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THE TOWER HOUSE. THE TOWER HOUSE.

Waterloo University - Fall 2020

Programs Used: Rhino, Vray And Photoshop

The Tower’s central concept was to break the boundaries of what is considered private and public. The idea is based on simple design principles like the tower’s relationship to the site and the tower’s spatial hierarchy. Since the pandemic has started, architects and others have concluded that private spaces are much more important than they were in the past. Therefore, when I started this project, I aimed to design three isolated units for each student to occupy independently with terraces that act as gathering spaces between these units. However, As the project developed,

An interest in bringing the students together Rather than isolating them initiated. The staircase was the perfect element to break this boundary between private and public. The Stairs were put deliberately through the units rather than the outside of the building, which causes penetration between different spaces. The stairs no longer act as a circulation space only but also a public space. Furthermore, students no longer occupied the unit on their own, because each level consisted of one public space and one private space on the other side.

This project earned an Award for “Outstanding Design Work in Arch192 for Fall 2020” & was featured on Waterloo University’s 2021 Projects Review Exhibition