Mohammed Bokubar Architecture Portfolio 2023

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Mohammed Bokubar

Architectural Designer

Achievments

• 2022 Fall Design Excellence Winner by the faculty of architecture at ASU

• 2021 Spring academic project was nominated among the best 12 out of 48 and was featured on KOIN 6 News

• 2019 Spring academic project was selected among the best 2 out of 80 projects and was showcased at the collage entrance.

Education

• Master of Architectre (MArch)

Arizona State University

Tempe, AZ, USA

2022 - Present

• Bachelor of Architecture (BArch)

NewSchool of Architecture & Design

San Diego, CA, USA

2017 - 2022

• Intensive English Program

Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA, USA

2016 - 2017

Skills

• Team leadership

• Team collaboration

• Architectural research

• Design thinking

• 3D modeling

• 3D printing

• Model making

• Architectural rendering

• Video editing

• CGI animation

• Graphic design

Experience

• Bursa apartment

interior design

Turkey - 2023

• Dubai apartment

interior design

UAE - 2022

• Abo Halifa house

schematic design

Kuwait - 2021

• South Al-Mutlaa house

3D visualisation/ rendering

Kuwait - 2021

• Jaber Al Ahmed city private garden

landscape design

Kuwait - 2020

Software

• Adobe Creative Suite

• Rhinoceros 3D

• Blender

• Lumion

• QGIS

Languages

• Arabic - First language

• English - Fluent (130 Duolingo test score)

Academic - Individual project

OCT 2021- JUN 2022

San Diego, USA

AR501 - AR502 - AR503

Studio professor: Daniel Manlongat - dmanlongat@newschoolarch.edu

Instructor: Raul Diaz - rdiaz@newschoolarch.edu

Background

The United States Department of Navy has proposed the modernization of Naval Information Warfare Systems Command’s (NAVWAR’s) facilities on Naval Base Point Loma

Old Town Campus (OTC), in San Diego. A suggested plan include the demolition of current industrial warehouses and the construction of a high density mixed use development including: residential, office, hotel, and retail spaces. NAVWAR have collaborated with NewSchool’s 5th year students to develop a master plan and design a building of interest within the site.

Project Phases:

1. Master plan

2. Schematic design

3. Integrated design Challenge:

Designing a high density master plan with minimum effects to the historic Old Town area.

Master Plan Massing Development

Diagrams showing concept application to both sites in regards to framing views of the green oasis and the old-town hillside to have maximum access to nature.

Transit center

Public/ private residential

Public/ private residential

Hotel

Retail

NAVWAR offices, laboratories

Open space

Thesis Investigation: Re-constructing Lost Architecture In New Contexts To Serve New Functions.

Center of Architectural History

San Diego Center of Architectural History

Investigation:

Three lost buildings from three different centuries were chosen to be reconstructed based on their Architectural and historical significance. The Presidio site (now buried under Presidio hill) is on of the first permanent buildings in California by the Spanish. It had a chapel where many were buried in. The Old Santa Fe Depot station only stayed for 10 years before being demolished for the bigger Spanish colonial style station for the world exposition. The original station had an iconic clock tower, a bright red color, and many facede ornaments/ detail. The San Diego Pantages theater designed by Benjamin Marcus Priteca. The theater’s iconic entrance/ box office is reconstructed as the building entrance.

Thesis Investigation:

Re-constructing Lost Architecture In New Contexts To Serve New Functions.

Pantages Theater Entrance 1924 Presidio Site Chapel 1769

Re-constructing Lost Architecture In New Contexts To Serve New Functions.

Old Santa Fe Depot Station 1897

buildings from three different centuries were chosen to be reconstructed based on Architectural and historical significance. The Presidio site (now buried under Presidio hill) permanent buildings in California by the Spanish. It had a chapel where many

The Old Santa Fe Depot station only stayed for 10 years before being demolished Spanish colonial style station for the world exposition. The original station had an tower, a bright red color, and many facede ornaments/ detail. The San Diego Pantages designed by Benjamin Marcus Priteca. The theater’s iconic entrance/ box office is as the building entrance.

Theater Entrance 1924 Presidio Site Chapel 1769 Old Santa Fe Depot Station 1897

San Diego Center of Architectural History

Thesis Investigation:

Three lost buildings from three different centuries were chosen to be reconstructed based on their Architectural and historical significance. The Presidio site (now buried under Presidio hill) is on of the first permanent buildings in California by the Spanish. It had a chapel where manywere buried in. The Old Santa Fe Depot station only stayed for 10 years before being demolished for the bigger Spanish colonial style station for the world exposition. The original station had an iconic clock tower, a bright red color, and many facede ornaments/ detail. The San Diego Pantages theater designed by Benjamin Marcus Priteca. The theater’s iconic entrance/ box office is reconstructed as the building entrance.

Re-constructing Lost Architecture In New Contexts To Serve New Functions.

Three lost buildings from three different centuries were chosen to be reconstructed based on their Architectural and historical significance. The Presidio site (now buried under Presidio hill) is on of the first permanent buildings in California by the Spanish. It had a chapel where many were buried in. The Old Santa Fe Depot station only stayed for 10 years before being demolished for the bigger Spanish colonial style station for the world exposition. The original station had an iconic clock tower, a bright red color, and many facede ornaments/ detail. The San Diego Pantages theater designed by Benjamin Marcus Priteca. The theater’s iconic entrance/ box office is reconstructed as the building entrance.

Pantages Theater Entrance 1924 Presidio Site Chapel 1769

Old Santa Fe Depot Station 1897

Academic - Group project

AUG 2022- NOV 2022

Phoenix, Arizona, USA

ARC 501

Studio Instructor:

Luis Cruz-Martinez - lgcruz@asu.edu

Group partners:

Prathibha Prakash - ppraka19@asu.edu

Ayushi Gandhi - agandh22@asu.edu

Brief

This project focuses on architecture expansions as a “game” with a set of rules that allow improvements and innovation. The goal is to transform the historic Phoenix Financial Center by architect Wenceslao Sarmiento into a cinema center. The approach of adaptive reuse is utilized to give existing buildings a second life in a sustainable way. In sum, the objective is to propose an expansion, several modifications and new programs to co-exist with the current existing office building.

Project Phases

1. Research (precedents studies)

2. Reconstruction (existing conditions)

3. Expansion (new programs)

4. Improvement (adaptation)

Graphics in this page are produced by Mohammed Bokubar

Context + Site Analysis

Playgrounds

Parks

Historic sites

Street bike lanes

Light rail

Light rail

Parcels

Commercial Hospitals

City owned properties

Existing building

Trees

Access Strategies

• Main access on the east

• Secondary access on the south

• Local access on the west

Architectural Strategies

• The axis

• Symmetry x Asymmetry

• Existing form reuse

• Center x Edge conditions

are produced by Mohammed Bokubar + Prathibha Prakash

Program

The project introduces new programs to the site which include but not limited to:

• Large cinema

• Medium cinema

• (x2) Small cinemas

• (x4) Experimental cinemas

• Outdoor theater

• Phoenix Flim Festival archive + exhibit

• Lobby + Restaurants + Retail spaces

Concept

The project’s concept was to activate the public spaces by planning an axial bioswale connecting the existing buildings to the new ones. Experimentals cinemas are perceived as linear element that dynamically break the main axis. while the other cinemas are strategically located to maximize shade in the hot climate of Phoenix.

Program Massing Development

Bioswale Axis + Linear Elements

S,M,L Cinemas

Landscaping

Social Interaction Zones

Graphics in this page are produced by Mohammed Bokubar

Graphics in this page are produced by Mohammed Bokubar

Floor Plan 1

Central Mechanical Room Central Green Plaza Bioswale

Ticketing Outdoor theater

Existing structure

New Proposal/ Adaptaion

Graphics in this page are produced by

Skate Park

Experimental cinema (Y)

Large

Experimental cinema (X)

Tower 20’ 40’ 80’ 120’

Mohammed Bokubar

Existing structure

New Proposal/ Adaptaion

Graphics in this page are produced by Mohammed Bokubar

Experimental Cinema (Y)

Large IMAX Theater

Academic - Individual project

JAN - MAR 2020

Site-less AR302

Instructor: Philipp Bosshart pbosshart@newschoolarch.edu

This project re-imagines apartment buildings through creating a system of growth-friendly units that are able to be assembled. Students are given precedent studies to investigate their spacial arrangements. A system of 6 units varying in size is developed from regular geometries and then aggregated in different ways to explore their possibilities.

This aggregation system is chosen as the best because of its high density level, similar floor area in all levels, and regular elevations.

Individual living units are designed within the chosen form aggregation but not necessarily constrained by the colored units forms. Diversity of inhabitants is considered a goal for the project and it is reflected in the different apartment types. The project consists of 2 categories of units:

1. Duplex apartments

Inhabitants: couples - small families

Amenities: full kitchen, in unit laundry, office/studio space

2. Co-living apartments

Inhabitants: individuals - couples

Amenities: shared kitchen, shared laundry, shared office spaces

Analytical diagram

Academic - Individual project

JAN - MAR 2019

San Diego, USA

AR202

Instructor: David White

dwhite1@newschoolarch.edu

The prompt is for a house for the characters of the Jaques Tati 1958 film Mon Oncle. The design of the house addresses the conflict between the characters (Hulot and the Arpels) but doesn’t attempt to resolve it. Its’ purpose is to enable the coexistence. The project explores the spatial possibilities of standard wood framed construction and seeks the generation of spatiality. The students are allowed to use two steel frames, and a heavy timber element (glulam beam).

The house seeks to enhance interactions between the two sides inhabiting it by arranging its elements around a central courtyard. Indoor – outdoor relationships were taken into consideration due to observations of inhabitants’ activities. Needs of the child were reflected on the project as abstract and playground elements that act like imagination tools.

The house is designed for the four characters of the film which are: the mother, father, son, and the uncle. The house has a central courtyard as a space of assembly. An office for the father is separated from the rest of the program to provide privacy. The second level has the parents room, son’s, and the uncle’s room (right to left). the playful relation between the son and the uncle is reflected be slides from the uncle’s secret closet door to the top of the father’s office leading to the yard. The facade is translucent glass which gives privacy to the courtyard while allowing sunlight to penetrate through the supporting scaffolding structure.

Flexible functions of wooden scaffolding structure

Academic - Individual project

APR - JUN 2019

San Diego, USA

AR203

Instructor: Donald Klumker dklumker@newschoolarch.edu

The project is a center for avant-garde music located in downtown San Diego. Students are asked to integrate concept, program, and structure to define an experiential sequence. Tectonic principals such as mass, skeleton, and skin are researched and explored in this project. The program is divided into three clusters:

1. Open to public: Urban plaza, open-air stage, underground parking garage.

2. Controlled public access: Reception cluster, concert hall, surround sound chambers, exhibition space, media library.

3. Restricted access: Sound recording studios (x2), anechoic chamber, think tank suites (x4), media labs (x4), offices, break lounge.

The concept is to elevate the main mass which is the concert hall to give the users a sequential promenade leading to the hall. A desired effect of floating is achieved by minimizing structure supporting the main mass and hiding it by a curtain shape concrete shell structure and a pixelated extension of the outdoor theater. The curtain and the pixelated elements enhance the floating effect, creating iconic architecture in downtown San Diego.

Academic - group project

OCT 2020- JUN 2021

Portland, Oregon, USA

AR401 - AR402 - AR403

Studio professor: Danieala Deutsch ddeutsch@newschoolarch.edu

Instructor: Gregorio Ortiz gortiz@newschoolarch.edu

Group partner: Rayan Makki rayan.makki@student.newschoolarch.

This integrated design project is designed in collaboration with:

1. BEAM Development (Client)

2. Mackenzie – Integrated Design Firm (Architectural)

3. KPFF Consulting Engineers (Structural)

4. EB Energy & Water (Energy and Mechanical)

Project phases and group responsibilities:

1. Research & Urban Analysis (shared responsibility)

2. Master Plan/Urban Development Model (my responsibility)

3. Site and Building Program Analysis (shared responsibility)

4. Massing and Initial Floor Plan Studies (my responsibility)

5. Building Systems Integration (shared responsibility)

Illustration showing the green roof/ facade and building connection to the plaza.

Made by: Mohammed Bokubar

Background

The ODOT blocks (Oregon Department of Transportation) are three blocks located in Portland’s Central East Side district along the east bank of the Willamette River. Prosper Portland acquired the ODOT Blocks in 2016 and have selected Beam Development to redevelop the 2.19-acre site. Portland Local design firm Mackenzie have collaborated with NewSchool of Architecture and Design and asked students to re-imagine the site.

Site Analysis

The site at the time of design was used as a parking lot located in an industrial area. The climate in Portland between September and June is cool and rain is quite common. Other times of the year it is sunny and warm. The site lacks greenery and it is neighboring the Interstate 5 and some historical buildings.

Using the analysis outcomes, 3 initial goals were developed:

1. Maximizing winter sun access

2. Creating a public green space

3. Attracting tourists and locals

Program Analysis

The project calls for a mixed use development including but not limited to:

1. Innovation quadrant center, events community space (20%)

2. Small - medium tenants, small-scale work spaces, urban manufacturing (25%)

3. Large anchor tenants (25%)

4. Housing component, postCOVID ideas (15%)

5. Additional programmatic elements (15%)

Program Adjacency and Circulation Diagram

All floor plans here are developed and drafted by: Mohammed Bokubar

All floor plans here are developed and drafted by: Mohammed Bokubar

Playground

A tool to encourage physical andmental activity

TOP View

Thermal Comfort Passive Systems

Climate Comfort Passive Systems

Movable Benches

Allowing people to design their place

22% Of project floor area will take advantage of the double facade passive heating and cooling system

Movable chairs + tables

people have the choice of where to sit

Movable planters

public involvement in place making

Perspective view showing the different types of public circulation systems on the green roof such as stairs, ramps, and hiking paths.

West facade shading system

by: Mohammed Bokubar

Aerial view showing the different types of public circulation systems on the green roof such as stairs, ramps, and hiking paths.

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Flexible Landscape Elements

Playground

A tool to encourage physical andmental activity

Movable Benches

Allowing people to design their place

Playground

A tool to encourage physical andmental activity

Movable Benches

Allowing people place

Movable chairs + tables

people have the choice of where to sit

Movable planters

public involvement in place making

displayed work is developed by: Mohammed Bokubar

Perspective view of the top green public roof and the hiking paths.

Ground perspective view of the public plaza and its different activation element.

displayed work is developed by: Mohammed Bokubar

Fly-Through video ( Scan QR Code )