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LAMKIN RACHEL - HOUSTON, TEXAS, USA| ARCHITECTURAL INTERN CKG ARCHITECTURE INC. - FORT WORTH, TEXAS, USA| ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNER - REVIT OPERATOR SEP 2019
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UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH THESIS
P ROJECTS : \ O VERTIME \ P ROFESSIONAL 05 04 03 A GALLERY FOR THE WEXNER COLLECTION
STATEN ISLAND SHORELINE
PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY SAN FRANCISCO MUSIC HALL 02 01 T HE N EW W EX P ROPHETIC M ONUMENTS S TATEN - DENTITY U N - OBSTRUCTED L INEAR C ONTRAPUNTAL 06 A LIBRARY FOR YELLLOW SPRINGS G RAFIN ’ A LIBRARY
OBAMA
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San Francisco Music Hall
S AN FRANCI S CO MU S IC HAL L
K NOWLTON S CHOOL GUI COMPETITIO N F ALL 20 16 | I N S TRUCTOR : KAY BEA JONE S
T HE PROJECT INVESTIGATES HOW A B UILDING SPACE AND LANDSCAPE CAN MERGE SEAMLESSLY L IKE THE MELODIC L INES FACING OPPOSITE ENDS IN A MUSICAL C OUNTERPOINT , THE BUILDING NEGOTIATES T WO LANGUAGES FOR ORGANIZING ITS FRONT A ND BACK ENDS A MANICURED GREEN PATH W EAVE S WITHIN THE S TRUCTURE TO HELP MER G E THE LANDSCAPE AND BUILDIN G
C ONCEPTUALLY THE BUILDING SPACE I S SANDWICHED BETWEEN THE EXISTIN G LANDSCAPE AND CEILIN G SLABS
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Music
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ADMIN OFFICES
MUSIC EDUCATION
LOBBY
MUSIC SERVICE
RESTAURANT MAIN CONCERT HALL
AMPHITHEATER SUPPORT SPACES
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PAVED WALKWAY
MAIN ENTRANCE
CHAMBER MUSIC HALL
BAR
MIRROR GARDEN
LOBBY
RAISED PLINTHS
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Samer Tanbouza | Obama Presidential Library
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PRE S IDENTIAL LIBRAR Y U N - OBSTRUCTED
OBAMA
K NOWLTON S CHOOL OF A RCHITECTURE
FA L L 20 1 5 | I NSTRUCTOR : SANDHYA KOCHAR
L OCATED AT W OLF P OINT C HICAGO , THE SITE IS AT A JUNCTION BETWEEN NORTH AND S OUTH WHERE THE MAIN BRANCHE S OF T HE C HICAGO R IVER MEET . T HIS PROJECT AIMS TO HEIGHTEN THE DRAMATIC VIEWS OF THE RIVER THROUGH A SERIES OF FLOOR CUTOUTS , EACH FLOOR HOUSING DIFFERENT P RO G RAMMATIC ELEMENTS
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Samer Tanbouza | A Gallery for the Wexner Collection
A GALLERY FOR THE WEXNER
C O LLECTI ON T HE N EW W EX
K NOWLTON S CHOOL OF A RCHITECTURE FAL L 20 1 5 | I N S TRUCTOR : A S HLEY S CHAFE R
T HIS PROJECT EXPLORES THE MONOTONOU S NATURE OF CONCRETE FLOOR SLABS . ‘C UTS ’ AND ‘ CREASES ’ WERE USED TO ADHERE AN AESTHETIC THAT PERMITS FOR LI G HT AND A STRUCTURAL C APACITY H OUSED WITHIN A GLASS BOX
T HE N EW W EX ’ S TRANSPARENCY URGES PEOPLE INSIDE THE G ALLERY TO ADMIRE I T S OUT S IDE AND THE INVER S E . L OCATED AT THE CORNER OF B ROAD STREET AND C LEVELAND AVE THE BUILDING SEEKS T O ACTIVATE A ONCE DESOLATE STREET
C O RNER
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S TATEN - DENTITY
S TATEN I SLAND SHORE LINE
IU A V U NIVERSITY OF V ENICE
FAL L 20 1 9 | INSTRUCTORS : ALDO AYMONINO
LUI G I LATINI
T HE PROJECT SITE ENCOURAGES US TO EXPLORE THE RUGGED SHORELINE ALONG
S TATEN I SLAND . T HE PROPOSAL AIMS TO RECAPTURE THE LAND THROU G H A SERIES OF ICONIC SPACES AND ISLANDS THAT CREATE A BUFFER ZONE TO PREVENT RISIN G WATERS
F ROM REACHING THE MAINLAND
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P ROPHETIC M ONUMENTS
U NDERGRADUATE RESEARCH THESI S
K NOWLTON S CHOOL OF A RCHITECTURE
S PRIN G 20 17 | I N C O LLAB O RATI O N W IT H U MAR MAHMOOD - ANDREW SPILLER
O UR TEAM CREATED WHAT WE CALL THE ‘P ROPHETIC M ONUMENT ’. W E IDENTIFIED
K NOWN MONUMENTS AND THEIR CONTEXT RELATIONSHIPS T HESE MONUMENTS WERE DE - CON S TRUCTED TO BUILD A DICTIONARY OF F RAGMENTS
T HE INDIVIDUAL ELEMENTS WERE REARRAN G ED TO SCULPT NEW IDENTITIES ,
O PPOSED TO THE TYPICAL MONUMENT WHICH DEVELOPS AN IDENTITY FROM A SPECIFIC EVENT ,
T HE ‘ PROPHETIC IDENTITY ’ DERIVES ITS VALUES FROM FUTURE OCCURRENCES ; T HE P ROPHECY W E CONTEXTUALIZE OUR MONUMENTS WITHIN
F ICTITIOU S S CHEME S P ROPHETIC MONUMENTS AIM TO EXPLORE
T HE NATURE O F EVENT T O C O NTEXT AND THE POSSIBILITY OF CREATING A ‘ REVERSE BILBOA E FFE C T
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CULTURAL / POLITICAL BRANDENBURG
Ideals
Unity
Peace
Mythology
Triumph Destruction
War Authority State
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28 SOCIAL/ POLITICAL NATIONAL SEPTEMBER 11 MEMORIAL Place Identity Re-birth Passage Tribute Symbolic Tourism Terrorism Destruction Disobedience Fundamentalist nesting squares POLITICAL / SOCIAL ARC DE TRIOMPHE Power Event War Disobedience Victory Pride Revolution Neoclassicism POLITICAL / SOCIAL ARCO DI CONSTANTINO Technology Technical Innovative Structural Industrial Balanced Communism Revolution Modernism SCIENTIFIC / NATURAL ATOMIUM Technology Materiality Discovery Wholistic Advancement Trends Chemical CULTURAL / POLITICAL BRANDENBURG Ideals Unity Peace Mythology Triumph Destruction War Authority State SOCIAL/ POLITICAL CCTV HEADQUARTERS Place Identity Frame Passage Democracy Symbolic Tourism Surveilence Privacy Disobedience Authoritarian embracing arm tetris cube SOCIAL/CULTURAL CLOUD GATE Event Collective Symbolic Shelter POMO Lush Trends Art Popular SOCIAL/ POLITICAL GATEWAY ARCH Identity Frame Minimal Democracy Symbolic Tourism Expansion Influence Power Capitalism column span POLITICAL / RELIGIOUS QUTB MINAR Power Reign Control Political Icon Tapering tower reaching highest point Castle like forms Religious tension Religious Control POLITICAL / CULTURAL LIBERTY MEMORIAL War Memorial Political Icon Political History Tower representing War Ideals monolithic structure combining all nation Strong defense of liberty Museum Blocks preserving culture Museum Ideals Representation POLITICAL / RELIGIOUS MINAR-E-PAKISTAN Cylinder Curved Arch Combination of Arches making floral pattern 1 Unit of tower attached by set of rings Units holding ring Top dome Pinnacle of tower Star representing Islam Procession Revolution Freedom Independence Political rallies Islamic Mughal Islamic style SCIENTIFIC / CULTURAL EIFFEL TOWER Technology Technical Innovative Structural Engineering Arch holding the structure Base holding the tower Floor area Observation deck Metal (Iron) Arch holding the structure Icon World's Fair Restaurant PARTS TO WHOLE STUDY
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30 Political Cultural: Modernism Social: Storefront Religious: Scientific: Hinges Nature: Political Cultural: Column Social: Religious: Scientific: Structural Support Nature: Forest Political: Nationalist Cultural Exhibitional Social Religious Scientific Floating Nature: Political Cultural: Right to Light Social: Equality Religious: Scientific: Perforations Nature: Political: Cultural Nose, Art Social Private Outdoors Religious Scientific Nature: Political: Cultural Kitcsch Social Humanitarian Religious Scientific Rainspout Nature: Political Cultural: Social: Religious: Worship Scientific: Massive Scale Nature: Human form Political Command, Liberty Cultural: Art Social: Religious: Scientific: Bronze Statue Nature: Human Extension Political Theocratic Cultural: Literal Human Column Social: Religious: Mythology Scientific: Structural Nature: Political Theocratic Cultural: Event Social: Sacficial Religious: Acention Scientific: Transparent Glass Nature: Serpents Political Cultural: Event Social: Religious: Sacficial, Sanctuary Scientific: Structural Nature: Political: Cultural Exhibition Social Access to Exhibits Religious Scientific Double House Nature: Political Cultural: Marble Social: Religious: Mythology Scientific: Nature: Political: Power, Pride Cultural Social Religious Scientific Largest Stone moved by humans Nature: Stone Political: Cultural Neoclassical Social Religious Worship of science Scientific Nature: Political Oligarchal Cultural: Commodity Social: Sales Religious: Descent to holy space Scientific: Elevator Nature: Political Cultural: Neoclassical Social: Entry Space Religious: Worship of Science Scientific: Nature: Platonic Geometry Political: Cultural Donut Social Religious Worship of Science Scientific Nature Platonic Geometry ernacular House llar al connection hole op Hat t Top Political Military helmet Cultural: Social: Religious Islamic Dome Scientific Compression Nature:Hill Political Main area Cultural:Bank Teller Social: Booth Religious Scientific Nature: Political Main area Cultural: Social: Rooms Religious Minbar Scientific Floor Plate Nature Political Support Cultural:Brie Cheese Social: Religious Collection Scientific Load Distribution Nature: Political Support Cultural: Social Merry go round Religious: Collection Scientific: Load Distribution Nature Political: Military helmet Cultural Social Basket Religious: Yamaka Scientific: Satellite Nature:Hill rties etry Block ammatic Hand Political: Platform Cultural Crown Social Religious: Scientific: Anvil Nature Contrapposto abstraction Political Cultural: Popular Social: Religious Scientific Nature Penguin Political Monarchy Cultural: Social: Religious Ideal Scientific Nature Fingers/Hand Political: Acceptance Cultural Quarter Pipe Social Religious: Scientific: Nature Hand Abstraction Political: Strength Cultural Pride Social Attitude Religious: Scientific: Joint Nature: Fist Abstraction Political: Communism Cultural Popular Social Religious: Cruciform Scientific:Clip Nature: Hand Abstraction
P ART ONE OF THE RE S EARCH S TUDY S ERVE S TO BREAK APART EXI S TING MONUMENT S AND THEIR INNATE CHARACTERI S TIC S IN ORDER TO DISCOVER HOW THEIR CONSTITUENT ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PRODUCIN G CULTURAL , RELI G IOUS , SCIENTIFIC , SOCIAL , POLITICAL , AND SUBCONSCIOUS CONNECTIONS . T HIS NARRATIVE OF MEMORY IS THE NARRATIVE OF THE MONUMENT
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| Undergraduate Research
Samer Tanbouza
Thesis
T HE PARTS - TO - WHOLE STUDY IN THE DICTIONARY ALLOWS US TO RE - INTERPRET , AND REDEPLOY PARTS INTO THE MAKING O F NEW MONUMENTS WITH NEW MEANINGS . T HE FORMAL AESTHETICS OF THESE NEW MONUMENTS COULD PROVOKE NEW EVENTS , AND NEW UNDER S TANDIN GS OF CURRENT OR EVEN FUTURE CONDITION S
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Samer Tanbouza | A Library for Yellow Springs
G RAFIN ’ A LIBRARY
A LIBRARY FOR YELLOW SPRING S
K NOWLTON S CHOOL OF A RCHITECTUR E SPRIN G 20 1 6 | INSTRUCTOR : DOU G LAS G RAF
T HE PROJECT DERIVES ITS EXTERNAL FACADE FROM A FORMAL ANALYSIS OF THE BUILDING CONTEXT WHILE CONSIDERING THE PROGRAMMATIC SPACES T HE LIBRARY RESPONDS
T O THE STREET EDGE AND CREATES A GATEWAY
B EYOND THE BUILDIN G ENVELOPE
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