LAMA DARDAS Architecture Portfolio
2 Faseelah Pavilion ................................................................................................ Maggie’s Center for Cancer Therapy and Wellness ................................................. Experimental Textures: Re-imagining Silos Configuration ....................................... Khorfakkan Shelter for Women and Children ......................................................... Limah Research Center ........................................................................................ Muwaileh Library ................................................................................................ Artist in Residence .............................................................................................. Inhabitation: The Bathing Ritual ............................................................................ Structures ........................................................................................................... Advanced Digital Fabrication ................................................................................ 4 6 22 32 44 50 54 58 59 60 Table of Contents
Faseelah Pavilion
Building Simplexity Architecture Challenge
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In collaboration with Laian Abussaud, Lujain Alatiq, and Sarah Almaddah
ARC 402 Maggie’s Center for Cancer Therapy and Wellness
In collaboration with Irine Aju & Niha Ali
Maggie’s Center creates an environment for therapy, creativity, and community in Oud Maitha, Dubai. The project connects to the city but also looks inwards in its central configuration. It heavily emphasizes on circulation with the elaborate ramp that connects the site and projecting stairs to guarantee the visitors a unique experience while connecting with nature.
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8 Library view Zen garden view
Interior space
10 Preliminary sketches
Generative diagrams
12 Exterior render main entrance
Site plan
14 Ground floor plan
First floor plan
elevation
16 North elevation South
North building section
South building section
18 Wall section isometric render
1.44 1.43 1.26 1.27 Wall section C Wall section B
20 Electrical diagram Mechanical diagram
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ARC 501 | Experimental Textures: Re-imagining Silos Configuration
As UAE plans to score top in the Global Food Security Index by the year 2051, this project offers extra silo storage space to accommodate the increasing need of grain imports. In addition, it serves as a hotel space for the current site located near oil and power refineries in Al Ruwais city. The experimental models are a study of reinterpreted silos form and texture.
Flattened UAE coast line
24 Aerial view
Experimental textured models Sectional sketch
26 BAKERY SHOP Bakery BOH BACK OF HOUSE STORAGE grain elevator WORKSHOP/ LEARNING CENTER EXHIBIT HALL VALET/ SECURITY LUGGAGE STORAGE RECEPTIONCONCIERGE'S OFFICE RETAIL RESTAURANT BACK OF HOUSE LIVE COOKING STATION PRIVATE DINING LAUNDRY ROOM service elevators MEETING ROOMS RETAIL SHOPS LAUNDRY ROOM RESTAURANT CAFE LOUNGE WAITING AREA SERVICES LOBBY KITCHEN CAFE Breakfast area PUBLIC WC VERTICAL CIRCULATION GUEST ENTRANCE GUEST ENTRANCE FRONT OFFICE GROUND FLOOR 30510152025 OPEN TO BELOW FIRST FLOOR service elevators grain elevator Ground floor plan First floor plan
Section
28 Interior renders
Exterior view
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ARC 502 | Khorfakkan Shelter for Women and Children
In collaboration Sedra Alsayed
A shelter for victims of domestic abuse and violence and human trafficking in the UAE, embracing women of all nationalities. The program offers accommodation up to six months, each living unit has two master bedrooms with a private terrace and a shared living room, each of these rooms look onto a shared garden. The center offers a rehabilitation space which offers different courses held in educational spaces to help the users get back to their liver after their stay.
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Site sketches
34 Aerial view
Section Site plan
36 Enclosed Kitchen Examination Room Access Living Units Elevator Male WC Female WC Female WC Health Center Reception Area Reception Lobby Area Painting Studio Female WC Egress Male WC Egress Gallery Space Staff Room Elevator Painting Studio Coffee Shop Seating Area Male WC Nurses' StationRadiology Reception Lobby Area Male Waiting Area Female Waiting Area A A 2 B A 8 B C 2 A B B 1 C 3 B Learning Center Egress Elevator Study Rooms Kiln Glazing Stations Pottery Class Library 3 A 3 1 B 5 Center ground floor plan Center first floor plan
Egress Elevator Male WC Female WC C C 7 B AA 1 B 6 A B 6 Administrative Offices Male Prayer Hall Egress Lounge Space Coffee Room Group Therapy Room CounsellingElevator Elevator Meeting Rooms Printing Room Counselling Egress A A Group Therapy Room C B A B 2 C 4 A B 1 3 Center second floor plan
38 A 6 5 4 2 B 6 1 0 7 5 6 2 reception lounge ADA unit fitness room storage gym office water station lockers wc swimming pool Outdoor cafe showers and changing 5 B 6 7 1 10 A 7 2 C 8 A 1 C B 4 9 4 3 2 1 Recreation center plan -1 level plan
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40 Exterior render
Center render
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ARC 302 | Limah Research Center
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An explorative structural system studio of a research center based in Limah, Oman. An all encompassing project hosting researchers in full accommodation facilities, terraced on the mountain slope and joined by escalators.
Experimental
models
46 Concept sketches
48 Schematic section Schematic plans
Structure Skin Circulation Floor slabs Exterior render Exploded structural diagram
Muwaileh Library
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An
infill project of a public space and library building serving the mixed use residential area in Muwaileh.
Elevations
Perspective section
52 43 UP 1 431 D C B A 5.9109 10 5 7 8 D C B A EEGRESS LOBBY CIRCULATION DESK PUBLIC CONFERENCE ROOM REFERENCE DESK AND BOOKS PLAZA LOADING/ UNLOADING STORAGE DISPLAY CAFE CAFE STORAGE MECHANICAL ROOM LAMA DARDAS 60751 PROFESSOR MARCUR FARR PN TN FALL 2017 ARC 301 PROJECT 3: MUWAILEH LIBRARY GROUND FLOOR SCALE 1:150 1 0 9 10 DN 5.9 A B C D 1 34 431 A B C D 7 8 5 MECHANICAL ROOM RESEARCH READING EEGRESS Ground floor plan First floor plan
TOP OF SLAB ELEV. 18.5m TOP OF SLAB ELEV. 5.4m TOP OF SLAB ELEV. 10m TOP OF SLAB ELEV. 14.5m TOP OF SLAB ELEV. 0.45m 50 100 mm GRAVEL GRAVEL BASEMENT FLOOR SLAB REBAR EARTH PERMEABLE CONCRETE PAVING ETCHING ON GLASS TO DIFFUSE LIGHT DRAIN WOOD FLOORING WOOD BASE METAL SUPPORT METAL PLATE SUPPORT GLAZING MULLIONS EXPOSED STEEL COLUMN BEAM METAL CONNECTOR CAST IN PLACE CONCRETE STONE PANELS AIR GAP FOOTING RIGID INSULATION BEAM METAL DECKING WALL RENDER BEAM NAILED ANCHOR RIGID INSULATION EARTH CONCRETE STEEL ANGLE SUPPORTS CONCTERE ABOVE SHIMS TOP OF GRADE ELEV. 0.0m BELOW GRADE ELEV. -4.4 m SECTION B WALL SECTION SCALE 1:25 ON A0 DETAILS SCALE 1:5 ON A0 Second floor plan Detailed wall section
ARC 202 | Artist in Residence
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Site analysis in collaboration with Mariama Kah and Shaden Al Kalouti
Site analysis
ARC 202 | Artist in Residence
Artist in residence program in Sharjah Art Foundation offers two studios for two artist joining in close time spans, referencing the existing courtyard typology of the existing space . A gallery is offered on the ground floor to display the conducted art, and the top floor hosts a separate respite space for the artists, in addition to an observatory for inspiration.
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First floor planGround floor plan Sections
Generative diagrams
The Bathing Ritual
58 ARC 202 | Inhabitation:
MEMBERS UNDER COMPRESSION MEMBERS UNDER TENTION 1 3 2 LAMA DARDAS 607511 - 3 - Members under compression 2 - Members under tension
ARC 433 | Advanced Digital Fabrication
HAAS vector milling and vector surfacing
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