FIRAS AL NAJJAR PORTFOLIO
FiRAS MAZiN AL NAJJAR ARCHiTECT
A recent graduate from King Abdulaziz University with a Bachelor of Architecture. An organized team player with time management skills who is proficient in varied modern software, including Adobe and Autodesk suites.
JEDDAH, SAUDi ARABiA OCTOBER 20TH, 1997 NAJJARFiRASM@GMAiL.COM +966 50 666 1814
EDUCATiON 2015 2020
2015
BACHELOR DEGREE iN ARCHiTECTURE KiNG ABDULAZiZ UNiVERSiTY, FACULTY OF ARCHiTECTURE AND PLANNiNG
HiGHSCHOOL DEGREE AL EKHAA PRiVATE SCHOOLS, AMERiCAN DiPLOMA
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URBAN DESiGN STUDiES URBAN DESiGN PROJECT BUiLDiNG FORM DESiGN
SOFTWARE SKiLLS
2019
2 MOS
AUTOCAD
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SKETCHUP
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JEDDAH & TAiF, SAUDi ARABiA
PALACE DOCUMENTATiON MODELiNG WORK SiTE ViSiTiNG / LASER SCANNiNG
2016
2 MOS
LUMiON
PHOTOSHOP
iLLUSTRATOR
iNDESiGN
CAPABiLiTiES / SKiLLS FREEHAND DRAWiNG
ORGANiZED
LEADERSHiP
TiME MANAGEMENT
CREATiVE
TEAMWORK
iNTERN DiGiTAL ARCHiTECTURE HERiTAGE
TRAiNEE SEDCO HOLDiNG JEDDAH, SAUDi ARABiA
OFFiCE TRAiNiNG AUTOCAD DRAWiNGS SiTE ViSiTiNG
COURSES 2020
THE ARCHiTECTURAL iMAGiNATiON HARVARDX EDX
2020
GRAPHiC DESiGN MASTERCLASS UDEMY
CONTENT
01 URBAN DESiGN PROJECT 02 CAPSTONE: HONEY MUSEUM 03 ARCH DOCUMENTATiON (INTERNSHiP) 04 URBAN DESiGN (INTERNSHiP) 05 COMMUNiTY CENTER 06 PENTHOUSE 07 NARROW HOUSE
PROJECT 01
01 Revitalizing Bogari Palace Buffer Zone Location Taif, Saudi Arabia
Project brief The Bogari’s palace and its surrounding area are not being used and are being wasted instead of being a generator for development for the area, and it does not have a proper connection with the Balad’s central area, further more the streets leading to the palace are not properly prepared for pedestrians to use them to cross all the way to the palace, instead its dangerous and a threat to the life of pedestrians in the area, and we are trying to redefine the area to get the most rewardable experience economicly and from a quality standard point of view.
(GROUP WORK)
01 Revitalizing Bogari Palace
The street leading to Bogari palace
Current Masterplan
The view above the tunnel
Residential Complex
Parking area
The Farming lands beside the Bogari palace
Bogari Palace And Hotel
The street connecting Al Balad to King Abdullah road
221 m
Municipality
184 m
Main Plaza
Site section Bogari Palace
Farming Area
Residential / Commercial
Parking
Fish Market
General Analysis Accessability
Land-use
Osama Ibn Zaid Street
Zamakhshari Street
King Abdullah Road
6RCBI *CO /BžF 3PBE Amanah Street
Residential
Farms
Mosque
Hotel
Residential / Commercial
Municipality
Bogari
Fish Market
Solid and Void
Buildings Height
Solid
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Nodes Anchor
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Space Syntax
Node Node
Anchor
Node
Subnode This is the baseline of the site showing the connectivity and choice.
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01 Revitalizing Bogari Palace Design Approach The design approach we are taking in this project revolves around 4 Main points, which are: -Improving the pedestrian’s comfort and the quality of the paths, by readjusting the current situation by reducing the car’s street area and increasing the pavements and construct it in the correct manner. -Increasing the general value and quality of the area by redisigning the facades and streets and redovelping a new land use program to make the most economical QSPžU QPTTJCMF
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Pedestrian’s Comfort
Concept Creating a plaza and converting the small
Bogari Palace
open spaces and
demolishing the old anused buildings into plazas to become nodes and attraction points to the pedestrians in the area, and opening the Municipality’s building inclosed walls and reusing the massive open
space around it as a plaza to be a gathering point insted of being a threatining building with massive walls to increase the connection between the goverment and the people.
225m
Municipality Building 4m
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Increasing the General quality and value
Generators for devolepment
The large parking space that is currently being an visual
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Fish Market
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2.Afterwards the pedestrian path shown was picked after doing a simulation removing the car’s acess to the street and making it pedestrian only.
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New Masterplan Commercial project
Pedestrian Bridge
The commercial project contains shops and
The pedestrian bridge that connects the pedestrian street to the Bogari palace
outdoor terraces with a view to the Bogari palace.
Main Plaza
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through the commercial project.
seating areas and green surfaces.
Bogari Palace The historical palace surrounded by the commercial project and the boutique hotel.
Boutique Hotel The historical palace surrounded by the commercial project and the boutique hotel.
Plaza 2 Farming area Farming lands that belongs to the Bogari family.
The second plaza contains a lowered area to attract people, it consists of a fountain and
Plaza 4 The fourth plaza contains seating areas with planters, surrounded by shops.
Plaza 3 The third plaza is lowered to the basement to attract people, and to increase shops.
seating areas.
New Analysis Accessability
Land-use
Osama Ibn Zaid Street
Zamakhshari Street
King Abdullah Road
6RCBI *CO /BžF 3PBE Amanah Street
Residential
Residential / Commercial
Commercial
Bogari
Hotel
Farms
Mosque
Wind Analysis
Municipality
Solid and Void
Solid
The building was placed in the direction of wind to assist ventilation, a water feature was placed in the front to help cool the building.
Plaza 4
Plazas
Plaza 2 Plaza 3
Main Plaza
Spacyntax
After adding a third plaza at the start of the road we reached the optimum connectivity and choice.
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PROJECT 02
02 Honey Museum Capstone project Location Taif, Saudi Arabia
Project brief A Honey Museum is an educational and entertaining project about bees and honey making. The museum will consist of a Museum; displaying types of honey, flowers, and bees, and the history of bee keeping. Educational section, teaching people the process of honey making in classes and workshops, and a Retail section to sell honey or wax related products, such as food, cosmetics, and decorations.
02 Honey Museum
Concept Explaining the full process of honey making by placing each phase in a separate room
History
Tools
Design process
Bees
Beehive
Flowers & Honey
Products
Filtering & Packaging
Designing the museum around the beekeeping area.
Site plan
Smoothing the circulation in the museum.
Water feature Underground parking Outdoor cafe seating
Drop off Rotating the museum to be more welcoming to the pedestrians.
Staff parking N Adding attraction points such as an outdoor cafe seating and water feature.
Beehives Filtering & Packaging Products
Honey Tasting Room Auditorium Beekeeping Tools Bees Temporary Exhibition
Staff room Storage Class Plant room
Servers room
Storage
Cafe
Vertical circulation
W/C Vertical circulation
Outdoor beekeeping Gift Shop Activity Lobby
02 Honey Museum
Staff room
Cafe
Honey Storage
Storage
W/C
W/C
Class Outdoor beekeeping Activity Plant room
Gift Shop Lobby Storage
Ground Floor
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Beekeeping Tools
Honey Tasting Room
Beehives
Auditorium
Bees
History Filtering & Packaging
Products Temporary Exhibition
First Floor
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PROJECT 03
03 Architectural Heritage Documentation (INTERNSHiP 1)
Location Taif, Saudi Arabia
Project brief As in most of the world's cities and after the industrial and oil renaissance in the 1970s, the original inhabitants of historic cities began migrating to modern cities, leaving behind a deep heritage and civilization. The aim of the project is to create a cultural urban and cultural environment in the heart of the central region, based on knowledge of the characteristics of the region in all historical aspects, types of buildings, building materials, details and architectural style, developing proposals and creating new buildings and creating architectural and cultural functions.
(GROUP WORK)
03 Arch Heritage documentation Goals $ Achieving environmental sustainability
The vision of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 2030 is to work on reviving the sites of the national, Arab, Islamic and ancient heritage and to register them in the World Heritage List and to enable everyone to reach them as a living witness to our ancient heritage and active role, Our vision: To monitor and document all the BSDIBFPMPHJDBM CVJMEJOHT DMBTTJžFE JO 5BJG XJUI the creation of an integrated digital database and a program for the preservation and rehabilitation of these buildings, with clear objectives leading us to studies and analyzes that lead to results and recommendations that serve the larger objective An important part of Arab culture
To be a tourist destination
Preserve historic areas
Documentation of historical areas
Preserving the social environment
Economic growth
The continuation of the scanning of the palace, and the start of scanning the elevations, whilst taking notes, details, and sketches.
The situation of the site was discussed (Al-Buqri Palace). Several discussions were held on the condition of the building and how to CFOFžU GSPN JU " GFBTJCJMJUZ TUVEZ XBT conducted for its restoration and reuse as a tourist destination for the city of Taif.
Optical lifting device uses laser lifting technology and specializes in scanning accurate and hard details and is sent to the computer for analysis, composition and integration.
Albogari Palace was visited by the National Tourism and Heritage Authority, some specialized engineers and faculty members from Taif University.
Faro Focus : Focus Laser Scanner Series – the perfect instruments for 3D reality capture for AEC, Public Safety-Forensics and Product Design Applications .
Modeling The Modeling was Imported from Recap Software
03 Arch Heritage documentation
Ground floor
First floor
East Elevation
South Elevation
PROJECT 04
04 Commercial Hub (INTERNSHiP 2)
Location Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Project brief It is essential to provide basic amenities and services to the neighborhood residents. Plus with a large site area it can be a great source of income to keep the project economically sustainable. So not only serving the project users it also attracts people from all over the city as a unique social and cultural urban area.
03 Arch Heritage documentation General Analysis
Design process MID-RISE
LOW-RISE
COMMERCIAL AREA
Zoning
Initial Masterplan
SITE RESPONSE ENTR.
Residential area at the east part closer to the neighbourhoods and the reg lar axis’s of the site to make spce more efficiant. Comercial area on the west to make it more exposed to the main road which conects between Prince Abdulmajid road & Prince Abdullah Alfaisal road.
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PLAZA
MAIN ENTRANCE
ENTR. RETAIL, CINEMA
CIN
SPORTS
DESIGN & BUSINESS HUB
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MOSQUE
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MIXED USE
MIXED USE PARKING
ENTR.
Masses design
Ground on site
Final Masterplan
PROJECT 05
05 Community Center Location Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Project brief Community Center is a place that is specially provided for the people, groups, and organizations in a particular area, where they can go in order to meet one another and do things.
05 Community Center Concept The concept is to isolate the quiet activities from the sport activities in two separate floors.
Ground Floor Design Process
Male section - Public section - Female section
Second Floor
Making the entrance prominent
Shell structure system design
Site Plan
Exterior Shots
First Floor
Section B-B
Front / West Elevation
South Elevation
PROJECT 06
06 Penthouse Location Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Project brief A penthouse apartment is an apartment on the highest floor of an apartment building or a hotel. Penthouses are typically differentiated from other apartments by luxury features.
06 Penthouse Concept The concept is inspired by the waves to reflect the building’s location near the sea. The picture below inspired the form and the colors of the building.
First floor
Design process
Form around existing stairs
Second floor
Addition / Subtraction
Wavy structure
Front elevation
Second floor
Diagrams
Space between wavy roof Louvres with view to the sea
Building’s shaft
Load flow
Outdoor stairs
Interior Shots
PROJECT 07
07 Narrow House Location Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Project brief The project is a Narrow House designed for a group of users to accommodate their daily activities such as living, dining, cooking, studying, and sleeping. Space efficiency is essential here as the lack of built up area should not compromise the quality and function of the space.
07 Narrow House Concept The idea of the project is to illuminate the house with a huge skylight in the center.
Second floor
Design process First floor 25 x 5 site
3 floor building
Ground Floor
Adding green areas
Adding a lighting opening
Section A-A
3D Section
Lighting opening Indoor Gym
Outdoor Garden Louvres for shading
Outdoor Garden
Interior Shots
2020