Zeina Salameh Portfolio

NORTHWICK PARK BID LONDON, UK

Client: Network Housing Association Framework

Description: Housing Association Framework Bid (ITT) with speculative design proposal for Northwick Park

WATKINS HOUSE,harrow, UK

Client: Harrow Churches & Octavia

Contractor: Willmott Dixon

Description: The proposal is for the demolition of all existing buildings on the two sites, and redevelopment of the sites to provide two adjoining residential buildings. The majority of the site would be redeveloped with a part 3 part 4 storey building that provides 56 extra-care homes for older people along with a range of new communal facilities and a base for support staff and care workers. In addition to this, the south part of the site will be developed with a part four, part five storey building that provides 20 new 1 and 2 bedroomed flats for Shared Ownership (part rent /part buy). Although there is no access internally between the two buildings, the communal garden areas have been designed to facilitate visual interaction between the tenures.

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2 View from Elmgrove Road

1. Contract Progress

ANSTEY WAY, -Cambridge, UK

Client: Hill Development

Area: 0.51 Ha

Density: 109.4 dw/Ha / 299 hab.rm./Ha

Total Number of Units: 56 units

Description: The proposal is for 56 new flats comprising 12 flats for over-55’s General Needs Rented (GNR) accommodation (22%) and the remaining 44 flats for GNR 78%.

This proposal by the CIP for the City forms part of a city wide new-build, affordable housing programme in an attempt to meet the existing and predicted housing needs

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Detail of Hollowed Concrete Planks - Superstructure

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CIVIC REGENERATION ZONE - Hemel Hempstead, UK

The proposal aims to achieve a greater number of new homes and to break up the single large podium into 2 smaller areas. Buildings A and C of iteration 2 have been adjusted to rationalize the overall footprint and elevation composition.

With the lower ground floor predominantly car parking, cycle storage, plant rooms and commercial space to the rivers edge the upper ground floor with two courtyard spaces serves as the private amenity for the residents living in the three buildings that frame the spaces on the east, north and south sides.

Each of the 3 buildings, A, B and C, are currently designed with minimum no. of cores to maintain flexibility of tenure and to reduce the total number of dwellings per floor. The main entrance level is at upper ground via the courtyard podium or direct from the Marlowes however each core extends to the lower ground floor and provides direct access to the car park, cycle storage and refuse storage areas and direct out to the lower ground level, Dacorum Way and the river piazza.

C TARGET MIX. LPA Policy: 65/35 TENURE SPLIT

54dw 1b2p x 13 2b3p x 29 2b4p x 6 3b5p x 6

75% Affordable Rent 25% Shared Ownership 65% Private Rent/Private Sale 100% Shared Ownership 100% Private Sale/Rent

A B B1 B2 35% Affordable 54dw 18dw 134dw

- All dwellings are provided with balconies or private gardens

- 1 bike space is provided per dwelling in a secure cycle store within their block

- 212 car spaces are provided within the parking area. Approximately 7 car spaces on Dacorum Way.

- 1 car space is allocated per dwelling, plus 6 for visitor, plus 7 for commercial use.

- Dacorum Way will provide access to Block B, emergency vehicles, refuse vehicle and residents cars to access the parking.

- 2600sqm secure amenity deck is provided for Blocks B and C

- 330sqm commercial space is allocated in Block A facing Marlowes. 188sqm and 215sqm commercial spaces are allocated next to the river gade in Block C.

General notes: Studio x 10 1b2p x 39 2b3p x 20 2b4p x 11 1b2p x 11 2b3p x 1 2b4p x 6 1b2p x 26 2b3p x 18 2b4p x 10 98dw 80dw C B A MARLOWES DACORUM WAY 18dw 54dw Private Sale/Rent & Shared Ownership 100% Private Sale/Rent 206 dwellings Massing Strategy Diagram B - Southeastern Aerial View Diagrammatic Upper Ground Floor Plan A Rock Townsend MASSING STRATEGY THEFORUMBUILDINGLINE ACTIVEFRONTAGE MARLOWES RECESSED BALCONIES TO BREAK UP THE FACADE RECESSED COMMERCIAL GROUND FLOOR COURTYARD COURTYARD C B A SET BACK VOLUMES SET BACK VOLUMES SET BACK VOLUMES A Rock Townsend MASSING STRATEGY COURTYARD C B A CZR_Pre-Pre-App_Draft_181109 RT17131 1 200 GIA -Level 0-Podium LEVEL 0 B1 B2 COMMERCIAL C X X EXTERIOR LIFT ACCESS CORES PLANT ROOM BIN STORE BIKE STORE * * ROOF GARDEN TERRACES BLOCK ACCESS NATURAL LIGHTING/ VENTILATION COMMERCIAL EXTERIOR SEATING AREA PUBLIC LANDSCAPED AMENITY AREA GRASS/PLANTING TO RIVER GADE CYCLEWAY+FOOTPATH COURTYARD RIVER GADE COURTYARD HIGH PLANTING HIGH PLANTING DACORUMWAY PARKING ACCESS Massing Strategy Diagram A - Northeastern Aerial View

Public Realm - Green Spaces

Circulation

Vehicular & Pedestrian Circulation

C B A

Sunpath Diagrams of Existing Context - Autumn Equinox

PROPOSED USES

Cross Section through Retained Magistrate's Court Building and Courtyard

Cantilevers varying in depth

Rendered perspective of housing units

Longitudinal Section showing converted Magistrates’ Court and residential proposal

Key Enhancements

MADINAH CENTRAL AREA MASTERPLAN - Madinah, Saudi Arabia

Client: Ministry of Finance

Total Area : 437 hectares

Built up Area 33,467,663 m ²

Current Mosque Capacity : 500,000 people

Number of residents: 201,189

Number of beds: 1,185,189

Number of employees: 238,981

Future Mosque Capacity : 1,625,359 people

The masterplan proposal of Al-Madinah central area seeks to create a sustainable urban development that is respectful to the history and heritage of the city and local in its character. It is a development that recognizes Al-Masjid An-Nabbawi as the central urban component and economic driver of the city’s development.

The masterplan caters to the needs of the inhabitants of Al-Madinah and the visiting pilgrims by providing a diversity of buildings and activities that connect to the Haram visually and spatially. Furthermore, the masterplan relates to the existing fabric of the city beyond the central area.

Masteplan Aerial Perspective

FAR strategy

ACTION AREAS

In the Madinah masterplan, there are 3 action areas that are studied and analysed in greater detail. The action areas consist of the following:

ACTION AREA 1: HARAM FRONTAGE

The Haram frontage includes plots that face Al- Masjid An-Nabbawi and plots that lie on crowd dispersal corridors where the frontage is extended deep into the proposed urban fabric to increase views towards the Haram. It includes nodes and buildings of significance including Al-Hijaz Railway.

ACTION AREA 2: DARB AS-SUNNAH CORRIDOR

Darb As-Sunnah Corridor radiates southward from Al- Masjid An-Nabbawi. It is a long pedestrian corridor containing heritage, cultural buildings and buildings of significance leading to Quba Mosque. Its name “Darb As-Sunnah” relates to a heritage trail that passes in the corridor.

ACTION AREA 3: KING FAHD CORRIDOR

King Fahd Corridor radiates northward from Al-Masjid An-Nabbawi in the direction of Jabal Uhud. It is a long corridor containing nodes and buildings of significance terminating in Sayyid Al-Shuhada Node.

MOSQUE “HARAM” FRONTAGE

The Haram frontage is the very first urban layer that surrounds the Haram as a major nucleus, thus has the privilege of overlooking Al-Masjid An-Nabbawi. It expands in depth to include the crowd dispersal corridors in order to maximize the frontage onto the Haram. It intends to dialogue with the Haram both spatially and architecturally. Spatially, it bounds the open spaces and extends them through sub spaces and crowd corridors while highlighting major intersections with nodes and key buildings. Architecturally it dialogues with the mosque in terms of architectural language and scale. The architectural language echoes that of the Haram while offering a contemporary interpretation more suitable for the hospitality functions. The massing respects the scale of the Haram while insuring human scale and ground floor pedestrian friendly environment.

Haram Frontage

King Fahd Corridor Darb As-Sunnah Corridor

Al-Hijaz railway cultural

Rendered CGI of Crowd dispersal corridor

liNEAr CorriDor MASS NG tYpE

OBJECTIVES

• Create a continuous, pedestrian-friendly and active edge for the crowd dispersal corridor where it intersects with the parkway.

• Define the corridor’s linearity while pedestrian pathways are clearly distinguished.

• Allow for adequate light and air permeability.

• Facilitate clear, safe, and interesting entry points for pedestrians.

• Create efficient and safe vehicular access paths that do not interfere with ground level functions.

GUIDELINES

The mass on the Linear Corridor should be built with an arcade on the side facing the crowd dispersal corridor and should have a setback of 3 meters on 2 sides except the rear where it is 4 meters. The frontage is interrupted only to establish connections within the residential quarters. Vehicular entry points are on the rear corners of the plot.

Section through Massing type B

Plan of Massing type B

Massing type B application in entire masterplan

Northeastern corridor sample section

The conceptual sketch below demonstrates the frontage’s architectural character. As shown, the base and middle block have mandatory set of guidelines yet the upper block has a more flexible set of guidelines to allow for variation and the individuality of each building.

Conceptual drawing of the application of the guidelines (Variation 1 of Upper Block )

Elevation of the application of the guidelines (Variation 2 of Upper block )

Northeastern zone - Phase A

BUILDING ELEMENTS

BASE

OBJECTIVES

Provide protection to pedestrians from the impact of the hot and dry climate of Saudi Arabia. GUIDELINES

• Shading devices such as arcades, canopies and trees must be provided to minimize the impact of the hot climate.

•Landscaped open spaces should be created to moderate the city climate. Tall and dense trees with wide canopies should be used for solar shading, cooling and filtering sunlight to maximize pedestrian comfort.

•Permeability of the urban fabric at the street levels should be high to increase air circulation to disperse heat and pollutants and to improve the comfort and air quality for pedestrians.

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Lagos State Government under the supervision of the Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development commissioned DAR to prepare a masterplan for the Epe sub-region in Lagos State. The masterplan will take into consideration economic, social and environmental studies, infrastructure provision, agricultural assessments and spatial planning.

The Epe Masterplan forms a 20 year long strategy that will shape development through to 2036. It intends to direct growth in targeted places nd identifies key infrastructure projects that will support Epe in becoming a regional ub for Lagos State.

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

PERSPECTIVE - VILLA ENTRANCE

PERSPECTIVE - BACK GARDEN

DETAILED INTERIOR ELEVATIONS OF BEDROOM BEDROOM INTERIOR PERSEPCTIVES

MASTERPLAN

CONCEPTUAL DIAGRAMS

SECTIONAL PERSPECTIVE THROUGH MAIN RETAINING WALL FEATURE

INFRASTRUCTURAL URBANISM - USK VALLEY, WALES

Fuel poverty in social housing due to their under occupation by the elderly tenants in the Usk valley. There are 430,000 under occupied social houses in the UK, let alone 2000 in the Usk valley, where tenants have 2 or more bedrooms than they require. In many cases, these properties are under occupied by elderly tenants whose children have since grown up and moved out.

With more room than the elderly occupants actually need, many of these residents can become prisoners in their own homes, finding it a struggle to lock after and heat their properties that are now too big for them to manage.

Fuel poverty necessitates the development of more energy efficient and affordable social houses and facilities that caters the needs of the elderly. A small community where compactness of form, the harness of renewable energy sources and a system of energy control and distribution will dictate the character of this community. Theories of system thinking is used as a guide for the formation of this community.

AXONOMETRIC PROJECTION OF GERIATRIC CLINIC

SECTION

EXTERIOR VISUALIZATION OF GERIATRIC CLINIC

INTERIOR PERSPECTIVE OF GERIATRIC CLINIC

This proposal is an extension to the 1659 Museo Vetrario in Venice. It aims to create an architectural work that enhances the existing fabric of the region and add to it a playful theatrical quality similar to the qualities of Venice itself inspired by Charles Dickens’ experience:

“It was a great Piazza, as I thought; anchored, like all the rest, in the deep ocean. On its broad bosom was a Palace, more majestic and magnificent in its old age than all the buildings of the earth, in the high prime and fullness of their youth. Cloisters and galleries: so light, they might have been the work of fairy hands; so strong, that centuries had battered them in vain…”

The proposal focuses on the ambiguity of reflection and transparency of glass. Spaces in which glazed and mirrored surfaces catching visitor’s peripheral vision cause volumes to open up, merge and distort with theatrical trickery.

As soon as the visitors enter they are confronted by the spectacle of the production process. The intimate exhibition spaces overlooking the production process bring human scale to the production hall’s vast volume. High ceilings allow the intense heat to escape from the furnaces and be reused for the air-conditioning of the museum. The production hall is sanctified as the intricacy and precision involved in glass making is valued greatly by Venetians and must be celebrated. All the exhibition spaces hover above the production hall.

The undulating cold working display space and the detached block archive space break up the scheme distinctively to give hierarchical significance to the rest of the spaces.

WATERFRONT ELEVATION

SECTION A-A

GLASS ROOF DETAIL MATERIAL SELECTION: VARYING DEGREES OF TRANSPARENCY. SPACING BETWEEN STEEL RODS & GLASS PANES MINIPULATING TRANSPARENT SPACIAL QUALITIES STEEL COLUMN OF TWO TRUSSES

GLASS MUSEUM

SECTION THROUGH GLASS PRODUCTION HALL - EXHIBITION SPACES