Architecture Portfolio - Ar.Hassan Jaseem

About me

My architectural career has been motivated by enthusiasm and creativity. I am always exploring opportunities to develop my skills and my understandings of the world. My interest in science drives me to be engaged in implementing multi-disciplinary approaches within the design. I always work keeping the team morale high and maintain my work efficiency as a team player as well as when working independently.

Contact Details

Address: Flat no.2, Building no.3282, Road 1856, Hoora, Manama, Bahrain

E-mail: ar.hassanjaseem@gmail.com

Ph: +973 38739048

CURRICULUM VITAE

Work experience

2022 - 2023 - Architect at AL NAIMI LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

Worked remotely as an architect on Landscape design projects at Kingdom Of saudi Arabia based Landscape firm under Er.Abdullah Naimi. Engaged in preparing landscape detail drawings, 3d modelling, concept development and estimation for design projects.

2019 - 2021 - Architect at ONEDESK CONSTRUCTIONS LLP:

Partner and Architect-in-charge of the Malappuram based construction and architectural design company. Headed the design team, handled client discussions and construction management for different commercial and residential projects

2018 - 2019 - Junior Architect at Hayren Studio Pvt Ltd., Kochi:

Handled design concept development, office management, client meetings, site supervision and construction in Kochin city for commercial and residential projects

2016 - 2017 - Intern Architect at SN ASSOCIATES, Kochi:

Handled design concept development, office management, client meetings, site supervision and construction in Kochin city for commercial and residential projects

In 2016 - Intern Architect at LJ Architects, Calicut:

Gathered experience in developing presentations for client meetings, working drawing development and site superivision

Educational Qualifications

2021

M.Arch in Recreational Architecture - Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi:

M.arch Thesis: “Redefining Triathlon as an urban revival strategy”

Dissertation: “Generative design for recreational public space”

2018

B.Arch - MES School of Architecture, Kerala:

B.Arch Thesis: NID Haryana Campus Design

Dissertations

• Mind, space and movement in religious recreation

• Identifying potentials for ecotourism in kottuli wetlands

• Generative design for recreational public spaces

• Mega event as urban revival strategy (Futuristic research paper)

Software skills

Autocad MS Office

Sketchup

ArcGIS

3ds Max Photoshop

V-ray for 3dsMax and Sketchup

Rhino

Illustrator

Indesign

PremierePro

Grasshopper

Lumion After Effects

Enscape

Co-curricular activities & Achievements

y SEARCH International Student Design Competition - 2020 | Shortlisted top 50

y Attended ‘Training on Green Infrastructure’ on Jan’21 conducted by CSE School of Water and Waste 2021

y Team member of UCP Trophy, NASA 2016 | Shortlisted in top 8

y Team member of ANDC 2016 | Participation

y Team member of LIK Trophy, NASA 2015 | Participation

y Public Relations, envision’16: College Architecture fest

Languages:

Interests:

Malayalam, English, Hindi

Graphic design & motion graphics, Video editing, Soft skill development, Reading, Writing, Sketching

Ar. Hassan Jaseem K M

M.arch (Recreational Architecture)

ARCHITECT AL NAIMI LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE (2022-2023)

SHROOQ PARK

Public park extending to an area of 8800sqm. The park is designed to be inclusive of various activities and functions for different age groups. The Kids’ play area is centrally located, multi-coloured and vibrant. ample space is provided for walking and jogging in the colured asphalt area circumventing the park. Terrazo conrete benches emerge from the ground level to provide multiple seating options for various user groups.

CONCRETE TERRAZO SEATING

EPDM FLOORING FOR PLAY AREA, in various colors to make the kids’ area more exciting

HDPE tensile membrane

Park

PAVING LAYOUT

FREELANCE WORKS, KSA

DEPLAN DESIGN COLLECTIVE

SABBIC OFFICE, Dammam

1600sqm area of the Sabbic office landscape area is renovated with contemporary design elements, to incorporate more open-shaded seating areas, that eventually turns out to be iconic element of the projects.

The earlier landscape was subdivided to create smaller spaces within the whole, creating interesting spatial definitions. Materiality of the landscape is also redefined by incorporating gravel area separted by PVC dividers

APARTMENT BOULEVARD, Riyadh

A boulevard designed in a 5m wide and 300m stretch in a Narjis district Apartment. The goal was to create a collage of spaces across the stretch which feel homogenous but are mutations of a unit system. The Play area for kids becomes the highlight of the boulevard, breaking the monotony with its colourful setting and a sense of order that exists as in a kids’ story; enough to hold it together while giving way to the fun-loving nature of children.

HAJER COMMERCIAL

2400 sqft rooftop retreat. An escape to a green niche from the daily hustle for the office users of the Hajer building. The design concept allows one to accept the reality of being away from the ground while allowing them to enter into a surreal yet natural experience away from the ground.

STAY COMMERCIAL

Design Proposal for STAY Commercial building. The design proposal covered the entrance yard, the atrium space and the rooftop seating, comprising a total area of 1400 sqft

ARCHITECT

ONEDESK CONSTRUCTIONS

ARCHITECT INTERNSHIPS

M.ARCH THESIS

MEGA EVENT AS AN URBAN REVIVAL STRATEGY

Bottom-up initiative: Top-down management and promotion:

An urban revival strategy: Mega sports events promotes sports activities and inspire healthy lifestyle among people. Infrastructure development benefit the economic and social development

• Thesis is inpired by global movements and initiatives like ‘Global Active City’. The concept is to promote use of city resources and planning policies for the welfare of public health and activities and Global open street movement like Ciclovia and CicLAvia

• NYC Marathon; About which an article on ‘Gehl people’ says: “...strategic contribution to a city’s social offerings, branding, reputation, and tourism initiatives” “Direct and indirect economic benefits to the city”

• “The social energy (..)strong catalyst in uniting a city and recognising, celebrating and promoting public life.”

• The focus area is dilineated using GIS data analysis. Indices used include Built-Use Index(BUI), Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index(SAVI) and Modified Normalized Difference Water Index (MNDWI)

• A number of parameters were considered to bring down the focus area of the thesis. These include nodality, proximity and networking.

• Land use and on-site analysis data were used to define the characteristics of each nodes within the focus area. These characteristics were then interpreted in the proposals

• Each nodes were analysed for the various recreational related activities that occur in nodal centres and the urban characters that supported these activities.

• Graphs of number of people engaged in each Activities over time showed how the intensity of these activities were distributed over time.

M.ARCH THESIS

MEGA EVENT AS AN URBAN REVIVAL STRATEGY

Views

• Life balance centre: As explained above the design solution addresses the temporary nature of the event-part of the strategy and proposes a training centre which act as a permanent ‘anchor’ of the revival strategy. The training centre is designed to cater physical training requirements and recreational activity needs of the society.

• An open public performance space which is conducive for hosting cultural and social events. This allows for cultural interpretation among tourists and communities alike.

• The spaces are designed to be adaptable for a wide array of activities and games.

• Based on Generative design, the Façade of the Training centre is generatively optimized. The façade design with fenestrations is optimized for the lowest total solar radiation in the summer and the highest solar radiation in the winter.

• This can attract wide range of age groups and interest groups to the training centre.

• Creating a boundary condition that merges with the public realm makes the training centre feel more community-centred and welcoming.

Generative facade optimization

AIM: To design NID campus that is conducive for collaboration of diverse minds

The design was inspired by the concept of ‘oasis within’, in a site that does not provide outward attractions or interests, the attention is driven inwards. The design explores diverse interactive spaces and spaces conducive to different modes of learning and functioning. While exploring different formal and informal spaces the design demonstrates how this duality co-exist in everything; formal-informal, order-chaos, simple-complex. The design makes use of ‘thresholds’ as explained by Richard Dober to contrast the duality in spaces.

“In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order”

-Carl Jung