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Aida R. Sajali
U N D E R G R A D U A T E SAVANNAH COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN (SCAD)
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UNDERGRADUATE WORKS SAVANNAH COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN
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Aida Sajali
Studio 4 Fall 2016
Prof. Adams
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Site Analysis
Roof Section Callout
Module A - Office - Studio - Workshop
Module B
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Module C
- Coffee Shop - Bar/ Lounge - Library
Parapet Coping
Roof Insulation
While Jacksonville, FL is the largest city in the continental United States, downtown Jacksonville is stagnant and feckless. There are too many abandoned buildings without enough people to make Jacksonville the great city it can potentially be. Without adding to the built footprint of Jacksonville, SWARM creates new spaces and life to the city. Each modules represents a program that can be altered per use group. The lightweight hexagonal shaped module provides enough space for users to add to existing buildings or create new buildings without occupying too much space.
Curtain Wall
Metal Decking
I-Beam
Truss System
Louver System
Steel Column
Louvers Section Callout
“The greenest buildings are already built�
Drainage Mat Concrete Slab Blocking
Programmatic Diagram
Foundation Wall Section Callout
Drain Pipe
Exploded Axonometric Aida Sajali
Comprehensive Studio
Professor Dan Brown
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FUNDAMENTALS 1-3
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SAVANNAH COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN 2014-2015
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FUNDAMENTAL STUDIO 2
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PERSPECT AVIARY
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Understanding human influence on architecture is something that all architects need to learn. Perspect Aviary proposes human interaction with it’s surrounding visitors not only to experience the architecture itself but the surrounding landscape. The architecture emerges from the landscape in a bird-like manner: the bird ascending from it’s nest. Aside from understanding the architecture’s relationship it’s surrounding, perspect aviary also relate it’s spaces to human proportion. It is important to understand human proportions to the architecture they are occupying.
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REVOLVING ARTIST MUSEUM
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To revive a dying part of Savannah, a landmark museum would be a good solution to the problem. The design of this gallery is almost a literal representation of it’s purpose. This museum compose of revolving galleries instead of permanent exhabitions. Artists are constantly rotating in displaying their work at this museum. Each visit will be different and therefore the design on this museum resembles such action. The museum imitates the rotation of the artists. It appears as if cubes were tumbling down the site.
RENDERINGS
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PROJECT SECTIONS
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GORMLEY WORK-LIVING STUDIO
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This work-living studio space designed for artist, Antony Gormley lovated in an old train station in Savannah. Keeping the living spcae separate from his working studio and exhibition space, it allows visitors to experience Gormley’s work more intimately.
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PROCESS
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SAVANNAH COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN 2015-2017
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View of 3rd floor outdoor space
RADSLA
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One’s home can be the safest and calming place to be in. Then the question can be what if the place is neither. Would the place still be called home? The design of RADSLA is based upon the basic human fear.It is meant to make other feel unwolcomed and uncomfortable in the space. Only the person that lives there will know the secret corners and private spaces of the ‘home’. It is designed to appear haunted and unpleasant.
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PROJECT SECTIONS AND AXONOMETRIC
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LAGO DEL MIS RETREAT CENTER
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Obesity is an issue around the world. Most people would think of it as merely a bad lifestyle choices. However, not many understand it as an actual mental and physical issue. Anyone that want to be healthier and lose their weight would go to either a health retreat or go through surgery. This retreat center is a space for to recover post surgery or a learning space for those that wants to change their lifestyle. It is also a space for people t go to before their surgery as this retreat center prepare the patients mentally and physically.
FIRST FLOOR RETREAT CENTER AND CLINIC
SECOND FLOOR RETREAT CENTER AND CLINIC
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THIRD FLOOR RETREAT CENTER
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TEACHING
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MEMENTO MORI CHRONOTORIUM
POLYSEMIC IMAGE 1
A chronotorium is a space where time is captured or recorded. We use time as a measure for nearly everyything in our lives from work to age, to global events. We are introduced to time in a linear manner. When calculating moments in our lives, we often turn to the linear timeline as a way of understanding time. You were born and you will die. That is how it is. What if we could preplan or preprogram what happens to us after we die? Or how we die? If we are able to do so, it would give us a better understanding of time and how it works. In my design,I have explored differentways of how a building can “die”. Through explorations of materiality,understanding the site context and time and space, I managed to preprogram the deterioration of the building parallel to it’s rebirth.
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SWARM
While jacksonville, florida is the largest city in the continental united states, downtown jacksonville is stagnant and lifeless. There are too many abandoned buildings without enough people to occupy the spaces. SWARM creates new spaces and life to the city. Each modules represents a program that can be altered per use group. The lightweight hexagonal shaped module provides enough space for the users to add to existing buildings or create new buildings without occupying much space. Aida Sajali
Studio 4 Fall 2016
Prof. Adams
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Main Axonometric View
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PROJECT MODEL
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French Broad River Park
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Main Entrance
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Bicycle Path
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The city of asheville has a growing art community within their electic neighborhoods. Their flourishing beer and wine industry aids in the growth of the art network. Located in a local park, this protean museum is an architectural landmark. Surrounded by the natural environment of the park and Site Section 6 12 24ft the flourishing art district, this museum plays0 host to architectural works by artists and designers around the world.
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Site Plan
Parapet Coping
Roof Insulation
Concrete Planks with grout between I-Beam
Curtain Wall
Roof Section Callout
Curtain Wall
Metal Decking
I-Beam
Truss System
Louver System
Steel Column
Louvers Section Callout
Drainage Mat Concrete Slab Blocking
Foundation Wall Section Callout
Drain Pipe
Exploded Axonometric
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EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC WITH TECHNICAL DRAWINGS
Aida Sajali
Comprehensive Studio
Professor Dan Brown
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SITE AXONOMETRIC SECTION WITH SITE RENDERINGS
View of Path by Retention Pond Aida Sajali
Comprehensive Studio
Professor Dan Brown
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Professor Dan Brown Comprehensive Studio
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Fill View of 3rd floor outdoor space
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WATER TREATMENT and VEGETATIONS
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MASTERPLAN
DIAGRAMS
PROJECT
RENDERINGS
Aida Sajali
Comprehensive Studio
Professor Dan Brown
PROTEAN Asheville, nc
35°34'10.6"N82°33'54.5"W
Architecture is the result of a complex relationship between technical (math and science) and abstract (art and history). With the growth of the art industry, architects are adapting to the new “style” of architecture. Artists such as Leonardo da Vinci, Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini, Michelangelo and others are known for their works of art and their architectural designs. Nowadays, architects such as Frank Gehry and Santiago Calatrava are being put in the same category as artists likeOlafur Eliasson. The city of Asheville has a growing art community within their Veclectic neighborhoods. Their flourishing beer and wine industry aids in the growth of the art network. By introducing architecture to the quaint city, it will attract tourists and locals alike to the art district of Asheville. Located in an existing park, this museum is an architectural landmark that engages the surrounding environment and the public. The impact of the building’s footprint is balanced by the spaces in between that provide a more sculptural and inviting space for people to enjoy. The museum itself will host architectural works by artists and designers around the world. The art industry around the world is growing at a much faster pace than expected. A larger group of creative minds is being born and raised in this era than ever before. This generation is taught to adapt to their environment as most architects are. They are branching out to other industries such as fashion, textiles, photography and sculpture. With new technologies being invented every day, architects can represent architecture through multiple mediums. Protean is the central hub for Asheville’s art community to flourish and for others to experience architecture through a different lens.
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AXONOMETRIC
Vertical connect to Horizontal
Separated to emphasize verticaity
Rotated for greater Northern exposure
Removed for viewing and shading
Axonometric Section Detail Aida Sajali
Comprehensive Studio
Professor Dan Brown
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POSTGRADUATE WORKS THE
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2017-2019
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Architecture of Everyday Life EXPERIMENTAL SLEEP
1. Purpose 2. Loved one first 3. Right tribe 4. Belong 5. Move naturally 6. Down shift 7. 80 percent rule 8. Plant slant 9. Wine at five
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AIDA R. SAJALI
a bed with a stranger has become quite a taboo. Now, the idea of sharing
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This scheme explores the relationship between the existing boundary of the Old Parish Church walls and the new boundary created through the organization of path of 9 to Z. The landscape of 9 to Z is broken down into three main areas which are public,semi-public and private landscape areas. There are no physical walls established aside from the continuous wall extended through the building out to the main axial path. The three spaces are set to keep the Communal sleeping new concept in our society. It wasn’t privacy of is the not care acenter while providing theeveryday opportunity until around the 16th-century beds the become a more for the public to enjoy andthat embrace Blue Zone life- private and exclusive piecestyle. of furniture in one’s home. Ever since then, the idea of sharing
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UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE 2017-2018 9 TO Z: BLUE ZONE LIFESTYLE CENTER
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9 to Z: Blue Zone Lifestyle Center is a lifestyle improvement center based on the Blue Zone concept coined by Dan Buettner in the November 2005 National Geographic magazine cover story “The Secrets of a Long Life.� Blue Zones are areas around the world in which people live much longer than average. Inspired by the longest-living communities, the Blue ZoneŽ is helping people to live longer, healthier lives by improving their environment. This center carries the same mission and aims to enhance the longevity of the community in Govan. There are nine steps within Blue Zone such as moderate alcohol intake, mild and regular physical activity and engagement in social life. This lifestyle center caters to all ages. It has a care center for both elderly and young children; catering school for those that would like to learn the skills and absorb informations of this lifestyle; a library that host an array of information on healthy living;
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and a bar and restaurant that will provide a more in-depth understanding into the meaning of a more balanced lifestyle.
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Fourth Floor
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VIEW OF 9 TO Z CENTER’S ROOFTOP
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Communal sleeping is not a new concept in our everyday society. It wasn’t until around the 16th-century that beds become a more private and exclusive piece of furniture in one’s home. Ever since then, the idea of sharing a bed with a stranger has become quite a taboo. Now, the idea of sharing a bed with someone mostly note to a sexual encounter rather than the basic human need for physical and mental rest. This project is re-introducing this idea of communal sleeping whilst breaking our current issue with sleep: we are not sleeping enough. Some cultures embrace not only the idea of communal sleep but also sleeping in public. In Japan, “Inemuri”, basically translate to “sleeping on the job”. It is a common practice amongst the people in Japan as it allows the individual to still be amongst their peers, colleagues or others and get the necessary rest without disturbing their agenda. This cultural peculiarity is a solution to a concept we know as FOMO (fear of missing out). We are not sleeping enough because we are wary of missing out on our lives. This project combines the idea of re-introducing communal sleep and normalizing public sleeping to help us sleep more (getting our daily fill of rest) and doing it together.
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Sleep platform Material: Bioceramic fabric
Sleep platform Split into 3 platforms Material: Bioceramic fabric
Rotating enclosure
Rotating enclosure
Material: Perforated sound absorbing metal
Material: Perforated sound absorbing metal
Interior frame
Interior frame
Alterable facade
Alterable facade
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HEXAGON POD A EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC HEXAGON POD B EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC
Sleep platform Material: Bioceramic fabric
Rotating enclosure Material: Perforated sound absorbing metal
Sleep platform Material: Bioceramic fabric
Rotating enclosure Material: Perforated sound absorbing metal
Interior frame Interior frame
Rotating facade Rotating facade
Material: Smartglass
Material: Sleep aid crystals (Labradorite)
SQUARE POD EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC
TRIANGLE POD EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC
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HEXAGON POD MODEL
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3D ILLUSTRATION TRIANGLE POD
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EXTRACURRICULARS
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EMBODIED EVOLUTION
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Embodied Evolution is a student design competition that investigates the fusion between fashion and human form . The contemporary design environment influenced simultaneously by the biology of human form and the synthetics of technological innovation. This competition calls for innovative ways for the body and clothing to interface as a single entity. Students fabricated wearable armor, gear, or prosthetic prototypes that reconsider the body as part of, not separate from, the design environment in which we exists.
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DOCUMENTING OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT: SAVANNAH
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This exhibition is on the development of the first four squares in Savannah and Factor’s Walk next to the City Hall. It was a group project between students of architectural history 470 and 770 to interperate and document the built environment.
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CREATIVE AGENCY COLLABORATION
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In 2016, I was given the opportunity to collaborate with a fellow student at SCAD outside of academic work. The Fashion Marketing student wanted to develop and bring to life her creative agency. The creative agency is dedicated to developing comprehensive solutions that help brands show their truest and coolest self to the world. They aim to act as both a strategic and creative resource to their clients at every step of the process. Aligning inspiration business objectives and creativity into a powerful, smart and clear experience.
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INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP International Workshop was an elective class for 5th year in The University of Strathclyde. There were multiple group projects within the class and I chose a workshop held for children at a school in Glasgow. Within the group, we then split ourselves into partners. Each partner would hold a workshop once a week for 5 weeks.
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My partner and I designed a workshop that teaches the students to understand the term context. We encouraged the young students to explore their creativity and problem solving skills through set designing and story telling.
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FLEEDOM
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POCKET CITY
AN EXCERPT The cold, crisp morning fog slowly disappears as a slender, young man in all white absentmindedly wandered along lane 61 interrupting the peace on the burial viewing platform. In his hand a large round bottle of freshly produced water. Tear-drop shaped burial pods around him swaying ever so softly as if the wind was rocking them to sleep. Even though they are organized in grids, there is an almost beautiful and calming manner in the way that they naturally drooped from their holding. Some of the older pods hang low enough you can almost touch them. Some of the pods are defective, or at least, that’s what they’ve been told. The broken ones are cracked open but hung higher up than the others. In a distance, the young man can see a singular glistening pod, belonged to his mother. “Where do their souls go once they’re gone?” ask the little boy in to his father. “Down below, to heaven,” his father responded briskly. “Below? I thought heaven was up? Isn’t what they say? Up is bright, below doesn’t glow.” “Oh right. I meant up. Yup, up. “
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HONG KONG SKETCHES In Winter 2015, I was given the opportunity to experience SCAD’s Hong Kong campus and explore the city through various architectural related excursions. The followings are sketches I did while I was there.
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All of the sketches are done in ink pen and some even have touches of watercolor.
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