elements, creating a dynamic cultural landmark that bridges the city's past and present.
SITE LOCATION
the Byblibrary is strategically located on the edge of Byblos' historic old city, allowing for a seamless integration with the surrounding urban fabric. |is positioning oûers high visibility and accessibility while providing an opportunity to blend traditional and contemporary architectural elements, creating a dynamic cultural landmark that bridges the city's past and present.
modular units provide nexibility in form and allows the house to evolve, which means a basic house doesn9t have to remain so |e essence of this modularityand nexibility is the main driver driver behind the project
BYBLIBRARY
" Basic House
Riwaq House
" O-court House
The lebanese traditional house is formed by adding modular units
WHY TIMBER? making the case for timber in a mediterranean climate
Pre-Fabrication. Mass timber buildings and Framework are made from engineered wood columns, beams, and panels that are pre-cut and prefabricated off site.
At its core, voids bring light and air into the deep volume while visually and physically connecting the floors and
CLT TIMBER CONSTRUCTION:
• floor type: ground floor
• sub-type: suspended timber
• P/A ratio 0.8
• insulation thickness: 9cm
U-value: 0.25
Green roofs
• construction type: flat roof
• roof type: inverted roof
• location: byblos, lebanon
• insulation thickness: 13cm
U-Value: 0.25
Professional Work
Project Architect: Sept. 2023 - Oct. 2024 First Projects
Powy Homes
Enfield, London
Redevelopment of a back-land brownfield site in Enfield of 9 family houses
Consulting with the contractors and external design consultants which include project management to produce the detailed plans to assist the builders and contractors. RIBA works stages 4-5 Personal role
Synopsis
rendering created by Dowen Farmer Architects
Professional Work
Designer: Sept. 2020 - Sept. 2021 Qalhat Hills
Koura Guest Houses
All Drawings Produced by Haytham using Synopsis
The project is a proposal for guest houses to be let as bed & breakfast in the
Koura, Lebanon
olive tree grove of Koura
created using Vray by other members of the team
Learning Outcomes
Koura Guest Houses
Getting exposed to professional detailed drawings
Discovering materials used in construction
Construction detailing Studying the terrain
Koura, Lebanon
Challenges involved
Old Qalhat House Plot#1447:
This project involves a adaptively re-using an ottoman era horse stable and transforming it to a modern flat for the property owner and client.
Consulting with the client and other consultants which include electric, structural and mechanical engineers to collaborate on producing the design and Architectural plans. RIBA works stages 1-5
o Improving my understanding in Re-using existing structures
o Establishing a connection between historic ottoman building traditions and innovative technologies through installing glazed arches in stone arch openings and connecting the spaces, exposing and treating the original stone used to build the vaults, and installing a newconcrete flooring.
Synopsis
Personal role
Koura, Lebanon
Personal role
JNL private house extension
Koura, Lebanon
This project involves an extension to a private house
Challenges involved
Consulting with the client to produce design alteration in the project the ones that are marked in red on the drawings. RIBA works stages 4-5
o Establishing a connection between historic lebanese heritage house structure and a modern extension that is able to compliment the original structure o Improving my understanding in Re-using existing structures and my understanding of minor design alterations
Synopsis
Structure for Biodiversity
De-Urban 2135
A vision for urban Rewilding
Leamouth Peninsula, London
SYMBIOSIS
the vision emphasizes the establishment of symbiotic relationships between the built environment and the surrounding ecosystem. By restoring natural habitats and allowing indigenous species to flourish, the urban landscape fosters symbiosis, where human activities and ecological processes coexist harmoniously to create a sustainable and resilient community
INTEGRATION OF NATURAL SYSTEMS
Prioritize the seamless integration of natural elements, such as waterways, green spaces, and biodiversity, into the built environment. Design spaces that harmonize with the surrounding ecosystem and support the health and vitality of local flora and fauna.
the idea is to create a flexible structure made of compressing clay with algae as shown before with oak timber boards as platforms for buoyancy with the upper layer of timber as platforms
mixing algae found in the thames river with london clay in different proportions to yield different performance results in terms of rigidity, density, and buoyancy.
