Wilderness

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A PORTFOLIO BY FATE MALEK 2024

WILDERNESS

FRONT COVER: Clay Sculpture by Fate Malek (2016)

© 2024 FATEMEH MALEK

Dear Dattner Architect, I would like to please be considered for the Entry Level Designer position at your office.

I am a senior designer at Boffi | De Padova, with over two years of experience in high-end residential interior design and project management.

I have a master’s degree in Architecture; I love solving problems; I am painstakingly meticulous; I am skillful and quick to learn what I lack; I am organized and have experience handling several projects simultaneously.

I am submitting my resume and portfolio for your review and would love to speak further about the position.

Sincerely yours, Fate Malek

CELL (646) 457-4035

E-MAIL fa8te.m@gmail.com

LINKEDIN www.linkedin.com/in/fa8te

PORTFOLIO issuu.com/fa8te

EDUCATION Architecture, M.Arch

GPA: 3.75/4.00

NCSU College of Design Raleigh, NC

• Eduardo Catalano Architecture Scholarship

NC State European Center Prague, Czech Republic June 2017 - August 2020

• Dean's Graduate Fellow

Aug 2017 - May 2019

• Teaching Assistant - Architectural Drawing by Prof. Dana Gulling - History of World Architecture by Dr. Kristen Schaffer - Architectural Drawing by Prof. Rob Harkey • Design Library Assistant

Jul 2018 - Aug 2018 Aug 2018 - May 2019 Jul 2019 - Aug 2019 Aug 2018 - May 2020

• Media Officer - Architecture Graduate Student Association (AGSA)

Aug 2018 - Aug 2020

• Brian Shawcroft Hand-drawing Prize - First Place, Individual - Awarded annually to a student with hand drawing skills in architecture

Oct 2018

• NCMCA Sigmon Memorial Scholarship - Second Place, Group - Awarded for innovation in masonry design

Oct 2018

• Literary Committee Member - Windhover Literary and Arts Magazine

Sep 2018 - May 2019

• Volunteer Graphic Designer - Iranian Student Association (ISA)

Aug 2017 - Aug 2020

Illustration, A.A.S

GPA: 3.77/4.00

Fashion Institute of Technology New York, NY

• Magna Cum Laude

August 2014 - May 2016

Sep 2019

• Dean’s List 4/4 semesters • Minors in English and History of Art

Architecture, Bachelor’s

GPA: 3.20/4.00

Shiraz University Shiraz, Iran

• Member of Architecture Student Council

Sep 2008 - Jun 2010

• College Sports Photographer

Sep 2008 - Jun 2009

September 2007 - July 2012

INSTAGRAM @fa8te

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MALEK

EXPERIENCE Senior Designer

• Design high-end interior furniture, kitchens, bathrooms and closet systems

Boffi | De Padova New York, NY

• Manage complete projects from design to installation and communicate with stakeholders

March 2021 - Present

• Produce technical drawings for production and installation • Interact with clients, attend sales meetings, produce presentations • Provide technical support and communicate between clients, Italy-based production and NYC team

Architectural Designer

• Designed small-scale adaptive reuse projects

Ballistic Architecture Machine Remote

• Created facade studies, material palettes and product research • Produced CAD drawings and 3D models in Rhino

October 2020 - March 2021 Graphic Designer

• Managed the promotional assets of client companies from design to production

NEO Design Group New York, NY

• Designed catalogs, brochures, website layouts • Produced mechanical documents for print

July 2016 - June 2017 Museum Intern

• Assisted the graphic artist to design exhibition catalogs and labels

Society of Illustrators New York, NY - Part-time

• Organized and took inventory of artwork archives • Coordinated more than 50 exhibition openings and special events

August 2015 - June 2017 Landscape Designer

• Designed public space urban fountains and murals

Payam Honar Kian Institute of Art and Culture Tehran, Iran

• Oversaw the execution of projects on job sites • Collaborated with multimedia team, providing storyboards and attending brainstorming meetings

May 2013 - April 2014

LANGUAGES

SKILLS

English

Photoshop

AutoCAD

Revit

Acrobat

Farsi

InDesign

Sketchup

Rhino

Word

Italian

Illustrator

Vectorworks

Enscape

Excel

Drawing

Interior Design

Post-production Rendering

Critical Thinking

Illustration

Graphic Design

Construction Documents

Creative Writing

Digital Painting

Diagramming

Code Research

Academic Writing

© 2024 FATEMEH MALEK

PROJECTS

PAVILION OF ASSEMBLY

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PULLEN ART CENTER

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ARTWORK AND DRAWINGS

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SULLIVAN RESIDENCE, NYC

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DESANTIS RESIDENCE, NYC

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ROOM WITH LIGHT

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PRECEDENT STUDY: OUTPOST BY OLSON KUNDIG

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BRAGAW COMMONS

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DESIGN COLLEGE AND LIBRARY EXTENSION

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ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT

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PAVILION OF ASSEMBLY SKILLS: Fabrication, AutoCAD, Hand-drawing

The pavilion is a place of gathering, multitude and movement. As such, it is designed as an assembly of parts.

Meant as a temporary and versatile shelter, a modular system was devised that allows the pavilion to be easily assembled out of prefabricated pieces and be expandable, flexible to its use.

The model was fabricated following the designed manufacturing process as closely as possible.

Aluminum plates were folded up to resist gravity load and compressed at the corners in between two disks resting on mushroom columns.

The Pavilion of Assembly stands in contrast to the Pavilion of Solitude, on the site of an art center, together completing the conceptual and formal scheme of the building. (site plan on page 4) 0

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Roof Plan and Section

Model Built at 1/8”=1’ Aluminum Plates and Acrylic

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Top View Light Study Graphite on Paper

Model Fabrication Process

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PULLEN ART CENTER SKILLS: Sketchup, Photoshop, AutoCAD, Model-making

The art center is where ambiguous and savage energy is fighting to find clarity and emerge as rational art forms.

On the exterior, the form appears as an amalgamation of eccentric volumes that pull in different directions and eventually break out as pure forms: the circle of the Pavilion of Solitude and the square of the Pavilion of Assembly.

Inside, is a diverse experience of spatial events.

Repeating elements that appear in different circumstances connect over one’s memory of space; The two stairways are one in form, yet different in scale. The upstairs balcony reoccurs as a hallway in the basement, and the circle peeks at one continually

as a skylight, an overlook into the basement and a tree in the courtyard.

The program contains 4 studios of painting and printmaking above, photography and video below and a gallery in between.

Each space is infused with its own unique experience in the way of natural lighting, making the art center sensually saturated.

Outside, the building is clad in board-form concrete to enhance the tactile and visual experience while the material’s directionality is exploited to emphasize inward and upward movements around the building.

Exterior Perspective

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Site Plan 1. Art Center 2. Pavilion of Assembly 3. Pavilion of Solitude 4. Land Bridge

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Southwest Elevation

Southeast Elevation

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Northwest Elevation

Northeast Elevation

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Basement Floor Plan

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1. Reception Area 2. Video Studio 3. Photography Studio 4. Darkroom 5. Kitchen 6. Storage

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7. Gallery 8. Administration 9. Painting Studio 10.Plein-air Painting 11. Printmaking Studio 12. Outdoor Courtyard

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First Floor Plan

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Second Floor Plan

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Section PORTFOLIO

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Process Model Chipboard

Exterior Perspective

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SULLIVAN RESIDENCE, UNION SQUARE, NYC SKILLS: Interior Design, Project Management, Vectorworks PROFESSIONAL PROJECT WITH BOFFI

This Boffi | De Padova kitchen at Sullivan Residence sets a rich fluted Canaletto walnut island against the simplicity of white lacquered tall units. While the island as the protagonist of the space houses the main kitchen functions, an additional counter space and small sink are hidden conveniently inside a tall unit with pocket doors. The interior of cabinets are designed in a dark gray oak and a metallic gray lacquer.

Beautifully crafted black Lapitec counter-tops with integrated sinks bind the two elements together.

A black Decomat modular shelving system creates a light screen between the kitchen space and the passage.

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Interior Perspectives (process)

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Interior Perspective

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DESANTIS RESIDENCE, FINANCIAL DISTRICT, NYC SKILLS: Interior Design, Project Management, Vectorworks PROFESSIONAL PROJECT WITH BOFFI

The interior of this 1-bedroom apartment was realized with Boffi|Depadova.

Through the design process I worked closely with the client to find unique solutions for a minimalistic vision.

The kitchen was designed with pocket doors on the wall side and a sliding Corian top on the island, so that it could completely close.

The bathroom is clad entirely in white Carrara marble tiles with a marble vanity that contributes to the white clean palette but adds a touch of luxury.

Closets were integrated into niches for a completely seamless look and to conclude furniture pieces were added in customized finishes that complement and balance the material palette of the apartment.

This project was entirely designed and managed by myself.

Interior Perspective Bedroom Entrance

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Interior Perspective Kitchen

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NEOREST CWT004CEMFG

65" TV (BangOlufsen)

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Interior Perspective Bathroom

Interior Perspective Bedroom

Interior Perspective Bedroom Closet PORTFOLIO

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ROOM WITH LIGHT SKILLS: Model-making, Hand-drawing

The room is self-transforming, presenting two different spaces in the morning and in the afternoon. The project adopts a unique treatment of each of the eastern and western walls, to not only create different spatial qualities but also load the room with different meanings.

In the morning, light shines through the eastern fritted glass with a triangulated pattern that creates a dynamic play of light inside the room. This translates the meaning of morning as a beginning and an active look towards the future.

Morning Light: Dynamic; Beginnings; Looking towards the Future

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In the afternoon, light travels through the slots in the thick western wall to create a series of parallel static lines in the room. This is an interpretation of afternoon as an ending, a calm repose and a reflection on the past.

Room with Light is a small yet inclusive manifest of light as an architectural element that can manipulate form, represent conceptual meanings and dynamically interact with the occupants of the space.

Afternoon Light: Static; Endings; Reflecting on the Past

Model Built at 1/2”=1’ Basswood and Acrylic

Light Study- Equinox, 8:30 am Plan

Light Study- Equinox, 4:30 pm Plan

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PRECEDENT STUDY: OUTPOST BY OLSON KUNDIG SKILLS: Hand-drawing, Diagramming

Outpost sits with minimal disturbance against its harsh surroundings, reminiscent of a Monk by the Sea; a bold expression of insignificance against the Sublime.

With 3/4 of the building footprint given to a walled outdoor garden, entrance to the house is stretched across a long threshold, delaying the break from outside.

So strong is the conceptual dominance of nature, that the house itself, turns into an apparatus for viewing the landscape. The elevated living floor _ the piano nobile _ opens out into the vast desert landscape through Corbusian ribbon windows and the northern cross window expands the view out telescopically as it aligns with the long garden, creating the reverse effect of the compressive journey inside.

Designed on a golden rectangle module in both plan and section the structure follows the mathematical ratio of nature, inserting its strictly rational presence in opposition to the organic expanse around it. The house is an object. It does not presume to blend, rather it stands out as a sole observer, in awe of its context.

Exterior Perspective Graphite on Paper

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Spatial Diagrams (Right to Left Sequence): - Threshold-Room-Threshold-Room - Line-Point-Line-Point - Move-Rest-Move-Rest

Fenestration

First Floor Plan

West Elevation

Proportional Organization Four Golden Rectangles

North Elevation

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BRAGAW COMMONS SKILLS: Sketchup, Photoshop, AutoCAD, Model-making

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First Floor Plan

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The Commons is a university campus residential complex. It contains housing units, classrooms, computer labs, a community workshop and dining spaces.

The driving concepts were first, to correct the current campus circulation by continuing the main path, thus reconnecting the western and eastern parts of the campus and second, to offer an independent living style to students while maintaining their connection to the campus community. To achieve these objectives, the building is divided into two wings, opening a pedestrian flow through the site. This also maximizes access to northern and southern daylight.

While the more publicly accessed spaces are arranged on the first floor, a series of apartment-style units, with separate entrances, are stacked above, provided with an elevated outdoor deck, more exclusive to the living community. All rooms receive daylight and every apartment above second floor has access to a balcony in addition to 4 roof terraces along the complex.

Section Model

The facade aims to accentuate the individual presence of each room and is clad in composite aluminum panels for a modern coherence with the traditional terracotta and brick of campus.

Second Floor Plan

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DESIGN COLLEGE AND LIBRARY EXTENSION SKILLS: Sketchup, Photoshop, AutoCAD, Architectural Precast Concrete

This new addition to NCSU College of Design was to house studio and exhibition spaces and a new design library. The program is divided in two masses.

A monolithic cube holding up the street face contains studio spaces and gives a nod to the modernist origins of the school. The cube is clad in precast concrete panels that are formed through different groupings of smaller repetitive cassettes, creating the illusion of a continuous surface.

The cube opens up on the southern and western faces and connects to the library mass that unravels behind

it in the form of a folded plane. The folded roof of the library is designed in reversed gable precast panels that vary in width by inserting movable dams in the molds.

An exterior deck ties back the volume of the cube to the existing college buildings and a monumental ramp connects the upper level of the old courtyard to the lower extension courtyard where an outdoor exhibition space, walkways and a reflecting pool are incorporated.

Parti Diagrams

Aerial Perspective

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Basement Floor Plan

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First Floor Plan

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1. Main Entrance 2. Review Space 3. Gallery 4. Meeting Room 5. Gaming Room 6. IT Lab 7. Reception 8. Studios

Second Floor Plan

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Fourth Floor Plan

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Fifth Floor Plan

9. Open Seating 10. Study Carrels 11. Service Entrance 12. Dumpsters 13. Outdoor Exhibition/ Gathering Space 14. Faculty Area 15. Material Display 16. Library Entrance PORTFOLIO

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Process Perspective Street Façade

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Site Plan

Process Perspective Library Entrance

Exterior Perspective, Library

Exterior Perspective

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ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT SKILLS: Sketchup, Photoshop, AutoCAD, Construction Documents

Advanced In-line Framing

ZIP Sheathing + Advantech Subfloors

Standing Seam Metal Rainscreen

Exterior Perspective

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The project brief was to design an ADU over a one-car garage.

It is located on the northwestern edge of the property to respect the existing mature trees and allow ample daylight to penetrate the living space.

A porous ribbon driveway provides access to the garage which is fitted with additional utilities, to act as a convertible workshop space.

Above, a thick kitchen wall divides the unit into the more private bedroom and bathroom side and a sun-lit living and dining space with access to a balcony. A stairway behind the kitchen leads to a storage/study loft above the bedroom.

The unit, with a prominent uniform profile, is in modernized accordance with the form and material of the neighboring context.

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First Floor Plan

Interior Perspective, Livingroom and Kitchen

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Second Floor Plan

Loft Floor Plan

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TOP OF SECOND FLOOR SUBFLOOR 8'-111 4" HEADER HT. 7'

VERTICAL WOOD SIDING 7'X8' ROLL-UP GARAGE DOOR

TOP OF SECOND FLOOR SUBFLOOR 8'-111 4"

D-01

CONCRETE SLAB ON GRADE FOUNDATION

CONCRETE SLAB ON GRADE FOUNDATION TOP OF CONCRETE SLAB 0"

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SOUTH ELEVATION Scale: 1/4" = 1 ft

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SILL HT. 19'-41 4" TOP OF LOFT FLOOR SUBFLOOR 18'-51 4"

STANDING SEAM METAL RAINSCREEN

CONCEALED GUTTER STANDING SEAM METAL RAINSCREEN TOP OF LOFT FLOOR SUBFLOOR 18'-51 4"

HEADER HT. 15'-83 4"

VERTICAL WOOD SIDING W-02

W-01

METAL RAILING

SILL HT. 11'-03 4" TOP OF SECOND FLOOR SUBFLOOR 8'-111 4"

TOP OF SECOND FLOOR SUBFLOOR 8'-111 4"

WALL W. VERTICAL WOOD SIDING CONCRETE SLAB ON GRADE FOUNDATION

CONCRETE SLAB ON GRADE FOUNDATION TOP OF CONCRETE SLAB 0"

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NORTH ELEVATION Scale: 1/4" = 1 ft

Elevations, Sample Construction Document Sheet

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TOP OF CONCRETE SLAB 0"

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WEST ELEVATION Scale: 1/4" = 1 ft

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HEADER HT. 22'-03 4"

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PR E NO LIM NS T IN TR FO AR UC R Y

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TOP OF CONCRETE SLAB 0"

construction comply with planning, zoning, structural, building code and inspections,

VERTICAL WOOD SIDING

METAL RAILING

similar structure. It is the responsibility of the builder to assure all elements of

W-03

HEADER HT. 7'

NC STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE SUMMER 2020 HOUSING STUDIO

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Accessory Structures and Accessory Dwelling Units. No warranty or guarantee is

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STANDING SEAM METAL RAINSCREEN

provided or implied with the use of these drawings in construction of this or any

TOP OF LOFT FLOOR SUBFLOOR 18'-51 4"

TOP OF DOOR 17'-71 4"

This Construction Document Set is the result of student investigation and application

STANDING SEAM METAL RAINSCREEN TOP OF LOFT FLOOR SUBFLOOR 18'-51 4"

2X10 WOOD JOIST

of the Durham City and County Unified Development Ordinance sections on

CONCEALED GUTTER

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ADU OVER ONE-CAR GARAGE

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DRAWN BY: FIRST ISSUE DATE:

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EXTERIOR ELEVATIO

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SPIDER BLOWN-IN INSULATION

SPIDER BLOWN-IN INSULATION

This Construction Document Set is the result of student investigation and application

16" WOOD FLOOR TRUSS

16" WOOD FLOOR TRUSS

STANDING SEAM METAL SIDING DRIP CAP

BEVELED SILL FLASHING VERTICAL SEAM CLIP STANDING SEAM METAL SIDING

SPIDER BLOWN-IN INSULATION 0.5" GYPSUM BOARD BASEBOARD FINISHED FLOOR 1" ADVANTECH SUBFLOOR 2X10 FLOOR JOIST SINGLE TOP PLATE

0.5" GYPSUM RETURN DOUBLE PANE GLASS

DOUBLE PANE GLASS 0.5" GYPSUM RETURN

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SPIDER BLOWN-IN INSULATION 0.5" GYPSUM BASEBOARD FINISHED FLOOR 1" ADVANTECH SUBFLOOR 2X10 FLOOR JOIST SINGLE TOP PLATE

R-6 ZIP SHEATHING

R-6 ZIP SHEATHING 2X6 IN-LINE FRAMING

CONCRETE SLAB FLASHING

2X6 BASE PLATE

4" GRAVEL COMPACT SOIL

CONCRETE SLAB 4" GRAVEL COMPACT SOIL

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FLASHING TERMITE BARRIER

10" GALVANIZED J-BOLT

PR E NO LIM NS T IN TR FO AR UC R Y

10" GALVANIZED J-BOLT

TERMITE BARRIER

PR E CO N LIM NS OT IN TR FO AR UC R Y

2X6 IN-LINE FRAMING 2X6 BASE PLATE

construction comply with planning, zoning, structural, building code and inspections,

VERTICAL SEAM CLIP STANDING SEAM METAL SIDING RAINSCREEN VERTICAL RUNNERS

similar structure. It is the responsibility of the builder to assure all elements of

NC STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE SUMMER 2020 HOUSING STUDIO

CONTINUOUS GUTTER

Accessory Structures and Accessory Dwelling Units. No warranty or guarantee is

ZIP ROOF SHEATHING SPRAY FOAM INSULATION 2X10 RAFTERS

provided or implied with the use of these drawings in construction of this or any

STANDING SEAM METAL ROOFING

SPRAY FOAM INSULATION 2X10 RAFTERS

of the Durham City and County Unified Development Ordinance sections on

VERTICAL SEAM CLIP

ZIP ROOF SHEATHING

ADU OVER ONE-CAR GARAGE

STANDING SEAM METAL ROOFING

DRAWN BY: FIRST ISSUE DATE:

FM

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WALL SECTIONS 1 A4.1

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WALL SECTION Scale: 1 1/2" = 1 ft 0

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BACK COVER: From “Our Home” Poems by Fate Malek (2016)

Through the wilderness she had walked like a somnambulist.

She had come to understand the life of a place to be as short as moments.

The age-old question was on her mind, “If a tree falls down in a deserted forest, will there be a sound?”

And she was always of the belief that existence is tied to perception and perception is tied to presence and presence to time.

Her home, she thought, was a time that passed.

© 2024 FATEMEH MALEK