Low-Rise Residential Portfolio

A r c h i t e c t u r e

portfolio

AMMAR Homsi

2013-2021

Contents

biography low-rise residential Housing Architectural skills

BIO.

Ammar Homsi is an award wining architect of an eco-friendly buildings with an extensive professional and practical experience in luxurious spatial environments with wide use of Canadian commercial and residential buildings.

During his career, Ammar has been involved in the management of various types of projects such as residential, commercial and office buildings with Arabian Gulf large-scale and infrastructure amenities.

Currently, Ammar works in Toronto, Ontario as a senior design technologist at KBK Architects.

e

mail ahomsi.ca@gmail.com mob. +1(905)392-2177

pro. work

low rise residential canadian housing typology

Housing and low-rise residential projects

location

Ontario, Canada

area

1500-8000 sqft

date

2013-2021

role

Senior Architectural Technologist

Diversified practice in Residential projects, varies from - Housing, Townhousing, Triplex, 4plex and Condo apartments.

Projects are consistant with Local Ontario Building Code (OBC) part 3, 9 and 11.

TRANSITIONAL - PIERRE STYLE HOUSE

STILLNESS HOME

ida PLACE

IDA Place was designed to incorporate a variety of sustainable solutions while incorporating the preferences of the client and the factors of the location.

This house is designed to offer panoramic views to the pond and wooded land to the East from all main rooms. All bedrooms, living, kitchen, dining, and entertainment areas have visual access to the pond and swimming pool.

sample working Package

from sketch to reality

arch. skills

RECONSTRUCTION & UPGRADING OLD SLAWA RPS WITH UNDERGROUND RESERVOIR Typology

Offices, parking and Infrastructure amenities complex

Location

Doha, Qatar

Area

600,000 sqft

Date

2015-2017

Role

Project Architect

The project primarily consists of demolishing of existing reservoir and existing pump station presented at old Salwa RPS, construction of new 30 MIG underground water reservoir, car park, new Pumping Station, new control building, new office building, new Kahramaa O&M building, chlorination building, guard houses and other site works such as landscaping, lagoon, pipeworks and associated chambers.

6

Components

design code use

The project located in a dense downtown area in Doha, Qatar, the complex contains multiple use of classification with a challenging criteria on the neighbourhood.

• • • • • • • • •

Office building A - B+G+5 Office building B - B+G+5 30mil. gallon reservoir Switchgear building Chlorination room Pumping station Guard houses Car parking Lagoon

Design code use 1. QCDD Fire and Safety Guidelines Rev. 2015 Volume 1 and GA Annex (Fire Prevention-General Directorate of Civil defence - Ministry of Interior) 2. Life And Fire Safety Code (NFPA 101) 3. KAHRAMAA HSE specifications 4. Building Construction & Safety Code (NFPA 5000) 5. National Fire Alarm and Signalling Code (NFPA 72) 6. Standard for Water Tanks for Private Fire Protection (NFPA 22) 7. BS 5499-4:2013, Safety signs, including fire safety signs - Part 4: Code of practice for escape route signing.

8. BS 5499-10:2014, Safety signs, including fire safety signs - Part 10 Guidance for the selection and use of safety signs and fire safety notices.

Overall view

Street front offices Traditional Qatari style is mandatory for governmental project

Rear side of project

Siteplan