Academic Portfolio

MAHMOUD ZREIK

Architecture Portfolio Academic Work 2018-2020

CONTENTS

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DUBAI DESIGN DISTRICT SENIOR DESIGN PROJECT

SHARQAN COMMUNITY ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN V

MODERN ARTS MUSEUM ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN IV

SIDE JOBS ARCHITECTURAL VISUALIZATION

Senior Design Project

Innovation districts combine entrepreneurs, governments, people and educational institutes. They give the chance for everyone to show the world how they think, and how they could innovate to change the world. It is not just a place of working for a living anymore, yet it is about thinking for a living.

Innovation districts allow people to communicate their ideas and grow their knowledge, to shift their ideas into the real world. Innovation districts usually reflect the culture and norms of the country they are built in.

The districts could be built in multiple parts of the city as they have a similar concept to the educational hubs or business hubs, because they are integrated in the urban fabric of the city. But the difference between innovation districts and other hubs is the additional new functions that allow companies or institutes to be established and be productive.

OBJECTIVES Advance the position of U.A.E. in Education, Technology & Innovation

Help transform the economy from service-based to knowledge-based by 2021

Create opportunities for people interested in working on education technology

Innovation

Technology Education

CONCEPT + Flexibility

LOCATION +

Collaboration

= Transparency

Innovative Environment

FORM DEVELOPMENT

The concept behind dubai innovation district is to create a suitable environment for innovation which enourages people to innovate. first, flexibility in planning by using open plans with flexible distributions.

Second, the form of the buildings and the plaza creates the transparency between the indoors and the outdoors. Also, using open plans made the communication transparent between people. third, applying flexibility and transparensy lead to an easier collaboration between people. Finally, when these three factors are found, it creates the best environment for innovation which is what Dubai Innovation District is all about.

Aerial view of the plot with surroundings

Dubai Hills Estate, Dubai

Aerial view of the conceptual Design

1. Raised the height of the mass to match the surrounding buildings

2. Connected an axis to the surrounding community

3. Splitting an axis with a view to Burj Khalifa

4. Splitting an axis with a view to Dubai Creek Tower

5. Subtracting masses and adding voids to define the plaza

6. Exploring with the shape of the masses to create a multilevel plaza

MASTERPLAN & URBAN LAYERS

ROAD ACCESSIBILTY

DISTANCES & ASSEMBLY POINTS

Office Building 1

Services + Parking

18.5 m

5.0 m

Softscape

External Pavement

Office Building 2

Research & Development

14.0 m

0.0 m

Water Body

Internal Pavement

Office Building 3

Visitors Center + Auditorium

9.5 m

-5.0 m

Events Areas

Underground Plaza

SITE LEGEND

MASS & VOID

LANDSCAPE

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

THIRD FLOOR PLAN

CONSTRUCTION DETAILS

DETAIL B DETAIL A

DETAIL D

DETAIL C

DETAIL E

SHARQAN COMMUNITY Architecutral Design V

We tried to achieve a sustainable housing community by using prefabricated modular housing units to save on construction cost and time, also improving the energy efficiency without limiting ourselves with the design.

The design was part of a competition hosted by KEF Holdings to encourage the design of sustainable high-tech houses that can be placed either in new communities or already developed communities.

MAIN SELLING POINTS 1. We focused on connecting the houses with a central area without having to cross the roads.

2. We focused on the concept of stack effect and take advantage of the plots orientation and use the northern and southern sun the most. We tried to reduce the openings on the Western Side where the heat from the sun is the greatest. Our houses have an open faรงade which opens the living and dining areas completely to the outside where it becomes one huge space.

THIRD PLACE COMPETITION

WINNER

CONCEPT DEVELPPMENT

Connecting the grid with the existing grid.

Creating a Cul-de-sac to maximize site usage and dividing the plots

Orienting to the north-souoth direction to maximize efficiency and reduce solar heat gain into the houses

MASTERPLAN & URBAN LAYERS

ACCESSIBILITY

LEGEND

LANDSCAPE

The living + dining mass are raised higher and also, have a clerestory which combined with the open faรงade gives us an advantage for the stack effect

2 BEDROOM VILLA

HOUSES CONCEPT

Open Faรงade, having the idea of opening the whole room to the outside so that the inside becomes the outside and vice versa, it all becomes one space.

SIDE ELEVATION

BACK ELEVATION

SECTION 1

SECTION 2

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

4 BED ROOM VILLA TYPE-A

SIDE ELEVATION

FRONT ELEVATION

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

SECTION 1

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

SECTION 2

4 BED ROOM VILLA TYPE-B

SIDE ELEVATION

FRONT ELEVATION

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

SECTION 1

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

SECTION 2

4 BED ROOM VILLA TYPE-B

SIDE ELEVATION

FRONT ELEVATION

SECTION 1

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

SECTION 2

KITCHEN POD B

MODULES

A

BATHROOM POD

CONSTRUCTION AND INSTALLATION

PODS DETAIL

INTERIOR WALL - ROOF DETAIL

INTERIOR WALL - FLOOR DETAIL

PODS INSTALLATION

As we can see there is no finish applied on the walls where the pod will be installed and 10 mm tolerance available

Openings will be placed in the pods wherever we have doors/windows

MODERN ARTS MUSEUM Architecutral Design IV

The concept behind the museum is to create a new activity in Al Qasba -The Site- where the youth of Sharjah usually meet. Activities like various workshops, shows, exhibitions, and seminars. The museum style broke the traditional style of Sharjah buildings -Islamic Architecture- and reused the geometric shapes which is usually used by Islamic Architecture. The shape of the museum responds to the site and surroundings.

One axis was drawn from the building next to it, and another one was offset from the bridge next to it. Then, they meet in the middle creating the main space and creating the welcoming shape which connects to The Qasba existing landscape.

FORM DEVELOPMENT

SITE: Sharjah, Al Qasba

2- Pointing the central mass to the Qasba main landscape.

1- Responding to the site factors and surroundings.

3- Raising part of the central mass to expose the main entrance.

4- The result is a new icon in Sharjah for modern arts.

FLOOR PLANS

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

1- Lobby, Reception & Open gallery.

2- WC. 3- Service Corridor.

4- Storages.

5- Kitchen.

6- Cafe’ & Restaurant.

7- Souvenir.

8- Auditrium Lobby.

9- Auditorium.

12- Multi-Purpose Gallery.

13- Learning Facility.

14- Projector Room.

15- Seminar Lobby.

16- Seminar Room.

17- Research Center & Archives.

18- Media Center.

19- Meeting Rooms.

20- Offices.

10- Workshop.

11- Gallery.

21- Coordinator’s Offices.

22- Mechanical Room.

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

ELEVATIONS & SECTIONS

FRONT ELEVATION

SIDE ELEVATION

SECTION A

SECTION B

CONSTRUCTION DETAILS

SIDE JOBS ARCHITECTURAL VISUALIZATION

SDME 2020 - TEAM SHARJAH

KITCHEN RENOVATION

LANDSCAPE DESIGN

UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH - CENTRAL LABS

UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH - M10 THEATRE

MAHMOUD ZREIK m.zreik@outlook.com