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ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO 1
Selected works by Firas Elhamdi
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A M S T E I N+WA LT H E RT ( 2020-2022)
M E P C O O R D I N AT I O N
ESII MEYRIN
SHORTLISTED
(2019-2020)
D I G I TA L N O M A D C O - L I V I N G AC C O M O DAT I O N
F I N A L P ROJ EC T
T H I S I S E V E RY DAY ( 20 15-20 18 )
DA I LY A RT WO R K P ROJ EC T
A RC H L I T (201 6-2018 )
3 D A RT I S T - R E M OT E J O B
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T R I E N N A L E M I L A N 201 9
1 S T P R I Z E ( T U N I S I A N PA RT I C I PAT I O N )
WO O D I N C A B I N ( A P EC ) 201 7
1ST PRIZE
K A I R A LO O RO 201 7
PA RT I C I PAT I O N
D R AW I N G O F T H E Y E A R 201 6
1ST PRIZE
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NAME
Firas Elhamdi
BIRTH
11.04.1992
CONTACT
fir.elhamdi@gmail.com
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behance.net/firas_hamdi
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arabic
Educational attainment
french
National diploma of Architect. (Tunisia)
english
Architecture studies in National School of architecture and urbanism of Tunis. University of Carthage 2011-2016.
german Graduation Project: Digital Nomad co-living accomodation. 2018.
curriculum vitae
professional experience February 2020 - November 2022 project leader, coordination and MEP modelling Amstein+Walthert - Bern, Switzerland
cinema 4d 3ds Max sketchup
April 2020 - November 2020 architecture coordination internship Amstein+Walthert - Bern, Switzerland Mai 2019 - March 2020 architecture internship Meier + associés architectes _ Geneva, Switzerland
Revit
september 2016 - april 2018 3d artist
Autocad
Archlit - NJ, USA
ArchiCad
may 2014 - july 2014 architecture internship agence Groupement d’Architecture d’Ingénierie et de Génie Informatique G.A.I.G.I
indesign
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photoshop
august 2013 - september 2013 architecture internship CONCEPT ARCHITECTURE
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experiences march 2015 - september 2018 “This Is Everyday” Art Project Daily production of graphic illustrations published on social networks.
june 2016 Co-Producer of a Video-mapping on the facade of the National School of Architecture and Urbanism (ENAU) National School of Architecture and Urbanism (ENAU)
march 2016 “This Is Everyday” 366-day personal exhibition Gallery of the National School of Architecture and Urbanism (ENAU)
Complementary training club “l’Atelier”, ENAU
awards
curriculum vitae
2014 - 2016 Trainer at the self-managed training club in CAD and 3D
December 2016 Drawing of the year by Aarhus school of architecture, Denmark (1st Prize) january 2017 APEC competiton by National school of architecture and urbanism of Tunis (1st Prize) january 2019 Tunisian Participation in Triennale Milan 2019 (1st Prize) area of interest chess [d4] painting ping pong
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A R C H LI T ( 2016- 2018) - U SA 3d artist remote job
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D R AWI N G O F T HE Y E A R 2 0 1 6 - De n ma r k
1st Prize
E S I I M E YR IN 2020 - Genev a shortlisted A MS T E I N + WALT HE RT (202 0 - 2 0 2 2 ) - Be r n
coordination an d MEP Modeling
RI E N N AL E MI LA N 2019 - Ita ly
1st Prize (Tunisian Participatio n)
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WO O DI N C AB I N (A P E C) 201 7 1st Prize D I GI TA L N O M A D CO-LI V I N G ACCOMODATION HI S I S EV ERY DAY d a i l y a r t w ork project
O 2017 - S e n egal
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location : Bern country : Switzerland year : 2019-2022
MEP COORDINATION AMSTEIN + WALTHERT Bern
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BIM & AR C HITE CTURA L S CA N S O L UT I O NS
- Working with clients to create detailed models based on their needs, including identifying project goals, objectives, and constraints. - Creating 3D models of buildings using computer aided design (CAD) software such as Revit. - Coordinating with other members of the BIM team to ensure that all components of the model are up to date - Communicating with architects, engineers, contractors to ensure all parties are on the same page - Traveling Frequently to client sites and communicating on a daily basis with project managers.
volkschule kleefeld 11.2020 - 03.2021
Tierpark Dählhölzli 10.2021 - 11.2021 - 12.2021
SNB Marketgasse 03.2021 - 04.2021
Bystronic 12.2021 - 01.2022 - 02.2022
klinik Linde Biel Notfall 07.2022 - 08.2022 - 09.2022
Bernmobil G4 Digitalisieurung 05.2022 - 08.2022 - 09.2022
Raum5 Steffisburg 10.2020 - 11.2020
Villmergen - LK 02.2022 - 03.2022
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M E P C OO R D INATION
ARCHITECT MEP COORDINATOR
mep coordination
- Helping with the eloboration of a MEP concept: - Overall technical coordination, preparation of architectural drawings, composite drawings. - taking responsibility of coordination between subcontractors for the preparation of shop drawings. - Finding technical solutions with consultants and subcontractors and immediately take the necessary measures. - Reporting directly to the project manager and lead the structural engineer and the architectural designers.
ENGINEER
SBB Ausbau Publikumsanlage Bern 03.2022 - 04.2022
SBB Postparc 04.2021 - 10.2021 - 11.2021
Sportzentrum Oerlikon SPZO 03.2022
Futura Spital Lachen 10.2020 - 06.2022 - 07.2022 08.2022 - 09.2022
Frauenklinik Bern 05.2021 - 04.2022
Ausstellungstrasse 04.2021
Grabengut Thun 08.2022
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Lindenhofspital MBKS Sanierung 07.2022 - 08.2022
location : Geneva country : Switzerland team work : meier + associés architectes area : 2000 sqm project year : 2019-2020
GROUPE SCOLAIRE ESII MEYRIN meier + associés architectes. (shortlisted project)
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The site, subject of the present competition, covers an area of nearly 3 hectares. It is located in the area of La Gravière in the municipality of Meyrin, the 4th most populated city in the canton of Geneva. This site benefits from a proximity to communal facilities and a high quality landscape.
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Program The future secondary school will accommodate 1400 students between the ages of 15 and 20 as well as 200 adults, including approximately 160 teachers. A sports hall with a capacity of 1’500 spectators is combined with the school program. These premises should be able to be operated independently of the school in terms of access and management of the comfort of the rooms. The cultural center will be realized independently of the school program. The volumes corresponding to these needs must be built within the perimeter of the site. site.
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Panoramic views from the site
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The site offers unobstructed views of the greater area and privileged vantage points over the entire topography of the Geneva basin. It is part of a communal project of a landscape ring dedicated to leisure and agriculture that surrounds the city.
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A rectangular platform, with a large patio framing the wooded area. The basement houses that holds the sports fields is accessible from the ground floor. The classrooms are organized around patios.
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enseignement général sciences groupe scolaire esii meyrin
centre de documentation activités artistiques multimédia administration locaux enseignants Sports auditoire
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CPSHR
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Environmental aspects
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The project globally meets the different elements of sustainability. The approach to the energy concept is rich and promising, as is the insertion of the building in the basin and the positive impact on excavation materials, water management and the consideration of materials with a strong ecological emphasis. However, the courtyards are not considered sufficient to guarantee good solar protection against summer overheating. Building too close to St. Cecilia: high exposure to road noise on three facades Exposure to road noise and aviation noise The southern facade is protected from aviation noise by the roof overhang and the external courtyard. the sensitive premises are exposed to road noise on three facades.
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image of meier et associés architectes
- Organization of the spaces around patios that will allow better lighting. - Open and crossing earth floor, creating visual escapes on the surrounding countryside. - Large spaces for relaxation and greenery between the buildings - Prolongation of the urban fabric by the internal alleys of the project.
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location : Gammarth - Tunis country : Tunisia area : 4500sqm project year : 2018
DIGITAL NOMAD CO-LIVING AC final project
CCOMODATION
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Gammarth _ Tunis _ Tunisia
Import the nature that surrounds us i
The site of intervention presents strong natural potentialities: the sea the forest and the hill.
Structure the component entities of t a full / empty report. Ensure the interinteraction frames between users.
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Flexibility Proximity / social link /: allows spatial flexibility, the created spaces favor both the freedom of the user and the social interaction between users.
the project through the plant screens, in -visibility of spaces and create multiple
from the social sphere to the intimate sphere. this hierarchy is managed by the user according to his needs by means of the flexibility of the space.
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DIGITAL NOMAD : UNIT PC screen, mineral plant, natural, material, intangible
FAMILY OF DIGITAL physical interaction, soc phenome
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L NOMAD : GROUP cial, cultural, professional, enological
COMMUNITY OF DIGITAL NOMAD : ENSEMBLE Mosaic of screens, cultures, functions, scenarios ..
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location : triennale Milan - Tunisian pavillion country : Italy work team : Aymen ben Abdallah - Firas El Hamdi kouloud lamouchi - marwa tarhouni - mehdi ben tmesek area : 49sqm project year : 2019
THE 2019 MILAN TRIENNALE Tunisian Participation 1st prize Winner
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M O OD B O ARD
To respond to the theme, Tunisia preferred to support its participation in the exhibition with the presentation of these five projects; considered as pioneering alternatives.
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(‘Use me’) (‘Listen to me’) (‘Adapt to me’) (‘Surpass me’) (‘Save me’)
Between the use of (‘Use me’) resources by Sejnane female potters and the conservation of (‘Listen to me’) know-how in the village of Ken through the adaptation (‘Adapt to me’) of Ouled El Hadef to current prerogatives and a form of a contemporary overtaking (‘Surpass me’) to Dar Hi to end in an act of resistance (‘Save me’) in the desert of Rejim Maatoug.
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The concept develops along a sequence of five fictitious replicas with different temporalities respectively similar to the five pioneer projects punctuating the Tunisian territory. Let us note rightly that these initiatives come to divert our “conditioned” eyes towards alternatives under the sign of the development of a natural culture. They thus introduce those who, for a first attempt, succeed in being born and are echoing five degrees of listening to Mother Nature:
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scenario of interactivity
The pavilion is a circular space holding a central breathing lung. lights and drawing on the circular surface tells the story of an abondoned mother (nature) and a son (humain) how is trying to save her. The pavilion is an experience of reviving the memory of this mother, the visitor here is a real actor.
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terrestrial lung, to simulate the breathing action of mother nature.
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main perspective of the pavillion
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ILLUSION OF INFINIT SPACE
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mirror room, to simulate the infinite space of palmeries.
DOUBLE MIRROR
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fresco 13mx2.5m made to tell the story of mother nature with her son, from the nourishing report to the moment of her degradation and the role of human in saving her.
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1186 days 1186 artworks 02 march 2015 - 05 september 2018
THIS IS EVERYDAY personal daily art project
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this is everyday
is an artistic experience where i created the challenge to start making a visual artwork daily -out of skratch- with no stop and share it on social media before midnight. a challenge that helped me to get better in different field of visual art. This project was a refuge. And then, the frequency of work for This is everyday, each illustration, the result of “the experience of a single day”, was going to be replaced by another, totally different, the next day. A real journey during which I learned a lot! This intense rhythm taught me a lot about the genesis of the idea and about the means of communicating through the image a spatial and architectural sensation.
day1272 “path of glory” 3d artwork 24.08.2018
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day1251 “souls hug” 3d artwork 03.08.2018
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day1233 “the dream” 3d artwork 16.07.2018
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day1205 “hang” 3d artwork 18.06.2018
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day1042 “room in rasjebel” 3d artwork 06.01.2018 cinema 4d + Ps
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After several years of non stop work every day, I felt a change in my life; This is everyday, a simple cure for my memory at first, has become an addictive ritual. This project floated above all other priorities in my life. this is everyday
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day081 “poetic II” 3d architectural visualisation 21.05.2015 cinema 4d + Ps
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day260 “furniture XII” design 16.11.2015
day260 “furniture XII” design 16.11.2015
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day257 “furniture IX” design 13.11.2015
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“compositional V” 3d model 23.08.2015 cinema 4d + Ps
“compositional IV” 3d model 22.08.2015 cinema 4d + Ps
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day1062 “primary” 3d artwork 26.01.2018
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day1059 “mirador” 3d artwork 23.01.2018
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“salute” 3d artwork 24.06.2017
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“ramification” 3d artwork 12.05.2017
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day965 “flange” 3d artwork 21.10.2017
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“nap dream” 3d artwork 25.06.2017 Cinema 4d + Ps
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“poetic X” (2nd round) 3d architectural visualisation 08.08.2015 cinema 4d + Ps
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“palmery” drawing 16.03.2015 red chalk
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“Saint Louis Cathedral, Carthage” painting 04.05.2015 watercolor
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day646 “ras jebel” digital painting 06.12.2016
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day1137 “green field” 11.04.2018 Ciema 4d + Adobe Ps
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ARCHLIT
archlit@archlit.com Phone: (973) 577-4400 42 Ithanell Rd Hopatcong, NJ 07843
ar chl i t R E M O T E J OB 3d artist
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archlit is a team of architects and designers specialized in lighting design with more than 25 years of experience on manufacturing lighting fixtures and products for the architectural world. Our ideology is that our products are part of the space, they become part of “your space”. Sometimes in complete Silence, sometimes as a “piece” of design. Always with great lighting performance.
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dealing with cut sheet made by our designers is a part of the work, technical details are important to understand how the product works.
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is a team of architects and designers specialized in lighting design with more than 25 years of experience on manufacturing lighting fixtures and products for the architectural world. Our ideology is that our products are part of the space, they become part of “your space”. Sometimes in complete Silence, sometimes as a “piece” of design. Always with great lighting performance. archlit
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my role in archlit is to design the optimal space to show the product and his impact.
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included respensabilties : understanding the product potential. show its impact on the space. working onamerican/european interiors. working of clients projects/files for specific order..
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location : El Alia - Bizerta country : Tunisia team work : Firas El Hamdi Imen Merdessi area : 50sqm project year : 2017 photographs: Imen Merdessi
WOODEN CABIN 1prize (Apec) January 2017
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landscape integration
wooden cabin
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Location Identity: Return to local Materials: Wood/Stones
landscape integration of the cabin Respect of the topography & integration in th e slope
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Section of the concept: natural heating & rainwater recuperation
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Located in an agricultural village El Alia in Bizerta* on a site with an important slope, the cottage wants to be anchored in the landscape and composed by its elements.
The idea is to create a cabin by reformulating the principles of the mountain habitat: (the integration in nature, the use of local materials and protection against the cold…) Also adapt these principles within a contemporary proposal. *Bizerta or Banzart is a governorate in Tunisia, it’s the northernmost city in Africa.
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The cabin consist of a single volume compact, partially enclosed in the ground allowing it to regulate the temperature of the rooms.
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It consists of a base of stones got back in the stone quarry which are placed in around thirty meters of the ground. And of a wooden dynamic envelope regulating the internal environment. The base insures the storage of the wood for heating purposes also the collection of rainwater.
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axonometric view
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A warm temperate climate is present in Bizerte. precipitation is greater in winter than in summer. The average annual temperature is 18.0 ° C in Bizerte. Over the year, the mean precipitation is 527 mm. Photos about different landscapes : Rain season/Dry season
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The system of the removable walls possesses a double function. -1- to get an insulation in winter by creating the second skin, -2- to be transformed into walls in summer in order to reduce sun exposure. -A stone retaining wall protects the cabin from possible landslides and limit contact between wood and floor.
Crystal clear, the daylight is filtered, drained and responded on the wood in various manners giving a warm atmosphere, a sensation of peace of mind and serenity inside the cabin.
Installed in the middle, the warmth of the chimney benefits all the rooms. The living room is immersed within the surrounding landscape, once the big plate glass window is opened the limit between the inside and the outside disappears...
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location : Tanaf - casamance country : Senegal team work : Firas El Hamdi - Imen Merdessi project year : 2017
KAIRA LOORO Sacred Architecture Competition - April 2017
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The aim of this project is to portray the same quality of the environment and to be ingrained within the landsacape. Revealing and building upon the sense of humility,devotion shared by the Worshippers, through their beliefs and the Call of the divine.
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Each devotee imprints a different course, yet they all release and share the same ascension and spiritual graduation translated by the materials which tend to become gradually less massive and to lighten until it become only a light beam.
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Dry toilets have been used in order to avoid the risk of the contagious diseases.
The construction of the tower is done with reinforced brick walls with a baobab frame. The sacred baobab is frequently used by local populations for it’s supposed mystical and miraculous virtues.
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The space of worship for the Muslims is inscribed in a cylinder, which allows a better optimization of the space in the direction of the quibla. The space is built of a wooden ausature covered with Thatch Panels. An overhanging corrugated iron roof sits above this ceiling, protecting the interior and surrounding spaces from sun and rain.
A central core that contains a common meeting space. The circular stage of soil brought from the casamance river will receive the Griot ceremony, i t is also a natural space for animist people to escape the urban environment and find a connection with nature.
The roof is made of thatch covered with iron sheets, the roof is supported by a wooden structure and by brick walls at the peripheries.
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The customary pitched roof with iron sheets will be capable of collecting approximately the half of the domestic water usage in fresh rainfall. the two interior gardens that surround the worship space, they help to lower down the temperature of the building through a system of cooling ducts. Also, the garden is connected to a water tank that collects the pluvial water for multiple usage other than collecting drinking water.
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The tires were used for leaktightness at the junction between the roof and the wall, to prevent the infiltration of rainwater. These circular openings created with the plastic gathered bottles create a playful pattern and introduce natural light in the interior spaces.
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DRAWING OF THE YEAR
international students competition by the Aarhus school of architecture - Denmark
DRAWING OF THE YEAR BY AARHUS 1st Prize winner (2016)
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The idea behind the drawing
Contemporary cities are made to save money and time, not memories and identity. My drawing shows buildings as big blocks of condensed memories and lives. Chairs, tables, tubs… every piece represents one forgotten story, one lost memory in a sea of concrete. Conflicts and wars amplify this mess. Ruins of bombed cities are traces of an absent actor, and it tells, how we die and how our memory has been disfigured,
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When i developed the concept of the drawing i was thinking about the contemporary city as a fleeting bearer of collective memory. In nature, ev ery trace reflects the presence of an actor. Habitation used to be our trace, the mirror of our identity. How we build space to live in is not just a technical issue, it shows how we live and how we perceive our lives.
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Portfolio drawing of the year
THE JURY – DRAWING OF THE YEAR 2016 The jury explains: “Conflicts throughout the world have filled the cities with rubble and ruins. Accumulated in piles, this shapes the reality of the current condition of contemporary cities like Aleppo. It is a new landscape that manifests individual and collective memories of these tragedies. It is the worst type of monuments of our era. How architecture responds to these conflicts yet remains to be seen, and it is still a task that needs to be solved. It seems reuse will be the architects’ only tool for providing sustainable solutions.The drawing puts forward this theme of human accumulation and memory in a drawing of a very high artistic level. The drawing explores the digital possibilities, yet it builds on the aesthetics of the hand drawing. It is very well composed, situates itself in the abstract yet real, and references both Giovanni Piranesi and Hugh Ferriss.”
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Eva Franch i Gilabert
Kasper Heiberg Frandsen
Sergei Tchoban
Torben Nielsen
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day232 “sketch” 19-10-2015 Adobe Ps
Firas Elhamdi architect fir.elhamdi@gmail.com +41 76 317 62 06 behance.net/firas_hamdi 3012 Bern Switzerland