Roy Khoury
Selected Works
Pocket House
Collective Living in Impermanent Conditions
Academic / Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning
Collectives Studio with Crum and Shannon Sumner
Instructor: Kit McCulough
As the nuclear family structure is brought into question, and the assumption that family structures only increase has been disproved time and again, the housing market has remained stagnant. To counteract this need for new spaces, DIY culture has gained popularity with homeowners, who have started retrofitting their spaces into home offices, studios, and Airbnbs as their family structures changed with time. Pocket House reimagines the forms of collective living through modular designs that expand and retract through mechanical automations that transform spaces to accommodate changes in family size, seasons, rental types, and other unexpected changes.
Comic Book Study
Yikes, Almost bumped their head!
Be sure to lock the wall after we roll out
Sliding Mechanism
Extending Balcony
Light Steel Cantilevered Structure
Sliding Volumes on Track (closed)
Sliding Double Slab
Pivoting Gable
Sliding Volumes on Track (opened)
Closed volume plans with extension reservation in color
Open volume plans with extension reservation in color
Velo-Cité
Propositions for the Future of Commuting
Academic / Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning Propositions studio
Instructor: Clement Blanchet
Following a resurgence of cycling popularity in Paris and a policy implementation of “Code de la Rue”, this intervention reimagines the relationship between transportation infrastructures in the city; namely, the connection of biking infrastructure to the metro system. Since the Parisian underground metro plans are not publicly available, the Nation metro station was scanned using LiDar to get an accurate read of the network that exists underground and then composited on top of the city blocks to uncover opportunities to create this transportation between the two forms of commuting.
Procedural 3D Scans of Paris Metro System done through LiDar scanning. From left to right: the metro tunnels are scanned, computed, and textured to compile a continuous underground system. The train system was spatially segmented and sequentially scanned to reveal the underground network
Digital stitching of 3d scanned models with the urban fabric to obtain the underground skeleton through the four entrances around Place de La Nation: Avenue du Trône, Avenue Dorian, Boulevard Diderot, Boulevard Voltaire, Avenue de Taillebourg, Avenue du Bel Air
The primary obstacles at the metro station are identified to be the electric stairs, turnstyles, and the entrance/exit onto the train car this project proposes a series of ramps that include an automated ticketing system (Navigogo) and lead to a seperate metro vestibule right of the page) that includes bike docking stations that double as pedestrian seating for flexibility
Pedestrian, Bus, and Metro Walkways in Diameteric Formation Surrounding Place de La Nation
Addition of a Bike Route Along the Diameter Formation
Proposed Bike Route’s Connection to The Historic Avenue du Trône,
Proposed
Pedestrian Walkways and Bus Stops
Station Nation Metro Entrances Station Nation Metro Lines Connections (metro lines 1, 2, 6, 9) Underground
Underground Network Below Place de La Nation
Proposed
Ramp Leading Into Subway Tunnels
Love, Movies
All the Ways a Date Can Go Wrong
Academic / Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning
Institutions Studio
Instructor: Gina Reichert
With growing online streaming alternatives removing the quotidian trips to movie theaters, they remain a popular desitantion for first dates and meeting a person for the first time. ‘Love, Movies’ imagines all the ways a date can go wrond, and proposes a spatial depiction of a personality test. The project aims to experiment with the notion of how spaces can alter the outcome of interaction, and consequently, a first date. Through architectural dioramas that investigate precedents, site, and context, the conceptual approach to “Love, Movies” took shape.
Initial Site conditions including 4 shops that are out of business / vacant at the top of the slope.
Cutting through the houses and beginning of the intervention in both the spaces and the interactions between the date goers.
Sloped roofs to preserve the views from the street above onto the surrounding landscapes
Old House Rennovations:
Restaurant Kitchen / Food Storage
Restaurant Seating
Cinema Ticketing and Concessions
Coffee Shop
Implementation of a series of angled terraces, each hosting a different function, as a live for of personality quiz.
Creation of Plazas at the lower street level to activate the main entrance and fortify the connection between the two access points
Administrative Offices and Equipment
Flower / Gift Shop Bar
New Construction:
Cinema Room 1
Exhibition Space and Lower Ticketing and Concessions
Cinema Room 2
View from the main street onto the proposed construction
Internal view from the movie theater
View from the main street onto the proposed construction, with the retrofitted houses and angular terraces in the background theater onto the adjacent train track
Aegis Festival
Art Installations in a Music Festival
Production Deisgn / Retrogroove, Lebanon
With 3 Co-Workers
Aegis music festival was conceived as a way to introduce an alternative music festival scene in the Middle East. Spanning across three days and hosting over 30 local and international DJs, with over 4,000 people in attendance, my work with the team of production designers ranged from design conception for the Art Maze to support in the scene production of the Main Stage, Groove Garden Stage, and general event logistics throughout the venue. The work also involved close collaboration with local designers, fabricators, and suppliers to complete the execution for the first rendition of the festival in April 2023.
The overall scope of the project included the construction of the two stages, the art maze, and the reconditioning of food courts, entrance processions, walkways, and artist areas in order to achieve an immersive and cohesive experience in the historic venue. The Art Maze was designed to be an area of respite from music, with rest benches and a sunset/sunrise observation area. It’s location along the main pathway between the two stages articulated its form as a fluid and dynamic area. Construction of the Art Maze was achieved in 3 months, including execution files, material procurement and on site construciton leading up to the event.
Image Courtesy of @aegisfestival_
Image Courtesy of @aegisfestival_ Work in Collaboration with Yara Tamsah
Work in Collaboration with Yara Tamsah
The construction drawings for the art maze (highlighted above) were altered and revised in coordination with local suppliers and fabricators in the area to match the product availability and specific on-site limitations. The main stage dome (highlighted below) hosted the event headliners and transformed the event between from its distinct daytime experience
Image Courtesy of @aegisfestival_
Work in Collaboration with Yara Temsah, Robyn Hardouch, Anthony Greige, and Mark Salmeh
Riot.OR
An Emergency Response in Murky Territory.
Academic / Académie Libanaise des Beaux Arts / 3rd Year
Instructor: Raafat Faddoul
in architecture. Launched months after the August 4 explosion in Beirut, the project delves into the role that architecture and design play in serving communities in times of need. The deployable structure (Riot.OR unit) consists of medical divisions operated by a team of 6 rescuers and is quickly and easily assembled on site. The design proposed for the Riot.OR unit is an expandable accordion structure that is able to connect to other units to create larger modular systems that are versatile and configurable.
2 Unloaded Initial Form of a Riot.OR Structure
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Unfolding Process of Floors for an Individual Riot.OR Structure
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Unfolding Process of a Riot.OR Units› Walls
5 Single Unfolded Riot.OR Unit
Adjustable and levelling pedestal placed under each Riot.OR structure for a wider range of application in different sites
7 Exploded Axonometric Drawing
Hinges Under Steel Flooring allowing the Structure to extend and fold in on itself
6 Connectivity of Seperate Riot.OR Units
Structure is sealed shut by rubber joints between each flooring and ceiling panels
Model
Unfolding
interior axonometric
Unfolding of Walls
Unfolding of Floors
Number of Pieces
(x24)
(x8) (x16) (x16) (x8)
Architecture of Seclusion Divisive Spaces
Academic / Académie Libanaise des Beaux Arts / 3rd Year
Instructor: Salim Bou Saab
This project explores the concept of designing spaces meant to survive volatility during times of peace and questions the notion of what defense architecture should look like. The proposed design provides an open campus for education that is secluded by the surrounding hills. The volumetry of the project is then given form by the topography of the site and its planting patterns, resulting in a fragmented volumetry.
The project is secluded from any neighboring houses along the slope. Below, the topography, road network, and surrounding buildings are studied for their implications on the project. The nature of the project calls for a volumetry that follows the topography of the site, and embedds itself into the surroundings. The project, however, is also a military educational campus, and calls for equal access to the outdoor spaces for recreation and training.
DESIGNATED LAND
ROAD NETWORK
TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEY
Public / Private Spaces
Primary and secondary access designed to subdivide the into two areas
Initial state of
Creation of 2 parallel
Project units are oriented to optimize visibility onto the adjacent lands
The base is treated as a campus, with a strong connection to exterior spaces
Implementation of 2 roads, Generating walls from topography lines, and obtaining a reception platform at the bottom of the base
Sloping all roofs to follow slope of surrounding topograph
Internal circulation is ensured in all spaces for continuous use during weather shifts
Public functions are built out, while training facilities are built into the mountain
Integration of green roofs green spaces in times of peace
07 Hiker’s Refuge
Contemporary Shelters of Conviviality and Communion with Nature
Academic / Académie Libanaise des Beaux Arts / 3rd Year
Instructor: Fadi Seropian
The refuges are spaces for hiers and lovers of wild spaces. They are also far removed from traditional hotels aimed at hikers with transit places for periods of no more than 24 hours, and offer the opportunity for guests to regain their strength and settle down and discover the splendours of the surrounding environment.
Designed in the spirit of a community, ecological space, and contemporary spaces, the project remains a shelter with stripped-down but sufficient comfort, and well as places of conviviality and communion with nature.
Sloped Roofs and Irregular Shapes Inspired by Traditional Houses
Entrance to the Project is Enclosed Between Unparallel Angled Walls
3-Arched House U-Plan
3-Arched House Loggia Plan
3-Arched House
Riwaq House
Tight and tional
Angled
The proposed design takes it’s form after a close study of the predominant architectural style of traditional Lebanese village houses.
This traditional composition is mirrored by integration of sloped roofs and non-parallel walls in the design.
The morphology of the project also takes from the idea of continuing the hiker’s journey across the mountain. It nestles into the mountain-side and integrates into the surrounding environment to become part of it.
The open spaces resulting from the shifting axes create semi-private terraces between the rooms, which emulate traditional Lebanese court houses. These spaces also create visual axes leading into the environment on both sides of the project.
Initial state of the land Access is mainly pedestrian
Creating wall support for the mound, and generating 2 axes from it
Opening up a new axis for vertical circulation
Attaching 3 separate room blocks & creating a buffer space between them
and Angled Terraces Inspired by TradiLebanese Front Porches in Town Houses
Angled Volumetry Resulting in Semi-Private and Shared Outdoor Extentions to the Rooms
Side Windows› Proportions Mimic those of Traditional Lebanese Houses
Final Volumetry of the Project
Sloping roofs reflect the region›s vernacular architecture
Shown above are the secluded entrance to the project, nestled within the mountain-side, and the interior spaces that are created by the shifting axes of the project.
Demonstrated below are the axonometric views of the rooms, showing the relationship between the different design forms in the project. The shift in walls result in the semi-private terraces between the rooms. Terraces are placed on a lower level to further emphasize the idea of the hiker’s journey within the mountain.
6 Hikers Room
4 Hikers Room
Terrace
Terrace
4 Hikers Room
Other Work
Clay Sculptures
Thumbs Up
Brute
Johnson of “Johnson & Johnson”
Other Work
World Building with Perry Kulper
This triptych presents an experimental world that explores the concept of temporality. Within displaying glimpses of daily life within individual window panes. Simultaneously, the triptych reflects past, present, and future—while transitioning between different
Within the city, the transient nature of building blocks is conveyed through green screens, each reflects the evolving nature of my workflow in Rhino and Photoshop, capturing shifts in time— different viewports, including shaded, rendered, and linework views.