Alia O. Bader Architecture Portfolio Third Year Architecture Student American University of Beirut aliabader92@gmail.com
Career Objective : Summer Internship : Architecture and Design A full-time position in a well reputed firm where I am able, as a second year architect, to gain maximum experience, as well as to demonstrate and develop both my technical and design abilities, social skills, and character.
Education:
Academic Achievements : Fall 2013-2014 GPA : 86.7 Spring 2013 GPA : 88.1 Fall 2012 - 2013 GPA : 87.2 Total GPA : 83.6
American University of Beirut | Beirut | Lebanon www.aub.edu.lb
Made the Dean’s Honor List the past 3 semesters Always ranked in the top 5% of the class Always in the top 5 students of the class in all Design and Architecture classes
Undergraduate : Bachelor of Architecture Graduation expected : Spring 2016 American University of Beirut | Beirut Lebanon www.aub.edu.lb
Part of the Architecture Student Society : participating in raising funds for lectures, workshops and organizing department events.
Undergraduate : Graphic Design 3 semesters of Graphic Design prior to transfer to architecture. Fall 2010-2011 till summer 2011 American University of Beirut | Beirut Lebanon www.aub.edu.lb Baccalaureate : Lyce Francais Internationale de Riyadh | Riyadh | Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) 2005 - 2010 French Baccalaureate in science - minor in math Graduated 2010 College Louise Vegman 1995 - 2005
Relevant Courses : Architectural Design 1 : Conceptual Design Studio Architectural Design 2 : Conceptual Design Studio Architectural Design 3 : Conceptual Design Studio Architectrual Design 4 : Conceptual Design Studio Climate Responsive Design Basic Design: Introductory Architecture Studio Concrete : Structural Design Studio Methods: Steel Structures and Properties Building Construction 1 Building Construction 2 AutoCAD and 3D Max Training Computer Graphics : Illustrator and Photoshop Photography Surveying Regional Technical Drawing Studio Freehand Drawing Studio History of Contemporary Architecture
Skills
Work Experience : Raed Abillama Architects
KutArq Studios
BusyBox
Dbaye | Lebanon www.raarchitects.com info@raarchitects.com
Valencia | Spain www.kutarq.com info@kutarq.com
Beirut | Lebanon www.busyboxlb.com hello@busyboxlb.com
Summer 2013 July 16 - September 3 Architecture Intern : Construction Document and Design Developement
Summer 2013 May 30 - July 13 Architecture Intern : Furniture Design and Competitions
Summer 2008 Summer 2009 Summer 2010
Supervisors : Yasmina Khalife Joy Stephan
Art attendant : aiding in drawing, painting, crafting on wood, ceramic, porcelain, fabrics...
Technical : Extensive use of : AutoCAD Rhino (Modeling and V-ray) 3D Max Illustrator Photoshop InDesign Microsoft Office (word - powerpoint) Fair use of : Sketch-up Excel Grasshopper
Supervisior : Jordi Lopez Aguilo
Winter 2009 Winter 2010 Winter 2011
Languages :
Supervisors : Lina Hammedeh Maha Ayass
Fluent | Spoken and Written English French Spanish Arabic
Artistic: drawing and sketching painting model making and crafting Other artistic values : calligraphy photography jewelry making porcelain and ceramic painting wood painting wall painting... Social and Professional: Very well spoken Appreciation of team work and collaborations Good leadership qualities Very professional and eager to learn
Alia O. Bader 11-06-1992 Ramlet El Baida | Beirut | Lebanon Third Year Architecture Student American University of Beirut aliabader92@gmail.com 0096170659277
RECLAIMING THE CITY
residential
Location
Pasteur Charles Helou | Beirut | Lebanon
Year
Fall 2014
Course
Architectural Design 4
Instructors
Robert Saliba | Joy Kanaan | Hana Alameddine
01
The course called for a climate responsive design project located in the heart of Beirut. The process began with a detailed analysis of the site as well as a site vision and site strategy. The program brief was not common to all students, but each chose his own program according to the site analysis. Here, a residential program was chosen that integrated three types of housing, each accomodating for different social classes. Program : - Efficiency/Studio units - Social Housing units - Loft Apartment units - Public Space. The observations on site are what inspired the program. The different inhabitants from different social classes on site live and work at very close proximity to one another but have no interaction with one another. It is only by the path of the user or visitor that they all connect, uniting the fragmented site together. The aim was to celebrate the fragmentation as moments of social akwardness, and hece the reason for a residential projects. 3 types of housing coeexist; each of the three groups of unit types have their own circulation core, entrances and passageways, forcing the 3 different classes to sperate at the entrance to the site. The entrances are strategically located according to site surrounding, and influx points. Two filters are then manifested by the circulation in the building. The downward sloping paved concrete paths connect the two main entrances to the site : that of the bridge and that of the street, and is reserved for the public to cross the site. Along that network, the public can connect to the different prexisting landmarks of the site such as a restaurant, a pub, and a hostel, as well as a bus station located under the bridge. The ruines that used to exist before the intervention are indirectly present as public «indents», having each different spacial characteristic, leaving room for interpretation by the public. The second filter happens after the private user has been disjointed from the public user, where the different social classes fragment at ground level. The residents are then moving in a vertical motion, (conctrary to the public), retreating to their private spaces at higher level. The moment they exit the core, they traverse across the site, along their specific paths, forcing themto visually interact with other classes because of visual permeability, and hence, the forced moment of social akwardness. The concept behing the volumentric was climatically inspired, as it aimed to be environmentally responsive to local climate conditions as well as site specific ones. The fragmented units allow them to shade each other at different times of day during the summer, but filter light in when heat is needed during the winter. At a unit scale level, the sloping of the roofs and facade elements were strategically designed according the function of the interior spaces and their necessary climatic and privacy requirements. Finally, the materiality of the projects speaks loundly of its context, because of the heavy use of concrete and steel, this project can be defined as the condensation of Beirut - « Concrete Jungle »
Street View Render
Concept and Environmental Strategy
Longitudinal Section
Area of Intervention and Public Spaces Indents
Paul Van Eyk - «Parcs Enfantiles»
Vision
Beirut as «Concrete Jungle»
Conceptual Sketch
Zoning and Circulation
Project Massign and Porosity to the City
Public and Private Filters Vs. Horizontal and Vertical Circulation
Highway View Render
Volume Climatic Study - Unit Scale
Site Context
Enviromental Analysis and Solar Study
North Elevation
Sketches
M FOR MUSEUM
commercial | urban
Location
Hamra | Beirut | Lebanon
Year
Spring 2013
Course
Architectural Design 3
Instructors
Joy Kanaan | Marwan Zouwein | Maha Nasrallah
02
The biref of the project was to intervene in an empty parking lot on the main Hamra street, located in a very densely urban context. The aim was the revival of the movie theater of the 50's and 60's golden ages of Beirut. Program : - Museum - Gift Shop - Offices - Theatre - Parking - Cafeteria - Bathrooms The building is composed of three main volumes that are stacked, one on top of the other. Their strategic heignt and location is relevant to their containg program as they require different circumstances and relate differantly to the imediate site, both physically and informally. The entrance of the movie theatre is almost coplete sunken, but peaks up right enough to atract the passagers, but also prives the entrance and outdoor area to the cafeteria and gift shop. The museum entrance along with its gift shop, offices and cafeteria are located on ground level. The building allows for visibile permeablity from the outside to filter in light and the public. The trasparency does not only traverse from th outside in, but with as well, adding to the experience of the users during their visit to the different programs of the building. Finally, the trussed canteliver introduces the main program whic is the museum, marking the entrance to the building. The structure is composed of 2 primary trusses located on the periphary of the block, articulating the facade. 2 secondary pairs of trusses are located cetrally to the block, allowing for larger spans, and making room for the core. Moreover, floor trusses allow for the canteliever and a free uninterrupted space for the exhibition.
South Elevation
Final Model
Section AA
Concept Model
Model Developpement
Section BB
Below Ground Floor Plan 2
Below Ground Floor Plan 1
Mass Plan
Ground Floor Plan
First Floor Plan
Second Floor Plan
Section CC
Lighting and Zoning Sectional Diagrams
Exploded Axonometric - Circulation vs. Functions
Exploded Axonometric - Structural Hierarchy
MUSIC IN NATURE
residential
Location
Majdel Baana| Mount Lebanon | Lebanon
Year
Fall 2013-2012
Course
Architectural Design 2
Instructors
Karim Najjar | Maya Yared | Sinan Hassan
03
The project required to design a residential building integrated in the site. The programs included a residence for a musician and a studio of 200 sqm; the programes are split into 3 sections; Private quarter - right
Musical quarter - left
private living small kitchen 2 bedrooms and bathroom 1 master bedroom storage
office lounge recording studio practice and songwriting room
Living quarter - middle living area dining room kitchen The concept behind the design is the play of open and closed closed planes that form a roof structure. The meting points of the roof planes actually create both the outdoor and the indoor spaces defining the functions. The entrance is to the right, breaking the symetry and forming a core circulation that channels through the spaces seperating the courtyard from the building. Since the structure splits into 3 main spaces, the outdoor deck on the cliff provides a connecting circulation. The final North elvation shows a growth from the landscape and the longitudinal one shows integration by the roof following the topography of the rocks by creating the interior spaces.
West Elevation
FIinal Model
Volumetric Concept
Conceptual Sketch North Elevation
Site Analysis
Ground Floor Plan
First Floor Plan
Top View
Site Location
Context and Intervention
FIinal Model
Section CC
Lighting and Ventilation Diagram
Roof Openings vs. Function Diagram
Convergence Diagram
Circulation Diagram
Zoning Plan - Ground Floor
Zoning Plan - First Floor
Section BB
Section AA
Final Interior Model
CRAFTING THE STREET
urban
Location
Bourj Hammoud | Beirut | Lebanon
Year
Spring 2013
Course
Architectural Design 3
Instructors
Joy Kanaan | Maha Alameddine | Marwan Zouwein
04
The project required to choose a craft and design a workshop and residence in a void between two buildings. Prior to the infill design was a 3D model of a cube inspired by the street. Program:
Residence:
Workshop:
living area small kitchen eating nook 2 bedrooms 1.5 bathrooms
spaces for the activitis of the craft space to sell the craft
The brief of the project was to respond to the personallity and pre-existing elements of the streets; especialy the different activities, types of shops, restaurants, buildings... The inspiration behind the design and cube model was the different layers of the street walls and their intersections; as they overlap, juncture, mutate, join, merge, take over... The craft chosen was Eastern Asian slikmaking from silkworms; and as the research showed, most of the activities of silkmaking take place outdoors. The station that atracted me the most and guided the design was the boiling, dying and drying of the silkworms - a long a tedious process. Therefore the initial motivtion was to create the most pleasant and comforting environment for that station. But creating a central courtyard on the ground floor, would restrict to having a central light and circulation shaft. Instead by lifting the whole building, came along the possibility of having an open ground floor that flows in the street and the outdoor environment. Consequently, the boiling station is at the first level, and the other functions follow above by gradually getting closer to the street. This actually allowed most morning light (Eastern light) to filter through as it is needed for the working activities that start early in the morning. The residential areas receede backwards towards the West and therefore recieve most afternoon light (Western light) which is most desirable after working hours. Finally the structure of columns, beams and slabs allowed me to shift the slabs alternatively away from either side of each wall which actually brings in more daylight (Southern light). The columns actually extend upward to not only provide the structure for the higher volumes, but also serve as shading elements which extrapolate to create a loover system, depending on the respective interior functions.
Fifth Floor Plan
Fourth Floor Plan Cross Section - Lighting, Structure and Outddor Diagrams
Third Floor Plan
First Floor Plan Longitudinal Section : Lighting Vs. Activities an Time
Ground Floor Plan
West Elevation
Longitudinal Section : Indoor/Outdoor Expansion vs. Privacy and Function
Basement Plan
Final Model
Concept Sketch
South Elevation
Conceptual Model
Concept Collage
MOLDING IN NATURE
recreatitonal
Location
Faraya | Mount Lebanon | Lebanon
Year
Fall 2013-2012
Course
Architectural Design 2
Instructors
Karim Najjar | Maya Yared | Sinan Hassan
05
The biref of the project was to design an exibition space in the middle of a natural site of our choice. The aim of the exercise was to work with an organinc double curved shell that harmonizes with the site while still respecting it. Part of the requirement was to study and design the ribbing of the curved structure. Program : exibition area library office lecture room cafeteria 2 bathrooms
The concept behind the final structure was inspired by the site itself. The specific topography, placement and sizes of the rocks guided the resulted shape of the shell and aesthetic. The shell integrates with the rocky site, respecting the boundaries of the elements, allowing light to filter in. The distance between the ribbs and the rocks creates sort of an exhibition in itsleft, the rocks being the elements exhibited. The central rock does not only provide the focal exhbition element, but also serves as a circulation core as well as a light shaft leading the public to the different functions of the building. As for the design of the ribbs, they emmerge out of the center, around the central rock, diffusing circularly to provide for the first curve direction. The seconary ribbs radiate around the centerall core and around the arc to the West creating the curves in the second direction.
Circulation Diagram
Rock/Structure relaionship Diagram
Plan
Zoning Diagram Interior Plan Diagram
Shell Ribs Model
Zoning Diagram Interior Plan Diagram
Zoning Sectional Diagram
Top View
Primary Ribs Design
Primary Ribs Design
Site
Shell Model
Shell Surbey
East Elevation
Section BB
Section AA
West Elevation
Ribs and Shell Model
SURVEYING
local
Location
Dahr El Souane | Mount Lebanon Lebanon
Year
Summer 2012
Course
Regional Surveying
Instructors
Joy Kanaan | Marwan Zouwein | Maha Nasrallah
06
The course took place in a Lebanese village in Mount Lebanon, and each group of 3 students was assigned to survey an old and traditional Lebanese house. - Plans - Top view in context - Sections in context - Elevations in context - Urban morphology maps - Topography maps - Site plan - Site Section - Details (doors, windows, arches, other particular feature...) - Structure - Roof structure The house i was surveing was an old religious school built around 1860. It is facing the town’s church and congregational piazza and is now the house of the church’s priest. The mausoleum adjoining the house belonged to a Druze prince that converted to Christianism when he moved to the village with his family. The history of the house’s phasing and the mausoleum is a very distinct and most intriguing feature of the building and we tried to show that throught the surveing drawings and details. These are a few of the many hand drafted drawings of the house
Mosoleum Survey - Elevation
Mosoleum Survey - Plan
Entrance Facade - Door and Window Detail
Mosoleum Detail
South and West Elevations