ALBANY PARK COMMUNITY CENTER

Located in Albany Park, Chicago, just off the Kimball brown lne station, this community center serves as a place for artistic expression for a rich, creative community. The center will foster studio spaces, a gallery, and classrooms, inviting all ages to explore and create. Its exterior design features a concrete exterior detailed with a colorful, living facade. Concrete pockets holding soil among the facade hold blooming flowers to create a live mural, along with a hydroponic garden. The contempory aesthetic of the center contrasts to the animated neighborhood and embraces the train lot located directly behind the building.

Noor Ballout

7030 W 107th St. • Worth, IL • 708-420-5993 • noorb2@illinois.edu www.linkedin.com/in/noor-ballout-b25711207

Education

Moraine Valley Community College Fall 2018-May 2020

Associates in Arts

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Fall 2020-May 2023

Bachelor of Science, Architectural Studies

Experience

Dunkin’ Donuts

Crew Member/Shift Leader

Worth, Alsip, Oak Lawn, IL

September 2017-August 2020

December 2020-July 2021

Winter 2021

• Worked in a fast-paced environment with high volumes of customers.

• Kept the store under cleanliness standards.

• Handled food properly and safely

• Trained new incoming employees to develop strong workers.

Extracurriculars

Phi Theta Kappa

Member

Fall 2019-May 2020

• Recognized as a student with at least a 3.5 GPA standing

• Enrolled in “Honors” courses geared toward more interactive students who want to challenge themselves

• Participated in volunteering/service activities, attended meeting with fellow members

Tau Sigma National Honor Society

Member

April 2021-May 2023

• Granted candidacy for membership in the Tau Sigma National Honor Society as a transfer student to UIUC with a grade point average of 3.5 or higher, having completed one full year at a previous institution

Illinois Solar Decathlon

Design Team Member-Architecture

Fall 2022-April 2023

• A U.S. Department of Energy sponsored student organization that works to design and build sustainable, solar-powered, energy net-zero buildings. The team partnered with Ratio to design a new office building. Collaboration consisted of architecture engineering, market analysis, sustainable, mechanical/plumbing teams.

• Architecture sub-team responsibilities consisted of collaboration of teammates to create site analysis, design office spaces and amenities, landscape design, rendering, ect Student Justice for Palestine (SJP)

Member

Spring 2021 & Fall 2022

• Community organization on the UIUC campus that spreads awareness of the Palestinian struggle. Participated in peaceful protests, educational lessons, and Palestinian advocacy

Skills

• AutoCAD

• Rhino

• Microsoft Word

• PowerPoint

• Adobe Illustrator

• Adobe InDesign

• SketchUp

• Arabic

• Lumion/Enscape

• Adobe Photoshop

• Revit

1900 South Broadway

Historic South Central Los Angeles California

SPROUT is a design proposal that aims to provide a safe, welcoming place for those who need it. It allows transparency without stigma for those who experience food scarcity face. Its sloping and rising form inspires the patrons of the foodbank to also look up into their growing futures.

Foundation: -5'-0"

Professor Kevin Erickson

Collaborator: Alfonso Romero

Guided Steps

“Guided Steps” is a proposal for a community center specifically designedfor the visually impaired. Located in East Harlem, New York, this building featurestactile paving and lit-up embedded handrails on the walls for easy and accessible movement, giving a sense of directon in the building. The use of CMU screenwallsallows for diffused soft light throughout the building, as well as variation of volumes for distinct spatial recognition. The screenwall also breaks up mechanical sound,giving patrons the ability to hear without echo.