Architectural Engineering Graduate 2020 | Wafa Yahya

P o r t f o l i o Architectural Engineering Graduate | 2020

Wafa Yahya

Design Philosophy No matter what we design, simplicity always works. Less is More is what I believe to be my ideal approach to designing. This never stops me from putting extra details and finding my balance between the function and form of a building. In general, it depends on the project on hand and the inspiration at the time.

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Djamman

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Sustainable High-Tech Residential Units

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Two Bedroom Villa

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Djamman: An Inclusive Place for Public Empowerment and Community Engagement is a group senior design project as per the graduation requirements. Djamman is a Nubian word that means unity/togetherness and in this project my group and I aimed to create a new urban environment that serves as a democratic center and enhances the community as a whole.

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A group project for Architectural Design V studio. It targeted a sustainable urban project with residential landscape in Sharjah based on requirements from KEF Holdings company, Dubai. Conforming to the Saafat Sustainability Standards and in line with the Design for Manufacture and Assemble (DFMA) methodology.

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An individual project for Architectural Drawing VI studio. The emphasis is on response to the urban and environmental contexts. Creating a happy home for a small happy family in a relatively small affordable plot.

Additional architectural work plus art pieces and selected photographs

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DJAMMAN an inclusive place for public empowerment and community engagement

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Djamman is a word in the Nubian language that means togetherness or unity. It was chosen as the title of the project as a reminder of the single united front that the Sudanese society projected during the times of hardship. Djamman serves as a place of connection. It is an urban development

BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE.

DJAMMAN, Khartoum, Sudan

an inclusive place for public empowerment and community engagement Group Senior Design Project | Grade ‘A’

Context and Background

A new democratic era is being formed in response to issues that the Sudanese society suffered from in the past three decades. This torched the December 2018 Revolution especially within the Sudanese youth. It encouraged them to create a new community. A better Sudan.

The union created by the revolution among different ethnic, religious, and social groups, must continue to secure a better future for Sudan. Hence, the need for a place such as Djamman.

A community with facilities designed to help the community grow, encourage the public to engage in a more democratic environment which gives them the sense of empowerment and eventually enhancing that community.

Philosophy and Concept

The design concept revolves around celebrating diversity. Djamman introduces a reflection of Diversity within Unity. The concept of Diversity within Unity proposes superimpositions of layers. This was translated by having two different grid alignments; a 12.5m orthogonal and 8.42m inclined grid (45 degrees) to form diversity between forms, masses, and murals layers. The buildings visually connect through the forms and use of eclectic design style of both traditional and non-traditional architectural languages based on the feedback received from the survey published to engage the Sudanese public in this design process.

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Fibonacci SUSTAINABLE HIGH TECH RESIDENTIAL UNITS

Located in Sharjah, this project has over 25 villas.

The open spaces include an age color coded playground with seating areas around it for parents to watch over their children and can be used for lunch breaks by the community center workers. There’s also a soccer field and bicycle racks around the plots shaded with solar panels roofs.

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Residential Community, Sharjah

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Concept

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The Fibonacci Golden Ratio is a mathematical ratio that’s commonly found in nature. Ancient Greek architecture used the Golden Ratio to determine pleasing dimensional relationships between the width of a building and its height.

We found this quiet fitting for a residential urDubai Green Building Evaluation System ban project as it brought harmony and rhythm to the building and its surroundings.

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Saafat Sustainability Standards Used Chapter 1

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Access and Mobility

Chapter 2 Ecology and Landsca

301.01 Preferred Parking

302.01 Local Species

For all new buildings, a minimum of twenty five percent (25%) of the within the building plot, including green roofs, must utilise plant and tre or adapted to Dubai’s climate and region.

For all new buildings, other than villas, that have more than 20 parking spaces, designated preferred parking must be provided for a combination of low-emitting, fuel-efficient and carpool vehicles for required percentage of the total vehicle parking spaces required for the building by Dubai Municipality (DM) Building Regulations. In addition addition to the disabled parking. The required percentages are:

• 5 % for Silver Sa’fa

• 7% for Golden Sa’fa

• 10% for Platinum Sa’fa

301.02 Enabled Access All new buildings, other than villas, must comply with Dubai Municipality Building Regulations, with regards to disabled users. They must be enabled in their access, internal movement and ability to engage with the building functions.

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301.03 Bicycle Storage For all new buildings, other than villas, secure and covered racks or storage areas for bicycles must be provided within the building or within a shaded area located in the ground floor and no more than thirty (30) metres from a building entrance within the plot limit.

Section Three: Ecology and Planning 300 Secure racks or storage areas must be provided for a number of bicycles equal to at least ten percent (10%) of the number of car parking spaces required for the building as per the Dubai Municipality (DM) Building Regulations,.

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For Student accommodation and Labor accommodation, secure racks or storage areas must be provided for bicycles for at least (5%) of building occupants with the same above conditions.

301.04 Charging facilities for Electrical and Hybrid Vehicles

Chapter 2 Ecology and Landscaping

For all new buildings, other than villas, must provide equipments and special charging devices for electrical and hybrid vehicles within the preferred parking.

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For all new villas at least one palm tree must be planted.

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Chapter 3 Neighbourhood Pollu 303.01 Exterior Light Pollution and Controls

For all new buildings, permanently installed exterior lighting must com

1. All exterior light fixtures on the building site, other than architec and Civil Aviation safety lighting, must be shielded so that all of th fixture, either directly or indirectly by reflection or refraction from a is projected below the horizontal plane passing through the lowes

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2. Architectural accent lighting must be aimed or shielded to preve night sky. Wall washing lights must spill no more than 10% of building façade;

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3. Downward directed lighting must be used for lighting of signage.

4. All exterior lighting must be fitted with automatic controls to ens operate during daylight hours.

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For all new buildings, a minimum of twenty five percent (25%) of the total planted area + within the building plot, including green roofs, must utilise plant and tree species indigenous or adapted to Dubai’s climate and region.

For all new villas at least one palm tree must be planted.

Green Roof Layers

Open Spaces Layer

Density and Height Layer

Circulation Layer

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Urban Layers

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Master Plan PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

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2B Villa SUSTAINABLE HIGH TECH RESIDENTIAL UNITS

Designed with a small family in mind within the community created. Overall western oriented or for a family looking for an open plan concept in a relatively small affordable plot.

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Two Bedroom Villa, Sharjah sustainable high tech residential units Individual Architectural Design V Project | Grade ‘A’

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The use of different materials in the facade adds a lot of character to the villa in addition to the use of accent walls. As for the interior, an open plan that reflects the contemporary architectural languages used.

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Modular Volumetric Design PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

SHARED VOLUMETRIC MODULES

We’re using solid flat slabs with thickness 215 mm Exterior walls 200 mm Internal walls 100 mm

Custom designed wall layers (U= 0.42 as per Saafat Sustainability Standards). All the ‘Revit Families’ used are BIM LOD300. A small door swing was used to better use the small area of the bathroom.

Wall length is to easily use pre-cast concrete walls. All pipelines were tucked along the long side Volumetric modular walls 60 mm with a 10 cm spacing for plumbing purposes. Inner walls with half porcelain fixture for durability.

SHARED EXTERNAL WALL U=0.42 AS PER SAA’FAT Pod walls 60 mm

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Kitchen 7 sqm

Hall/ Entrance 5 sqm Living Room 22 sqm Dining Area 8 sqm

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Bedroom 10 sqm

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Master Bedroom 14 sqm

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selective art and architectural work

Additional Academic or Individual Work. A mix between apartments plans intended for Architectural Design III Studio, selected digital art pieces, and architectural photographs.

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Studio Apartment 30 sqm

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One Bedroom Apartment 35 sqm

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Two Bedroom Apartment 45 sqm

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Three Bedroom Apartment 130 sqm

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Architecture Museum, Qasba Canal Architectural Design IV Studio.

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