Six Degrees 2020 by American University of Sharjah

In memory of Mohammed Baru

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

FACULTY + STAFF

FOREWORD

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ARCHITECTURE (ARC)

100

INTERIOR DESIGN (IDE)

134

URBAN PLANNING (MUP)

144

DESIGN MANAGEMENT (DES)

180

MULTIMEDIA DESIGN (MUM)

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VISUAL COMMUNICATION (VIS)

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FACULTY MEMBERS 2019 / 2020

DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE

DEPARTMENT OF ART + DESIGN

Dr. Ahmad Yousef / Adjunct Faculty Dr. Ahmed Mokhtar / Professor Ammar Kalo / Assistant Professor Benedetta Tagliabue / Adjunct Faculty Brian Dougan / Professor Bill Sarnecky / Professor of Practice Camilo Cerro / Assistant Professor Cristiano Luchetti / Assistant Professor Daniel Chavez / Professor pf Practice Eirik Heintz / Professor, Director of Foundations Faysal Tabbarah / Associate Professor George Katodrytis / Professor, Head of Department George Newlands / Assistant Professor Gregory Spaw / Assistant Professor Gregory Watson / Professor Dr. Igor Peraza / Professor of Practice Jason Carlow / Associate Professor Dr. Jerry Kolo / Professor, MUP Coordinator Dr. John Montague / Assistant Professor Juan Roldan / Assistant Professor Marcus Farr / Assistant Professor Maria Oliver / Assistant Professor Michael Hughes / Professor Patrick Rhodes / Associate Professor Dr. Rafael Pizarro / Associate Professor Dr. Roberto Castillo / Assistant Professor Tania Ursomarzo / Assistant Professor Selma Catovic Hughes / Adjunct Faculty Suzanne Strum / Adjunct Faculty Varkki Pallathucheril / Professor, Dean of CAAD

Dr. Anijo Mathew / Associate Professor, Head of Department Anna Kipervaser / Visiting Assistant Professor Frederic Gmeiner / Assistant Professor Hala Al-Ani / Assistant Professor Dr. Martin Giesen / Professor Julia Stirnemann / Visiting Assistant Professor Kathryn Best / Associate Professor Kiran Sajwani / Adjunct Faculty Marian Misiak / Assistant Professor Dr. Marina Peres / Visiting Assistant Professor Paula Curran / Associate Professor Philip Sheil / Senior Lecturer Rasha Dakkak / Adjunct Faculty Rebecca Beamer / Assistant Professor Riem Ibrahim / Assistant Professor Seth Thompson / Associate Professor Zena Adhami / Visiting Lecturer Dr. Zinka Bejtic / Associate Professor, Associate Dean Zlatan Filipovic / Associate Professor

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STAFF OFFICE OF THE DEAN Jameela Saleem / Senior Administrative Assistant Muhammad Sulaiman / Facilities Monitor Rachida Cherki / Program Coordinator Savio Creado / Assistant to the Dean Sunitha Kallai / Administrative Assistant Yara Libzo / Administrative Assistant

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FOREWORD Dr. Varkki Pallathucheril Dean of College of Architecture, Art, and Design

For the first time ever, we find ourselves bidding a virtual farewell to a graduating class from the College of Architecture, Art and Design (CAAD) at American University of Sharjah (AUS).

and engaging critique in order to challenge, inspire and push them to achieve outstanding outcomes such as those selected for this publication.

Certainly, none of us would have imagined that the final semester of this academic year would be delivered as distance learning, nor that our tenth annual Six Degrees exhibition would be held online. While social distancing has brought unique challenges to the end of this class’ journey with CAAD, they have, as always, risen to the occasion and continued to deliver work of the highest standard until the very end.

For the second year, this year’s catalog and exhibition collateral have been designed in-house by our Design Practicum students, taught by my colleague Riem Ibrahim. This group has also taken on the challenge of adapting the Six Degrees exhibition to a virtual platform. This has been more than just a class assignment, and I thank them for their dedication and passion.

This catalog accompanies the online exhibition of work, which has been selected by each of our graduating students. You are invited to peruse this compilation and if a particular work or student intrigues you, please follow up using the contact information provided.

A number of colleagues, led by Associate Dean Zinka Bejtic, have played a key role in planning and organizing this recognition of our graduating students. My thanks go to George Katodrytis, Anijo Mathew, Camilo Cerro, Juan Roldan, Marina Peres and Hala Al Ani. As always, CAAD staff deserve recognition for their valuable support, in particular Yara Libzo, Assistant to the Associate Dean, and Savio Creado, Assistant to the Dean.

This edition is dedicated to the memory of Muhammad Baru, who tragically lost his life in 2017 at the end of his second year in the Bachelor of Architecture program. Baru left behind an indelible impression on many of us and his heartbroken classmates, graduating this year, grieve this loss. The blank catalog spread in his name represents the incomplete project and the emptiness left in us. Our hearts go out to the Baru family on this profoundly sad anniversary. Every CAAD student’s journey is one of extraordinary transformation, one that involves adapting to radically different ways of learning and thinking. Despite the uncertainty of these times, our graduates can have confidence that the knowledge, skills and sensibilities they acquired and honed through application and critical feedback have prepared them well to adapt to and thrive in any situation. Furthermore, they will continue to find support from each other and from the global network of CAAD alumni of which they are now a part.

In closing, let me address our graduating students: I congratulate you and wish you the very best as you take your first steps into the professional design arena; I look forward to hearing of your successes in the future as leaders in the design professions or wherever your journey takes you. Many of our alumni continue to engage with CAAD long after they have graduated. May I extend this invitation to you: whether you are seeking professional mentorship and advice from faculty or returning as a guest lecturer and mentor yourself, CAAD’s doors are always open to you.

Each work presented in this catalog identifies the faculty members in whose course it was produced. My faculty colleagues play a central and indispensable role in the transformational journey of each student through mentorship

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Aashika Shibu Ahmed Noeman Aisha Al Sahlawi Akhila Girijan Alina Rose Sebastian Aya Rahmy Dania Darra Farah Ahmed Gbadebo Ganiu Giwa Habibah Salman Halah Fadhil Hayat AlMousa Hudaa Roshan Ibrahim Khamis Jace Marc Fernandes Jad Moura Laian Abussaud Laura AlDhahi Mariam Jacob Mariama M.M Kah Mary Krajekian Menna Hamdy Mohammad Aslam Mohammed Baru Mohammad Samara Nada Khalaf

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Navaz Pirbabaie Rachel George Rana Salah Rania Mohamed Rashid AlSuwaidi Rewan Shaaban Rim Drak Sibai Saagarika Atlanta Dias Saba Besiso Samrakshana Suresh Shaden Talal Al Kalouti Shamsa AlMaeeni Shayma Ben Brahim Shereen Khafagy Design Build 1 Design Build 2 Special Project

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AASHIKA SHIBU Rupture, Pavilion for ARADA, Sharjah ARC 401, Prof. Jason Carlow The project is a hybrid of vernacular and contemporary architecture in the Middle East. The Pavilion for the Aljada site in Sharjah. The concept, inspired by pigeon towers, is to channel air flow through the perforations and the layers of the skin material. The form is inspired by origami. A series of iterations provides various options thus making the design process dynamic and adaptive.

Day Render

Aerial Render

Night Render

Park Render

Process Models

Longitudinal Section

Urban Regeneration of Nassriya, Sharjah ARC 501, Prof. Cristiano Luchetti Partner: Akhila Girijan The brief of the project is to maintain the quality of existing housing while enhancing the public realm and social infrastructure. This is done by addressing the needs and specificity of the neighborhoods. One of the challenges is to bring local families back to these neighborhoods without displacing the expatriate population. Our intervention uses sustainability as a strategy to design green and interactive public spaces.

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AHMED NOEMAN Muwailah Library, Sharjah ARC 301, Prof. Marcus Farr The Muwailah Library is a multipurpose facility within the rapidly growing Muwailah neighbourhood of Sharjah. Being an infill project within a repetitive urban grid, the project utilizes this character the site to inform the physciality and quality of internal spaces. The presence of a delicate rainscreen builds upon site-specific research and aims to bring a contemporary approach to local palm-tree fronds.

Physical Model

Site Plan

Exploded Axonometric

Passatge del Barri, Barcelona ARC 401, Prof. Igor Peraza Partner: Jace Marc The Passatge del Barri serves as a diverse urban node, combining the functions of a market place, gathering space, and social housing. The project activates the site by engaging the surrounding urban fabric through a series of bridges. This piece of infrastructure facilitates the movement of people throughout the different neighbourhoods of Barcelona, that were historically separated by car and rail infrastructure.

Sectional Perspective

Procession Perspective

Entrance Perspective

Exterior Perspective

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AISHA AL SAHLAWI The Interior ARC 316, Prof. Mark Pilkington A series of photographic explorations of an interior condition set amongst a concept. I dedicate this project to my Beloved Grandfather Abul Abdulla AlKhoory. My grandfather passed away just 8 months after my grandmother, and it was the saddest times of his life he said. In this project series I try to represent the lightness he was in, transitioning into the darkness and later on his death and impact he left on our lives.

Interior Detail 1

Overall Sectional Model

Interior Detail 2

Model 1 Detail

Timber in the City Competition, New York ARC 402, Prof. George Newlands Partner: Mariama M.M. Kah The competition challenges participants to re-imagine a vacant waterfront site in Queens, New York, as a vibrant and vanguard model of healthy, biophilic living for the future of the city. The project embraces new structural and ecological possibilities of wood construction for a mid-rise, mixed-use complex. This includes affordable housing, a large community wellness facility, and an early childhood education center, all interlaced with a new exterior public waterfront space. A testing ground for social, material, and environmental progress and innovative models of sustainable urban living.

Interior Detail 3

Wall Section

Model 2 Detail

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AKHILA GIRIJAN Contemporary Mosque ARC 302, Prof. Faysal Tabarrah The project transcends the traditional boundaries of a mosque and evokes the sense of dissolution towards the Qibla. This happens through procession. The formal language is generated by a set of material studies on dissolving foam. As the visitor enters and moves towards the Qibla, the columns begin to ‘dissolve’ and ‘lessen’. At the same time, more light falls upon the spaces nearing the Qibla due to the increasing skylights in that direction.

Exterior Render of the Mosque

Activating Urban Spaces at Night

Entrance to the Project

Interior Render

Kindergarten Louvres

Timber Skin Envelope

Plan of the Mosque

Timber Skin Bridges

Inside the Timber Envelope

Extend | Timber In The City, NY ARC 402, Prof. George Newlands Partner : Aashika Shibu Timber in the City emphasizes the role of structural timber by creating residential towers, a kindergarten and a wellness centre that are enveloped in a specially crafted skin system made of timber slats. The skin transforms to become walkways, louvres, shading and decking.The project connects axial relationships with the vistor’s line of vision, creating a linear continuous view with the adjacent waterscape.

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ALINA ROSE SEBASTIAN Shifting Landscapes ARC 311, Prof. George Katodrytis This assignment and narrative explore tectonics at the intersection of multiple elements: natural and artificial landscapes. The process adopts digital modeling and rendering techniques to simulate, synthesize and represent the dynamic material behavior of shifting landscapes.

Timber in the City - Public Spaces

Timber in the City - Relationship to Context

Timber in the City, New York ARC 402, Prof. Igor Peraza Partner: Mary Krajekian The project is a mixed-use development that includes an early education center, wellness center and residential units of one, two and three bedroom units. It explores the potential of wood as a structural element and addresses the present inclination towards sustainable methods of construction. Wood as a material supports processes such as prefabrication that allows faster assembly and serves the function of eco-friendly construction practices.

Shifting Landscapes - Render 1

Timber in the City - Rooftop Public Space

Shifting Landscapes - Render 2

Timber in the City - Wall Sections

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AYA RAHMY Junah, Sharjah ARC 401, Prof. Jason Carlow This project investigates Muqarnas ceiling vaults found in traditional Islamic architecture. The design seeks to free the geometrically inspired Muqarnas surface from a primary structural system and transform it into a thin, selfstructural canopy. The project utilizes vernacular techniques for the extrusion of two-dimensional triangular patterns from Islamic architecture into complex threedimensional surfaces, while proposing innovative ideas for a space frame structural system.

Pavillion, Interior View

Timber In The City, New York ARC 402, Prof. Igor Peraza Partner: Hayat Almousa This project seeks to accentuate the use of timber construction. It adopts a double-skin facade system that layers glass, polycarbonate and folding wood panels for privacy and shading. This layering provides insulation to the buildings and maintains a degree of transparency that allows the timber to be revealed. Residential units are shifted within the towers to create exterior moments where vegetation could be integrated.

Pavillion, Exterior View

Interior Elevation

Close Up Elevation

Pavillion, Module

Exterior Garden

Residential Wall Section Model

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DANIA DARRA Spiritual Aggregations ARC 302, Prof. Faysal Tabbarah Exhibited at D. Academy Gallery at AlSerkal Avenue, “Aggregations” explores novel approaches towards structure and space, shedding iconic expressions in favor of transforming a worshipper’s experience into a reflective journey of divide connection. The structure is comprised of a canopy that deploys extreme redundancy to question the expression of a typical truss structure; while its porous nature allows trees to grow through it.

Interior Mihrab

Node Interior

Woven Enclosures

Interior Hall

Site Aerial Shot

Node Exterior

Biophilia, Lagos ARC 401, Prof. George Newlands Partner: Rachel George A rigorous approach to remediate the site of Olusosun Landfill in Lagos, Nigeria, into a vibrant interactive landscape powered by biologically activated screens. Self-sustaining eco-systems colonize the site program while employing water collection and circulation systems as nodes of function and biophilic experience. The project aims to maximize opportunities for the community through agriculture, waste recycling facilities, and generating energy through sustainable systems.

Landscape Playgrounds.tif

Exterior Courtyard

Nodes Colonizing Structure

Diagrams

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FARAH AHMED Material Fabrication: Stool ARC 237, Prof. Daniel Chavez A furniture piece that is both a seating and a storage. The object is fabricated using Ashwood and Resin and designed joinery components instead of fasteners. The piece expresses the nature of handmade wooden furniture. The making process involved multiple complex operations such as steam bending and resin casting. The furniture piece can be tranformed to a night stand and seating since it incorporates a lighting fixture inside the resin.

Wall Section Interior

ACSA: Timber In The City, NY ARC 402, Prof. Roberto Castillo Partner: Habibah Salman This is mid-rise, mixed-use complex with affordable housing units, an educational facility, and a health center located in Brooklyn, New York. The project is a place for the creation of vocational opportunities embracing new wood technology. The project is made of construction systems inspired by the performative characteristics of wood technologies and craftmanship.

Stool in Use

The Stool

Housing Unit Wall Section

Wall Section Exterior

Shelf Detail

Aerial View of Building Complex

Window Detail

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GBADEBO GANIU GIWA Techno-Farm Park, Barcelona ARC 501, Prof. Camilo Cerro Partner: Mary Krajekian The project proposes a technofarm park which incorporates of marketing and purchasing services, generation and recovery systems. Research and education amenities are also accommodated together with a food production facility (hydroponics/aquaponic) which operates as the integral component of all these programs. Innovative technologies exponentially increase the output of these components. The diversity of the programs aim to create a selfsufficient yet interdependent entity for the people of Barcelona.

North East Aerial Render

South West Aerial Render

North East Canopy Render

North Entrance Loop Render

Emerging From The Trash, Lagos ARC 401, Prof. George Newlands Partners: Mary Krajekian, Saagarika Dias The way in which the project emerges from the trash can be encapsulated into eight distinct phases. Solar electricity, recycled materials, soil transformation, water/wind harvesting, and phytoremediation coalesce together to create alluring spaces with a myriad of purposes. The landfill mass unfolds through intricate manipulation of its topography. Circulation networks and the light quality of the site are carefully designed. The result is a dynamic amusement park set against the everyday and quotidian routine.

North West Elevation

North East Elevation

Roller Coaster Render

South East Bridge Render

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HABIBAH SALMAN Lifted ARC 501, Prof. George Katodrytis To build an ecosystem through architecture, roots were chosen as a main design guide for this research. By implementing their water-bearing abilities, a construct can be shaped around water collection that gives it back to the earth. By absorbing water from the Sabkha below to the forms above, the proposal introduces a shelter that invites the habitiation of biodiverse life in the desert.

Modular Unit Axonometric Section

Physical Model (Early)

Modular Unit Axonometric

Modular Unit Physical Model

Longitudinal Section

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HALAH FADHIL Hex-Tent, Pavilion for ARADA, Sharjah ARC 401, Prof. Jason Carlow This pavilion combines the architecture, materiality and re-reconfigurability of the traditional Bedouin tents with the rigid form of the Cloud Canopy. This structure is designed by Maddison Architects for Federation Square in Melbourne. The hexagonal matrix of the canopy is varied in depth by extruding hexagonal cells upwards and downwards to create a thick roof, parts of which become structural columns. Fabric panels are integrated into the modular roof framework provide shading and help to channel prevailing winds downwards. The Green Towers, Barcelona ARC 501, Prof. Camilo Cerro Partner: Alya Alfahim This urban farming project is located in the city of Barcelona as a solution to increase the production of fresh food in the city. The project houses three cylindrical towers that contain thousands of trays to plant herbs. The floors of the towers rotate in relation to the sun to provide maximum light for all the plants. The project also provides additional solutions to food production such as indoor farming, fermentation, pickling and underground mushroom farming. Beyond food production the proposal includes public spaces such as food vendors, galleries, restaurants and a wellness centre for the public.

Pavilion Roof Plan

Second Floor Plan

Roof Terrace Render

Pavilion Street View

Back Entrance Render

Plaza Render

Pavilion Interior Render

Vertical Farm Render 1

Indoor Farm Render 2

Pavilion Elevation

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HAYAT ALMOUSA Arada Pavilion, Sharjah ARC 401, Prof. Jason Carlow The project re-envisions the stone louvres as a series of horizontally oriented fiber glass sheets which screen interior spaces from light while allowing wind to pass through. The project uses sun direction angles to formulate its geometry and proposes a labyrinth of interior rooms and interstitial circulation spaces to create a playful pavilion of shadows and light.

Main Entrance to Pavilion

Public Main Pathway

Exterior Render

Residential Facade

Interior Render

Residential Exterior Garden Close Up

Timber in the City, New York ARC 402, Prof. Igor Peraza Partner: Aya Rahmy This project seeks to accentuate the use of timber construction. It adopts a double-skin facade system as layers of glass, polycarbonate and folding wood panels for privacy and shading. This layering provides insulation to the buildings and maintains a degree of transparency that allows the timber to be revealed. Residential units are also shifted within the towers to create exterior moments where vegetation could be integrated.

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HUDAA ROSHAN (Objects + Machines) and Space ARC 311, Prof. George Katodrytis These illustrations and compositions are an interplay of interior spaces in a machine and the machine in space. These hybrid images are a result of various analogue and digital modelling and rendering techniques that involve layers of components, lighting and settings. Interior Space within the Machine 1

Aerial View and Site Section of the Olusosun Stadium

WASTE: Olusosun Stadium, Lagos ARC 401, Prof. George Newlands Partner: Farah Ahmed Sitting in the heart of Mainland Lagos, The Olusosun Stadium is a project that acts as a solution to revitalize the infamous Olusosun Landfill. The project aims to break the confines of what a stadium is while using various methods of phytoremediation and waste management strategies. This approach is used not only to build the stadium but to find ways in allowing this superstaructure to act as a vessel for various public oprograms. This will ultimatley tranform to a cultural anchor for Lagos.

Development Phases of the Stadium

Interior Space within the Machine 2

The Machine in Space

Interior View of the Olusosun Stadium

3D Print Model of Column Types and Construction

Column Types

Physical Models and Assembly of Panelling System

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IBRAHIM KHAMIS Al-Masjed ARC 301, Prof. Cristiano Luchcetti This project emphasizes the tectonics of building structure and envelope. Building case studies and the design process explore a range of material and construction system types including steel, wood, masonry and reinforced concrete. Courtyard

Timber in the City, New York ARC 402, Prof. George Newlands Partner: Shayma Ben Brahim This project is an Urban Habitat Competition and the program is intended to imagine the transformation of cities. This is done through sustainable building techniques, renewble resources, affordable construction, innovation with working with wood and designing healthy living and working environments.

Exterior Housing Elevation

Qibla Wall

Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Prayer

Green Roof

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JACE MARC FERNANDES Post Oil Exploring ARC 394, Prof. Berenika Boberska Refineries have stood as an icon of energy in the Middle East since the discovery of oil. Its fruits have paved the city and civilization we take for granted. Post Oil Exploring proposes a rehabilitation of the refinery once the oil will run out. With the act of turning the establishment 180 degrees, its memory is retained while giving it a new meaning. What was once polluting the ocean and air, is now filtering ocean water and spraying it onto the dunes. Thus, encouraging the growth of halophilic mangroves.

Longitudinal Section

Passatge Del Barri, Barcelona ARC 401, Prof. Igor Peraza Partner: Ahmed Noeman A marketplace, a housing cluster, and a space for communal gathering. The Passatge Del Barri brings three programs close to the heart of Barcelonaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s culture and combines them together to benefit the city in a couple of ways. Firstly, it acts as a node within the area to which users and pedestrians can orient themselves with. Secondly, it bridges the gap over the Ronda Litoral which enables the flow of people in and out of the Barceloneta. The project addresses these issues through the juxtaposition of form. A yingyang, ortho-curvelinear relationship that clearly defines the separated elements while maintaining a homogenous system of parts.

Axonometric

Looking from Below

Perspective

Market Entrance

Housing Units

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JAD MOURA Salubrious ARC501, Prof. George Katodrytis Through a series of digital and physical model explorations a parasitical formal design language is established. This informs a superstructure that responds and simulates its operations with the abandoned infrastructure of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Jazera Al Hamraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; the empty town in Ras Al Khaimah, UAE. The intention is to sustain a salubrious relationship with the decaying infrastructure and ultimately to rehabilitate the voids and activate the existing spaces.

Perspectival Render, Galactic Virtual Space

Render, Hologram Projection

Render, Marine Life Virtual Space

Site Plan

Render, Oceanic Virtual Space

Conceptual Composition

Axonometric Section

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LAIAN ABUSSAUD The Future Was Sand, UAE ARC 501, Prof. George Katodrytis The project reconsiders architecture as an eco-system that mediates between environment and inhabitation. The proposal is inspired from the challenges posed by climate change and how this thread can recondition architecture and its materiality. Sand is used as the main material to inform and reconstruct the environment. A thread now becomes a re-appropriation. This proposal could help solve environmental challenges unless it is too late.

Waste Stadium, Lagos ARC 401, Prof. George Newlands Partner: Shereen Khafagy Our approach to the stadium design is focused on inclusivity. The intention is to create a multifunctional stadium to be used all year long. The project includes an outdoor, indoor and an underground market each specializing in different products. Our intention is to move away from the generic stadium design and to create an environmentally friendly stadium, using a vernacular material palette and recycling site waste.

Physical Model

Site Plan Axo

Perspective

Section

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LAURA ALDHAHI The Mosque ARC 302, Prof. Cristiano Luchetti Private and public spaces are designed in a contemporary manner to house a program of prayer halls and a residency. This is expressed in a solid void system of open and enclosed zones in the heart of Sharjah. The dome-shaped structure is stabilized using a two-way waffle slab and a system of tree-branch columns. The perforations in the thin-shell concrete element enhance the role of light and increase natural ventilation in the space.

Elevation

Conceptual Sections

Exterior Render

Sectional Axonometric

Interior Render

Exterior View

Abandoned Town ARC 501, Prof. George Katodrytis The project utilizes the neglected and eroded city of Jazeera AlHamra in Ras Al Khaimah, UAE. It proposes a series of volumetric and porous masses to expand, fill and preserve the deteriorated structures of the town. Both private and public spaces are retrofitted and incorporated into the existing fabric through the process of biomimicry and calcification; a reference to the local coral stone and traditional methods of contruction.

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MARIAM JACOB Sacred Space ARC 302, Prof. Maria Oliver This urban piece emphasizes a unified sacred space that undulates to create separate zones based on function. By creating urban corridors that integrate with these fluid spaces, the project weaves seamlessly with the community and daily life. The contrast between the concrete exterior and the soft interior creates a spiritual experience.

Above - Exterior Perspective

Below - Longitudinal Section

Exterior Perspective

Interior Perspective

Procession Perspective

Timber at Heart, New York ARC 402, Prof. George Newlands Partner: Nada Khalaf This project emulates the industrial concrete jungle that New York personifies through its stereotonic exterior. In contrast to its exterior the project creates a warm ambience through the interior timber spaces. The residential units offer double height spaces and maximise the views of the city skyline. The tower compliments the adjacent bridge with respect to its height and horizontality as well as the historic terracotta factory on the site through its materiality.

Physical Models - Acrylic

Wall Section Model

Enlarged Housing Section

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MARIAMA M.M. KAH Urban Revitalization: Al Nasserya Central, Sharjah ARC 501, Prof. Cristiano Luchetti Partners: Rashid AlSuwaidi and Mohammed Samara This three-part design intervention strategy applies itself to the central core of the Al-Nasserya neighborhood in Sharjah. It aims to put the people who occupy the neighborhood, and their needs for an improved urban living experience, at the center of focus. By synthesizing the need for affordable housing, public spaces, and commercial services, the project aims to form the heart of Al-Nasserya.

Al Nasserya Central Urban Park, Souq Al-Nasserya

Exterior Render

Spiritual Construct ARC 302, Prof. Faysal Tabbarah The project aims to draw on the transcendent nuances of prayer in accordance to Islamic doctrine to conceive a spiritual plateau separate from the mundane. By housing the act of worship through perforated concrete shell modules, it pursues the conception of an authentic spiritual experience for the individual and the collective; for the purpose of an urban daily mosque (Masjid) and public space along Al-Khan Corniche Street in Sharjah, U.A.E.

Al Nasserya Central Urban Park, Rolla Canopy

Main Prayer Hall Render

Mosque Sahn (Courtyard) Render

Al Nasserya Central Urban Park, Urban Village

Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Section Render

Generative Diagram

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MARY KRAJEKIAN Muweilah Public Library, Sharjah ARC 301, Prof. Marcus Farr Muweilah Public Library is an infill project in Muweilah, Sharjah, a neighborhood with a repetitive urban grid and mixed-use functions. The project, following a carefully site analysis and a response to existing conditions, celebrates the context externally while breaking away from it internally in order to create interesting and contrasting spatial conditions. The highlight of the project is the central core that accommodates the vertical circulation, bookshelves and habitable spaces.

Library Interior Renders

Aerial Render

Library Interior Renders

Aerial Render of the Public Park

Library Section Perspective

Render of the Communal Area

Symbiotic Sustenance, New York ARC 402, Prof. Igor Pereza Symbiotic Sustenance is a mixed-use development (wellness center, kindergarten and housing) in New York, that aims to deliver a socially and perceptually progressive project while offering healthy living and working environments. This is achieved through the use of sustainable materials for construction, such as wood and environmentally friendly techniques, such as water catchment systems. The projectâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main feature is the public park which is placed on the rooftop of the wellness center and in between the two apartment towers looking towards the Manhattan skyline.

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MENNA HAMDY Contemporary Mosque ARC 302, Prof. Marisa Oliver This project reflects the importance of Islamic architecture in the UAE. Given a remarkable site, the mosque is flanked by residential towers overlooking the Corniche. The design aims to maximise the spiritual experience of the inhabitants by using curvatures to enhance their engagement with the space. The hierarchy of the Qibla wall is highlighted by the skylights establishing directionality and hinting a direct relationship with the sky.

Site Plan

Telluric ARC 501, Prof. George Katodrytis A statement in architecture bringing the nature and the man-made together. Materials found in nature such as salt, can be grown and used to provide shelter. Processes like evaporation, desalination and crystallization can be utilized as a kit for building architecture. The project utilises structures, earth and natural processes to enclose space and provide inhabitation. The growing of material mass would relate humans back to origin.

Physical Model

Exterior Render

Spatial Collage

Interior Render, Prayer Hall

Crystal Growth Stages

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MOHAMMAD ASLAM Muwailah Library, Sharjah ARC 301, Prof. Marcus Farr The library project is an opportunity to design a multi-purpose hub in the middle of the rapidly developing region. It uses of a corten rain screen. The library blends into its environment, emphasizing its position as an infill amidst the gridded residential buildings. Local residents have the opportunity to relax and read within the secluded space at the heart of the library.

Perspectival Section of Library

Sine, Pavilion for ARADA, Sharjah ARC 401, Prof. Jason Carlow Bridging the gap between vernacular and contemporary desert architecture, the aim of this pavilion is to create a malleable yet elegant shading canopy between the AUS Student Centre and the CAAD building. The wave form of the pavilion creates an ever-shifting shadow across the day, and expands the option to enjoy the outdoor space during both summer and winter.

Rendered Section of Sine Pavilion

Interior of Library

Rendered Perspective View of Pavilion 1

Aerial View of Library

Interior View of Pavilion

Rendered Perspective View of Pavilion 2

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MOHAMMAD SAMARA Xylo-Living, New York ARC 402, Prof. Igor Peraza Partner: Dania Darra Xylo [Greek]: Relating to wood. Xylo-Living: The new sustainable heart of New York. Redefining social housing and timber construction, the project consists of two main prefabricated parts: a Glulam exoskeleton and housing units, chosen from a self-designed catalog. Once prefabricated off-site, the selfstructured units are then transported to site and inserted into the exoskeleton Xylo-Living hopes to create a flexibly replicable model of sustainable social housing anywhere in the world. Waste Surgery, Lagos ARC 401, Prof. George Newlands Partner: Jad Moura

Rendering, Plaza

Rendering, Gantries

Rendering, Interior

Waste surgery develops a systematic yet rigorous process of re-mediation that drives the design forward in a site that is one of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest landfills. The project utilizes 330 pre-cast concrete walls that start as tools in the excavation and re-mediation of the site and with time become the structure for the stadium and facilities. The sports stadium, through a flexible seating system, doubles as theatres, lecture halls and markets.

Rendering, Circulation

Diagram, Exploded Axonometric

Rendering, Excavation Walls

Site Plan

Roof Plan

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NADA KHALAF Enlightenment, A Community Library, Sharjah ARC 301, Prof. Marcus Farr â&#x20AC;&#x153;Enlightenmentâ&#x20AC;? lights up the community around it by becoming a hub, marking itself in illumination. A skin hugging its transparent envelope filters light in during the day. At night-time, interior lighting gleams through the skin, transforming it into lamp within the urban grid. As the skin weaves into the interior, its materiality shifts from steel (painted white) to wood veneer, which creates the same effect in different languages.

Library Atrium

Lateral Section

Sectional Perspective

Elevation

Street View

Mosque From Plaza

Urban Mosque ARC 302, Prof. Maria Oliver This mosque integrates elements of a historical sacred space whilst utilizing water as an acoustic insulator from the busy streets of Sharjah, facilitating a tranquil interior atmosphere for prayer. The Qibla is marked by a large sculptural wall that references a minaret. It is the focal point of water on the site: acting as a waterfall, as well as a hollowedout cave where the sounds are amplified, creating a contemplative space.

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NAVAZ PIRBABAIE Al Nasserya Urban Bridge, Sharjah ARC 501, Prof. Cristiano Luchetti Partner: Saba Besiso The project acts as a major anchor point at the periphery of the Al Nasseriya neighborhood adjacent to Sheikh Sultan bin Saqr al Qassimi street in Sharjah. It connects Nasseriya to Maysaloon through a clear pedestrian pathway and an elevated infrastructure that aims to overcome the obstacles of the vehicular road. As a mixed use project, the Urban Bridge includes residential, commercial, and governmental functions that include a visa center, professional development center, offices, and counceling services.

Urban Bridge, Exterior Plaza

Timber in the City-Social Housing, New York (bottom right) ARC 402, Prof. Igor Peraza Partner: Hudaa Roshan The project is a social housing complex located in the Queens borough of New York City. Alongside affordable residential units, the project includes retail, fitness facilities, a childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kindergarten as well as a public plaza overlooking Manhattan island. The project has been designed to maximize views as well as natural light through the use of an L-shaped plan and through placing the residential portion of the project close to the water. The project is entirely constructed in timber, including the structure and interiors.

Urban Bridge, Walking Through the Urban Farms

Urban Bridge, Top View

Urban Bridge, Professional Development Center and Exterior Theater

Timber in the City, Wall Section

Timber in the City, Exterior View

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RACHEL GEORGE Al Khan Mosque ARC 302, Prof. Cristiano Luchetti A beautiful site located opposite the Al Khan Lagoon has magnificent views towards the water as well as the glittering city in the distance. The concept of this project is formally inspired by the Tasbih, the Islamic prayer beads, which represent connected prayers. This project takes the form of interconnected dome structures. This approach generates various interstitial and informal spaces with diverse spatial experience.

Al Khan Mosque Render

Timber in the City, New York ARC 402, Prof. Roberto Castillo Partner: Rania Mohamed Embracing new structural possibilities of wood construction, we designed a mid-rise, mixed-use complex that includes affordable housing, a large community wellness facility, and an early childhood education center. These are interlaced with a public waterfront space. The project comprises of two housing blocks and another public building with an inhabitable roof all woven together. Various sustainable strategies are also incorporated in this project.

Timber in the City Render

Al Khan Mosque Section and Elevation

Al Khan Mosque Plan

Timber in the City - Wall Section Model

Timber in the City - Detail Section

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RANA SALAH Alternative Ecosystems, UAE ARC 501, Prof. George Katodrytis The project explores the possibility of creating an inhabitable structure through the formal, chemical and structural characteristics of materials found in the saline conditions of Sabkha sites in Abu Dhabi. Salt crystallization and seawater desalination drive the experimentation towards creating a structure that expands horizontally by anchor point along the site. The structural lattice acts as an infrastructure to define the expansion of crystals as a new method of construction. The resulting mass is then transformed to a spatial system of potential use and inhabitation.

Crystalized Structure Exterior

Generative Diagram of Crystalized Growth

Structural Network Extending over Sabkha Site

Construction of Spaces within Lattice

Interior Render

Interior Render 2

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RANIA MOHAMED Al Khan Ascension Mosque ARC 302, Prof. Cristiano Luchetti Isra Mosque builds upon the tale of the Prophet’s terrestrial and celestial journey during Isra and Mi’raj. Categorised into the spiritual program: the prayer hall and ablution spaces and the corporeal program: plaza, and Quranic Library, the mosque provides its visitors a spiritual separation from the outside. By reconfiguring the elements of the mosque: sahn, prayer hall, ablution spaces and minaret a gesture of ascension is achieved in section.

Sahn and Quranic Plaza

Housing and Retail Complex

Prayer Hall

Sports Complex Facing the Housing and Coworking Spaces

Plan and Section of Israa Mosque

Coworking Space Facing the Housing and Sports Complex

Al Nassereya Urban Incubator, Sharjah ARC 501, Prof. Cristiano Luchetti Partners: Alina Sebastian, Rachel George, Samrakshana Suresh The Incubator explores the Work, Live, Play concept through amenities that allow its residents to contribute to the district’s micro-economy. This is done through co-working spaces, public spaces and sports complex. The scheme employs the “Eyes on the Street” concept in order to provide maximum views and supervision. It provides a prefabricated structural system for mixed-demography residential units by combining luxurious and affordable units.

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RASHID ALSUWAIDI Urban Revitalization of Al-Nasserya Central, Sharjah ARC 501, Prof. Cristiano Luchetti Partners: Mariama M. M. Kah, Mohammad Samara The series of interventions take place in the central core area of Al-Nassery, in Sharjah. These have commercial, residential and leisure activities components. All three interventions aim to revitalize the urban fabric and create a new Core for the heart of Al-Nasserya. Ultimately, the project aims to create the ideal living conditions to a dense urban fabric area of Sharjah.

Urban Park Aerial Render

Communal Zone

Urban Village Entrance Render

Biophilic Alleyways

Souq Al Nasserya Friday Market Render

Sky Bridge

SKY-Bridges, New York ARC 402, Prof. Roberto Castillo Partner: Rim Drak Sibai Allocated in the concrete jungle of New York, the Proposal ‘Sky-Bridges’ is a scheme for a new housing typology. The project’s main concept is the integration of clusters as design elements interconnected by bridges. These create gathering and public pockets as ‘lungs’ inbetween the high-rise. The biophilic quality which is introduced uses sustainable materials and it integrates the trellises with vegetation which is given back to the residents of the project.

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REWAN SHAABAN Muwaileh Research Library, Sharjah ARC 301, Prof. Matthew A.Trimble The project seeks to serve as an inviting public library in a mixed used residential area for all age groups. The library acts as a central space for social gatherings, while still being a vital place for learning. The main central space of the project accommodates study areas, spaces for bookshelves ad computer working spaces. Other functions like the cafĂŠ is located at the ground floor level and the administration offices are located at the ends of the project.

Section Perspective

Physical Study Model

Aerial View

Al Khan Mosque ARC 302, Prof. Maria Isabel Oliver The form is a combination of one of the aspects of the Holy Quran. It emphasizes that everything alive is made of water and God is with us wherever we are. So, the word God in Arabic is expressed along the faĂ§ade and is stretched along the mosque. Whereas, the curvature of the mosque is inspired by the wave formation and how it can create a sense of enclosure. The skin of the mosque is made of twisted louvres to allow privacy of the interior spaces.

Interior Perspective

Exterior Perspective

Interior Perspective

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RIM DRAK SIBAI Arada Pavilion, Sharjah ARC 401, Prof. Jason Carlow The project seeks to miniaturize a typical wind tower into a thin extruded, square tube proﬁle. Tubes are bundled together into a canopy to facilitate the flow of air to the area below and to provide shading. Mechanical connections between the tubes and tensile cables that run through the overall roof structure provide compressive and tensile support for the rooftop. The project investigates the use of reﬂective, and translucent coatings on the tubes to visually dematerialize the project mass.

Pavilion Proposal 1

Women’s Center

Urban Revitalization of Al Nasserya, Sharjah ARC 501, Prof. Cristiano Luchetti Partners: Shaden Al Kalouti, Ibrahim Khamis The proposal seeks to solve site specific problems such as overcrowded housing, lack of public spaces and pedestrian sidewalks etc. The scheme consists of a short-term accommodation center and the community center that serve as anchors attracting people into the site. The rest of the site consists of a series of buildings that are arranged around open space, which are connected by sikkas. The first half of the site consists of affordable housing, while the second half includes civic related functions.

Pavilion Proposal 2

Youth Center

Public Space

Pavilion Proposal 3

Nursery

Housing Unit

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SAAGARIKA ATLANTA DIAS Vernon East, New York ARC 402, Prof. Roberto Castillo Partner: Samrakshana Suresh Vernon East is an afforable housing proposal situated in New York City. It uses timber construction to Vernon East which is a high-density, transit-oriented development that programmatically includes affordable housing, education and wellness centres. The major concept of the project is to bring inland water through the landscape. Additionally, a bridge system is implemented through the project for continuous circulation. The project utilizes a timber and concrete construction to create varying levels of public and private zones.

Plan and Section

Education Interior View

Tectonic Tangrams, UAE ARC 501, Prof. George Katodrytis Tectonic Tangrams is an architectural proposal situated in the Sabkha salt flats, in Abu Dhabi. The remote proposal mediates between environment and inhabitation through performative pieces of architecture that respond to climatic changes. These are manifested through variations of the humidity level of salt. The concept is initiated through tangram puzzles that unravel from a closed three-dimensional object to a multifaceted geometry. The spaces are then repeated to create a project that acts like a huge billboard of information derived from the physical and chemical variations of the landscape.

Axonometric Drawing

Bridge View

Exterior Tangram Render

Aerial Plaza View

Viewing Deck Render

Interior Render

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SABA BESISO Telluric Mosque ARC 302, Prof. Faysal Tabbarah This mosque is a consequence of material studies that aim to study the phenomenological aspects of material to construct space. The studies done relate to using a series of tools and actions to deform a solid mass to eventually create space and texture. 3D scanning tools are deployed to eventually digitise analogue information and combine the different characteristics to create varying textural and spatial experiences.

Telluric Mosque Axonometric

Urban Bridge, Sharjah ARC 501, Prof. Cristiano Luchetti Partner: Navaz Pirbabaie This intervention acts as a major anchor point at the periphery of the Al Nasserya neighbourhood and is a connection to Maysaloon in Sharjah. This is done through a pedestrian pathway as well as an elevated infrastructure that aims to overcome the obstacles of a vehicular road. It is a mixed-use project, including residential, commercial, and governmental functions that for a visa center, professional development center, offices and counselling services.

Urban Bridge Aerial Render

Telluric Mosque Section

Telluric Mosque Interior Render

Urban Bridge Site Plan

Urban Bridge Ground Floor Plan

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SAMRAKSHANA SURESH Olusosun Landfill Stadium, Lagos ARC 401, Prof. George Newlands Partner: Alina Rose Sebastian Located in a dense urban context of the landfill site of Olusosun in Lagos, the project explores the multi-purpose nature of the stadius. This superstructure is to be used throughout the year and it synthesizes the processes of waste management, agricultural production as well as providing education to the local community. The stadium is envisioned as an anchor for the various functions that would serve both international visitors during match days as well as the community.

Agricultural Farm

Aerial View

Stadium Exterior View

Prayer Space

Spatial Construct ARC 302, Prof. Cristiano Luchetti Located in Al Taawun, Sharjah the spatial construct explores the significance of religious spaces in binding the community in contemporary contexts. The project draws a parallel between a religious reference of mountains which serve as anchors. The components of a Mosque which are the Sahn, Riwaq and Prayer Hall are interpreted in an interconnected manner while respecting the need for privacy.

Amphitheatre Space

Courtyard Space

Groun Plan

Courtyard View

Section

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SHADEN TALAL AL KALOUTI Spacial Construct ARC 302, Prof. Faysal Tabbarah The program attempts to provide an urban daily mosque in Al Khan, Sharjah. It seeks to enhance the urban life in the area and create an authentic spiritual experience. The design of the project was approached through a series of form studies, which were then translated to architectural spaces.

Concrete Model

Housing Units 1

Courtyard Render

Housing Units 2

Interior Render

Community Center

Urban Revitalization of Al Nasserya ARC 501, Prof Cristiano Luchetti Partners: Ibrahim Khamis, Rim Sibai The proposal seeks to solve specific problems related to the north-eastern district of the site such as, overcrowded housing, lack of public spaces, and the lack of pedestrian sidewalks and bike lanes, etc. The scheme consists of 3 projects, 2 of which are the short-term accommodation center and the community center. Both serve as anchors that bring people into the site.

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SHAMSA ALMAEENI Timber in the City, New York ARC 402, Prof. George Newlands Partner: Laura AlDhahi Re-imagining a vacant waterfront site in Queens, New York, as a vibrant model of healthy, biophilic living for the future of the city. Embracing new structural and a mid-rise building, having affordable housing, a large community wellness facility and an early childhood education center. Wood technologies and innovative models of sustainable urban living is the main aim behind the design.

Exterior 1

Gen Landscape

Exterior 2

Exterior Render

Exterior 3

Exterior Render

Alternative Narratives Eco-system: Earth, water and air ARC 501, Prof. George Katodrytis This project breaks a new ground in addressing the natural landscape of the UAE. It is a a system of poles and pixels as a new formation and a way to protect the landscape but also form a tectonic architecture. The emerging 3-dimensional volume forms a new destination to inhabit the desert. The growth of salt crystals is incorporated in the construction and materiality of the project. Both nature and architecture co-exist in a new formation and in a new sustainable balance.

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SHAYMA BEN BRAHIM Linked Hybrid ARC402, Prof.Igor Peraza Partner: Ibrahim Khamis Art therapy center that links an old train station that is rehabilitated and new activity spaces in Barcelona. The activities offered include all different age groups. The center is a hybrid between old and new contexts. The materials used are indigenous to the place. The overall project weaves into the contextual grid to create the perfect attraction.

Wall Detail Section

Diagram

Birds Eye View

Exterior Render

Plan 1

Exterior Render

Interior Render

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Interior Render

Floating Mosque ARC302, Prof.Faysal Tabbarah The Floating Mosque offers multiple modern potentials that maintain the guidelines of a mosque that segregates both genders. It also includes a space for gathering and for kids activities amongst floating porous structure. This is elevated to create a distinction from the holy activity of prayer. The openness of the design allows optimum scenery views of the lake and vegetation.

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SHEREEN KHAFAGY Lagos Micro-Village Stadium, Lagos ARC 401, Prof. George Newlands Partner: Laian Abussaud Lagos Micro village Stadium explores an inclusive self-sufficient and income generating land on the largest landfill in Africa: Olusosun landfill. The project attempts to create a multifunctional stadium through layering vital programs on the stadium structure and encompasses its definite boundary. Program includes markets, housing, educational facilities and an aquaculture system of production, storage and distribution unit is integrated to emphasize the fishing industry in Nigeria. Sacred Space ARC 302, Prof. Faysal Tabbarah

Roof Digital Models Progress Iterations

Exterior Render

Initiated by a series of material tests analysing the organic structure and form of a Palm Leaf, this project explores the possibility of an organic form integration with concrete to create a spatial construct. Material tests using palm leaves and plaster generate and inspire the design of architectural elements. Digital design tools such as Maya, Recap and Rhino are used to simulate physical models. The program includes two prayer halls, administrative spaces and muezzin residence.

Floor Plan

Aerial View

Physical Model, Palm Leaves and Plaster

Physical Model

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JACE FERNANDES HAYAT ALMOUSA MOHAMMAD ASLAM AHMED NOEMAN AYA HANY AMNA ALHASHIMI AISHA AL SAHLAWI FATMA OUALHA SARA MOHAMED MARIAM JACOB NADA KHALAF FARAH AHMED HUDAA ROSHAN

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Hortus Conclusus at Night-time

Square Root ARC 501, Prof. George Newlands The landscape design of the courtyard space at the NW corner of CAAD, started by using some of the ideas presented in Stan Allen’s essay on «Field Conditions». During the Fall semester, students designed a structure for a space to work, respite and research. Its concept is based on hortus conclusus “enclosed garden”.

Study Space

Edge of Field Condition and Built Structure

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Physical Model

Plan

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LAIAN ABUSSAUD HABIBAH SALMAN SHAMSA ALMAEENI MENNA HAMDY AISHA AL SAHLAWI AMNA ALHASHIMI FATMA OUALHA SARA MOHAMED SHAYMA BEN BRAHIM LAMYA ALQASSIMI Planters

Landscape Plan

Structure Exploded Axon

Rendered View

Rendered Plan

Physical Model View

Physical Model Top

Gharza ARC 502, Professor George Newlands Building on the previous semester, the project seeks to bring the desert context back into the AUS campus landscape. GHARZAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s concept refers to stitching a grove of trees onto a desert-representing canvas, which achieves a cohesion between desert and vegetation. The elements of the project from planters, seating, ground plane, and the grove all together work to challenge the conventional notion of architecture and space.

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DANIA DARRA MOHAMMAD SAMARA Tamazoj Mentor: Juan Roldan Competition Organizer and Financial Sponsor: Abu Dhabi Art Contractor and Consultant: Projex Photographer: Ales Vyslouzil Secondary Client: Ataya Exhibition Secondary Financial Sponsor: UAE Red Crescent Comissioning Authority: H.H. Sheikha Shamsa bint Hamdan Al Nahyan â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tamazojâ&#x20AC;? is an Arabic word meaning to homogenously blend or co-exist in harmony. By allowing bags of nature to disrupt the orthogonality of human space, the pavilion makes a statement to a new future of co-existing with nature while creating a unique space for visitors to experience. It was built as the winning design at the annual Abu Dhabi Art exhibition, then repurposed a second time as the entrance to the Ataya exhibition curated by H.H. Sheikha Shamsa bint Hamdan Al Nahyan.

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Aisha Noureen Alyaa Alshaer Asheah Khan Dana Tamimi Farah Abubaker Fatemeh Shafiei Habeba Aly Lamya Said Layal Noubani Mariam Aljuwaied Niyousha Manouchehri Rajwa Taifour Rasmieh Saad Sana Fathima Design Build

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AISHA NOUREEN Faceting and Patterned Lamp ARC 233, Prof. Marcus Farr The diagonal, spiralling nature of the faceted surface, forming the lamp, is inspired from a type of cauliflower, Romanesco, which is composed of smaller buds arranged in logarithmic spiral. The sharp folding of diagonal hexagon shapes across the paper achieves this spiralling effect, hence creating strong shade and shadow within the folds. The varying size of perforations extracted from a tree trunk texture enhance the diagonal nature of its pattern.

Exhibition Area

Concatentation-Warehouse IDE 301, Prof. Maria Oliver The existing horizontal and vertical beams in Warehouse 61 in Al Serkal is reflected and transformed into a system of grid, using the extension of the module created from the S33 Chair, by Mart Stam, which act as platforms for exhibiting sculptures and as book containers. Moreover, the overlapping of the metal tubes above the modules composed of plastic surface and metal tubes creates varying depths at the ceiling.

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Material Palette and Axonometric Drawing

Growth of 533 Chair

Pattern Exploration and Base Assembly

Concept Sketch

Chair Module

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ALYAA ALSHAER ONO Sushi Restaurant, Mirdif IDE 302, Prof. Juan Roldan The design of this pop-up restaurant exhibits the merging of two different backgrounds; the Japanese and Emirati cultures. With the inspiration of Ishigamiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s floating table and the Japanese shoji screen, the project explores three illuminated floating volumes that create different zones. The modern shoji volumes enrich the space by creating diffused light and patterns of shadows; the usage of light as a material establishes a contrast between the light and the darkness.

Seating Area Under Volume

Artist in Residence, SAF IDE 202, Prof. Juan Roldan The artist chosen, Dan Flavin, is a minimalist artist famous for creating sculptural objects and installations from fluorescent light fixtures. After research on the artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s working process, the adaptations of the elements in space focused on materiality and layering as the division of volumes creates an open space with different functions. The exhibition spaces are made out of glass with curtains that can be open when working and closed when the gallery starts.

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View of Floating Volumes

Space in Volume

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ASHEAH KHAN Komorebi Sushi Restaurant IDE 302, Prof. Juan Roldan The aim of the project was to design a Japanese Restaurant for Michelin Star, Chef Jiro. The design takes inspiration from the Japanese word Komorebi, which means light filtered through trees. The intention is to create a space that gives an ambience of a forest with the pay of light through tree shaped perforations. The VIP area is an inverse of this idea where the ambience is above the forest.

Entrance

Warehouse 61 IDE 301, Prof.Maria Oliver The aim of the project is to redesign the interiors of a warehouse in Al Serkal Avenue, an art hub that houses a gallery, bookstore, cafe, and offices for meetings. The concept revolved around creating a sculpture that sculpts space according to function. The space is created with a sculpture made of corian that wraps and folds itself around the warehouse container.

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Restaurant

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Exploded Axonometric

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DANA TAMIMI Kozue Sushi Restaurant IDE 302, Prof. Juan Roldan Kozue is a sushi restaurant located famous Japanese Chef Jiro’s dishes to the Middle East. It translates the merge between two cultures in its rhythmic wooden structure that resembles the motion of desert dunes. The material choice also comes from the Japanese forests that stand tall in presence, and bring the japanese traditional materials into place.

Kozue, Cross Sections

“Marathon”: Furniture Piece ARC 237, Prof. Daniel Chavez Marathon is a multifunctional furniture piece with a character. It explores the movement of the human body during marathon. It captures the steps of marathon in its orientation. When oriented horizontally, it embodies the running phase, and when in vertical position, it’s at rest. This also serves its functionality as it’s designed to be a working bed table in horizontal position, and a bed-side table in vertical position.

Furniture Piece as Bed Table

Kouze, Mezzanine Seating

Kozue, Ground Seating

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Furniture Piece as Night Stand

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FARAH ABUBAKER Japanese Restaurant: Orikata IDE 302, Prof. Juan Roldan Design for a 400 m2 Japanese restaurant in Mirdif City Center, Dubai, UAE. Orikata means the folding of paper. The concept is about the unfolding of the origami and the symmetrical pattern it creates once unfolded. The concept was used to create the traditional origami shapes using the traditional washi paper. It is presented in the ceiling piece and the facades. The projectâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s programme includes a bar, dining space, sushi counter, VIP area, administration areas, full kitchen, and changing rooms.

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Mezzanine Floor Plan

Rendering-Entrance

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FATEMEH SHAFIEI Origami Warehouse IDE 301, Prof. Marisa Oliver The aim of the project is to redesign the warehouse 61 in Al-Serkal Avenue in Dubai. The Origami warehouseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s design is inspired by Japanese origami style of folding papers. The primary sculptural Origami piece in middle of the warehouse is series of folded wooden planes that emphasizes the idea of origami. This piece aids in creating spaces of varying heights, and compliments the functional spaces such as gallery, seating space and the pop-up store.

Origami Gallery

Yugoshi Bar Counter

Yugoshi Restaurant IDE 302, Prof. Juan Roldan Yugoshi is a Japanese restaurant in MCC, Dubai. Yugo means fusion, which is emphasized in the the design of the japanese traditional floor seating arrangement of tatami seating booths with modern interior. The primary design element of this restaurant are the acrylic sheets that define the space and create circulation, seating booths, VIP mezzanine floor,and the bar counter. These acrylic sheets create privacy developed by transparency and translucency. Yugoshi is illuminated by hidden linear lightings under the acrylic sheets.

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Yugoshi Seating Booth

Origami Multifunctional Space

Yugoshi Plan

Yugoshi Mezzanine Floor Plan

Yugoshi material plan

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HABEBA ALY Kimono Restaurant IDE 302, Prof. Juan Roldan The project brief was to design a new branch for Jiroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Japanese restaurant which is originally located in Japan to be opened in Dubai. My design intent was based on the kimono deconstruction and reinforcing this deconstruction in an abstract form through ink paintings representing layering, heaviness/ density and gradual/slow. The above mentioned are all an abstract representation of a kimono deconstruction.

Kimono Deconstruction Sushi Bar

Kimono Deconstruction Stairs

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Kimono Deconstruction Interior

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LAMYA SAID Multifunctional furniture IDE 434, Prof. Jason Carlow This is a multifunctional piece with a continuous metal frame that helps serve different functions. This piece of design is a combination of seat, sideboard and storage unit. The piece is of three main materials: aluminium metal frame, tempered glass for the table top, wooden drawers and seat.

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Logo

Entrance

Dining Render 1

Dining Render 2

Blaze Restaurant IDE 302, Prof. Juan Roldan Blaze is a Japanese restaurant, inspired by Setsuggeka restaurant in Shanghai. The main concept is the contrast between fire and water out of the five universal elements in Japanese Buddhism. Two hues dominate the essence of the restaurant by using vivid blue and red LED lights in the interior.

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LAYAL NOUBANI Monozukuri IDE 302, Prof. Juan Roldan

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Sushi Counter FF PLan

Monozukuri is a Japanese restaurant which is located in the United Arab Emirates, Dubai, Mirdif City Centre. Monozukuri translates to â&#x20AC;&#x153;make up things.â&#x20AC;? The project is inspired by the infinity room installation by the famous Japanese artist Yayo Kusama. A black mirror finish is used extensively in the dining space, giving the sense of an infinite atmosphere. Also, treating the circular spaces as ovals with different heights creates different hierarchies within the space.

Section

Warehouse 61 IDE 301, Prof. Maria Oliver The project is located in Al Quoz, Dubai. The warehouse takes inspiration from the famous Spanish architect and designer Patricia Urquiola, specifically her shimmer collection. Color, lights and shadows are the main elements for space-making in this project. Sliding full-height color panels create the main circulations in the interior space and the stair, which is the vertical element of transitional between the ground floor and the mezzanine.

Floor Plan

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MARIAM ALJUWAIED Warehouse 61 IDE 301, Prof. Maria Oliver The project is developed by the use of a planar system, which is derived from the existing site of warehouse 61 in Al Serkal Avenue. The site is perceived as two planes that fold and mirror to encase a dual space. The duality is further echoed through the relationship between two materials (polycarbonate and fiber-reinforced plastic) to explore transparency and folding within the space.

Sectional Sketch

Gohan IDE 302, Prof. Juan Roldan The design of the restaurant explores the characteristics of traditional Japanese theatre (Kabuki), such as playing around with illusions and the contrast between light and dark. The process of fooling the eye starts by avoiding orthogonality and is heightened by using highly polished materials to create reflections and illusions. The main feature of the project is the sushi counter, which alludes to the theater stage, where the art of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sushiâ&#x20AC;? is performed.

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NIYOUSHA MANOUCHEHRI Modern Free-standing Furniture IDE 434, Prof. Jason Carlow The project is a free-standing multifunctional piece that serves functions such as seat, sideboard, and storage unit, designed to enhance efficiency in the utilization of the space. The furniture is a system of metal frames together with wooden drawer and seat covered with upholstery.

Interior Render

Oishii Restaurant IDE 302, Prof. Juan Roldan The design of the restaurant explores the traditional Japanese partitions as space dividers. This project emphasizes the feeling people experience by touching and moving through the light aluminium chains, which is the main element of the restaurantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s design, creating private and public spaces through the density of these chains. The color scheme of the restaurant is mainly monochromatic with dim lighting. The sushi bar pops out acting as a light box.

Free Standing Furniture

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RAJWA TAIFOUR Modern Valet Stand IDE 434, Prof. Jason Carlow A self-standing piece that serves functions from all four sides to enhance efficiency in the utilization of the space. It features a metal frame with wood drawers and textile upholstery. The piece is a combination of seat, sideboard, and storage unit.

Nama Resturant IDE 302, Prof. Juan Roldan Nama is a sushi restaurant inspired by Teshima Art Museum in Japan. The intention in this project was to shed light on a memorable experience through the creation of subtracted voids that work on intensifying light in particular spaces depending on the functions.

Modern Valet Stand

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Nama Resturant

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RASMIEH SAAD Faceting & Folding ARC 233, Prof. Marcus Farr This project was based off of a distinctive technique, the image sampler. A folded element was created with hard construction paper, and preforated using the image sampler technique. These preforations where implemented to emphasize different lighting conditions. Some areas were denser than others and that enabled a variety of light quality through filtration.

Front View Lamp

Side View Lamp

Chair Diagrams

Warehouse 61 IDE 301, Prof, Maria Oliver Warehouse 61 was a project solely derived and inspired by a piece of furniture, the Panton Chair. The approach to this project was through the usage of the chairâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s form to create repetition and a pattern. Those modules were transformed into a piece that contained many functions, including a gallery, a cafe, pop-up spaces and an office. The elasticity of the piece helped in the formation of it, therefore no attachment methods were required.

Modules

Zoomed In Picture 1.0

Zoomed In Picture 2.0

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Plan

Axon

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SANA SANA FATHIMA FATHIMA 1. Warehouse Warehouse6161 IDE 301, Prof.Prof. Maria Oliver IDE 301, Maria Oliver The projectâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s aim is to house an The exhibition projectâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s aim is toan house anspace, space, office exhibition space, an office cafe and bookstore in a space, warehouse cafein and bookstore in a Dubai. ware- This Alserkal Avenue, house in AlserkalinAvenue, Dubai. materializes the project through This the materializes inathe project concept of volume within a through theThe concept of aids a volume volume. concept in creating within a volume. The heights conceptand aids spaces of varying in creating spaces of varying spatial quality that complement heights and spatialaspect qualityofthat the functional the space. complement functional aspect Materialsthe used are primarily light of the space. are steel and dark Materials ash wood,used stainless primarily light and dark ash and frosted glass. wood, stainless steel and frosted glass.

Entrance

Reception Area

VIP Area

OritatamiSushi SushiRestaurant Restaurant 2. Oritatami IDE 302, Roldan IDE 302, Prof.Prof. JuanJuan Roldan Oritatami is a Sushi restaurant Oritatami is a sushi restaurant situated in MCC, Dubai. name situated in MCC, Dubai. TheThe name Oritatami symbolizes folding Oritatami symbolizes the the folding action employed in sushi the Sushi action employed in the making process. primary making process. The The primary feature of project the project feature of the is anis an origami structure flows origami structure thatthat flows throughout the space in the form throughout the space in the form a wall a light installation. of a of wall and and a light installation. project further explores The The project further explores restaurant seating which resulted restaurant seating which resulted in the design of a chair family in the design of a chair family explores furniture making thatthat explores furniture making without the of usehardware. of hardware. without the use

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Pop-up Exhibition Space

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Chair Assembly Detail

Chair Family

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AISHA NOUREEN ALYAA ALSHAER ALIA HUSSAIN ASHEAH KHAN DANA TAMIMI FARAH ABUBAKER FATEMEH SHAFIEI HABEBA ALY INES HADDAD LAMYA SAID LAYAL NOUBANI MARIAM ALJUWAIED NIYOUSHA MANOUCHEHRI RAJWA TAIFOUR RASMIED SAAD SANA FATHIMA

Plastic Material

Mobi-Lab IDE 401, Prof. Daniel Chavez This project explores the idea of a mobile plastic recycling lab. It is done in collaboration with NYU-AD and comprises of three units : living, lab and storage.Our primary area of focus in this project was the living unit, which is designed to accomadate two people on the road. The unit is designed to stimulate a camping experience and is primarily powered by solar panels.

Interior View, Built Prototype Shredded Plastic

Plastic Recycling Study

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Structure Drawing

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ANAS MOHSEN SALIEM ALHAJIRI The New AlSatwa Masterplan UPL682, Prof. Khalid Alawadi and Prof. Rafael Pizarro The project revitalizes Al Satwa based on its socio-cultural heritage while reflecting current Dubai real estate development practices. It responds to the economic conditions in the vicinity of Sheikh Zayed Road and the Filipino neighborhood around Manila Street. It offers a variety of housing types as well as commercial, recreational, and institutional areas organized along a central landscaped multi-use boulevard.

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BAYAN ALOTAIBI RAGHAS ALANSAARI RAHAF KHADER The Al Satwa Revival UPL682, Prof. Khalid Alawadi and Prof. Rafael Pizarro The project is a mixed-use residential neighborhood integrated into a revitalized older multi-cultural section of Al Satwa. This new Dubai urban district offers social, cultural, and recreational amenities attracting city-wide visitors while enhancing land values in the area. The street layout of the new neighborhood breaks with the urbanistic context to better respond to solar orientation providing shaded streets in the neighborhood core.

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HAMDA LOOTAH MARIAM ABDALLA Al Satwa Socially Sustainable Neighborhood UPL682, Prof. Khalid Alawadi and Prof. Rafael Pizarro The project is a low to mid-density mixed-use neighborhood offering a variety of housing types and socio-cultural and recreational amenities to residents and visitors. Structured along a linear park connecting Sheikh Sayed Road and the older parts of the community, the development offers its residents the advantages of a quiet residential neighborhood within walking proximity to the vibrant urban environment of Dubaiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sheikh Zayed Road.

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RAGHAD ALMASHHOUR Revival of a Community UPL682, Prof. Khalid Alawadi and Prof. Rafael Pizarro The project creates a new vibrant multi-cultural cosmopolitan Dubai urban district integrating the older Al Satwa Filipino, Indian, Pakistani, and Emirati communities. Housing developments along a mixed-use boulevard, catering to a broad range of tenure and economic social groups, aim to attract locals and expats to take advantage of the districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proximity to Sheikh Zayed Road.

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Aishah Siddiqi Aman Sandhu Daniella Fernandes Eiman Mohammad Hagir Suliman Heba Jaleel Khaled Al Shaer Malak Ghunaim Mariam Huwair Alzarooni Meera Abou Hamze Noor El Ghosin Trisha Saxena Afra AlFalasi Lamya Al Nimer Rahaf Ghanayem Stephanie Mouwad Zeina Yasser

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AISHAH SIDDIQI Travel Postcards DES 230, Prof. Riem Ibrahim Liberated from detail, these mock-ups expose the ways that the Emirates could be experienced from the palm of our hands or through a screen. The digital artwork encompasses the simplified abstractions of shape and colour. Using distinctive landmarks and a unique colour palette we are able to view the true cultural side of the country.

Postcard Collection

Communication & Storytelling DES 374, Prof. Ahmad Saqfalhait This work investigates relationships between visual language and layout, communicating the importance of the use of sustainable material while successfully determining the suitable typefaces and ensuring hierarchy. This body of work is a product of laser cutting technology which allows the precision of craft. Prior stages included experimentation through manually cut prototypes, hand-drawn sketches and testing of suitable package designs, which was an essential phase of the process.

Package & Bottle

Dubai Postcard

Desert of Ras Al Khaimah

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Uses of Pecan Oil

Laser Cut Details

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AMAN SANDHU bloo DES 300, Prof. Marina Peres Partners: Aafia Munawar, Noah Franco “bloo” is a solution to a very real problem: The lack of short-distance transport rental services in Dubai. “bloo” is a service that provides innovative bicycles and e-scooters to help with the last leg of travel with the three things in mind: accessibility, sustainability, and cost-efficiency.

Design Tools

Aisle with Vendors

Handwritten Signage

Journey Map

Wheelbarrow Being Stocked

Back Entrance

User Interface

A Stationary Cart

Piles of Onion Bags

Capturing the Essence of a Place DES 360, Prof. Rasha Dakkak The vegetable and fruit market in Al Aweer, Dubai is a vibrant and bustling place. This project is focused on trying to capture the steadily moving and changing environment in six picture that help give the viewer a feel of the space without having ever been to the market.

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DANIELLA FERNANDES Innovation at Wokyo DES 380, Prof. Marina Peres Partner: Trisha Saxena The project identifies innovation at a Japanese restaurant known as Wokyo. Different types of research included frequent visits to the restaurant, interactions with customers and employees, as well as secondary research (website, online reviews and presence on social media platforms). At Wokyo, service and customers’ experiences are very unique, both in terms of physical space and human interaction, enhanced by the culturally relevant decorations, and the friendly ambience.

Value Web

User Journey

Digital Prototype

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Design Project: Benev’lnt DES 300, Prof. Marina Peres Partners: Sara Shafiee, Trisha Saxena “Benev’lnt” is an innovative solution to problems of waste in the clothing and textile industry arising due to fast fashion. Process includes stakeholder mapping, causes diagram, personas, userjourney maps, and digital and physical prototypes. The final outcome is a created service, Benev’lnt, that encourages people to donate their clothes which are then redesigned and sent to victims of natural disasters. Final products include an app and website for the service.

Wokyo Innovation and Strategy

Human Interaction

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EIMAN MOHAMMAD OCCHOLIS DES 475, Prof. Kiran Sajwani Partners: Jumanah Nazzar, Khadija Al Hamad, Salma Allam This project explores the notion of cultural understanding. Through the application of design management tools such as persona maps and service blueprints, the solution develops by means of interactions that take place between different cultural groups. The Gaming Cafe, Occholis, is themed on culture and walks people through various touch points. Including, an originally designed game, an application connecting to cultural events, and a physical cafe space.

Occholis Persona Canvas

Hanna DES 374, Prof. Paula Curran This project develops the design and structure of a group of related packages that allows a consumer to remember Gold Souk in Dubai. Through the use of different materials and tools, a group of simple, elegant yet recyclable packages are created. The brand, Hanna, in Arabic means happiness and bliss. The mission is for customers to remember the beautiful city of Dubai and its rich cultural sights.

Hanna’s open Bakhoor Package

Occholis Gaming Interface

Occholis Cafe’s Prototype

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Hanna’s Bakhoor and Oud Oil Package

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HAGIR SULIMAN Sow DES 300, Prof. Kathryn Best This project is a design driven solution that addresses a problem commonly observed in the region. The design solution guides the user to make informed decisions for gardening. The result is an awareness campaign and smartphone application. It evaluates the usersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; circumstances to provide a customized analysis and a recommended course of action.

Spreads

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Red Rock Rocketeer MUM 311, Prof. Anna Kipervaser This animation explores the events that unfold as an astronaut lands on Mars. The astronaut appears from a morphing gramophone, to be abducted by aliens in a spaceship as he places his flag. The animation portrays his commitment and downfall while finally fulfilling his life-long dream of going to space.

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HEBA JALEEL “Studen-terns” DES 300, Prof. Marina Peres Partner: Mohammed Aashiq The project revolves around finding the right internships, which is a core problem faced by students at the American University of Sharjah. “Studen-terns” is a service for students to gain internship opportunities by providing an interactive platform connecting students, universities, and companies. The final solution includes in-person assistance as well to adapt more to the needs of the users.

Studen-terns Cover

Take Me Off Cover

Value Proposition

Journey Map

Cards

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Website

“Take Me Off” DES 475, Prof. Kiran Sajwani Partners: Aman Sandhu, Bayan Al Masri, Maha Saker “Take Me Off” tackles the issue of people wanting to be less connected in today’s digital age. The final solution is a set of playing cards where the users have to complete challenges at various levels of difficulty. They come in four themes to accommodate the diverse interests of teenagers and young adults. Monthly events, workshops and, websites are a part of the solution to enhance the user experience.

Journey Map

Website

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KHALED AL SHAER Publication for Oyler Wu DES 230, Prof. Paul Bantey The publication was an exercise in pursuing a visual language that enabled the critical introspective present within Oyler Wu Collaborative, an award-winning experimental architecture firm based within Los Angeles, California. The design of the publication followed a monotone color language that allowed the spatial forms to be apparent in their expression. The booklet is seen as an extension to the website and brand philosophy present at the firm.

Cover

Celle Qui Pleure FLM 332, Prof. Zinka Bejtic Partner: Ines Haddad The following experimental film is an attempt to capture persistent effects associated with depression and toxicity around us. The episodes follow the individuals where they go. The conceptual narrative was co-developed with Ines Haddad, who also plays the protagonist in the film. The cinematography is a tribute to the films of Wes Anderson and aims to denote a strong visual compliment to the central music.

Film Still, Introduction

Introduction Page

Spread Detail

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Film Still, Final Act

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MALAK GHUNAIM A Voyage Beyond DES200, Prof. Rita Saad Partner: Rana Abul Faraj “A Voyage Beyond” is a magazine spread that converts the article “Overpopulation solved: Space colonization” by Jovaughn Brown into a visual format. I used paper cut outs and the text from the article with the goal of using a visual medium to make reading through lengthy articles for younger audiences less hectic and more informative.

Magazine Mock-up

Red Lights

Shadow

Overpopulation Spread

Face and Hammer Shot

Falling Balls

Life on Mars Spread

Hands Shot

Face Shot

Veiled FLM100, Prof. Anna Kipervaser Partner: Sarah Al-Mubarak “Veiled“ is a short experimental film that explores three stages that we can go through during an inner emotional conflict. Transcending from “overburdened“ to “emptiness“ and then to the final stage of “numbness“, which are all products of one’s own inner struggles due to our present reality and the stress we experience everyday. In this film we remove the veil of hidden emotions and challenge the stigma surrounding mental health.

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MARIAM ALZAROONI A TRUE LEADER YOU ARE

Type Poster DES 200, Prof. Rita Saad In this project, I explored my typography skills through the design of a poster. We had to use text from a poem of our choice, and I decided to choose “O KHALIFA” by His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. The way that the text in the poster is put together is to reflect on the highlighted words in the poem, the title “O KHALIFA” represents the ruler while he is protecting his people which are the vertical white text.

Loyal hearts that remain eternally faithful

A TRUE LEADER YOU ARE The shield that protects us from ominous days

Loyal hearts that remain eternally faithful

Cups ART 280, Prof. Brian Dougan This project had me explore my creativity and ability as a designer engaged in a design process. It demonstrates an appreciation of handmade work and shows that design utilise many different methods, i.e. through the manual process of making pots.

The shield that protects us from ominous days Poster, A2

A TRUE LEADER YOU ARE

Loyal hearts that remain eternally faithful

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MEERA ABOU HAMZE A Lesson in Drawing DES 200, Prof. Rita Saad

Le créer créer

This poster is developed based on a famous Arabic poem by Nizar Qabani. It is designed to communication a message through the use of 3 different colors, typefaces and compositions. The goal is to create a layout that communicates the message of the poem through combination of letters and words. The wings that are chained resemble the contrast between peace and war. The use of Blue, White, and Red emphasize three different ideas that were dominant in the poem.

Create Createitit

Brand Logo

The User Interface

Le Creér DES 300, Prof. Kathryn Best The project is a design-led solution that explores the gap between design and business. It eases the client’s process of planning an event by providing different options that help them create the event that they desire. The application consists of four different categories. Within every category are options that can give the client a better image of how everything works. The logo and color represents the importance of flowers in events.

A Lesson In Drawing Poster, A2

A Lesson in Drawing

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A Lesson

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Design Manual

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NOOR EL GHOSIN “Safaa” - Normalizing the concept of Mental Health in the U.A.E DES 475, Prof. Kiran Sajwani Partners: Reem Alkhateeb, Noor Eldegwy, Dana Albozom “Safaa” is a program aimed at normalizing the concept of mental health and well-being in the UAE. This project applies a designdriven approach to explore the impact and possible ways of addressing mental health. Our design concept is illustrated by a Service Design Manual which shows our journey from discovery and research to conceptualization and prototyping of our solution.

mind your health

SAFA, Tote Bag

Do You Know Your Kitchen? DES 300, Prof. Kathryn Best “Do You Know Your Kitchen?” is a self-initiated design project where I explore my life-long passion for the kitchen and food. The project explores home kitchen practices and identifies misconceptions people have about preparing, cooking, cleaning, and storing. Further investigation revealed that many of the misunderstandings exist due to traditions and undelivered knowledge. The book shows my research journey towards the final design solution.

Do You Know Your Kitchen?, Poster Series

SAFA, Self Care Packages

SAFA, Sticker

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Data Analysis

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TRISHA SAXENA HELP! ART 241, Prof. Philip Sheil The project is a conceptual self-portrait created using oil paints and a variety of palette knives. The tight cropping, cluttered background, and the modelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pose convey a feeling of being overwhelmed. The painting explores the stress and urgency one experiences as a result of being overworked and having to meet multiple deadlines.

The Right Band Vision Statement

Causes Diagram

Concept Painting

Value Web

Business Model Canvas

Painting Detail

Solution: Product (Mockup)

Solution: System (Student Club)

The Right Band DES 380, Prof. Marina Peres Partners: Daniella Fernandes, Afra Al Falasi The Right Band is a social innovation project addressing the problem of low self-esteem experienced among AUS students. The causes for the problem have been determined using interviews and secondary research, after which a value web has been created to determine the key stake-holders. The final solution involves creating a student club that works as a support system and provides wristbands with positive affirmations.

Painting Detail

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Afra Al Falasi Lamya Al Nimer Rahaf Ghanayem Stephanie Mouawad Zeina Yasser

Logo

Down to Earth DES 475, Prof. Kiran Sajwani Down to Earth is an interactive exhibition which aims to help users build empathetic relationships with Earth through a series of activities and experiences. The goal is to help visitors embrace a more sustainable lifestyle on the long term. The exhibition extends through social media to support users in their journey of adopting sustainability. We developed the idea using design tools and frameworks, such as personas, service blueprint, and prototyping. We hope to implement it in the near future.

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Leo - A Persona for the Service

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Station 1 Mockup

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Station 4 Mockup

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Let’s Play

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Station 3 - Let’s Try

Station 4 - Let’s Change

Exhibition Prototype Close-up

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Alaa Altheraawi Amanda Varghese Aysha Abulfateh Jinan Zughayar Maryam Akbar Mentalla Sayed Nadine Ishtay Shahd Ramahi Raheed Allaf Sarwa Abdul Tala Touckley Yasmin Sd Salama

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ALAA ALTHERAAWI Luna MUM 406, Dr. Zinka Bejtic Luna is a visual novel video game that sheds light on the seemingly insignificant daily struggles of Luna; a student who suffers from Attention Deficit Disorder. The playerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s objective is to simply help her prepare for an important exam while experiencing life from her perspective. The goal of this project is to raise awareness and empathy towards people who struggle with mental disorders.

Luna & Mirror

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Outro 1

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AMANDA VARGHESE Board Game Sequence MUM 331, Prof. Zlatan Filipovic A short title sequence that was modelled after the Hello Kitty board game “Red light, Pink light”; which tested 3D modelling on Maya and storyboarding. This project was heavily influenced by the low poly art style with a hint of the vaporwave aesthetic. Board Game World

SOX MUM 406, Dr. Zinka Bejtic Ever wonder where your other sock ends up after the laundry? In this VR game; as the guardian of SOX you are both tasked the mission of finding his sole - mate. Travel and overcome the various obstacles you both have to overcome in a series of levels set in the whole household.

SOX FamPic

Board Game Scene

Board Game Scene 2

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Pink Sox

Kid Model Outside

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AYSHA ABULFATEH Just a Text MUM 406, Dr. Zinka Bejtic This project is an animated graphic novel that aims to educate and raise awareness about the hidden dangers of social media. The story follows a teenage girl Zoe whose single innocent post becomes the beginning of her worst nightmare. Zoe Leaving Cafe

The Tale of the Moon Maiden VIS 313, Prof. Gökhan Numanoglu The project is a children’s storybook based on an old Chinese folk story. It explores the tale of a hero who saved his people from the heat of ten suns and his wife, who falls a victim of his enemy. The illustrations aim to capture the charm and the warmth of the Chinese folk story.

Front View of Temple

Phone View

Zoe and Teddy Bear

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Hero Shooting Arrow

Title of Book

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JINAN ZUGHAYAR Hollow Lights MUM 406, Dr. Zinka Bejtic This project is a short 3D animated film that delves into abstract visualization of a young adult going through emptiness. The story begins with the main character shedding a tear. Emptiness is a vast realm, and this series pursues to make emptiness more tangible so others can understand what it is they are going through and possibly offer ways on how to deal with it by utilizing symbolisms of hope, faith and optimism.

House

Woman ( Imra2a ) FLM 332, Dr. Zinka Bejtic Partner: Nadine Ishtay This short Arabic experimental film delves into the issues of women rights in Middle Eastern societies and tries to break the stereotypes. This film explores these “norms” by showing three distinctive characters with different roles accompanied by a male narrator who talks about women’s responsibilities and what they are “made” for. As the film progresses, the visuals start becoming more disturbing to align with the agitating narration.

Intro

Plants

Tear

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Character 2

Character 1

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MARYAM AKBAR Ina MUM 406, Dr. Zinka Bejtic “Ina” is a short, 2D-animated film following the endeavors of a stay at home mother. The film shows snippets of daily activities, highlighting the mundane life she lives. The film takes the viewer through the small tasks she takes upon herself to keep her family happy. The term “Ina” was chosen intentionally as it commonly translates to “mother” in the Philippines, but in certain contexts can also be interpreted to mean “a master of a certain trade”.

Ina, Single Frame

The Night Keeper VIS 313, Gökhan Numanoglu The project is an illustrated children’s book following the tale of a young boy, on his quest to purse freedom in the most unconventional of ways. The project is based off a popular Filipino folklore and re-imagined to fit the criteria of a pleasant children’s bedtime story.

The Night Keeper, Publication

Ina, Character Concept Sketch

Ina, Bedroom Background

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Indoor Illustration

Establishing Scenery

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MENTALLA SAYED Essays MUM 406, Dr. Zinka Bejtic A film series that explores the possibilities of an art analysis that goes beyond its traditional form, namely, the written word. It aims to establish a visual style, and a structural scheme, all while exploring different mediums. Each film focuses on an art piece: “Object to be Destroyed” by Man Ray, “Electric Chair” by Andy Warhol, and lastly, “Untitled Anthropometric” by Yves Klein.

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Voyeur Metronome Scene

Voyeur Desert Scene

Voyeur Acting Scene

Massacre Burning Scene

Massacre Rotting Fruit Scene

Massacre Vanitad Scene

Impressions Louvre Scene

Impressions Torso Scene

Impressions Paint Scene

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NADINE ISHTAY SHAHD RAMAHI Keep it between us MUM 406, Dr. Zinka Bejtic â&#x20AC;&#x153;Keep it between usâ&#x20AC;? is a comedic series that shows how our cultural and societal traditions shape us. This series showcases a variety of issues that we face as Arabs, while reflecting the Palestinian/ Jordanian culture. The series is designed to be personable and funny, yet deliver a memorable message to the audience.

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Series Title

Scene Shot

Scene Shot, Mother Character

Scene Shot, Restaurant

Scene Shot, Kid Character

Welcome, Scene Shot

Character Intro

Scene Shot, Mother Character 02

Scene Shot, Restaurant

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Scene Shot, Gym

Scene Shot, Gathering

Scene Shot, Restaurant 02

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Scene Shot, Mothers

Scene Shot, Amman

Scene Shot, Kitchen

Scene Shot, Waiter Character

Split Shot

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RAHEED ALLAF Carousel MUM 406, Dr. Zinka Bejtic This short musical is an autobiographical exploration of ways to overcome inner struggles while on a journey to fulfill a dream. As a performing art form that celebrates escapism, film contrasts ideological notions of the mundane with dreamlike settings. It provides glimpses of magic that dissolve harsh reality as the story unfolds. Producing this film represents an uninhibited endeavor of pursuing my own dream.

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Call to Action Scene

May in Cinema Scene

Call to Action Scene 2

Decision Day Scene

Close Up of Motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Music Box

The Suit Scene

Audition Scene

Breakfast Scene

Audition Scene 2

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SARWA ABDUL FRAMED FLM332, Dr. Zinka Bejtic ”FRAMED” is a short art film that playfully examines the idea of boundaries. It’s a comical portrayal of how one can deal with real, imaginary, or self-imposed limitations. With an accent on the visual framework and the relationships between the image and sound, the project honors video as an art form and renders a unique viewing experience.

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Main Character in Thought

Curiosity of Self

Discovery of Self

Title Card

Curiosity of Others

Discovery of Others

The Spark of an Idea

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TALA TOUCKLEY To Connect (Wasl) MUM406, Dr. Zinka Bejtic This project is an augmented reality book that highlights the importance of the Arabic language, mainly targeting parts of the Arabic language known as homographs and homonyms. Homonyms are words that have two or more meanings but can change according to dialect. Homographs are spelled in the same way, but when the vowels of the word change, the entire meaning of the word becomes completely different. The project exhibits various interpretations of chosen words.

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Designer Tariq AlZaharna

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Designer Pallavi Dean

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Designer Tamer Ismail

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Know Your Designer MUM303, Prof. Becky Beamer This short documentary is an episode of the three-part series that aims to examine the way design impacts the everyday life of the UAEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most innovative designers. The series features established and upcoming designers who share their insight into tricks of the trade and qualities that make them unique and successful. Designers discuss a range of topics covering how they entered the industry, how they approach the creative process, and the future of design in the Arab region.

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YASMIN SD SALAMA Beyond MUM 406, Dr. Zinka Bejtic “Beyond” is a short 2D animatic that tells the story of a boy’s soul that has been reunited in an afterlife with a friend that he lost. This dramatic piece pays homage to the Anime style with an accent on art illustration and conceptual narrative. The narrative follows the main character’s journey through his suppressed memories after he ventures way beyond return.

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Friday’s Night VIS 313, Prof. Gökhan Numanoglu “Friday’s Night” is an illustrated book about a young man who was sent to an asylum by his mother. The story exhibits a dark mood and reveals strange characters through a complex narrative that includes conflict and plot twists leaving the readers to interpret the ending.

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Afra Al Zarooni Ayesha Alyassi Farida Foda Hosna Ebrahimi Hour Mubarak Komal Habib Leen Kahaleh Lina Khaled Mariam Al Hamad Mirna Tanaghou Noora Saffarini Rachan Belal Rayyan Almutawa Reema Abdulghaffar Shruti Nair Yara Hamedallah

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AFRA AL ZAROONI Data Visualization DES 39414, Prof. Frederic Gmeiner Partner: Layan Hashem The purpose of the project is to illustrate data as visual expressions. The data shows the erosion of the Santa Barbara coast in California. There are two components to the visualizationthe relief and the projections. The relief abstracts three aspects of the data; height represents the cliff elevation; mound size is water retention, and texture is amount of rainfall. The projection mapping which layers on top of the visualization, created by my partner, focuses on the causes of the erosion.

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Equity VIS 405, Prof. Paula Curran This project is a conversational piece about gender stereotypes. It consists of a divided scale (male and female) and a collection of discs engraved with adjectives from psychology gender studies. When participants interact with the project, they are encouraged to withdraw a disc and discuss what it represents to the male or female, then sort it accordingly causing a balanced scale.

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AYESHA ALYASSI Lahjtna VIS 242, Prof. Lars Harmsen Lahjtna is a peculiar bilingual brand about various dialects and cultures within the Middle East, especially the United Arab Emirates. Lahjtna addresses modern as well as traditional topics, trends, folklore stories and ideologies that have been passed down through generations. There is a lot of hidden symbolism, satire and irony within the work.

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FARIDA FODA Perfection & Imperfection VIS 405, Prof. Paula Curran The Project explores the idea of perfectionism and the types of diagnoses that exist through a research book as well as 3D printed sculptures. The sculptures are based on three types of perfectionists Self-Oriented, Other-Oriented, and Socially Prescribed. Visualizing an intangible human trait is a difficult process, by using geometric shapes the main characteristics of each type is evident in the sculpture.

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Error as a Design Tool VIS 406, Prof. Hala Al-Ani We live in a digital age; designers have focused their talents on the tools such as Adobe software. In this project a new tool is explored, namely â&#x20AC;&#x153;Errorsâ&#x20AC;?, which comes from the idea of code manipulation through the use of image code. By studying image code manipulations in different formats, a manual was created to encourage designers to engage in this new process that often results in systematic yet random outcomes.

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HOSNA EBRAHIMI Freedom Dress VIS 202, Prof. Lars Harmsen The freedom dress was designed to show how powerful women are in Iran. Persian women are often portrayed in the media as oppressed with no rights. The reality is very different. The front side of the dress shows the word freedom in Iran and the inside layer includes symbols of freedom. The dress is photographed in front of the freedom tower and the crowded bazaar to accentuate the message.

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Tri-cultural Rug VIS 405, Prof. Paula Curran Each culture has its own symbols and meanings. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important for other cultures to understand and respect the symbolism of objects. The tri-cultural rug combines the symbols of three cultures: Iran, China, and North America. The two rugs are counterpoised so that one shows cultural appreciation, where the symbols and rules on the rug of three cultures are followed and respected, while the other shows cultural misappropriation, where the rules are not followed and symbolism is disrespected.

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HOOR ALDUKHAN Hollywood & Female Representation VIS 405, Prof. Paula Curran Cinema is a powerful medium of communication that can represent both the real and the imaginary. Many people venture into the film industry to express their opinions and make their voices heard. This project sheds light on gender inequality on-screen and off-screen in Hollywood, one of the most significant film industry in the world. The project outcome is a game that celebrates women who contributed to the industry.

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90s Childhood Series Dubai Cover

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90â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Childhood Series VIS 331, Prof. Marian Misiak This book series documents childhood in the UAE in the 90s. It features personal photographs, vernacular visuals and interviews about places and festivals that attracted children during that period. The book series is color-coded so that each book represents one of the three emirates; Abu Dhabi, Dubai, and Sharjah.

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KOMAL HABIB Third Culture Kids VIS 405, Prof. Paula Curran Third Culture Kids (TCKs) are people raised in a culture different to that of their parents or guardians. TCKs experience unique social struggles and benefits. They are often very adaptable but also have trouble building long term attachments. In this project, I compiled poetry, articles, and scientific studies of TCKs. The collection is included in a manually produced zine designed to be casual, familiar and informative for TCKs.

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Camouflage VIS 202, Prof. Lars Harmsen In this project, I designed and produced a garment that responded to increasing surveillance in our societies. After researching facial recognition software I developed a scarf with repeating faces that can confuse cameras. The scarf is a symbol of modesty and privacy in the Arab world. Therefore, I felt it was a relevant choice for the rebel character who wears it.

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LEEN KAHALEH Refugeesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Educational Systems VIS 405, Prof. Paula Curran Due to the ongoing conflict in Syria, many Syrians fled the country and sought asylum in other countries like Lebanon, Turkey, and Germany. This project analyzes the process of integrating Syrian students in German schools. It proposes a memory game to help Syrian students overcome the language barrier, expand their German vocabulary while maintaining their cultural identity and language intact.

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LINA KHALED Plus Supplements VIS 302, Prof. Ahmad Saqfalhait This branding project takes place in an alternate dystopian universe where citizens are constantly being monitored and evaluated. In this universe, there is immense pressure to be perfect. I expressed the brand through multiple outputs, including a logo, brand guidelines, business cards, packaging, posters, and infographics. The most distinctive brand collateral is a supplement to help citizens boost their scores and improve their ratings within this universe.

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Honor Killings VIS 405, Prof. Paula Curran This project sheds light on honor killing practices in the Middle East. This common practice is a reflection of our patriarchal societies and misunderstood as an Islamic practice. The project features a few stories of victimsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and includes information that traces its origin and denies any connection to Islam. Criminal case files inspire the design of the book, and it utilizes different types of paper, typefaces, and annotations.

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MARIAM AL HAMAD Arwa - My Island VIS 401, Prof. Gokhan Numanoglu My Island is a project that challenged our existing concept of nations and explores how to give it character. I chose to look into what an Arab country could be if it were more Arab-centric. I explored Arabic typography and culture to develop my islandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s personality. Flag Design

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MIRNA TANAGHOU Architecture in the UAE VIS 331, Prof. Marian Misiak This book series highlights the diversity of architectural styles in the United Arab Emirates. The series features a historical background of prominent architects and emphasizes their contribution to the development of the UAE. I appropriated the Swiss typographic style to reflect on the minimalistic and modern nature of buildings I included in the books.

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Sharjah Guide VIS 301, Prof. Marian Misiak

Sharjah Guide Map

In this project, I designed a family-friendly guide to Sharjah city. The guide utilizes line drawings, a minimal color palette, and a simple typographic layout to make the content accessible and easy to understand. Quote by Jacques Chirac

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NOORA SAFFARINI The Seven Tales VIS 331, Prof. Marian Misiak The seven tales is a book series that examines the cultural tales and stories of the UAE. Each book is dedicated to one emirate and includes several stories which are mostly horror. The typographic experimentation of the cover page visually reflects the genre of the stories in contrast to the inner pages which include a classical typographic treatment of a traditional novel.

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Jalabiya Guide VIS 301, Prof. Marian Misiak This project is a guide to the traditional Emirati woman’s dress “Jalabiya”. The guide is divided into three sections: instructions for how to customize the Jalabiya, how to experience the traditional textile souq in Sharjah, and a stitched map of the souq. The design maintains the aesthetic and traditional patterns of the fabric used for the Jalabiya.

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RACHAN BELAL New Tab VIS 331, Prof. Marian Misiak New Tab is a bilingual magazine that highlights the rapid growth of public transportation systems. The magazine compares different transportation methods developed over the years and how these methods have influenced human development. Bullet 1

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Bullets VIS 202, Prof. Lars Harmsen This project examines how the combination of a random object with a conventional symbol affects peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s perspective and view of the object. In this case, I chose a bullet as my object. Will it turn into a destructive weapon in the viewerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eyes or does it become a tool for empowerment and development?

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RAYYAN ALMUTAWA Dubai Street Style VIS 331, Prof. Marian Misiak Dubai Street Style is a book that features fashion styles of women in Dubai. It highlights how Dubai’s style is different from other regions in the United Arab Emirates. The project uses a monotone color and black type for the book cover. I chose a dark grey to represent Dubai’s night life and skyline.

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REEMA ABDULGHAFFAR Youth Philanthropy VIS 405, Prof. Paula Curran This project explores the concept of design systems and how they can be used to address global issues. The book celebrates the achievements of youth movements while promoting ways of becoming a youth philanthropist. A short film was produced to accompany the book, which combines sound and visual effects to portray the intended message.

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SRUTHI NAIR Endangered Species VIS 405, Prof. Paula Curran Every day, species around the planet are facing extinction or endangerment. Their main threat is human activity (poaching, deforestation, coal mining, etc.) The decline in these animals leads to a disruption in the ecosystem. Using dos-Ă -dos binding, this educational magazine aims to educate the youth about legal and illegal exploitation of endangered animals. It also describes the causes for endangerment and measures we can take to prevent further damage.

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Anonymous VIS 202, Prof. Lars Harmsen In this project I designed a piece of clothing which prevents the wearer from being recognised by facial recognition cameras and software. As facial recognition software relies on recognising key features like the shape of eyes, nose and lips, I projected faces of famous people (world leaders, businessmen, etc.) and changed the color scheme to make the design more distorted. The distorted figures confuse the software, thereby subverting the surveillance.

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YARA HAMEDALLAH Islamic Mosques VIS 331, Prof. Marian Misiak This project evaluates how the design of book covers can be unified through specific visual elements and colours to create a coherent graphic style. The book series describes modern Islamic mosques in the United Arab Emirates. There are three books each covering a different emirate: Sharjah, Dubai, Abu Dhabi.

Islamic Mosques Series

Tawazone VIS 331, Prof. Marian Misiak The magazine project focuses on the relation between typography and photography. It is specifically designed to shed light on some of Dubaiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most influential communities. The magazine covers visionaries from music, podcasts, prints, and clothing. The experimental approach of type, layout, and overlay was directly inspired by the projects showcased within the magazine. The Arabic and English titles were designed with Ali Al Masri in relation to the type treatment and layout of the magazine.

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AIGA: American Institute of Graphic Arts

AIAS: American Institute of Architecture Students

DMC: Design Management Club

IDSA: Interior Design Student Association

CAAD DESIGN PRACTICUM

FACULTY COORDINATORS

Riem Ibrahim / Assistant Professor & Director Aman Sandhu / Editorial Design Jace Fernandes / Visual Identity, Cover Design Khaled Al Shaer / Visual Identity, Cover Design Lina Abdelraouf / Social Media Assets Mariam Jacob / Visual Identity, Cover Design Mariama M.M Kah / Visual Identity & Media Campaign Menatalla Sayed / Visual Identity & Media Campaign Nada Khalaf / Research & Media Campaign Rawan Eladl / Editorial Design Sarra Elomrani / Visual Identity & Media Campaign Tala Shihab / Editorial Design

Anijo Mathew / Head of A+D Department Camilo Cerro / Assistant Professor George Katodrytis / Head of Architecture Department Hala Al-Ani / Assistant Professor Juan Roldan / Assistant Professor Marina Peres / Visiting Assistant Professor Dr. Raphael Pizarro / Associate Professor Dr. Zinka Bejtic / Associate Dean

STUDENT COORDINATORS

Yara Lizbo / Assistant to the Associate Dean Savio Creado / Assistant to the Dean

STAFF COORDINATORS

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Aman Sandhu / DMC President Jace Fernandes / AIAS President Nada Khalaf / AIAS Vice President Noora Saffarini / AIGA Vice President Reema AbdulGhaffar / AIGA President Sana Fathima / IDSA President Sarra Elomrani / AIAS Media Coordinator

This catalog is published in conjunction with the graduation exit show of 2020. Due to the current circumstances of COVID-19, the exhibition of the graduating students is online. Please visit www.caadsixdegrees.com for more content.

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