Sayem Shah's Portfolio

Sayem M.A. Shah Design Portfolio (selected work from undergrad) M Arch I Applicant | City College of New York Email: sayemshah19@gmail.com Phone: (716) 880-9954

Contents Vivarium (A place of life) _______________________________________________________________ 5 Spaghetti structure __________________________________________________________________ 23 Space and structure _________________________________________________________________ 27 Egg shell ___________________________________________________________________________ 37 Life around tree _____________________________________________________________________ 41 Construction drawing ________________________________________________________________ 52 Chair design _______________________________________________________________________ 55 Reciprocal frame ___________________________________________________________________ 59

SAYEM M.A. SHAH 430 Essex St , Brooklyn, NY-11208 Phone: (716) 880-9954 Email: SAYEMSHAH19@GMAIL.COM Education

University at Buffalo (BS. ARCH) (Graduated in June 2016) City College of New York (M. ARCH 1) (Class of 2021)

EXPERIENCE

ARCHITECTURAL INTERN (04/05/2017 to 07/14/2017) at MWT Hotel and Resort Architect # responsibility includes daily drafting and rendering activity instructed by project architect. # ocassionally attending client meeting to learn more skill.

STUDENT ASSISTANT (05/17/2015 to 09/07/2016) at Associate Dean’s office, Department of Architecture and Planning, University at Buffalo # responsibility includes daily official works (mostly data entry) instructed by Associate Dean Bruce Majkowski.

SHOP ASSISTANT (08/27/2015 to 12/22/2015) at Materials and Methods Shop, Department of Architecture and Planning, University at Buffalo # managing cash register. # helping regular students how to use machines like Band saws, Table saws, Metal saws, Panel saw, Planer, Joiner, Sanders, Drill presses, Concrete tools.

VOLUNTEER CONSTRUCTION WORKER (05/09/2013 to 05/29/2013) and (05/12/2014 to 06/02/2014) and (05/18/2015 to 06/05/2015) at Habitat for Humanity Buffalo # In 2013 and 2014 we had built three houses in each year on Fox St, Buffalo, NY as part of Habitat for Humanity Buffalo. We were part of “New Built group” and ACHIEVE three school credit in both years. # In 2015, we joined to “renovation group” to ACHIEVE AXP points.

AWARDS/ HONORS

“People’s choice award” FIRST PRIZE “People’s choice award” First runner-up “Housing design competition” THIRD PRIZE (Senior year studio project) “Gates Circle Design Competition” HONORABLE mention "VIVARIUM" project is published in University at Buffalo publication INTERSIGHT V. 18 (1st edition)

Fall 2012 Fall 2015 Fall 2015 Spring 2016 Spring 2016

SKILL Highlights ADVANCED in AutoCad, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Indesign.

INTERMEDIATE in Rhinoceros, V-ray Microsoft Office Applications.

BEGINNER in Revit, SketchUp, Ecotect.

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Vivarium

(A Place of Life)

Group member: Sayem M. A. Shah Rachel Chen Jia Min [ Third place in senior year housing design competition and Joint runner up for “People’s choice of best project” award ] 4th year 1st semester design studio Academic project Fall 2015

This project uses the vehicle of the vivarium, which is an enclosed space designed for isolated ecological or environmental generation, to imagine a housing complex for local health professionals on the Buffalo Medical campus. In providing housing for 100 medical students, “VIVARIUM- A Place of Life focuses on the sequence from public to private space, which create spatial conditions that acknowledge and attempt to alleviate the enormous physical and mental pressures faced by these students.

A public-level open-air market provides accessibility to amenities throughout the day and at times that are not always covered by local establishments. The housing units themselves are designed as a dormitory living spaces with two person study bedrooms that are linked through a series of walkways that can be seen through large central atriums.

In this group project I am resposible for taking decision on initial conceptual ideas and model, Structure plan, Rhino model of the housing complex, Final model and Section model.

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Main street train station Walk: 13 min Train: 8 min Car: 4 min Distance: 0.6 mile

Conventus medical office building Buffalo general medical center Gates vascular institute Rosewell park cancer institute Rosewell park center for genetics and pharmacology Innovation center

Coffee shop

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High school

Restaurants

Bus stops

Woodward medical research institute Oishi children hospital

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The ground level is activated by a public open-air night market for street food (as in Asia), which will cater to the extended hours of medical students as well as the patrons of bars on nearby Chippewa Street, and by an interior library and group study spaces for the occupants. A generous stair leads to skylit spaces below, including a communal bath house and dining, which satisfy physical and social needs of the building’s inhabitants as well as relieving stress.

A single vertical circulation core leads to the residential units above, which are elevated above the ground, casually clustered within a glazed envelope that fills the site. Miniature towers of two-person study bedrooms – which rotate around vertical structure and services cores - are punctuated by individual bay windows, where each resident has privacy while also being visually connected with others in the community. The towers are clad with GRFC panels in saturated shades of stress-relieving green. On each level of student rooms, students can congregate on roof terraces or in a shared kitchen or laundry. Skip-stop circulation is comprised of cloud-like translucent glass walkways, which have a unique configuration on each level and are linked by open stairs together with places to pause and talk with others.

Study room

Bedroom

Toilet

Stress relieving colors

Storage Services Elevator Private

Rectilinear 24/7 market

Garden

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Communal kitchen

Library

Bath house

Roof Individual study pod Resedential tower core Toilet 6 Laundry

Terrace 5 Kitchenette

4 Accessiblle unit

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Concept model

1/8 scale for mid term review

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Basement plan 11

Roof plan

Upper level first floor plan

GROUND GROUND FLOORFLOOR PLAN PLAN 1/8”=1’-0” 1/8”=1’-0”

SITE PLAN

SAYEM SAYEM M.A. SHAH M.A. SHAH RACHEL RACHEL CHEN CHEN JIA MIN JIA MIN

SCALE: 1/16”=1’-0” S.M.A SAYAM RACHEL CHEN JIA MIN

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Lower basement plan

First floor plan 0 5 10

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Upper level second floor plan

Upper level third floor plan

Second floor plan

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North-south section 14

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Secondary structural glass frame

Primary structural glass frame

Vertical cerculation core Concrete slab Organic structural glass balutrade (lateral force) Residential core tower

Ground floor concrete slab Transfer structure concrete beam

Retaining wall Concrete footing

Basement concrete slab Stepped wall Concrete footing for secondary core

Lower basement concrete slab Retaining wall footing Structural diagram 16

Basement floor plan

First floor plan

Lower basement plan

Ground floor plan

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( Thermal wells + heat pumps water to air system ) Zone 1 : Restaurant & bath house Zone 2 : Residential & study room

Ahu 1 Ahu 2

Geothermal system Floor heating system

Zone 3 : Glass box & core Zone 4 : Parking

Ahu 3 Ahu 4

Vertical chases Wet walls

Thermal well Boiler room HVAC system 17

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Getting out of bed 6 am

Eating breakfast in communal dinnind area 7 am

Eating dinner in the 24/7 market place 6 pm

Studying 7 pm

Leaving the building through the lobby 8 am

Going up from 2nd floor to 3rd floor 5 pm

Going to bath house 10 pm

Overhead view on the way back to bed 12 am

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Final section model at 1/8 scale

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Final model at 1/16 scale

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Spaghetti structure “People’s choice of best project award” in first year first semester 1st year 1st semester design studio Academic project Fall 2012

Two hand holding an egg is represented by a tectonic structure made out of spaghetti and elmar’s glue. The goal is to hold the hydrocal egg 16” above from ground level.

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Two hand holding an egg

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Pressure

Because of pressure it breaks

Final plan

Final elevation

Elevation view

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Space and structure Group member: Sayem M.A. Shah Christian Urena Karim Mahmud Ali Elhaddad Jackson lim Micheal hehrir 1st year 2nd semester design studio Academic project Spring 2013

A organic shaped thin shell structure formed by cross-braced copper wires which allow us to isolate the critic’s space from rest of the studio and display our work.

I am responsible for initial conceptual idea about how this organic structure will wrap around a part of the classroom and create a space for us to utilize. I took important decision on material choosing and played a huge role on construction phase.

Concept model

Concept model

Concept model (Final version) 28

Model in progress

Detail

Final model preparation 29

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- Basic unit has been mass produced start connecting to make longer sections.

- An I-shaped column inside the studio used as a choosen structural element. Copper wire were cast in grid. Solder was used on the key joints to make the structure rigid and flexible. aluminum wire is used to connect the copper wire w hich allows us to twist and stretch the basic unit.

- The first half of the curve was constructed and connected to the I beam to create a relationship with the site.

- Second half of the curve was constructed. Side wall is used as part of our site connection.

- Strings were used as a form-work to achieve a smooth bending when second curve was constracted.

- Two curves were simplified to meet at a single point.

Alluminum skin has been applied to enclose the space.

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- After the aluminum skin was applied we began hanging our drawings.

- The copper wire sections grip on to column.

- Aluminum wire provides tension and holds the extending arch in place.

- Addapted the grid section to wrap around the I Beam.

- Connection allows support of maximum amount of weight.

- Connection is designed to move and slide along the I-Beam while providing a secure connection.

- Creates a rigid connection that supports the second extruding curve.

- The curve connection is a rigid connection where both curves meet and extend to the trench.

- The model is tied down to the trench to create a rigid connection.

- Acts as a connection to stabalize the thin shell structure.

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Section

Plan D

Plan C

Plan B

Plan A

Front elevation

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Plan C

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Plan A

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Right elevation

Seating and guest space

Presenting space

Display

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Egg shell Group member: Sayem M.A. Shah Ricardo Rivera Rachel Chen John Jiang Kei Onodera Rong Chen 3rd year 2nd semester media studio Academic project Fall 2015

Our goal is to use grasshopper program and create a free standing egg shell structure by using cell notch process. We learn how use grasshopper and fabrication.

In this project I contribute in designing this egg shell with the Grasshopper program.

Notch cut from each side of the surface block

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B Blocks are sliding into each other

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Final Unit

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Diagram shows how the egg shell is constructed by unit block

Close up view

Interior view

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Life around tree 3rd year 2nd semester design studio Academic project Spring 2015

Void inside of this building takes the shape of the tree perimeter. Life and the activity of this architecture office is organized around the tree. This complex includes design studios, computer lab, conference room and huge exhibition space and lounge in ground level based on home tree. Two different free standing structure (inner and outer) holds the entire weight of the individual pods. The outer facade of the pods are ciramic glazed.

Third and forth floor have their individual brain storming space near southern facade of the building. A Skylight and southern facade provides enough daylight in each working space.

Concept model

Concept model

Concept model

Final model

Final model 42

5th floor plan

4th floor plan

3rd floor plan

2nd floor plan

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Interior view of atrium

Interior view of critic space 45

Plan

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Elevation

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Ground floor plan

Elevation

Plan 46

Facade diagram

Space frame

Internal steel joist

Internal free standing structure

External steel joist

Internal free standing structure

Structure diagram 47

Cooling air volume 10,000 CFM Area of main supply or return ducts 10 sqft Area of brunch supply or return ducts 12 sqft Area of fan room 700 sqft Area of fresh air louvers 75 sqft Area of exhaust air louvers 60 sqft Cooling capacity in tons 40 Mcal/sec Total space for boiler room and chilled water plant 500 sqft Space for cooling tower 50 sqft

Sizing space for major heating and cooling equipment

Sizing space for air handling

Cooling pipe Heating pipe Heating and Cooling supply pipe Intake air box Exhaust air box Boiler and chiller room Mechanical and recycle room Cooling tower Chimney

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People Fire

5th floor plan

1- hr fire wall Safe pathway Room

4th floor plan

Floor Glass wall Egress path 3rd floor plan

2nd floor plan

Ground floor plan

Basement plan

Egress diagram 49

Exterior view

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Exterior view

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1. Ground floor slab

4. Upper Level wall Assembly

6. Clerestory Window

6” gravel vapor barrier 1” rigid insulation 6” site cast concrete slab on grade with mesh reinforcement

8x16x8” CMU inner wythe with (3) #5 vertical rebars at corners, openings, and 48” o.c. vapor barrier 2 “ rigid insulation 2” air cavity 8x8x4“ CMU outer wythe

Steel framed single glazed custom clerestory

2. Wall Assembly at Grade 8x16x8” CMU inner wythe with (3) # vertical rebars at corners, openings, and 48” o.c. and horizontal joint reinforcement at 16” o.c. vapor barrier 2 “ rigid insulation 2” air cavity 8x8x4“ CMU outer wythe

5. Window Assembly

7. Custom Stairs Custom railing Hardwood treads 8. Fireplace

site cast concrete sill wood framed double glazed custom windows

10” site cast footer foundation, #5 rebar at 16” o.c.

12” CMU foundation walls 8” site cast fireplace pad, #5 rebar at16” o.c.

8x16x8“ CMU inner wythe with #5 rebar at 48” o.c. and horizontal reinforcement at 16” o.c.

Firebrick fire chamber Fireproof infill Prefab aluminum chimney throat 8x16x24” precast clay flue, joints staggered 8x16x8” CMU outer wythe with #5 rebar at 48” o.c. and horizontal reinforcement at 16” o.c.

3. Living Room Floor Assembly 1/2” Plywood 2x10” Plywood web Joist, 16” o.c.

(3/4)x6” tongue and groove hardwood floor planking

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Chair design 4th year 2nd semester Art studio Academic studio Spring 2016

Architecture play a special part in furniture design. This proto-type chair is designed to sit in a special condition when a person get tired after a long time sitting around a computer. I voluteered myself to be a client for this product. The chair follows the curve of my posture when i take rest and read magazine or drink coffee or glass of water. Head-rest is not provided because I meant to sit here for only 15/20 minutes and then go back to work on my computer. A storage space is also provided to keep empty cups and magazines.

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Front elevation of the proposed posture for me when i am taking rest.

Right elevation

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Initial sketch for the chair

Other features has been added such as head rest reduced and rotated 25 degree, rocking facility added.

A storage space has been provided to keep magazine or maybe an empty glass or coffee cup.

Proposed model for fabrication process

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Fabrication drawing for CNC machine. It took four 8’x4’ 1/4” plywood sheet to complete the chair.

Pieces are slotted in as they designed to be. Wood glue has been used to hardened the structure further.

Process picture to determine if the structure hold the weight of my body.

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Reciprocal frame Group member: Sayem M.A. Shah Yifan Zhu Kris Makowski Marcus Royes 4th year 2nd semester design studio Academic project Spring 2016

A reciprocal frame (RF) is a self-supported three- dimensional structure made up of three or more sloping rods, which form a closed circuit, namely an RF-unit. This self supported reciprocal frame is made out of paper tube, a waste material. This cylindrical paper tubes has almost zero friction force which is why they slide.

To stop this problem we cut hole in between the joint and then join them with threaded road and nuts to prevent them from sliding. It also made the structure bold and strong.

I did initial research on how this paper tube react in different climatic condition. I also came up with differdnt innovative approach to how can we connect two paper tube together and solve the sliding problem. I also played extensive part in grasshopper design and in final construction.

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Ingredients :

1st tube

Tube Threaded rod

12”

3rd tube

1/4” 1 1/4”

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Joining process: 24”

2nd tube

4.5” - 5.5”

Fender washer Nut

12”

1st tube

2nd tube

8’ - 0”

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Distance of the holes

Angle of the holes

Unfolded paper tube with holes

1st tube placed on top of 2nd tube and bolted together with 1/4” threded rod and nuts

Formulate a sixty degree triangle with three tubes; allowing for each piece to become independent.

1st tube 2nd tube

3rd tube

Assembly -1

All connections were bolted with threaded rod and nuts to create first assembly

Assembly step :

Two bolted tube placed on top of first assembly

Bolt opposite side connection

Assembly -2

Add another unit- 1 and bolt with 1/4” threaded rod and nuts

Keep adding until the frame self supported

Place the hexagonal reciprocal frame on ground

Add assembly-2 and bolt with threaded rod

Keep adding unit-2 and bolting

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Keep adding until it becomes self supported

Final reciprocal frame

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