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Co Op Editorial Santa Monica, CA August 2001 - June 2002 5500 S.F. tenant improvement video editing space Role: Project Coordinator Participated in all phases of the project, including the design phases, construction drawings, bidding (tender) and construction management. Responsible (under the firm principal) for design from conceptual through design development. Designed undulating wood wall using 3D software. Solely responsible for production of working drawings and construction management. Project Description A tenant improvement for a startup commercial and film editing company, the project brief included space for four Avid editing bays and accompanying support spaces. The client also expressed a desire for a space that would help define a unique company image. Awards 2003 AIA Los Angeles Honor Award for Interiors 2004 AIA National Honor Award for Interiors 2004 AIA California Council Merit Award 2006 AIA Los Angeles Special Decade Award Publications Architectural Record 2003 Records Interiors Issue Architectural Review 2007

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View of CNC milled wood wall Four avid editing bays are located in the daylight controlled spaces behind the wall. Architectural grade glulam beams were milled and stacked continuously down the wall in a picket fence configuration. Doors to the editing bays are concealed within the wood wall.

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CO OP EDITORIAL

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Overall view of space from reception area (left) The conference room and restroom volume flank the hundred foot long avid bay wood wall. doors to the editing bays are constructed of the same carved glu-lam beams as the wall, disappearing completely when closed.

View of restroom cube with avid editing bay wall beyond (right) The restroom and managerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office volumes are capped by acrylic panels; skylights in the spaces back light the panels during the day, while concealed fluorescent lights backlight the panels at night.

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View of reception desk (right) A custom cast-in-place reception desk with rough-sawn wood storage unit and work surface defines entry to the project.

View from waiting area toward main entry (left) The office volume to the right, conference room in the distance, avid editing bay wall with concealed doors on the left define a waiting area.

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[with Pugh+Scarpa Architects] + Xap Corporation Culver City, CA June 2000 - January 2001 22,000 S.F. tenant improvement office space Role: Project Coordinator Participated in all phases of the project, including the design phases, construction drawings, bidding (tender) and construction management. Responsible (under the firm principal) for design from conceptual through design development. Project Description A tenant improvement for a corporate client providing online application services for college bound students, the project is located inside a commercial complex designed by Eric Owen Moss. The primary design strategy included interlacing programmatic elements to encourage an engaged relationship between the users/clients and the space. The organically shaped conference rooms provide a counterpoint to the severe geometries of the existing space. Furniture was designed for the space as an integral part of the architecture. Awards 2001 AIA Los Angeles Honor Award for Interiors 2002 AIA National Honor Award for Interiors Publications Interior Design Magazine, Jan 2003 LA Architect July/Aug 2002

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Views of board room and conference room The shape and location of the conference and board rooms were investigated via digital and physical modelling; attention was given to both the composition of the negative spaces around the rooms and the shape of the spaces as freestanding objects.

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XAP CORPORATION

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Reception area A cast-in-place concrete reception desk anchors the lobby area. The lower tip of the desk hovers inches above the concrete slab.

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Section through conference rooms The building section reveals the basic design strategy: separating certain programmatic elements (in this case the kitchen and the break area) to encourage an active engagement with the space, and the opportunity to experience the conference rooms as sculptures in the round.

Detail views of conference rooms The rear of the conference and board rooms enclose acoustically separated telephone booths for employees working in an otherwise open environment.

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Kitchen island and lunch area above: Cast-in-place kitchen island with Eric Owen Moss bandshell in the background, left: Kitchen area with refrigerator and supply air registers, opposite: Digital model and detail view of steel brackets on kitchen island.

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XAP CORPORATION

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view of perimeter office block (right) View from recreation area to the perimeter offices

Custom furniture (left) Furniture pieces designed for the XAP project (steel coffee table, lobby bench, acrylic and glass conference table)

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Resin Bridge Cardiff, CA January 2003 - June 2003 residential renovation Role: Designer/Fabricator The resin bridge was an allinclusive design/build project, including design, executing working drawings, fabricating and installing all components including the resin panel, aluminum plates, guardrail pickets and tension cable system. Welding was executed by a subcontractor. Project Description The project brief included providing direct access to an existing loft space. The solution included creating a new access into the loft space (otherwise only accessible via ladder) and a resin panel/bar grate extension to an existing bridge. A custom tension cable railing system replaced the existing drywall guardrail, opening the doubleheight entry volume.

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Architectural Jiu-Jitsu: Leveraging a Small-Scale Intervention The initial project brief was simple—provide a connecting bridge element and access to a loft otherwise only accessible via ladder, converting it into a usable space. The house provided significant resistance to this brief in the form of unexpected and unanticipated existing conditions. I always intended to leverage this limited scope project to provide maximal impact for the client and for a minimal investment. By working with materials new to me as a designer/fabricator, I hoped the project would have a similarly outsized impact on my design palette. As with a martial artist using Ju-Jitsu, employing a design/build delivery method allowed a supple and flexible design response rather than a direct confrontation with unexpected existing conditions, budget and material constraints. Extending the brief to include replacing the existing bridge guardrails had a double effect—first, it allowed me to better weave the new elements into the existing fabric of the house, and second, replacing the opaque drywall guardrails with a custom aluminum picket and tension cable system spatially liberated the entry atrium spanned by the existing bridge. Demolition of the drywall and framing of the guardrails left a 1 ¼” deep void or scar at the perimeter of the existing bridge. A continuous aluminum base plate “healed” the scar—the first condition requiring a supple design response (Counterattack #1), a strategy that would be revisited as other unanticipated conditions arose after demolition. Demolishing part of the atrium wall to allow access onto the loft space revealed another existing condition that would require a design revision. A vertical chase on the loft with a vent stack from the water heater obstructed the proposed opening and access to the loft. Counterattack #2 thus meant partially demolishing the vertical chase as far as possible without relocating the vent stack. This demo left a scar on the floor of the loft and an open sided vertical chase that required “healing.” Using aluminum plate again leveraged a detail from a one-time response into a holistic strategy for “healing” the scars of insertion. Covering the side of the vertical chase with aluminum plate also maximized clearance through the entry of the loft—which was at a premium. The house threw its final attack in the form of differing finish floor heights between the existing bridge and the loft space. The original design called for a resin panel and bar grate bridge extension to span between co-planar bridge and loft floors. The floor height differential provided the opportunity for Counterattack #3: the extension of the resin panel into the loft space. As with the tension-cable guardrail, this subtle design response better weaves the new insertion into the existing fabric of the house blurring the threshold between new and old. Extending the panel into the loft space also draws attention to the 4” change in floor elevation, providing for safer passage on and off of the loft. The cast resin panel also operates on multiple fronts: providing a comfortable walking surface overlaid on the bar grate bridge, allowing light to pass through the transparent material and splashing colored light onto the floor and walls below, reflecting colored light onto the ceilings above and around the atrium. Ultimately, the functional and atmospheric effects provide the client with a maximum return on his minimal investment. Portfolio

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RESIN BRIDGE

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View of resin bridge from loft space The cast resin bridge provides an expressive threshold and mediates between the differing finished floor heights of the existing second level bridge and the loft space previously accessible only via ladder.

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RESIN BRIDGE

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Birdâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eye view (left) Birdâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eye view showing the existing bridge (with new guardrail) and the new resin bridge linking to the existing loft through a new wall opening.

Detail views of aluminum plate (right) above right: transition from wood flooring to resin bridge; below right: reglet reveal at vertical chase vent cover.

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RESIN BRIDGE

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View of resin bridge support The resin bridge (comprised of cast resin panel supported by bar grating) is supported by a steel angle where it cantilevers over into the loft space.

Views of aluminum base plate and guard rail Aluminum base plates fill the gaps in the wood floor left from demolishing existing walls.

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RESIN BRIDGE

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[Exhibition Design]

SaloneSatellite Booth Design Milan, Italy Spring 2012 Exhibition Furniture Booth Design Role: Designer/Fabricator The extremely limited budget and fabrication time (10 days) dictated the use of unfinished MDF panels. The wall panel reliefs were carved on the Collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s CNC-router, all other parts were fabricated in the traditional wood shop. A team of four students and one additional colleague assembled the booth in one and a half days before the opening of SaloneSatellite in Milan. Project Description The project brief included exhibition space for eight furniture pieces, as well as space for three iMac monitors, brochures/media handouts, and storage. The wall relief design evolved from a studentdesigned pattern taken from an early exercise in the Form, Furniture and Graphics course. The objective was to maintain a balance between neutral backdrop for the furniture pieces and an active expression of the design principals employed in the course, while referencing the Middle Eastern culture from which the work emerged. Awards 2013 AIA Middle East Merit Award for Interiors

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Form, Furniture and Graphics SaloneSatellite Booth Design A panel of industry experts representing Milan’s Salone Internazionale del Mobile selected the College to participate in the SaloneSatellite student exhibition. In a change from the previous four years when I taught Furniture Design Basics alone, a graphic design colleague and I collaborated on an elective furniture design course, Form, Furniture and Graphics. Students in the course explored the potential reciprocity between 2-dimensional graphics and 3-dimensional form in furniture design. Four of the pieces exhibited at SaloneSatellite emerged from this course, while four were designed and fabricated by students in the prior Furniture Design Basics course. I designed and fabricated the booth, while the graphic design colleague provided logistical support and the graphic design of promotional material for the exhibition. The SaloneSatellite booth design became an exercise in balancing opposing desires and constraints. Limits of time, budget and portability conflicted with the desire to differentiate the exhibition of a Middle Eastern college of architecture and graphic design from any other school of architecture or product design from anywhere else in the world. These desires posed questions. Could the booth acknowledge the Middle Eastern culture from which the pieces emerge without directly parroting it? Could it serve as a billboard drawing attention to the student-designed and -fabricated furniture pieces without overwhelming them? Could the basic principles of the Form, Furniture and Graphics course be expanded beyond the original application of object in space (furniture piece) to a space defining condition (walls bounding the booth)? Incorporating one of the student pattern designs from an early exercise to develop a wall texture linked the booth design with the Form, Furniture and Graphics course (see images on previous page). Many of the patterns emerging from that early exercise coincidentally had a superficially Middle Eastern manifestation—despite their origins in a cropped Roman font letter-form. Co-opting this coincidence connected the booth to the course, the textures and patterns of the exhibited furniture pieces and to the traditional material culture of the College’s region. Holistically, the booth has a fairly normative tri-partite organizing structure: a base for display of the furniture pieces, a middle interstitial zone providing a neutral backdrop, and an upper zone housing the multimedia display iMacs, identifying graphics for the College and the 3-dimensionalized pattern. The base rises in one corner of the booth, obscuring the interstitial zone. This extruded base zone contains the storage for the booth while lifting smaller and more fragile furniture pieces away from the ground. It also provides a moment of overlap where the textures of the furniture pieces engage the wall pattern. The relief consists of an extrusion of the student-designed pattern and an occluding shroud that obscures and reveals the texture at key moments. Near the front of the booth, a blister of the pattern emerges from the wall surface providing a textural signpost encouraging visitors to further explore the booth. The textured wall panels were fabricated on the College’s CNC router using a single sheet of MDF with a box frame and additional layers of MDF laminated as needed in areas of greater depth or projection. Portfolio

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Booth renderings The booth was modelled and exhibit layouts tested in advance of exhibiting at SaloneSatellite in Milan.

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SALONESATELLITE BOOTH DESIGN

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Details views of patterned MDF wall The pattern for the wall was developed in the Form, Furniture and Graphics course and routed on the Collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s then new CNC router before being shipped to Milan. Students and a colleague helped install the booth the day before opening.

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Opening day at SaloneSatellite Views of the booth on opening day; the booth and the exhibited furniture were well-visited and deeply successful at showing off the work done in the College.

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[Competitions]

Wedge Table Fabrication in progress 2016 Furniture Design Project Description The Wedge Table leverages simple but strong formal qualities and the warm, sensous qualities of wood to inspire a desire to touch and engage the table. The play of light across the central torus oculus, the strong gesture of the solid wood wedge fins intersecting the oculus, the details at the transition from the solid wood wedges to the steam bent wood legs all provide layers of experiential complexity. Design of the Wedge Table emerges from a radial logic and the desire to find a new use for wedge-shaped scarf joint offcuts. The table is composed of three major elements and one minor elementâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the table top (constructed from the off-cuts), the wedge leg extrusions, the steam bent legs and a key at the floor level to help lock in the leg orientation. All formal details emerge from the construction methodology. The radial logic is expressed through the wedge geometry and the profile of the table top. Revolving the sectional profile produces the form of the table top with its signature torus oculus at the center. Awards 2016 Andreu World International Furniture Design Competition, Special Mention

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Wedge Table

Andreu World Contest | 16 Participant 20160772

axonometric drawings 1:5 scale model

Axonometric Drawings (birdâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and wormâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eye)

rendering studio shot with prototypes and off-cuts

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WEDGE TABLE

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leg-to-tabletop connection detail side elevation

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Muqarnas Bench unbuilt 2014 Landscape Furniture Design Project Description The Muqarnas Bench emerges as a three-dimensional object from a two-dimensional Islamic pattern ground field. The benchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shape results from a hybridization of forms typically associated with the aggregation of muqarnas combined with a two-dimensional Islamic pattern. Pre-cast from white concrete, the bench and the patterned base surface can be installed in any desired location. The size and configuration of the patterned base surface is flexible.

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MUQARNAS BENCH

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Escan Emirati Housing Sharjah, UAE 2010 1100 unit villa housing development for local Emirati families Role Director of Design Project Description Takween Studio is comprised of 5 faculty members and 18 architecture, interior design, graphic design and urban planning students and recent graduates. It was initiated in response to a competition invitation from the Sharjah emirate government with an accompanying 200,000AED ($55,000) stipend. The competition marks the initial organized and concerted effort by the Sharjah government to provide housing for local Emirati Sharjah families--not to be confused with public housing. The project brief included 1000 villas and 100 semi-detached homes divided into 5 neighborhoods, as well as a mixed-use community center.

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Aerial view of Liwan community Liwan is proposed as a new community specifically planned to meet the needs and accommodate the aspirations of Emirati families. The meaning of Liwan as a transition space that mediates between the internal space of the house and the external world made it particularly appropriate as the name of this new community. It has been designed to provide humane spaces that offer the potential for many levels of interaction as inhabitants move from the intimate space of the house to the larger community. The Takween Studio design team established the following foundational principles to guide the process of design: • Respecting Sociocultural Norms and Values • Enhancing Housing / Street Relationship • Enhancing Use of the Plot • Balancing Differentiation & Consistency • Humane Spaces at All Scales • Promotion of Sustainable Practices

The notion of the oasis served as a point of inspiration in developing a central green area that provides large open spaces for leisure activities and family gatherings. The green space forms the edge of the community center and extends out into spines that serve as the center of each of the five neighborhoods. Entered through controlled access points, each spine is defined by major neighborhood streets and two rows of housing that provide views of either the green space or the desert. Those preferring more open space around the house may choose from free-standing houses dispersed either within the green space of the spine or in the desert area just outside of the spine.

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ESCAN EMIRATI HOUSING

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Liwan community master plan

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sociocultural norms and values

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enhancing use of the plot

sociocultural norms and values

balancing differentiation and consistency

humane spaces at all scales

housing / street relationship

With no specific site designated, the master plan manifested an idealized form; specific site conditions inevitably would alter the site plan. The edges of each spine are characterized by a loose arrangement of individual houses that create a permeable boundary and a soft edge to blend with the natural landscape. Neighborhood spines are connected via a ring road and an internal street system. The arrangement provides the infrastructure for internal public transport options that use the community center as a hub. Walking and bicycle paths connect the spines and provide circuits of varying lengths.

enhancing use of the plot

balancing differentiation and consistency

humane spaces at all scales

promotion of sustainable practices

Potential walking/cycling paths

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Walking/cycling paths connect the five neighborhoods through the interstitial desert space; combined with the spine paths of the neighborhood green spaces, a multitude of possible path distances and experiences are available.

8 Kilometers Landscape Strategy Zones

Plants Requiring Water or Low Water Plants Requiring Low Water

Controlled Use of Naturally Growing Desert Plants

Landscape Strategy Zones

Naturally Growing Plants in a Desert Environment

Plants Requiring Water or Low Water Plants Requiring Low Water

Controlled Use of Naturally Liwan | 14 Growing Desert Plants Naturally Growing Plants in a Desert Environment

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Community Center covered walkway Providing ample parking below and raising the community center above grade provides a well-defined pedestrian-friendly environment with shaded thoroughfares lined by cafĂŠs and shops. A large supermarket will serve as an anchor and ensure that there are enough visitors per day to achieve the density necessary to create a vibrant and active community core.

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Five Bedroom Villa As in each of the five villa types proposed by Takween Studio, the five bedroom villa attempts to bridge the particularly private lifestyle of Emirati families with the more public street life. Privacy in typical Emirati housing is manifested in a 2.5 meter tall perimeter wall, completely divorcing the internal life of the villa with the external life of the community. The goal is to maintain a line of privacy that is respectful to the social and cultural values of Emiratis while also retaining a link to the street. The majlis, or traditional public living room provides a potential programmatic bridge. The pattern on the external villa walls is a variation on the mashrabiya, or window screen, found in traditional Islamic residential architecture.

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[at American University of Sharjah]

Furniture Design Sharjah, UAE College of Architecture, Art and Design Role Professor/fabrication mentor Project Description Students taking Basics of Furniture Design from 2006 to 2011 at American University of Sharjah designed and built full scale furniture prototypes. In fall of 2011, I co-taught a course called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Form, Furniture and Graphicsâ&#x20AC;? with a graphic design colleague. The goal of the course was to explore the potentially reciprocal relationship between two-dimensional graphics and three-dimensional form. In all cases, students were expected to consider the design problem from the perspective of furniture as the first scale of architecture--that scale most directly connected to our bodies (according to Bernard Cache in Earth Moves). Exhibitions 2012 SaloneSatellite at Salone Internazionale del Mobile Milan, Italy 2012 Design Days Dubai Journal Publications 2012 Journal of Architectural Education

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Amal’s Prayer Chair Form, Furniture and Graphics F 2011 This chair rocks to aid in the act of praying. The concept originates from the desire to aid the designer’s late grandmother and mother who struggled to pray in the prostrate position. According to Islamic tradition, those who cannot physically endure prostration may pray in a sitting position. The typographic pattern on the skin of the chair is derived from the Arabic letter kaf and refers to the “The Throne” (Ayatul-Kirsi), a powerful verse in the Holy Quran. The verse states: “His Chair doth extend, Over the heavens And the Earth...” material: (prototype) 3mm mdf; (scale model) Z Corp 3D print powder; finish: (prototype) Spray paint; process: (prototype) Laser cut contours and glue lamination; size: 3/4 scale prototype (70cm w x 68cm d x 58cm h); scale model (29cm x 25cm x 22cm).

Candelabra Furniture Design Basics S 2009 The polycarbonate panels of this table originally responded to the ritual of burning candles. The cells of the panels would define pathways for the resulting wax trails. During the design and construction process, the piece evolved into a celebration of its own existence as a minimalist and transparent object material: Polycarbonate panels, aluminum bar and threaded rod; process: General metal fabrication and assembly; size: Full-scale furniture piece (112cm w x 56cm d x 42cm h).

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D Bench Furniture Design Basics Fall 2009 The bench explores eruption as a formal quality and the deregulation of a rational ordering system along its length. The piece consists of 36 3mm-thick hand-shaped aluminum bars fastened with machine screws to a welded aluminum tube frame. The piece was sandblasted after fabrication and assembly. material: 3mm thick aluminum flat bar; finish: Sandblasted; process: Metal-forming and general metal fabrication and assembly; size: Full-scale furniture piece (200cm w x 35cm d x 36cm h).

Veto Form, Furniture and Graphics Fall 2011 The project intersects typography with 3D design by employing Arabic letterforms as a structure for a furniture piece. The tableâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s form is derived from a cross-sectional transformation of the Arabic word la (meaning refusal, denial or disbelief) into kalla (indicating strong disapproval, protest or objection). The concept is inspired by dissent expressed in the Arab world during the Arab Spring revolutions. material: 4mm plywood; finish: Polyurethane clear coat; process: cnc contour routing and glue lamination; size: Full-scale furniture piece (115cm w x 49cm d x 38cm h).

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The Thinker’s Chair Form, Furniture and Graphics Fall 2011 The project integrates graphic and 3D form in a semantic design exploration. The chair’s form was constructed by laminating CNC-routed layers of wood and was inspired by Rodin’s masterpiece The Thinker. The arching support compels a person to sit in a similar fashion as The Thinker, whose uncomfortable and tortured pose suggests a difficult intellectual struggle. The weaving pattern of text on the surface responds to grid lines established by the wood laminations, and refers to Dante’s Divine Comedy, Rodin’s original theme for the sculpture. material: Mahogany; finish: Spray stain and polyurethane clear coat; process: CNC contour routing, glue lamination, sanding, vinyl letter masking; size: Full-scale furniture piece (40cm w x 60cm d x 140cm h).

De-lamination Table Furniture Design Basics Fall 2009 Originally inspired by an overlapping wave pattern, this table combines two simple two-dimensional curves to develop a complex three-dimensional form. The piece consists of four layers that appear to delaminate like a flexed deck of playing cards. Each of the four layers consist of three laminations of red oak that were steam bent, then glue laminated to lock in the final form. material: Red oak; finish: Stain and polyurethane clear coat; process: Steam bending and glue lamination; size: Full-scale furniture piece (89cm w x 50cm d x 39cm h).

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Phoenician Reading Table Form, Furniture and Graphics Fall 2011 This design–build endeavor emerges from a cross-disciplinary course combining typography and furniture design. The reading table is inspired by the Phoenician alphabet, one of the earliest forms of writing. The table surface engraved with Phoenician letterforms provides a base for Latin script emerging from a new, “modern” tablet. The tablet ultimately supports a book in the open reading position. material: Mahogany, 6mm stainless steel round bar; finish: Spray stain and polyurethane clear coat; process: Traditional woodworking, metalworking, CNC surface routing; size: Full-scale furniture piece (84cm w x 50cm d x 65cm h).

Mesh Table Furniture Design Basics Fall 2009 Starting with a triangular unit, this table gradually transforms from a 2D surface pattern toward relief and ultimately into 3D form. A combination of chiseling and hand-held routing with jig and template were used to achieve the pattern condition on the wood. material: Walnut; finish: Stain and polyurethane clear coat; process: Traditional woodworking and handheld router; size: Full-scale furniture piece (89cm w x 50cm d x 36cm h).

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Various Pieces Furniture Design Basics 2009-11 These pieces all pre-date the acquisition of digital fabrication equipment at CAAD. The study of furniture design at CAAD has historically fallen under the umbrella of the Interior Design program within the Department of Architecture. Over time, the furniture design course has been transformed into a laboratory for the design and fabrication of increasingly complex and refined bespoke furniture. Building on this trajectory, I initiated with a graphic design colleague a unique cross-disciplinary course entitled Form, Furniture and Graphics. It emphasizes integration of graphic and typographic form with furniture design, exploring their reciprocal relationships. The goal is to expand the definition of furniture beyond normative function toward a hybrid condition that includes an expanded semiotic reading.

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Various Pieces Furniture Design Basics 2006-09 These pieces were designed and fabricated in CAADâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s early, rudimentary shop facilities with no access to digital fabrication equipment.

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Various Pieces Furniture Design Basics 2006-09 These pieces were designed and fabricated in CAADâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s early, rudimentary shop facilities with no access to digital fabrication equipment.

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Design/Build Studio Sharjah, UAE College of Architecture, Art and Design 5th Year studio Fall 2012; seminar courses in Fall 2013 and 2014 Role Professor Project Description An interior/exterior design/ build renovation including the integration of a display wall, interior seating, exterior display vitrine and an exterior community table providing display and communal space for the College. Awards 2013 AIA Middle East Merit Award for Unbuilt Work 2015 AIA Middle East Design Award for Excellence (equivalent to Honor Award)

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Overall view of display wall The display wall is programmed with seating, open display and lockable display areas with back and down lighting. The wall helps define the entry sequence to the well-frequented side entry to the College

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Schematic design axonometric left: Early axonometric drawing represents the extents of the project while highlighting the relationship to the existing building Community table right: view of exterior space, community table, vitrine and entry to the College

Renderings of display wall left: elevation of display wall near side entry with open display shelves and lockable display cabinets

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Detail views of display wall far left: acrylic backlighting diffuser, middle left: open display shelves and benches, left: lockable glass display with radiused glass door.

Elevation of display wall Elevation of display wall near side entry with open display shelves and lockable display cabinets.

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Views of seating area Where the wall turns the corner towards the studio spaces, students have long gathered opposite a sink/ mirror and also adjacent to the Collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s printing labs. Benches were designed into the wall in response to this existing use of the space.

Detail views of the benches The benches emerge from the geometry of the wall and cantilever up to 50 centimeters. They can hold the weight of as many people who can fit on the benches.

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Views of entry and display vitrine far left: the exterior display vitrine spans 2 meters and has a drawer that opens on the short end, extending out 1.5 meters for access to the display. The College sign was cast in bronze from a 3D printed positive and welded to the bronze frame. left: The wood display wall continues outside the building and transitions into the vitrine and community table.

View of community table and display vitrine The community table outside aims to extend the life of the College beyond the bounds of the building, engaging the larger campus community.

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Axon view of display vitrine and community table (far left) The bronze element at the beginning of the community table and surrounding the display vitrine remain to be fabricated.

View of exterior area and community table The bronze element and the benches for the community table are in fabrication.

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View of display wall Acrylic backlighting diffuser and display lights are controlled by dimmer with three lighting scenes for display flexibility; radiused glass door encloses a lockable display area.

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[at American University of Sharjah]

Design Studio Sharjah, UAE College of Architecture, Art and Design 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Year Design Studios Role Professor Project Description 2nd year studio ARC 201/202 is the first series of studios in the 5 year architecture and sequence with an emphasis on basic design principles. 3rd year studio ARC 301/302 places an emphasis on structural and tectonic principles. 4th year studio ARC 401 is a topic studio.

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ARC 301 (Design Studio III) Fall 2015 Design Studio III places an emphasis on short span structure, infill, spatial development and landscape integration. The project brief calls for an infill community center serving an underserved local neighborhood adjacent to the University.

INSTITUTE OF CULTURAL HERITAGE

SKIN STUDY + RESEARCH

AN ACTIVE SKIN SYSTEM IS PRODUCED THAT C ONTROLS LIGHT AND AMBIENCE TO WHICH IT HEIGHTENS THE SPATIAL AND INTERIOR EXPERIENCES.

THE EMIRATE OF SHARJAH IS CONSIDERED TO BE ONE OF THE LEADING EMIRATES TO PRESERCE AND APPRECIATE CULTURAL HERITAGE AND NATIONAL HISTORY. ALTHOUGH THE SITE IS WITHIN THE EMIRATE OF SHARJAH, IT LACKS ANY CULTURAL OR HISTORICAL REFRENCES. ADDITIONALLY, THE SITE IS CONSIDERED TO BE A TRANSITION BETWEEN AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT AND A RURAL ENVIRONMENT. THIS PROJECT AIMS TO RE-INTRODUCE TWO OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL ELEMENTS OF THE VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE, THE URBAN MASHRABIYYA AND THE RURAL BEDOUIN TENT. A CROSS-POLLINATION OF THE MASHRABIYA AND TENT TYPOLOGIES USED IN PUBLIC CONTEXT IS RESULTED.

600/400

500/400

LOCKING ELEMENT

500/300

FUNCTIONS:

SKIN LAYER

•SHADING •LIGHT FILTER •PIXEL SCREEN •GRAPHIC FUNCTION

600/300

PARAMETERS: • MODULE SIZE • OPENNING SIZE • SPAN • FABRIC OPACITY • ROTATION RANGE

BEDOIUN TENT • RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STRUCTURE AND ENVELOPE • DYNAMIC IN FORM • OPEN PLAN • OPAQUE MEMBRANE • MULTI-PURPOSE PROGRAM • PRIMARY VERTICAL ELEMENT • LIGHTS FROM THE SIDES • TEMPORAL

500/300

400/300

TENSILE FABRIC 600/200

500/200

400/200

DIAMETER/THICKNESS RATIO

SKIN LAYER, CAPPING ELEMENT

MASHRABIYYA: • FIXED MEMBRANE • LIMITED IN SPACE • LIMITED PROGRAM • VISIBILITY BASED ON PROXIMITY • RELIES ON HEIGHT OF HOST • PERMANENT

SKIN LAYER, ROTATING ELEMENT 400

SKIN LAYER, TRACK ELEMENT 200 100

SIMILARITIES: • INTENDED FOR PRIVACY • FIGURAL IN ITS PRESENCE • MEMBRANAL • VENTILATION • LIGHT CONTROL

EXPLODED AXON OF MODULE

HEIGHT

INSTITUTE OF CULTURAL HERITAGE

PROGRAM AS OBJECT

ZONES

INSTITUTE OF CULTURAL HERITAGE

DIAGRAMS

LIGHT FILTERATION AND VENTILATION

PRIMARY VERTICAL OBJECT

SCREEN ELEVATION

STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS

VISUAL AXIS TO SCREEN

CONCRETE CORE

COLOUMNS

GIRDERS WAFFLE SLAB

SECONDARY BEAMS RETAINING WALL

BRACING

HEXAGONAL COLOUMNS+BRACING

LEVEL OF PUBLIC ACCESS

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ARC 301 (Design Studio III) Fall 2015

GROUND FLOOR

This studio serves as an introduction to structure and emphasis on material and tectonic development

EXHIBITION 45 SQM

CAFE 42 SQM

PHILOSOPHY

1:100 m 0

INSTITUTE OF CULTURAL HERITAGE

SECTION AA

T.O.P. +15 M RESTAURANT 32 SQM

T.O.S. +11.4 M PERFORMANCE HALL 225 SQM

A HALL LOBBY 70 SQM

T.O.S. +7.8 M

SEATING 60 SQM

T.O.S. +4.2 M

T.O.S. -3.6M

INSTITUTE OF CULTURAL HERITAGE

SECTION BB

INSTITUTE OF CULTURAL HERITAGE

SECTION CC

MAIN HALL

1:100 m 0

INSTITUTE OF CULTURAL HERITAGE

EXTERIOR RENDER

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ARC 301 (Design Studio III) Fall 2014 Design Studio III places an emphasis on short span structure, infill, spatial development and landscape integration. The project brief calls for an infill community center serving an underserved local neighborhood adjacent to the University.

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ARC 301 (Design Studio III) Fall 2014

CENTRO MOMMUNITARIO_MUWAILEEH SHARJAH C

ARC301_F1T4_IBRAHIM_49761 METAL FURRING PARAPET METAL COPING INSULATION ROOF MEMBRANE WATER BARRIER WOODEN BLOCKING STONE BALLAST / GRAVEL

TOP OF SLAB ELEV. 14.0 m

DOWN

This studio serves as an introduction to structure and emphasis on material and tectonic development

METAL FURRING CHANNEL CLIP HAT CHANNEL DRY WALL / GYPSUM BOARD

ALLUMINUM MULLION

LOUVERS STRUCTURE MULLION

TWISTING STEEL LOUVERS

TOP OF SLAB ELEV. 11.0 m METAL COPING + INSULATION

TOP OF SLAB ELEV. 8.0 m

THIRD FLOOR PLAN SECONDARY BEAMS EXPANDED FOAM

STUCCO FINISH + METAL LATH

CONCRETE SLAB WELDED WIRE FABRIC PLYWOOD SUBSTRATE WOODEN STRIPS

TOP OF SLAB ELEV. 4.5 m WEB STIFFINERS

DOWN

DOUBLE GLAZED GLASS DIVIDER STRIP TERRRAZZO

MORTAR BED

TOP OF SLAB ELEV. 0.3m TOP OF GRADE ELEV. 0.0m

HANGAR SPACING WIRE CROWN MOULDING AQUSITIC GYPSUM BOARD

HAT CHANNEL FINISH LAYER CORNER BLOCKING DOWN

CARPET PAD REGLET

TOP OF GRADE ELEV. -4.0m

SECTION CC

FORTH FLOOR PLAN CONCRETE SLAB ON GRADE

1:100

STONE BALLAST

EARTH

1:20 200

400

N 7M

N 1400 mm

CENTRO MOMMUNITARIO_MUWAILEEH SHARJAH ARC301_F1T4_IBRAHIM_49761

TOP OF SLAB ELE 14.0 m

TOP OF SLAB ELE 11.0 m

TOP OF SLAB ELE 8.0 m

TOP OF SLAB ELE 4.5 m

TOP OF GRADE ELE -2.0 m

TOP OF GRADE ELE -4.0 m

TOP OF GRADE ELE -10.0 m

SECTION BB

1:100 1M

N 7M

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COMMUNITY CENTRE|ARC 301 B

GROUND FLOOR

C SCALE 1 : 100

RAHUL MENON| SECTION B|49694

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COMMUNITY CENTRE|ARC 301

1. LOBBY/EXHIBITION

MASSING OF COURTYARDS

2.PERFORMANCE HALL

3.OFFICE/MEETING 4.LOBBY OF PERFORMANCE HALL 5.AUDITORIUM 6.STUDY ROOMS 7.MULTIFUNCTIONAL ROOM

3 2

EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC OF PROGRAMMES

COURTYARD OPEN TO STREET ENCLOSED COURTYARD SHADED OPEN COURTYARD

COUTYARD DEFINED BY PERFORMANCE HALL RAHUL MENON| SECTION B|49694

COMMUNITY CENTRE|ARC 301

SECTION B-B

SCALE 1 : 100 S E C T I O N D- D

RAHUL MENON| SECTION B|49694

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ARC 301 (Design Studio III) Fall 2013 Design Studio III places an emphasis on short span structure, infill, spatial development and landscape integration. The project brief calls for an infill mediatheque serving an underserved local neighborhood adjacent to the University.

Wall section | Scale 1:50

North West Facade Shades

North East Facade Shades

Structure | Axon

South West East Shades

Perspective Exterior | North

Section A-A | Scale 1:50

Perspective Exterior | West

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torage

nformation desk 1

Offices

This studio serves as an introduction to structure with an emphasis on material and tectonic development

nd floor plan | Scale 1:100

Perspective Interior | Third floor

Perspective Interior | Second floor Section B-B | Scale 1:50

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ARC 302 (Design Studio IV) Spring 2013 Design Studio III places an emphasis on tectonics of building structure and envelope, typically with an open site.

Primary Facade Structure Secondary Facade Structure

Structure

Structure/ Frame

This preliminary project entitled “Atavistic Shelter” was intended to help students explore and develop a sensibility for the poetics of building structure beginning with a reading of Frampton’s Stereotomic/Tectonic dichotomy. In the absence of a complex program or site condition, students could focus on the development of a tectonic language.

Rammed earth walls Openings in the wall allow for views in and light out from the fire

Top of stem wall acts as a datum as the earth slopes down

Concrete stem wall Seating in stem wall

Shelter carved into stem wall

Below ground plan Hearth Cave shelter

Exploded Axonometric

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ARC 302 (Design Studio IV) Spring 2013 Design Studio III places an emphasis on tectonics of building structure and envelope, typically with an open site. For the final project, students were given project brief for a furniture maker’s fabrication facility and gallery space in an open, but still urban site. The project should utilize and advance ideas about tectonics developed in the “Atavistic Shelter” preliminary project.

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ARC 302 (Design Studio IV) Spring 2013

CAST-IN-PLACE CONCRETE SLAB+BEAMS

RAMMED EARTH WALLS

Design Studio III places an emphasis on tectonics of building structure and envelope, typically with an open site. For the final project, students were given project brief for a furniture maker’s fabrication facility and gallery space in an open, but still urban site. The project should utilize and advance ideas about tectonics developed in the “Atavistic Shelter” preliminary project.

CONCRETE STEM WALLS

GROUND

STRUCTURAL AXONOMETRIC DIAGRAM

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ARC 202 (Design Studio II) Spring 2011 Design Studio II continues development of basic design principles with an emphasis on design development and technical resolution. The final project consists of a live/ work gallery in the historical Bastakiya neighborhood in Dubai where the surrounding buildings have been reconstructed using a traditional coral mass wall system.

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ARC 401 (Design Studio V) Fall 2010

EMIRATI HOUSING_Degree of Privacy

EMIRATI HOUSING_Family

EMIRATI HOUSING_Need for Adjacency

Very private Semi private Public

Design Studio V emphasizes the relationship between site, landscape and building form.

Necessary Desirable Neutral Undesirable Necessary separation

Capitalizing on work into and a summer competition for housing of Emirati nationals, this studio proposed an 8-unit Emirati vacation retreat on the highest mountain in the UAE, Jebel Hafeet.

Dining room

THRESHOLD

Site entry

Bedroom

NEGATIVE SPACE BOUNDARY/ PRIVACY SUBTRACTION/ DISPLACEMENT

Visitor parking

Site entry

TRANSFORMABLE AND RESPONSIVENESS Entry

Visitor parking Prayer room

Private living room

Powder room

Prayer room

Majilis _Male

Majilis _Male Prayer room

Powder room

EMIRATI HOUSING

Dining room

Abaya closet Majilis _Female

Prayer room

Dining room

Abaya closet

Powder room

Office

Kitchen

Public living room

Office

Covered parking

Public living room

Kitchen

Family entry

Dining room

Family entry

Dining room

Pantry

Servant room

Exterior kitchen

Private living room

Driver Room

Exterior kitchen Driver parking

4 rooms

Gym

Swimming pool

Private living room

Driver Room Driver parking

Mathbaha Servant room

Laundry

EMIRATI HOUSING_Mashrabiya Pattern

Majilis _Female

Covered parking

Public living room

Mathbaha

The students were asked to do extensive work into the complex programming requirements and cultural manifestations of Emirati domestic life (extracts shown here)

Powder room

Entry

Gym

Master bedroom

Husband bedroom

wife bedroom

EMIRATI HOUSING_Mashrabiya Exploration through the day

Swimming pool

4 rooms

Laundry

Master bedroom

EMIRATI HOUSING_Mashrabiya

EMIRATI HOUSING_Interior/ Exterior

Private living room close

Surface acts as an object that interacts with the interior space _visually and physically

Reception

Changing room

Wash room semi close

Gym

Swimming pool

Courtyard open

Mashrabiya is shown not only as a surface that provides privacy and lighting quality but also as an element that interacts with the family and provides a unique spatial quality.

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ARC 401 (Design Studio V) Fall 2010

SITE

SECTION BB SCALE 1:200

FIRST FLOOR PLAN SCALE 1:200 360 M

The site was an existing man-made plateau half way up to the peak of Jebel Hafeet. Students designed one model residence and had to strategize how to aggregate the units across the site.

SECOND FLOOR PLAN SCALE 1:200 170 M

THIRD FLOOR PLAN SCALE 1:200 360 M

FORTH FLOOR PLAN SCALE 1:200 280 M

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ARC 401 (Design Studio V) Fall 2010 The Emirati household requires a more complex understanding of notions of public/private than more typical housing. These realms of everincreasing need for privacy result in overlapping and concentric circles within the household.

SECTION AA SCALE 1:200

FAMILY

FEMALE

WATER PATH _MALE MAJLIS

_DINING ROOM

SECTION AA SCALE 1:200

WATER PATH _PRIVATE LIVING ROOM

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ARC 201 (Design Studio I) Fall 2008 ARC/IDE 201 is the first in the 5 year architecture studio sequence. Four projects in the studio progressively introduced students to basic architectonic issues (form/space, materiality/tectonics, threshold, site manipulation). The final project, Anthropomorphic Zoo, required students to implement all of the concepts explored in earlier exercises. Anthropomorphic Zoo was a response to studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; preconceptions about architecture and domesticity. Rather than designing a villa, which would allow them to bring these preconceptions to bear, the students were given an animal and asked to design a house (not an exhibit) for the animal.

Asst Prof Bill Sarnecky | Fall 2008 ARC 201 | Section 4 | Architectural Design Studio I

Asst Prof Bill Sarnecky | Fall 2008 4 | Architectural Design Studio I

ARCZoo 201 | Section Anthropomorphic Project Sema Al Orouk

Anthropomorphic Zoo Project Sema Al Orouk

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ARC 402 (Design Studio VI) Spring 2007 By course catalog description, this studio was comprehensive studio. In reality, prior to NAAB accreditation the studio outcomes were not expected to be comprehensive by NAAB standards. The final project in this studio was an Architecture and Design college at Lebanese American University in Beirut.

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development

after identifying certain succesful formal languages, i restarted the process by creating a physical model in plaster and lofting the main lines of the model by using Adobe Flash and juxtaposing these lines with the site and applying to them the twist deformer and twisting them on site and in a physical model which lead to the development of the floor plates and roofscape, i also conducted various plaster pouring exercises to try and study the flow of a viscous material on the site and identifying the resultant conditions of the pour through video capture.

circulation

voronoi development

program points

voronoi pattern

a voronoi pattern was developed by pinpointing certain crucial program points in the program and allowing them to act as the points in the voronoi diagram, this lead to the development of an efficient space planning tool as well as acting as a circulation system, this pattern is reflected on the roof and the lower floorplates as well, with each plate having a unique set of points according to the program existing on that floor.

The final project in this studio was an Architecture and Design college at Lebanese American University in Beirut.

formal development

4th year

floor plates+ site

spatial planning+ circulation

circulation

13.6m a

section AA

project drawings

roof plan+ longitudinal section

a a noitceS 002:1

existing buildings

courtyard

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4th year

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[at American University of Sharjah]

Comprehensive Design Studio Sharjah, UAE College of Architecture, Art and Design Fall 2009, 2010 & 2012 4th Year Comprehensive Design Studio Role Professor Course Description ARC 402 serves as the comprehensive building design studio in the 5 year studio sequence. In the Spring of 2009, 2010 and 2012, students designed 5 to 8 unit townhouse complexes on a small infill site--a tactical approach to alleviating suburban sprawl FLOOR PLAN in the +3.0M greater Dubai/Sharjah metroplex. 1:150 The project was titled (Sub)Urban Housing. As a part of the comprehensive nature of the studio, the students were expected to program the project, provide a site selection rationale based on their definition of client and client needs, select a site, produce their design firm identity (logo/business card/ construction drawing layouts), design and document the project to the level of a set of design development drawings. After the NAAB candidacy visit, the comprehensive studio was judged a “cause for concern” by the visiting team. I was assigned to revamp the comprehensive studio to meet NAAB criteria. In 2010, NAAB returned for an initial accreditation visit. The comprehensive criteria went from “cause for concern” to “well met” as reported upon by the visiting team. In 2010, CAAD received the maximum accreditation available for initial candidacy.

FLOOR PLAN +6.00M 1:150

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ARC 402 (Design Studio VI) Spring 2012 The (Sub)Urban multifamily housing project in a suburban infill condition targets issues specific to the suburban condition and specific to the region respectively: density and affordability.

SITE PLAN 1 : 150

103

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7.2 7.1

6.2 6.1

5.2 5.1

4.2 4.1

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G.1

UNIT # 5- STORE 5-104

UNIT # 5- KITCHEN

UNIT # 3- KITCHEN

5-101

3-101

UNIT # 1- KITCHEN 1-101

F.1

PRESSURE TREATED PLYWOOD. 22 GAUGE WALL METAL FLASHING 16mm EXTERIOR BUILDING SHEATHING.

UNIT # 5- DINNING

5-102 UNIT # 3- DINNING 3-102

UNIT # 1- DINNING 1-102

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WATERPROOFING MEMBRANE 16 mm CONCRETE TILES FLEESE MEMBRANE 80 mm FOAM CONCRETE

UNIT # 3- STORE

UNIT # 5- HALFBATH 5-103

UNIT # 4- STORE

UNIT # 4HALFBATH

4-104

4-103

3-104

UNIT # 3HALFBATH 3- 103

UNIT # 2- STORE

UNIT # 2HALF BATH

2-104

2-103

UNIT # 4- DINNING

UNIT # 1STORE 1-103

UNIT # 2- DINNING

4-102

2-102

HOLLOW BLOCK SLAB STEEL REBAR BEAM Ͳ STEEL REBAR

E.1 E D C.1 C B

'Z" REVEAL WINDOW HEAD DETAIL

UNIT # 4- KITCHEN

UNIT # 2- KITCHEN

4-101

2-101

A A.1 A.2

GROUND LEVEL FLOOR PLAN 1 : 100

PREFINISHED 22 GAUGE MTL FLASHING

104 STEEL REBAR

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FINISHED WOOD FLOOR ASSEMBLY. LAYED OVER SOUND ISOLATION

7.2 7.1

6.2 6.1

5.2 5.1

4.2 4.1

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13 mm PLYWOOD FLOOR LIGHTING SOLID WOOD FLOOR BASE

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G.1

BLOCKING AS NECC. STEEL ANGLE SECTION L2X2X1/4

G UNIT # 5- WORKSPACE

UNIT # 3- LIVING ROOM

5- 101

BLOCKING AS NECC.

UNIT # 1- LIVINIG ROOM

3- 201

UNIT # 4- BEDROOM [1]

1-201

4- 101

F.1

UNIT # 2- BEDROOM [1] 2-201

UNIT # 4BATHROOM 4- 102

UNIT # 2BATHROOM 2-202

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E.1 E D C.1 C

UNIT # 5- LIVING ROOM 5- 102

UNIT # 2- WORK SPACE

UNIT # 4- WORKSPACE

2-203

4- 103 UNIT # 3- WORK SPACE

EXTERIOR BUILDING SHEATHING

UNIT # 1- WORK SPACE

3- 203

1-202

UNIT # 3BATHROOM

UNIT # 5BATHROOM

20 mm WOOD PLANKS

UNIT # 1BATHROOM

3- 202

5- 103

1-204

100 mm WOOD FRAMING

1-203

3- 204

5- 104

UNIT # 1- BEDROOM [1]

UNIT # 3- BEDROOM [1]

UNIT # 5- BEDROOM [1] UNIT # 4- LIVING ROOM

UNIT # 2- LIVING ROOM

4- 104

2-204

16 mm GYPBOAD

A A.1

100 mm INSULATION

A.2

DOUBLE GLAZING WINDOW

FIRST LEVEL FLOOR PLAN 1 : 100

ALLUM. WINDOW JAMB 6 mm CERAMIC TILES ALUM. BOTTOM RAIL 300mm HOLLOW BLOCK SLAB DRIP EDGE

105

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DEEP LEG TRACK @ HEAD CONDITION 20 GA. STEEL STUD FIBERGLASS INSULATION 16mm EXTERIOR BUILDING SHEATHING.

7.2 7.1

6.2 6.1

5.2 5.1

4.2 4.1

DOOR HEAD SECTION JͲ HOLDING 15 GAUG SCREW STEEL STUD 16 mm DRY WALL

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G.1

5 mm CHANNEL FIBER GLASS INSULATION CHANNEL CLIP 22 mm HAT CHANNEL HANGER SPACING

G UNIT # 3- MASTER BEDROOM

UNIT # 5- MASTER BEDROOM

UNIT # 1- MASTER BEDROOM

3- 301

5- 301

UNIT # 4MASTERBATHROOM

UNIT # 4- STORE

UNIT # 2- STORE

4- 304

2-303

UNIT # 4- DRESSING UNIT # 2- MASTER BATH

4- 303

2-302

4- 302

GLASS SLIDING DOOR

F.1

1-301

UNIT # 2- DRESSING

E.1 E D C.1 C

2-304

UNIT # 5- MASTER BATHROOM 5- 302

15 LBM ASPHALT FELT

UNIT # 3- MASTER BATHROOM 3- 302

19 mm PLYWOOD

UNIT # 1- MASTER BATH

UNIT # 3- DRESSING

1-302

3- 303

UNIT # 1- DRESSING 1-303

UNIT # 5- STORE 3- 306

RESILIANT FLOORING EXPANSION JOINT

UNIT # 4- MASTER BEDROOM

SLIDING DOOR SILL GUTTER 30 mm ENGENEERED STONE TILES

4- 301

UNIT # 3- STORE 3- 304

UNIT # 1- STORE 1-304

B UNIT # 2- MASTER BEDROOM 2-301

A A.1 A.2

50 mm GRAVEL W MORTAR 60 mm SAND BED SLAB ON GRADE 100 mm GRAVEL 25 mm EXPANSION JOINT FLEXCELL BOARD WATERPROOFING MEMBRANE COMPACTED SOIL

SECOND LEVEL FLOOR PLAN 1 : 100

106

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3 A 5.11

7.2 7.1

6.2 6.1

5.2 5.1

4.2 4.1

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G.1

HEIGHT LIMITATION 14 M

F.1F E.1 E

D C.1 C B

AA.1 A.2

ARC 402 (Design Studio VI) Spring 2012

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HEIGHT LIMITATION 14 M

HVAC ROOM

MASTER BATHROOM

LIVING ROOM

STAIRWELL

BATHROOM

WORK SPACE

SECOND LEVEL FLOOR PLAN 7.000

FCU

WORK SPACE

STAIRWELL

BATHROOM

WORK SPACE

BEAM

3M SETBACK

PROPERTY LINE

HALFBATH

ENTRANCE

FIRST LEVEL FLOOR PLAN 3.500

BEAM

ENTRANCE

PARKING

MASTER BEDROOM

STAIRWELL

WORK SPACE

FCU

STAIRWELL

MASTER BEDROOM

DRESSIN ROOM

ENTRANCE

PARKING

GROUND LEVEL FLOOR PLAN 0.000

KITCHEN

HVAC ROOM

MASTER BATHROOM

LIVING ROOM

PORCH

KITCHEN

TRIPLE HEIGHT SPACE

Section 1 1 : 100

SECOND LEVEL FLOOR PLAN 7.000

PRIVATE BALCONY

DINNING

WORK SPACE

BEDROOM [1]

PARKING SPACE

STORE

FIRST LEVEL FLOOR PLAN 3.500

GROUND LEVEL FLOOR PLAN 0.000

WEST ELEVATION Section 2 31 100 11 :: 100

ROOF PLAN 10.500

3.195

STAIRWELL

MASTER BEDROOM

SKYLIGHT

ROOF

2.600

DRESSIN ROOM

PARAPET

3.195

FCU

MASTER BATHROOM

SKYLIGHT 12.500

ROOF PLAN 10.500

3.195

BED ROOM

STAIRWELL

The (Sub)Urban multifamily housing project in a suburban infill condition targets issues specific to the suburban condition and specific to the region respectively: density and affordability.

STAIRWELL

PARAPET

3.195

FCU

MASTER BATHROOM

SKYLIGHT

PARAPET

2.533

STAIRWELL

PARAPET

PRIVATE BALCONY

SKYLIGHT

PARAPET

3M SETBACK

STAIRWELL

LIVING ROOM

PARAPET

PROPERTY LINE

HVAC ROOM SKYLIGHT

SKYLIGHT 12.500

A 5.11

A 5.13

4.1 4.2

5.1 5.2

6.1 6.2

7.1 7.2

A.2 A.1A

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UNIT # 1

UNIT # 2

UNIT # 3

UNIT # 4

UNIT # 5

B C C.1 D

E E.1 FF.1

G.1

HEIGHT LIMITATION 14 M

SKYLIGHT 12.500

112

ROOF PLAN 10.500

108

ROOF PLAN 10.500

OTG l SPRING 2012 l 402

SECOND LEVEL FLOOR PLAN 7.000

FIRST LEVEL FLOOR PLAN 3.500 PROPERTY LINE

FIRST LEVEL FLOOR PLAN 3.500

GROUND LEVEL FLOOR PLAN 0.000

EAST ELEVATION 1 : 100

NORTH. ELEVATION 1 : 100

111

109

SKYLIGHT 2012 l 402 OTG l SPRING 12.500

OTG l SPRING 2012 l 402

119

OTG l SPRING 2012 l 402

115

120

OTG l SPRING 2012 l 402

117 114

OTG l SPRING 2012 l 402

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WALL SECTION Wooden Strip Cladding Steel Vertical Battens Steel Horizontal Battens

The (Sub)Urban multifamily housing project in a suburban infill condition targets issues specific to the suburban condition and specific to the region respectively: density and affordability.

Flashing

V I G N E TT E 1 : APPROAC H

Wood Base Expansion Space Strip Flooring Plywood

Plaster on Metal Lath Vapor Barrier Fiberglass Batt Insulation Gypsum Board

Wooden Strip Cladding

Aluminum Glass Rail Cap Tempered Glass Aluminum Shoe Moulding

Bonded Terrazzo Divider Strip Portland Cement Mortar Underbed Dampproofing membrane

Ground slopes away from wall at 5%

UNIT 2 - BATHROOM STACKED W/D

UNIT 1 - BATHROOM

UNIT 1 - BEDROOM

UNIT 1 - BATHROOM

UNIT 3 - BATHROOM

STACKED W/D

UNIT 2 - BEDROOM

UNIT 3 - BEDROOM

UNIT 2 - BATHROOM

ELEVATOR

UNIT 3 - BATHROOM

2m x 1.6m

Impermeable Backfill

UNIT 1 - BEDROOM CHILLER

CHILLER

UNIT 2 - BALCONY

Free-draining Backfill

UNIT 3 - BALCONY UNIT 2 - BEDROOM

CHILLER

UNIT 3 - BEDROOM

Epoxy Floor Coating Reinforced Concrete Slab

UNIT 4 - BEDROOM

6.800

UNIT 4 - BATHROOM

Concrete Foundation Wall Expansion Joint

UNIT 5 - BEDROOM UNIT 4 - BALCONY

UNIT 5 - BALCONY

CHILLER

Dampproofing Membrane CHILLER

UNIT 4 - BEDROOM

UNIT 5 - BATHROOM

Filter Fabric

Batt Insulation

Coarse Gravel

UNIT 5 - BEDROOM

STACKED W/D

Thermal Insulation, Waterproof Dampproofing Membrane Sand

Rigid Insulation

STACKED W/D

UNIT 4 - BATHROOM

Rigid Insulation

Perforated Drain Pipe

Reinforced Concrete

Capillary break over footing (dampproofing)

Concrete Footing

UNIT 5 - BATHROOM

SUBURBAN HOUSING

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V I G N E T T E 1 : A P P ROAC H

homerun to main supply through garage

soffit mixing box chiller connection to water supply connection to city sewer lines

tankless water heater

supply air ducts

MECHANIC AL

distribution box

ELECTRIC AL

Concrete Columns Concrete Floor Slabs

STRUCTURAL

mixing box electrical wires

STRUCTURAL SYSTEM: TWO-WAY FLAT PLATE [maximum allowable span without beams = 7m]

chiller

return air ducts exhaust

PLUMB ING

waste lines stack vent vent stack cold water pipes hot water pipes

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PATH OF EGRESS 1

P.L.

VIGNETTE 2: BBQ AREA

P.L.

A 8.800

11.301

Occupancy Classification = R-2: Residential

8.800

UNIT 1 - BALCONY

OPEN TO BELOW

UNIT 2 - BALCONY

UNIT 2 - WORK SPACE

5.15m x 1.8m

The (Sub)Urban multifamily housing project in a suburban infill condition targets issues specific to the suburban condition and specific to the region respectively: density and affordability.

[Section 1016: Exit access travel distance]

UNIT 3 - BALCONY

UNIT 3 - WORK SPACE

Travel Distance: UNIT 2 - STUDY ROOM 6.446

ELEVATOR 2m x 1.6m

6.450

UNIT 1 - MULTIPURPOSE ROOM

Without a sprinkler system, the maximum distance from the most remote area to the exit should not exceed 60.96m Travel Distance in project= 37.2m Meets IBC requirements

UNIT 3 - STUDY ROOM UP

UNIT 1 - WORK SPACE

OPEN TO BELOW

UNIT 2 - MULTIPURPOSE ROOM

4.6m x 2.8m

UNIT 3 - MULTIPURPOSE ROOM

4.6m x 2.8m

[Section 1018: Corridors]

3 2

Corridor Width:

Code Requirement: Min width = 0.91m Actual Width = 0.91m Meets IBC requirements

D UNIT 4 - MULTIPURPOSE ROOM

OPEN TO BELOW

UNIT 5 - MULTIPURPOSE ROOM

OPEN TO BELOW

4.6m x 2.8m

6.450

4.6m x 2.8m

6.450

UNIT 4 - STUDY ROOM

UNIT 5 - STUDY ROOM

UNIT 4 - WORK SPACE

UNIT 4 - BALCONY

UNIT 5 - WORK SPACE

UNIT 5 - BALCONY

F 8.800

2.1m

8.800

S H AD E D IAGR AM

P.L.

F I R ST F L O O R 1P L A N

0.81m

P.L.

[Section 1008: Doors, Gates, and Turnstiles]

0.91m

Size of doors: 11.395

SLOPE

5 8.811

A 8.800

2% SLOPE

7.000

UNIT 2 - BATHROOM UNIT 1 - BATHROOM

UNIT 1 - BEDROOM

UNIT 1 - BATHROOM

UNIT 3 - BATHROOM

STACKED W/D

UNIT 3 - BEDROOM

BALCONY BELOW

UNIT 2 - BATHROOM

ELEVATOR

STACKED W/D

UNIT 2 - BEDROOM BALCONY BELOW

6.802

Code Requirement: Min height = 2.03m Actual Height = 2.1m Meets IBC requirements

2% SLOPE

2.249

7.000

STACKED W/D

Height of doors:

7% SLOPE

SLOPE

7% SLOPE

P.L.

7% SLOPE

P.L.

11.299

Code Requirement: Min width = 0.81m Actual Width = 0.81m Meets IBC requirements

8.901

8.900

0.28m UNIT 3 - BATHROOM

6.800

2m x 1.6m

UNIT 1 - BEDROOM CHILLER

0.91m

DEC, 9am

UNIT 2 - BALCONY

UNIT 3 - BALCONY UNIT 3 - BEDROOM

4.952

Stair Width:

D 7.000

UNIT 4 - BEDROOM UNIT 5 - BALCONY 2% SLOPE

2% SLOPE

6.800

4.150

UNIT 4 - BEDROOM

S H A D E D I AG R A M

Stair Landing: 7% SLOPE

4.150

UNIT 4 - BATHROOM

2% SLOPE

UNIT 5 - BATHROOM

E 6.800

Stair Riser:

UNIT 5 - BEDROOM

9.000

Code Requirement: Max riser = 0.178m Actual Riser: = 0.178m Meets IBC requirements JUNE, 9am

9.000

STACKED W/D

UNIT 4 - BATHROOM

UNIT 5 - BATHROOM

P.L.

ROOF PLAN P.L.

8.811

MAX BUILDING AREA FOR SHJ SITE = 160 sq. m. JUNE, 12pm GROSS TOTAL BUILDING AREA = 158.1 sq. m. NET USABLE AREA = 102 sq. m.

Stair Tread: Code Requirement: Min tread = 0.279m Actual Tread = 0.28m Meets IBC requirements

8.811

P.L.

Code Requirements: Min landing = 0.91m Actual landing = 0.91m Meets IBC requirements

CHILLER

7% SLOPE

CHILLER

7.000

UNIT 5 - BEDROOM UNIT 4 - BALCONY 2% SLOPE

Stairways serving an occupant load of less than 50. Min Width = 0.91m Actual Width = 0.91m Meets IBC requirements

BALCONY BELOW

GROUND LEVEL: DINING = 9.3 sq. m. KITCHEN = 3 sq. m. TOILET = 2.6 sq. m. BALCONY = 7 sq. m. LIVING ROOM = 24.5 sq. m. FIRST LEVEL: WORK SPACE = 9.1 sq. m. BALCONY = 3.4 sq. m. STUDY ROOM = 5 sq. m. MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM = 10 sq. m. SECOND LEVEL: BEDROOM_1 = 10 sq. m. BATHROOM_1 = 4.85 sq. m. BEDROOM_2 = 12.5 sq. m. BATHROOM_2 = 4 sq. m. BALCONY = 11.25 sq. m.

[Section 1009: Stairways]

3 2 BALCONY BELOW

DEC, 3pm 0.91m

0.178m

UNIT 2 - BEDROOM

CHILLER

DEC, 12pm

CHILLER

P.L.

JUNE, 3pm

OVERALL SITE AREA: 836 sq. m. HARDSCAPE AREA: 506 sq. m. BUILDING FOOTPRINT AREA: 330 sq. m.

SECO ND FL O O R P L A N

8.901

D E R IVAT IO N O F FO R M : U N IT

7% SLOPE 2% SLOPE

PLA NS 1: 100

2% SLOPE

7.000

S E CT I O NS 1 : 1 0 0

BALCONY BELOW

DEC, 12pm

DEC, 3pm

S.L.

G.L. + 14m

4.952

P.L.

HEIGHT LIMIT

G.L. + 14m

P.L.

9 P.L.

A SUMP PUMP P.L.

S.L.

HEIGHT LIMIT G.L. + 14m

ELECTRICAL ROOM

PARKING #1 (U)

ELEVATOR 2m x 1.6m

TOP OF ROOF

G.L. + 8.75m

PARKING #2

PARKING #3

PARKING #4

PARKING #5

MECHANICAL ROOM

PARKING #6

5.750

TOP OF ROOF

G.L. + 8.75m

BOTTOM OF SOFFIT

G.L. + 8.75m

BOTTOM OF SOFFIT

G.L. + 8.25m

UNIT 3 - BALCONY

UNIT 3 - BEDROOM

G.L. + 8.15m

UNIT 4 - BATHROOM

UNIT 5 - BEDROOM

UNIT 5 - BALCONY

UNIT 5 - BATHROOM

SECOND FLOOR

G.L. + 5.75m

SECOND FLOOR

G.L. + 5.75m

BOTTOM OF SOFFIT

7% SLOPE

G.L. + 5.15m

UNIT 3 - WORK SPACE

FIRST FLOOR

UNIT 4 - STUDY ROOM

UNIT 5 - WORK SPACE

FIRST FLOOR

FIRST FLOOR G.L. + 3.05m

G.L. + 3.05m

FIRST FLOOR

G.L. + 3.05m

BOTTOM OF SOFFIT

G.L. + 3.05m

BOTTOM OF SOFFIT

G.L. + 2.6m

9.000

UNIT 3 - BALCONY

UNIT 3 - LIVING

UNIT 5 - LIVING

JUNE, 9am

GROUND FLOOR

UNIT 4 - KITCHEN

SECOND FLOOR G.L. + 5.75m

UNIT 5 - BALCONY

JUNE, 12pm

JUNE, 3pm

GROUND FLOOR

G.L. + 0.4m

unit opens up to common area = public/transparent

UNIT 5 - STUDY ROOM

FIRST FLOOR G.L. + 3.05m

UNIT 5 - DINING

GROUND FLOOR

G.L. + 0.4m

SITE GROUND LEVEL

G.L. 0.0m

15.694

UNIT 5 - KITCHEN

GROUND FLOOR

G.L. + 0.4m

SITE GROUND LEVEL

G.L. 0.0m

CISTERN

BOTTOM OF SOFFIT G.L. + 5.15m

UNIT 4 - DINING

SITE GROUND LEVEL

7.000

2% SLOPE

2.910

BOTTOM OF SOFFIT

G.L. + 8.15m

P.L.

G.L. + 9.3m

TOP OF ROOF

G.L. + 9.3m

G.L. + 8.25m

4.150

28.906

unit overlooks common open area

S.L.

TOP OF ROOF

BOTTOM OF SOFFIT

2% SLOPE

G.L. + 14m

D BALCONY BELOW

DEC, 9am

P.L.

HEIGHT LIMIT

P.L.

SITE GROUND LEVEL

G.L. 0.0m

9% SLOPE

2.350 9% RAMP

2.450

15% RAMP

DRIVEWAY

9% RAMP

15% SLOPE PARKING GARAGE

PARKING GARAGE

G.L. -2.3m

PARKING GARAGE

G.L. -2.3m

16.952

SECT ION AA

PARKING GARAGE

G.L. -2.3m

SECTION BB

35.000

zoning of spaces from public [loud] to private [quiet]

quiet

P.L.

UN D E R G ROUN D PA R K I N G P L A N

loud 1

P.L.

HEIGHT LIMIT G.L. + 14m

HEIGHT LIMIT

P.L.

S.L.

P.L.

S.L.

G.L. + 14m

HEIGHT LIMIT G.L. + 14m

TOP OF ROOF G.L. + 9.3m

TOP OF ROOF

G.L. + 8.75m

BOTTOM OF SOFFIT G.L. + 8.25m

G.L. + 8.75m

addition of program [live/work/sleep]

work living/dining

11.321

8.805

6.089

1 UNIT 4 - STUDY ROOM

G.L. + 3.05m

UNIT 5 - STUDY ROOM

FIRST FLOOR

G.L. + 3.05m

BOTTOM OF SOFFIT G.L. + 2.6m

UNIT 4 - KITCHEN

UNIT 5 - KITCHEN

UNIT 4 - DINING

GROUND FLOOR G.L. + 0.4m

SITE GROUND LEVEL G.L. 0.0m

UNIT 5 - DINING

GROUND FLOOR

G.L. + 0.4m

SITE GROUND LEVEL

G.L. 0.0m

9% SLOPE

2.350 2.450

REF

UNIT 3 - DINING

6.110

2m x 1.6m

UNIT 2 - LIVING

BOTTOM OF SOFFIT G.L. + 5.15m

UNIT 3 - KITCHEN

G.L. + 5.75m

G.L. + 5.15m

UNIT 3 - TOILET

UNIT 3 - BALCONY

UNIT 2 - DINING

ELEVATOR

SECOND FLOOR

G.L. + 5.75m

UNIT 2 - KITCHEN

REF

UNIT 1 - LIVING

UNIT 5 - BATHROOM

SECOND FLOOR

BOTTOM OF SOFFIT

FIRST FLOOR

UNIT 2 - TOILET

UNIT 2 - BALCONY UNIT 1 - TOILET

UNIT 1 - DINING

G.L. + 8.15m

UNIT 4 - BATHROOM

G.L. + 5.75m

8.805

A UNIT 1 - KITCHEN

BOTTOM OF SOFFIT

G.L. + 8.15m

SECOND FLOOR

REF

BOTTOM OF SOFFIT

stairs

P.L.

bedrooms

ENTRY

stairs divide private and public zone. area needed for private programs increases as you go up

ENTRY

UNIT 3 - LIVING

ENTRY

3 2

1 4

ENTRY

UNIT 4 - LIVING

UNIT 5 - LIVING

15% SLOPE PARKING GARAGE G.L. -2.3m

PARKING GARAGE

6.110

PARKING GARAGE

G.L. -2.3m

6.110 UP

16.952

SECTION BB

UNIT 4 - DINING

REF

UNIT 4 - TOILET

UNIT 4 - BALCONY

UNIT 5 - BALCONY

UNIT 5 - TOILET

UNIT 5 - DINING

UNIT 5 - KITCHEN

wall is tilted outward to maintain formal

unity

REF

UNIT 4 - KITCHEN

8.805

P.L.

G ROUN D F L OOR P L A N

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[sub]URBAN HOUSING

The (Sub)Urban multifamily housing project in a suburban infill condition targets issues specific to the suburban condition and specific to the region respectively: density and affordability.

arc 402_s10_petra matar_22736

10m

Elevation 1 scale 1:100

10m

GROUND LEVEL PLAN scale 1:100

JUMEIRAH BEACH ROAD

10m

STEEL METAL STRIPS

Elevation 1 scale 1:100

sun shadow on March 24 at 4pm

UNIT 1 UNIT 2 UNIT 3

rainwater run-off mitigation t he s i t e s l op es d own t o t he grass pavers i n t he com munal area whi ch al l ow for rai n wat er t o p enet rat e and dra in into the soil.

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10m

ARC 402 (Design Studio VI) Spring 2010

SECOND LEVEL PLAN scale 1:100

The (Sub)Urban multifamily housing project in a suburban infill condition targets issues specific to the suburban condition and specific to the region respectively: density and affordability.

SECOND LEVEL PLAN scale 1:100

SECTION 1 scale 1:100

10m

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pacake system on the roof

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supply

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10m

soffits

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FIRST LEVEL PLAN scale 1:100

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10m

ROOF PLAN scale 1:100

SECOND LEVEL PLAN scale 1:100

plumbing diagram

hvac diagram

electrical diagram

soffit

boiler

V6 va

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10m

FIRST LEVEL PLAN scale 1:100

10m

ROOF PLAN scale 1:100

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10m

SECTION 2 scale 1:100

10m

FIRST LEVEL PLAN scale 1:100

ROOF PLAN scale 1:100

10m

structural steel frame precast concrete slabs infill walls

bedr oo

w/c

10m

1m beam supporting stairs

SECOND LEVEL PLAN scale 1:100

path of egress 6m

0.27

occupancy classification = Group R-2 occupant load factor- 200 sqft= 18.58 sqm building area/ unit= 135.45 sqm

bedr oo

0.9m

minimum stair width= 7.29(0.8)= 50.83cm minimum door width= 7.29(0.5)= 36.4cm

w/c

do wn

live

existing stair width= 90cm existing interior doors width= 80cm existing exterior door width= 90cm balc on y

Exit Access Travel Distance IBC Sec 1016 The distance from the farthest point of the occupany to the exit From Table 1016.1 maximum allowable= 60 m existing exit access travel distance= 27.52 m

transfer beams

IBC Sec 1017 states that corridors to exit are not required for occupany group R.

2.2m

wor k 4m

min.# of exits for small occupncy loads = 2 But Table 1019.2 states that one exit is enough for occupancy R if 2 stories. If 3 stories then a sprinkler system has to be installed to keep one exit.

beam supporting stairs

My design has 2 stories and a mezzanine, I chose to not treat the mezzanine as a full floor and kept one exit.

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FIRST LEVEL PLAN scale 1:100

10m

w/c

0.19

structure diagram The pratt trusses used in the cantilevers have a series of diagonal steel braces. These members, along with the top chords, deal with the tension while the bottom chrords are subject to compression. When using steel this is a very efficient design with minimal size.

occupant load factor= 135.45/ 18.58= 7.29

ROOF PLAN scale 1:100

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Date

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28/01/2009

Jumairah Unit Houses

ARC 402 (Design Studio VI) Spring 2009

ELEVATED UNITS JUMEIRAH BEACH ROAD, DUBAI

A R C H I T E C T S

The (Sub)Urban multifamily housing project in a suburban infill condition targets issues specific to the suburban condition and specific to the region respectively: density and affordability.

Arezoo Khademipour � Arez Senior Architect

� P.O.B. 520 Dubai U.A.E� arezoo@a-architects.com� www.a-architects.com

A Architec Architects: All rights reserved. C The � above draw drawings, ideas, and embodied � designs ar are the property of A Architects � and shall n not be copied, reproduced, � disclosed tto others, or used in � connection with any work.

Sheet Sheet� title:

Revisions Revisio

Story Board

Scale:

Date

28/01/2009

Arezoo

Sheet:

A9.1

Semi-Private

Public

Sikka

Flat Site

Arezoo Khademipour � Arez Senior Architect

UNIT 5 OPEN SPACE

COMMON OPEN SPACE

Date

28/01/2009

UNIT 3 OPEN SPACE

ROOF GATHERING

Partially Underground Parking UNIT 2 OPEN SPACE

Live

Work

DRIVEWAY

Revisions Revisio

Jumeirah Road

UNIT 4 OPEN SPACE

Private

SERVICE ROAD

� P.O.B. 520 Dubai U.A.E� arezoo@a-architects.com� www.a-architects.com

UNIT 1 OPEN SPACE

Dubai, U.A.E

Drawn:

R C H I T E C T S

Jumairah Unit Houses

28/01/2009 A

Date:

Unit Elevated

A R C H I T E C T S

Plumbing Design Intent: -In order to make the occupants to socialize with each other, I use parking and roof as a gathering point in the design to make them interact with the other units. -The live and work spaces is intended to be separate to make the user focus at work time and relax at home. So, the disconnection in between helps the idea of being able to work more efficiently.

Senior Architect

Revisions Revisio

Date

28/01/2009

Arezoo

Sheet:

SITE SLOPE = 0.6% SITE RUNOFF: Q=CiA C= 0.16 (FROM TABLE 5.1) RAISED POROUS WOOD DECKING CLEAVAGE MEMBRANCE I= k/tc= b9 (FROM TABLE 5.8 k= 155, b= 26 IMPACT-SOUND INSULATION CIP REINFORCED CONCRETE A= 0.1444Acre PLASTER FINISH Q= 0.1335 CFS

0.1m

EL. 7.5m

A R C H I T E C T S

A1.1

Arezoo Khademipour � Arez Senior Architect

� P.O.B. 520 Dubai U.A.E� arezoo@a-architects.com� www.a-architects.com

Revisions Revisio

Sheet:

0 0.3m

A9.1

42mm STEEL HANDRAIL 38mm POST

14mm ROD

EL. 1.5m

20mm LOWER CHORD

Package System

GROUND FLOOR

Travel Distance1 Travel Distance2 Dimentions Circulation

Supply Air Return Air Shaft Suspended Ceiling

Municipality Water Line Municipality Sewage Line Cold Water Hot Water Sewage Pipe Seismic Tank Tankless Water Heater

28/01/2009

INSULATION AND REINFORCEMENT ELEMENT

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Sheet Sheet� title:

28/01/2009

Jumairah Unit Houses

Dubai, U.A.E

STORY- HIGH GLASS

0.15m 0.8m

28/01/2009

EL. 4.5m

PLASTER FINISH

0.3m

Arezoo

Date

CERAMIC FLOORING CLEAVAGE MEMBRANCE IMPACT-SOUND INSULATION CIP REINFORCED CONCRETE

2.6m

28/01/2009

0 0.26m

Drawn:

28/01/2009

0.3m

Story Board

Date:

Drawn:

STORY- HIGH GLASS

Scale:

0.8m

28/01/2009

HEIGHT LIMIT EL. 9m

�

P.O.B. 520 Dubai U.A.E� arezoo@a-architects.com� www.a-architects.com

0.8m 0. 8

0.19m m

SITE PLAN SCALE 1:400

1:400

Date:

2.6m

Sheet Sheet� title:

Site Plan

Arezoo Khademipour � Arez

2.1m

Scale:

EMP

Sheet Sheet� title:

Pebbles

Scale:

Filter Layer

Drawn:

Arezoo

Sheet:

1:30

Reinforced Concrete

Geotextile mat Sloping side excavation

EL. -1.4m

Drainage Perforated Pipe Lean Concrete

Date:

28/01/2009

Drawn:

Arezoo

Sheet:

A8.1

28/01/2009

Wall Section

Topsoil

Scale: Date:

Dubai, U.A.E

Defining Clients/Users and Their Needs: -Young single family who came to Dubai to work and want to have a relaxing house and socialize with the other units since they are new here and don't have any relative.

Sheet Sheet� title:

0.1m 0.3m

0.8m 0 8 8m

Live Zone

The live and work spaces splited using exterior as a transition in between.

Jumairah Unit Houses

Mechanical

Work Zone

Dubai, U.A.E

Circulation/ Egress

Jumairah Unit Houses

Parking Unit

WALL SECTION SCALE 1:30

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EL. 6m

EL. 2.2m

Date

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HVAC UNIT

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COMMON OPEN SPACE GROUND FLOOR

GROUND FLOOR

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EL. 1.5m

GROUND FLOOR

Jumeirah Road

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HEIGHT LIMIT EL. 9m

EL. 7.5m TOP OF ROOF

EL. 6.2m

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NW ELEVATION SCALE 1:100

Dubai, U.A.E

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SE ELEVATION SCALE 1:100

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Dubai, U.A.E

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28/01/2009 Date

ENTRY

28/01/2009

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SUB.URBAN HOUSING

BASE BASE ARCHITECTS ARC STUDIO 407 Copyright @ 2009 by base architects architectural company. All rights reserved. All drawings, ideas, and written material on these drawings are the work of base architects and cannot be copied or reproduced without the prior written consent of base architects

HOUSING FOR COMMUTERS

ARC 402 (Design Studio VI) Spring 2009

SUB.URBAN HOUSING HOUSING FOR COMMUTERS PRESENTATION DRAWINGS

The (Sub)Urban multifamily housing project in a suburban infill condition targets issues specific to the suburban condition and specific to the region respectively: density and affordability.

FLOOR PLANS:

USER ANALYSIS

The user was determined to be commuter families, predominately Arab, that are small and composed of only a few people. The intent of design is to provide adequate and responsible accomodation for families that have limited time together and to alleviate the stress and other health problems that arise due to long trafďŹ c waits and to separate the user from the car as a means of travel. These families are considered to be small budding families, with moderate incomes and few to little children. Not only that but these families require a level of privacy. All these factors were taken into the design.

INVENTORY LIST KITCHEN/DINNING PANTRY FAMILY ROOM MASTER BEDROOM CLOSETS TOILET BEDROOM CLOSETS TOILET STORAGE SPACE WATER HEATER HVAC SYSTEM LAUNDRY ROOM TERRACES PRIVATE GARDEN GARAGE TRASH

2.0 X 4.0 1.0 X 1.4 3.0 X 3.75 3.0 X 4.0 0.8 X 3.0 2.0 X 1.6 3.0 X 4.5 0.8 X 2.5 2.0 X 1.6 2% OF LIVING SPACE 0.5 X 0.6 1.0 X 1.75 PER FLOOR 1.8 X 3.0 2.0 X 2.75 3.0 X 3.75 3.0 X 5.0 1.2 X 1.8

GROUND FLOOR PLAN +3.00M 1:100

SITE ANALYSIS, DIAGRAMS DIAGRAMS

FIRST FLOOR PLAN +6.00M 1:100

BUILDING DENSITY

MACRO CONTEXT

POPULATION DENSITY

MICRO CONTEXT

STREET VIEWS

SETBACK ANALYSIS

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ARC 402 (Design Studio VI) Spring 2009

SUB.URBAN HOUSING HOUSING FOR COMMUTERS PRESENTATION DRAWINGS

HOUSING FOR COMMUTERS

The (Sub)Urban multifamily housing project in a suburban infill condition targets issues specific to the suburban condition and specific to the region respectively: density and affordability.

SECTIONS:

CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS FLOOR PLANS:

NORTH ELEVATION 1:100

NORTH INTERIOR ELEVATION 1:100

FLOOR PLAN +3.0M 1:150

SECTION AA 1:100

FLOOR PLAN +6.00M 1:150

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William Sarnecky

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ARC 402 (Design Studio VI) Spring 2009

SUB.URBAN HOUSING

The (Sub)Urban multifamily housing project in a suburban infill condition targets issues specific to the suburban condition and specific to the region respectively: density and affordability.

HOUSING FOR COMMUTERS STRUCT. MECHN. ELECT. PLUMB. AXONOMETRICS:

HVAC DUCTWORK SYSTEM

LOADBEARING STRUCTURAL SYSTEM

MEANS OF EGRESS PATHS

PLUMBING SYSTEM

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