Aziz Bahou Selected Works 2016
Academic Work Allen Road Arts Bridge Uberbia Lakefront Condo
Comprehensive Building Urban Formal
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Suspension Joinery Artifact
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Artifacts + Installations Black Cloud Japanese Joinery Portable Urbanism
Academic Work
Allen Road Arts Bridge Comprehensive Building Design Design Studio, Winter 2015 Coordinator: Maria DeNegri In Collaboration with: David Di Giuseppe Rhino | Revit | Grasshopper | V-Ray | Photoshop | Illustrator | Model: Laser Cutter
There is a void in the fabric of the Lawrence-heights neighbourhood in Toronto. The void was created with the construction of the Allen Expressway over forty years ago. This void creates both a spatial and social divide between the Lawrence Heights community and its surroundings. This lack of connectivity constantly undermines the success of the local community. The current development proposal, with its large yet spatially divided park further exemplifies the constant difficulties which the void causes to redevelopment. There is a great need for increased community programs and an identifying nucleus in the neighbourhood. It is a priority then, that the proposed community arts-bridge not only re-connects the Lawrence-Heights neighbourhood spatially, but reinforces the community link across the Allen road and embraces the identifying dichotomy of a split-yet-together community. The proposal attempts to remedy both the spatial and social gulf by creating an infrastructural link between the neighbourhood’s opposing sides. This infrastructural link takes the form of a community centre landform-bridge which unites arts-exhibition, arts production, and social/ commercial innovation. This arts-bridge enables the continuity of both parkland and community across the Allen Expressway void while finally creating a unified nucleus both spatially and socially in the Lawrence-Heights neighbourhood.
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1:250 Model
Art production
Commercial Innovation
Access Diagram and Formal Operations
Site Plan
Center of Innovation
Studios
Theater
Art exhibition
Event Space Fabrication lab/ Workshop Dance Studio Gallery Library
Program Diagram
Landform Roof
Section | Through performance spaces
Turn-Around 14.00 m
Parking
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Office 3
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Office Amenity
Maint. Workshop
Shipping / Storage
Photo. Studio
Media Arts
Kitchen
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Server Office 1 Mech
Media Atrium
COI Atrium Studio Atrium Centre of Innovation
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Outdoor Event Space
Reflecting Pool / Skating Rink
Ground Floor Plan + Long Section A
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Event Space
Lounge
Shipping / Bldg Services
Drop-Off Theatre Storage Mech. Room
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Stage Green Room
Coat Check
Atrium Theatre Flex Space Auditorium Atrium Front of House Management Suite
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Children's Playground
Bleachers
Ground Floor Plan 1:250
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Music Atrium
Group Visual Art
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Community Gallery
Student Lounge Storage IT Centre
COI Boardroom
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Work Space
Lunch Room
Boardroom
Admin. Reception Proj. Room
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Changerooms
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Second Floor Plan 1:250
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Section B 1:250
Ventilation air intake occurs away from the pollution of Allen Rd. The air intakes are surrounded by evergreen trees. The microclimate of these trees provides higher-quality air.
Reflecting pond is used as a cistern for grey water which is re-used in building systems
Rain falling on the roof drains towards edge gutters. This rain is diverted to cisterns located in the towers. This water is stored and used to irrigate the green roof. Excess water is diverted to underground cisterns.
Used air is exhausted at floor level.
Underground cisterns store grey water which is recycled for use in building systems and landscape features
Solar chimneys provide stack effect ventilation for exhaust air.
Horizontal Geothermal Loops at each end of the building provide thermal energy to heat pumps in the Mechanical Room
Fresh air is provided by Earth Tubes buried under bermed ramps at either end of the building.
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South Facade | Perforated Metal Skin
Bridge Detail
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200mm Bio-planting medium Bio filter fabric - end lap adhered to parapet Bio rootstop root barrier 50mm Bio-retention panel
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300mm Polystyrene rigid insulation Vapour retarder Air barrier 100mm Concrete on 38mm Corrugated metal deck
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8mm Perforated, faceted and triangulated metal scrim 200mm Air layer 8mm Equitone fibre cement panels (1200x2400 mm) 50mm Air layer Channel 150mm Polystyrene rigid insulation Metal plate 150mm Polystyrene rigid insulation
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8mm Perforated, faceted a 200mm Air layer 8mm Equitone fibre cemen 50mm Air layer Channel 150mm Polystyrene rigid in 10mm Sheathing 150mm Steel-Stud (w/ 140 12mm fire-resistant gypsum
Tapered Rigid Insulation
Parapet flashing
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100mm drainage pipe (@ 2% slope)
Drainage gravel
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Recessed LED fixture - 129mm opening
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Triple pane, Low-E, Argon filed window system
Engineerd Assemblies RVRs & TcLip (thermally broken)
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33mm Engineered hardwood flooring 3.5mm Acoustical underlay 150mm Concrete on 51mm Corrugated Metal Deck
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Bridge Detail Model
Bridge Detail Model | Green Roof + Structure
Bridge Detail Model | Skin + Envelope
Center of Innovation Interior | Meandering Ramps
Uberbia Option Studio Design Studio, Winter 2016 Coordinator: Michael Piper Rhino | V-Ray | Photoshop | Illustrator | Google SketchUp Pro | Google Earth Pro
Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) - such as Uber or Lyft - commonly serve single passengers, essentially the same as a taxi, however there are new developments - such as networked car pooling, shuttles buses, or commuter vans - that use online platforms to coordinate transportation for multiple passengers. These services are just starting out, but in the future, if multi-passenger TNC services become more ubiquitous as a mode of transit, they raise questions and suggest opportunities for how public spaces could be used and occupied. Where might such “hotspots,” be? Could such locations also serve as places for public gathering in parts of the city where they are lacking? What will be done with parking lots once this system reduces their need? And how would suburban infrastructure - currently designed for personal car use - be adapted to address these questions and provide public space to accommodate this particular form of pedestrian and transit activity? This studio speculates on new forms of public space at suburban sites, that would serve as nodes, or “hotspots,” in a transportation network system of multi-passenger vehicles. In designing new civic nodes for this system, this studio is testing out formal techniques of aggregation as a means to produce density in spread out suburban areas. The intervention presented below is proposed in the neighborhood of Malvern in Toronto. It appropriates Malvern Town Center and use it as a centerpiece for the civic hubs “hotspots“ for future TNC services. The proposal investigates the addition of 4 additions to the mall that act as “hotspot” / civic nodes to the area. The articulation of such nodes investigates adding parking structures as beacons and adding a market-like, human scaled objects under large canopies. The decisions related to their articulation are based on their surrounding context, their relation to the mall and their location in the grander scheme of public transportation in the city.
Densify | Low density infiltration
Desnify | Medium + high density infiltration
Form | Mall as central object
Uber Hop Centers | Connect mall to street
Form | Disruption in the mundane
Form + Program | Address edges and apply diversity
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Ground Floor Plan
Uber Pick-up & Drop-off Typology
1 Low density residential Density Frequency Queue Possibility
2 Medium + high density mixed-use Density Frequency Queue Possibility
3 Public space + transit hub Density Frequency Queue Possibility
Overall Axonometric
Detail Axonometric | Uber Hop Station + Courtyard Building I
View | Looking North
Detail Axonometric | Uber Hop Station + Courtyard Building II
View | Underneath Canopy
Detail Axonometric | Uber Hop Station + Courtyard Building III
View | Looking East
Lakefront Condo Option Studio Design Studio, Fall 2015 Coordinator: Stefano Pujatti Revit | Rhino | Grasshopper | V-Ray | Photoshop | Illustrator | Model: Laser Cutter
This studio focused on the very simple/sophisticated relation between water and building. Water was considered as problem and allied number one of the design; it was used as an instrument for the setting of the project at the urban scale as well as the medium that informs the construction elements and defines the detailing of the building. The site is located at the Toronto waterfront adjacent to the Parliament Street slip. The proposed project deals with pre-proposed development projects of a series of condominium and an extension of the lake’s boardwalk to the east. The project is to house 100 residential units and an activated ground level that house commercial and possibly civic programs. The proposal uses the location of the site next to a lake slip to it’s advantage and creates a focal point that addresses the boardwalk and allows it to merge with the building’s ground level and continue east. The form of the building was shaped to navigate the context around it and to assure the best quality of views and sunlight for all of its units. The parti of the form is a solid volume (condominium) at the top and platforms (recreational/commercial) at the bottom. The unit layouts take advantage of the form to create unprecedented physical and visual connections with the water.
Top: Figure Ground of the Toronto Waterfront | Bottom: Boardwalk View of the Proposal Looking East
Site Plan
Urban Strategy
Concept Images
Concept Collage | Habitat under a condo
Concept Diagrams
Formal Strategy
Unit Layout Strategy
Top: Ground Floor Level | Bottom: North-West Axonometric
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1 Bedroom 69 m2
1 Bedroom | 69 m2
2 Bedroom | 93 m2 2 Bedroom 93 m2
North Elevation
2 Bedroom 112 m2
3 Bedroom 169 m2
2 Bedroom 112 m2
2 Bedroom | 112 m2
3 Bedroom | 169 m2 3 Bedroom 169 m2
South Elevation
Inclined Openings in Special Condos
Transverse Section 1 | Special Units (Condo) + Meandering Ramp (Civic Platforms)
Meandering Ramp in the Civic Platform
Transverse Section 2
Physical Model Study I
Physical Model Study II
Artifacts + Installations
Black Cloud 2015
Exterior | Before the Start Event
In summer 2015 I designed this installation to be part of RAW Design’s annual party entitled “Canvas“. Most of the participants painted on the walls of the rented out space and I noticed that most of the work was two dimensional. Moreover, all the murals were painted next to each other, which made the space chaotic. My idea was to create a three-dimensional and a completely different environment inside that space to contrast what’s going on around it. The cloud would be suspended and made out of canvas. The 44-foot canvas was painted white on one side and a regular-fluorescent pattern on the other. The resulting form has two differently sized spaces and is lit using a black light from the inside. The idea was to contrast the exterior chaotic and irregular environment with a completely opposite one.
Interior | Before the Start Event
Exterior | During the Event (plus some vandalism)
Interior | During the Event
Japanese Joinery 2015
A Variation on the Shouldered Triple Dovetail Joint
CNC milling was used on solid lumber and MDF to reproduce a few Japanese Joints and then to produce variations of them. The variations can be in scale, rotation, materials and geometry. The following are two examples of the Japanese joints I produced for a seminar lead by Shane Williamson under the title “Working Out from the Center: Investigations in Wood Fabrication“ in 2016.
Clip Tenons Joint
Portable Urbanism 2015
This project was submitted as part of a course I took in fall 2015 entitled “Form, Contingency, Agency: Introduction to Urbanism“ by Reberto Damiani. Throughout the course each student chose a case study to research throughout the semester and present a portable urbanism at the end of it. Portable urbanism is essentially a way to represent the research about a case study using different methods of representation, materials and mediums. I chose “Al Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan“ as my case study and my portable urbanism box included images, text, plans, maps, demographics, statistics, and a model of the block structure of the camp.