Alaa Zidane | TMU (Ryerson) Architecture Portfolio

Alaa Zidane

education

Bachelor of Architectural Science (BArchSc)

2018-2023 Toronto Metropolitan University, TMU (formerly Ryerson) experience

Freelance Architectural Designer

2022

2021

contact

azidane@torontomu.ca

647-381-9742

Toronto, ON

Maple Leaf Gardens technical skills

TMU Recreation Athletic Center

Developed functional layouts for various gym spaces accommodating for renovations, newly-brought equipment and Covid-19 guidelines.

Technical Support Spechialist

2022- 2023

TMU, Department of Athletics & Recreation

Designed and updated the TMU Recreation website using AEM software. Worked on the back-end process of Fusion softwrare to troubleshoot and provide the department’s staff with Fusion support.

Recreation, Facilities & Fitness Center Assistant

2018 - 2022

TMU, Department of Athletics & Recreation

Maintained policies and procedures in the fitness center, while providing an exceptional customer experience and completing daily tasks.

extra curricular

Mentor, Architectural Course

2022 - 23

TMU University, Department of Architectural Science

Mentored 1st and 2nd year students by providing coursework and software guidance, as well as offering expertise in making informed decisions regarding architectural design.

Rejuvenation Project, Camp Winston Pavilion

2022

TMU, Department of Architectural Science

Obtained hands-on construction experience while collaborating with a team of TMU architecture students to restore the pavilion.

AIAS, Freedom By Design

2021

TMU, Department of Architectural Science

Collaborated with a team of student volunteers to digitize architectural, mechanical, plumbing, and electrical plans of All Saints Church in Toronto.

Camp CONNECT - Art & Culture Facilitator

2021

Online

Delivered Art & Culture content for an international group of adolescents, helping them connect to their cultural identity through a variety of activities and presentations.

3D Modelling

Rhinoceros

Autodesk Revit

Sketchup

Autodesk AutoCad

Digital Fabrication

Model-making

Lasercutting

3D Printing

Video Editing

Adobe Premier Pro

Rendering

Enscape

V-ray

Lumion

Graphic Design

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe InDesign

Web Management

Adobe Expierience Manager (AEM)

Rec Management

Fusion

awards

Spark of Hope Foundation

Scholarship -

2018

Received to pursue education at TMU University based on academic excellence in secondary education.

references

Available upon request

Table of Content

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Toronto, Ontario

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Hamilton, Ontario

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Toronto, Ontario

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Toronto, Ontario

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Bancroft, Ontario

Course Location Software

ASC 920 - Fall 2022

Toronto, Ontario

Revit, AutoCad, Enscape, Illustrator & Photoshop

Located in Bloor West Village, the Walkways is a missing middle housing development that draws on the site’s existing features and small-scale building forms. In order to accomplish that, multiple buildings were created on site to break up the street elevation following a similar grid from the commercial strip across from Bloor St W. By breaking up the buildings, interesting opportunities presented itself for the spaces in between the buildings, which inspired the idea of the urban walkways. The walkways present an excellent opportunity to create a safe and attractive public space in between buildings. By removing cars in between buildings retail businesses are able to pierce through the site, which further supports the street’s economic vitality, and promotes the social aspects of the development through providing this pedestrianized outdoor space for residents and shoppers. The atriums created by the walkways have inspired European style balconies that overlook one another to further enhance the social element of this missing middle housing development.

break up the street elevation

animate through retail activities and social functions

Perspective from Bloor St W showcasing ground-oriented living with a pedestrianized walkway and retail businesses at grade.

The Walkways

SECTION A - The buildings connect through an underground parking garage and an amenties floor on level 6.

SECTION B - 45° angular plane setback was incorporated to resepct St. Olave’s church to the south.

GROUND FLOOR

The Walkways

SECOND FLOOR 1:200

UNIT TYPES

REAR WALKWAY - The walkways meet at the rear setback of which is 7.5m from the church. Vegetaion, seating and bodies of water come together to create a safe and attractive public space.

STUDIO APARTMENT - Utilizing the unit genrous floor area to create walled balconies. In turn, Balcony walls spatially define aspects of the apartment.

The Walkways

EAST WALKWAY ELEVATION - Balconies featuring trellis installions to gurantee privcacy for balconies facing each other

NORTH ELEVATION - St. Olave’s church is framed to be a part of the main building elevation.

SOUTH ELEVATION - Outdoor public space features a pergola that frames the rear walkway. in the walkway.

The Walkways

Iter: passage/journey in Latin

Course Location

Software

ASC 620 - winter 2022

Hamilton, Ontario

Revit, AutoCad, Enscape, Illustrator & Photoshop

Located in the heart of Hamilton’s downtown, this aquatic center embraces the two highly pedestrianized points on the site’s north and south with their different conditions and connecting them through a path in the building that features intermittent strips of skylights. Light is borrowed from the skylights into the different spaces through the use of interior screens, which also expose most of the athletic and recreational functions of the building to visitors. The building blends in with its context through the use of perforated Corten steel cladding that fits the color palette of brick buildings on site while adding a modern presence. The perforations in the façade were adopted to provide privacy in the urban setting, while enabling sunlight to penetrate the building.

box

creating a passage connecting Gore park to King William St through an internal journey in the aquatic center

Street perspecctive showing the main entrance from the south facade

Iter Aquatic Center

02B:DD WEST 1:200 NORTH 1:200

WEST - Corten Steel panels providing privacy, while allowing sunlight to penetrate spaces

NORTH - The entrance here is narrow and intimate corresponding to the pedestrian nature of King William St

Iter Aquatic Center

LIGHT DIAGRAM

ACTIVE/PASSIVE SYSTEMS

LANE SWIM - area is spatially separated from leisure and tot pool and elevated to a total of 12m by the use of V-columns to support the spirit of the aquatic competition in the lap pool

SOUTH LOBBY - Visitors are welcomed in a grand-scale double height lobby that provokes feeling of splendor in correspondence to the urban setting and the bustling nature of King Street

Course Location Software

PERFORMANCE PAVILION

ASC 301- fall 2020

Grange Park, Toronto, Ontario

Rhinoceros, Autocad, Enscape, Illustrator & Photoshop

Located in Grange park, this pavilion caters to the art-driven userbase of the neighborhood by acting as an outdoor gallery to display the work of local artists. With its box framed structure, the pavilion creates display shelves for sculptural work, and with its round formation, it creates a central arena to hosts performing arts. The geometry of the design stems from the intent to embrace the Henry Moore sculpture on site and frame it to be the pavilion focal point. The semi-enclosed structure of each bay grants visitors partial seclusion in the busy park, while maintaining exposure and permeability to the park’s various functions.

pods

framing the Henry Moore sculpture opening up the pods for circulation

Performance Pavilion

SITE PLAN 1:500

PAINTED STEEL BOX

GLULAM COLUMNS

STEEL KNIFE BASE PLATE 150MM GRANULAR FILL

CONCRETE FOOTING

200MM CONCRETE FOUNDATION

EARTH

A POD - Interior view of the pod where visitors can view sculptures and have small gatherings

DETAIL - Timber Slat

Performance Pavilion

EAST-WEST SECTION - Showcasing the experience through the pavilion

Course Location Software

ASC 920 - Fall 2022

Toronto, Ontario

Revit, AutoCad, Enscape, Illustrator & Photoshop

Located in Bloor West Village, the concept of these laneway suites stems from wanting to engage the community with the new development in a way that both elevates the aesthetic of the site and create a lively and a pedestrian friendly laneway. Two separate suites are created to gently densify the neighbourhood accounting for different possibilities of households. As a result of this form, an open-concept artist studio is proposed on the ground floor underneath the elevated suite which has the potential for both public and semi-private activities. Art is mounted on trellis installations in the front yard for display or purchase, enabling a small business set up for the artist, and promoting the walkability and livability of the site.

These laneway suites set up a precedent for future infill housing in the neighborhood by revitalizing the laneway and creating a tight-knit community nestled behind the main street.

Laneway Suit(e)

ENTRY - the utility space in the middle of the plan spatially separates the living, from dining and kitchen functions. The dining space opens up to the public portion of the site, meanwhile the living room remains private.

MEZZANINE

SECOND FLOOR

GROUND FLOOR - the artist studio opens up to the main house’s backyard, creating permeability between the house and the laneway, engaging its residents with the proposed art function.

Laneway Suite(s)

WEST ELEVATION - glazed stairwell visually implying the independence of the two suites.

SECTION BB

LIVING ROOM - east window fills up the living room with natural light and overlooks a private backyard nestled to the rear of the suite.

NORTH ELEVATION - showcasing the artist studio and community engagment with the public portion of the building

Course Location Software

RIVERSIDE HOUSING

ASC 401- winter 2021

16 Station St, Bancroft, Ontario

Rhinoceros 6, AutoCad, Enscape, Illustrator & Photoshop

Located in Bancroft, Ontario, this residential complex is designed in L-shaped floor plans, allowing its aggregation of units to acquire a playful presence in the old town. Locally sourced heavy timber makes up for the structural grid and wraps up most of the exterior envelope, which enables sunrays to penetrate the complex depending on time of day and orientation. The extensive use of timber helps the complex blend in with Bancroft’s natural elements from greenery to the York river on site, maintaining its connection to the nature it resides in; in addition to being sustainable and renewable.

single live/work

2bedrooms

3bedrooms

Riverside Housing

SOUTH - Shows different materiality and varying height of the complex

EAST - Overlooks Alice St and provides integrated parking on the ground floor

Riverside Housing