P O R T F O L I O CHRISTOPHER ARYA ROUHI
INDEX COASTAL CAROLINA ARTS CENTER 322 MLK BLVD WILMINGTON ISLAND LIBRARY SUNTRUST HALLANDALE EVOLO SKYSCRAPER COMPETITION SAVANNAH LEARNING CENTER MICASA VOL. C COSMOS OBSERVATION PAVILION HONG KONG SKETCHES
COASTAL CAROLINA ARTS CENTER ARCH STUDIO II THE ARTS CENTER OF COASTAL CAROLINA PRESENTS TO HILTON HEAD ISLAND A NEW HUB FOR THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES AND LOCAL ART. HILTON HEAD IS HOME TO MANY LOCAL CULTURES THAT CREATE A RICH HISTORY FOR THE ISLAND. THIS NEW ARCHITECTURE FOR HILTON HEAD WILL HAVE A LARGE PRESENCE, BECOMING THE NEW HEART OF HILTON HEAD. IT WILL BE A PLACE WHERE HISTORY AND CULTURE ARE CELEBRATED. BY IMPLEMENTING GUIDELINES FROM THE SITES RATING SYSTEM, THE ARTS CENTER OF COASTAL CAROLINA WILL SUSTAIN HILTON HEAD’S BEAUTIFUL AND LUSH LANDSCAPE WHILE AIMING TO ACHIEVE A NET ZERO BUILDING. THE BUILDING ITSELF INCLUDES A THEATER THAT SEATS 455 PEOPLE, AN ART GALLERY, TWO INDOOR GARDENS, AND TWO SMALL COURTYARDS, ALONG WITH OFFICES AND ART STUDIOS. THE SITE IS BUILT UP TO PREVENT ANY FLOODING, AND IS ALSO USED TO COVER THE UNDERGROUND PARKING WHICH CAN FIT UP TO 250 VEHICLES. THE BUILDING USES PHOTOVOLTAIC ROOFS THAT EFFICIENTLY CREATE ENERGY FOR THE WHOLE BUILDING. COPPER PANELS LINE THE PERIMETER OF THE ROOF AND TERRACES HINTING BACK TO CLASSIC ART DECO ORNAMENT OF HOLLYWOOD AND LA PRODUCTION STUDIOS.
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322 MLK JR. BLVD CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY II USING INFORMATION AND SKILLS LEARNED ABOUT STEEL CONSTRUCTION, BUILDING SYSTEMS, FOUNDATION TYPES, CURTAIN WALLS, AND CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENT ORGANIZATION, WE WERE ASKED TO DESIGN A BUILDING ON A LOCAL SITE IN SAVANNAH, GA AND PROVIDE A FULL ARCHITECTURAL AND STRUCTURAL SET.
WILMINGTON ISLAND LIBRARY ARCH STUDIO I IN ORDER TO SUGGEST DEMOCRACY IN A SPACE, THERE NEEDS TO BE A COMMON HIERARCHAL GROUND. DOING SO REQUIRES AN EQUALIZER; KNOWLEDGE. NO HUMAN KNOWS EVERYTHING, THUS MAKING KNOWLEDGE THE GREATEST EQUALIZER. KNOWLEDGE CAN BE OBTAINED IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS INCLUDING READING. IMPLEMENTING THIS CONCEPT INTO ARCHITECTURE CAN BE SEEN IN A COMPARISON BETWEEN BOOKS AND ARCHITECTURE. BOOKS CAN NOT INFORM WITHOUT WORDS, AND ARCHITECTURE CAN NOT FUNCTION WITHOUT STRUCTURE. WORDS AND STRUCTURE BECOME TWO CRUCIAL ELEMENTS IN THIS DESIGN: A BOOK IS TO ARCHITECTURE AS WORDS ARE TO STRUCTURE. THIS IDEA FUNCTIONS BY USING EXPOSED STRUCTURE IN THE LIBRARY TO TEACH AND INFORM A READER HOW A BUILDING IS STANDING.
LAYERED DIAGRAM SHOWING STACKED SITE DATA. DATA WAS THEN USED TO DETERMINE BASIC DESIGN ELEMENTS OF THE LIBRARY AND ALSO AS DESIGN REFERENCES.
6:00 PM CAST LIGHT FROM SUNLIGHT STUDY.
10:00 AM CAST LIGHT FROM SUNLIGHT STUDY.
SUNTRUST HALLANDALE GENSLER ATLANTA THIS IS A SUBMISSION FOR THE CITY OF HALLANDALE BEACH, FL, PROPOSING A NEW SUNTRUST BANK. A REVIT FILE WAS MADE TO BE SENT OFF TO A THIRD PARTY RENDERER. TEST FIT, EXTERIOR COLOR SCHEMES, ELEVATIONS, AND EXTERIOR DESIGN WERE ALL DONE BY ME, UNDER SUPERVISION OF THE GENSLER SUNTRUST TEAM.
EVOLO SKYSCRAPER COMPETITION 2019 ENTRY (AWAITING RESULTS) THIS IS A SUBMISSION FOR THE EVOLO SKYSCRAPER COMPETITION HELD BY EVOLO EACH YEAR. BY THE YEAR 2050, MOST OF THE HABITABLE REGIONS OF PLANET EARTH WILL HAVE EXPERIENCED EXTREME ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES THAT DRASTICALLY SHAPE THE FUTURE OF LIFE AS WE KNOW IT. WITH AN AVERAGE INCREASE OF ONLY FOUR DEGREES CELSIUS, THE EASTERN SEABOARD OF THE U.S. AND MEXICO WILL BE UNINHABITABLE DUE TO FLOODS, DROUGHT, AND/OR EXTREME WEATHER. ASIA WILL HAVE LOST MUCH OF ITS SUBCONTINENT. CONSECUTIVELY, DUE TO TEMPERATURE RISE, MOST OF THE CONTINENTAL U.S., SOUTH AMERICA, AFRICA, AND PART OF EUROPE WILL BE UNINHABITABLE DESERTS. ALTERNATIVELY, WITH THE FOUR DEGREE CELSIUS RISE OF TEMPERATURE, A FAIR PERCENTAGE OF GLACIERS WILL MELT, REVEALING LAND THAT HAS BEEN UNTOUCHED FOR MILLIONS OF YEARS. NEW FLORA WILL TAKE HOLD AND GROW WITH THE HELP OF RELIABLE PRECIPITATION AND WARMER TEMPERATURES, CREATING IDEAL SHELTER CONDITIONS FOR MOST OF - OR EVEN THE ENTIRE - POPULATION TO RELOCATE. OUR CURRENT SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS, OR THE AVOIDANCE OF THE DEPLETION OF NATURAL RESOURCES IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN AN ECOLOGICAL BALANCE, HAVE LITTLE OR NO CHANCE OF STOPPING/REVERSING THE CLIMATE CHANGE PHENOMENON THAT HUMANKIND HAS INITIATED. THE POSSIBILITY OF HUMAN MIGRATION TO ANTARCTICA IS NOW REAL. HOWEVER, NOT TO SALVAGE ANTARCTICA AS WE KNOW IT, BUT TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE AND GUIDANCE FOR HUMANKIND TO ACCEPT OUR MISTAKES.
SAVANNAH LEARNING CENTER ARCH FUNDAMENTALS III TAKING FROM EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING STUDIES RESEARCHED BY JOHN DEWEY, THIS PROJECT CREATES ORGANIZED SPACE DERIVED FROM THE EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING CYCLE. THE CYCLE CONSISTS OF CONCEPTUALIZING, EXPERIMENTING, EXPERIENCING, AND REFLECTING. BRINGING THESE FOUR COMPONENTS OF THE CYCLE INTO 3D MODELING, THEY ARE EACH ASSIGNED A MASS WITHIN A SITE IN SAVANNAH, GA. THE MASSES ARE THEN MANIPULATED TO CREATE SPACES THAT ARE NOT ORDINARY, HOPING TO STIMULATE THE MIND AND EVOKE CURIOSITY.
MI CASA VOL. C CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY II THE PRIMARY GOAL OF THIS PROJECT WAS TO PRECISELY RECREATE STUDIO MK27’S MI CASA VOL. C. BY ONLY USING IMAGES FROM THE INTERNET WE WERE ASSIGNED TO DETERMINE ALL DIMENSIONS OF THE BUILDINGS COMPONENTS WHILE ONLY USING THE METRIC MEASURING SYSTEM. USING THE DETERMINED DIMENSIONS, A FULL ARCHITECTURAL CONSTRUCTION SET WAS CREATED FOR THE BUILDING.
COSMOS OBSERVATION PAVILION ARCH FUNDAMENTALS I THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO CONTINUE THE STUDY AND CREATION OF SPACE BY EXPLORING THE SYNTAX OF SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS, SPACIAL ORGANIZATION, AND BETWEEN PLAN, SECTION, AND ELEVATION. THIS PROCESS HAS THREE PURPOSES. ONE, TO CONTINUE THE SIMULTANEOUS DEVELOPMENT OF ARCHITECTURAL FORM, SPACE, AND ORDER IN THE CREATION OF ARCHITECTURAL SPACES USING FUNDAMENTAL ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN PRINCIPLES. AND TWO, TO ESTABLISH SPATIAL DESIGN THAT SHOWS RELATIONSHIP OF FORM AND SPACE AT DIFFERENT SCALES APPLICABLE TO PERFORMANCE AND FUNCTION. AND THREE, TO CREATE AND ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN THAT INFUSES SPACE, FORM, AND FUNCTION. THE EFFECTS OF TIME ARE CLEARLY SEEN BY OUR SURROUNDING NATURE. AMONGST THESE SURROUNDINGS THERE ARE THE COSMOS, OUR UNIVERSE. EVER SO PERFECTLY CREATED, THE UNIVERSE DISPLAYS MANY ETERNAL WONDERS. POLARIS, AS WE CALL THE NORTH STAR, IS ONE OF MANY OF ALL THESE WONDERS. AS WE OBSERVE POLARIS FROM EARTH IT REMAINS STILL THROUGHOUT TIME, WHILE ALL THE UNIVERSE APPEARS TO REVOLVE AROUND THAT ONE SINGLE POINT IN THE NIGHT SKY.
HONG KONG LIVE SKETCHING URBAN ISSUES SEMINAR LIVE SKETCHES AND WATERCOLORS WERE DONE IN DOWNTOWN HONG KONG AND AT SEVERAL OF THE DIFFERENT ISLANDS OF HONG KONG, SUCH AS LAMMA ISLAND, TAI O ISLAND , AND CHEUNG CHAU ISLAND.
MAN MO TEMPLE, CENTRAL HONG KONG
CHEUNG CHAU ISLAND
KOWLOON WALLED CITY
TAI O ISLAND
LAMMA ISLAND
KAT HING HAI WALLED VILLAGE
MACAU
PMQ CENTRAL HONG KONG
PAK TAI TEMPLE, CENTRAL HONG KONG
CHEUNG CHAU ISLAND
HSBC CENTRAL HONG KONG
PERSONAL PLEDGE ARCHITECTURE IS MORE THAN JUST A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION OR INTEREST FOR ME. IT IS A FIRM PASSION OF MINE. I’VE PLEDGED NOT ONLY TO PRACTICE ARCHITECTURE FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE, BUT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IT EACH DAY WITH A CURIOUS AND HUMBLE HEART. I ASPIRE TO CONTRIBUTE AS MUCH AS I CAN TO THE UPCOMING HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE AND TO FIND MY SOLID AND DISTINCT IDENTITY WITHIN ARCHITECTURE.