Architectural portfolio by AYAH

AYAH SIBAI Architectural Portfolio

2014

‘Don’t

only

practice

your art, but force your way into its secrets, for it and knowledge can raise men to the divine.’ Ludwig van Beethoven

Table of Contents University projects

Other projects

Senior Design Project

Sustainable School

Concept

Spring 2013 Group project with Amna Attai Task To design a sustainable school located in Nad al Sheba, Dubai. Concept and approach The concept came form the human embryo. It represent care, love, safety, compatibility, all things we wanted the project to be about. Care that is given to details of the space, love that is provided by the spaces fluidity, safety which the building should be designed to be aware of, and compatibility to provide ease of access to all the school buildings.

Gym Kindergarten

High & Middle School Primary School

Shared Areas Administration Theater Cafeteria Library

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Ground floor plan

Planning The kindergarten is designed to be isolated from the rest of the school for the kids safety. The plan is an open plan with offices and restrooms because their study doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t require specific areas, the teachers can prove areas enough for the activity they are doing and not to bound kids to a specific space, but gives them freedom and expand there thinking. The roof can be walked over with proper railing, and they have separate play areas from the rest of the campus. The primary school spaces are planned according to regulations and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a 2 floor building. The outdoor space include a playground, maze, open theater and gardening space. The middle and high school is a 3 floor building that has a media center on the ground floor, they have ease access to the gymnasium and play field that are to be used by students of all ages, they also have open space with landscape. The administration and common areas are in the middle of the complex and include the theater, cafeteria and library and an outdoor exhibition space. The landscape features in the design include a running track, sports field, grass hills, open outdoor theater, gardening garden and an open festival gallery with levels between all the schools for events. Section +16.00m

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Elevation

8 Composition

Voids and Masses

Ways of Egress Escape Route Fire extinguisher

Structure

Fire alarm call point Staircase

Accessibility

Site Access Plan Buses path Cars path

Wind Flow

Bicycle path Access direction

Natural Light

A section cut in the ground floor plan of the design with furniture distribution.

Internship

Mosque Design

Summer 2012 Group project with Amna Attai Task Design a mosque in Dubai knowledge village on a small site that has many constrains, in 3 weeks.

Concept and approach The inspiration for the form was from the horizontal and vertical element of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Dubai pearlâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; which is an iconic building beside the site. The site is a drop shaped site, there were many constrains the most inconvenient was having the building oriented to the quibla and the parking entrance. The mosque is designed to include spaces that include prayer halls, toilets, ablution areas, residences for Iman, Muazen and the help, and a library .

Analyzing the site

Possible access

Program distribution

Adding level and minaret

Adding pattern and details

North Direction

Main Elevation

Wind flow

Tram path

Sun Path

Sheikh Palace + main road Bridge to the palm Dubai Pearl + bridge

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Vehicle access

Composition

Qubla direction

Views

Site analysis

B B

Bed room

Bathroom

Bed room Toilet

Kitchen

Toilet Living room

A Prayer Hall (women)

ablution

store

Main Entrance (men)

Bed room

Bathroom

Kitchen

Bathroom

Kitchen

Living room

Library

Bed room

store Toilet Secondary Entrance (females)

Ground floor plan

Prayer Hall (men)

First floor plan

Elevations

Architectural Design 4

Science Laboratories

Fall 2011 Task Design a G+4 Laboratory Building in Dubaiotech (the emirateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biotechnology research park.) Concept and approach The approach was an experimental one which is based on incremental rotation that is inspired from the wind turbulence. Each floor of the building was designed for a specific function, and ways of egress where studied well to provide a safe environment. Each lab was designed for a different Biosafety lever (BSL) according to the use.

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EXHIBITION

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FOOD SERVICE

ENTRANCE LOBBY

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meeting room

MEETING ROOM

CAFEE

electrical

LIBRARY

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SEMINAR ROOM

ELECTRICAL UP

COMPUTER LABS

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PRAYER ROOM

central store

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LOUNGE

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LEGEND Lounge/ Cafe

Exhibition

offices/Meeting

Circulation

Food services

Deliveries

Library/ computer lab

Seminar

Locker/ Stores

Cores

escape stairs

Plans distribution

1st floor

2nd floor

3rd floor

4th floor

Mezzanine

5th floor

LEGEND offices/Meeting

Laboratories

Storage

Circulation

Cores

Escape stairs

Locker, cold and dark

Research Office

Study room

Interaction

Food services

DESIGN APPROACH

South elevation

Laboratory & Research Facility

SOLAR PATH AND SHADING STUDY JUNE

South Elevation

Solar and shadows study

9:00 JUNE

15:00

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3:00 PM

12:00 PM

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9:00 AM

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CIRCULATION GROUND FLOOR

STRUCTURE

CIRCULATION 1ST FLOOR

SITE ACCESS

Architectural Design 3

RESIDENTIAL BUILDING

Spring 2011 Task Design a multistory residential building in Dubai (G+4). and design a commercial poster. Concept and approach nonconstructive architectural approach is used to produces the masses of the design. The building has 240 apartments including one, two, and three bedroom apartments. The concept was the idea of the Arabian houses that has a courtyard where the families activities where performed and where all the family gather. So the design includes all activities a family need in the same building, stressing on the linkage of community and socialization, this was achieved providing the ground floor of the building with a courtyard, sports complex, swimming pool, play fields, parking spaces, gardens, library, and shops.

22 Typical floor plan

Elevation

Commercial poster design

Architectural Design 2

OFFICE BUILDING Fall 2010

Task design a multistory office building in Sharjah, UAE Concept and approach The main concept is the bonding of a team and its importance in the work environment. The core of the building is in the middle and the 2 intersecting shapes make 4 wings that can be used as 4 different companies. Each area includes open office space and closed private offices and a meeting room. The building has 2 shaded courtyards that are to be used by the workers and 2 bridges that are used as meeting rooms.

Architectural Design 1

ART GALLERY

Spring 2010 Task Design an art gallery on the seaside in Sharjah city. Concept and approach To remodel a light house in an abstract form, since the lighthouse was always an inspiration for artists it is the main form with its platform that includes the main gallery and the restaurant on the highest levels of the tower and the buildings around it represent the raging sea that had complementary spaces including the library, auditorium, gift shop and common areas. An outdoor gallery and a semi-open gallery is also provided in the design.

Architectural Design 1

KINDERGARTEN

Spring 2010 Task Design a kindergarten on a square site in a residential area. Concept and approach To represent the school years by architectural vocabulary, a straight path represents onesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; path in life, 18 columns represents school years, and cube shapes to symbolize security and stabilization. Fun elements are also integrated as slopes, water pools and sand boxes. To the left are all the classrooms to the right is the administration, the multipurpose hall, the cafeteria, and library.

Architectural Design 1

KIOSK Spring 2010 Task Design a kiosk on the university campus.

Concept and approach For this design a deconstructive shape was used for the form and an organic approach for the landscape. Although the form is contradicting with the university buildings that are very geometric in shape, the material reflect its surroundings. Seating and shading devises are designed.

Archmedium competition proposal

Dubai Global Energy Forum April 2014 Concept The main inspiration came from the sun plasma shapes, sand dunes, and courtyards. Sustainability The courtyard helps getting shade all the day, the addition of a fountain to cool the air and trees for all day shades, the addition of solar panels on the facade, and minimizing glass helps saving the heat thus reducing the use of energy.

Below top (Left) parking plan Below top (right) 2nd floor plan Below: 3d sketch Right: ground floor plan

GENERAL CONFERENCE

SEC ROOM

STORAGE EXHIBITION CENTER

SEC ROOM

OFFICES

PRESS LOUNGE

CAFETIRIA

SEC ROOM

PRESS LOUNGE STORAGE

RESTAURANTS AND KITCHEN

TECHNICAL LOUNGE

Freelance project

S Superstores Interior planning

June 2014 S Superstores is a retail department store to be opened in California. The client provided the floor plan dimensions and areas needed for selling different products, the task was to design the floor plan and interior furnishing for different products and a coffee shop that will be located in the store, the main constraint was the cost for the project.

Ayah is a graduate from the University of Sharjah from the Architectural Engineering program. She interned in Dubai Technology and Media Free Zone Authority, in the building control department. She is a very ambitious and inspired person willing to work as hard as she can to reach her goals. She is known for her creativity and social character, in her spare time she enjoys travel, photography, design, cooking, skating, and drawing. She lives in Abu Dhabi, UAE. For more inquires about any project please contact me at: archi.designer@hotmail.com

AYAH SIBAI ARCHITECTURAL PORTFOLIO 2014