Noshin Alam Portfolio

CURRICULUM VITAE

NOSHIN F. ALAM

Noshin.Alam@georgebrown.ca

WORK EXPERIENCE

TURNER FLEISCHER ARCHITECTS, TORONTO, ONTARIO

ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGIST

Aug 2023 - Jan 2024

KIRKOR ARCHITECTS & PLANNERS, TORONTO, ONTARIO

ARCHITECTURAL ASSISTANT

Sept 2022 - Aug 2023

CONTEMPO STUDIO, ETOBOCOKE, ONTARIO

ARCHITECTURAL INTERN (Summer Contract)

May 2021 - Sept 2021

JOHNSON CHOU INC., TORONTO, ONTARIO

ARCHITECTURAL INTERIOR TECHNICIAN

Sept 2019 - March 2020

SENSUS DESIGN & BUILD INC, NORTH YORK, ONTARIO

ARCHITECTURAL DRAFTSPERSON

June 2018 - Sept 2019

STAPLES, TORONTO, ONTARIO

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

April 2018 - May 2018

MCDONALDS, SCARBOROUGH, ONTARIO CASHIER

Sept 2016 - Dec 2016

VOLUME ZERO ARCHITECTS, DHAKA, BANGLADESH INTERN

Sept 2014 - Dec 2014

EDUCATION

GEORGE BROWN COLLEGE, TORONTO, CANADA

ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGY

Sept 2020 - May 2023

NORTH SOUTH UNIVERSITY, DHAKA, BANGLADESH

BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE

Jan 2010 - May 2016

CONTINUING EDUCATION

CARLETON UNIVERSITY (ONLINE) CANADA

STUDIO FIRST

July 2020 - August 2020

RYERSON UNIVERSITY & JVS, TORONTO, CANADA

IPLAN (IMMIGRANT PROFESSIONALS

LEVERAGING ARCHITECTURAL KNOWLEDGE)

Sept 2017 - Dec 2017

GEORGE BROWN COLLEGE, TORONTO, CANADA

RESIDENTIAL WOOD FRAME

CONSTRUCTION

THE HOUSE BUILDING ENVELOPE (OBC)

June 2018 - Dec 2018

ACCESS EMPLOYMENT

LANGUAGE FOR WORKPLACE COMMUNICATIONS

July 2020 - August 2020

VOLUNTARY EXPERIENCE

BANGLADESHI-CANADIAN COMMUNITY CENTER, CANADA

VOLUNTEER

June 2016 - August 2016

DESIGN DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANTS, DHAKA, BANGLADESH

VOLUNTEER ARCHITECTURAL INTERN

May 2016

SKILLS

Mediacenter Theatre Design [Pg 4]

University of Creative Technology [Pg 5]

Chang School Building Analysis [Pg 8]

2 Storey Residential Design [Pg 11]

Old Shoreline Meditation & Yoga Center [Pg 13]

Acme Cosmetics Industrial Warehouse [Pg 16]

KIA Automotive Dealership [Pg 20)

Mid-Rise Condominium [Pg 21]

Visualization & Rendering [Pg 23]

Sketches & Art [Pg 24]

Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao

Heydar Aliyev Center, Azerbaijan

MEDIACENTER THEATRE DESIGN

Responsibilities:

Concept Development

Program Functions

Plans, Sections, Elevations

Model making

Medium: Autocad Photoshop

Project Type: Individual

UNIVERSITY OF CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY

Responsibilities:

Concept Development

Zoning Analysis

Site Analysis

Concept Development

UNIVERSITY OF CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY

Responsibilities:

Master Plan

Project Type: Individual

Elevations, Sections, Presentation, Medium: Autocad Photoshop

UNIVERSITY OF CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY

Design Analysis

Site Analysis

Building Analysis

CHANG SCHOOL BUILDING ANALYSIS

Chang School of Business existing building analysis

Responsibilities:

Materials & Methods Analysis

Wall Section Drawing

Medium: Revit Photoshop

3D Visualization Project Type: Group of 4

2 STOREY RESIDENTIAL DESIGN

2 Storey residential design for a single family detached home in compliance with zoning bylaws and Ontario Building Code

Responsibilities:

Preliminary and final interior and exterior layouts

Construction Drawings

Renderings

Medium: Autocad

Sketchup Photoshop

Materials & Method:

Front and rear with wood siding and brick veneer

Sides with stucco cladding

Asphalt shingles sloped roof

2x6 wood frame construction

Concrete Columns with pad footings

Project Type: Individual

STOREY RESIDENTIAL DESIGN

The design process contains of basic layout placed on each floors that enables a functional approach to the interior spaces. In the basement, there is the recreational room, mechanical room, and storage, while in the ground floor there is the living and dining room along with a family room, breakfast corner and an outdoor rear deck. The bedrooms are on the second floor with an allocated walk-in closet and ensuite with the master bedroom. The exterior of the residential house as been designed in accordance with the most views. The front and back elevations are visible the most hence have been designed with a combination of brick and wood siding, while the sides are made of stucco. The roof design had been proposed as a sloped roof made of asphalt shingles.

FRONT ELEVATION

BASEMENT FLOOR PLAN

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

REAR ELEVATION (EAST)

FRONT ELEVATION (WEST)

OLD SHORELINE MEDITATION & YOGA CENTER

1 Storey sustainable, green, water-wise meditation & yoga center in compliance with the Ontario Building Code

Responsibilities:

Sustainability Research

OBC Research

Preliminary Design Drawings

Final Design

Building Materials Analysis

Renderings

Medium:

Hand-Sketches

Photoshop

Revit 2022

Materials & Method:

Timbercrete sandstone block wall

Triple glazed windows

Teslpa solar roof shingles

Project Type: Individual

OLD SHORELINE MEDITATION & YOGA CENTER

Old Shoreline Meditation and Yoga Center was an interesting project that focused on sustainability, green design, and water-wise facility design. The intention of the design was to propose a building that responds to its surroundings by using recycled materials with low embodied energy. The space provided a common platform for visitors, employees and guests to experience a relaxing and safe space that focuses on sustainable building practices. The facility was designed to be solar-ready and did not use fossil fuels to generate electricity or for heating and cooling. The building maximized the used of natural lighting and reduced artificial lighting especially in the meditation space.

The floor plan consists of the main functional space along with ancillary spaces. The entrance was located at a position with straight access from the main road. The entry foyer lead to the meditation and yoga studio, along with the storage spaces, washrooms, and mechanical room. Notable features of the facility includes passive design features such as light shelves and south facing windows. Solar shingles provided electricity while a tankless heater was proposed to provide water. Heating and cooling is to be done by the proposed wood pellet stove and rainwater harvesting with a filter collection unit placed in the crawl space, reconditons water colllected to be used by the building. Low flush toilet systems were put in place for waste water management.

GROUND

ACME COSMETICS INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE

1.5 Storey Warehouse Design & Construction Drawings

Responsibilities:

Feasibility Analysis

Floor Plans, Elevations, Section

Wall Section

Detail Sections

Medium:

Revit 2022

Materials & Method:

Precast Concrete

Sandwich Panel

Glazed Curtain Wall

Insulated Stud Metal

Siding Wall

Project Type:

Group Project

The building consists of an industrial storage warehousing unit that satisfied requirements by the building code, while consisting of materials that are constructed as curtain wall systems. There is a second floor enclosed mezzanine office level made with concrete block walls

ACME COSMETICS INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE

REAR ELEVATION

SIDE ELEVATION

ACME COSMETICS INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE

ACME COSMETICS INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE

SECTIONAL

ACM PANEL CLADDING 3D

KIA AUTOMOTIVE DEALERSHIP

The project was to design a sustainable car dealership of two floors, creating a space where office and dealership functional requirements can come together to work as one unit serving its customers.

The showroom consists of double height glazing while the offices are hempcrete walls that have low embodied energy, with their roof containing solar planels and entire roof structture accommodating green roof. There are cars on display above the lobby area, marking it as the entrance as well as give an exterior display of the models.

2 Storey Car Dealership

Responsibilities:

Site Plan

3D Massing

3D Modelling

Sectional Plan Views

Materials & Method:

Hempcrete Wall

Project Type:

Group Project of 2 (Using BIM 360 Collaboration)

Medium:

Revit 2022

Photoshop Illustrator

Green Roof System

Solar Panels

MID-RISE CONDOMINIUM

Medium:

Revit 2022 (BIM 360 Collaboration)

Responsibilities:

Existing & Natural Conditions

Unit Plans

Sectional Drawings

Interior & Exterior 3D Rendering

Materials & Method:

White Brick Facade

Wood Finish Ground Floor Wall

Glazed CUrtain Wall

Green Wall System

Enscape Photoshop Project Type:

Group Project of 4

NATURAL ELEMENTS ANALYSIS

FRONT VIEW 3D RENDER

LONGTITUDINAL SECTION

COURTYARD VIEW

OUTDOOR SITTING AREA

VIEW OF TERRACE

VIEW TOWARDS COURTYARD

SITTING AREA UNDER CANOPY

INTERIOR RENDER (DAYTIME)

INTERIOR RENDER (NIGHTTIME)

INTERIOR RENDER (DAYTIME)

VISUALIZATION & RENDERING

STUDIO FIRST: A Post Baccalaureate Program Visualization Exercise

The project was an interesting one, different from usual designs. We were given a set of working drawings and the exercise was to use those drawings and create something meaningful out of it using our imagination. I took 2 sectional drawings and 1 wall section drawings and changed the lines around to design 3 buildings that created a sense of connectivity and communication between different parties of the buildings. The building at the center consists of tree climbing, solar energy gain, rooftop gardening and rain water storage from the adjacent building on the left which was in turn used to collect the rainwater and use it to grow plantation. The building. Meanwhile, the building on the right is meant to be for underground waste water management. All 3 buildings are interconnected and occupants of each building are able to transition from one to another in between work or in their free time to work together collectively to assist in serving themselves and their community.

Responsibilities

2D & 3D Drawing & Modelling

Rendering

Project Type: Individual

DETAIL 3D VIEWS

VISUALIZATION & RENDERING

Responsibilities

2D & 3D Drawing & Modelling

Rendering

Project Type: Individual

Medium: Revit Sketchup Enscape Vray