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“Our mistake has been thinking that nature is something ‘out there,’ far away.” - Emma Marris

GHULAM ABBAS HUSSAINI

CONTACT INFORMATION

10907 Gerana Street Apt. B San Diego, CA, 92129 (858) 774-2603 abbash_25@yahoo.com

ACADEMIC INFORMAITON

California Polytechnic State University, Pomona, California Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture

2018 (expected)

Internship Humanitarian Design Alliance

2016

Arts District Green Alley Project Professor Rennie K. Tang

2016

Intergenerational City Project Professor Rennie K. Tang w/ Occupational Therapy Association of California (OTAC)

2015

WORK EXPERIENCE

- Implemented renderings for organization website - Designed organization logo - Planned awareness seminar focusing on nonprofit membership accurals

- Create temporary repurposed art installations focusing on alternative ally systems for storm water collection

- Collaborate with a group of 6 designers to create an ability inclusive city model - Presented inclusive design model to group of 4 OTAC professionals to showcase potential city improvements at the Spring Symposium

INFORMATION SKILLS

PERSONAL SKILLS 2

Programs Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign) Microsoft (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) AutoCAD (Laser cutting // Model making) Sketchup Rhinoceros QGIS 123D Make (3D model making) Languages English Farsi Urdu 3

MANIFESTO

This portfolio is a collection of works through my educational career that displays my creative process. My aim is to bring my graphic design and model making proficiency to an office that not only encourages it but also provides room for growth and exploration beyond the straight line.

BODY OF WORK

RIPTIDE BUILDING COMPLEXITY FLUIDITY UNIFYING PASADENA DRAWINGS

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RIPTIDE RIPTIDE

Abbas Hussaini Xiomy Yamauchi Amy Chin Vi Le Phillip Chao Austin Harding

an occupational spatial unit

an occupational unit In studying how people move spatial through spaces from one point to another we looked to create an installation to spark curiosity and have users interact with the unit. Using guiding rules of frequency and wave to create the installation we anticipated how people would interact with the model and if differently.This installation was created using wood, screws,paint and a variations of joints.

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Riptide

An Occupied Spatial Unit

By: Abbas Hussaini Philip Chao Amy Chen Austin Harding Xiomy Yamauchi Vi Le

Fence Top View

Wall Top View

Fence Elevation

Wall Elevation

Cut Section 1/ Plan View

Cut Section 2

Structure Axonometric View

BUILDING PROCESS Structure Diagram

Original Design Guideline

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Structure Placement

Fence attachment

Wall Elements

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Wall Final Construction

BUILDING COMPLEXITY

silver corpse and the exquisite lake

Building complexity is a 4 phase project that explores Silver Lake Reservoir and its relation to its specific urban context. Each phase builds on itself by layering individual studies that combine parts to a bigger whole while disfiguring traditional ideas of landscape program, community expectations and beauty to reveal the exquisite lake with new opportunistic landscape of behemoth origins in an effort to suggest the looming direction of the landscape of Los Angeles.

phase 1: pieces + parts

phase 2: mapping + recon

phase 3: taxonomy of emergant spatial types

phase 4: silver linkages + exquisite structures “Material practice is the shift from asking, “what does this mean?” to “what does this do?” - Reiser + Umemoto

PHASE 2: MAPPING + RECON

MOVEMENT DIAGRAM ENLARGEMENT

SOUND AND STREET DIAGRAM

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ABBAS HUSSAINI | LAUREN GREENHILL-CASADOS | LA 203L | 04/18/2016

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45 8’ 18:21 - 2016.02.09 21:00 - 2016.02.16 22:18 - 2016.03.04 22:27 - 2016.01.14 22:57 - 2016.01.21 26:05 - 2016.03.29 26:13 - 2016.03.18 26:19 - 2016.01.26 27:36 - 2016.01.26 27:42 - 2016.01.30 27:55 - 2016.01.08 28.11 - 2016.01.20 28.31 - 2016.01.22 29.00 - 2016.01.25

14:49 - 2016.01.17 14.49 - 2016.04.09 12.53 - 2016.04.02 15:05 - 2016.02.24 15:06 - 2016.01.21 15.17 - 2016.01.06 15:38 - 2016.03.27 15:41 - 2016.02.19 15:51 - 2016.03.20 15:54 - 2016.03.19 15:55 - 2016.03.24 16.01 - 2016.01.13 16.11 - 2016.02.28 16.12 - 2016.01.12

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5:30-6:00 pm Monday 04/11/2016

STONE PINE

27 in 30 mins

90 Db

ARROYO WILLOW

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Street niose @ height of 93 Decibel Sustained exposure can cause hearing loss

990 in 30 mins // 1 car passes every 1.8 sec.

85 Db

6 in 30 mins // 1 person w/dog passes every 5 mins

Street niose @ height of 85 Decibel

99 in 30 mins - about 3 people pass every miin

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8’

12 in 30 mins // 1 biker passes every 3 mins

16’ 32’

104 in 30 mins // about 3 people pass every min

27 in 30 mins // about 1 person w/dog passes every min

3 in 30 mins // i biker passes every mins

174 in 30 mins // 1 car passes eevery 10 secs. 5:30-6:00 pm Monday 04/11/2016

Due to the street’s running parallel close to the park, we looked to record that information and the impact it has on the users of Silver Lake. In detail, the observation was looking at the different types of users of the street in relation to the users of the park.

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The Silver Lake Reservoire, although dry, has become a hotspot for a variety of uses expecially for exercising. Not just for people but also for various types of animals, noteably the Hooded Orioles that migrate in the area during the summer months. This step was observing and collecting data on what is.

Platform+Score

Mound+Spread

The Mini Islands

The Wind Breaker

Depression+Spread

The Pool Rule Depression+Score The Revealing Rule

Depression+Spread The Pool Rule

Water Collects

Roof/Canopy+Score

Mound

The Hottest Summer

Through

Forest/Field+Spread

Mounds break wind

The Weaving Rule

Stretch

Mound+Score The Channel Rule

Platform+Spread

Hold Mound+Spread The Wind Breaker Rule

The Walking-on-Water Rule

PHASE 3: TAXONOMY OF EMERGENT SPATIAL TYPES

Wind Reveals mounds

Ramp+Spread The Intensity Rule

Critically combined

Depression Ramp+Score The Intensity Rule

Elevation changes water color

Ramp Roof/canopy+Spread The 50/50 Rule

Roof/canopy+Score The Hottest Summer Rule Division

Blanced shade and sun

Roof/Canopy Platform+Spread The Walking-on-Water Rule

Crossing over

Platform+Score The Mimi Islands Rule

In order to fully realize the potential of the littoral edge, where the water meets the land, we created a matrix that explored performative actions and fixed structures to define the space. After creating these diagrams, we further explored the edge condition by combining six of the diagrams that were not necessarily the strongest but the six that fit best as a whole.

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Platform Forest/Field+Score The Intersection Rule

Forest/Field+Spread The Weaving Rule

Organized movement

Forced movement

Forest/Field Wall+Spread The Scatter Rule

Gradually raised

Wall+Score The Barricade Rule

Random placement

Wall Elevated Path+Score The Shelter Rule

Elevated Path+Spread The Overlook Rule

Through

Various Heights

Elevated Path 16

Addition and Subtraction 17

PHASE 4: SILVER LINKAGES + EXQUISITE STRUCTURES

INDIVIDUAL + CLASS MODELS

PAINTING A PICTURE

After mapping and researching what is there, the potential for what the site could be emerged. Within one mile proximity, there are five grade schools in the dense and tightly populated area. This paved the way for my design to turn a portion of the lake into a place where kids can come after school play as well as creating an animal friendly environment.

Student models as parts combined to a frankenstein whole

Abbas Hussaini Xiomy Yamauchi Bin Nakatani Melissa Johnson

FLUIDITY

Japanese Friendship Garden

The Japanese Friendship Garden is the heart of Balboa Park. With growing visitorship, the garden looks to expand in order to keep up with memberhsip and attendance. This brought the opportunity not only to expand in size but also to expand as a cultural center.

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With the data and analysis collected, we moved to designing drafts to incorporate the goals we set. The challenge here was figuring out how to space structures out, determining the size of infrastructures, figuring out how users will move in this space and how the new design transitions to the existing landscapes of the garden.

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After creating multiple preliminary designs, the challenge was making the designs work from a circulation standpoint. We wanted to design an ADA friendly circulation that connects the upper to the lower levels of the garden.

CIRCULATION AND PLAN

In order to maximize water retention, we designed the roofs to circulate runoff down to a nearby stream that will be treated through phytoremediation or to a close water retention basin.

We connected the new area to the existing garden by creating connection points that allows users to smoothly transiition. Not only the general public but also accomodating any disabilities by creating wide pathways with a slope below 5%.

Having a lot of gathering areas and rest stops of different sizes is something that we took into account when designing. These spaces are also used to hold classes or a place to sit and take in the garden.

Implementing green roofs was a design decision we made to respond to the drought by keeping as much runoff on site. Green roofs also keep electricity bills down in the warmer months by keeping buildings cool.

UNIFYING PASADENA

A CAP PARK

The Gold Line connects Pasadena, Montclair and Los Angeles. The transit runs through the 210 freeway that divides Pasadena in half. This work mainly looks at Lake Station from El Molino Avenue to North Wilson Ave and how a cap park can not only create a better transit experience but to also unify Pasadena physically, socially and economically.

SITE ANALYSIS

DIAGRAMMING THE CITY OF PASADENA

DIAGRAMMING LAKE STATION

Looking at the city of Pasadena on a macro scale shows that the city is divided into four chunks by intersecting freeways. Through analysis, the city revealed to show a lack of connection between downtown and the Northern region.

LAND USE

EXISTING TREES

In order to determine the direction of the design, I looked at Lake Station from different angles to capture positive and negative attributes. This analysis will be used as the basis on the where the design will be, who will use it and how it can bring Pasadena together.

LAND USE

PARKING

ACCESS POINT

POTENTIAL DESIGN AREA

PROGRAMMATIC PLAN

THE PROCESS

THE VISION SOLAR SHADE STRUCTURE LAND BRIDGE

RESTAURANT

COFFEE SHOP

DOG PARK CHILDREN’S REC CENTER CHILDREN’S PARK EXERCISE MOUND/BERM COMMUNITY GARDEN FOOTBALL FIELD

MULTIPURPOSE LAWN

OUTDOOR GYM MULTIPURPOSE LAWN

RECREATION CENTER

RENTAL SHOP

COMMUNITY GARDEN

BASKETBALL COURT

PERFORMANCE PLAZA

SITE PLAN

JUICE BAR

CAFE

BIKE SHOP

RESTAURANT

RESTROOMS

DESIGN MODEL

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This is an abstract representation model of the proposed cap park. Made of three types of acrylic, chipboard, cardboard and 1/8” wooden dowels. The model is 8’ wide and 3’ long. In order to provide the proper detail and show the relation between the juxtaposing spaces, a model of this magnitude was necessary.

FINAL MODEL: AXONOMETRIC VIEW

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