Design I (Fall'10): Orphanage (Process and Final)

Mariam El Ibyari.

Architecture Portfolio: Part II.

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AENG 351: Design Studio I, Fall 2010.

Concept: “Fulfillment through adaptation and flexibility” “Our Home” is an orphanage where its habitants will enjoy family life and sense of security. The design of “Our Home” aims to satisfy the users’ needs, taking into consideration that these needs will be changing over time therefore the plan will be a flexible plan. It will allow any changes to happen to please the needs of the orphans, and encourage each one of them to develop a unique independent character by providing her with personalized spaces and personal space. This project also aspires to engage orphans in the society: The funding of the project will be a high quality service for the neighboring community, it will be a bakery attached to a grocery store and a multistory parking area as secondary funding. When this community realizes that these orphans are useful to them and not a burden on the society they will start appreciating them and respecting them. As a result to that, the orphans will be able to face this community with their head held high, feeling that they are needed, appreciated and cared for. Therefore, these kids will not fear to face the outer world.

My users: 14 girls of Dar el Rehab, and I will add 6 infants to allow the continuity of my design, enhance sense of responsibility in the older girls as they will be helping in raising these infants at a certain age and also provide a unique sense of sisterhood where to older girls will take care of the younger ones, and the younger girls will give them back their love and appreciation.

Why did I choose the 14 girls of Dar-el Rehab in particular to base my design criteria on?

Since my mian design concept is to have a flexible plan that will change according to the needs of the users, it was better to have a specific real life user whom I can access easily and frequently, to study their behavior closely, get to know them in person so that the plan of my project with its fixed (constant) areas as well as its flexible (variable) areas all will be based on concrete information that I recieved from my user. Bearing in mind that, they are not the only users of the space, and that there will be other new young users introduced to the place therefore, some aspects in the plan will be generalized to please all users( for example the outdoor spaces and the privacy of the spaces) and to allow this concept to be adapted by other orphanages in Egypt, creating a new generation of architecture and a new percpective of orphanages and residential buildings.

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Site Slection The selection of the site was based on the best interest for the user and the owner. The site was selected to be right beside the original orphanage, so that the children will not have to change their school, or go to a different neighborhood which may cause emotional and psychological problems. The location was also appropriate because the land in this area was relatively affordable, and it has access to different facilities such as: a public garden, a school and a grocery store.

Site: context and surrounding

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Zoning and bubble diagram development:

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The design process: Plans, Elevations and 3d models.

One of the earliest plans developed, showing the connections and locations between different zones and activities and also demonstrating the central court (garden).

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First floor plan sketch

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Schematic study models

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First pin up: Plans:

Ground floor

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Physical Model:

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Second pinup

Plans: Site Layout

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First floor

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Second Floor

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Sketches of the 3d model

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Physical Model: Study of colors and panels (prefabricated wall panels :SIPs)

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First Poster:

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Study of the colors for the elevations:

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Elevations development

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Sections:

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The Final Product: Flexibility

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Plans

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First Floor plan:

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Second Floor Plan

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Site Layout

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Elevations: North

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Western Elevation

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Eastern Elevation

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Section 1:

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Section 2:

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3D Model:

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Final Poster

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