Badr Wakidi Design Portfolio
Badr Wakidi wakidi-badr@live.fr +1 508 828 0328
Skills Rhinoceros Grasshopper Autodesk 3ds Max Autodesk Maya Autodesk Revit Autodesk Autocad Adobe Photoshop Adobe Indesign Adobe Illustrator V-Ray
Languages Arabic (Native) French (Native) English Spanish
Education 2017-2020 University of Southern California M. Arch III Los Angeles, CA 2013-2017 Roger Williams University
B.S Arch
Bristol, RI
Contents
VENTUS L.A
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Hypertower 2.0
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Leimert Park Housing
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Hypertower 1.0
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Personal Work
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VENTUS L.A
This project explores the potential of wind in generating spatial conditions and articulations within the realm of architectural design. The process of particle simulation was used to form, deform, craft, and sculpt the design in order to deviate, capture, and receive the wind based on the different needs of each space. The design follows the logics of automotive design; where air intakes become openings and apertures for the building to provide light, air, and views to the river in the site. This thesis project is a hybrid model between the automotive industry and architecture. This design is a speculation of human experience, where fluidity and seamlessness offer many ways of exploring a building and its context.
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Aerodynamic Simulation Using Particle Animation and Trail Trajectory 08
The purpose of this process is to study particles behavior as they deviate or bounce back from the collision with a given geometry. The goal was to develop a shape that dictates the particles movement as a representation of how the wind would potentially circulate inside and around the building.
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Initial Exploration of Spatial Conditions 10
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Final Form 12
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Apertures to control wind flow.
Entry to lower exhibition and gallery spaces.
Sound isolator space due to high wind flow.
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Gallery space.
Lobby.
Outdoor space capturing the north wind.
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Hypertower 2.0 Mixed-use high-rise tower, transportation hub, station and hotel. Exploring the potential of technology in linking between humans, machines and architecture. This project looks closely at three types of current - or under development - systems of mobility that will shape the formal language of this tower. The idea of the future has always been an exciting challenge and research for architects and designers. This project explores the potential of an elevated infrastructure that would become the center for major transportations in the city of Los Angeles as well as the major states in the country. The tower behaves as a station that receives the Hyperloop, the drones, as well as the VTOL vehicles. The concept is to push the boundaries of occupying the city through an exploration of the oblique to generate moments of disequilibrium as well as a strong feeling of dynamism within the occupied structure.
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Hyperloop Station/Tube 30
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Hyperloop Station/Tube - Side Views 32
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View 1
View 2
View 3
Initial Folding Form 34
Plate connections to allow vehicles to navigate freely though the folding plates and the skin of the tower. They also serve as structural elements to support the building.
Connections 35
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1- Mixed Use Area - Localized Drone Area 2- VTOL Station - Semi-Centralized VTOL Area 3- Hyperloop Station - Centralized Hyperloop Area 4- Ground Lobby
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Model Photos 44
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Leimert Park Housing
This project explores the idea of co-living as a system to better exploit space to provide many facilities for the residents of Leimert Park in the city of Los Angeles. The purpose was to design an apartment building that incorporates an elevated interior park that serves as a community for people to gather, cook together, and spend more time there instead of inside their rooms. The elevated platform allows for the making of a public museum that showcases the artwork and history of Jazz. The fluid form of the lobby allows for a polyvalent open space which could host a farmers market, ceremonies, sport activities, and music events.
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Restaurant - Outdoor Lounge
Facade
Housing Area Housing Units
Private Garden
Screening Room
Museum
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Space Frame
Vierendeel Truss
Cladding System Space Frame
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Perspective Longitudinal Section 50
Perspective Cross Section 51
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Detailed 3D Section 55
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Hypertower 1.0
Early exploration of a potential high rise building as a transportation hub that includes futuristic modes of travel such as the hyperloop, the VTOL vehicles, and the drones. Each UFO is a station for the different machines of mobility. The tubes that float over the city were designed based on the hyperloop’s minimum turning radius of 100 meters. In order to avoid intersections between the channels, the proposed scheme creates a dynamic elevated infrastructure.
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Personal Work
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Non-Sectarian Space 64
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Abstract Modeling - Pendant 66
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Abstract Modeling - Station 68
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Modeling - Zaha Hadid Vortex Chandelier 70
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Abstract Modeling - Bridge 72
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wakidi-badr@live.fr
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