MOUSSA AOUN maoun@ltu.edu
PORTFOLIO
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URBAN DESIGN
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CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS
ISLANDVIEW URBAN FARMING COMMUNITY
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SOCIAL & CULTURAL RESPONSIVE DESIGN
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CONCEPTUAL FACADE DESIGN
LIVE-PLAY-WORK IN RURAL CROSWELL
03 ADAPTIVE REUSE
PENINSULAR DAM PERFORMANCE & COMMUNITY CENTER
TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. THE POETRY FOUNDATION IN CHICAGO 2. ACADEMY OF MUSIC IN SPAIN
HEXAGON DWINDLE
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INVESTIGATIVE MAPPING
UNDERSTANDING RURAL AMERICA
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URBAN DESIGN
ISLANDVIEW URBAN FARMING COMMUNITY
02
SOCIAL & CULTURAL RESPONSIVE DESIGN
05
CONCEPTUAL FACADE DESIGN
LIVE-PLAY-WORK IN RURAL CROSWELL
INTEGRATED DESIGN
03 ADAPTIVE REUSE
PENINSULAR DAM PERFORMANCE & COMMUNITY CENTER
TABLE OF CONTENTS
04
CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS
1. ACADEMY OF MUSIC IN SPAIN 2. THE POETRY FOUNDATION IN CHICAGO
HEXAGON DWINDLE
06
INVESTIGATIVE MAPPING
UNDERSTANDING RURAL AMERICA
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ISLANDVIEW URBAN FARMING COMMUNITY
Understanding People’s Access to the Food Industry around the Site
Islandview Farmers Market
After doing an extensive amount of urban speculation, the project came to realization through focusing on certain urban trends and aspects in the Islandview neighborhood of Detroit. Those urban trends are the food industry and the access people have to that. The project’s intent is to integrate itself within a network of urban farms that are already present around the site, thus increasing the community’s access to a local and accessible source of food.
Gleaner’s
The project aims to further capitalize on the urban farming trends and take it a step further through the focus on water collection, treatment and utilization on site.
Capuchin
Site Earthworks
Eastern Market
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Interfaith Trust Fund
Gleaner’s
Food Cultivation
Location Food Security
Food Processing
Food Distribution
LEGEND Food Supply Organization Community Garden Commercial Restaurant within a 5 minute drive from site
Master Plan understanding how the project plugs itself into surrounding context
Massing & Outdoor Elements Site Shading Canopy
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Gleaners Kids Zoo
Build DWSD Outflow Slowdown Facility
Gleaners Farm
Set up commercial & farming programs Apiary Playground
SITE
Farm Composting
Splash Park/ Water Retention Basin
Solanus Casey Center
Outdoor Event Space
Set up 1st housing level
Capuchin Monastery Capuchin Soup Kitchen Earthworks Urban Farm
Set up 2nd housing level
Community Garden Community Garden
Potential Community Garden
Create courtyards for every unit & maximize daylight reach to all units
Commercial Units
3 Bedroom Unit
1 Bedroom Unit
Farming Activities
2 Bedroom Unit
Communal Space
Vertical Circulation
Site Plan - GRADE
Residential Floor Plan 3rd Level
Residential Floor Plan 3rd Level
Commercial
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Commercial
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Composting
Commercial 2
Vertical Farming
Commercial Commercial
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Kercheval
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Meldrum
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Mt Elliott
Tools
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Meldrum St.
Community Kitchen
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Mt Elliott
Capuchin HQ
Vertical Farming
Core & Communal Space
Education Hall
Mt Elliott
Meldrum St.
Commercial
Kercheval
In addition to showing the relationship between immediate context and the site, the floor plans also illustrate how daylight reaches the farm and isn’t obstructed by the built form during the growing season. The floor plans also highlight the relationship between the outdoor elements and the housing units. Despite the semi-public nature of this project, there is an intent to maintain a sense of privacy and ensure that the outdoor elements are mainly focal to the residents of this project. In the perspective section below, the water collection and storage criteria is shown. The intent was to choose a vivid water collection feature that will bring awareness to the topic of water use, consumption and access, as that is an important issue to the city.
Water Tanks Below Grade
Water Collection Feature Longitudinal Section
Splash Park/ Storm Water Retention
Composting
Splash Park/ Storm Water Retention
1 Bedroom Unit
Commercial Space 3 Bedroom Unit
Experiential Relationships Transverse Section 1
Splash Park/ Storm Water Retention
Experiential Relationships Transverse Section 2
Vertical Farms
Mt Elliott Cemetery
View of farm from Meldrum Street
Experiential Relationships
Transverse Section 3
Entrance to Outdoor Space 1 Bedroom Unit 3 Bedroom Unit
Typical View for Residents 2nd Level Colonnade
01
URBAN DESIGN
ISLANDVIEW URBAN FARMING COMMUNITY
02
SOCIAL & CULTURAL RESPONSIVE DESIGN
LIVE-PLAY-WORK IN RURAL CROSWELL
03 ADAPTIVE REUSE
INTEGRATED DESIGN
PENINSULAR DAM PERFORMANCE & COMMUNITY CENTER
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
04
CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS
1. ACADEMY OF MUSIC IN SPAIN 2. THE POETRY FOUNDATION IN CHICAGO
CONCEPTUAL FACADE DESIGN
HEXAGON DWINDLE
INVESTIGATIVE MAPPING
UNDERSTANDING RURAL AMERICA
02 LIVE-PLAY-WORK in Rural Croswell Moussa Aoun, Kirsten Crawford, Kayce Deal, Jacob Farida, Manasa Potluri
All work is produced by me except where credit is given to my teammates
After an extensive amount of compiling data about the City of Croswell, combined with on ground research, the team has concluded that a proposal focused on community and economy will best respond to the needs and wants of the city and its residents. Croswell faces issues that are common with other rural U.S. cities, such as the migration of youth population, the lack of sociological activity and unavailability of various programs that interest the residents.
Borrow from successful prototypes in similar cities
Preserve cultural aspects of the city A project unique to Croswell
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Croswell Population Pyramid Croswell’s population pyramid shows a sharp decrease in people ages 20-30. The most probable reason is population migration and the fact that Croswell is in a rural area
Young & single adults and teens can use more programs to strengthen attachemnt to Croswell
Other groups in the city besides families
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Incite further opportunities in the city
Visi Des tor’s tina tion
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Make people spend in the city
Attract non residents
Give non-local demographics an incentive to visit the Croswell
Local demographics want incentives to stay in Croswell
WORK
PLAY
LIVE
Most events that take place are seasonal and there is a lack of leisure programs in the city (This map was produced by Kirsten Crawford & Moussa Aoun)
The combined research provoked the team to think of ways it can be applied into a meaningful design. While considering other current and applicable trends and movements pertaining to community and economy, the team realized that a re-imagined LIVE-PLAY-WORK environment, within a rural context, would create a project that is unique to Croswell. This re-imagined work environment will help attract businesses and remote workers to spend an amount of time in Croswell, and this shall reflect on the economy and sociological activity and traffic in the city. The proposal aims to emphasize the PLAY aspect in LIVE-PLAY-WORK environments. This emphasis will create a unique environment where someone can live, work and play in one place, without feeling that the living and working are being predominant over play. Through reevaluating the relationship between LIVE PLAY and WORK, the team hopes that workers would also reconsider the balance they typically strike for those three aspects. Defining playful architecture
WORK
WORK
LIVE
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PLAY
Breaking the rigidness
Playful architecture provokes all the senses asymmetrically as users navigate spaces
Street Wall
PLAY
Circulation as a playful element
Playful architecture defies conventional form and spatial arrangement approaches
Circulation can be both functional and exciting through the incorporation of non conventional circulation elements
River Side
HEAR TASTE SIGHT
SMELL TOUCH
Street Wall
Flex Space
Amphitheater
Community Kitchen
Library
Maker Space
Bar
River Side
Morphology and Integration with Site
Playfully redefining EGRESS
03 Arriving to final form by playfully finishing the enclosure
02 Plugging into the timber frame in an unordered fashion
01 Introducing the timber frame to the existing building
Making Main Street USA Playful Through an Additive Process Rendering by Kirsten Crawford. Digital model elements in this scene are modeled by Moussa Aoun. Facade Diagrams by Moussa Aoun
Sensory experience and space qualities throughout the building Renderings by Kirsten Crawford. Exploded axon by Moussa Aoun.
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Perspective sections by Moussa, Kirsten & Kayce Deal
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01
URBAN DESIGN
ISLANDVIEW URBAN FARMING COMMUNITY
02
SOCIAL & CULTURAL RESPONSIVE DESIGN
LIVE-PLAY-WORK IN RURAL CROSWELL
03 ADAPTIVE REUSE
PENINSULAR DAM PERFORMANCE & COMMUNITY CENTER INTEGRATED DESIGN
TABLE OF CONTENTS
04
CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS
1. ACADEMY OF MUSIC IN SPAIN 2. THE POETRY FOUNDATION IN CHICAGO
05
CONCEPTUAL FACADE DESIGN
HEXAGON DWINDLE
06
INVESTIGATIVE MAPPING
UNDERSTANDING RURAL AMERICA
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Peninsular Dam Performance & Community Center
The intent behind this project is to restore the paper mill into a functional space that can be utilized a s a performance and event space by the community of Yipsilanti. With the incorporation of three event spaces that can accommodate a range of events, the project creates an opportunity for the local community to bring people together and celebrate the history of the site and the local heritage of Yipsilanti.
Cafe
Entrance
Gallery Production Room
Office Storage
The peninsular dam and paper mill in Yipsilanti are iconic features in the area that no longer serve an economic purpose, thus facing the threat of demolition. The dam and the paper mill have been around since 1867 and ever since both became nonfunctional, the surrounding area was reorganized as Peninsular Park which is a popular destination for locals to come together and enjoy the river.
Rest rooms Greenroom Installation Room
Ground Level
Auditorium
Level 2
Auditorium
Level 3
Huron River Paper Mill Peninsular Park GALLERY ROOM
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EXHIBITIONS FORMALS
THEATRE AUDITORIUM Presentations Movies
Site Context collaged with an image of a super studio model
INSTALLATION ROOM Visual performances Interactive Installations
Program & Circulation Diagrams
The sections show the different programs that the project offers the community. The sections also reveal the openness of the envelope of the building, as connection to nature is an important aspect of this project.
Circulation Path
Stops along Circulation Path
Site Design & Circulation
The main purpose of this project is to offer the community the opportunity to organize different types of events. In this section, it can be seen how the auditorium can be used for a range of activities. Similarly, the installation room is a flexible space where different things can take place. The activity shown is a caustics art installation that utilizes the interaction of light with water to create an immersive experience
01
URBAN DESIGN
04
CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS
ISLANDVIEW URBAN FARMING COMMUNITY
02
SOCIAL & CULTURAL RESPONSIVE DESIGN
05
CONCEPTUAL FACADE DESIGN
LIVE-PLAY-WORK IN RURAL CROSWELL
03 ADAPTIVE REUSE
PENINSULAR DAM PERFORMANCE & COMMUNITY CENTER
TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. THE POETRY FOUNDATION IN CHICAGO 2. ACADEMY OF MUSIC IN SPAIN CONSTRUCTION SYSTEMS 1 & 2
HEXAGON DWINDLE
06
INVESTIGATIVE MAPPING
UNDERSTANDING RURAL AMERICA
04 2. Poetry Foundation in Chicago Construction Systems
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3D Ext./ "NE" Abv./ Exterior Enclosure
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Interior Section "E-W, to N"/ Int. Elev. 3/32" = 1'-0"
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04 1. Academy of Music in Spain Construction Systems
z/b/ Elevation "East"/ Sector
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Roof 46' - 8"
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01
URBAN DESIGN
04
CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS
ISLANDVIEW URBAN FARMING COMMUNITY
02
SOCIAL & CULTURAL RESPONSIVE DESIGN
05
CONCEPTUAL FACADE DESIGN
LIVE-PLAY-WORK IN RURAL CROSWELL
03 ADAPTIVE REUSE
PENINSULAR DAM PERFORMANCE & COMMUNITY CENTER
TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. ACADEMY OF MUSIC IN SPAIN 2. THE POETRY FOUNDATION IN CHICAGO
HEXAGON DWINDLE PROTOTYPING & FABRICATION
06
INVESTIGATIVE MAPPING
UNDERSTANDING RURAL AMERICA
05 Conceptual Facade Design The concept behind this conceptual facade design is to create a wall that is made up of modular hexagonal units using robotic technologies. The units have the same perimeter which makes them all fit together regardless of where they fall in the facade. Voids of different sizes are cut into these units. This allows for different levels of permeability throughout the facade. One of the ways this can be utilized is as a shading device that casts unique shadows.
1. Cut out a hexagon of the same perimeter for all molds. The cut piece will be used to make a mold 1st Cut
2. From the piece that was cut, cut another hexagon of variable perimeters for different bricks.
2nd Cut Pour
3. Combining both pieces together will create a mold that can be used to make hexagons of the same perimeter but different size voids
Resulting piece
01
URBAN DESIGN
04
CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS
ISLANDVIEW URBAN FARMING COMMUNITY
02
SOCIAL & CULTURAL RESPONSIVE DESIGN
05
CONCEPTUAL FACADE DESIGN
LIVE-PLAY-WORK IN RURAL CROSWELL
03 ADAPTIVE REUSE
PENINSULAR DAM PERFORMANCE & COMMUNITY CENTER
TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. ACADEMY OF MUSIC IN SPAIN 2. THE POETRY FOUNDATION IN CHICAGO
HEXAGON DWINDLE
06
INVESTIGATIVE MAPPING
UNDERSTANDING RURAL AMERICA INTEGRATED DESIGN
06 UNDERSTANDING RURAL AMERICA The following illustration was done at the beginning of ID5 where the site during that studio was in a rural part in the state of MI. The map was produced to introduce fellow classmates to the main issues rural areas face, as well as the general atmosphere and commonalities among rural areas