Portfolio Package (Portfolio,Statement of Interest, Referees)

Kenzy Ahmed Eweda’s Portfolio

February, 2023

Design Criteria Specifications

Environmental Shelter from the rain and hot summer sun.

Environmental Sustainability A green roof, solar power and any other sustainable opportunities you can incorporate. (Grey water system, sustainable building materials etc).

Accessibility Accommodate mobility issues

Function Allow for permanent seating for up to 20 people. Has a modular design to allow for small or large venues

Natural heritage (Aesthetics) Be designed with both function and aesthetics in mind.

Other The design must meet the City of London Vision for the space as outlined in their Brief: City of London Design Vision . Review this complete document.

Urban Planning project on Sketchup

For my class’s SketchUp urban planning project I wanted to design something aesthetically pleasing while still respecting the criteria given by my teacher.

ROUGH SKECTHES

design

I had several design iterations before reaching to my Final one. My chosen design provides shade, uses durable materials such as the wooden roof, and has plexiglass between the green roof to bring in sunlight, while giving protection from rain and snow. The penetration of the sun rays from the plexiglass and green roof creates an interesting checkered pattern.

The design has a sloped roof to slide the snow and rain; plant vines wrapped around each pole to create an eco-friendly feel; safe and fun tunnels for kids to play in; as well as stairs and a ramp for people with disabilities or small kids who need a stroller, and lastly the solar panels are in a shape of a leaf which mimics nature to give harmony.

Chosen

Urban Planning project on Sketchup

https://youtu.be/zIwoaBZwGYw

SPECIFICATIONS:

Ø Completed in 2022

Ø SketchUp

Ø Rendered Video

In my design technology class at school, I wanted to create something meaningful to me. As a Muslim Canadian-Egyptian, I chose to incorporate my beautiful religion into my design. I began by brainstorming various clock design options that match that theme. I fell in love with my fifth design after sketching it and knew it was the one, I wanted to bring to life.

The calligraphy of the clock reads "la ilaha illallah muhammad Rasulullah" in Arabic which means "There is no God, But Allah, and Muhammad is his (final) Messenger”.

ROUGH SKECTHES

Clock Model

CAD MODEL

As a Muslim, this is what I live by every day. I'm very content with the outcome of my design and utilizing CAD to create it taught me a lot of new software skills.

REAL MODEL

SPECIFICATIONS:

Ø Completed in 2021

Ø Height : 28cm

Ø Width: 28cm

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Thickness: 3mm (1/8”)

Ø Plywood cut using a laser cutter

Ø stained with shades of brown and painted white on the edges

A Trapped Spirit

My model "trapped spirit", that I designed while being enrolled at Carlton University's "Imagine Architecture" program, depicts the societal pressures on a women's spirit. I opted to interpret the phrase "trapped spirit" as a young teenage soul constrained in the society's beauty standards. I considered how I can highlight this in a model of a corset which allegedly functioned as a symbol of artificial feminine beauty. Consequently, I produced two models before my final interpretation (#4).

pages from my sketchbook showcasing my thoughts and creative processes.

SPECIFICATIONS:

Ø Completed in 2022

Ø Chopsticks and popsicle sticks

Ø LED lights

Final Model

ENGRAVED RUBBER STAMP

Corbeau et le premier homme

My piece "Corbeau et le premier homme" is inspired by the theory of "The Raven and the First Men," which illustrates the creation myth of the Haida people. Along with being influenced by the art style of famous Canadian artist "Norval Morrisseau," who is widely considered as the grandfather of contemporary Indigenous art in Canada. After reading the story, I chose to portray it in my own approach utilizing Norval Morrisseau's "pictographic style," sometimes known as "x-ray art" because of the way it emphasizes the outlines of people, creatures, and objects. I was able to demonstrate this utilizing the stamping technique, where I used a rubber square sheet to carve out all the negative spaces, which were afterwards coloured in with Crayola pencil colours employing the same colour palette Norval Morrisseau did.

Kenzy Eweda Corbeau et le premier homme 29”x11”

Pencil crayons and ink on Paper Completed

Winter Polar Bear Ornament

For my winter ornament I wanted to create something on SketchUp that is aesthetically beautiful but not too complex as it was my first time using the software. I ultimately chose the polar bear ornament because it has an asymmetrical balance that creates more interest, and it's well aligned with the winter theme. The outline has a variety of irregular and organic line shapes that add interest. It also, has depth and 3-dimension due to the use of 3 layers that give a good amount of complexity.

SPECIFICATIONS:

Ø Height : 45mm

Ø 3 total layers

Ø Width: 100mm

Ø Plywood cut using a laser cutter

Ø Painted with shades of brown and grey Ø Completed in 2022

Veiled strength

Pointillism Painting of a Hijabi Woman

In the 18th Century, Georges Seurat developed a new way of painting, what is known as "Pointillism". I used his technique to create something of my own. My painting “Veiled strength” depicts a woman facing down, calm, and sacred.

Her expression reflects the depth of her thoughts and represents silent strength and hidden powers. I used warm colours to highlight the beauty of her skin tone, which contrasted with the cool colours of her scarf. Since the colours are complementary, the orange-brown and blue contrast will add interest and harmony.

Kenzy Eweda

Veiled strength

12”x9”

Acrylic on canvas

Completed in 2021

Still Life Vanita Painting

My painting "heart bits" has a special meaning to me since its a composition of pieces that remind me of my grandmother, who passed away when I was 11 years old. Every element was either something we did together or a reminiscence of her past. I gathered all of the details, photographed them, and then painted them with oil paint on a canvas.

Kenzy Eweda Heart bits 12”x9”

Oil on Canvas

Mosque graphite pencil Drawing

This mosque graphite pencil drawing was inspired by my fascination with Islamic architecture and the intricate details that go into it. This drawing contains the elements of form, texture, and value.

Kenzy Eweda

Mosque graphite pencil drawing

11”x8”

Pencil on paper

Completed in 2020

A fire burst

As someone who enjoys experimenting with colours, In my painting ”A fire burst" I used all of the acrylic paint colours I had available. The warm and cool colours of the dragon and the background create a lovely contrast, variety, and harmony.

The dragon, fire, as well as the emphasis put through the orange and blue complementary colors symbolize the power of inner strength.

The use of little white dots throughout the painting creates subtle detailing on the dragon's body that adds complexity to the picture and makes the dragon stand out a lot more while also bringing all the colours together nicely.

A Fire Burst

8.5”x11”

Acrylic on Canvas

Completed in 2020

Kenzy Eweda

Imprisoned

Society often establishes unrealistic and unhealthy beauty standards for women, which constantly changes because of a different perception on what it means to be "beautiful".

My drawing “Imprisoned” depicts the idea of adapting to the pressures of the fabricated beauty norms by changing oneself and still not feeling content. The girl who is fully dressed up with makeup seems drowning in her thoughts, sees the world around her grey, dark, burdening, and her reflection in the water shows prison bars viewed inside her eyes.

Several elements and principals of design were used such as the elements of colour in her hair and makeup, texture of the roughness of the buildings symbolizing society surrounding her, as well as the principals of emphasis between light and dark, and variety.

Kenzy Eweda

Imprisoned 24”x18”

Pencil crayons on paper Completed

Distinctive Lookalike

In my drawing "Distinctive lookalike," I concentrated on the ties that bound together two completely different elements. To represent this, I used an octopus and a tree. The octopus's tentacles resemble tree branches in many ways as they’re both long and flow around the base. I combined the tree and the octopus in the middle by morphing them both together.

Kenzy Eweda Distinctive Lookalike

29”x11”

Pencil on paper

Completed in 2019

Bones underneath the surface

My piece "Bones under the surface" is a poster that received an award for best anti-discrimination in the French school district (csviamonde) in grade 9. My intention was to show how different we believe we are, yet we are all simply the same bones from beneath. I truly adore this piece because it serves as a constant reminder even to me, that nobody is better than anybody else because of how they appear, and that we are all, in the end, human.

Kenzy Eweda

Bones underneath the surface 12”x9”

Pencil crayons on paper

Completed in 2019

A themed project

Under the project of creating different artworks that represent a specific theme I chose the theme of how it feels as a “A Muslim Teen in the West”.

I created three different art pieces with different mediums named:

• Hidden Hope

• Unravelling the Woven

• Life Journey

Each of these pieces will be described in detail in the following slides

Piece #1: Hidden Hope

Piece #2: Unravelling the Woven

Piece #3: Life Journey

Piece #1 Hidden Hope

“A Muslim Teen in the West”.

The theme of my piece "Hidden Hope" is how it truly feels for a Muslim teen to live in the west. The young girl in the painting holds tight to green threads that are attached to the big balloon. Each thread represents the many sources of support that GOD sends her, and the colour green represents growth and prosperity. While the hot air balloon is uplifting her up away from all her fears.

The balloon is painted in red, orange, and yellow to represent courage, warmth, and love. Mountains in grey underneath the girl represent fear, loneliness, and a tough rough life.

This piece enables me to express my feelings as an artist and grow hope inside me when facing life challenges.

Kenzy Eweda

Hidden Hope

24”x18”

Acrylic and thread on Canvas

Completed in 2022

My piece "Unravelling the Woven" explores the theme of what it's like to be a Muslim teen in the West.

The model shows the silhouette of a strong woman figure who pulls herself away from temptations and society norms that try to unravel her woven morphology depleting her from her own identity, beliefs, and values.

The concept behind this artwork signifies the pressure I feel as a Muslim woman who struggles to maintain her modesty within stereotypical western beauty standards.

This model was my first wire-working experience, and I'm grateful I got to explore it since it taught me patience and trusting in the process, and most importantly, it allowed me to communicate my thoughts in a 3D form which elaborates the dimensions of my struggles.

“A Muslim Teen in the West”.

Unravelling the woven” 15”x11”

Aluminum Wire (2mm) Completed in 2023

Kenzy Eweda

Kenzy Eweda

Life journey

12”x9”

Acrylic on canvas

Completed in 2023

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Piece

#3 Life journey

A Muslim Teen in the West”.

In my painting "Life Journey" for the theme of "Muslim teen in the west," I painted a train and a crowd rushing to board the train as quickly as possible, as well as a young Muslim woman travelling in her own path.

The painting demonstrates the analogy between life choices, where the crowd happily rush to ride the express train regardless of knowing its destination only because everyone else is taking it. The train has an extinction sign on it that symbolizes the earth and time running. To the contrary the young lady to the right takes the harder, slower path that might be full of obstacles and challenges; yet she knows that the light brightens her future at the end.

The painting shows optimism and persistence by conveying the message of sticking to the right path of your values and principles no matter how most people decide an easier route.

Lost in a dream

In my painting "Lost in a Dream," I used the elements of point, line, texture, and, of course, colour. When I was painting “Lost in a dream” I let the paint and colour consume me forgetting time while I painted whatever came to my mind with no reference; that is why I chose this name.

As someone who adores vivid colors, I found myself using every paint colour in the palette. I believe I was also inspired by the flow of dotted paint established by artist Georges Seurat, as I really admire his work.

Lost in a dream

10.5”x8”

Acrylic on Sketchbook

Completed in 2021

Kenzy Eweda

Thanks!

statement of interest

My name is Kenzy Eweda, and I am certain that being an Architect would be the ideal career choice for me due to a number of unique factors. Since I was very young, I really loved playing with Legos. At the age of 7, I actively joined an afterschool Lego building club. I enjoyed browsing the catalogue and replicating everything it offered, but after repeatedly making the same models, I decided to develop my own designs which soon everyone in my family found impressive. I’m really good with shapes, patterns, space, and colours. I started picking up a pencil and drawing even before the age of 1; my early drawings were hearts, triangles, squares, and circles. I could draw one side of a shape and replicate the exact reflection symmetry of it on the other side. When I was seven years old, I was enrolled in my first art class. I drew a large Mandala with reoccurring patterns and shapes and coloured it with all the gorgeous colours of the rainbow. My teacher was so impressed with my work that she requested to display it in the Children's Art Exhibition in Calgary Alberta for several years, which we of course agreed to. In addition to enjoying visual design, I also enjoy learning about and comprehending human needs and behaviours. I devote lots of time reading articles and books about how colours, patterns, and spaces affect our emotions and daily behaviours as human beings. Through art and design, I believe Architecture allows me to convey my own feelings and emotions, as well as recognising the feelings of others that will be occupying the space. I've always enjoyed both problem-solving and creating art, therefore I'd like to design something that meets the needs of the intended user while also allowing me to give it my own unique touch. I am a trilingual Egyptian Canadian 17 -year-old, I speak Arabic, French and of course English. I have traveled all over the world and was exposed to a variety of cultures that have influenced who I am today. Studying architecture will strengthen my problem -solving abilities and provide me the opportunity to grow and use my artistic skills to design remarkable spaces that will positively impact the whole world. Getting into Laurentian Architecture would absolutely be a dream come true for me because it would allow me to use my skills and talents to create wonderful designs that I am hopeful will not disappoint. As the highest employment of all Universities i n Ontario I’m certain Laurentian Architecture will provide me with the ideal experience to best prepare me for graduation and the real world.

Mrs. Gasparotto

Design technology teacher

Teacher for grades 11/12 at Saint André Bessette Catholic Secondary School

School email: jgasparotto@ldcsb.ca

Mrs. Bain

Art teacher

Teacher for grades 9, 10, 11 and 12 at Saint André Bessette Catholic Secondary

Phone number: (519 )902 -9332

School email: jbain@ldcsb.ca