Nihal Halimeh - Portfolio

Nihal Halimeh

Archi tec t / Ur b an Desi gner / Researcher

Profile Nihal holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Architec ture with Honors from Lebanese American University. A passionate designer and curious researcher, Nihal has prac ticed architec ture and urban design research in several firms and institutions. Before establishing her freelance work , Nihal worked at Bernard Khoury Architec ts in Beirut , and Pragma Architec ts Planners in Dubai, being involved in complex projec ts known for the high-architec ture detailing at various scales from concept design to the execution phase. In parallel, Nihal has developed a reputation for working on sustainable community projec ts with a specific interest in issues of cultural identity and responsive design while also interrogating the relationship between social resistance and architec ture. Nihal’s work has been published and exhibited widely in galleries such as Maxxi Museum, Italy; Oslo School of Architec ture, Norway; Paris Diderot University, France.

Dubai, UAE halimeh.nihal@gmail.com +971 543 90 96 95 Fluent in Arabic and English UAE Driving License

Experience Education AA School London Rethin king Abandoned Metropolitan Masterworks, Berlin Bachelor of Architec ture with Honors Lebanese American University, Lebanon Work Experience - 8 years Self-Employed, UAE 2022 - Present Al Argan International Real Estate Development , Kuwait 2021 - 2022 Pragma Architec ts Planners, UAE 2019 - 2021 DW5 Bernard Khoury Architec ts, Lebanon 2017-2019 Raed Abillama Architec ts, Lebanon 2014-2017 ANERA (American Near East Refugee Aid), Design Consultant , Lebanon 2016-2017

Table of Content Pa ge 5 to Pa ge 8

Exhibitions & Publications Research

Pa ge 9 to Pa ge 13

Folk Housing Revisited, Sharjah, UAE In collaboration with Pragma Architec ts Planners

Pa ge 14 to Pa ge 18

A Modern-Day Riviera, Al Jur f, UAE In collaboration with Pragma Architec ts Planners

Pa ge 19 to Pa ge 22

The Red Tower, Sharjah, UAE In collaboration with Pragma Architec ts Planners

Pa ge 23 to Pa ge 26

TUMO Center for Creative Technologies, Gyumri, Armenia In collaboration with Bernard Khoury / DW5

Pa ge 27 to Pa ge 3 1

Argan Bedaya School, Sabah Al Salem, Kuwait Personal Work

Pa ge 3 2 to Pa ge 3 4

Kalba Rock Ar t Museum, UAE In collaboration with Pragma Architec ts Planners

Pa ge 3 5 to Pa ge 3 8

Deser t Campus, Sharjah, UAE In collaboration with Pragma Architec ts Planners

Pa ge 39 to Pa ge 4 2

TUMO Center for Creative Technologies, Masis, Armenia In collaboration with Bernard Khoury / DW5

How would the present “ the existing” become the foundation for future “sustainability” and how would “ the past” ac t as a lesson that informs our current design methodologies.

The talk , entitled “Residual Urbanism,” is a presentation of a study conduc ted by Pragma’s research division to demonstrate how an archaeological survey of the present conditions of our cities can be projec ted into the future through a rational approach to design. The talk presents a case study for the incremental regeneration of Al Ghubaiba Neighborhood in Sharjah based on the adaptation, improvement , and eventual transformation of physical charac teristics already inherent in that area. The proposal puts for th a scenario visualizing the process and potential outcome for the preservation and enhancement of folk housing as an alternative to wholesale urban renewal and a depar ture from urban sprawl.

Re s idua l Urba nism

Curated by Hou Hanru and Giulia Ferracci The exhibition intends to put forward some of the most impor tant trends of creative explorations of the contemporary reality intensively incarnated in the city’s development and destiny. It will present some 36 ar tists, architec ts, filmmakers, musicians, dancers, researchers, ac tivists with their diverse forms of expressions negotiating between critical reflec tions of recent history of conflic ts, through archiving and re-enac ting memories, and prospec tions of the future, through attempts of urban transformation and global outreaching , periodicall y interrupted by urgent problems and frustrations of the present .

Homma ge à B eyrouth

02'.32'' Ce contexte d’hyper concentration sans espace libre, rend impossible l’introduction 02'.47" de tout changement.

Tout est interconnecté et interdépendant, une intervention extérieure pourrait impacter les stratégies de survie des habitants et par conséquent provoquer une réaction d’auto-défense.

02'.53" « Balançoire de fête » 03'.03" Tous les ans, au moment des fêtes, des balançoires sont installées sur les places pour les enfants.

03'.09" Camp palestinien de Bourj El Barajneh 03'.15" Beyrouth, Lebanon.

Réflexions pour des alternatives à partir des toits.

– Vidéo et textes de Nihal Halimeh

Exposition dans le cadre du colloque-festival organisé du 28 au 30 novembre par l’Archipel des devenirs Centre de recherche sur l’utopie et le Service Culture de l’Université paris 7, et financé par la Fabrique du politique.

Conception graphique par Olivier Querné / Scénographie par Elisabeth Tensorer / Régie technique par Olivier Boudier et Henri Causse

Thinking of A lte rnati ves

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TRADUCTION DE LA VIDÉO

01'.42'' Fête de mariage, du couloir à la maison 01'.48''

TAMA 2 HOSPITALITÉS COLLOQUE - FESTIVAL

Communs étouffés

28/29/30 NOV

Exposition de Sara El Daccache et Nihal Halimeh

DU 26 NOV 14 DEC

Extraits du mémoire de Sara El Daccache " Dans la (sur)vie de ceux qui ont été privés du ciel. Vers une philosophie du seuil : affirmation et négation de la vie à Bourj el-Barājneh " introduit par Elsa Guibert

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00'.58'' Géographiquement replié sur lui-même, ce camp s’étend sur moins d’un kilomètre 01'.15'' carré et abrite 30 000 réfugiés.

Comprendre comment les gens vivent à une échelle individuelle nous amène à découvrir tout un réseau de fonctionnement propre au camp.

Cartographier les différents réseaux, leurs interconnexions et leur répartition dans l’enceinte du camp permet une meilleure compréhension des problèmes inhérents au camp : des espaces inexploités bien qu’il y est un manque crucial d’espace, la pauvreté inéluctablement liée aux lois contraignantes, des compétences mais une impossibilité de les mobiliser.

La place Saha est le lieu principal de rassemblement de chaque quartier.

01'.33'' Les besoins élémentaires du quotidien et la mémoire collective des habitants du camp 01'.41'' ont contribué à forger un îlot urbain à part.

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00'.00'' Camp palestinien de Bourj El Barajneh 00'.23'' Le camp a été créé en 1949 par les réfugiés arrivés de Palestine en quête d’un espace libre au centre de Beyrouth.

Le camp possède une structure unique et une architecture vernaculaire, conséquence de l’adaptation du camp aux besoins quotidiens de sa communauté, et du contexte politique et social.

Systemic Design - RSD6

Analysis Sum-Up Scheme

Environment, Economy, Democracy: Flourishing Together

Circulation

Nihal Halimeh Helen Avery Mahmoud Halimeh

Social Units

Educational

Strategy Summary Scheme

Systemic Design - RSD6

Analysis Sum-Up Scheme

Environment, Economy, Democracy: Flourishing Together

Industrial

Crafting future in Lebanese Refugee Camps - Burj El Barajneh Camp The Souk aims to empower an existing network of talent and craftsmanship among the camp inhabitants, thereby creating a metaphorical bridge that connects and brings together segregated divisions on the political, social and urban level. Based on an ethnographic and spatial mapping of existing networks, flows and structures within the Bourj el Barajneh Palestinian camp, the Souk project aims to use architectural methods to address the economic and social relationships within the enclosed city and its surrounding neighbourhoods.

Nihal Halimeh Helen Avery Mahmoud Halimeh

Circulation

In-Context

In hyperdense urban contexts like Bourj El Barajneh, space does not function as a neutral or open empty expanse within which new structures can be freely imagined and constructed. Each microspace already serves and negotiates multiple functions, affecting social relationships, livelihoods, health and wellbeing. Even small modifications will therefore have multiple impacts on vital aspects of society.

The current Souk will be renovated into a space that connects the camp to research circles in Lebanon for collective design and socially oriented urban planning. This will mobilize and utilize the camp’s local talent while developing and expanding on the current knowledge and concepts needed to support a sustainable economy.

Social Units

01 Intervention

02 Urban Fabric

03 Syrian Spread

04 Piazza & Dead Areas

Understanding the ways people live at a micro scale leads us to discover a hidden network at the scale of the camp as a whole.

Mapping the various networks, their interconnections, and physical distribution over the area provides a better understanding of core issues for the camp: dead spaces versus a lack of space, poverty versus limiting laws, and existing skills but with a lack of organization. Transforming these elements into an architectural configuration empowers the existing networks with new interventions.

Many generations of the same family live in the same building or more commonly in a cluster of buildings, forming a private courtyard for the buildings bounding it. As ground level space is used up, stories are added to accommodate the growing family.

With the influx of Syrian refugees, the camp population has more than doubled, placing huge strain on infrastructure. Not only socially, but also the rising structures piercing through the urban fabric are negatively affecting the area. The spread of the Syrian refugee residency is found most notably on the peripheral areas.

Most housing used by Syrians in the more interior areas of the camp has seemingly followed the area around a path leading to a Saha (Piazza).

Observed weaknesses are largely a result of fragmentation: lack of There is an extreme lack of space within the camp, with connectivity between certain programmes of the same kind within the most rooms shared by three people or more. There is also camp, as well as limited connections between the camp and its a lack of public space. The only spaces in which people surroundings. Lack of coordination and lack of connecting structures could gather are the residual spaces around markets and keep these programmes from reaching their full potential. In instances between buildings. These Sahat (Piazzas) are scattered where they are connected more efficiently, such as the case of Sahat around the camp and include, spaces created by a souk Palestine (where the souk in it has a connection to the neighbouring on the periphery of the camp, and spaces adjacent to souk), the programme strengthens the marketplace to become an institutional buildings. integral part of the city's souk.

05 Saha (Piazza) Network

Educational

06 Dead Space Network

07 Shops Network

Other breathing spaces are ‘dead spaces’ within the building blocks that are left unused or used for technical reasons since elevating them to the roofs is rather challenging. These could be transformed into more usable spaces since open space is so scarce and could serve the communities around them.

The principal strength and resources of the camp derive from trust, a strong social fabric and solidarity. However, physical structures do not always support coordination and necessary connections. For example the commercial streets that are ample in and around the camp are strong in their immediate locations, yet on an urban level are disconnected. Disconnection and fragmentation becomes a bottleneck, preventing existing programmes from developing further, networking with other organisations and receiving positive impulses.

Organizational Infrastructure

Strategy Summary Scheme

Syrian Influx Study

Houses Hosting Syrian Refugees

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In Relation to Existing Piazza

03.1

Forming Social Circles

03.2

Acting through the City

03.3

Industrial

Crafting future in Lebanese Refugee Camps - Burj El Barajneh Camp The Souk aims to empower an existing network of talent and craftsmanship among the camp inhabitants, thereby creating a metaphorical bridge that connects and brings together segregated divisions on the political, social and urban level. Based on an ethnographic and spatial mapping of existing networks, flows and structures within the Bourj el Barajneh Palestinian camp, the Souk project aims to use architectural methods to address the economic and social relationships within the enclosed city and its surrounding neighbourhoods.

Zoom-in Workspace Intervention

In-Context

In hyperdense urban contexts like Bourj El Barajneh, space does not function as a neutral or open empty expanse within which new structures can be freely imagined and constructed. Each microspace already serves and negotiates multiple functions, affecting social relationships, livelihoods, health and wellbeing. Even small modifications will therefore have multiple impacts on vital aspects of society.

The current Souk will be renovated into a space that connects the camp to research circles in Lebanon for collective design and socially oriented urban planning. This will mobilize and utilize the camp’s local talent while developing and expanding on the current knowledge and concepts needed to support a sustainable economy.

Longitudinal Section across project-camp In the second phase, the Souk will tie into business support projects; which include shared distribution services, shared administration platforms for cooperatives with micro-banking and micro-insurance programmes.

The project begins on a micro scale by working with what is already present and building upon it, creating a sustainable living structure. An architectural flexible and multipurpose configuration will regenerate what is stagnant in the observed economic and social flows, strengthen the existing craftsman, and improve on the existing ephemeral and temporary formation.

The chosen space for the project within the camp is an already living and breathing organism. It is a social space, a market place and an area where the craftsmen have settled In the detailed mapping of existing networks, flows and structures in Bourj el Barajneh as a whole, this particular area stood out, as it’s already a platform involving a number of social, educational and industrial integrated programmes.

01 Intervention

02 Urban Fabric

03 Syrian Spread

04 Piazza & Dead Areas

Understanding the ways people live at a micro scale leads us to discover a hidden network at the scale of the camp as a whole.

Mapping the various networks, their interconnections, and physical distribution over the area provides a better understanding of core issues for the camp: dead spaces versus a lack of space, poverty versus limiting laws, and existing skills but with a lack of organization. Transforming these elements into an architectural configuration empowers the existing networks with new interventions.

Many generations of the same family live in the same building or more commonly in a cluster of buildings, forming a private courtyard for the buildings bounding it. As ground level space is used up, stories are added to accommodate the growing family.

With the influx of Syrian refugees, the camp population has more than doubled, placing huge strain on infrastructure. Not only socially, but also the rising structures piercing through the urban fabric are negatively affecting the area. The spread of the Syrian refugee residency is found most notably on the peripheral areas.

Most housing used by Syrians in the more interior areas of the camp has seemingly followed the area around a path leading to a Saha (Piazza).

Observed weaknesses are largely a result of fragmentation: lack of There is an extreme lack of space within the camp, with connectivity between certain programmes of the same kind within the most rooms shared by three people or more. There is also camp, as well as limited connections between the camp and its a lack of public space. The only spaces in which people surroundings. Lack of coordination and lack of connecting structures could gather are the residual spaces around markets and keep these programmes from reaching their full potential. In instances between buildings. These Sahat (Piazzas) are scattered where they are connected more efficiently, such as the case of Sahat around the camp and include, spaces created by a souk Palestine (where the souk in it has a connection to the neighbouring on the periphery of the camp, and spaces adjacent to souk), the programme strengthens the marketplace to become an institutional buildings. integral part of the city's souk.

Organizational Infrastructure

05 Saha (Piazza) Network

06 Dead Space Network

07 Shops Network

Other breathing spaces are ‘dead spaces’ within the building blocks that are left unused or used for technical reasons since elevating them to the roofs is rather challenging. These could be transformed into more usable spaces since open space is so scarce and could serve the communities around them.

The principal strength and resources of the camp derive from trust, a strong social fabric and solidarity. However, physical structures do not always support coordination and necessary connections. For example the commercial streets that are ample in and around the camp are strong in their immediate locations, yet on an urban level are disconnected. Disconnection and fragmentation becomes a bottleneck, preventing existing programmes from developing further, networking with other organisations and receiving positive impulses.

Cra fting Future in Le ba ne s e Refugee C amps Syrian Influx Study

Houses Hosting Syrian Refugees

03.0

Folk Housing Revisited Re s e a rc h Urba n De s ign - Re s identi al Life in sha’bi (folk) neighborhoods takes on a different nature from modern residential communities. These neighborhoods are often charac terized by qualities of social cohesion and interac tion amongst their residents rarely found in newly built residential neighborhoods. Despite the deteriorated conditions of many of these neighborhoods and neglec t of public facilities within them, they contain physical charac teristics that engender desirable social behaviors and public life. The rege neration of Al Ghubaiba area based on the adaptation, improvement and eventual transformation of these neighborhoods through a gradual process of urban regeneration.

The proposal puts for th a scenario visualizing the process and potential outcome of preserving and enhancing some of the qualities already inherent within these areas. The design process involved field research and surveys to document the existing conditions mapping “unregulated” spill out areas outside of the residential units where informal seating , children play areas, or urban farming take place.

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Cour tya rd Vie w ( Re nd er)

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TREES FOR SHADING

FURNITURE PLACED OUTDOOR

SPACE DEMARCATION

GROUND COVER

E xiting Situatio n

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Market

Public Farming To Demolish

Warehouse

Library

Youth Center

To Renovate

Tennis Playground

4-Story Apartments Buildings

Private Social Seating Senior Home Community Center Private Car Park

Playground Additional Rooms to Existing houses

Basketball Playground

Basketball Playground

To Organize

Internal Playground Plazas

Public Farming

Fitness Center

Internal Playground Plazas

Warehouse Rentable Space

To Densify

4-Story Apartments Buildings

Public Farming

Public Farming 2-Story Villas

De s ign Strate gy

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OUTDOOR SEATING After understanding the social behaviour of the residents, frontage seating will act as an extension of their homes & will encourage interaction with neighbours

URBAN LANDSCAPE Planting local species, which require little or no irrigation.

URBAN FARMING Enhancing & promoting the growing of vegetables as a community activity

Cour tya rd Vie w ( Re nd er)

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HYDROPONIC STRUCTURE A garden structure, growing vegetables, herbs, and fruiting plants. The produce is grown hydroponically, with the use of water only

A Modern-Day Riviera Compe tition Urba n De s ign - Re s identi al “Riviera,” an Italian word which means “coastline” often refers to a coastal region frequented as a resor t area and usually marked by a mild climate. We star t this projec t by looking at the charac teristics that define some of the most celebrated and memorable rivieras around the world. Through an understanding of these charac teristics, we can formulate a premise through which an architec tural solution can emerge. The criteria that make some of these settings memorable to their visitors are often universal but are also driven by local idiosyncrasies that make them unique from each other. The massing strategy relies on breaking the scale of the residential block down into a series of “mini-blocks” creating a village reading. The residential block is read ver tically (as opposed to horizontally). The ar ticulation of these mini-blocks with a distinc t reading of the base and the upper floors in addition to varying heights strengthens fur ther this strategy. Lighter ephemeral elements that define spill out zones in front of shops on the ground level help clarif y the way buildings meet the ground and provide a highlighted coastal charac ter.

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Cour tya rd Vie w ( Re nd er)

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SOUQ The “Souq” is defin ed as the primary internal Retail/F&B pedestrian s pine delineated by rows of residential buildings on each side. This spine i s occasionally punctuated by plazas and alleyways that open up to surface parkin g, internal cou rtyards and the Qasr. Th e architecture of the “Souq” promotes a sense of den sity and en c losure. Loggias, balcon ies and, fen estration s overlooking th is area attempt to achieve privacy through calibrated fenestration sizes and “mashrabiya” screens.

Q A SR The “Palace” z one acts as th e threshold between the d ev el op men t and th e Qasr. Unlike th e s ouk, buildings th at hav e a retail base, the buildings facing the Qasr are surrounded with a bu ffer zone of h eavy vegetation an d gardens w h ic h screen the ground level an d essentially create a g reen belt arou n d th e edge of th e buildings. Th e language used in th e architecture is a combinatio n that merges b etw een the town (solid) an d the coastal (open) surroundings wh il e th e c olor palette used b orrow s q u es rel ated to the Qasr with its green roof and other pastel colors from other master plan character zones.

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Internal courtyards or gardens are characteri zed by a strong domestic sense. They introduce and element of surpri se and playfulness within the development wi th t heir monochromatic accent colors. Each courtyard has a different palette which b ecomes a way of providing a location identity. Due to the small scale of the courtyards and t he closeness of the balconi es t o each other, screens and panels have defi ned the courtyard façade module. The scale of thi s module also gives a domestic character to the courtyard that promotes privacy and e nclosure. The gardens at the ground level act as the backyard of the house which also add on the privacy character of t he courtyard .

The “Riviera/Beach” is the “destination” that lies a t the terminus of the So uq spine and o pe ns up to the w ate rfro nt. The be ach acts a s a public promenade that hosts public activities to all neighborhood residences. The mai n parameter that defines thi s are a is the ope nne s s . Accordingly, the language used is co m po s e d o f lighters frames and more expansive windows. The color pale tte us e d re fle cts the s and and the s ky . Als o , the landscape a nd the p ublic realm becomes less ri gi d and is de fi ne d by islands of vegetation and palm trees drawn around the residentia l clusters - i n contrast to the rigid plante rs spre ad around the Souq area.

Fa c a de Strate gy & Stre e ts co nfi gurati o n

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Towa rds the Se a Vi ew

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Fa c a de Module s

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The Red Tower Conc e pt De s ign / De s ign Develo p ment Re s ide ntia l The Red Tower, a 42-story residential building in Al Majaz distric t along the Sharjah Khaled Lagoon water front , consists of five projec tions configured to maximize and negotiate views within its compac t urban setting. The design operates along two primary premises. One is the maximization of views out to the water front . The slender form is driven via the maximization of occupancy along the elevation facing the lagoon. The oblique projec tions direc t views toward the best orientations on the upper levels and allow the lower units to have better vantage points in relation to the surrounding buildings - avoiding the narrow window to window relationship common within its urban context .

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Typic a l Pla n - Front Vi ew

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Typic a l Liv ing Room - Roof To p Po o l

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TUMO Center for Creative Technologies, Gyumri Conc e pt De s ign / Construc tion Do cuments / Executi o n Institutiona l Despite having survived two major ear thquakes gravely damaging the city, Gyumri still attrac ts visitors to witness the relics of its historic architec ture and protec ted buildings. The Gyumri Theater acquired its title from the opera house it once held, for which the main hall was conver ted into its most charac teristic space: a theater with a pivoting stage. Our intervention consists of reconfiguring the Gyumri Theater building into interac tive learning platforms, with the main working space planned within the former opera house theater, designed as a stepped collec tive workspace and 3D printing lab that can be conver ted into its former 200-seat theater space for screenings and per formances.

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ARGAN BEDAYA SCHOOL Conc e pt De s ign / Site Supe rv isi o n / Executi o n Institutiona l Located in the city of Kuwait , Argan Bedaya is a purpose-built community enriching lives through multi-generational learning methods, funded by Al Argan Development in Kuwait . The projec t was assigned to us to revise the existing building skeleton designed by Blank-page Architec ts from Lebanon. The school offers a new specific learning condition consisting of classrooms, multipurpose rooms, outdoor spaces, and a garden on the rooftop.

The journey star ts at the entrance, where the kids and parents first meet with the school staff. To give warmth to the welcoming platform, we used wooden louvers to define the space and to provide warmth to the tripleheight atrium. The classroom’s configuration reflec ts the Montessori approach, which is student-led and self-paced but guided, assessed, and enriched by knowledgeable and caring teachers, the leadership of their peers, and a nur turing environment .

ANNH Personal Work

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Re c e ption - Cla s s room - Mult i p ur p ose Ro o m

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G round Floor Plan

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Ca fe te ria Se ating A - Ca fe ter i a Seati ng B

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Kalba Rock Art Museum Compe tition Cultura l Situated on one of the UAE’s most sensitive and natural mounds, Kalba Rock Museum comprises a circular gallery around the cour tyard open to the mountain’s main ac tivities, the hiking trail, the mountain top, and the observation tower. The Museum will also provide education and visitor facilities to increase environmental awareness and engagement with nature. The hiking trail is made of wooden panels on ver tical pillars around the mountain, reaching the top with a viewing tower. The following components define the intervention: The enclosed space (two-thousand square meters) includes the rock ar t research center and exhibition rooms; the roof garden is accessible to the public; the water body comes naturally from the top of the mountain to the lowest point surrounding the building; and the outdoor areas include cour tyards and observation decks.

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Gift Shop

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VR Room

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Immersive Room

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Cafe/ Restaurant

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Timeline Exhibition Hall

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Prayer Rooms

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WC

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Storage

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Rock Art Research Center

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Classroom

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Time line G a lle ry Vie w - Full Vi ew of Mo und

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Desert Campus Compe tition Administrative A master plan for a new administrative campus on four square kilometers of land along the new Khor Fakkan road. The scheme promotes a campus that is dense, compac t , mixed, sustainable, and centered around pedestrian movement . This new urban center is meant to serve the surrounding suburban residential areas and provide the governmental and administrative facilities they need. The result is a hyper-dense, ecologically sensitive urban territory sitting within the deser t setting with diverse building stock , cultural and recreational features, and a varied network of interconnec ted public open spaces. Twelve development clusters or quads are defined by “green fingers” w hich func tion as innovative green infrastruc tures and parkland zones. The urban fabric within each development cluster creates a range of interconnec ted urban neighborhoods. The struc ture of the urban block is defined by the cam pus quads.

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B ird Vie w Ma ste r Plan

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Ma ste rpla n De s ign Strategy

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Inte rna l Vie ws

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TUMO Center for Creative Technologies, Masis Compe tition Institutiona l Located in Masis, Armenia, is an addition to the various TUMO centers for creative technologies across the world. It is an after-school center for kids between 12 and 18 years, who are given the choice, the needs and the knowhow to indulge in a new teaching experience focusing on technology and design. TUMO Masis is a 2, 400 meters-squared projec t , that helps kids learn in new working condition. TUMO Masis offers a new way of independent learning by introducing autonomous workstations revolving around circular “race” tracks, allowing the distribution of the other more co-working stations to be on the peripheral edge with some pit stops along the parcour that ac t as resting areas (catine).

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Exterior view

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KAJ Villa Conc e pt De s ign / Site Supe rv isi o n / Executi o n Re s ide ntia l The Residence is in Jumeirah Park Dubai. With a total built-up area of approximately four-hundred-fifty square meters, the program consists of conventional components of a residence in addition to an outdoor pool and a garden lounge. Out intervention was dic tated by an existing struc ture tweaked to host the client’s needs. The concept reflec ts the client’s personality defined through the enter tainment rooms distributed in the house; the client’s Marvel collec tion surrounds the office room on the first floor for him to experience his imaginative memory; the Den room on the ground floor is a getaway space that transition between the living room and the garden.

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GENERAL NOTES: THIS DRAWING IS NOT TO BE USED FOR ANY PURPOSE OTHER THAN FOR WHICH IT IS SUPPLIED. DO NOT SCALE THIS DRAWING AS A BASIS FOR CONSTRUCTION, WORK FROM FIGURED DIMENSIONS ONLY.

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