Ca r l a M a r i e H A J J A R
Portfolio 2016
Carla Marie HAJJAR «Graduated from Ecological Urbanism & Architecture, I am looking for a full-time position upon September 2016» hajjar.carla@yahoo.fr
EDUCATION
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2016
Dual Master Degree ‘Ecological Urbanism’ with honors in Architecture and Urban planning CAUP Tongji, University/ China and ENSA Versailles/France
2014
B.A. in Architecture at National School of Architecture of Versailles
2011
French Scientific High School Diploma, with honors
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1910 Xinzha Road, Shanghai, 200092, China Nationality: French/Lebanese
WORK EXPERIENCE 06 - 09 2015
Intern at AECOM Beijing, Urban Design & Urban planning departement/Beijing, CHINA Participated in official meetings, project presentations to clients and intern crossed corrections. Worked on different scale and project’s type: - Finding new concept and strategy to turn an unsuccefull commercial village into an intergenerational housing complex, Feigjing, China - Rehabilitation of an old industrial area in an educational park, Jiaohuachang, Beijing, China - New town planning on a virgin territory for 200 000 inhabitants in Pingquan, China
06 - 08 2014
Intern at Dar-al Hanadasah Shair and Partners, Urban Design & Urban planning departement/ Beirut, LEBANON
06 - 08 2012
Intern at Taalmaan Koch architecture/ Los Angeles, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
05 - 06 2012
Volunteer site artisan internship at REMPART/ Saint-Armand-Montrond, FRANCE
2010 2011
Entrepreneur and Designer Fantasy Jewerly company/Nouakchott, MAURITANIE
07 - 09 2010 2011 2012
Jewelry manifacturing Intern at Laurent Boghossian and Sons/ Beirut, LEBANON
Working on two main projects : - Design control guidelines of villa’s plot in Jumana Island, Island 2, Dubai, Emirates - Master plan for the new Luanda, OAPR settlement, Angola
SKILLS Comunication
French, English, Lebanese dialect and Spanish, currently learning Chinese
Adaptability
Studied, worked and travelled to over 22 countries in Africa, Europe, East Asia, Middle East, America
Computer skills
AutoCAD, Revit Rhinoceros, Sketchup, Adobe Suite (illustrator, Photoshop, Indesign, Premier) Atlantis, Cinema 4D Macintosh and Windows ( Microsoft Suite)
Reported directly to firm’s chief superintendent: participated in meetings with project engineers and managers overseeing projects execution at different stage: - Landscape design and 3D modelling of a backyard house’s extension. - Design of a playing wall for Dome garden’s playground. - Execution plans of removable panels and trame for a pre-fab house.
Carried out 120 sqm of historical building facade restoration using traditional stone-cutting and masonry construction techniques in a team of 12 volunteer site artisans under supervision of 3 experienced craftsmen.
Manufactured and sold over 200 pieces of african and oriental fantasy arts jewelry : -Selected differents colours and shape of beads and seeds -Designed over 200 pieces of fantasy jewelry using different drilling, polishing, welding and engraving techniques. -Organized 2 fantasy jewelry exhibitions in a year including events’ marketing and communication leading to over 300 visitors and above $ 1,500 USD yearly profit.
Participated in the reation of several unique pieces of precisous jewelry manufacturing life cycle from first customers meeting all the way to sell transaction: -Supported various activities in hand drawing sketches -Design using the specialized software Matrix -Casting , polishing, assembling gemstone in jewel’s final
INTEREST Sport Running
Running in trails regularly and competing occasionally in half marathons
Pastimes
Reading Marks, Dreams Jewerlry and Urban magazine, watching daily ‘One Minute News’ of BBC, attending on weekly basis different Parisian and Shanghaieneese art exhibition and conferences (Architecture, Art, Jewelry, Paintings and other arts) cooking exotic, oriental and african dishes
LEARNING FROM DESIGN PROJECT SEE WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE
BE YOURSELF
WORK
HARD PLAY HARD
LEARN
STEP
BY
STEP
KEEP REFRESHING
BE
THE
NEXT
MEMBER
CULTIVATE YOUR GARDEN
Place: Versailles, Les Yvelines, France Project in tandem with Kim Lou Monnier Supervised by Florian Hertweck (Hertweck and Devernois)
SEE WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE
PROBLEMATIC: How to gather two families in one unique urban plot ? INTUITION: Drive the different flux from the pedestrian to the member of these families using wall orientation and heights. A programatic stratification is established from the public to the intimate space through the road, art gallery, living space and swimming pool. The two houses are separated but gathered by the childern with shared playground and outdoor area.
Place: Imaginary city where each 4 students are in charge of 500x700m urban block Individual project Supervised by E. Lambert ( Parc architectes)
BE YOURSELF PROBLEMATIC:
What is a
housing
collective
of FAR 3 ?
INTUITION:
The arcade symbolizes the passage in architecture. The passage from a place to another is fundamental in the collective housing to know where is
the «I» in the community. The
arcade is used as a tool and is declined for the different transitions and different space.
For intance, in each apartment, the shared area like the kitchen is surrounded by a narrow arcade frame showing the diversity of individual actions. The living room is in vault as a break and cocoon shared space and the
bedroom is in arch to project the «I» in the infinity of the city ‘s landscape.
Place: Meudon, Ile de France, France Individual project Supervided by J.P. Calori ( CAB architectes) et F. Chas ( NP2F architectes )
WORK HARD
The Community life (market, sport) is revolving all around it’s core (office). Under this common ceiling, the Meudon citizen is caught between introspection and projection on the cityscape, becoming actor of the most unexpected meetings.
PROBLEMATIC: How to mix
working and divertissment program including cityhall, sport complex, business and cultural center in 4000 sqm Civic Center? INTUITION: Positioned like a totem at crossroads
PLAY
HARD
Place: Saint Denis, Paris, France Project in a tandem with Kim Lou Monnier Supervised by E. Lambert (Parc Architects) and M.Armangaud (AWP architects)
LEARN
STEP
BY
STEP
PROBLEMATIC: How to revitalize Saint Denis’ old industrial slum ? INTUITION: The project connect, by a green corridor, the different existing services and educational centers, transport system and old rehabilitable factories. This newly established connection would create a growing university campus spread out internationally. The project planning has been broken up in five sequential phases presented in a 100 page book.
Place: Satory, St Quentinen Evelyne, France Project in a tanden with Jianbin Chen Supervised by F.Hertweck and M.Bignier ( B+M architects)
KEEP REFRESHING PROBLEMATIC:
How to reactivate the district of Satory for a long term? INTUITION: Reveal the sleeping underground water system and generate all the city activities by showing it. Water is a cycle going through different fonction: first, wetland along factories harbor in front of the main hub, second leisure with an artificial beach for the commercial part, a canal along the dwellings, third a water stock with a dam surrounded by villas and then the irrigation going down back to the wet land.
Navigable
S
Place: Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China Individual Diploma project Supervised by F. Hertweck, Ingrid Taillandier (ITAR Architecture) and Yu Yifan
BE
THE
PROBLEMATIC: How to bring life in a ghost town ? INTUITION: Re-define what a
common ghost town is and determined Coma City as the new term to define this specific contemporary global urban phenomena.
NEXT
MEMBER The answer is a website:
www.comacities.com
It has been created as a hub’s idea where inhabitant can read published articles about it, propose ideas and interact in a forum. My project on Ordos Kangbashi is published as a first proposition.
Contact page of www.comacities.com
Library page of www.comacities.com
Contact page of www.comacities.com
Log in page of www.comacities.com
Forum page of www.comacities.com
Interview with a shopping addict from the new town
I-2 c. Interview with a shopping fan in the new town
I-2 b. Interview with a future Interview with a worried future retreated retreated from the new town
... « I would love to go to a « Senior school » and learn piano ! » ...
... « I order everything from internet (...) it takes 2 to 3 days maximum to come » ...
I-2Interview e.Interview witha arestaurant restaurant’s with owner from the newt town owner from the new town
... « The Government told us that is was good to open a restaurant here, and we open it here » ...
Interview with a famous writer from the old town
I-2 k. Interview with a famous writer from the old town
... « Children love to come in my library in Dongcheng after class » ...
Interview with Difei Xu, Specialist in Chinese Urban planning
I-2 o.Interview with Difei Xu, graduated student proposing a revitalization strategy for Ordos ... « I definitely defiantly think that built on Ordos’ streets is totally doable, you can add commercial street and provide a better life for the citizen » ...
Interview with the economic comissor’s director
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Citizen
Needs
RESTORATION
SHOPPING
RENTING
CO-WORKING
TRAINING
Logo
Boxe supply answering to their needs
-Kitchen space (indispensable) : fridge, cooking table, water supply, electricty supply,Wifi supply -Reception space (dispensable) : table, chairs, cashier -Toilet (should exist close by) +option of outdoor terrace on the roof or infront of the module
-Fitting rooms/ storage (indispensable): electricity supply -Stand (dispensable): moveable and diversified furniture. + option of outdoor stand
- Reception space (dispensable) : table, chairs, cashier, sound system -Stand (dispensable): moveable and diversified furniture.
- Working place (indispensable) : table, chairs, Wifi supply, electricity supply -Tools (dispensable): computers, construction tools, printer...
- learning furniture (dispensable) : table, chairs,music instrument, sport accessories -Dressing room, storage, audio system (indispensable) +Outdoor place
BOXE’S MAIN QUALITY
SHARING
STORYTELLING
MULTI-FUNCTION
COMMUNITY
MODULARITY
Disired atmosphere
LINK CREATED
Feel at home Conviviality T r a d i t i o n Accessibility S e r e n i t y Satisfaction L e i s u r e Discretion
Interest Curiosity Fa s c i n a t i o n Belonging Accessbility
Ideas creation space Technical quality Serenity and positivity Experiences care Interesting environment E q u i p m e n t
Intimacy Informal Inspiration Creativity Culture Pro te c t i o n R e l a x Networking
Informal training S i l e n c e S h a r i n g I n t e r a c t i o n C o m f o r t Professionalism
USER-SERVICE
USER-SPACE
USER-USER
RESTORATION
extraverted
a. Section of a traditional North Chinese piled beam frame in a rooftop structure
+
collective class
dynamic small group
cell of concentration
circulation of ideas
desk
introverted
-
+
collective workplace
public/private interface
storage
exhibition hall+ mezzanine
showroom
store windows
cashier, fitting room
kitchen
eating areas, reception
bar of ideas circulation of ideas
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+
TRAINING
extraverted
-
introverted
+
CO-WORKING
extraverted
-
RENTING
introverted
extraverted
+
introverted
extraverted
introverted
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SHOPPING
b. Skined of a traditional North Chinese piled beam frame located on one side if the rooftop.
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12 m
3m
12 m 3m
3m
3m
3m
12 m
6m
6m
c. Decompositon of a traditional North Chinese piled beam frame system
d. Simplified and Standardized traditional North Chinese piled beam frame structure
Place: Nouakchott, Mauritanie and Beirut, Lebanon Personnal Project
CULTIVATE YOUR GARDEN My first Fa n t a s y J e w e l r y exhibition, at 15 years old, marks the begining of my passion
for translating people’s wishesinrealisable3Dmodels.
I leaded this path until architecture teached me how to represent them in a better way using different medias, such as drawings and technics. Meanwhile urban planning consolidated my social understanding. From jewerly, to architecture and then urban design I kept pushing my scale limit and would like now to extend it to a mutlidiscipliary field.
HOW ABOUT NOW ?
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