Lobna Gouda
Architectural Designer
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(661)-748-5377 lobnagouda02@gmail.com EDUCATION: Graduate of CalPoly Pomona B.ARCH 2025
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE: NHS Volunteer for Community
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH, ARABIC
TECHNICAL SKILLS: RHINO 3D High School MSA Dawah Coordinator (Board member) REVIT University 2022-2023- Muslim Student Association AUTOCAD EERI Architectural Lead of Design Team SKETCHUP 2023- Earthquake Engineering and Research Institute ENSCAPE TWINMOTION PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: ADOBE PROGRAMS Architectural Intern @ MICROSOFT/GOOGLE DRIVE New Living Design Architects 2023-2024 BLUEBEAM Architectural Intern @ Side Studio 2025
Architectural Designer @ Side Studio 2025-2026
01- SENIOR PROJECT LULAC 2025 Lobna Gouda
03- SUBTRACTIVE SYNTHESIS WESTERN WATER INSTITUTE
02- RENOVATION DOROTHY CHANDLER PAVILION
04- URBAN INFILL JAPANESE CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM
2024
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2024
2021
01-LULAC
Located at N Mission Rd and Lincoln Park Ave, this project proposes a West Coast headquarters for LULAC, offering vital services like ESL classes, citizenship support, and workforce training for the local Latino community. Designed as an inclusive alternative to government institutions, the center emphasizes advocacy, education, and culture. Its strategic location near a DMV, homeless shelter, and Plaza de la Raza strengthens its mission. The design responds to the urban context through axial connections, a public plaza, and integration with the surrounding neighborhood, serving as both a resource hub and cultural extension.
02-DOROTHY CHANDLER PAVILION This renovation reimagines the Pavilion by strategically subtracting semicircular volumes from the facade to frame key views of Los Angeles and its immediate urban context. These subtractions carve deep voids that shape interior light conditions, particularly in the ground-level lobby and top-floor auditorium lounge. A double-layered transparent cladding system lines the carved areas, contrasting with the building’s otherwise solid mass that encloses the opera program. A sculptural mesh structure extends along the façade facing the plaza, forming a layered, occupiable threshold that hosts a series of stacked terraces for public gathering and circulation.
(PARTNER PROJECT)
03-WESTERN WATER INSTITUTE
This project makes government activity visible and accessible by embedding transparency into its design—negotiations occur near open air, avoiding secrecy. Elements typically grounded have ascended into an artificial ravine, while striated planters stretch across the site to humanize its vast scale. Amid the building's organic complexity, two monolithic egress cores provide structural and navigational anchors, acting as the "feet" that root it to the landscape. The opaque assembly space, the "muscular chest," creates a striking contrast as it hovers above ground, adding dramatic weight to the suspended form. As the striation bends to meet the earth, it invites public interaction and activity along its edges.
(PARTNER PROJECT)
04-JAPANESE CONTEMPORARY MUSEUM The museum is organized around two central atrium voids, guiding visitors from the First Street lobby through a ground-floor gallery or into the front bookstore. Skylights and glass façades bring natural light deep into the building, while the third floor offers a café and views of downtown Los Angeles. Spatial complexity paired with programmatic simplicity encourages intuitive exploration. The façade design draws from the traditional Japanese Yabane pattern—symbolizing firmness and determination—with panels of varying opacity that filter light and create a balanced, checkered effect. This interplay reflects the Japanese concept of Notan, embracing harmony through contrast.