Sufian, Alaa by Architecture@LJMU

ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO 2021 ALAA SUFIAN

ABout Me Contact

Alaasufian@hotmail.com

+4407722729224

30 May 1998 From a very young age, I had aspirations of becoming an Architect. My background is my pride as a female architect. Mixing cultures is a passion that keeps growing within me, creativity and efficiency resemble me as well as the continuous growth. Learning is very important to me and I believe one should never stop learning as I am eager to grow more and more by learning in my architect field. I believe Architecture should not consist of boxes that are systematically divided into rooms, but a creation of its environment, purpose and functions which I aspire to become a symbol of in the empowerment to Architecture.

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Travel Sketching Photography Swimming Reading Football Learning Acting

Achievements + 2020 Forgotten Spaces Design Charette

Finalist

+ Archilfim Project

Finalist

Skills Design

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Fabrication

+ Laser Cutting + Hand drafting/ modelling

Language

Personal

Autocad Sketchup Revit Adobe Photoshop Adobe Indesign Adobe Ilustrator MS Office

+ Arabic + English

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Creativity Able to work under pressure Excellent communication skills Excellent at Self-motivation Technical writing Communication Teamwork Problem solving Good organisation Time management

Experience August- September 2020

21 February 2020

2018

+ Liverpool Region Mosque Network Group. Chosen by the LEMNG to design and transfer a small room in the mosque and churches into library for public and meeting room for staff when its needed. Working in this project has developed my creativity skills, understanding client’s needs, and working on budget skills. This project gave me some background in interior design field. +Competitions Participation in RIBA North Forgotten Spaces Design Charette I had the chance to participate which the RIBA Northwest Liverpool competition called (The one-day design project) in 2019. In the competitions we had to produced design drawing and digital model with render including presentation board. This involvement has enabled me to develop my communication skills further and to progress with a limited time. It has also given me an excellent background in the architectural business world. + Liverpool Region Mosque Network LRMnet Group Liverpool City Council was delighted to host a significant event “Taste of Ramadan’. Its is a national initiative where hundreds of mosques across the country open their doors to people of all faiths and none, to share food and friendship. Involved to be part of this event gave me the perfect communication skill as I had to deal people from different backgrounds and faiths. Management and organising are two skills that I have gained from this experience

2016

+Shiba Charity Organization Sheba is a charity organisation that supports people In need. I have participated In multiple events and helped rase money for charity. I was a leader of a group of five who were handling tickets money serving food.

2019

+Jeel Academy Region Mosque Network Involved on camping trip with children between the age of 8-15year old. I was a leader and one of the staff on this trip. This experience taught me how to deal with children’s and become more responsible. It taught me how to be patient and entertaining.

Education 2018-2021

+ Liverpool John Moores University BA (HONS) Architecture

2016-2018

+ Liverpool Life Sciences Collage UTC A2 BTEC Applied Sciences

2015-2016

+ The City of Liverpool Collage GCSES Sciences, Maths and English + Turkish Internatial School (Sanaa, Yemen ) High level Diploma

CONTENTS

UNIVERSITY CDP PROJECT Rays of passion

Weather or not Lifetime of a simple and sustainable building

The library of future Between Now and Then

Archiflim Light and Emotions

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A place for crafting Arabica aroma

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COMPETITION RIBA North Forgotten Spaces The Bootle projection

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“We find beauty not in the thing itself, but in the patterns of shadows, the light and the darkness, that one thing against another creates”.

RAYS OF PASSION

The aim of this project is to design a building that welcomes people from different back grounds and cultures, to give them space and to express their identity through the art work. The strategy is to create a dramatic atmosphere through the changes of light intensity form spaces full of light to spaces with enclosure and dark. The idea is to experiment people’s feelings while transferring from one space to another. The building will have its own strategy and relationship between the space, the human, and the art work which will emphasise the idea of adaptation and acceptance. Light in the building will become the language of the art.

In Japanese writer

Junichiro Tanizaki’s

1993 short essay “In Praise of Shadows”, he described the aesthetics of Japanese culture in terms of the subtlety of light and the heightened presence of shadows, which the beloveds are essential to the country culture. His observation on the ways in which lighting shows the essence of materials, its delicate texture, shade form, and weathered patina beautifully illustrate how some objects and spaces are best seen and understood in the presence of feeble light and shadows.

A Contemporary artist whose work also engages the eye’s sensitivity to low light

James Turrell.

In levels is pieces such as Danae 1983, Terrell casts projection of light into environments of darkness to create transformative spaces of great depth. The full extent revealed in the time required for the eye to adjust to the dim light levels of the surrounding environment. The concept that in darkness one gains an alternative understand of an object or space its beauty revealed through the absence of light, is one that we as human beings can experience on daily basis with the natural cycle of day and night

“Vision”

The word carries and includes all that can be imagined and dreamt of. But on another aspects, it defines the act of seeing and it’s the light that makes the world visible, and light that allows us to make sense of our surrounding. Architectural lighting has become a largely prevalent topic since daylight informed the lives of the inhabitants, allows to define the surrounding by, night and day: the changing perception on which it impacts, and the space contains them. Light can also transform the space in each season, each day of the year, each hour of the day, each moment

Architectural lighting design is not just limited to the field of aesthetics, but also responds to functional, technical, spatial, and experiential necessities of a project. Despite this, using lighting in the design is an elegant language that is used in the architectural field to create a thriller senses within the space, but at the same time to consider how little of the built environment is experienced in any way other than through sense of sight. That’s why architecture and light are concepts that were interdependent throughout history and this is

Le Corbousier

why went as far as saying that “architecture is the wise, correct and magnificent play of volume collected together under the light” .

Etianne-Louis Boulle also says

that “the art of touching with the effects of light belongs to architecture”, and he is right, because depending on how the light is used in the space, it can transform the spatial context, creating dramatic or mysterious sensations, the sensation of expanding a space or marking it smaller. Adding to that, light also simply highlights the aspects of the space that interest people. And above all, it makes the space more agreeable, more comfortable, more habitable, more visible.

THE LOCATION

Baltic Triangle The traingle baltic site was an industrial spot dealing with trading of the Baltic countries, hene the name Baltic triangle. The site has been chosen due to its location and overlooking views, between the liverpool cathedral and Metropolitan cathedral facing east, river Mersey can be seen from the west. The site has exposure to the sun from all side which allows a better manipulation and use nature light

Baltic Triangle, Liverpool, UK

ZONING GF Commerical 5-9 floors Domestic 1-2 floors 1890’s

Commericla 1-3 floors INFRASTURCTURE & ACCESS Primary Routes Secondary Routes 1900’s

Bus stops MICRO-CLIMATE THe site has exposure to the sun from all sides which allows a better manipulation and use nature light.

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VIEWS

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Overlooking liverpool Cathedral and Metropolitan cathedral facing east, river Mersey can be seen from the west. liverpool

SITE LANDMARK

Baltic Triangle, Liverpool, UK

SURROUNDING & views

Cathedral Church

cathoic church liverpool

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east view

radio stations liverpool north view

Features & MATERIALS

LIGHT

The process was not deciding shadow, but letting light in’ -peter zumthor

Rays of passion The art pieces are unique and original each is represented by a beam of light that pulls you through its direction. “Architecture is the wise, correct and magnificent play of volume collected together under the light”. By looking over the work of the “grand maestros” it’s impossible to imagine the space without establishing a masterly relationship with light. The concept of this design will experiment the power of light that influence the mood and atmosphere of the space, also the changes of the patterns of light, shade, and colour that will create the users feel relaced or alert; warm and comfortable; cold and uneasy

LIGHT CHANGES HUMAN PERCEPTIONS

INPIRATION Peter Zumthor and Le Corbusier are architects who sculpts there building to allow light in, and enhance the shadow. They uses shadow in their buildings as a form give for silent spaces; the contrast between light and shadow refreshing, allowing for a subtle determination of quiet and bustling spaces. Louis Kahn is also one of the architects who shaped his architecture with regards to his philosophy of light. Also, interplay of light and form which evoke distinctive luminous environment from both qualitative and quantitative perspective. These example shows the light dispersed through a hollowed out shell within the structure; picking up on the unique texture and atmosphere. Moreover, through these designs these archiects uses ligh to create open bright spaces and more intimate quiet spaces; hinting at use and function as well as atmosphere within.

Tadao Ando

Peter Zumthor

Louis Kahn

Le Corbusier

CONCEPT Models The idea behind these concept model is to experiment the effect of light and shadows through the different geometric shape openings, creating an interplay and rhythm of light in the space. From my inspiration I have carried the ideas of light and shadow to my concept models. This means I used the effect of light to create open bright spaces and more intimate quiet spaces which, will evoke distinctive luminous environment from both qualitative and quantitative perspective

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CONCEPT SKETCH

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ADAPTATION

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LIGHT

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RELIEF

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DEVELOPMENT

DESIGN

Creating educational experiences to teach groups of school children and hold leactures on the art. 1

Encouraging Locals and tourists a like to venture into a new revitalised area and undiscovered corners of the Baltic Triangle. An attraction centred on art, within distance of the city centre.

Creating spaces which changed the light intensity. Stimulates people emotions and feelings creating a unique experiences 3

Socialising steps to bring people together from different background to emphasise the idea of adaptation and acceptance Inspiring the mallerable youth of Liverpool by creating a spaces they can hang around in and experience at first hand for free. Workshops and event would also be held to encourage couriosity in the youger and old generations. 5

1-define footprint

2-3 story level with 6m hieght for a floor. Orientating the building to view the surroundings

3-Central courtyard to separate the public spaces and the private spaces. Also to bring light to the centre create a changes in light intensity in the building.

4- Slope against the south and north

5- Cut according to surrounding heights

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GROUND FLOOR 1-Entrance 2-Reception 3-Cafe 4-Public workshop 5-Library 6-Exhibition 7-Central courtyard 8-Socialising steps 9-Colonnade temporary gallery 10-Glass box 11- stores 12- central core 13-courtyard Fire exit Toilets

FIRST FLOOR 14-Office 15-Meeting room 16-Out door colonnade temporary gallery 17- Permanen gallery 16-Central core 18- 4 Apartments in each floor Fire exit Toilets

SECOND FLOOR

19- Artist workshop 20- Pc lab 21 - meeting room for the Artist Fire exit Toilets

FOUR FAMILY FLAT Each have a master bedroon, a double bedroom, a working space, living room, kitchen and a balcony.

FOUR SINGLE FLAT Each have a master bedroom, a workshop, living room, kitchen and a balcony

South Elevation

North Elevation

West Elevation

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Apartments Front Elevation

SECTIONS

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Section through the GALLERY and EXHIBITION

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Section through the CENTRAL HALL

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Section through Art Workshop

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Section through artist living space

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EXHIBITION

RECEPTION

OUT DOOR GALLERY

CENTRAL COURTYARD

TECHNICAL STRATEGY

TECHNICAL STRATEGY The environmental study will look at several ideas to determine how well the building works in the environment. First sun paths will be conducted to see how much sunlight appears into the building during the winter months and also the summer months. Following from this a number of strategies will be looked at, these include a water supply strategy to see how the building is renewable and gets it own water. A waste strategy to see how the building deals with its own waste. A natural ventilation and cooling strategy along with a heating strategy and an energy generation and supply strategy.

MID SUMMER SUN PATH MID WINTER PATH

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DOMINANT SUMMER PREVAILING N/E COOL AFTERNOON BREEZES OTHER EAST AND S O U T H W E S T BREEZES LOW TO MODERATE

Mid winter sunlight

Mid summer sunlight

North light

Fresh Air intake

Exhaust Air

Cross Flow Natural Ventilation

SUN STUDY During the summer months the sun comes through the building using the light roof that is angled to attract the north facing solar paths. During winter months the sun enters the building through the large faced windows. All lighting in the building is done in a way to create the Ray of Passion (part of the concept) of Light and Dark. Through out the year the building will capture daylight from the skylight and central courtyard During the summer months, the centre hall with cafe socialising steps achieve substantial lighting all to suit different needs. With centre, this daylight serves a drive, to perform the journey from the main entrance to the gallery. Moving from a complete lit outdoor/ indoor environment to a dark spaces. Natural light plays a role in the corrodes. Forming a darkener sheltered space that will direct people and take them to the gallery rooms. During the winter months the sun comes through the colonnade on both first and second floor, which will emit light in to the building.

ARTIFICAL LIGHTING During winter or at night the buidling may still be in use so LED lighting will be used at times when the building is getting no natural sunliught through the roof lights. I have chosen LED lighting because it is the most energy efficient way of artificial lighting, this is to reduce the embodied energy of the building by using less electricity.

NATURAL

VENTILATION & COOLING STRATEGY Natural Ventilation is key in the fragment building to reduce energy usage. Natural Ventilation will ensure during the summer months the mechanical ventilation system will not be overused, using up too much energy. In the section below the natural ventilation is shown through green arrows where fresh air intake happens with exhaust air in red. The fresh air will be taken in through vents in the building facade along with large windows that can be open in the summer, balcony in the second floor and the central courtyard. Exhaust air will leave the building up the from the central courtyard. An automatic system will be in place in which when the temperature rises above 16-20 degrees the vents will open to help the mechanical ventilation system

WASTE STRATEGY The waste strategy for the building will try to be as ecofriendly as possible. With the inclusion of the recycling centre and recycling store, all of the buildings waste will be sorted out through colour coded bins and recycling area, to try to recycle as much of the buildings everyday waste as possible. As part of the waste strategy there will also be ‘Eco’ septic tanks, this will also address the issue that the site is at a reasonable distance from other buildings so there might not be any mains system. The idea of having a septic tank is to filter the buildings waste so it becomes less pollutant will the added advantage that the septic tank will not need a lot of energy to run.

HEATING & COOLING STRATEGY 1. Overflow Run-off into Mersey River 2. Main Tank 3. Sand Filter 4. Rain Water Storage 5. Rain Water Collector 6. Pump 7. Filter 8. Tank 9. Mechanical Ventilation Unit

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WATER SUPPLY STRATEGY 10.Water Pipes placed into landfill 11. Boiler 12.Hot water Store 13.Hot water pipes

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STRUCTURE CONSTRUCTION

concrete frame structure with steel roof frame

This building is composed of two structures which are concrete and steel. Concrete frame is the heart or the centre of the building where the courtyard and the stairs take place. Concrete was chosen for many reasons; strength, durability, acts well around humid areas, and its special property of cooling. As for the steel frames is used at the roof, steel was chosen for its light weight therefore works as best candidate regarding the location its put.

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Second Floor

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First Floor

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Structure visuals Colonnade & Apartments concrete frame structure with steel roof frame

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STRUCTURE VISUALS CENTRAL STAIR& COLONNADE AND CENTRAL COURTYARD

Concrete frame 300mm column

Triple glazing glass window

Exterior open colonnade constructed out of concrete column

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Concrete slab stairs construction with a smooth concrete finish

MATERIAL FACADE’S CLADDING

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Roof construction detail

Wall construction detail

1- Aluminium roof flashing

3- Head restraints 100mm x 350mm white stone exterior tile Secondary steel cladding rails 20mm Air gap 100mm - 150mm thermal insulation 300mm thick concert column 80mm smooth concrete finish

2- Concrete paving slab roof tile Water proof membrane 100-150mm thermal insulation Damp proof membrane 300mm concrete slab RHS Thermal mass

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Floor build up 4- 80mm floor tile 60mm floor screed 150mm insulation 50mm sound insulation 300m concrete floor slab DPC membrane 100mm gap for Building services 50 x 100mm steel bracket galvanised Smooth concrete finish

Window construction 5- Insulated steel open back lintel with stick on stop ends 6- Insulated powder coated alluvium frame and glass with double glazed panels 9- Timber connection to match flooring with half round profile 8- 25mm timber c board with bullnose edge 7- double glazing 36mm glass 12mm + cavity 12mm + glass 12mm

Floor build up 10- 80mm floor tile 60mm floor screed 100m insulation 300m concrete floor slab DPC membrane 50mm sand binding 150mm hardcore 9-Concrete strip foundation. 10- Cavity fill 11- Gas resistant DPC cavity tray with weep-holes Vapour control barrier 12- External ground and surface

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“Simplicity and Repose are qualities that measure the true value of any work of art” -Frank Lloyd Wright

LIFETIME OF A SIMPLE AND SUSTAINABLE BUILDING ‘Simplicity’ is the scheme of my design, which I will be focusing on the performance of the interior space and uses the nature surrounding to create a living experience. The idea is to explore the nature and help the human to live harmoniously with their environment. My concept focuses on simple design and microclimate. The site will create a journy for the visitor to move from nature to nature no matter which way they choose to go. As a start the visitor will go through the nature that is already there on the site like the river and the beautiful garden, this will lead him to the building. As the building is designed for microclimate research and studies it offers a substantial feeling of nature starting from the natural sunlight and ending with the natural plants found there

THE LOCATION

Festival Gardens, Liverpool, UK

Topography

routes to the site

SURROUNDING & VIEWS

South veiw

north view

Merseyside river

Features & MATERIALS

CONCEPT SKETCH

NATURE

“My building should have an emotional core- a space which, in itself , has an emotional nice feeling -peter zumthor

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LIFETIME OF A SIMPLE AND SUSTAINABLE BUILDING

1-The journey start from the path between the woods to vintage people with the nature 2-Horticulture garden is the next spot in this journey which allow visitor to engage physical with there nature.

3-The river can be viewed from the Cafe. 4-Its the final spot where the journey in this building end. This open space is for relaxation and peace allow people to socialise and see the view from the top of the hill.

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GROUND FLOOR 1- Reception 2- Cafe 3- Workshop 4- Lobby, Storage , Office 5- Library 6- Exhibition room 7- Office 8- Central courtyard 9- Greenhouse 10- Horticulture garden 11- Socialising and relaxation canopy space

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Elevation and section through the timber structure in the Cafe. KEY

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1- Plywood roof 2- 175 x 50mm top rail 3- 175 x 38mm cross beams 4- Steel bracing plate 5- 50 x 50mm SHS rode as bracing 6- Timber column 7- Plywood floor on 175 x 38mm cross beams 8- First floor rail

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“Today a reader, tomorrow a leader”

BETWEEN NOW AND THEN

The concept of this design was based from the chapters of the book; how a book manages to change our mood, manipulate our feelings, and expand our perspectives. Therefore, the concept of the building is to allow people experiences the zones with in the building representing the chapters of the book. Each chapter allows the view of a certain time zone view just like the book itself allowing the person to feel and see different things and perspectives at the same place.

THE LOCATION

AL-TAWAHI, ADEN ,YEMEN

The site is located in the western part of the governorate of Aden. AlTawahi district s the heart of Aden due to all the truism resort and places are located.

Yemen is located in southern end of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia.

Aden is located by the eastern approach to the Red Sea, some 170 km east of Bab-elMandeb. aden also is the second larges city in Yemen. Its know as the economic city.

Aden consists of number of distinct subcentres: Ma’alla, the modern port Al Tawahi, the original port city, and known as “Steamer point” and the resort of Gold Mohur. Khormaksar, located on the isthmus that connects Aden proper with the mainland, includes the city’s diplomatic missions

SURROUNDING & VIEWS

Sira Castle

National Museums of Aden

Cisterns of Tawila “water tanks of Aden”

Features & MATERIALS

Aden Big Ben

Catholic Churches of Aden

Abandoned Churches

The concept of this design was based from the chapters of the book; how a book manages to change our mood, manipulate our feelings, and expand our perspectives. The city of my site is Aden/Yemen, and it consists of a number of distinct sub-centres: Crater, the original port city; Ma’alla, the modern port; Tawahi, known as “Steamer Point” in the colonial period; and the resorts of Gold Mohur. The site in which the design is implemented in aids with the idea of the design itself, hence I chose Tawahi. It is a rich city full of treasures of the past along with the evolution of the future, given that this city was administered by the Ottoman empire, the Portuguese, and the British, made it historically rich as well as it’s remarkable geographical location; the port’s convenient position on the sea route between India and Europe has made Aden desirable to rulers who sought to possess it at various times throughout history. local legend in Yemen states that Aden may be as old as human history itself.

BETWEEN NOW AND THEN

Diagram translate the geometry of the site. The site is oriented in a way it can overlooks the old Aden where the catholic Church and Big Ben of Aden from the north site, and the new city of Aden such as, the Elephant bay, Gold Muhor. The Arabian Gulf sea is the main view from the site and to the site, this will create a peaceful experiences to the people.

CONCEPT MODELS Coming to the present time Tawahi has become an attraction to tourists that come to enjoy its exceptional shores finding multiple beach resorts and the delicious food specially sea food. This unique combination allows Tawahi to be a link between the history and the future, just like the library. The site overlooks the old bigben aden, the 2 churches, the port, and the beach resorts allowing the reader to enjoy viewing such significant theme. Here comes another feature of the design; each chapter allows the view of a certain time zone view just like the book itself allowing the person to feel and see different things and perspectives at the same place.

CONCEPT SKETCH

CHAPTERS

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Central Hall Exhibition Room Children’s Reading Space Quiet Reading Room Discussion/ Socialising Room Semi-outdoor Reading Space Semi-outdoor/ Socialising Space CAFE

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light and emotions

LIGHT AND EMOTIONS The Archilifilm project was our final project in the first semter, the project focused on creating an space to produce a thematic architectural design. My inspiration for this project came from my background and my roots, the history and culture of Yemen (Qamariya) one of the most ditintive decorative feature made of multicolour stained-glass window. The theme of the design is to show how architecture can effect people emotions by the use of different staind glass. In the design coloured stained glass is the main element to experiments the different effect on human emotions. The sequence of colour in the building are arranged in the light spectrum form.

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Contact Email: Alaasufian@hotmail.com Phone: +4407722729224 Address: 54 Dovey Stret L8 8BT Liverpool, UK

Alaa Sufian BA (Hons) Architecture Liverpool School of Art and Design