FAISAL ABDULJALIL
faisalsabduljalil@gmail.com
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
+966 55 234 0321 14/01/1998
I'm an architect with a knack for creative, sustainable design. I love turning problems into possibilities, and to build beautiful yet innovative and eco-friendly spaces.
I have a strong eye for details and I’m a team player who thrives on collaboration. I'm always learning new ways to make buildings greener, and I'm excited to always expand and use my skills to make a positive contribution to the world around me.
EDUCATION
2015 - 2020 2013 - 2015
Al Falah High School, Makkah King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah Bachelor of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture and Planning GPA 4.28
SKILLS
2D Drafting
Autocad
Revit
Simulation
Polysun
Ansys CFD
3D Modelling
Revit
Sketchup
MC Office
Word Powerpoint
Excel
Rendering and Post Production
Lumion
D5 Render
Photoshop
Illustrator
InDesign
Manual
Sketching
Model making
Laser cutting
LANGUAGES
Arabic Native language
English Fluent in speaking, reading and writing
Chinese Conversational
WORK EXPERIENCE
Mar2021-Nov2023 Afrina Construction & Urban Development (ACUD), Jeddah
Architect & Research and Development Engineer
-Dyar Al-Haram Towers, Makkah (Mix-Use Building)
Revision, redesign and initial B.O.Q
-Afrina Head-office, Jeddah
Interior design and elevations revisions
-Residential Compound (Urban/Residential)
Row house design and urban design
-Baytuna Complex, Jeddah (Residential)
Apartments housing complex design
-Buvardia City, Jeddah (Residential)
Floorplan and elevations review and supervision
-Sustainability research and development
Green Building / Afforardable construction / AI and robotics
-Robot wall painter
Robot painter prototype able to paint walls and ceilings up to 4m
Oct2020-Feb2021 Architecture Team, Jeddah
Part-time Architect
-Private villas, Jeddah (Residential)
-Abuzaid square (Commercial)
-Apartment buildings (Residential)
Jul-Aug. 2020
Pictogram Placemakers Studio, Jeddah
Associate Architect
-Hira Street redesign Initiative, Jeddah (Urban design)
Change Hira st. into two-way street with urban design ideas
INTERNSHIPS
Jun-Jul. 2020
Pictogram Placemakers Studio, Jeddah
Summer Intern
-Commercial Hub, Jeddah (Concept Commercial/Urban design)
-Mixed-use Village, Jeddah (Conccept Commercial)
Jun-Jul. 2019
Alliance Architecture and Engeneering Consultants, Jeddah
Summer Intern
-Restaurant design, Makkah (Commercial)
Freelance VIM Design Studio
-Lami Private Beach House, Jeddah (Resedential)
Villa design and landscape
-Le Pont De L'amitie Villa Resort, Jeddah (Residential)
3D modelling and floorplan revisions
-Private Villa, Jeddah (Residential)
3D modelling and elevation design
EXHIBITIONS
Orginizer / Participant - Al Nahdah Penthouse 2020 2018
MARSAM 3 - King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah
Participant - KAU Green Spine (urban)
MARSAM 1 - King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah
ARCHITECTS
& DESIGNERS
C ONTEN T
WORK EXPERIENCE
- Dyar Al-Haram
Afrina Construction and Urban Development (ACUD)
- Al-Jiwar Villa Complex
Afrina Construction and Urban Development (ACUD)
- Luxury Apartments Building
Afrina Construction and Urban Development (ACUD)
- Private Duplex Villas
Architecture Team
- Apartment Building
Architecture Team
- Zed Retail Architecture Team
INTERNSHIP PROJECTS
- Eco-District / Commercial Hub
Pictogram Placemakers
- Mixed Use Village
Pictogram Placemakers
ACADEMIC PROJECTS
- Energy Efficient High-Rise, Sydney
Graduation Project
- KAU Green Spine
Urban Design
MARSAM Exhibition KAU
Afrina Construction & Urban Development
DYAR AL-HARAM
LOCATION: Masar, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
AREA: 5,350 m²
AFRINA Construction and Urban Development
As one of the first towers that started construction in the Masar Project, it was critical to ensure delivery within the highest standards and quality. For that reason many design revisions and and proposals were made to reach the best results. One of the main changes were increasing sellable areas by maximizing the design efficiency, and adding more commercial and rented spaces.
The main concept was to make the commercial entrance and the elevation layout more appealing and attractive from the main street, with the natural sunlight reaching inside te podium via the skylights in the atrium connecting the floors. Plus adding outdoor areas with landscape serving both the residents and mall users.
Changing and improving on the strcutural system enhanced many different elements in the building. Such as refining the residential apartments, more compact and efficient core design, and revamping the parking floors design to accomodate more parking lots with smoother traffic.
Making the parking floors more efficient gave us the opprotunities to make use of the free floors provided by the Amanah regulations such as the multi-purpose halls, all day dining and some recreational and service areas.
Original Design Proposal
3D section showing the atrium with the skylights providing natural sunlight to enter the podium, and the multi-floor glass elevation at the front entrance. With the private entrance and parking for the residents from the other side.
One of the challenges was working with a slightly inclined sidewalk along the main road. Instead of adding an extra platform between the shops and the sidewalk we seperated the stores on the front from the indoor mall, and alligning them with
The orignal design had extra stairs and ramps connecting the sidewalk to the stores
2 The proposal had a smoother transition from the sidewalk to the stores
AL-JIWAR VILLA COMPLEX
LOCATION: Medina, Saudi Arabia
AREA: 10,000 m² / 176 m² Unit
AFRINA Construction and Urban Development
One of the main selling points of this project is approaching the design with more traditional building methods and styles, not only making it more sustainable but a unique living experience both on the urban development and unit designs. The use of local materials and building methods were the focus in the design and build process.
Project Concept
Designing the project with the traditional materials and elements with mind to create a unique urban layout that focuses on pedestrians and landscape distribution withen the residential units.
And to encourage walking and to enhance the experience most unit parking lots are collected in specific spaces.
The pedestrian pathways are shaded with archs and extrutions. And using mashrabias and green covered pergolas to showcase the traditional characteristics.
Comparison between the traditional local villa designs vs using an indoor courtyard and maximizing the floor plan efficiency around it.
Private Views
More privacy for outdoor spaces and between neighbors
The building surrounds the outdoor space and protects it from noise and bustle, and also prevents sound from reaching the neighbors
Landscape
Collecting the external spaces into one large space creates an opportunity to create an environment that contains natural views and open space that can be used to a greater
The Unit Design
The general style of the unit design focuses around the courtyard that services all spaces in the house. With the feeling of calmness and nature surrounding all the areas, from landscape and greenery in outdoor spaces to earthy materials in the interior. With the total built-up-area of 260 m2.
Using windcatchers on the rooftop to provide natural air to the rooms that are not overlooking the courtyard, and with the added indoor waterfall allowing cool air to circulate indoors.
LUXURY APARTMENTS COMPLEX
LOCATION: Medina, Saudi Arabia
AREA: 10,000 m²
AFRINA Construction and Urban Development
Luxury apartments with ameneties and services with providing many unit options for different families needs. Located in a crucial part of jeddah on sari street right in the middle of the city.
The project comprises four buildings seamlessly connected to form a single housing complex. Each building has dedicated parking spaces and individual entrances, offering residents a convenient and independent living experience. Further catering to diverse needs, the complex showcases a variety of apartment unit sizes, ensuring perfect matches for a wide range of clients.
GroundFloor plan showing the different entrances with the communal outdoor space in the middle.
The goal of this project was to make a unique living experience by providing many essensial and luxurious amenities and make it rich in landscape and outdoor spaces.
The elevation design focused on privacy and energy efficiency. By using angled windows to break eyesight from neighbors and deflects direct sunlight better, leading to better energy consumption from cooling and heating indoor air.
PRIVATE DUPLEX VILLAS
LOCATION: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
AREA: 900 m² Architecture Team
Duplex villas for two families in corner plot with simple and minimalist design. From client meetings to shopdrawing supervision.
APARTMENT BUILDING
LOCATION: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
AREA: 900 m² Architecture Team
Modular floorplan design with simple yet elegant elevations.
ZED RETAIL
LOCATION: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
AREA: 2,150 m² Architecture Team
Retail stores ranging from shops to cafes and restaurants with shaded outdoor seating areas plus terraces.
SUMMER INTERNSHIPS
Program Diagram
The main experience we want to deliver is a cohesive connection between indoor and outdoor functions. And also have functions that the residents of the neighbourhood need, while at the same time being a city attraction.
Design Process
It is important to have good flow and connection with the residential side of the project and also withen the project area. That also provides good natural air ventilation.
Divided the site into 3 sections Connected the corners and center lines
Located the entrances and connected the dots Connecting all the dots together
Isometric
Having the residential areas with a modular design, we wanted to contast that style with giving each building a unique form and cluster.
The Idea
The Village concept has exceptional potential, able to accommodate a very large clientele. This architectural complex goes against the traditional pattern and creates a cluster of elements, bringing about impressive visual impact. With indoor and outdoor spaces mixing together make a new kind of experience that provide a fresh and healthy environment. And the concept of rich green areas of merging nature and human scale, weaves its way into the daily life of city dwellers
Flexibility
The modular system will be shown in a frame structure and it will provide us flexibility which can happen in the change of uses later on or heights, widths, and lenght from one another and this method will be applied on both closed spaces and open spaces. The project program houses multi-purpose uses such as restaurants, coffee shops, retail shops, green spaces, and open spaces.
ACADEMIC PROJECTS
ENERGY EFFICIENT HIGH-RISE BUILDING
LOCATION: Sydney, Australia
AREA: 3000 m²
STUDIO: Graduation-408
SUPERVISOR: Dr-Ing. Mohannad Bayoumi / Eng. Abdulrahim Alim
Worldwide energy demand has increases extraodinarily since the industrial revolution, particulary after the realization of the exploitative benefits of electricity. The recources and emissions implications of the rapidly expanding use of energy have been ignored for three quarters of a century.
Today buildings worldwide account for up to 40% of total end-use energy. Building heating and cooling are the most energy-intensive activities, followed by electricity use for lighting and applications.
Sydney’s Climate
The climate of sydney is humid subtropical, shifting from mild and cool in winter to warm and hot in the summer. Wind direction is different from each season. But the main focus is summer winds and spring is similar to that. Subtropical climate passive cooling strategies maximises the efficiency of the building envelope by minimising heat gain and assisting heat loss to the natural sources of cooling such as air movement and cooling breezes.
Psychrometric Chart
Psychrometric chart shows air properties such as dry bulb temperature and relative humidity among other things, And shows where each day of the year is.
On the left it shows the days within the comfort zone range. And on the right the days that set within the comfort zone expands if passive cooling strategies are used.
Floor Plans
The core is located on the south of the building to provide an atrium in the middle for natural ventilation using stack ventilation method, and provide maximum view areas in the plan.
Facade Design
Parametric shading system has been made with Rhino’s Grasshopper and can be used automatically depending on the sun angle and different seasons. And the energy consumption was simulated using IDA with and without the shading devices.
GroundFloor
Building Envelope and Structure
Hexagon diagrid structure system used in the facade of the building and the inside atrium to have open area floorplan ithout the use of columbs in the middle with the shading unit in the middle.
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KAU GREEN SPINE
LOCATION: King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
AREA: 18,820 m² LENGTH: 420 m
STUDIO: Urban Design-407
SUPERVISOR: Dr. Rahif Maddah
Based on the existing action plan from the university to activate the academic field, as well as the lack of link between the field and the university’s faculty members housing, where the areas are not fully activated and the absense of an urban area adjacent to the academic feild with the lack of activities, it was found after doing some studies; a good opportunity to make a urban walkway project linking academic feild with the housing aims to activate the proposed university plan to link them together.
Design Strategies
Functions
The main functions on the path were selected through a survey that has been done by the users in the area and in KAU in general.
420m
The idea of the project is also based on creating a dynamic area within the campus that attracts users and encourages them to practice activities and hobies.
Pedestrian path 2.40-3.40m Bicycle path 1.80-2.00m Activites zone 4.40-6.00m Vegetation zone 1.80-3.60m
The circle is considered one of the most complete and balanced forms, it is not only that it expresses granting the same degree of concentration in terms of containment, but it also gives harmony to all the elements that it contains.
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Analysis
The allocation of the functions depended on the users of each area and the noise and privacy that each area needed.
Privacy Analysis Along the Path
-Noise Analysis
Each activity`s noise has been recorded and then distributed on the path from low to high. Then different strategies were implemented to reduce the noise.
Before implementing the strategies
Noise Analysis Along the Path:
After implementing the strategies
-Privacy Analysis
Each activity or void is judged independently through several criteria that depend on the individual, place and type of activity.
Dedicated parking spots for food trucks.
Scented flowers of different kinds were used to create a unique experience with multiple senses.
With shaded seating areas. With solar panels (PV) as shading.
Recycle old containers and rent them to students. And use solar panels (PV) for clean renewable energy.
Dense vegetation with large trees with wide shade range. Infuse glow in the dark material with the bicycle lane floor to illuminate the path.
Scented
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