AHMED ALSALHI PORTFOLIO
2019/2020
Content PROFILE NEW VISION FOR YBL MIKLOS BIOPHILIC URBAN SPACE URBAN MUSIC SCHOOL GREEN CULTURE WORKSHOP MOLD URBAN AGRICULTURE URBAN REGENENARATION MOSUL’S HOUSING ORIENTAL AGGREGATIONS LOCAL OBSERVATORY
PROFILE Architect and Visual Designer with a demonstrated history of working in the design industry. Skilled in AutoCAD, Graphics, Adobe Indesign CC, Art, and Sketching. Strong arts and design professional with a Master of Science - MS focused in Architecture from YBL Miklos faculty of building science. Co founder and Designer at TheWorkshopInside. an ADAPTIVE REUSE initiative, it aims to find the best possible occupations for great under-developed spaces. Worked as Heritage documation architect at The Observatory of local urban and architecture Heritage. Documentation of Damascus city in a multidisciplinary fashion on multiple city scales, from elements and buildings to neighborhoods and areas. This position included site management measurements, creating plans models for the measured structures, dealing with government officials, and preparing presentations.
Personal photo From the art of joining workshop
Education: - Bachelor Degree in Architecture and Urban Design Year:2012-2017 From:Damascus University,Syria - MSc. In Architecture and Urban Design Year:2019-2021 From: YBL Miklos University Of Building Science,Hungary Competions: - 1st prize - Group work - The General company of building and construction Oct 2014 1st prize Group work: 2014 A hardware mall designed by Loop studio In Tartus for the General Company of Building and Construction. - 2nd prize - Online Competition: 2013 Apollodorous of Damascus - Architecture Society Oct 2013 Orgnized by number of professors in several Universities, an open competition for student to re-think Burj-AlArab’s Helipad - Short-listed “top 20” at RIFAAT AL CHADERIJI competition - TAMAYOUZ EXCELLENCE AWARD Sep 2018 Design a prototype for affordable housing for the post-ISIS Mosul, which can be easily replicated with the objective of increasing the capacity of housing.
Workshops and Confrences: - International Conviction of architecture (Healing Architecture) Year:2020 Place:Budapest, Puskas Arena - Networking:The art of joining Year: 2019 Place:Budapest,KEK Center - CityScope-Csepel workshop: Year:2019 Place:Budapest,KEK Center - International Reconstruction Confrence Year:2019 Place:Damascus,Damascus Univerisity - Sketch for Syria award Ceremony Year:2017 Place:Beirut,ESCWA
Experience: - Visual Designer THEWORKSHOPINSIDE Oct 2017 - Present (2 years 8 months +) - Research Assistant at IW lab 2019 - Architect, 3D Visualizer The local Observatory of Architecture and Urban Heritage Sep 2018 - Sep 2019 (1 year 1 month) - Architect Cornerstone Design Office Jan 2017 - Dec 2018 (2 years) - Site Architect Khaled Fahham Architects Jul 2014 - Nov 2014 (5 months) Exihibtions: - Decode Exhibtion 2020
- Damascus city Cognitive Map Year:2016 Place: Damascus,National Center of visual art
- Collective Exhibition: Year:2018 Place:Damascus,Beit Jabri Gallery
- City Incarnation Year: 2016-2017 Place:Damascus,Damascus University
- City Incarnation (a look inside the city body) Year:2017 Place:London,Cambridge University
- Transitional Housing Year:2015 City: Damascus,Damascus University - KAB Program(Knowing about buisness) Year:2014 Place:Damascus university
Sketch Year:2017 Place:Vinice,IUAV
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NEW VISION FOR YBL CAMPUS
01 Ybl Miklos Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering started its 141st academic year in 2020. Since its opening in 1879 times have changed and so has the institution. The main goal however, remained: providing up-to-date education in the field. To accomplish this and respond challenges of the 21st century, even though new methodology and curriculum were established in 2017, however the faculty campus still lack of a space that represent the new methods that the institution aspire to. This project is aiming to fill the formal spatial gap by using variant ways of design thinking, and building techniques.
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The main concept behind the project is to create an open that has a better spatial experience. as a form and as a function. - by doing multi-leveled functions that interlock each other. - the first level, will host series of practical and artistic function that visually attracts users, in addition to multi used spaces and individual workspaces. - the space for the Library will be floating inside the former space. - the roof form is developed to provide the space with the maximum amount of daylight, in addition to the exterior louver’s skin that manages the solar radiation. - Library reading room is lifted inside the library space. in order to provide a calmer environment at the same time, to create a strong visual connection spaces. - with other CONCEPTS
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the main concept behind the project is to create an open that has a better spatial experience. as a form and as a function. - to make this I make a multi-leveled space that has interlock each other. - the first level, will host series of practical and artistic function that visually attracts users, in addition to multi used spaces and individual workspaces. - the space for the Library will be floating inside the former space. - the roof form is developed to provide the space with skylight in case the dynamic louvers on the facade are closed. - Library reading room is lifted inside the library space. in order to provide a calmer environment at the same time, a strong visual connection with other spaces
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BY DOING THAT, IT WILL HELP ACTIVATE BUILDING “B” IN ADDITION TO THE POTENTIAL OF USING THE SURROUNDING WITH MORE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES IN THE FUTURE. DUE TO THE LACK OF SHARED SPACES, MOVING THE CAFETERIA FROM ITS CURRENT LOCATION WILL ADD MORE SPACE FOR INTERIOR COMMON ACTIVITIES
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THE CORE SPACE THIS SPACE IS CONSIDERED THE CORE SPACE, WHICH PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN CONNECTING DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES THROUGH ITS SPATIAL PROPERTIES. WITH DIVERSE ACTIVITIES LIKE INDIVIDUAL WORKING ROOMS, IN ADDITION TO MULTI-PURPOSE HALL, AND DIGITAL FAB LAB DIPLOMA PROJECT TITLE: IN THE MAIN SPACE
NEW VISION FOR YBL MIKLOS FACULTY OF BUILDING SCIENCE FLOOR PROJECT BY:SIXTH AHMED ALSALHI
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THE LIBRARY SPACE HAS A MEZZANINE THAT FUNCTIONS AS A READING SPACE AND IT IS OPEN TOWARD THE LIBRARY LEVEL WHICH ACTS AS A VISUAL MEDIATOR BETWEEN THE LATER SPACE AND THE CORE SPACE.
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THE LIBRARY THE NEW LIBRARY TAKES PLACE AS FLOATING EXISTENCE. SHARING THE SAME AMBIENT WITH THE BIG MAIN SPACE, WHILE A TRANSPARENT MEMBRANE SEPERATE THE TWO SPACES FUNCTIONLY AND PHYSICALLY.
SEVENTH FLOOR SIXTH FLOOR(THE LIBRARY FLOOR) SCALE: 1/100
IPLOMA PROJECT TITLE: EW VISION FOR YBL MIKLOS FACULTY OF BUILDING SCIENCE ROJECT BY: AHMED ALSALHI
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DETAILED SECTION
This section illustrates the added vertical extension on the ens, and existing building, which uses the old wrapper as volumetric constraints. By painting the same levels and structural system, it will help using the same vertical elements, like the staircase and the elevator.
IPLOMA PROJECT TITLE: EW VISION FOR YBL MIKLOS FACULTY OF BUILDING SCIENCE ROJECT BY: AHMED ALSALHI
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ction shows the structure of the spaces.
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Sun shading system consists of terracotta rotating panels, every 3 pieces are programmed to rotate along vertical axes that are fixed in the center of the pieces in XY coordinates louvers. the main goal behind this skin system is to help create the best solar radiation and lighting throughout the day with the help of the skylight.
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GENERAL SECTION DIPLOMA PROJECT TITLE:
NEW VISION FOR YBL MIKLOS FACULTY OF BUILDING SCIENCE BROJECT BY: AHMED ALSALHI
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SECTION ALONG BUILDING A AND BUILDING B
SECTION AA SCALE: 1/100
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STRUCTURE STUDY -USING THE SAME GRID OF THE OLD CONCRETE STRUCTURE . -USING A METAL JOINT THAT CONNECT THE METAL ELEMENTS IN THE COLUMN FROM DOWN WITH UPPER WOOD STRUCTURE -USE USING TILTED AND VERTICAL WOODEN BEAMS TO FRAME THE SHAPE OF THE ROOF, -THE WOODEN BEAMS MEET THE WOODEN COLUMNS WITH ANGLED JOINT, TO MAKE EASIER TO BEAR THE LOADSTO CARRY THE ROOF MATERIAL AND INSULATION, A CONNECTION MADE BETWEEN THE BASIC WOODEN ELEMENTS, WITH DIAGONAL MINORWOODEN RAFTERS.
ELEVATIONS DIPLOMA PROJECT TITLE: NEW VISION FOR YBL MIKLOS FACULTY OF BUILDING SCIENCE BROJECT BY: AHMED ALSALHI
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MOVING THE CAFETERIA FORM ITS CURRENT LOCATION TO THE GROUND FLOOR IN A PLACE THAT OPENED TO ENTRANCE OF BUILDING B
DIPLOMA PROJECT TITLE: NEW VISION FOR YBL MIKLOS FACULTY OF BUILDING SCIENCE WEST-SOUTHERN ELEVATION BROJECT BY: AHMED ALSALHI SCALE: 1/100
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NORTH-WESTERN ELEVATION SCALE: 1/100
DIPLOMA PROJECT TITLE: NEW VISION FOR YBL MIKLOS FACULTY OF BUILDING SCIENCE BROJECT BY: AHMED ALSALHI
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SOUTH-EASTER ELEVATION DIPLOMA PROJECT TITLE: SCALE: 1/100 NEW VISION FOR YBL MIKLOS FACULTY OF BUILDING SCIENCE BROJECT BY: AHMED ALSALHI
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SOUTH-WESTERN ELEVATION SCALE: 1/100
INTERIOR SHOTS
BIOPHILIC URBAN SPACE
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STATUS QUE STUDY The location where we will work this semester is located in the city of Budapest in the 7th district (Thököly street) more precisely limited on one side to the 14th district (Dózsa György street) and the other side to the 8th district (Verseny street) more precisely to Keleti railway station. According to numerous researches on old maps but also from the existing condition it can be seen that the location in which we are working has been intended for housing and has been built since the 1800s.
If we refer to the existing condition we can say that the destination is the same with some minor changes and that a lot of work has been done and developed in the districts I mentioned earlier 14 and 8, especially in the part where our location is limited, but in this part, we can say that we have stagnation and that is somehow an isolated area.
BEFORE AND AFTER ISOMETRICS
PARKING Before: Around 200 Parking lots After: 272 Parking lots
PEDESTRIANS PEDSTRIANS
CYCLE PATH Before: Cycle path approx.733,43m. After: Cycle path approx.3587,52m.
GREEN We increased greenery in the private courtyards of each building. We designed a public green area in the middle which is fully planted and contains different types of vegetation, also has community gardens which are a new attraction on our site and people can see directly how urban agriculture can be part of a city too. PEDESTRIAN In our design, we multiplied the possibilities of access to our location and in a very natural way the access to different functions like kids park, dog park, restaurants, train museum, workshop space, etc, also creating a “pedestrian bridge” as an attraction which includes cycle path, pedestrian path, viewpoints, benches, etc, and not only for the residents of our location but also for the whole of Budapest, a much easier way of traffic from district 14 then to district 7 and 8 next to Keleti train station. DEMOLISHED BUILDINGS Demolished Buildings and parts of buildings, to create bigger space inside courtyards
REMOVEDBUILDINGS BUILDINGS REMOVED
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MASTER PLAN
Series of flouid spaces acts as classroosm, or sonic spaces, the structure is a concrete shell, that convert the loads from upper part and transmit it to the ground through vertical holowed columns, all the structure is sculpted to have smooth articulations that helps in load bearing.
CONCEPTUAL SKETCHES
community gardens scope
Verseny St. sketch (Skywalk+ Points of view )
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Reusing old wagens in Verseny st
The ambient inside Szaszhaz park
PRESPECTIVE SHOT
Urban Music School
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A concpeptual school for music, science and Urban arts located in Budapest MSc Program Workshop YBL Miklos University of Building science Dierector: Anthony Gall Year: 2019 Location: Budapest, Hungary Phase: Concept analysis Program: Music school, Labs,
INNER VOIDE STRUCTURE
Series of fluid spaces act as a classroom, or sonic spaces, the structure is a concrete shell, that converts the loads from the upper part and transmits it to the ground through vertical holowed columns, all the structure is sculpted to have smooth articulations that helps in load bearing.
ISOMETRIC STRUCTURE TYPE 1 INNER VOID
OUTTER SHELL STRUCTURE
With the same shape as the project plot, a triangular canopy that covers all the project part and unifies it with the surrounding. using a waffle structure is the best choice to match with the space curves, and it is flexible in terms of fabrication and operation
ISOMETRIC STRUCTURE TYPE 1 INNER VOID
FIRST FLOOR PLAN LIST OF FUNCTIONS;
FIRST FLOOR PLAN 1:100
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ELEVATIONS
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RIVERSIDE ELEVATION
RIVER SIDE SHOT RACOSZI STREAM LINE
GREEN CULTURE
04 Green Culture Urban vision inspired by vacant plot in Budapest
MSc Program Workshop YBL Miklos University of Building science /Cracow University of technology Dierector:arch.PhD. Bugoslaw Podhalanski Year: 2019 Location: Budapest, Hungary Phase: Concept analysis Program: Library, Urban room, Urban Surface
This Project is inspired by the vacant plot in Budapest, inside one of the most famous districts in the city, where you can feel the mixture between locals and tourists, with many attractions which relate to both of them, each piece of land is valuable there, the main concept is to generate a complex form that can welcome any kind of visitor, at the same time creat a sense of calm and dynamic ambient for the surrounding. form the point of the spatial value there our goal is to maximize the benefits of the land by designing an optimzed surface, that cover the function of the library and Urban room.
The designed surface is affected by different kinds of parameters, but the key point for its main gesture is to be responsive to the pedestrian movment around, as well as create vertical passages from the surface up to suspended Gardens around the plot.
PROJECT CONCEPT AND ANALISYS
providing social areas and an impressive auditorium, the building lends itself to the establishment of quiet zones and silent zones, acoustically separated areas created through changes in height. The slopes, valleys, and plateaus within the building, as well as the shapes made by the patios, all contribute to these barrier-free delineations of space
Surface analysis Curvature Analysis Enviromental Ideas
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PROJECT CONCEPT AND ANALISYS
Isometric view
Prespective Section Levels along the site
VISUAL JOURNEY
Abstract prespective Showing the interplay between the project and the surrounding
MOLD
05 MOLD(Towards timless place) Urban vision inspired by vacant plot in Budapest
MSc Program Workshop YBL Miklos University of Building science Dierector: Anthony Gall Year: 2019 Location: Budapest, Hungary Phase: Concept analysis
Program: scultpute, Public space
CONCEPTUAL SKETCH,THINKING PANproviding social areas and an impressive auditorium, the building lends itself to the establishment of quiet zones and silent zones, acoustically separated areas created through changes in height. The slopes, valleys and plateaus within the building, as well as the shapes made by the patios, all contribute to these barrier-free delineations of space
the process of choosing the forms Language during the design Process
the architecture allows us to see culture representing its own values to itself and affords us access to a kind of knowledge about culture and history that would not otherwise be available. Architecture is not just about the need for shelter or the need for a functional building. In some ways, it’s just what exceeds necessity that is architecture. And it’s the opening onto that excess that makes architecture fundamentally a human endeavor.
EXPLORED VIEW
Exploring view testing the compositive positional of the Proposed Forms
BRIEF ABOUT THE PROJECT
MOLD is a spatial and spiritual public space installed in Madách Imre Square (District 7, Budapest). The context has a modern historical background with a unique architectural identity (Arch-shaped gate). Redbrick unifies the surroundings and accentuates its visual language. On an urban level, It is an open square that celebrates movement and sociability. MOLD is an interactive project that represents a play of technology, aesthetics, and an economy where the community participates in sculpting elements. Each element has a distinctive role in establishing spatial vocabularies and experiences that become gradually embedded in the collective memory of people. Fixed landscape furniture is replaced by MOLD which is inspired mainly by the notion of orientation (Axis) and destination (The Fountain). Axis stimulates guidance and direction towards a destination that is enhanced by solid stops and markers. The machine used to produce MOLD is reused as a fountain, which is the destination. Water connotes purity and a calm ambiance that emanates sacred qualities. MOLD provides users with access to a valuable kind of timely unrestricted knowledge. It is a dynamic engagement of users in construct-
Exploded view For the Proposed Compostion
Prespective plan Elevation Inspiration(Aldo Rossi)
PIECES OF THE MOLD
“If we find a mound six feet long and three feet wide in the forests, formed into a pyramid, shaped by a shovel, we become serious and something says, “someone lies buried here”... Now that is architecture.”
The Mold Technical Drawings Pieces and Dimensions
The Fountain A conceptual object
VISUAL JOURNEY
Shot taken from the Madach Arch Side of the Axis
VISUAL JOURNEY
Shot 4 From upper levels toward the site
URBAN AGRICULTURE
06 URBAN AGRICULTURE MSc Program YBL Miklos University of Building science Dierector: Prof. Holm Kleinmann Year: 2019 Location: Budapest, Hungary Phase: Concept Program: Urban agriculture
Urban agriculture may improve the livability and built environment in communities that lack supermarkets and other infrastructure due to the presence of high unemployment caused by deindustrialization. Urban farmers who follow sustainable agriculture methods can not only help to build local food system infrastructure, but can also contribute to improving local air, and water and soil quality. [67] When agricultural products are produced locally within the community, they do not need to be transported, which reduces CO 2 emission rates and other pollutants that contribute to high rates of asthma in lower socioeconomic areas. Sustainable urban agriculture can also promote worker protection and consumer rights. [67] For example, communities in New York City, Illinois, and Richmond, Virginia have demonstrated improvements to their local environments through urban agricultural practices.[68]
MASTER PLAN CONCEPTS
DESIGN FABRIC STUDIES
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URBAN REGENARATION
07 Graduation Project Urban Regenaration for Barada Waterfront
SUMMER 2017 In collaboration with: Mohamed Al-Hennawi
AS THE RIVER HAD A ROLE IN FINDING LIFE MEANING WITHIN DAMASCUS CITY; THE THESIS IS TO FIND THE RIVER ROLE IN REVIVING THE SOCIAL LIFE IN THE CITY THE PROJECT IS A STRATEGY THAT CAN BE APPLIED TO ALL BARADA BRANCHES THAT PASS THROUGH DAMASCUS CITY BY RE-APPLYING THE PREVIOUS STEPS.
PROJECT STRATEGY (LINE-NODES) THE NODAL STRATEGY: DEPENDS ON STUDYING CURRENT SITUATION DIAGRAMS TO FIND PLACES TO PROCESS AND ENHANCE THEM WITH ECOLOGICAL LINES THE DESIGN CAN OCCUPY THE BED, ONE BANK, OR THE TWO IF THE INSERT LOCATED DIRECTLY ON THE RIVER BED WILL BE CONSIDERED AS URBAN SPACE FURNITURE, WHICH TAKES EPHEMERAL STATE.
FOR REVIVING THE RIVER AND RETURN IT TO THE CITY, WE SHOULDRETURN AND ATTRACT THE HABITANT TO THE RIVER BY CONVERTING HIS COURSE INTO CONTEXT RESPONSIVE URBAN SPACE TO FILL A SHORTAGE, SOLVE A PROBLEM OR ENHANCE CURRENT REALITY TO ACHIEVE THAT WE PROPOSE AN ATTRACTION POINTS AS AN URBAN NODES ALONG THE STUDIED LINE AND THEN STUDY THE METHOD FOR LINKING THESE URBAN NODES WHICH WILL FORM A LINEAR PATH
THE NODAL STRATEGY: DEPENDS ON STUDYING CURRENT SITUATION DIAGRAMS TO FIND PLACES TO PROCESS AND ENHANCE THEM WITH ECOLOGICAL LINETHE DESIGN CAN OCCUPY THE BED, ONE BANK OR THE TWO, IF THE INSERT LOCATED DIRECTLY ON THE RIVER BED WILL CONSIDERED AS URBAN SPACE FURNITURE, WHICH TAKES EPHEMERAL STATE.
LINEAR STRATEGY
THE RABWEH VALLEY by designing a landscape for the natural or the artificial banks to include a bicycle path ,pedestrian path seating areas in addition to planting the wet area between the river canals
KIWAN LAND: A path within a green park preserve the natural appearance of the river bank by designing an elevated the path on one sides or two in addition to designing a floating platform with vertical a movement that depends on the river Hight!
SHOKRI AL QWATLY Linear garden isolate the stre a green wall -merge the riv riverside with stair steps Pro pedestrian path with seating
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SHARQI BAB SHARQI The area beyond bab Touma In this area, we transit from the old fabric to a modern and agricultural fabric with many cars and parking plots around the river so propose to isolate the greenline from the street by different levels in addition to orienting the urban furniture toward the natural environment.
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Old Damascus The area Between al faradises Gate and the Salam gate In this situation, there is a space between the river bed and the built environment we use it as a green path between the old fabric and the river in addition to points of view if the river banks wide promote
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POROSITY EXTENSION-GATEÆHARQI BAB SHARQI A porous extension of a commercial building : The last node in the studied field within Damascus ...an agriculture extension from al eastern countryside and a commercial extension from the new development The design is an urban space contained by the agriculture fabric with an urban platform mediate between the river banks which make an arcade for a for seasonal agricultural trade activities
POROSITY EXTENSION-QD DAMASCUS, BAB ALSALAM An extension to the education fu nction of the neighborhood toward the northern river bank to create a liberate educational space.The design is an open structure mediate between the school building and a river bank garden this structure contains a minimal educational space with dynamic coverage.
FLOATING GARDENS-OLD DAMASCUS BAB ALFARRADIAS A natural extension within the old fabric With the evolving of our daily life a for new urban spaces support the traditional one has emerged. The design is a floating space contain a green plant provided with adaptive ramp to move between the ground level and the space level the latter one is linked to the water level.
URBAN ROOM-SHOKRI AL QUWATLY STREET Within the cultural axis connect Damascus university campus, Tukia Suleimaniah, and the national museum with each other. to enrich that landscape, we proposed an open library in order to make spaces that urge the education process and connection within the urban spaces. The design: we design the bookshelves as the reading hall is part of the
SMART SPACE-SHOKRI AL QUWATLY STREET the variety of activity which taken place like civil building, hotels, cultural and educational building .generate a need for public space that fulfill the context need so we designed a multipurpose dynamic space that can take many forms “We are heeding towards cities of radical mixed use. in which building programs ere not predetermined. but remain flexible throughout the lifecycle of a building: assorts Vishaan Chakrabarti, Principal at SHoP Architects
GATE-URBAN COMPLEX-AL RABWEH The design is a solution for Infringement of the river bed and the green area by making an urban platform which provides observation area for the industrial an natural landscapes in the area with a middle platform provide a full vision for Barada valley.
MODELS FOR THE NODE’S PROPOSALS
MOSUL’S HOUSING
08 Mosul’s Housing RIFAT CHADIRJI COMPETION
SUMMER 2017 Shortlisted in the 20 top projects from 223 entries for Tamayouz Excellence Award. In collaboration with: TAMOOH EDILBI, MOHAMMAD FARES WHBY.
About this Project: “Participants were asked to: - Propose a solution for the Mosul’s upcoming housing crisis, which will affect the city as more neighbourhoods will be freed and internally displaced persons and refugees will start to return. - Design a prototype for affordable housing for the post-Daesh Mosul, which can be easily replicated with the objective of increasing the capacity of housing in the city and providing a practical and inspiring solution for returnees.”
RECONSTRUCTION CONCEPT Blocks and Raw-Housing: By combining multiple numbers from the original housing model, three types of building models can be achieved to best fit every site’s properties and dimensions. The first one is a stand alone building with three houses above each other, the second one is row housing which can be established by making a row from the first building, the last one is a block of four sets as a square centered by the services.
Interior View 1 Visualizing the living space of the house.
The reconstruction plan is treated according to the level of damage on the structures and on the number of adjacent structures that are damaged. The base model can be inputted on the current construction Two types of reconstruction in reference to the damaged area, the first is reconstructing single buildings that are required to be demolished, the second one is the restoration of multiple buildings or nieghborhoods which involves the row-housing models or the block models.
Blocks and Raw-Housing: By combining multiple numbers from the original housing model, three types of building models can be achieved to best fit every site’s properties and dimensions. The first one is a stand alone building with three houses above each other, the second one is row housing which can be established by making a row from the first building, the last one is a block of four sets as a square centered by the services.
UNIT’S CONCEPT AND AGRREGATION
One of the main design concepts is to provide the user with the ability to create, modify and evolve their house according to each user’s need. This effect can be realised by designing each housing unit with an extra unconstructed spaces for future development and extinsion, while at the same time lowering the cost od building, using sustainable and locally available materials.
INTERIOR SHOT 2
Interior View 2 Visualizing the whole space of the house in its raw
ORIENTAL AGGREGATIONS
09 Discrete Modeling SUMMER 2020
About this Project: Being in Budapest gave me a chance to think about more contemporary design Challenges, and I started to build my Coding and modeling skills through individual practices using Rhino Parametric modeling tools, one of them is Oriental aggregation, by using discrete modeling tools, I tried to simplify the geometry of moqarans to one unit and trace it in differents ways, so I can generate a moqarance based on solid geometry, or on curved surfaces.
EXPERIMENTS
LOCAL OBSERVATORY
10 2019-2020 DAMASCUS UNIVERSITY SUPERVISED BY: PROF. TALAL AKILI
DOCUMENTATION Documentation of Damascus city in a multidisciplinary fashion on multiple city scales, from elements and buildings to neighborhoods and areas. This position included site management measurements, creating plans models for the measured structures, dealing with government officials, and preparing presentations.