An Architectural Identity | ADIE HAILAT

AN ARCHITECTURAL IDENTITY

ADIE HAILAT

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INTRO CULTURAL EDUCATIONAL ATHLETIC RETAIL LE SA

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RESIDENTIAL NASTER PLAN RENDERING

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES MOBO Architects

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www.moboarchitects.com

LiTTLE Diversified www .littleonline. com Vines Architecture www.vinesarc.com

EDUCATION CLEMSON UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA CLEMSON UNIVERSITY JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

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[Licensed Architect]

2014-2016

[Intern Architect]

2011-2014

[Masters in Architecture] [Architecture Exchange Program] [Bachelors in Architecture Degree] [Bachelors in Architecture]

2009-2011 2008 2006-2009 2004-2005

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Lived and worked with brazilian indigenous people to build Malokas: homes made of natural materials found in the Amazon Jungle using vernacular ancient building techniques.

Amazonas

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2017

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DISTINCTIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCES

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Brazil

Participated in a workshop that teaches building with natural & recycled materials. Leveraged new learnings to build an Adobe house.

Argentina

Foreign Office

Entered a high profile competition in a foreign country, using a foreign language (Spanish) with a foreign team (MOBO Architects) Named one of 5 finalists from 67 competitors.

Colombia

Humanitarian Architecture

Volunteered in the construction of a new home for survivors of Hurricane Katerina in New Orleans.

Bio-tecture

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COMPETITIONS

SOFTWARE

Uni Andes Musical Practices Building Competition [Bogota - Colombia]

FINALIST

Guizhou Archive Meseum [Guizhou - China]

THIRD place

National Public Library [Bulgaria]

RESPONSIBILITIES Schematic Design

Design Development

Construction Documents 2D Visualization [Renderings & Diagrams] 3D Visualization [Video] Consultant Coordination Physical Modeling

Client Presentations

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Photoshop 95%

After Effect 50%

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Sketchup 90%

Rhino 3D 75%

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Illustrator 90%

InDesign 90%

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Autocad 75%

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M.Office 80%

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U.S.A

LANGUAGES

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ARABIC

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SPANISH

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GERMAN

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ARCHITECTURAL TRAVEL: ARCHITECTURAL KNOWLEDGE SEEKING

Locatin of cities visited architecturally Location of Built & Under-Construction Projects, Project proposals, and Competitions Location of Distinctive Learning Experiences

01 CULTURAL MUSEUMS + LIBRARIES

青岛市档案馆工商分馆 青岛市黄岛区档案馆建筑设计方案竞赛

第二册

QINGDAO 设计成果文件

青岛市档案馆工商分馆、青岛市黄岛区档案馆 项目方案设计

ARCHIVE MUSEUM Qingdao Archives Of Industrial And Commercial Branch, Qingdao Huangdao District Archives Project Design

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人 ( 盖章 )：Little Diversified Architectural Consulting, Inc ( 美国雷拓综合建筑设计顾问有限公司）

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AWARDS:

2016 NC AIA Design Award for the Unrealized Project category.

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PROJECT IN A GLANCE The city of Qingdao desired creating a museum for the Archives of the city of Qingdao (meaning Green Island) and another museum for the Archives of one of its districts: The District of Huangdao (meaning Yellow Island). The two Archives buildings were to be independent entities while, at the same time, sharing common facilities and a united experience.

Not only did our proposal address all of the client's goals, but it went beyond that by forecasting and solving unforeseen probable future problems: Future Exapnsion.

For a holistic Design, The design team took into consideration Cultural, Historical, and Geograhical influences that play a huge role in the Qingdao region.

Named within the 3 Finalists in the International Competition.

Our proposal was named one of 3 finalists in the International Competition.

Later on, the design won 2016 NC AIA Design Award for the Unrealized Project

SITE + LOCATION: The city of Qingdao is located in the southeast of the Shandong peninsula. It is an important economic and cultural center in the east coast of China.

Huangdao district is located in the southern tip of the Gulf of Jiaozhou.

Qingdao provincial city plays an important role on various levels. The city is an international shipping hub, a Development Experimental Zone, and a pilot in the Shandong Peninsula economy.

HISTORY + CULTURE:

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As a national historical and cultural city, Qingdao has a long history and cultural heritage and a unique regional culture. Qingdao is one of the birthplaces of Chinese Taoism, it is the birthplace of Chinese Sea salt culture (it is one of the four ancient salt zones). All of this lead to the creation of a very succesful city port.

Due to Qingdao's superior geographical location, the city quickly became China's internal and external treaty port. The city asssumed independence from northern China in terms of economy, military, foreign politics, and played an important role in communication between china and the rest of the world.

The city was under German occupation (1898-1914).

Architectural and some cultural influences are still evident until this day.

Qingdao is known for the construction boom of modern architecture in the Western part of China. This zone is also known for the architectural integration and collision between Chinese and Western cultures. Qingdao has up to 24 national architectural styles, which is why, later on, the zone became known as the Museum of Chinese architecture.

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PROMISING FUTURE THE SEA RICH HISTORY

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TAOISM EASTERN CULTURE WESTERN CULTURE INDUSTRIALISM

CONCEPT: QINGDAO + HUANGDAO: A PLACE OF CONVERGENCE The driver for this project is based on the concept of Convergence. Through our analysis of the nature, history, economy, and cultural context of Qingdao, we have observed Qingdao’s essence: A city of convergence of mountains and ocean, of China and the world, of rich history and promising future, of birthplace of Taosim and hotbed of Industry. This liminal city has found ways to unite differences in harmony.

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THIS LIMINAL CITY HAS FOUND WAYS TO UNITE DIFFERENCES IN HARMONY.

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CONCEPT: FORM CREATION: PHYSICAL MANIFESTATION The idea of convergence is expressed in the design by uniting two diverse masses into a unified whole in harmony. Each of the towers represents each of the 2 different museums: the first, the green tower representing the Industry and Commerce Archives & Museum of Qingdao (literally meaning green island) while the yellow tower represents the District Museum and Archives of Huangdao (literally meaning yellow island). Each of the masses, represented as rock outcroppings, or karsts, descend and unite into the middle section of the building, which represents the convergence of the architecture and also symbolizes the bay of Qingdao, a place where rivers and oceans unite, where China’s industry and commerce connects with the world, and where traditional and modern thinking get blended in congruence.

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ELEVATIONS: ReFlecting QingdaO’s FusiOn OF ideas:

The exterior skin of the project strongly responds to both concept and functional requirements. From the conceptual standpoint, the colorful glazed ceramic tiles respond to the vibrant history, culture and diverse influences that have shaped Qingdao until this day. The colors blend various hues of green and yellow, paying homage to the green and yellow islands concept. The goal behind the coloring was to re-think the perception of archives from stoic, serious, and somber buildings to a more celebratory and colorful display of the millions of moments and ideas that have shaped its past. The ceramic glazed tiles represent both the colorful art and craft in traditional Chinese construction as well as a modern material palette. Each tile, about .25 meter x 1 meter, will be colored and the tiles will be laid out vertically in a running bond. The overall coloring effect will be accomplished by mixing various hues of greens and yellows, or by backing a more artistic image onto the tiles at the factory.

Functionally, the convergence of the 2 colors occurs in the middle by minimizing their appearance in lieu of a more transparent and crystalline glazed podium: the more public section of the building.

While the towers, which hold all the archives, are very opaque in order to control daylighting, humidity and temperature for the long term benefit of the archives, the podium becomes very transparent, supporting all the public functions of the project, specifically as it faces the public plaza and the entry to the west.

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The design of the project creates a series of green planes at various levels, from plaza to green decks and green roofs, providing capabilities of having a building that is integrated with nature and is connected to green space in multiple ways.

The perception for users will be that of a building intertwined with nature.

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Traffic Flow Design Pedestrian circulation is designed to offer visitors with a pleasant experience in addition to providing an convenient access.

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Traffic Flow Design Pedestrian circulation is designed to offer visitors with a pleasant experience in addition to providing an convenient access.

Pathways are designed as part of the landscape that extends to the entrances of the build. Visitor traffic is organized along a linear gallery at the entrance plaza where a series of terraced landscape will lead people from outdoor to indoor via a deliberate sequence of experience.

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Pathways are designed as part of the landscape that extends to the entrances of the build. Visitor traffic is organized along a linear gallery at the entrance plaza where a series of terraced landscape will lead people from outdoor to indoor via a deliberate sequence of experience.

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The building is placed on the site so as to maximize its public presence to the street, orient its entry plaza and gardens to the west as an 5 extension of the beautiful government park, and create 3 terraces on the 4th level with spectacular views to the mountains and west. The 2 towers, symbolizing each of the 2 archive museums, balance the site while the podium of the building stabilizes the composition.

The layout of the building allows for a loop road for services, storage and deliveries.

The front plaza highlights a drop off area, a canopy that leads you to the main entrance through a sunken plaza, and 2 reflecting pools to either side of the plaza from which the 2 towers emerge, paying homage to the topography of Qingdao. The canopy leading to the main entrance will highlight a series of historic displays in glass frames with important moments of Qingdao’s past.

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Given the struggles of the District to keep up with storage space for their archives, this project proposes an Automated Archive Retrieval System as a way to maximize storage for current and future archives without the need of adding an additional building. The Automated Archive Retrieval System will provide the Archives with a solution that occupies 1/7 th of the space of standard shelving hence allowing for long expansion space for future archiving needs.

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A top-lit central organizing space: the bay, becomes a uniting element of the experience, and the core of the ‘flow’ movement throughout the building.

A vertical element stretches from the ceiling through the lit volume, to manifestize into the display forms that receieve visitors as they enter. The vertical element takes cues from the traditional Chinese scrolls.

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Green Roof Green roof is not only beautiful skyline, can effectively reduce the heat island effect, purify air, degradation of air dust, the integration of the urban environment. Roof greening provides additional insulation of the skin, can effectively reduce the summer heat radiation and heat loss in winter.

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SUSTAINABILITY: MINIMIZING USE OF PRECIOUS RESOURCES AND MAXIMIZING PASSIVE DESIGN

The project highlights green roofs to prevent storm water run-off, collection of all rain water into harvesting tanks underground, a grey water system, a geo-thermal system for heating and cooling, expanded thermal insulation, daylighting, LED dimmable lighting, Solar photovoltaics in the roofs of both towers, native landscaping for reduction of water needs, and thermal mass.

ALPHARETTA PUBLIC BRANCH LIBRARY DESIGN DEVELOPMENT PHASE RENDERING

PROJECT IN A GLANCE The new Alpharetta Library will be a key part of a new 22 acre mixed-use development in Alpharetta, Georgia, USA. The site for the library, which is located in the southeast corner of the development, slopes heavily from northwest to southeast with a majority of the site significantly lower than the “heart� of the mixed-use development. The main design goals for the building include connecting the upper and lower areas of the site, allowing the building to engage and be in the adjacent park rather than a park edge, and maximizing the preservation of the existing mature vegetation.

We were put in charge of working out the conceptual design of the Exterior while our partner firm continues to develop it. As for the Interior, we were chosen to develop it entirely given our experience in libraries and their dynamics.

SITE + PROGRAM: LIMITED SITE & AMBITIOUS PROGRAM: The siting of the building within the site has been decided as the natural result of responding to the various site elements: The 20 foot altitude difference between the opposite corners of the site, the location of fully grown trees on the site, visibility, orientation in addition to visual and physical connections.

In order to maintain visibility and connection with both the center of the development to the north and visitor parking to the south, the building is designed around an engaging monumental stair and seating area which links both the high and low entries and provides opportunities for dialogue, study, and “hanging out”. Other areas of the library are oriented around the stair with opportunities to view the various activities as well as providing views and a strong connection to the natural outdoor areas.

On the lower level, the children’s area and auditorium are located near the entry, closest to where visitors will arrive by car and where school groups will enter the building. The park is allowed to flow up to the building at this level, creating outdoor areas for gathering and other outdoor events. The upper level consists of staff areas, conference rooms, the adult collection, and a large porch which further links the library to the park.

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The building is designed around an engaging monumental stair and seating area which links both the high and low entries and provides opportunities for dialogue, study, and “hanging out". As a result of all of these roles it plays spacially, we labeled it "The Centrum". Other areas of the library are oriented around the stair with opportunities to view the various activities as well as providing views and a strong connection to the natural outdoor areas. This area will be the heart and the nucleus of the project and will function as an open space ready to be shaped into whichever purpose is needed of it at the time.

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The Centrum's monumental stair becomes an area of gathering where discussions take place.

A meeting area, a resting area, a small "lecture hall" and amphitheater, a pin-up space...

It is created so that the user can define the usage depending on the particular need of the moment.

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VARNA ATHANEUM THE 21st CENTURY PUBLIC LIBRARY

PROJECT IN A GLANCE The Municipality of Varna, Bulgaria invited Bulgarian and foreign architects in an Open International Architectural Schematic Design Competition for a new building of Varna Regional Library. The design is to solve a long-standing problem of the city of Varna which has been without a proper building of its library for years. The Library of Varna is a 130 year old institution, but presently its collection of over 860 000 library items is spread in 6 different buildings throughout the city. The new building aims to collect the library under one roof, to ensure its comfortable and smooth working process and at the same time to create a new and active public space in the centre of Varna.

Our response to the competition was to challenge ourselves by looking at the new building as much more than just a library. We came up with the concept of:

ATHENAEUM – The 21st Century Public Library – Crafting a New Paradigm for a Changing World.

Instead of a basic library we created: 1. an institution for the promotion of learning 2. a formal association of people with similar interest The Concept for the New Library is presented as the Varna Athenaeum, an environment that promotes learning in its largest sense..

Innovation in the design of the Varna Athenaeum will support a new world mindset, a co-creative class: PROSUMERS– people as consumers and producers of content.

ONE COMMUNITY

The Architectural design of the Varna Athenaeum is influenced by 2 key drivers: Transparency and Community.

1. TRANSPARENCY - The front façade displays an environment that promotes openness, and symbolizes acceptance of all people and all cultures.

2. COMMUNITY– From Many Voices, One Community. The architecture explores the idea of ‘frames’ – changing in scale from small to large as they transition from the plaza (each individual in the community) to the top of the building (the community as a whole)

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SITE + PROGRAM: LIMITED SITE & AMBITIOUS PROGRAM:

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Main Entrance

160 m2

120 m2

240 m2

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60 m2

60 m2

40 m2

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Customer service area

Exhibition area storage

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Lobby

Entrance area and Main lobby

24/7 Book return depositories

Information hall

Souvenir shop

Copy center

Work spaces

Conference rooms

60 m2

40 m2

240 m2

20 m2

60 m2

120 m2

40 m2

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Dressing rooms, restrooms and bathrooms

Stage storage

Auditorium 200 seats

Registration and information

Cloakroom and personal lockers

Restrooms

General purpose storage

Security (Control room)

Hobby zone

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Kitchenette 20

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According to the competition rules, a large part of the site was to be given to the public in the form of a plaza. This limited the foot print of the usable site for construction. In addition to the demanding program, we were considering possible expansion. This will be the first library to be built in Bulgaria in 50 years. The demand on it will be very high and very soon, expansion will be necessary. All these factors made us realize, early on, that a different approach needs to be taken for this particular project.

Cafeteria

Events

Entrance area

Training center

Meet, study, work

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100 m2

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20 m2

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Arts and Media center

Circulation and reference desk

Office supervisor

Local storage

Circulation and reference desk

Self check-in terminals

Serials desk

Printing services

IT Lab

Restrooms

Library items collection

Arts and media center

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Reading, games and events area

Area for parents

Circulation and reference desk

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Local history reading area

Local history local storage

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Rare and valuable Rare and valuable documents documents local storage reading area

Circulation and reference desk

Circulation and reference desk

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80 m2

180 m2

80 m2

20 m2

20 m2

20 m2

140 m2

140 m2

Book collection and reading places

Reference books and reading areas

Study and individual work

Hobby zone

Circulation and reference desk

Office

Office supervisor

Outdoor area with reading places

Library items collection

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Open air reading

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600 m2

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Book collection and reading places

Reference books and reading areas

Individual reading areas

Group work areas

Individual Circulation and reading reference desk cubicles

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Office supervisor

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Circulation and reference desk

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Staff entrance

Reading area

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Conference room

Financial, accounting and HR office

Library archive

Financial archive

Head of department office

Bibliographical reference and local history

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TYPICAL BOOK STORAGE SOLUTION

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The High Density Automated Book Storage & Retrieval System will reduce the required space to store books by 86%. This will result in A reduction in Building Area from 18,500 mt2 to 13,733 mt2. Depending on Life-Cycle cost/mt2 of library space, the initial cost of the system will be much smaller than the initial cost of the area in addition to the cost overtime to utilize & maintain the space.

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DETAILS: High Density Automated Book Storage and Retrieval System: CAPACITY: The design of this project proposes a 5-story (25 mt) High Density Automated Book Storage and Retrieval System. As designed, this project will accomodate twice as much storage as the required 1028 mt2. The 5-story system will accomodate 1,910 mt2 of book storage.

This capacity allows the library to expand almost 186% overtime

382 mt2 x 5 LEVELS = 1910 mt2 382 mt2 x 5 LEVELS = 1910 mt2 This capacity allows the library to expand almost 186% overtime

This capacity allows the library to expand 186% overtime

BROWSING: In a High Density Automated Book Storage and Retrieval System researching for items occurs via large haptic screens. Items can be viewed in detail and orgaization of all items can be done in a Dewey System, or any other system. This means that books that traditionally are located next to each other, will also be located next to each other but in a digital form.

RETRIEVAL: Once an item is selected, it can be sent to the Retrieval Zone for pick up. This process takes a maximum of 5 min.

BENEFIT TO VARNA: The new Varna Athenaeum will be 23% SMALLER than as prescribed in the competition brief. That includes on the 5th level:

1. The creation of a NEW ENTREPRENEURSHIP CENTER that includes co-working spaces, state-of-theart teleconferencing rooms, and maker labs to support a new generation of young Bulgarian leaders, and

2. The creation of a new SPECIAL EVENTS CENTER AND PREFUNCTION SPACE connected to the roof deck for community-wide special events.

As we proceed through an ever faster changing millennium, the question for us to consider may not be what will the 21st century library look like?, but, is the concept of the public library as we know it today valid for tomorrow’s communities’ needs and realities?

Historically, libraries have been understood as public realms that have focused on the intellectual growth of the individual. To this point, this process has been mostly an isolating experience. Thanks to the rise of social media, co-work spaces, crowdsourcing creation, and mash-up technologies, the process of learning is shifting to a communitybased innovation model. In this model, the current library is no longer serving the shifting needs of our communities. A new model calls for a public environment that physically unites people that have similar intellectual and knowledge desires, a place to collaborate, learn from each other, and interact. This new model is best represented by the Athenaeum, an institution for the promotion of learning and for uniting persons interested in scientific, literary, entrepreneurial, and social collective growth. The Athenaeum experience is about Community connections and providing communities with the space, infrastructure, and tools to transform its citizens.

The Concept for the New Library is thus to be understood as the Varna Athenaeum. We are promoting the concept of the Athenaeum as the word suggests an environment that promotes learning in its largest sense and it is not limited to just printed and digital media as it may unintentionally be understood by a portion of the potential patronage.

The Athenaeum concept also supports a much wider understanding of a space used for all purposes that unite knowledge and the community with both intellectual and social dimensions, a place for cultural and community exchanges as much as scholarly discourse .

Innovation in the design of the Varna Athenaeum will support a new world mindset, a co-creative class (Prosumers): people as consumers and producers of content. The Varna Athenaeum will facilitate, support, and enhance Innovation and connectivity for the Varna community and the greater Bulgaria.

ARCHITECTURE OF THE VARNA ATHENEUM:

VaRietY OF PROgRaMMatic sPaces : The design of the building incorporates a multitude of various types of spaces, from small and quiet, to secluded group areas, to coworking semi private spaces, to large quiet and semi-noisy reading areas, to highly interactive and social spaces.

The creation of these spaces supports various community and individual needs for acoustically insulated as well as social spaces.

MateRialitY : Below a Copper Shield (in reference to one of Bulgaria’s symbols) an open and transparent Athenaeum supports an environment for learning. The 2 main materials of the project are Copper, a local material and a strong identifier of historic Varna Culture, and Glass, a symbol of transparency, both physical and symbolic. The interior is very Polychromatic, paying homage to the importance of pottery found in ancient Varna Culture burial grounds.

SUSTAINABILITY : The project will highlight a strong daylighting strategy for all public spaces. A geothermal System would be proposed for the building, with wells drilled in the park area. Radiant heating in the slabs will maintain warmth at the area where people are.

Rainwater will be harvested and stored in tanks in the parking levels. The collected water will be used for grey water applications and landscaping. Sensors in lighting fixtures will automatically turn them on and off depending on daylighting levels.

ELSEWHERE LIVING MUSEUM PROJECT IN A GLANCE Elsewhere is proceeding with the renovation of their existing 12,000 square foot facility located in downtown Greensboro, North Carolina, USA. Elsewhere is an active community member and is striving to develop a vibrant arts district through creating strong relationships with its neighboring communities and other entities within Greensboro. The major goals of the project are: 1. Bring the building into CODE COMPLIANCE, 2. Install a new MECHANICAL SYSTEM which will allow the building to operate year round.

3. Studies will also be done to provide GUIDANCE ON MODIFICATIONS to the resident artist quarters and other renovation items that may need to be done in future phases.

A key desire for the renovations to Elsewhere is that the character of the existing building is maintained as much as possible. It is understood that some changes will need to occur within the building but interventions should be geared towards enhancement and preservation rather than full-fledged demolition. Any alterations and construction work should minimize the damage to the existing spatial quality and materials that are currently in place in the building. In addition, any items that are removed should be returned to Elsewhere so that they can be catalogued and used for future projects on site.

STORY OF ELSEWHERE: FROM A THRIFT STORE TO A MUSEUM

In 1937, Joe & Sylvia Gray Launched a series of businesses principled on the creative use of available surplus in downtown Greensboro. Their business became very sucessful and they expanded into this building: a 3 story building with a retail store in the first floor, four-family boarding house on the second, and a third floor warehouse. In 1955 Joe died unexpectidly leaving Sylvia with 3 kids and a declining business. Sylvia responded to the situation with an addiction to HOARDING. She began gathering eveything and anything and leaving it in her stores.

With time the business turned into a THRIFT STORE. Sylvia worked in the store until the day before she died. The astounding accumulation amassed over her lifetime remained in a massive heap that was boarded up after her death in 1997.

In 2003, George Scheer (Sylvias grandson) and 2 friends took a spring break trip to the South. On a whim, the three soon to be college graduates decided to stop by Greensboro to see the old store that George had been telling them about. The objects that the young writers found sent their minds in a million directions!

Sylvia’s artifacts demonstrated a potential ability to expose the kinds of ideas that form and stimulate personal connections. Of the many questions that arose from the encounter, one resonated: Could Sylvia’s collection become a THINKING PLAYGROUND?

A LIVING MUSEUM In 2005, the group launched an ARTIST RESIDENCY PROGRAM to bring global creatives across medias and disciplines to Greensboro in order to create NEW WORKS USING THE COLLECTION. Almost daily, Elsewherians discover new objects that reflect Sylvias fascinating mind and life. The store tells a cultural narrative about material excess, consumption, and overproduction. The store's culture of constant curation allows for arrangements, artworks, and chance to layer material traces throughout the environment, re-telling a collaborative story reminiscent of the narratives shared in attics and basements across the country.

BUILDING ENHANCEMENTS: STRATEGIES ENHANCING THE CURRENT EXPERIENCE

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STRATEGY-B:

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Since the building is narrow and deep, the reach of natural daylight to the interiors is very limited.

Strategy-A looks at opening up / expanding into the facade in order to bring in large amounts of daylight to the interior spaces.

The current bedrooms for residents are not equipped with sufficent ventilation nor heat (for winter times). Strategy-B looks at leaving the spaces within the building the same, and installing new conditioned and controlled units on the roof.

Strategy-C looks at introducing connections between the different levels through "connectivity wells". This will allow for introduction of natural daylight while at the same time using the structure to introduce mechanical and natural ventilation.

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4_ Section through bedroom with bunk beds and operable louvers. Daylight and ventilation reaching interior rooms.

5_ Section though bedrooms separated with only a halfwall that extends the length of the beds creating an interior corridor for movement, ventilation and light.

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HEAT + VENTILATION: RE-IINVISIONING OUR NECESSITIES

Elsewhere's main challenge was that they had to shut down the museum during winter season because the building wasn't well-equiped to function in cold weather. A heating/cooling system was to be installed that heats up the place to a comfortable level during winter while maintaining the look and language of the museum and not being invasive to its ambiance.

We researched the various available systems, mechanical and passive and displayed it to the client with the pros and cons of each. the client decided on installing rooftop units.

WINTER

WINTER: During winter/ cold season, The rooftop units heat the air at the intake and push it throughout the building using built in fans. In addition to this, there will be radiant heating coming from the floor.

SUMMER: During the summer/ hot season, and per the desire of the client, there will be no air conditioning, the built in fans will pull air from the building. This will create a vacuum that pulls in more natural air into the building through operable windows, accelerating and maximizing natural ventilation.

02 EDUCATIONAL UNIVERSITIES + SCHOOLS

UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES EDIFICIO DE PRACTICAS MUSICALES / MUSICAL PRACTICES BUILDING

The site is located in the very centre of the campus of Universidad de Los Andes, closely surrounded by numerous built forms that occupy a sloping topography. Our response to the already well-developed surroundings was to insert the new program into the terrain, with only a small volume protruding from the landscape, which then becomes a clue to the human activity and musical exploration taking place in the building hidden below. The project thus integrates with the setting with precision and simplicity, condensing the program beneath the ground and revealing only a single elegant form above, in order to establish a coherent relationship between the new intervention and the densely occupied built fabric of its surrounding.

The geometrically pure form of the "tip of the iceberg" has both strength and significance when inserted into the surrounding topographical and built landscape, and can be read as a singularity in its locale. It preserves the intrinsic value of the existing physical context, which includes some historic buildings that were to be respected as well as new developments and the natural landscape itself - a unique mix into which the proposal doesn’t impose itself, but synchronizes.

Named within the 5 Finalists between all 67 Submissions

:AWARDS

PROJECT IN A GLANCE

THE STORY

I had the desire to work while I was traveling. I spoke with my friend, who spoke with her sister's X-boyfriend who contacted an old classmate who shared my video curriculum with his boss. All the communication happened within 4 days. I received an email from MOBO Architects letting me know they would like me to work with them on this competition that starts in a week. I traveled back to Bogota and started working with a new team, in a new city, in a new language.

I had to get used to working with programs that were in Spanish. I had to relearn some programs that I hadn't used in a while and get used to the workflow of the company all within a very short period of time, while at the same time working on the proposal.

THE CHALLENGE

Various challenges existed around entering the competition on a personal level: 1. FOREIGN COUNTRY: The competition is in Bogota, Colombia where I have never worked before 2. FOREIGN LANGUAGE: The language to be used to work on the project and in the submittal is Spanish which is a language I had never used to work up until that point.

3. DIFFERENT REGULATIONS: Different code systems.

4. DIFFERENT MEASURING SYSTEM: Meters vs Feet.

5. VERY STRICT DEADLINE: Three weeks were given until submittal.

This includes the time to get to know the team, the software, the site, designing and production of presentation material.

THE REPUTATION

Universidad de Los Andes is one of Colombia's most prestigious universities. Besides the great reputation the university has in the educational realm, it is famous for its rigorous architectural guidelines. Guidelines that have created an extremely beautiful campus that is nested between the mountains of Bogota.

Los Andes is Architecturally famous for:

The importance of Public Space.

The sensibility towards its context.

The connectivity between the different buildings on campus architecturally through the use of bridges.

Maintaining Proportion and Scale between its buildings.

DESIGN CONCEPT: SENSIBILITY TO A DENSELY CONSTRUCTED SITE:

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This treatment offers a more purposefully designed GREEN SITE back to the USERS.

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Volume, screens sandwiched between prefabricated strips made of white concrete

Mezzanine created with a concrete plate with waffle beams

System of retaining walls made with reinforced concrete

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STRUCTURAL ISOMETRIC

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FINALISTS among 4 other proposals.

NCA&T UNIVERSITY 2014 NC AIA Design Award

2016 NC AIA Design Award

:AWARDS

NEW STUDENT CENTER

PROJECT IN A GLANCE When complete, this new Student Center will provide a comprehensive array of campus life services and will reinvigorate the physical and symbolic core of the campus of NCA&T State University. The LEED Gold facility will redefine the “central hub” of the campus and serve as the heart of the social and academic life of the students of A&T while expressing the history and spirit of “Aggie Pride”.

The diverse program includes student lounges, study and meeting spaces, food venues, convenience store, student bookstore, post office, a formal ballroom overlooking the main green, multipurpose rooms and a range of student organization suites and administration support services.

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THE CONNECTOR: Throughout the history of NCA&T State University, there has been a disconnection between the northern campus and the southern campus. Since the early stages of the design, the client emphasized a desire to remove this physical separation.

This Center was envisioned to perform as a central hub for the students, programmatically, and a unifying element between the two parts of the camps, physically. The idea of the building being the connector was born.

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GRAPHIC /BOLD [THREAD]

The constituent architectural components, which are rooted in the ‘idea’ of the program, have been defined at the conceptual level as:

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THE VEIL The veil loosely envelops the entire facility to define the Center as a singular entity.

Similar to the Thread, it unifies the diverse range of spaces and elements of this hybridized program. Composed of perforated metal and steel, it is a delicate and lightweight element and is seen as a subtle representation of the spirit of progress and the importance of Technology in the development of NCA&T State University.

Symbolically these two components- the Landscape and the Veil - unify all of the activities of the Student Center to define a singular, iconic entity.

ELEVATED VOLUMES Within the programmatic zones, there are several programmatic spaces that require both spatial and acoustical separation and also a more symbolic, formal legibility.

These spaces, which include the ballroom, study rooms, the student organizations, and the marketplace dining, are elevated and have clear formal identity.

THE THREAD The thread is a singular element composed of vertical circulation and horizontal tray circulation spaces that weaves through the public spaces of the facility and stitches together, both vertically and horizontally, all of the otherwise disparate elements of the program. It serves as a key social and programmatic component of the project as well as a symbol of the unification of individual program elements.

PLATES/ TRAYS The trays serve as the overarching framework for the programmatic elements of the project. Lifted above the landscape to the second and third levels, these elements bridge over the ground plane, creating a highly transparent base that defines the entry, and in turn, presents a face to both the north and south greens.

LANDSCAPE The ‘landscape’ is a singular element that weaves though the building, stitching together the two campus greens and the public plazas that terminate them. This ground plane is envisioned as a key collective space of the program, emphasizing spatial overlap and the intertwining of building and landscape - it is at once, ‘place’ and ‘path’, interior and exterior.

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MATERIALS + CONCEPT: The North Carolina Agriculture and Technology University shows so much pride in its rich history. The building is created of materials that reflect and display the identity of the University.

The building's placement enhances the two university major greens (Agriculture) while the materiality of the exterior is a reflection of the university's future (Technology).

STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS

RECREATION + ENTERTAINMENT AREA

SUSTAINABLE DESIGN: Sustainability is a driving force in the design of the building.

Since the beginning, we collaborated with Buro Happold to ensure that all sustainable opportunities are optimized. The project focused on the following: - Projecting LEED Silver, Striving for LEED Gold - Focus On Building Envelope And Energy Usage - Develop Design Driven By Sustainable Objectives - Explore Opportunities For The Building As An Educator

THE CONNECTING THREAD: The thread is a singular element composed of vertical circulation and horizontal tray circulation spaces that weaves through the public spaces of the facility and stitches together, both vertically and horizontally, all of the otherwise disparate elements of the program. It serves as a key social and programmatic component of the project as well as a symbol of the unification of individual program elements.

The school colors are Yellow (gold) and Dark Blue.

The brighter of the two colors was chosen to highlight this area.

EVENT ATRIUM

CONSTRUCTION DETAILS: Various materials have been used on this project to enforce the design intent. The design requires solid, transparent, warm and veil/ mesh-like materials.

The variety of materials created interesting challenges and opportunities when it came to their jointry and thermal-break evasion. The conceptual materials manifested in the following materials: - Perforated Metal - High Density Fiber Cement Cladding - Metal Panels + Corrugated Metal Panels - Norman Brick - CMU (Concrete Masonry Units) - Aluminum Storefront + Curtainwall

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PHYSICAL MODEL

NCA&T UNIVERSITY NEW STUDENT CENTER THE SWING SPACE

PROJECT IN A GLANCE As part of the development of the New Student Center project at NCA&T State University, The client wanted to develop a strategy for creating a temporary student union while the existing facility was demolished and the new building constructed.

The design for the swing space proposes to convert a portion of two floors in the existing Moore Gym which are currently locker rooms and showers, weight rooms, and a former swimming pool area, into staff and student offices, student lounge areas, study areas, meeting spaces, and recreation areas. New mechanical, electrical, and plumbing fixtures will be installed and window repair and replacement will be done to make the building more attractive, efficient, and to increase the amount of light into the spaces. The interior renovation also includes the demolition of existing locker rooms and code upgrades to accommodate the new building use and non-compliant issues. In addition, a full code evaluation and improvements were done to ensure that the entire Moore Gym still meets code based upon the change of use at the northern end of the building.

(re)PURPOSE: NOW AND LATER The new finishes utilized in the building were selected to reflect the materials and concepts that have been developed for the New Student Center design. Utilizing the proposed finishes in the new facility will allow the building to be a “test lab� for the design team, university, and students to see if alternate items need to be selected based on durability, comfort, or performance.

Once the New Student Center is constructed and operational, it is intended that the swing space may serve as a temporary space for other facilities undergoing renovations or may be converted into permanent teaching or office spaces depending on needs at that time.

Before Renovation

Building in use

Building in use

Design Development Rendering

RIVERWOOD INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

HIGH SCHOOL

PROJECT IN A GLANCE The Riverwood High School is an existing school that wanted to build a new building over the existing site where the original school exists. The challenge then was to phase the destruction and construction in a way that the school always continues functioning. The school comity also was questioning the following, and in their own words: "How do we take this opportunity to NOT build a new ‘OLD‘ school".

Our design embraced the challenges, offering an innovative "NEW" school based on the idea of Re:Defining the International Baccalaureate Learning Experience, all while maintaining a fully functioning school by optimizing the phasing process.

RE:DEFINING THE INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR FULTON COUNTY SCHOOLS

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The new Riverwood International Charter High School is the realization of a vision that the county had to re:invent the International Baccalaureate learning environment and experience to adapt to 21st century needs. We have addressed the challenge set forth in the Visioning Document: “How do we take this opportunity to NOT build a new ‘Old ‘school” but to truly create an innovative new ‘neW” school.

Our approach to the challenge is aimed at responding directly to the 10 goals defined by the stakeholders during the visioning sessions. Our vision reflects that by creating the Riverwood Learning Ecology: an idea driven by Learning, Culture, Experience, and Place. Each of the 10 goals is addressed through physical manifestations in the design of the environment as follows:

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HOW DO WE TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO NOT BUILD A NEW "OLD" SCHOOL BUT TO TRULY CREATE AN INNOVATIVE NEW "NEW" SCHOOL

1. Home for ALL Learners: The learning environments are designed to accommodate multiple modalities of Learning. Using the Immersive Learningscape as a model (Currently being implemented at the McNair Middle School Prototype) various spaces are introduced to address the various ways in which students learn International studies. The Immersive Learningscape is designed as a landscape of various learning environments that address what we see as 5 typologies of learning: Think, Create, Discover, Impart, and Exchange. Each of these typologies requires very specific needs (space, technologies, furniture, acoustics, etc.) in order to be effective for today’s students’ learning process. The main goal of the design is to respond to the needs of our future leaders: support teamwork, interdisciplinary learning, communication skills, critical thinking skills, problem solving, creative thinking, technology skills, and the passion of learning.

2. Collaborative Environment: The learning environments are designed to accommodate Smart Teamwork: Space, Technology, Furniture and Schedule become 4 key components that support a culture of collaboration and communication, which are critical skills in International Studies. Additionally, Vignette Spaces allow spaces that support communication and are "owned" by students throughout the day. Flexible furniture, white boards and monitors in these areas support “in-promptu” conversations and teamwork support.

3. Socially Connected Learning: Idea Exchange, Incorporation of the Community, both internal and external, as a way to bring relevance to students learning experiences as well as celebrating student work and performances is critical to an International Baccalaureate Program. Right in the core of the School, The Multi-Media space becomes the hearth of the IB program as recommended in the IBO’s Program Standards and Practices with Requirements for the Diploma Program “The library/ multimedia/resources play a central role in the implementation of the programme”. Another opportunity we see for creating strong communal experiences is around movement in the building. The 3-story academic wing will highlight stairwells that are infused with daylight and allow for areas to pull aside and have a conversation.

Similarly, hallways will have nooks that allow faculty and students to pull aside and communicate.

4. Diverse Learning Experiences: The Learning environments are designed to support FLUX: Flexibility with Time, Space, Environment, Furniture, teaching and Mentorship to support current defined needs as well as uncertain future opportunities.

The design of the learning core spaces highlights a “Fourplex” design: 4 classrooms that abut each other, creating the potential for 2, 3, or 4 classrooms connecting to each other. The arrangement supports a stronger collaborative environment for teachers where co-teaching and co-planning are supported through collaboration without the architecture impeding that process. It is also highly flexible for future uses and adaptable for future needs 5. Make Learning Transparent.

Celebrating students work, achievements and daily creative output is critical in creating a culture of excellence and high achievement. This design creates a great balance of solid walls for display and teaching, and also transparent walls for awareness and penetration of daylight deep into learning spaces. As students circulate through hallways, they’ll be able to look into classrooms and see active learning and student work in action.

6. Active and Evolving Learning: The learning environments support the IB program and the block scheduling. It supports an Iterative process of learning, incrementally getting deeper and deeper into conversations and mastering of International studies. The furniture and technology selection for this school will be critical in the active learning capabilities. Flexibility, mobility and adaptability are critical to that process. The facility is also designed to facilitate a Design Thinking process driven by Empathy, Inquiry, Idea Creation, Solution Making, and testing and evaluation.

7. International Mindedness: The New school will become a ‘threshold’ to a Multicultural, Multifaceted and international experiences. The perception of entering a “new” world will be supported by the creation of a World Park, a Community environment, and the entrance to the campus that will serve for International festivals, world music events, job fairs, pep-rallies, Food of the world events, and other international community celebrations. The park will include a stage, a lawn, and a canopy highlighting flags and quotes from famous international leaders. Continuing with the tradition of the current school, walls throughout the spaces will also highlight images and quotes of influential persons.

8. Experiential and Problem-Based: The new school celebrates the IB program by creating multiple opportunities to support communication, hands-on, experiential and performance learning. Impart rooms will accommodate a tiered room that can be used for presentations and performances for the students.

They can also be used as a Skyping Lab, to connect to other people throughout the world, or as a video projection and screening lab.

Classrooms are designed more as Create spaces where hands-on, teamwork is the norm and not the exception. Science environments are designed to support collaboration among faculty, and CTE labs (Business, Culinary, Engineering and Broadcasting) will all be at the main level providing opportunities to engage the whole school community as well as community at large in collaborative teamwork in a highly visible environment.

9. Innovation Through Partnerships: The Business community involvement in the school is desired and imperative for the success of the IB program. Adjacent to the entry to the school are 2 key components of the program: the Multi-Media space as well as the Student Services. Both spaces are critical to the relationship of students to the business community. They become the nexus of community and school. The Multi-Media center has spaces that support community partnerships by allowing distance learning and conferencing spaces. Similarly, the Student Services will highlight hoteling and mentoring stations that will introduce Business and Organizations and Students to each other.

10. Connected to the Natural World: The new Design supports a Well-being experience. Biophilic spaces like the World Park, plazas, outdoor dining, outdoor labs in the woods, plazas, as well as natural materials present a calming effect on the students. Additionally, circulation throughout the building is in constant connection to the outdoors for visual repose and ‘mind’ breaks from the learning moments. All hallways terminate in glazing. All stairwells are directly connected to daylighting. The building also highlights passive strategies that support sustainability (east west orientation of the classroom wings, strong north daylighting) plus the opportunity for active sustainable opportunities (Solar PV’s on the roof of the classroom wing and potentially over the gym building, geothermal heating and cooling, and rainwater harvesting for irrigation and potentially gray water.

SITE PLAN

PARTI DIAGRAM

PHASING PLAN

CR1 719 SF

CR2 719 SF

SECOND THIRD

CR1-1 718 SF

CR1-1 713 SF

CR1-1 718 SF

MC14 213 SF

CR2 736 SF

CR1-5 274 SF

CR1-7 378 SF

CR1 804 SF

CR1 804 SF

CR1-1 713 SF

MC15 213 SF

CR1-1 750 SF

CR1-1 750 SF

MC17 172 SF

CR1-1 750 SF

CR1-1 750 SF

CR1-1 804 SF

CR1-1 804 SF

CR1-7 378 SF

CR5 274 SF

R3 317 SF R2 317 SF

BS5 115 SF

CR1-4 1245 SF

R2 317 SF

R3 317 SF

CR2 716 SF

CR1-6 275 SF

CR1-7 387 SF

CR1-7 371 SF

CR1 804 SF

CR1 804 SF

EXC 798 SF

CR1-4 1321 SF

BS5 115 SF

MC18 261 SF

CR1-1 750 SF

CR1-1 750 SF

SC6 195 SF

MC19 173 SF

CR1-1 750 SF

EXC 833 SF

CR1-1 804 SF

CR1-7 377 SF

CR1-1 750 SF

CR1-1 804 SF

CR1-7 387 SF

CR5 275 SF

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SC3 1422 SF

SC2 727 SF

SC1 1220 SF

SC3 1420 SF

SC5 864 SF

SC3 1420 SF

SC1 1218 SF

EXC6 727 SF

SC3 1423 SF

FLOOR PLANS

FS1 17512 SF

SE1 719 SF

ADM9 458 SF

SE1 719 SF

ADM8 145 SF ADM5 145 SF FS14 1498 SF

EXC8 724 SF

FLOOR PLAN

BV3 74 SF BV3 75 SF BV3 75 SF BV3 71 SF BV7 91 SF BV7 91 SF BV3 75 SF BV3 75 SF BV3 75 SF

BV6 1044 SF

BV4 BV5 BV2 128 SF 128 SF 359 SF

CA1 2674 SF

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ADM5 145 SF

BV1 790 SF EXC8 724 SF

EXC4 145 SF

EXC3 EXC3 96 SF 96 SF

EXC3 145 SF

EXC2 747 SF

SE8 498 SF R2 317 SF

SE6 494 SF

SE7 494 SF

SE5 149 SF RoomSE1 750 SF

CR1-7 380 SF

BCS1 1154 SF

BCS2 450 SF

BCS3 627 SF

BCS1 1166 SF

BCS1 1141 SF

BCS1 1204 SF

SE2 1540 SF

ADM15 268 SF

ADM2 329 SF ADM7 163 SF ADM3 165 SF

MULTI-MEDIA 5915 SF

ADM17 265 SF

SS1 4252 SF

ART5 240 SF ART1 1488 SF

CR1-7 332 SF

ART2 1776 SF ART6 184 SF

ETCH3 131 SF ETECH1 1490 SF

EXC7 462 SF

ADM7 200 SF

AUD10 403 SF

R2 317 SF

EXC2 747 SF

EXC3 510 SF

ADM12 409 SF

ADM11 127 SF

R3 317 SF

BS5 115 SF

BCS1 1097 SF

ADM6 409 SF

SE1 733 SF

SE3 152 SF

BS5 115 SF R3 317 SF

ADM5 ADM5 ADM11 168 SF 168 SF 196 SF

ETECH3 128 SF ETECH4 128 SF ETECH4 131 SF

ETECH1 1496 SF AUD3 311 SF

CONC 409 SF PE1 -TRACK 5103 SF

R2 543 SF

R3 543 SF

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EXC3 509 SF ART4 256 SF

ART6 144 SF

AUD10 7959 SF

ART7 1716 SF

AUD5 2940 SF

Room 234 SF

ART3 450 SF AUD8 474 SF ART3 653 SF

DR3 133 SF AUD8 1364 SF

AUD8 AUD16 474 SF 1113 SF MUS11 92 SF MUS11 MUS11 MUS11 MUS11 MUS11 88 SF 91 SF 80 SF 82 SF 95 SF

AUD7 481 SF

MUS8 148 SF

PE4 7904 SF

R2 R3 247 SF 219 SF

MUS5 193 SF

DR1 1764 SF

MUS10 275 SF

MUS12 414 SF

MUS4 682 SF

MUS13 249 SF

PE5 805 SF

PE5 819 SF

MUS6 1762 SF

MUS8 163 SF

Room 3211 SF

MUS2 1626 SF

MUS3 623 SF

MUS8 155 SF MUS8 164 SF

Scale: 1”= 40’ PE31 1697 SF PE16 1166 SF

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PE6 1907 SF

PE1 18743 SF

PE21 500 SF

PE14 1125 SF

PE34 333 SF PE32 397 SF

Room 7904 SF

PE11 2235 SF

PE7 2576 SF PE15 819 SF

PE26 865 SF

PE21 1294 SF

PE8 2241 SF PE23 867 SF

RIVERWOOD LEARNING ECOSYSTEM ACTIVE LEARNING

PERFORMING ARTS LOBBY & WORLD PARK

RIVERWOOD LEARNING ECOSYSTEM COMMUNITY INTERACTIONS

ENTRY & MAIN LOBBY

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CHARLOTTE LATIN MEDIA CENTER RENOVATION

PROJECT IN A GLANCE The Charlotte Latin School desired renovating its existing Library and orienting it towards becoming a Media Center creating rich grounds for modern and digital explorations.

We played within the existing rigid column grid with fluid furniture to allow for a more welcoming and malleable configuration. We also created chances for double and triple functions of every space. For example: a bookshelf, at the same time, functions as a bench and a room separator.

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CONTROL POINTS

The renovation creates new spaces that guarantee optimal flow of activities within the new Media Center.

DUAL FUNCTIONALITY: multiple spaces have multiple functions which allows for maximizing the activities without expanding.

IMPART: is a space where special functions take place such as: storytelling, video conferencing, quick meetings. It is equipped digitally to allow for projections onto the wall up to digital immersion.

LEARNING LABS: Equipped with state of the art learning technology, movable furniture is arranged in special formats for specific activities to maximize collaboration and optimize results.

GROUP STUDY: This zone is organized to encourage collaboration, both physical and digital.

UPPER SCHOOL LEARNING LAB

DAVIDSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER

PROJECT IN A GLANCE The Davidson County Community College Health Sciences Center is a building designed to illustrate what Health Sciences stand for on all aspects: the educational, architectural and the practical.

Everything from siting, form generation, facade development, and down to the tiniest details is a manifestation of how a building can architecturally express what the building's purpose is.

DESIGN CONCEPT:

Building mass is oriented along the East-West axis for optimal Solar Orientation.

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HEALTH SCIENCES

ARCHITECTURE

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What are Health Sciences?

Health Sciences are the group of of disciplines of applied sciences dealing with human and animal health. There are two parts to Health Sciences: 1. The study and research knowledge of health and 2. The application of that knowledge to improve health, prevent and cure diseases, and understand how humans and animals function.

Translating Medical and Information Technology into Healthcare.

Using the same methodology to develop the Architecture, we looked at how Health Sciences order and organize the perceived chaos of Nature to create useful information that are used in Healthcare.

CONCEPT

ARCHITECTURE

INTERIOR ENVIRONMENT: MATERIALITY

HEALTH

HEALING DAYLIGHT

WELLNESS

COLOR NATURE

CHARLOTTE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL MEDIA CENTER RENOVATION

PROJECT IN A GLANCE Charlotte Christian, a Christian faith based school, wanted us to re-invision their current Media Center. We held a brainstorming session with them to understand exactly their needs, problems and concerns. We then responded to all their requirements through this proposed design. We also demonstrated additional features that went along with their mission, that they had not thought about yet.

CLIENT INVOLVEMENT We created an engaging Brainstorming session with the client to understand the main concerns, needs and goals they are trying to achieve with this project. The session included students, teachers, librarians and the principal in order to discuss all possible topics from all possible angles.

WORK

COLLAB.

OPEN READING SPACE COLLAB/ RESEARCH

FLOW + MOVEMENT

IMPART/ CREATE

PROGRAM SPACES

EXISTING PLAN + FLOW & MOVEMENT

EXISTING + DEMOLISHED WALLS

NEW PROGRAM + FLOW & MOVEMENT

Main problems with the current layout: • Lack of Natural day light • Inefficiency • lack of shelving space • Monitoring difficulty (lack of openness)

Only necessary walls were demolished based to allow for better natural daylight entrance and better movement and flow.

The driving forces behind the new design are Flow & Movement. This is why the floor plan is left open so movement can flow and there can be openness both visually and physically.

BRAINSTORMING TOPICS • Importance of the school’s Mission and Identity. Needs to be apparent in Design.

• Collaboration Spaces? Open & Flexible Spaces/ Book Spaces/ Art Display.

• Sense of Ownership of spaces by physically separating Middle Schoolers from High Schoolers.

• Maximizing Natural Light entering reading zones.

• Comfortable setting (Cafe-like/ warm/ active + energetic ambiance) • WOW element to lure prospect students.

• Display monitors/ laptop charging stations/ Kindle books checkout/ self-checkout.

MEDIA CENTER SPECIALIST + WORKSHOP

ACADEMIC SERVICE REGIST.

M.S. READING

H.R.

OFFICE

M.S. READING

COLLABORATION

THINK THINK THINK

H.S. READING

RESEARCH/ COLLABORATION

TEACHER SPACE

IMPART

MIDDLE SCHOOL SPACE IMPART/ CREATE

HIGH SCHOOL SPACE MIX STUDENTS SPACE

NATURAL DAYLIGHTING

SPACE & USERS

NEW PLAN & PROGRAM

• 4 Windows replaced with 2 Large Storefronts • Open flexible floor plan enables light to travel deeper • Various layout options possible

Upon request of the client, we created separate zones for teachers and students, in addition to areas that are mixed between all users.

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MES

1,806 VOLU

2,304 VOLUMES

2,304 VOLUMES

372 V.

504 V.

There will be shelving capable of holding up to:

7,290 VOLUMES

BRAINSTORMING TOPICS

MEDIA CENTER SPECIALIST + WORKSHOP

ACADEMIC SERVICE

REGIST.

H.R.

OFFICE

INCREASED DAYLIGHTING

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• Importance of the school’s Mission and Identity. Needs to be apparent in Design.

- Christian Crosses are an integral part of the design. The school's color code.

DIGITAL INFO SCREEN

WELCOMING ENTRY

M.S. READING

COLLABORATION

THINK

THINK H.S. READING

RESEARCH/ COLLABORATION

WRITABLE WALLS

MIXED READING

THINK

INCREASED DAYLIGHTING INCREASED DAYLIGHTING

IMPART

LAPTOP CHARGING STATIONS

IMPART/ CREATE INCREASED DAYLIGHTING

INCREASED DAYLIGHTING

• Collaboration Spaces? Open & Flexible Spaces/ Book Spaces/ Art Display.

- All that is mentioned above has been provided in addition to digital art display through the digital screen.

• Sense of Ownership of spaces by physically separating Middle Schoolers from High Schoolers.

- above mentioned spaces are physically separated while visually connected.

• Maximizing Natural Light entering reading zones.

- All walls and partitions that initially enclosed off natural daylight have been demolished. Loose and low furniture are provided to allow deep travel of light.

• Comfortable setting (Cafe-like/ warm/ active + energetic ambiance) - Provided through color, design, light fixtures and furniture types.

• WOW element to lure prospect students.

- Main organic reading area.

- The IMPART space.

- Digital displays throughout.

- Modern and efficient Furniture types.

• Display monitors/ laptop charging stations/ Kindle books checkout/ selfcheckout.

- All the above mentioned provided in addition to the IMPART spaces.

03 ATHLETIC STADIUMS

MORRISON YMCA TEEN CENTER

MORRISON YMCA - TEEN CENTER

MORRISON YMCA - TEEN CENTER SCHEME 1

PROJECT IN A GLANCE Some projects are governed by certain constraints. The main constraints of the Morrison County YMCA Teen Center were, first the need of a structural system that has a long span which would act as a shelter for the existing outdoor hockey rink from above while liberating the floor space below from any columns. The second constraint was financial. The project had a small budget. The answer for both challenges was using a prefabricated system: the Butler Frame Building. A system made out of a series of long span frames that liberate the floor plate and is very common in the South East which has made it, relatively, cheap to manufacture.

Custom shaped metal roof that allows for the insertion of the Vertical Bi-Fold Doors between the structural frames

Vertical Bi-Fold Transparent Doors creating transparency and facilitating connectivity.

Prefabricated Butler Building Frame. Painted to add a fun atmosphere that suits teens.

Sculptural Wooden Ceiling to add warmth, interest, and highlight the main circulation axis.

Small Meeting Rooms (Activity Rooms)

Vibrant colors and fun furniture to attract teen activities in the main area

Traditional large number Meeting Rooms

Interior Vertical Bi-Fold Doors facilitating connectivity while giving privacy to the meeting rooms

Interior horizontal folding doors defining the two meeting rooms (when closed), and connecting them (when opened)

Supporting program in additive brick boxes.

Reliefs and brick patterns adorn the facade

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DESIGN CONCEPT: What the CLIENT said:

What we heard as ARCHITECTS:

LARGE & OPEN space to encompass the existing hockey rink.

COLUMN-LESS structural system

LOW COST

PREFABRICATED system

LIVELY + ENERGETIC space (Suitable for Teens)

Vibrant colors + customized art + "fun" Furniture

Architectural RESULT:

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Small Meeting Rooms

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Chair/ Table Storage

Catering Kitchen

CHARLOTTE CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL STADIUM RENOVATION+ADDITION PROJECT IN A GLANCE Charlotte Catholic High School wanted to create a new and modern image to their Football Stadium . The fields, seating areas, concessions were to be modernized in addition to the creation of new and much needed facilities. They envisioned walling off the entire field, but wanted to have some transparency into the fields.

The answer to this dilemma was in using the right materiality for the wall, a material that is solid but transparent at the same time: Perforated Metal Panels. The new entrance and new additions gave a much needed modern look to the existing field, in addition to allowing it to function coherently despite being limited with strict physical constraints.

Detail of Sliding Door @ Top

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Detail of Sliding Door @ Center

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Detail of Sliding Door @ Base

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04 RETAIL

LE SA

LSG PRINTING FACILITY UPFIT

PROJECT IN A GLANCE LSG is a Printing facility that has been in the market for more than 20 years. A new office and shopping complex was opening downtown and they wanted to buy a space in it to be used as their new Printing Facility and office.

They came to us wanting us to design a facility that catches the attention of bypassers. Something new, refreshing and about who they are. But they had one little problem: They did not have enough funding for such feature.

LSG is specialized in large format printing: Plotters.

They consume on average 50 large rolls per month.

These rolls are very durable, dense and structurally sound. The majority of them are thrown away as trash.

When we started thinking about a design feature that was "about who they are", it was obvious that it had to be from them and for them. We knew the answer had to be recycling these plotter tubes. So we came up with a design that recycles 711 tubes (which they had to start saving for the next 4 months). This feature wall would function as : 1. An attention catcher, 2. A dividing wall (while allowing communication between the main office and the printing facility) 3. A signage piece that reads LSG. By questioning the built material, sustainability, and the wishes of the client, we were able to create a design that is literally from them and for them.

DISPLAY ZONE

PRINTING FACILITY

FEATURE WALL

RECEPTION

WORK STATIONS

COMP. STATIONS

WAITING

FLOOR PLAN The space LSG rented has exposure to both the exterior and the interior of the complex. We worked within the given parameters of the space to offer a simple floor plan. The floor plan is divided into two zones.

-Front: where client's needs are taken care of.

-Back: where all the printing and copying takes place.

The LSG Feature Wall functions as the separation between the two zones. The client did not want complete separation between the front and the back, and for that purpose, the circular voids within the feature wall function perfectly. Within the small space we were able to give visitors of the space some areas were they can modify their work before sending it to print. We also offer display areas that look at both exposures.

Plotter tubes arranged to create doublecurvilinear feature form

Plotter tubes arranged with well-studied depths to spell LSG (signage element)

Circular Grid Pattern Printed on Vinyl (in house).

GWB Wall with void in center to receive plotter tubes.

RE-INVENTED TUBES The LSG Feature Wall will recycle and re-invent the usage of 711 plotter tubes that the LSG Printing Facility produces as a byproduct. What usually is thrown away as trash will now become a source of pride , functionality , attraction , perseverance , and beauty .

SIGNAGE By varying the location and depth of the Plotter tubes, they will visually function as a signage element . A large lettering, that reads LSG, is produced by placing carefully calculated tubes within the wall. This Feature wall will be seen as visitors enter the new Office and Shopping Complex withdrawing their attention to the LSG Printing Facility.

MATERIALITY The Material and Color palettes are carefully chosen to enhance, subliminally, the concept.

Blue and yellow are the colors of the LSG Printing Facility, and appear within the project as highlighting colors.

Wood is chosen for the warmth and calmness it offers, since most printing jobs are on deadlines and tend to be a nervous procedure. All other colors are white or light greys to fade away while supplying a light feeling.

05 RESIDENTIAL STUDENT HOUSING

STUDENT HOUSING GUIZHOU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

PROJECT IN A GLANCE Part of creating a masterplan for Guizhou University of Technology, We designed various prototypes for buildings within the college campus. This particular prototype is for the Student Housing Units and compounds on campus.

The design of the Housing Units is to be similar allowing constructability in a timely manner. What will create the interesting moments are the combinations that the buildings make. Sometimes in clusters of TWO Housing Units and sometimes in clusters of THREE, creating interactive interactions in the zones of connectivity and intersections.

FLOOR PLAN

x3

x2

x2

FIRST FLOOR PLAN DIAGRAM

ENTRY POINTS SOCIAL ZONE: Study zone, Cafe, Lounge BEDROOMS

MONITORING ZONE: Information Desk, Reception VERTICAL CIRCULATION: Sairs, Elevators SERVICES: Mechanical, Electrical, Sorage

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The Dormitory

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The Dormitory

7 宿舍

The Dormitory

HOUSING UNITS OPTIMIZATION CONCEPT

Since the number of students that will reside in these Housing Units is intensive, a strategy had to be created to be able not only to accommodate them, but to also offer them a comfortable and enjoyable social experience.

Studying the current Chinese (vernacular) typology. A dorm is usually equipped with 4 bunk beds and no space for social activities.

It is allotted solely for sleeping.

We realized this is the only way to accommodate these large numbers of students, but also knew that this is not what we wanted to offer.

We knew if we were to allow for a social zone within every room, this would eat up the space and will not allow for optimization, neither of sleeping space nor of social space.

Taking cues from the vernacular typology, then enhancing on it we decided to divide the housing units, vertically, into two zones: UPPER: where only sleeping occurs allowing maximization of number of beds with few common insertions of social zones.

LOWER: Dedicated for social and interactive space, with some insertions of sleeping units. This space also plays a major role in physically creating the X2 & X3 clusters, Dissolving the physical barrier between the separate Housing Units.

With such zones, as a resident you decide where you want to spend your time, whether socializing or using the sleeping areas with a 100% optimization of space and function.

层平面图

层平面图

x3

D FLOOR

FLOOR

三层平面图 3RD FLOOR PLAN

1st Floor Plan

2nd Floor Plan

3rd,4th,5th Floor Plan

1st Floor Plan

2nd Floor Plan

3rd,4th,5th Floor Plan

x2

SLEEPING UNITS

MATERIALITY Studying the local environment and Vernacular architecture, we chose earthy materials, the same materials that have been used for centuries in the area, and applied it with a modern layout.

4m

ROOM LAYOUT 5.5 m

2.5 m

3m

Taking the Chinese vernacular method, placing 4 bunk beds in a room that is only for sleeping, as our basis, we started seeing how far can we enhance the situation while still remaining within the constrains of efficiency, number of students...

We found out that by strategically placing 3 bunk beds in each room, we can create enough space for 4 study units, in addition to personal storage space.Any further activities will take place on the first floor or within the available niches on each floor.

The structure of the rooms is created based on an 8mx4m grid which is ideal for chinese concrete construction.

MATERIAL

+ EASE OF CONSTRUCTION OF THE CONVENTIONAL:

INNOVATIVE REMEDY OF UNDESIRED EFFECT:

"BEST-OF-BOTH-WORLDS" FENESTRATION HYBRID

For structural convenience, walls

By using an Asymmetrical window frame and shifting the accented edge to a different corner in every floor, the windows stay in the same place while giving the illusion that they are shifting.

The resulting hybrid achieves all the desired characteristics; A simple structural grid with the visual effect of a costume nonplanar, more expensive facade. Since only two frame modules need to be fabricated, this solution is cost-efficient.

stack from floor to floor, and so do windows. This stacking allows for ease of construction but creates an undesired homogeneity and excessive flatness in the facade.

ELEVATION | INNOVATION

06 MASTER PLAN UNIVERSITY CAMPUS

GUIZHOU UNIVERSITY MASTERPLAN

PROJECT IN A GLANCE We entered a competition to design a Masterplan for the Guizhou Science and Technology University in Guizhou China. The program consisted of: - Educational Buildings - Science Labs and Technical Buildings - Administration Buildings - The main Library - Athletic center - Residential zone - Underground Parking area To create a suitable Masterplan, we studied the topography and looked at ways of embracing the rich contours as opposed to the widely-spread approach of flattening the site and designing from scratch.

Nature was a driving force in the design and layout of the buildings. Nature was envisioned as a tying thread that weaves between the various buildings in both the "green" and "blue" forms of nature.

TOPOGRAPHY + SITE LIMITS

ALTITUDE STUDY

NATURAL WATER COLLECTION

Functional areas 以资源共享、集中布局、 动静有序为原则，形成：

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包裹，作为校园的生态涵养空 间。

STRATEGIC POINTS + VIEWS

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OPEN PUBLIC SPACE CREATED

SOLAR ANALYSIS

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07 RENDERINGS VISUAL REPRESENTATION

ATHLETIC GYM REFIT

HIGH SCHOOL INTERACTIVE CLASSROOM

OFFICE SPACE REFIT (LOBBY | ENTRANCE)

ALPHARETTA LIBRARY CHILDREN SECTION

NCA&T UNIVERSITY MASTERPLAN

CENTRUM SPACE STUDY: SKETCH RENDER

LIBRARY EXTERIOR

POLICE STATION LOBBY

CCHS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL STADIUM

RADIO STATION EXPLODED DIAGRAM

LIBRARY AXONOMETRIC SECTION

Raw output from render engine

Rendering: An artistic study of the Feeling of the space

In every step of the way, and with every document created, the study of how a space can function and how the esthetics can modify the feelings and the environment of the space, continue. Renderings are viewed as a chance to furthermore developments of the space versus merely an instrument to depict a final result.

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Rendering: A Study + An artistic depiction Working on the Guizhou project, Rendering was used as a form of studying the form of the building.

We rendered the building as a complete solid building (1), and then as a glass building (2). We then studied how various openings can occur in the facade, to reach the desired effect (3) which was very important for the concept of the building grading from a complete solid form to a complete transparent form. Once the opacity of the various panels was determined, we moved on towards determining the coloring of the building. Various layers of colors were overlaid on top to the building in Photoshop to

reach the desired effect of gradation from yellow to transparent to green (4). This workflow enabled us to work efficiently hand in hand with the renderers who developed the original images (1) & (2) while having complete control over the transparent openings within the form from a design standpoint. Especially working on a very limited time frame.

In addition to the control over the form and look of the building, using Photoshop gave us full control over the most important aspect of a rendering: the FEELING it portrays to the viewer (5).

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