ISABELLE GHABASH SELECTED DESIGN WORK 2013-2021
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DESIGN ETHIC
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ACADEMIC WORK Memorial for the Women and Girls Lost to Climate Change.........................................................06 DesignBuildBLUFF..................................................14 Body Instrument.......................................................20
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GRAPHIC DESIGN Nature is a Language.........................31 AIAS Networking Flier.......................32 SLC RDA Art for Hope.......................33
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JEWELRY DESIGN
PROFESSIONAL WORK Infinite Scale..................................................................22 Blue Copper 2000....................................................24 Bicycle Collective.......................................................26 TAG 343 Apartments..............................................28
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DESIGN ETHIC RECOGNIZE CONSTRAINTS. Know what your actual constraints are; don’t be limited by what you assume they are. PAY ATTENTION AT INTERSECTIONS. The most interesting cities are “eastmeets-west” and the best friendships are “opposites attract”. The point of intersection between two disparate things is where nuances are discovered, tension is present, and surprises are imminent. Don’t be afraid of a mash-up. MAKE IT WORK. Although Tim Gunn has never said this to me personally, I live by these words. A project needs to “work” on an aesthetic level, but this is also a work ethic. Take an honest inventory of your resources, keep your head under pressure, cooperate with those around you, and make things you’re are proud of. SELF-PORTRAIT
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BUT DON’T OVERWORK IT. Don’t assume your interventions automatically improve anything. Some situations don’t need your wellintentioned “help” at all. Be discerning and explore humanely.
ACADEMIC WORK
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MEMORIAL FOR THE WOMEN + GIRLS LOST TO CLIMATE CHANGE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH FALL 2020 STUDIO
AWARDS: • 2020 Jeff Harnar Student Landscape Architecture Award • Fall 2020 Studio Design Award (University of Utah) SITE: Rozel Bay (Great Salt Lake, UT) The effects of climate change are felt by all, but these effects are not felt equally by all. Women are in special danger as climate change escalates. The lake shore at Rozel Bay is a landscape where nothing edible grows, the water is too saline to drink, and desertification and drought are clearly observable. This is indeed the present and future for women if climate change is not reversed. Algae tints the water pink in the north half of the Great Salt Lake in the summer and fall.
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gendered labor roles tie women to land
women and children are 14 times more likely than men to die during a disaster
weather-related disasters have been shown to increase sex trafficking by 20-30%
gender roles impact women's ability to evacuate in case of disaster
women and girls make up 80% of climate refugees worldwide
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MEMORIAL SITE PLAN
CONCEPT DIAGRAM
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The design is two towers to the east and a long pier that leads west. Symbolic “pools” and “graves” dug in the sand accompany the journey west. The pier divides the western experience into two planes. The upper plane is the man-made pier, ending in a terminus. The plane below is the sand elements inspired by 1970s earthwork. (See concept diagram pg. 9)
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The two towers are metaphorically understood as a mother and child. The Child is a short, materially opaque, and monumental tower that serves as the entry to the memorial landscape. The Child’s visual weight and solidity expresses the gravity of climate change. Visitors in The Child are only given views to The Mother, a tall, dematerialized tower directly to the east. The Mother serves as an observation deck so one can survey the entire memorial landscape and Rozel Bay at once. The Child only “looks to” The Mother; The Mother looks out over the entire landscape.
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POOL PERSPECTIVE The earthwork plane contains no manmade materials. Instead, there are two kinds of sand constructions. The first is the Pool, each demarcated with a ring of basalt rocks taken from the site. This is an homage to the nearby Spiral Jetty (see vicinity plan on pg. 8). It is likely that eventually, due to climate change, the waterline may recede far enough so that the pools remain empty. This is an “acceptable" as far the memorial is concerned, but would be a tragic milestone for women and girls worldwide.
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The second earthwork construction is the “grave”, an 8’-0” x 3’-0” rectangular pit dug into the sand. This proposal involves hundreds of such pits. At the east end of the memorial, the Graves are few and far between. As visitors move west, the Graves become more numerous. The end result is the “cemetery" located under the terminus of the pier, where hundreds of Graves are dug. Each year, the Graves would be maintained and dug to the end of the water line. This means if current drought trends were to continue, more Graves would need to be dug each year.
SECTION THROUGH GRAVES
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DESIGNBUILDBLUFF: HORSESHOE HOUSE
MEXICAN WATER, NAVAJO NATION UNIVERSITY OF UTAH COMPLETED FALL 2021
Horseshoe House was built by my class and the homeowners. Having a comfortable outdoor space was a priority, as was a house that could stand up in harsh desert surroundings. The site was quite remote so it was important to use materials that were easy to acquire and methods that didn't require heavy machinery. TEAM: Isabelle Ghabash, Jimmie Gray, Aiden Healey, Sawa Ikue, Ania Karczewska, Chad Meissner, Hannah Richland, Lila Santos, Atsushi Yamamoto, Hiroko Yamamoto, homeowners + their family, countless volunteers PHOTOS: Atsushi Yamamoto, Karczewska, Hannah Richland
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The horseshoe shape of the floor plan helps protect the courtyard and living space from the summer sun and strong winds. Windows were concentrated in the south face of the courtyard so the sun can help heat the indoor space in the winter. The greenhouse captures heat to supplement the home's heating needs as well. It is traditional in Navajo culture to enter the home from the east. Before entering, one walks through the exterior courtyard, which softens the transition between outside and inside. Further, the rising sun shines through the bedroom and kitchen spaces in the morning.
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LIVING
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GREENHOUSE
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BEDROOM
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BATHROOM
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HORSESHOE HOUSE
CONSTRUCTION TASKS I WORKED ON: • laying out building footprint with strings + batter boards • coordinating with structural engineer • digging for footings + foundation walls • mixing + pouring concrete • cutting, bending, + laying rebar • grading • ordering construction materials • managing construction waste • framing wood stud walls • installing wood roof trusses • flashing door and window openings • brake metal fabrications • blow-in insulation (cellulose) • installing vinyl windows • chicken wire (prep for exterior stucco) • exterior stucco finish coat • installing + mudding drywall • installing baseboards • painting • building + staining plywood cabinets • installing door hardware • punchlist items • staging for photography
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BODY INSTRUMENT UNIVERSITY OF UTAH FALL 2013 STUDIO
The injuries we inflict on the land and those the land inflicts on us often result in lasting scars. This tool explores the oftentimes mutually-abusive relationship between land the human body. The land experiences our human injuries as stitches and raised surfaces, while our skin receives depressions, an imprint of Emigration Canyon topography. Materials: embroidery thread, leather cord, + balsa wood
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PROFESSIONAL WORK
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INFINITE SCALE SALT LAKE CITY, UT COMPLETED SUMMER 2019 ATLAS ARCHITECTS
10,000 SF office building for a local sports marketing & design firm. The client wanted a modern building that reflected their branding and was reminiscent of stadium architecture. ROLE: CD + CA phases TEAM: Jason Foster + Evangelos Neofitos PHOTOS: Dave Newkirk
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BLUE COPPER 2000 SALT LAKE CITY, UT COMPLETED SUMMER 2019 ATLAS ARCHITECTS + M3LD
Interior design for a local coffee shop inspired by video games and arcades from the 1980s. The happy owner called this project “the Peach Pit meets Blade Runner.” ROLE: tile design TEAM: Jesse Hulse + M3LD team
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BICYCLE COLLECTIVE SALT LAKE CITY, UT ATLAS ARCHITECTS
18,500 SF retail, office, and community space for a local non-profit that fixes bicycles for resale and teaches at-risk populations bike mechanic skills. ROLE: project manager TEAM: Jesse Hulse + Cindy Bithell RENDERING: Morgan Birch
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TAG 343 APARTMENTS SALT LAKE CITY, UT ATLAS ARCHITECTS
45-unit apartment building on a tight, irregular site. Working with the developer on multiple iterations, we were able to make the puzzle work where others had not. ROLE: project manager TEAM: Jesse Hulse + Cindy Bithell
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FINISHED FLOOR
DETAIL: GUARDRAIL + TILE PAVER SYSTEM @ END OF BALCONY
DETAIL: SLIDING DOOR HEADER + THRESHOLD @ BALCONY 29
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