ARCHITECTURE ABDULLAH ALGHAMDI
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“ Whatever good things we build end up building us Jim Rohn
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I have dreams and aspirations I strive to achieve it. I have worked in various projects, both professional and academic, which have gained me a great ability on time management and team-working as well as the advanced ability of design. These experiences, in particular, has allowed me to develop my leadership and design skills. And also have significantly increased my knowledge of architecture and have broadened my understanding tremendously. I always look for new challenges that can push my knowledge, skills and experiences further.
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cademic Projects
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irds Observation Center and D
Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge at Forest City, MO. Established in 1935 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as a refuge and breeding ground for migratory birds and other wildlife. The creek is the larger of the two main creeks that feed the refuge and parallels the road on the west. Davis Creek, the next biggest creek, parallels the east side road. They merge with the Little Tarkio Creek just south of the refuge in a man made ditch leading five miles (8 km) to the Missouri River. This is the first place that birds come to after a long time of flying. The current refuge does not have the ability to find which flock or bird could pose a risk to others whether people or animals. The purpose is to create a control system involves an architectural solution and technology system works together in order to transfer the traditonal refuge to smart refuge to protect people and animals from any threat. The new campus contains observation tower, research labs, and a quarantine zone.
Disease Control (smart refuge).
Capture techniques
Avoid the domination
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Integrated with nature
Missouri waterfowl is good location due to the confluence of the Central and Mississippi Flyways.
Site analysis
Site accessibilty
Observatory section
Research LABS
Quarantine zone
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outh Sioux City Community O
The building is primarily be used to storage for materials and equipment at the orchard, is designed by University of NebraskaLincoln architecture students that uses Cross Laminated Timber, or CLT, a heavy timber product that’s a lighter alternative to concrete or iron to build floors, ceilings and walls. The CLT lumber is made from layers of wood placed in opposite directions that are glued and pressed together. The CLT comes to a job site in sheets and pieces already cut to size, so workers only have to lift the pieces in place with a crane and screw them together which is easy to fix and fast to construct.
Orhard Education Center.
Slided door lock
Door hinges and frame
Exterior door lock
Stool’s legs lathing
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P h i l o s o p h y
The IR-CAS is one of the edifices that responsible for paying agricultural development forward. Which aims to improve agricultural production, develop plans and strategies for agricultural research, also to disseminate the outcomes of studies and researches widely, activating the role of the agricultural sector in the region, rehabilitation and training of the local workforce, supply the local markets and improve the production quality. The campus contains a conference hall, classrooms, student dormitory, dining hall, research center, agricultural greenhouse, administration building, and library.
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of Agricultural Sciences.
Master plan
Te x t u r e
S e c t i o n
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Main Elevation
South west elevation
courtyard students zone
Administration building
3D perspective
Research zone
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hildren Amusement Park.
A strip mall located in Lincoln, Nebraska. The project should emphases and achieve the architecture of economy which they are distribution, consumption, production, and exchange. The opportunity for social interactions with others is very important for the development of all children. Through social interactions, children begin to establish a sense of “self � and to learn what others expect of them. The philosophy of the design was about how children see the architecture and spaces? The envelope has developed to three aspects : 1- children imagination 2- consistent with the use of building 3- to be visible.
First floor
Exploded axon
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eddah Central Business Distric
The city center is often a historical area of a city where commerce, entertainment, shopping, and political power are concentrated. In Jeddah, the city center has a lot of opportunities to develop and become unique. The strict laws and regulations of construction and development of the city center area (Old Jeddah) have led to the migration of the local people who have lived there for generations.
physical Characteres
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t (CBD).
Mater plan
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eddah Mixed-use Skyscraper.
The Jeddah skyscraper is a speculative project that seeks to integrate the sustainable technologies into the design also to the construction. The mixuse project contains 120 floors in which of Base of the tower containing the (conference hall, exhibition, shopping center, and mosque), offices, Hotel + gym, residential suites, the top of the tower containing the (commercial services + restaurants + city view) and services floor.
Podium Plan
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Commercial Services + restaurants + overlooks residential suites
Hotel + gym commercial office Base of the tower containing the (conference hall, exhibition variable, a shopping center and mosque) Hotel + gym
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Floor Services
Offices Plan
Panoramic view
Interior office
Shade and shadow methodology
Hotel floor Plan Hotel spa
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port Hall.
The design philosophy was about competition on a particular goal. Where the big circle in the middle mean the goal and the side curves mean the attempt to win. The design has been developed by transforming the philosophical concept into symbols and geometric shapes. Shape features: 1- Flexibility in use. 2- Offers flexible access to the sports hall. 3- Structural solution is not complicated. 4- Provides natural ventilation in the spaces. 5- Provides natural light through the hallway.
Site Plan
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Structure details
Ground floor -entrance and hallway.
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3D section
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useum Of Heritage Arts.
The concept of design centered around the Islamic pattern. That has used in the Rouachin and Mcherbaat in old Jeddah and the characters of modernity and urbanization in Jeddah during the past century. These have been mixed together and delivered to a unique design. The work has been done to integrate environmental design elements with the elements of the wayfinding to be each complement to each other and compliant with ADA standards.
Ground floor.
The wayfinding design through the hallway.
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West elevation
The main entrance
The lobby has Digital Displays and Direction and Regulation Signs.
The Hallway has many elements to identify the wayfinding.
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roduct Design.
The way we choose to sit, and what we choose to sit on, says a lot about us: our values, our tastes, the things we hold dear,Rybczynski.
Sit and relax is an important factor for mental and physical comfort. What I did is making a rocking chair that provides convenience for the user. The design combines between the old style of rocking and the modern style where it can be used indoors or outdoors for watch TV, reading, meditation or for taking a nap after a long day of work. When the rocking chair was invented for the first time in 1710, it was used in clinics and mental health clinics in order to obtain the physical and psychological training and training of users through shaking. The studies proved now the validity of these assumptions and their effectiveness.
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rofessional Projects
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ndalus Educational Complex.
The new educational complex master plan is designed to be a new landmark educational center for the surrounding community of Jeddah city. The main concept of the master plan for the new educational complex was to create schools that are functional, cost-effective and attractive place where the environmental systems and construction methods do not compromise the quality for the occupant but inspire learning and creativity through light, space and visual connections to the external landscaped areas. This site is approximately 48,000 sq.m in sizes is design to accommodate over 4,000 students. The master plan consists of elements primary, upper primary, intermediary, and secondary schools along with Administration and sports facilities. My part was to design the elevations by using the Andalusian architecture style. I have worked to deliver three different options by using the same architectural elements where students and visitors can thrive in their individual and collective endeavors.
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Option 1
Option 2
Option 3
Ground floor
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ow Rise Building (RESIDNTIAL)
Saudi Economic and Development Company (SEDCO), in partnership with Ghonaim International Company, is constructing a residential complex called Gardenia Residence in Al Salama area in Jeddah. This 3-storey building occupying approximately 400 condo type apartment blocks, which will have the ground floor as parking. This project is financed by the National Commercial Bank with Estimated Value ($): 45 million. I have worked with the group of two people to design a proposal of the floor plans. Our proposal was one of seven proposals done by other groups, our design won the competition. Also, I designed the 3D and the elevations of buildings.
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construction progress
construction progress
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ow Rise Building (Strip Mall).
The construction city is one of the biggest markets that includes all the exhibitions and shops of building materials and supplies, electricity, plumbing, and paints. It is located in Jeddah, Al Nozha, Medina Road. The work has been done to modify the plans of the strip mall and also come up with three proposals for the building envelope and elevations to emphasize the neutral light and ventilation.
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Construction City.
O ption 1
The current site
O ption 2
O ption 3
The first proposal designed on the modern style.
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ow Rise Building (Industrial).
I have practice and worked as part of the team on the conceptualization phase of design process and process mapping which constituted by a series of activities starting from client request to executive design and engineering and identifying the main activities in which it is possible to implement methods and tools appropriate to support the design, analyzing in detail every phase and highlighting where it is possible this implementation and for which goal. Also to modify floors plan and design the three dimensions by using a variety of software.
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A : Jeddah, Saudi Arabia P : (054) 688-0692
W : https://www.linkedin.com/in/abdullah-alghamdi E : d.ghamdi@gmail.com