Laamiah Sayyed | Architecture Portfolio
01 | CROSSING POINT MEDIATHEQUE
SPRING 2025 - DESIGN 6
This mediatheque fosters intergenerational connections through spatial hierarchy and openness. Instead of isolating different age groups and people, the design integrates spaces with visual and physical connections across levels. With the children’s area placed with shared reading spaces at the highest point in the program, they remain integrated with the rest of the community, and program. Fluid circulation also encourages exploration and freedom, making movement organic rather than rigid. This approach allows the library to serve as a hub for learning, social interaction, and shared discovery.
Revit, Twinmotion, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, AutoCAD
A - Lobby + Entrance
B - Meeting Room
C - Staff Offices
D - Bathrooms
E - Hvac Room
F - Exhibition Space
G - Media Spaces
H - Archive Room
I - Book Stacks
J - Workshop
K - Hvac Room
L - Librarian’s Office
M - Shared Reading Spaces N - Kids Area/Stacks
Floorplan 01
Floorplan 02
Parti - Creating Form that promotes Interaction and Circulation
Parti - Adapting Form to be more Open and Welcoming
Roof Plan
Main Book Stacks
Children’s Space
First Floor Media Spaces
Entrance from Street
Main Entrance and Exterior Space
Detail Section Model
Roof Framing Detail
Floorplate Support Detail
Truss and Mullion Detail - Interior
Floor Detail with Truss and Mullion Connection
Initial Process Sketches Parti Diagrams - Spatial Agencies
Roof Plan
Form Diagram
Exterior Perspective - Main Entrance
A: Reception
B: Community Space
C: Mechanical Rooms
D: Laundry
E: Trash
F: Two Bedroom Units
G: One Bedroom Units
H: Studio Units
I: Children's Area
Floorplan
Exterior Perspective - Pathway to Main Entrance
Interior Perspective - Community Space
Exterior Perspective - Corner Condition
Interior Perspective - View from Flex. Space
Section from Castor Ave.
Elevation from Castor Ave.
Elevation from Corner of Cottman
Section from Corner of Cottman
03 | REACHING COMMON GROUND
SPRING 2024 - DESIGN 4
This project aims to create a transformative experience that facilitates understanding and empathy between older and younger generations by guiding them through pathways designed to allow each group to experience a different perspective. Through this program, both groups of people will embark on a journey that encourages them to explore each other’s viewpoints, allowing them to build bridges that transcend generational differences and reach a sanctuary of common ground. The drawings shown illustrate how elements in plan can be reflected in section in order to emphasize the concept and scheme of the design.
Rhinoceros 3D, Autocad, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator
Conceptual Diagrams + Sketches
04 | PASSIVE HOUSE: WALL SECTIONS
SPRING 2024 - TECH 2
This project was aimed at developing an understanding for how structural details within a house were placed and worked together to regulate heat loss and gain within a home. A 2D drawing of a passive wall section was created in Autocad and then modeled into Rhino to illustrate how each element of the wall section is layered in 3D. R-values were also calculated, using the properties of each material in the wall section.
Rhinoceros 3D, Autocad, Adobe Illustrator
Wall Section - 3D Model
Wall Section - 2D Drawing
Initial Concept Diagrams
‘Frame’ and Sound: Input and Output
Phases - Contextual Diagrams
Exterior Perspective
Exterior Perspective - Activities in the Open Frame
06 | A SPACE IN TRANSITION
FALL 2023 - DESIGN 3
This project was aimed at desiging a home for Ms. Alice, a client who desired to age in place. Her home has been designed as a ‘space in transition’, one which can be used in the present, and also altered in the future to best suit any accomodations Ms. Alice may need.
The main goal of this project was to ensure Ms. Alice had direct access to the spaces she used everyday, whilst still maintaining boundaries between the public and private spaces of her home. Iterative bubble diagramming and spatial agency explorations allowed for an understanding of how spaces were placed according to their function and connections.
Autocad, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator
Initial Bubble Diagrams
Spatial Analysis of Home
Rowhome Floorplans
Longitudinal Section
