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B. ARCHITECTURE M. URBAN DESIGN

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M. URBAN DESIGN

urban+arch DESIGN PORTFOLIO

Mohammad Sami Al Hasan

B. ARCHITECTURE M. URBAN DESIGN

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DESIGN PORTFOLIO

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reconstituting historic centre of Macau Macau SAR, China

reinventing the linkage

regenerating Bangkok downtown waterfront Bangrak, Bangkok, Thailand

retaining the street

projecting future Sai Ying Pun Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong

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redeifing Lilau Square

sound is the key

residence for blind musecian conceptual site

gateway to the city

multi-modal transportation hub Tongi, Dhaka, Bangladesh

professional works

06 cng gas filling & conversion station renovating residence 07 Dhaka, Bangladesh

Narshingdi, Bangladesh

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urban+arch DESIGN PORTFOLIO

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creating the node

reconstituting the historic centre of Macau Macau has been a unique urban setting with Portuguese settlement and urban fabric mixed with the Chinese culture and living. Over the history began from the 16th C Macau has developed as an Portuguese colonial city, having south European type of urban places like square, plaza consisted with church, cathedral and civic structures. This project's aim was to reassigning roles to some public centres along the 'heritage trail', that they have developed in the history as urban places of Macau

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EXISTING & PROPOSED scenario of LILAU SQUARE

mud projects development of settlement & Lilau square

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late 16th C

late 17th C

late 18th C

late 19th C

mid 20th C

late 20th C

Heritage Trail & Lilau square St. Paul's Senado Square town scale

St. Augustine's Square St. Lawrence's

city scale town scale

Lilau Square

instittutional A Ma Temple

LILAU SQUARE

neighborhood scale 500m

PEAK (+65 m) LILAU SQUARE (+18 m) NEW NEIGHBORHOOD

TOPOGRAPHY HAS BEEN A DOMINATING FACTOR IN URBAN FABRIC & LINKAGE

Site & Surroundings

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STRATEGY

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revealing historical linkage

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MANDARIN HOUSE

Site ISSUES

LILAU SQUARE

ORIGINAL WELL

2 traditions

east-west linkage

conneccting B two traditional architecture CHINESE ARCH. (mandarin house)

LILAU SQUARE PORTUGUESE ARCH.

vacant buildings

traffic conflict role as C artassigning & history knowing centre NEIGHBORHOOD

heritage trail

museum art gallery

distance

NEIGHBORHOOD

art school art souvenir shop

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ART & HISTORY L O C A L CENTRE

TOURIST

NEIGHBORHOOD COURT at museum

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LILAU SQUARE as CONNECTING SQUARE

hotel patio

hotel court PUBLIC PLAZA at ORIGINAL WELL

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residence

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original well city connection

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BOUTIQUE HOTEL

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open space

circulation vehicular

pedestrian

tourist

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commercial

facade & use

multi-use entrance realm

view & route start point

use

modification facade

rest & gather

museum

hotel

gallery,school art shop

visual clue

landmark

hotel patio

Lilau square

museum gatehouse

museum courtyard

terrace graden original well

the PLAZA

steps hotel court

gate house

museum courtyard

chinese steps

entry house

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reinventing the linkage

regenerating the downtown waterfront, Bangrak, Bangkok

Location: Bangrak, Bangkok, Thailand Larger Study Area: 5.54 sq. km Population: 60,485 (2003)

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mud projects

bangkok through time 1920

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1960

2000

200X

urban area

city-river

city-road system

city-infrastructure

city-centre

sprawl direction

HISTORICAL TOWN CENTRE

CHINA TOWN

UNIVERSITY of Chu-La Lumphini PARK

20 min walk walk 30 min

SILO

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Si Phraya RIVER Expressway BTS

MTR

site & surroundings expressway

historic street

river

building & activity canal

PART A : Broader area strategy

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issue: 4 NEGATIVE LINES LINE

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LINE

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historical street

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inter-district

02 LINE

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si phraya, surowong

river front

charoen krung

expressway

linkage from hinterland

less accessible as blocked by large private blocks and no activity other than transit

used as main thoroughfare high speed traffic acts as a divider causing unpleasant environment for pedestrian & shop activities

the space below in first part is used as thoroughfare and rest is negative back side of buildings strong divider of space activity

the area has been segregated into layers lack of coherence in activity and travel the hinterland lacks linkage to the river in both transition of space & land-use

objective: convert into 4 positive lines ARTERY & ACCESS CHINA TOWN

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SOI COMMUNITY

Chao Phraya

Si Phraya

RIVER AS DESTINATION

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Surawong

Chareon Krung STREET AS PLACE

SOI COMMUNITY

intermediate connector and threshold for the inner city core, role as a space to unify and attract for both local and tourist using the historical essence and existing shop houses of historical value

COMMERCIAL

Silom

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INCOME GENERATOR traffic capacitor

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LINKAGE to DEEP Sathon Sathon

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4 lines URBAN STRUCTURE PRESENT PROPOSED

4 lines

LAND USE OF FOCUSED AREA FOR URBAN RENEWAL

PROPOSED ROAD NETWORK

PROPOSED STRUCTURAL PLAN 0

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Commercial Cultural & Entertainment Govt., Institutional & Religious Residential Industrial

Water front development & transit node of River, Canal and Road

Residential development with Environmental improvement

Water front development with water taxi pier

Cultural and entertainment facilities with historical buildings

Continue existing commercial activity and road infra

Water front development and PTI

Existing

Proposed

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concept development PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEM

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PART B : Focused area design

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Thanon Si Phraya

STREET AS A CATALYST

collect & distribute local

soi community new neighborhood major road secondary road

Replacing Junctions with NODES & paths

vibrancy

purpose

Created Junctions and immediate issues

walking distance

strategy

surrounding

concept

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& transit users

205 m junction

node

inventory

neighborhood temple, canal historical street art shop

land use

RESIDENTIAL

COMMERCIAL

GIS

VACANT

& tourist to waterfront

VACANT

development potential

HISTORICAL VACANT

guide & re-orient pedestrian

POTENTIAL for DEVELOPMENT

207 m

china town canal river pier art shops sheraton hotel

REUSE

SI PHRAYA ROAD & SURROUNDS

Religious

Govt. Complex

VACANT

contain local & tourists

BUILDING with MERIT

HOTEL

UNIVERSITY

MTR SOI COMMUNITY

SOI COMMUNITY image credit: google earth

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program social

commercial

sequence node

path

node

path

node

02 path

components plaza overpass bus stop neigh. centre

office shop car parking

club community office

neighborhood shop

tram/bus waiting

cafe convenient shop

commercial centre offices & neighborhood shopping

neighborhood shops houses & community club

transit node district feeder transport

street activity

street market

cultural & civic centre transit node river promenade

shopping cafe hotel carnival spot

street market traditional urban space

civic plaza

river taxi

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retaining the street

PROJECTING FUTURE SAI YING PUN

source: Frank Leeming, Street studies in Hong Kong, 1977

Sai Ying Pun is one of the first settlement in Hong Kong, beginning from the oldest days of it has grown along with the history of Hong Kong's urban development. By time decay as an old settlement SYP bears issues like contrast between old and new pattern of life and neighborhood environment. This project aimed to focus those issues of urban renewal in finding a design process using an available URA development site as a site for design development

the neighborhood court

urban context analysis

mud projects source: mtr website

source: Frank Leeming, Street studies in Hong Kong, 1977

historical significance

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mtr extension

mixed use

topography

block

height

use (ground level)

footprint

age

use (upper level)

block

street

unchanged block & street pattern

built

unbuilt

existing nodes of activity : live

circulation

open space

open space

amenities

amenities

mtr : future pedestrian generator

transportation

future scenario : live

context

03 vibrant streets the traditional street interface with elements like extended balcony, canopy and ground floor shops, has created a fair transition of spaces and interaction as well enriched vibrancy in both formal and activity aspects, providing dialogue between public and private realm, which contributes to responsive urban environment.

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a dialogue between old and new This is about taking a new approach to reinvent street life and streets for neighborhood and city as well.

The contemporary large scale development always ignore the power of street and street interface, and practice of gigantic solid mass with impermeable street-scape is triggering the loss of urban space.

By integrating the existing scale and interface of street with new development program can provide us sustainable and responsive urban places and community life.

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objective

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> enhancing

hospital

existing potential & blockage wet & fresh-food market

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role of centre street & centre street market > providing public &

mtr point

community space > accommodating

future development requirements

reviving adjacent streets

> exploring

mtr opportunities : pedestrian and commercial value mtr connection to create intermediate node mtr station

principles revival & use of existing street

intermediate levels used for retail

the node creates two portion, back part for passive: office front for active: retail

different level

connectivity

providing plaza and court attributing neighborhood

podium roof as residents' community court

2nd street

2nd street

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mtr

strategic plan

concept

tower for achieving high density size & location, in response to climate, view, privacy and orientation to court

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development program based on existing URA program for the site site area :3,536 sqm residents developed program residential: 26,200 sqm retail: 6,832 sqm office: 1,714 sqm

community space office car park

open space: 23% of ground kept open

mtr

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public plaza

content

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community & public realm

residents' courtyard

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neighborhood court

food court

mud projects

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urban design studio 1 N 0

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mud projects

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enhancing the public realm The project aimed to define and create some new spots in Sai Ying Pun old and dense urban context. The way was to use this locality's inherent street life. Major focus was the Center street and Center Market area, which with a long trail of use and activity is the major node and landmark for the locality. We enhanced that node by defining a plaza space at 2nd street corner.

But the most intervention was creating a large and multi-use neighborhood court at the center of site, which is joined by the mtr access point and surrounded by a realm of convenient shop and neighborhood commercials. This can fulfill the need of a interactive open space in this locality.

Community court for the residences of apartments has been created at the podium top, another level of community interaction and activity.

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Design problem The project was to understand the functional aspects of a residential building for its inhabitants. It was a dwelling for a blind person who is musician by his work.

The site was on the sea shore and should house a residence for the blind person who will be able to work and live there alone.

sound is the key

regular sound : rest/sleep less sound : service no sound : music

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blind musician's residence Academic Project | Project Yr.: Level 2, Term 2 (StudioVI), Project Duration: 4 weeks

zoning based on sound

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Concept Sound had a vital role in this particular situation. A blind person's main sense of observation is auditory. He has a sharp sense of sound. Being a musician that man's perception of sound was more pronounced. And when that blind musician was supposed to live on the shore of a sea, a constant source of rhythm, that would definitely have impact on him.

Idea The important link of sound was tried to achieve as the key-factor for understanding different spaces. Different zones as: rest, service and work were distinguished with different intensity of sound from the sea, as like: the zone to rest with direct seaborne sound, the zone to meet and serve with moderate and the zone to 'work with music' with complete isolation.

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images | 7 & 8 sections | 9 A B & C intensity of light, sound and air through spaces.

D different elements used to identify different positions.

E & F orthogonal circulation and spaces.

G the music core as the centre of structural support.

H straight walls at north-south direction and inclined walls at east-west direction.

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recording studio core of music B

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core of music rest

images: | 4 site plan | 5 ground floor plan | 6 first floor plan

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Formal expression While visual disability of the man was considered for functional aspects, his identity as an artist was symbolized in expression of the building. It had inclined walls getting an overall look of expanding phenomena of creative activities.

Concrete was taken as the building material for construction of external and internal walls and as outlook of solidity and grandness of an artist. Openings had been engraved carefully from that solid concrete with consideration for control of light and sound at different areas.

Consideration was for designing an efficient building for an isolated disable man. But at the same time it was tried to symbolize the building with the identity of it's single dweller, not by his disability: his blindness, rather by highlighting that man's ability and work: his identity as a musician.

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images: | 10 sketch of idea for formal expression | 11 views A. west B. north-east C. north-west | 12 sketch for formal perception

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core of music service

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gateway to the city

multimodal transportation terminal

Academic Project | Project Yr.: Level 5, Term 2 (Studio X), Project Duration: 12 weeks

site: Tongi, Dhaka, Bangladesh issue

The center of gravity of downtown activities for Greater Dhaka city is gradually shifting north to Joydevpur and Eastward. The inter-district public transportation for north-east bound districts (Greater Mymensingh) should be restricted at the edge of the greater Metropolitan to avoid more congestion at inner city traffic. Rather an interchange to city bus service will provide the link to the centre of the city.

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TONGI Railway Junction

EASTERN BYPASS-1

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PROPOSED TERMINAL

ZIA International Airport

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north-bound districts narshingdi

tongi rail station

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GABTOLI

tongi bus stand

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Inter-District Bus Terminal (west bound districts)

MOHAKHALI Inter-District Bus Terminal (north bound districts)

KAMALAPUR Inter-CITY Rail-station

abdullahpur bus stand

(central rail station)

ashulia

FULBARIA CIty Bus Terminal (CIty service terminal)

SAYEDABAD Inter-District Bus Terminal (east bound districts)

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SADARGHAT Inter-District River Port (south bound districts)

Dhaka

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residential industrial commercial

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road water

azampur bus stand

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images: | 4 land-use pattern | 5 accessibility | 6 major destination | 7 existing inter-changes | 8 site and surroundings | 9 SPZ plan showing the inner and outer zone coverage

Part II : programme generation

Site Evaluation A set of criteria was developed to evaluate the site depending on the following matrix: Accessibility - Ridership Demand - Modes Served - Proximity to transportation Interchanges - Access from Adjacent Streets - Proximity to Other Major Destinations - Quality of Pedestrian Environment and Access Site Configuration/Issues - Ability to Accommodate Transportation Program - Opportunity for Creation of Important Civic Structure

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Environmental Constraints - Compatibility with Surrounding Land Uses - Impact on/Compatibility with Historic Buildings/Districts - Other Environmental Considerations

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For the project assumed Inner Zone =

SPZ 14

Outer Zone =

SPZ 12

Tongi SPZ 13.2 Uttara/ Airport Eastern Suburbs SPZ 19 RAJUK East SPZ 14.5 Tongi/ Gazipur Fringe SPZ 17.3 Flood zone west

Calculated population in 2016 a) Inner Zone= 8,36,960+2,69,080 b) Outer Zone= 5,55,220+2,68,440+1,60,340+3,68,480 ++ Calculated users +

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SPZ planning (1991-2016) ++ DITS Mid Term Report +

project fact

= 11,33,040 = 13,52,480

Program Outline mode of transport Inter-District bus

routes 16

no of Bus 400 buses

Frequency 25 bus/hour

City service

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200 buses

20 bus/hour

River Taxi service

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40 ferry

4 taxi/hour

termini for north-bound route

Component of the Terminal user 1) Water Bus & Taxi 1,36,789 2) Bus 1,36,789 3) Local Bus 68,394

percentage 40% 40% 20%

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ground level plan

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atrium +12 main main axis

3 inter-district arrival lounge 4 inter-district departure lounge 5 city service

11 taxi point

river-taxi lounge control tower main entrance secondary entrance 10 car park

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12 plaza 13 landscaped area 14 bus parking depot

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through main atrium 7 5

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CITY BUS

TO DHAKA

SHERPUR

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The formal expression was reflecting the building's function of mobility. Large spanned trusses and curved roof was the visual impression of man's development of technologies. It also gave the impression of urban morphology for the newcomers coming from countryside.

Access Different overpass and underpass was placed to act as intake points for the pedestrians. Also provision for easy access of cab and private vehicles were made.

All services under one roof can ensure fluent and efficient circulation for the vehicles of different modes and their users. The terminal would act as an important interchange hub for the transportation arteries at the edge of the city, while marking the access point to the metropolis

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05 truss system

A structural system was needed to develop, which would cover a large span of 135' with extension of about 72' on each side. Curved bonesection were used as members to develop a three-dimensional and composite truss system to covered the required space- volume of 134' by 75' .

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the truss system contains the space volume of the main atrium space

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p professional works

p 06 PROF

cng filling station & conversion workshop land

7012 sft

Supporting the demand of the new stream of fuel, that the country has adopted in recent years, many CNG (converted natural gas) stations have been installed in and around Dhaka city. A set of new rule, guidelines and different criteria for this service complex fixed a different type of conception and ideas rather than previous feeling stations.

Being a totally technical and highly hazardous building type, perfection and efficiency was the first criterion.

This feeling station is a part of the CNG service complex comprising a conversion workshop and feeling station and passengers' shop. The conversion part on the left portion of the complex had the control office, workshop and storage. While the right portion comprises with the compressor machine room, storage cascade, cash counter and shop, office for the administrative purposes and toilet for passengers.

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