Abdullah Yaseen Portfolio

A B D U L L A H

Y A S E E N

ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO SELECTED WORKS 2019 - 2014

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Index About Me Residential Projects

details and various projects

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Diverse Residence, Jeddah

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A Spectrum

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Elexir Bunn Head Quarter, Riyadh

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Inclined, Jeddah

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Versatility, Jeddah

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Community Projects

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Residential Competition, Dammam

Commercial Projects

www.Abdullahszy.com

About Me

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Static Signals, Jeddah

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Dal Al Uloum Public Library, Al-Jouf

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Artist Studios & Workshops, Riyadh

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A Point In Space, Riyadh

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Etihad Mosque, Dubai

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Geographical Child’s Play, London

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Visualization Model making methods

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Personal Statement A passionate and hard working architect. Throughout my life, I’ve learned that commitment and precision are the paths to success. I therefore tend to make them my long lasting motto in everything I work on. During my study I was known for the individuality of my hard work, my goal in life is to an impact architect who is in love with what he does.

Work Experience July 2018 - Current

Architect/ Bricklab, Jeddah, KSA - Conceptual design and urban strategy - Designing, Working drawings, model making, meeting with clients/consultants.

MARCH 2019

EFFAT UNIVERSITY WORKSHOP - Presented a workshop on successful ways to get accurate site analysis data.

September 2018

Misk Internship Program/Biennale, Venice, Italy

2016-2017 Summer

Trainee/ Ashi And Bushnaq, KAUST, KSA - Harbour East School interior renovation - Exterior construction work - Working drawings (shop drawings and as built drawings)

2016

Community project workshop, Jeddah -Al-Balad Pavilion, Jeddah, KSA Al-Balad Dev. Workshop/ lead by Prince Abdullah Bin Bandar Freelacer/ worked on tasks within projects

Education May 2018

Trainee/ Ewaan, Jeddah, KSA - Al-Zahid Residential complex, Jeddah, KSA - Al-Zahid bank facade proposal, Jeddah,KSA Bachelor Of Architecture King Abdulaziz University, KAUARCH, Jeddah, KSA - Second Degree Honours - Best Project Award - Was a part of several university galleries

A B D U L L A H

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ABDULLAH SAHAL YASEEN ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO SELECTED WORKS 2014-2018

Residential Projects

Residential Development

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Work With Bricklab

Residential Development

Work With Bricklab

Residential Competition, Dammam Residential Development location

dammam, ksa

type

residential/mixed-use

year

2018

status

conceptual design

Designing a project with over 20 hectares.

The residents will be able to choose from a range

Town-house (1)

Apartment Block

Villa (2)

Villa (1)

Town-house (2)

of housing products that allow varying degrees of community integration.

New typologies are introduced such as

courtyard houses and stacked town-houses, that challenge the status qou of today’s housing choices.

By providing the privacy and autonomy often

associated with the detached villa typology, these new typologies maintain this key balance in all community sizes from courtyard units to town-houses to villas.

Volumetric pieces that generate infinite possibilities

(Clockwise from left) Sample Unit Layout using Volumetric components, 3D diagram of the various spatial typologies, possible combinations of functional spaces within the 4x4 component series, plan view of each functional components

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Residential Development

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Work With Bricklab

Residential Development

Work With Bricklab

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PLAN

Apartment Block

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GROUND FLOOR GFA: 128 SQM SCALE: 1:200

GROUND FLOOR GFA: 129 SQM SCALE: 1:200

PLAN 1

PLAN 0

FUR AD HAT ART AD

GROUND FLOOR GFA: 92 SQM SCALE: 1:200

1st FLOOR GFA: 118 SQM SCALE: 1:200

1ST FLOOR GFA: 137 SQM SCALE: 1:200

PLAN 0

GROUND FLOOR GFA: 120 SQM SCALE: 1:200

Villa (2)

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8 FURNITURE NEEDS REARRANGMENT ADD DOORS HATCH WALLS ARTICULATE LANDSCAPE ADD WINDOWS

FURNITURE NEEDS REARRANGMENT ADD DOORS HATCH WALLS ARTICULATE LANDSCAPE ADD WINDOWS

GROUND FLOOR GFA: 96 SQM SCALE: 1:200

Villa (1)

2 STORY APARTMENT 2ND FLOOR GFA: 62 SQM SCALE: 1:200

PLAN 1

Town-house (2)

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FURNITURE NEEDS REARRANGMENT ADD DOORS HATCH WALLS ARTICULATE LANDSCAPE ADD WINDOWS

Town-house (1)

SS IN PROGRESS

SS

IN PROGRESS IN

GROUND FLOOR GFA: 131 SQM SCALE: 1:200

2 STORY APARTMENT 1ST FLOOR GFA: 108 SQM SCALE: 1:200

PLAN

Categories

FURN ADD HATC ARTIC ADD

FURN ADD HATC ARTIC ADD

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Residential Development

Work With Bricklab

Residential Development

Work With Bricklab

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Section showing unit types and open space on ground floor

Section showing unit types and flexible space & parking

Residential Development

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Work With Bricklab

Residential Development

Work With Bricklab

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Prefab. facade panels Prefab facade panels

Prefab.

Prefabstaircase staircase

Courtyard

influenced by mosque courtyard from Great Mosque of Riyadh.

Stone wall

influenced by common use of Riyadh’s beige limestone.

Arch doorway

influenced by orthogonal articulation in Riyadh architecture.

Screen panel

influenced by Riyadh’s punctured facades.

Precast structural Architectural Character elements

Standardizeddoors doors Standardized

Pre-assembled wash-room unit unit Pre-assembled washroom

Prefab. facade panels Prefab facade panels with windows with window

Architectural Character

Building Prefab Components

Residential Development

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Townhouses Perspective

Work With Bricklab

Residential Development

Work With Bricklab

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Facade Treatment

Flexible Housing

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Academic Work

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Diverse Residence, Jeddah Academic Work location

jeddah, ksa

type

residential

year

2018

status

academic proposal

About

People often look for apartments within the city centre. If they don’t find something suitable in terms of cost they start moving outwards. As a result families are starting their lives in neighbourhoods with low land value. Diverse Residence is a project that suites families that are starting a fresh start. A residential complex where the house grows as the family grows.

Concept

The project aims to serve the apartment diversification in Jeddah.

Many new families can›t afford to live in high-class neighbourhood apartments.

The House Grows As The Family Grows

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Flexible Housing

Academic Work

Flexible Housing

Academic Work

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Zoning

Structural System

- Specified area for the food trucks, parking, and commercial stores

- Placed the structural system that supports the flexible units.

As well as shades the area.

Emphasizing Entrances

Semi Public Facilities

- Aligned the entrances with the nearby streets and made the noticeable.

- Created semi-public areas in the top levels between the residential apartments.

Attraction point

- Extracted to create an area for the food trucks. And kept some modules for shading.

Placing Units

- Placed the apartments in the remaining areas within the structure.

Courtyard

- Removed the centre of the building to create a whole new atmosphere in the centre of the project.

Connecting with the context

- Extruded from the outline of the building to go along with the surrounding context.

Flexible Housing

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Academic Work

Flexible Housing

Academic Work

Core Designs

Site Plan

Ground Floor Plan

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Material Selection

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Flexible Housing

Academic Work

Flexible Housing

Academic Work

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Massing possibilities over time

Facade Flexibility

Facilities

Residential

Parking

Vacation House

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Academic Work

Vacation House

Academic Work

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A Spectrum Academic Work location

jeddah, ksa

type

residential

year

2018

status

academic proposal

Phase 1

Within the house is a sequence of three spaces. Spaces that are stored in our memories and imagination. We think of this house in terms of scents and smells and lighting and sounds, even noise in terms of dimness, shadow, light enclosure and exposure, openness and containment, intimacy and spaciousness, density and looseness, looking out, being inside. We don’t think of this house in terms of form.

Phase 2

All the spaces are translated into physical architectural elements. The house has to be fully functional while reflecting all the spaces into liveable places. and giving every place a function. Materials play a huge role in this phase where they directly affect the user. All the architectural, plumbing, electrical, and structural plans are provided with the smallest details when needed. The house is treated as a form.

Modeling the three Phases

Atmosphere within the model / Presentation panel

Vacation House

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Building Progress & Atmosphere

Academic Work

Vacation House

Academic Work

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Building Technicality

Commercial Projects

Retail / Administration / Production

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Work With Bricklab

Retail / Administration / Production

Work With Bricklab

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Elexir Bunn Headquarter, Riyadh Riyadh Coffee Headquarter location

riyadh, ksa

type

mixed-use

year

2019

status

under construction

The Narrative Of Coffee

Coffee is a precious global commodity. Ever

since its rise centuries ago from Mocha in Yemen via the Ottomans, the coffee plant has been the focus of large agricultural projects to plant and harvest coffee beans.

As part of the Social program for Elixir Bunn

HQ, we propose a space that tells the complete lifecycle of coffee. The interior design elements are directly inspired by the different stages of coffee production from soil selection to brewing.

Ground Floor Plan

First Floor Plan

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Retail / Administration / Production

Work With Bricklab

Retail / Administration / Production

Work With Bricklab

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Retail / Administration / Production

Work With Bricklab

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Hotel

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Academic Work

Hotel

Academic Work

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Inclined, Jeddah Academic Proposal location

riyadh, ksa

type

mixed-use

year

2017

status

conceptual proposal

About

A five star hotel that lies in a location filled with

pedestrian movement.

Concept

The main objective of this hotel was to

separate the pedestrians from the hotel users. The whole ground floor area was designed to serve the pedestrians.

Section / Exterior Perspectives

Hotel

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Ground Floor Plan

First Floor Plan

Academic Work

Typical Floor Plan

Hotel

Academic Work

Beams

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Columns

3D Sturctures

Mixed-Use

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Versatility, Jeddah Academic Proposal location

Jeddah, ksa

type

mixed-use

year

2017

status

conceptual proposal

About

A mixed-used building that contains offices,

retail, as well as residential apartments.

Concept

The main lesson from this project is how to

make a space that suits both offices and residential apartments. A whole floor plan can be changed from offices to residential apartments if needed without facing any plumbing, HVAC, or circulation problems.

Academic Work

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Mixed-Use

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Facade System

First Office Typical Plan Proposal

Academic Work

Mixed-Use

Academic Work

Plumbing System

Second Office Typical Plan Proposal

Third Office Typical Plan Proposal

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Emergency Exits

HVAC System

Residential Typical Plan Proposal

Community Projects

Community / Theatres

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Static Signals, Jeddah Hayy Cinema location

Jeddah, ksa

type

entertainment / culture

year

2018

status

in-progress

WHAT SHOULD THE CINEMA AT HAYY OFFER?

A culture for the audience and a resource for the local film industry professionals.

MULTIPLE CINEMA SPACES

The design challenges with such cinema spaces are mostly related to the balance between the forms of viewing and the supporting services which may provide the opportunity to manipulate various events in the space.

This proposal offers a formal cinema, informal cinema, and a forum space.

Work With Bricklab

Community / Theatres

Work With Bricklab

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Community / Theatres

Work With Bricklab

Community / Theatres

Work With Bricklab

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Public Library

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Academic Work

Public Library

Academic Work

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Dar Al Uloum Public Library, Aljouf Academic Work location

jeddah, ksa

type

Community

year

2018

status

academic proposal

About

The Abdulrahman Al Sudairy Cultural Centre (AACC) is hosting an international open competition for the redevelopment of the existing Dar Al - Uloum Public Library and surrounding campus located in Sakaka, Al Jouf Region. The call for a redevelopment stems from a desire to reinvigorate new life into the library in order to make the Centre once again a meaningful public place to promote learning and community engagement.

Concept

The main concept of the renovation is to integrate the building with the context as much as possible. As well as preserving as much energy as possible. Both the indoor and outdoor spaces are designed to provide the highest quality of space possible in terms of natural lighting and materials.

Location / Site Plan

Zoning / Atmosphere

Public Library

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Ground Floor Plan / Wind & Solar Studies

Reading Valley / Entrance

Academic Work

Public Library

Academic Work

Functions / Atmosphere

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Lobby / Reading Valley

Artist Studios & Workshops

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Work With Bricklab

Artist Studios & Workshops

Work With Bricklab

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Artist Studios & Workshops, Riyadh Riyadh Workshops location

riyadh, ksa

type

mixed-use

year

2018

status

conceptual design

MOVEMENT & FLOW

The design challenges with such workshop spaces are mostly related to the balance between the rigidity of equipment and service infrastructure and the ability to provide free movement and work surfaces in the space.

EQUIPMENT ZONE

To maximize the efficiency and organization of the space, each activity is assigned a node which accommodates the equipment related to each specialization (carpentry, metalwork..etc).

WORK SURFACE ZONE

In addition to equipment dependent work, many activities require work surfaces for assembly, manual labor, storage, and other activities.

INTERIOR PERSPECTIVE: CLEAN STUDIO

Artist Studios & Workshops

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Work With Bricklab

Artist Studios & Workshops

Work With Bricklab

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Pre-assembled wash-room unit

CONCEPT BRIEF

Designate a flexible movement zone with minimal fixed furniture or equipment

MOVEMENT & FLOW The design challenges with such workshop spaces are mostly

Plan

related to the balance between the rigidity of equipment and service infrastructure and the ability to provide free movement and work surfaces in the space.

Heavy Large Equipment

EQUIPMENT ZONE

Section

To maximize the efficiency and organization of the space, each Consolidate large equipment in cylindrical towers

activity is assigned a node which accommodates the equipment related to each specialization (carpentry, metalwork..etc).

Elevation Shared work surfaces

WORK SURFACE ZONE

Project Specific Work Surfaces

In addition to equipment dependent work, many activities require work surfaces for assembly, manual labor, storage, and other activities. These can be split into 2 categories: Working Surfaces are combined with storage and pushed against the walls

1. Shared Work Surfaces: to be used interchangeably by users 2. Project Specific Work Surfaces: to be assigned for the duration of any given project for assembly storage or special equipment.

Sound

Ceramics

Metal

Wood

Spray-paint

ACTIVITY CYLINDERS Each space is assigned a cylinder to host equipment, service infrastructure, or social activity.

The opposite page shows each cylinder by activity.

This strategy allows for a strong interior identity without compromising practical requirements.

Garden

Photography

Conversation Pit

Artist Studios & Workshops

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Work With Bricklab

Artist Studios & Workshops

Work With Bricklab

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DIRTY WORKSHOP M

K

K

M

DIRTY WORKSHOP PLAN

SECTION KK

INTERIOR PERSPECTIVE: WOODWORK, METAL WORK, & CERAMICS

SECTION MM

WHITE PAINTED CONCRETE CEILINGS

BLUE PAINTED EPOXY

WHITE EPOXY FLOORS

WHITE PEGBOARD

Artist Studios & Workshops

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Work With Bricklab

METAL WORK ZONE

WOOD WORKZONE

Artist Studios & Workshops

Work With Bricklab

CERAMICS & CASTING ZONE

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PHOTOGRAPHY ZONE

EQUIPMENT: EQUIPMENT:

EQUIPMENT:

FUME VACUUM

DUST EXTRACTOR

WELDING MACHINE

(CENTRAL)

EQUIPMENT:

ENLARGER

CERAMICS KILN

DARKROOM SINK CHEMICAL BATHS

OXY ACY TELENE SETUP

STRUCTURE + STORAGE STRUCTURE

STRUCTURE

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STRUCTURE

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BLACK CURTAINS

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STORAGE

STORAGE

EPOXY CLADDING EPOXY CLADDING

EPOXY CLADDING

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EPOXY CLADDING

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INSULATING DOOR

PVC CURTAIN

METAL CYLINDER DETAILS

METAL CYLINDER DETAILS

CERAMICS CYLINDER

CERAMICS CYLINDER

Museum

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With Bricklab

Museum

With Bricklab

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A Point In Space, Riyadh Charles Ross Museum location

riyadh, ksa

type

Culture

year

2018

status

conceptual design

THE ASTROLABE IS ALSO SPECIFICALLY ALIGNED TO THE SUN

About

This is a proposal to introduce the work of

Charles Ross in the city of Riyadh “Solar Spectrum” is a series designed for a particular place.

It makes us aware of the movement of the sun

Concept

Centuries ago, Muslim scientists pioneered the

first machine that allows us to connect with the stars in order to tell time and direction. (‫)االسطرالب‬

IT WAS USED TO MEASURE TIME, ALTITUDE, D I S T A N C E , DIRECTION OF KAABA Philosiphy

Museum

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Plans

With Bricklab

Museum

With Bricklab

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Section / Exterior Perspectives

Iconic Mosque

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Academic Work

Iconic Mosque

Academic Work

Etihad Mosque Dubai Dubai Iconic Mosque Competition location

Creek Harbour, Dubai

type

Religious

year

2018

status

conceptual design

About

Emaar Development is hosting an International

Open Design competition for the Design of the Iconic Mosque at the heart of the ambitious new world-class mixed-use waterfront development Dubai Creek Harbour. The Development is a 5.6 Million sqm site and is expected to have 48,500 residential units with a population of 175,000 residents, when completed.

Concept

The late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan,

who took office in Abu Dhabi on August 6, 1966, affirmed the importance of the union. “This union will help us reach the levels of other developing countries�.

Concept

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Iconic Mosque

Academic Work

Iconic Mosque

Academic Work

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Minaret Side pedestrian movement

Inner pedestrian movement

Mosque

Lighting and privacy diagram

Shading shell

Functions and layering

Relationship between indoor and outdoor spaces

Geographical Child’s Play

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With Bricklab

Geographical Child’s Play

With Bricklab

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Geographical Child’s Play, London / Dubai London Festival Of Architecture 2019 location

london / dubai

type

installation

year

2019

status

built

Unit Assembly

About

22 brightly coloured units equalling in number the 22 states of the Arab League are arranged in different constellations to offer new viewpoints of geographies, nations and the power to imagine other realities. No unit can stand on its own, but has to be grafted onto others.

Some constellations seem hierarchical, others more egalitarian. Geographical Child’s Play conjures up poignant and surprising alignments and dependencies. Stretching nearly 10m as a line or barely 3m as a circle, Geographical Child’s Play is Bricklab’s most public and engaging sculpture so far.

Circular Configuration

Linear Configuration

Arab League Configuration

U-Shape Configuration

Geographical Child’s Play

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Index

Configuration Assembly Booklet

With Bricklab

Geographical Child’s Play

With Bricklab

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A tour around London

Visualization

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Model Making Methods

Different scales

Material experimentation

Various model-making methods

Progress models are as good as the final models

Modelling the presentation sheet

Various Model-making Methods

Precision is key

VR modelling for progress and final display

The more creative the better

Interacting with the models

Abdullah Sahal Yaseen Cell Number: +966 55 444 2416 Email: Abdullahszy@gmail.com Website: www.Abdullahszy.com