Architecture - Academic Portfolio

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E SC A Pl ant ing

I N T E R FA C E fo r re g e n e ra t i o n

BEYOND Shatila

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T H E F LO W house 54

INTERNSHIP work 64

EXHIBITIONS + other works 76

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REDEFINING LIMASSOL’S NEW MARINA ENTRANCES Location: Limassol, Cyprus.

Type: Competition. Year: 2021 Teammate: Myria Christodoulou 50% ideas 60% digital modelling 90% visual representation

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brief Reimagining Limassol’s new Marina Entrances

The Limassol Old Port area is part of Limassol’s cultural and historical center, and the old town’s commercial center. It accommodates facilities for the fishermen and a wide spectrum of activities of the public.

However, the site currently lacks some shading, it has accessibility and safety issues and in need of more open-air activities. The competition aims at upgrading two entrances to the Old Port- the main central entrance A and the west entrance B. The proposed design suggests a distinctive character of the Entrances inspired by the water bubbles. By elevating a platform to create shaded areas at the two entrances, that penetrates through the site and interconnects the street with the seaside and at the same time their upper floors and the existing pedestrian paths. The green and water elements are prominent in our proposal as they are vital, as they aim to enhance sense of being and overall health of visitors and create a multisensory experience which allows visitors to mentally escape in this space. The social aspect is prominently considered in our design process and final proposal, as it aims to be socially inclusive to all groups.

Visual access is provided throughout the site, which encourages feeling of safety and protection especially to kids being watched by parents, due to meshes/nets constructing parts of the design.

The proposed structure is designed to provide thermal comfort, especially during summer, as well as safety, and sustainability. The proposal also aims to enhance the organic distribution of the flows of the pedestrian and cyclists, in a way where they can enter the space, slow down and observe it. The design proposal also engages with a solution for possible future flooding.

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east entrance

west entrance

shading - solar collectors

nets for relaxing

climbing trees - thermal comfort

water penetration - thermal comfort

observatory

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concept

WATER DROPLETS

PERMEABILITY PORES

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EXTRUDED 3D

CURVI LINEAR PATHWAYS

ELEVATED PLATFORMS

STRUCTURAL COLUMNS

shading solar panels

nets for climbing trees

playground

timber wood flooring

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renders

FOLDING AMPHITHEATRE

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ACCESSIBILITY

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renders

OBSERVATORY - 10AM SOLAR ENERGY UTILISATION

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THERMAL COMFORT

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entrance B 15

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I N T E R FA C E for regeneration REVIVING BEIT SAHOUR OLD TOWN Location: Beit Sahour, West Bank Type:Final Year Project. Year: 2021 Individual Work

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concept This project examines two types of boundaries within the old city of Beit Sahour in Palestine. Firstly, the existing incomplete tangible boundaries, and secondly the restricting limiting intangible boundaries. Based on that, the project proposes a new ‘interface’ design that acts as the meeting point between various opposing subjects; the private and the public, the indoor and the outdoor, the elderly and the youth, and the conventional and the innovative.

The fundamental purpose of this proposed tool is to create connections and links between mentioned subjects, whether these were between individuals (such as the elderly and the youth) or between spatial realms (such as the public and the private realm) or between individuals and the spatial realms (such as the voice of the youth with the public perception of the society)

QUESTION 1: How do we create an immaterial connection between the opposite buildings?

QUESTION 2: How do we create a sense of community between residents without necessarily the physical elements?

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SITE

UNBUILT/ ABANDONED

Creating an immaterial connection between the opposite buildings, and a sense of community between residents of those buildings.

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workshop MASHRABIYA Mashrabiya is a spiritual, decorative, and functional architectural element that merges the form and function of the Islamic window screen with a conventional jalousie, taking on the materiality of local culture.

Hasan Fathy asserted (in 1986) that Mashrabiya has, in general, five functions, and many models of these have been developed to describe ways of coping with the different conditions affecting one or more of these functions. The main functions are: Light Control. Airflow Regulation.

Humidity Control.

Temperature Regulation. Visual Privacy. Aesthetic and Social Role. Spatiality.

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ANATOMY OF ASHRABIYA PATTERNS

display

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EVOLVED METAMORPHOSIS OF MASHRABIYA PATTERNS

roof

wall

exterior

rivate courtyard

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public

floor

hybrid drawing

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preliminary collage

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preliminary collage

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computational aspect This definition which I have developed allows you to change the design using control points, based on desired shape or size of programme.

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computational aspect INTERFACE PARADIGM SINGLE COMPONENT

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DYNAMIC CELLS

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Layer 1: digital projecting screen,interior + exterior

layer 2: motion facade, controls level of light entering. includes: solar cells, generates electricity from solar energy

layer 3: galvanized steel for grape vine. creates a cooling effect and provides passive ventilation

THE INTERFACE

A tool that uses several technologies that allow users to connect, reflect, and share their knowledge. it has dynamic cells that respond to solar energy. Vegetation: is on the exterior, It is facing west and north to provide an ideal atmosphere for plants to grow. orientation: To utilise maximal wind forces, the building is oriented towards the windward especially prevailing wind. In Palestine, its north- west.

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FAC A D E D E S I G N S P E C S

sustainability S U S TA I N A B I L I T Y

ORIENTATION: To utilise maximal wind forces, the building is oriented towards the windward especially prevailing wind

WINTER VS SUMMER: open leaves fall in winter so sun enters building (heating). during summer they provide shading.

TRIALS

SOLAR ENERGY SOLAR RESPONSIVE CELLS: open and closed based on amount of sun. designed with help of ladybug site-data mapping

MASHRABIYA EFFECT: Micro perforations. Water accumulates due to humidity, when air breeze passes, it carries coolness of water into D I Fthe F Einterior R E Nproviding T P A Tcool T Eair.RControls N S humidity

FOR DIFFERENT USES

FAC A D E D E S I G N S P E C S ORIENTATION: To utilise maximal wind forces, the building is oriented towards the windward especially prevailing wind

S U S TA I N A B I L I T Y WINTER VS SUMMER: open leaves fall in winter so sun enters building (heating). during summer they provide shading.

SOLAR ENERGY

MASHRABIYA EFFECT: Micro perforations. Water accumulates due to humidity, when air breeze passes, it carries coolness of water into the interior providing cool air. Controls humidity

SOLAR RESPONSIVE CELLS: open and closed based on amount of sun. designed with help of ladybug site-data mapping

ORIENTATION: To utilise maximal wind forces, the building is oriented towards the windward especially prevailing wind

MASHRABIYA EFFECT: Micro perforations. Water accumulates due to humidity, when air breeze passes, it carries coolness of water into the interior providing cool air. Controls humidity

The organic growth of the programmatic spaces along with the vegetation growth within the old town

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D I F F E R E N T PAT T E R N S FOR DIFFERENT USES

CIRCULAR ECONOMY in a residential scenario, used grey water from kitchen gets recycled to water plants. it has nutrients. Plants purify the air, serve as food source for both birds and humans.

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PLAN VIEW

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W E E K LY M A R K E T WEEKLY MARKET

WORKSHOP W O R K SSPACE H O P S PA C E

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B EYO N D S HAT IL A ARCHITECTURE OF THE DISPLACED Location: Shatila camp, Beirut, Lebanon.

Type: Individual project. Year: 2020

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background research REFUGEES This project was conducted under the thematic “architecture for the Displaced” which explores the idea of Architecture that deals with Displacement.

Displacement. It discusses its origins and aspects through analysing real documented Displacement experiences such as journeys of Refugees, Nomads, gypsies, Bedouins and the internally displaced.Th displaced.Th research analysis showcases two different types of Displacement, one by force (such as the case of Refugees) and one by choice (such as Nomads). The research uses the ‘Mapping’ as a basic technique for architectural representation of information.

War Zone

Smuggling

“A Re f u ge e i s s o m e o ne w h o is fo rc e d to fl ee hi s or her hom e d ue to wa r, c onf l i ct, e nv i r o nm e n tal c r is is , n atu r al dis a ster s, per secut i on or pover ty.“

Journey analysis of Displaced Minors:

Borderline

After watching a few documentaries showcasing refugee life struggles and difficulties, I spent time doing more research and analysis to depict my findings. The characters were chosen from the movies (This is Home & Salam Neighbor) to showcase the different types of personalities that we might face while designing, as well as to focus on the situation post-war for people who migrate sometimes without aid.

After conducting research, it was found that after fleeing a war zone, refugees spend their entire savings on guides to smuggle them through the war zone. They walk through rocky desert. For children like Raouf, the deserted and is not easy to walk on and he keeps falling. Camp is around 8 miles from Syrian border.

They arrive to damascus where they continue the journey during the night to jordan. Children have to be quiet, otherwise captured by regime and could be killed. Often times, they hadve to be given sleeping pills. The first thing they receive when they arrive is water and vaccination (protection).

Raouf arrives to Zaatari Refugee camp and along with his family. He is now in 3rd grade and wants to become a doctor. but does not want to attend school beforeUN he comes aids back home. His school was bombed back in Syria which traumatized him. In the camps they are provided with trucks of clean water, tents and trailors, daily foods, hospitals, community centers, and school up to 12th grade. All provided by the U.N. 33 non profit organisations.

Research teammate: Yvonne Asiimwe

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Camps/ shelters

Raouf 11 years old 3 years in Zaatari Camp

Refugee Camp

JOURNEY ANALYSIS OF BEDOUINS DISPLACEMENT

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A (1600 to 1700) Qatif and Al Hasa in Saudi Arabia. Temperature in summer was around 50 degrees, moisture, humidity. Traveled with camels, which have the ability to survive in deserts and carry their transport, so their possessions were adapted.

B (1700 to 1800) Najd, a tropical dessert in oman which had some rains so they had access to water, even after they were expeleld by wars C (1800-1900) they spread to Qatar, simialr conditions after the 1900 they spread to Jordan, Kuwait, Iraq, and throughout the Arab peninsula.

JOURNEY ANALYSIS OF REFUGEES DISPLACEMENT

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site analysis Shatila Refugee Camp Shatila Refugee camp located in beiruit, Lebanon was established to house the number of northern palestinians (mostly) displaced by war and forced to relocate within neighbouring countries.

The initial implimentions (in 1949) by the UN accommodated arounded 500 inhabitants with perhaps no expectations for expansion.

The shelters established were often permanent using local materials and able to host a small family of perhaps 4. Materials included premade concrete blocks, corrugated sheets etc. The permanency of the shelter, later, became significant.

In 1983 due to the Sabra and Shatila massacre, when many were killed, the shelters were damaged, the camp experienced a sharp decrease in inhabitants as well as available accommodation which became significat later on with the rise of Syrian refugees in 2011.

There was a noticeble increase in shelters mostly implemented by the residents themselves who were unaware of the structural necessities required for verticai expansion. This occured after the lebanese governmenet limited the camp’s expansion after a large number of so-called “gypsies” began expanding organically beyond the allocated land. Vertical expansion became a trend. “Self-expansion” of course came with a lot negative outcomes. Infrastructure such as ease of access to basic necessities became an issue to an increase of meandering paths. Electric cables, exposed, have proven to be hazard for the residents as well. Furthermore an unexpected increase in diversity has challenged the societal bonds within the camp and lack of proper infrastructure to accommodate or perhaps “heal” this community seems to have expanded on the existing problems.

This phase aims to draw out a general analysis of the area in both an urban scale and within the camp itself in order to highlight the issues the residents face and their attempts to overcome them with or without governmental help.

Research teammate: Yvonne Asiimwe

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CHAOTIC EXPANSION

SHATILA CAMP BEIRUT, LEBANON

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adaptation EVENTS TIMELINE

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civil war on lebanon

CAMP POPULATION

7,000 - 15,000

crisis in syria: syrians fled to camp

3,500 Deaths

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Initial units established

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massacre aftermath

2011 self-reconstruction done by the new residents

DECONSTRUCTION AND RECONSTRUCTION

ADAPTATION T TO CONDITIONS Concrete blocks expansion

INFRASTRUCTURE Understanding the adaptations in response to trauma and population growth

Technologies used

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communal areas such as markets, football stadiums that have the potential to revive the com-

accesses to the rest of beirut, a study of how isolated the refugee camp is from the rest of the community

an indiction of the narrow meandering paths within the organic structures of shatila

Pilotis vertical expansion

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GROUND LEVEL CONDITION

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proposal

MAIN ARGUMENT: the existing rooftops becomes the current ground level EXISTING

PROPOSAL

argument: “existing rooftops become current ground level” -Main pollution - on roftops - population overflow - walls - electricity hazard - voids

Individual work

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CREATING NEW SOCIAL AND PERSOAL SPACES

ON ROOFTOPS + COURTYARDS

INJECTING PROGRAMMATIC SPACES as parasites

Chaotic urban fabric

on rooftops

connecting buildings

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autonomous units CREATING AUTONOMOUS / SELF-SUFFICIENT LIVING UNITS

AREA: 85,000 sqm DISTANCE: 1300 m

divided into 12 DISTRICTS

POPULATION: 30.000 refugees

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approx. 6,300 sqm

30 building units each POPULATION: 2,380 refugees 3-4 CRANES

x12

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INFRASTRUCTURE

WATER AND ELECTRICITY SUPPLY

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ROOFTOPS CONDITION

Rooftops will be cleared, Electricity cables removed, replaced by safely installed conduits on buildings. Supplied by energy from cranes. Since Shatila is now making its own electricity, Clean Water will be supplied from government which will be sanitary and safe to use. This way we will have solved the unsanitary water problem. During the course of time, the current unstable buildings (prone to failing) will be structurally supported in week points were needed.

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RECYCLED AND REPURPOSED INTO PODS

---->> EDUCATIONAL SPACES supports hydroponic planting

SOLAR RADIATION

using solar radiation analysis in my design is to determine ideal pods allocation on rooftops and to check whether the rooftops will be too hot for the chambers to function properly.

And to try and find good locations to place them where there is enough shade

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STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS

STRUCTURAL SYSTEM

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ADAPTING WITH THE ORGANIC GROWTH OF CAMP

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THE F LO W H OU S E ZERO ENERGY FAMILY RESIDENCE

ARCH 461 - sustainable design Location: Limassol, Cyprus teammates: Myria Christodoulou, Bella Hermanson Year: 2020

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drawings The flow house is a sustainable low-waste family farmhouse located in Limassol, Cyprus. It has glass photovoltaic cells on one of its roofs and a trombe wall on the first floor. It uses various water and ventilation systems that work together through summer and winter, day and night, making it better to adapt to the change of weather and serve the needs of its occupants.

North elevation

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sustainable aspect WINTER VS. SUMMER

DAY VS. NIGHT

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MATERIALS le =

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IMPLEMENTED SYSTEMS

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INT E RN S H I P 22 DNA ARCHITECTOS BARCELONA Location: Barcelona, Spain Year: 2022 Supervisors: Germán Gállego, Manos Heal -Involved in beginning and developing phases of projects -Produced axonometric diagrammatic drawings -Responsible for 3D modeling of built typologies from 2D CAD’s and/or from scratch -Produced building skin typologies from given concepts -Established an effective framework aided by grasshopper and other software to enhance work flow and allow flexibilities in design

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Borondo - Cadiz, Spain

3D MODELLING NATURE-INSPIRED TYPOLOGIES FROM SCRATCH

TREE TRUNK

SPIDER-WEB

THE PEARL

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Life Tree - Tulum, Mexico

MASTERPLAN DIAGRAM

SYNTHESIS WATER BODY

LAND / VEGETATION

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TYPOLOGIES STRUCTURA EN MADERA TECHO

ESTRUCTURA DE CONCHA NUCLEO ESCALERA Y ASCENSOR

TERAZZA EXTERIOR

ESPACIO INTERIOR

VENTANAS CORREDERAS

TERRAZA EXTERIOR

PISCINA

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Hidden Hideouts - Texas, USA

SKIN ANALYSIS + COMPONENTS

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VARIOUS TRIALS

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Villa Milano Ibiza, Spain

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PARALEL COMPUTING

SETTING FRAMEWORK FOR SIMILAR TYPOLOGIES

Hidden Hideouts, Texas, USA

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IN TE R N SH I P19 IDC IDEAL DESIGN CONSORTIUM OFFICE Location: Palestine Year: 2019 << BAHIYA ZAIT RESIDENTIAL APARTMENTS >>

This is a big scale apartment rental project in Beit Jala, Palestine. The plot has an existing building, the customer wants to build a residential project occupying two volumes. I was handed the task of drafting the layout and arrangements of the apartments. It was a little bit challenging to find the best layout with comfortable rooms but still be minimal in order to assure we get the most number of rooms. Also taking into account the interior comfort. Getting an integrated understanding of volume A as an overall mass by creating these 3Ds as part of my task for this project. (these are only the upper floors.Ground floor not included)

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<< J.B. HOTEL PROJECT >>

This is a project in the center of Beit Sahour, Palestine. The customer wanted to create a hotel / hostel in a plot downtown with maximum amount of rooms possible. We wanted to focus more on the number of rooms so we can take in as many tourists pe rnight as possible. (Per the customer’s request) My task was to create the layout of the rooms to be used for second floor and up. It was a little bit challenging to find the best layout with comfortable rooms but still be minimal in order to assure we get the most number of rooms.

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<< WAEL MASSAD FAMILY HOUSE >> existing floor plan

Extension of 1x bedroom + 1x living room

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This is a small scale family house project also in Beit Sahour, Palestine. It is an existing house where the customer wanted to add an additional child bedroom. I discussed with the customer and manager different possibilities and I was handed the duty of drafting a set of various possible design plans for this project. The customer had also mentioned that he would like to extend the living room but that it was not the main priority. It was a little bit challenging to come out with the best placement of the additional room, especially that some options included damaging certain walls and we tried to avoid that as much as possible. Also taking into account the interior comfort.

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exhibited material

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ACRYLIC / OIL ON CANVAS

HAND SKETCHING/

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MISCELLANEOUS Years: 2018 - 2021

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DIGITAL PORTRAIT ART 79

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