M.ARCH Portfolio 2018

RAZAN ALTIRAIFI

ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO

MGMT CONSULTING

TECH

HTML / CSS DESIGN CONSULTING

C#

REVIT

JAVA JAVASCRIPT ROBOTICS

BIM

PYTHON

DIGITAL FABRICATION DESIGN SCRIPTING

PARAMETRIC DESIGN

ARCH

DESIGN | TECHNOLOGY | BUSINESS

OBJECTIVE Interested in blending my professional experience in information technology & project management with my education in architecture and design INTERESTS Computational Design | Parametric Design | Design Scripting | Digital Fabrication | Virtual Reality | Projection Mapping |

GRASSHOPPER

RAZAN ALTIRAIFI Languages: English / Arabic

SOFTWARE SKILLS DESIGN SKILLS

ADOBE CC

AUTOCAD

JAVA

HAND-DRAFTING / SKETCHING

LIGHTROOM

RHINO

HTML / CSS

2D DRAFTING

PHOTOSHOP

GRASSHOPPER

SQL

3D MODELING & RENDERING

INDESIGN

VRAY

C#

BIM – CLOUD COLLABORATION

ILLUSTRATOR

REVIT

PYTHON

DIGITAL FABRICATION

ACROBAT PRO

SKETCHUP

MS EXCEL

EDUCATION GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY COLLEGE OF DESIGN | SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

05/2019 3.5 YEAR PROFESSIONAL MASTERS OF ARCHITECTURE

Selected Coursework: DESIGN SCRIPTING: Java Applet, Projection Mapping, Revit Plugin ROBOTIC OPERATIONS: Kuka Robot Operations via Grasshopper

PROJECT MANAGEMENT SKILLS SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT RISK / RECORDS MANAGEMENT CLIENT / VENDOR MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS & SPECIFICATIONS WEB ADMINISTRATION

GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY VOLGENAU SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING 05/2009 BACHELORS OF SCIENCE, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Concentration in Database Technology and Programming Minor in Business Management

12/2012 MASTERS OF SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS Graduate Certificate in

Information Engineering

T. GORDON LITTLE FELLOWSHIP

UNIVERSITY SCHOLAR | HONORS PROGRAM IN GENERAL EDUCATION | DEAN’S LIST

HARVARD UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE FLEXERA SOFTWARE SOFTWARE LICENSING ANALYST

6 week program of intensive studio work, lectures, workshops, and field trips mirroring a graduate level studio experience

TEAMWORK AWARD 04 2015 Design solutions to employ license optimization techniques

06-07/2015 | CAREER DISCOVERY

GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY CORCORAN ARTS CONTINUING EDUCATION 08-12/2015 | NON-DEGREE STUDIO ARTS WOODWORKING & FURNITURE DESIGN

Beginning with sketches, students will explore design and materials, fabricate models, and generate construction drawings, with a goal of fabricating and completing their own project.

INTRODUCTION TO INTERIOR DESIGN CONCEPTS FOR THE NON-PROFESSIONAL

The course will cover interior design concepts and topics such as drafting to scale (by hand), color and material systems, furniture, space planning, site development, lighting, and sustainability culminating in an individual design project.

05/2014 – 08/2016 | ITASCA, IL (REMOTE POSITION)

BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT 07/2009 – 02/2014 | MCLEAN, VA

08/2012 – 02/2014 | SENIOR CONSULTANT

HI5 AWARD 10 2013 Provided business and policy reviews and facilitated requirements gathering for enterprise software licensing agreements by coordinating between geographically-dispersed clients to maximize savings and comply with efficiency initiatives.

07/2009 – 08/2012 | CONSULTANT

PERFORMANCE & TEAM AWARD 03 2012 PERFORMANCE & TEAM AWARD ABSOLUTE PERSONAL BEST 07 2010

SMITHSONIAN ASSOCIATES STUDIO ARTS PROGRAM

PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE

Classes focus on such topics as posing a subject; using highlight and shadow to create three-dimensional contrast; the difference between high key and low key lighting; how to use a flash meter; and understanding strobe lighting. Participants produce portfolios of portraits of models and their classmates.

03/2008 – 05/2009 | IT Intern – Help Desk Support

UCLA EXTENSION ARCHITECTURE + INTERIOR DESIGN

ALT DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY

01-03/2015 | INTRODUCTION TO STUDIO PORTRAITURE

03-06/2016 | PHOTOGRAPHING ARCHITECTURE & INTERIORS Online course with weekly critique culminating in a portfolio of work.

SOCIETY FOR HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (SHRM) COMPUTER LEARNING CENTERS PARTNERSHIP (CLCP) 09/2006 – 03/2008 | Computer Lab Aide

GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY - WRITING CENTER 01/2006 – 05/2006 | Front Desk Receptionist

02/2014 – Present | Photographer Collaborated with interior designers and real estate professionals to provide professional photography services for web and print. http://www.altdigitalphotography.com/press.html

FALL 2017 | ADVANCED STUDIO I SPARK@SLOSS Studio Critic: Stuart Romm

| LIVING MACHINE | INTERDISCIPLINARY | ARTS | TECHNOLOGY | ROBOTICS | INDUSTRIAL | STEEL | CONCRETE | MODULAR | FLEXIBLE | EXTENDABLE | AUTONOMOUS | SCULPTURE | NEW | OLD

PROBLEM A master planning and design program to create a world class arts tech hub for millennials and the underserved at Sloss Furnaces national landmark, Birmingham, for GA Tech, Auburn and Tuskegee schools of architecture autumn studios.

ARTS MACHINE This design invokes both the rational and poetic pleasures of machinic utility and play.

This design reflects the historic function of Sloss Furnaces as a pig iron-producing blast furnace through the contemporary use of polished red steel for the structure, faรงade and circulation of the main building.

The focus is an interdisciplinary building whose front invites the visitor to immerse themselves in the studios for three of the four quadrants, through large glass curtain walls. The remainder of the faรงade consists of garage door panels embracing an industrial form and function. The building is designed according to a modular logic with machined wall panels which allow flexibility to expand or change the structure as needed. The focal point is the 40 foot high drum spanning the three quadrants.

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FLOOR 1 PLAN

FLOOR 2 PLAN

ENVELOPE

CIRCULATION

FLOOR 3 PLAN

STEEL STRUCTURAL FRAMING PLAN

RENDER EXPOSING STEEL STRUCTURE

S T R U CT U R E

FALL 2017 | ADVANCED STUDIO I WEIGHT & COUNTERWEIGHT: A NEW BRIDGE FOR THE BELTLINE Studio Critic: Stuart Romm

PROBLEM Students are challenged to create a new node along the Beltline that can be static or movable, flat or undulating. Each proposal must acknowledge the continuity of the belt line circuit, must be traversable on a bike, foot, big wheel, must have a connection down to the North Avenue sidewalk. Each project will capture rainwater and provide a sense of place and shade and should be 100% unairconditioned.

SOLUTION I explored the concept of triangulation in the development of the this bridge. This pedestrian bridge is imagined to be constructed from triangulated steel plates with varying perforations throughout the length of the structure. The model was constructed of one sheet of chipboard etched in a triangulated pattern just enough to fold in a radial fashion. There is a sense of interiority and exteriority to the bridge with longer enclosed tunnel designed for slower pedestrian traffic and the shorter tunnel as a bicycle passthrough lane.

SUMMER 2017 | CORE III STUDIO Manifold Futures

PROBLEM Identify, invent, incubate, refine, develop and deliver versions of articulated spatial imaginaries to navigate a vast cloud of spatial ideas, culminating in a diverse array of drawings, diagrams, matrices, physical models and spatial constructs, ranging in size from small to (very) large.

Studio Critic: Keith Kaseman

Razan Altiraifi

RA-02a Razan Altiraifi

RA-02b

SOLUTION Through physical and digital iterations, I developed a digital media production factory and theater. The building incorporates drone landing pads in order to use drone footage for media projects as well as live-streaming in a theater setting to visitors. The building is a hub for the production and distribution of virtual reality media in a variety of forms. The advanced production factory incorporates visitors in many transportation modes including pedestrians, vehicules and bicycles.

Razan Altiraifi

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Razan Altiraifi

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SPRING 2017 | CORE II STUDIO

Razan Altiraifi | Highland Courtyards

Area Plan

Area Plan

1/64” = 1’-0”

1/64” = 1’-0”

Site Plan

1/16” = 1’-0”

Floor Plan

1/8” = 1’-0”

Axonometric 1/16” = 1’-0”

Section 1/8” = 1’-0”

Elevation

1/8” = 1’-0”

FALL 2016 | CORE I STUDIO Visual Aweareness & Architectural Thinking through Analog Technique Studio Critic: Brian Bell Marisabel Marrat

A ROOM & ITS PASSAGES Your rooms, and their passages, must now be considered as the basis for a multi-purpose space – a “room”– that accommodates more than one activity around the idea of ‘study’. Your “room” must accommodate 3 activities, for 10-20 people simultaneously, in various configurations.

SOLUTION My intervention consisted of an addition to the Hinman Building courtyard accomodating the following program elements: 1. Group Studying (an iteration of reading) 2. Individual Studying (an iteration of resting/sleeping &/or reading) 3. Informal Dining (an iteration of eating a meal), as a group or individual Transparency and opacity are explored as well as various areas for people to gather.

MEDIA & MODELING SOFTWARE CLASSES FALL SPRING SUMMER FALL

2016 2017 2017 2017

SOFTWARE TAUGHT Autocad Rhino Rhino | VRAY Rhino | Grasshopper Adobe InDesign Adobe Illustrator Adobe Photoshop Revit

SKILLS LEARNED Through study and analysis of precedent buildings learned software skills of 2D drafting, 3D modeling , BIM Collaboration and 3D Printing.

Teamwork: The following projects were acheived in a group setting.

Media and Modeling 1 & 2 were 2 person teams. Media & Modeling 3 and Revit were in groups of 4.

SUMMER 2017 | MEDIA & MODELING 3 FREEDOM WITHIN TENSION ARCH 4833/8833: Advanced Rhino School of Architecture Georgia Institute of Technology Summer 2017 Razan Altiraifi, Adriana Perez-Leyva, Dreama Johnson, Ruicheng Guo

Springs Component Components Iden�fied Geometry Created

Polylines Exploded into Segments

Base Polygon Created Copy Translated and Scaled

Framework Created

Rest Length Variable To Create Tension

Ver�cal Lines Drawn Points Shi�ed and Diagonal Lines Drawn

Rest Length Fixed

Diagonal Line Lengths Paramterized

Unary Force (Gravity)

Control Points Collected and Duplicates Culled

Differen�a�on Rods Cables

Kangaroo Physics Component

Data Branched

Forces Applied

Rods

Geometry Input

Cables

Bake Geometry Created Pipe Radius Applied Pipe Radius Applied

Control Points Become Anchors

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Placed upon a patch of grass embraced by Clough Commons, our team’s tensegrity model welcomes Georgia Tech students to an outdoor oasis for reading, resting, and exploring. It consists of thirteen steel rods, each held in position by a network of steel cables. The resulting structure is stable and airy, with thoughtfully articulated views of the surrounding campus and a framed view of the cityscape beyond.

Land Slopes Downward 10’ Drop

Our tensegrity was generated using Rhino and Grasshopper, relying heavily upon parametric modeling techniques and the use of the Grasshopper Physics component. In this manner we were able to experiment with variations in every aspect of the model: the shape and placement of both the top and bottom plan views, the length of the rods, and the tension placed upon them.

As we wanted a structure that would be solid and stand upright, we maintained relatively high tension. Although we kept the top and bottom plans of the tensegrity cables precisely equal, our decision to vary the lengths of the rods resulted in a complex and intriguing composition of varying positions and angles. We were particularly intrigued by the unique capabilities of tensegrity structures to feature floating, seemingly untethered members held within a web of cables. Our twelve firmly planted rods are interrupted by one small, playfully floating member held in position by the surrounding cable structure.

Twelve figures pulled this way and that by opposing forces are placed in counterpoint to the one free floating rod, speaking to an inner reality in which we are similarly pulled by our stresses and responsibilities, but may still find moments of peace and freedom within them.

Site Plan Scale: 1/64” = 1’

SPRING 2017 | MEDIA & MODELING 2

DIVIDING GRID INTO MORPHED BOXES (WINDOWS) U-COUNT=6 V-COUNT=3

by Gustav Hoiland on April 17, 2014 (https://flagshipphoto.com/2014/04/17/simmons-hall-mit/)

RANDOMIZED FACADE VIODS NUMBER=75

https://ps2pm.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/screen-shot-2010-12-01-at-11-50-34-am1.png

SCRIPTING 1D | FACADE DIAGRAMS

PRECEDENT | SIMMONS HALL

FACADE DETAIL

VARIATION MATRIX 1D | FACADE DIAGRAMS

https://ps2pm.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/screen-shot-2010-12-01-at-11-50-34-am1.png

http://pratt-design301-fbiehle.blogspot.com/2013/09/simmons-hall-mit-steven-holl.html

http://mapio.net/pic/p-40839891/

http://en.wikiarquitectura.com/images/3/35/Simmons_hall._cortes.jpg

FACADE GRID PARAMETERS

GRID U-COUNT=19 GRID V COUNT=10 RANDOMIZED FACADE VOIDS=25

GRID U-COUNT=5 GRID V-COUINT=5

http://www.stevenholl.com/projects/mit-simmons-hall

SYSTEMS DIAGRAMS PROJECT: VASSAR STREET LOCATION: CAMBRIDGE, MA ARCHITECT: STEVEN HOLL YEAR: 2002

GRID PARAMETERS U-COUNT=19 V-COUNT=10

WIDTH= 576 FEET HIEGHT= 124 FEET

EXCLUDING VOIDS

GRID U-COUNT=19 GRID V COUNT=10 RANDOMIZED FACADE VOIDS=1000

GRID U-COUNT=10 GRID V-COUINT=10

In 1999 Massachusetts Institute of Technology commissioned Steven Holl to design a new a dormitory for the school. They had one goal in mind, that the spaces around and within the building would stir up interaction among students. With MIT’s vision in mind along with Holl’s artistic architectural ideas, the ten-story undergraduate dormitory became a small city in itself with balancing opposing architectural elements, such as solids and voids and opaqueness and transparency.

Holl’s design solution was that the building would metaphorically work as a sponge. It would be a porous structure that would soak up light through a series of large openings that would cut into the building so that light would filter through in section. These breaks in section would then become main interactive spaces for the students, providing views onto different levels. In his original drawings, Holl referred to these breaks as the building’s “lungs” as they would bring natural light down while circulating air up.

Due to fire regulations, the final design was not able to incorporate these gaps at the massive scale that Holl originally had in mind. Nonetheless the main concept was still carried through with smaller breaks. The lungs scattered throughout the building have a dynamic organic geometry that juxtaposes the rigidity of the gridded rectilinear exterior. Along this colored exterior grid system are five large openings, or voids, in an otherwise solid structure that correspond to main entrances, view corridors, and outdoor terraces.

The abundance of windows creates a constant flicker of changing lights as the different rooms are occupied, resembling a city skyline at night. These windows also welcome plenty of sunlight and natural ventilation for each room. Each residential room has nine operable windows, and an 18-inch wall depth allows lowangled winter sun to warm up the building and allow the rooms to stay shaded and cool during the summer months.

DIVIDING GRID INTO MORPHED BOXES (WINDOWS) U-COUNT=6 V-COUNT=3

SCRIPTING 2D | SURFACE DIAGRAMS

GRID U-COUNT=19 GRID V COUNT=10 RANDOMIZED FACADE VOIDS=2500

GRID U-COUNT=13 GRID V-COUINT=7

RANDOMIZED FACADE VIODS NUMBER=75

SYSTEMS | SIMMONS HALL

VARIATION MATRIX 2D | ENVOLOPE

SCRIPTING 3D| VARIATIONS

RANDOM PANEL VARIATION RANDOM SPLIT= 0.9

RANDOM COLOR VARIATION GREY 0% RED 25% GREEN 25% YELLOW 25% BLUE 25%

SLABS

SURFACES

CORE

PANELS

TOWER SIMMONS VAIRATION

RANDOM PANEL VARIATION RANDOM SPLIT= 0.2 RANDOM COLOR VARIATION GREY 50% RED 12.5% GREEN 12.5% YELLOW 12.5% BLUE 12.5%

LUNCH BOX VARIATION HEXAGON GRIDED FACADE

ANALYSING |AESTHITIC OF COLOR

VARIATION MATRIX| MASSING

OPTIMIZATION | AESTHETIC COLOR SYSTEM

RECONFIGURATION | VARIATION OF COLOR MAPPING TO FACADE SYSTEMS

http://www.stevenholl.com/projects/mit-simmons-hall

OPTIMIZING THE COST BY USING ONE TYPE OF THE FREE FORM PANEL, WITH THE GRIDED PRECAST CONCRETE PANELS. THIS MIGHT REDUCE THE CONSTRUCTION COST, BY PRODUCING TWO CASTING MOLDS INSTEAD OF FIVE AS THE ORIGINAL SITUATION. THE REPETITION PROBABILITY OF THE FREE FORM PANEL, CAN BE EASILY ACHIVED WITHOUT COST RESTRICTIONS. ALSO, THE PANEL CAN BE ROTATED OR DISPLACED TO CREAT AN INTERSTING FACADE SYSTEM.

FRAME VARIATIONS 1

http://www.stevenholl.com/projects/mit-simmons-hall

IMAGE SAMPLER FRAME VARIATIONS 2 http://www.stevenholl.com/projects/mit-simmons-hall

Panel Frame Type 1 Panel Frame Type 2

Panel Frame Type 3 Panel Frame Type 4

LUNCH BOX VARIATION HEXAGON GRID FACADE

TOWER SIMMONS VARIATION

THE LOGIC OF COLOR MAPPING WITH FRAME SYSTEM

ARCH 6471 Media & Modeling Fall 2016 Instructor: Sabri Gokmen Yue Liu Axonometric Drawing Villa Rotunda

FALL 2017 | REVIT

FALL 2016 | MEDIA & MODELING 1

ARCH 6471 Media & Modeling Fall 2016 Instructor: Sabri Gokmen Yue Liu Axonometric Drawing Villa Rotunda

Villa Rotunda Team Members: Razan Altiraifi, Yue Liu

www.autodesk.com/revit

Consultant Address Address Address Phone

Consultant Address Address Address Phone

Rendering_1 3" = 1'-0"

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Level 8 157' - 0"

Level 8 157' - 0"

Level 7 145' - 0"

Level 7 145' - 0"

Level 6 133' - 0"

Level 6 133' - 0"

Level 5 121' - 0"

Level 5 121' - 0"

Level 4 109' - 0"

Level 4 109' - 0"

Level 3 97' - 0"

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Consultant Address Address Address Phone

Consultant Address Address Address Phone

Level 3 97' - 0"

Level 2 85' - 0"

No.

Level 2 85' - 0"

Level 1 70' - 0"

Description

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Plan

Section 3 1" = 20'-0"

Plan Geometry Analysis

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A102

division of work.

- Emily: site plan / topo, doors, color-coded room plan - Razan; Building / room layouts - Brenda: Core / stairs, room layouts - James: column grid/structure, renderings

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Level 8 157' - 0"

square footages

Level 7 145' - 0"

level 7 = 24,400 sq ft

Level 6 133' - 0"

level 6 = 23,200 sq ft

Level 5 121' - 0"

level 5 = 22,000 sq ft

Level 4 109' - 0"

level 4 = 22,000 sq ft

Level 3 97' - 0"

level 3 = 24,400 sq ft

Level 2 85' - 0"

level 2 = 22,000 sq ft

owner Bimbos Final Project

Mixed Use Building Project Number

level 1 = 24,400 sq ft

Level 1 70' - 0"

Date Drawn By

total = 162,000 sq ft

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Date

Level 1 70' - 0"

Section 1 1" = 20'-0"

Checked By

Section 2 1/16" = 1'-0"

Project Number Issue Date Author Checker

A102

Site 50' - 0"

As indicated

Scale

12/13/2017 5:02:04 PM

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Consultant Address Address Address Phone

7

rendering_2 3" = 1'-0"

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2 A102

Villa Rotunda 2

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A102

www.autodesk.com/revit

B C

122' - 3 7/32"

Consultant Address Address Address Phone

3 A102

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Consultant Address Address Address Phone

E A103

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RETAIL 6

RETAIL 5

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47 603 UP SF

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Consultant Address Address Address Phone

RETAIL 3 3 1172 SF

LOBBY 46

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8919 SF

Room Legend

Site 2 1" = 30'-0"

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A103

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ARCH 6471 Media & Modeling Fall 2016 Instructor: Sabri Gokmen Yue Liu Axonometric Drawing Villa Rotunda

RETAIL 2

CORE

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Section-2

1172 SF

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Rendering 1

Consultant Address Address Address Phone

CORE RETAIL 4

Section -1

Consultant Address Address Address Phone

1151 SF

1151 SF

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CORE

1181 SF

48 600 SF

RETAIL 4 F RETAIL 5 RETAIL 6

Level 8 157' - 0"

RETAIL 7

Level 7 145' - 0"

RETAIL 7 DN

RETAIL 8 G

RETAIL 8

7

8

1152 SF

1151 SF

Elevation - 1- 2 - 3 - 4

Calculating...

Level 6 133' - 0" Level 5 121' - 0"

owner

Level 4 109' - 0" Level 3 97' - 0"

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Level 2 85' - 0"

Mixed Use Building

Level 1 70' - 0"

Project Number

Site 50' - 0"

Date Drawn By Checked By

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West 1/16" = 1'-0"

1

Level 1 1/16" = 1'-0"

Scale

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Project Number Issue Date Author Checker

A103

As indicated

Porch Elevation Detailed Drawing: A8

Bimbos Final Project

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12/13/2017 5:02:14 PM

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A102

2

2 A102

Rendering 2

Villa Rotunda Overview:

2017-2018 | Various Courses Fall 2017: Spring 2018: Spring 2018:

Design Scripting Robotic Operations Portman Studio Workshop

1. Revit plugin writting in C# 2. Javascript Applets 3. Projection Mapping 4. Studio workshop utilizing temperature sensors 5. Kuka robotic arm operations through grasshopper plugin Kuka PRC.

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FALL 2015 | WOODWORKING WOODWORKING & FURNITURE DESIGN Studio Critic: Cristian Wicha

PROBLEM Beginning with sketches, students will explore design and materials, fabricate models, and generate construction drawings, with a goal of fabricating and completing their own project.

SOLUTION I chose to create a set stools that would stack together to form a solid cylinder. This piece of furniture would be space-saving and multi-use.

I found a listing for a black walnut log that served as a beautiful base for my project. Through sketching and spatial reasoning my instructor and I tried to find the optimal way to cut the log into the two stools. I used power tools and hand tools in the process. I completed the project using a handsaw after the end of the semester.

FALL 2015 | CAREER DISCOVERY PROJECT 1 Studio Critic: Kevin Murray Design Representation: Sunchung Christine Min

TRAVERSING SPACE Architecture is not only the design of spaces, but the sequence in which those spaces are viewed and how one connects them together.

In Project 1 you are tasked with creating the transition between two very different rooms, the tall room and the long room. The goal is to choreograph a functional sequence of movement (“circulation�) that takes into account the pragmatic concerns of moving horizontally and vertically through space.

SOLUTION After exploring passages and circulation paths through a series of study models, I developed a series of ramps connecting the tall room with the long room.

FALL 2015 | CAREER DISCOVERY PROJECT 2 Studio Critic: Kevin Murray Design Representation: Sunchung Christine Min

INTERPOLATE: DOUBLE HOUSE Project 02 is meant to build upon the practices of spatial logic and experiential narratives that began to emerge in Project 01 and the first abstract exercises associated with this project. You will investigate creative solutions for the organization of circulation, program, boundaries, thresholds and envelopes [all of which you will develop in order to reinforce and enrich your architectural concept] .

SOLUTION My double house consisted housed a very privated individual who resided on the third floor with a bakery on the first floor open to the public. A more public resident lived directly above the cafe on the second floor. I explored ways of bringing light into a private dwelling. I utlized photography to better understand the nature of light through various apertures and perforations.

FALL 2015 | CAREER DISCOVERY PROJECT 3 Studio Critic: Kevin Murray Design Representation: Sunchung Christine Min

COLLECT: ARCHIVE THEATER FOR UNION SQUARE Project 3 will engage notions of temporality, identity of place, overlapping scales, and programmatic multiplicities. The program of the film archive, event space, and the subject of film itself are steeped in complex and varied perceptions of time. Furthermore, the construction of the archive theater is conceived as a transformative project for Union Square, one that will speculate upon how people use public space in urban communities in years to come.

SOLUTION At the heart of my design was a large processional stairway from which all other program elements branched. The stairs at one point become an amphitheater and at another point open up to an outdoor space and restaurant.

SELECTED SKETCHES

SELECTED PHOTOGRAPHY

Exhibited Photography

RAZAN ALTIRAIFI