jenine kotob
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c o n t e n t s resume..............2 architecture......3 mit thesis.........17 art interventions...19 research papers.....20 global travel.....21
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OBJECTIVE
Seeking an architectural position that will broaden my expertise in a diverse set of building types, challenge my critical thinking as a designer of our society’s built environment, and provide me with opportunities for professional development.
EXPERIENCE
Entry Level Designer, KTGY: Vienna, VA 2013 - Current • Assisted in the production of mixed-use and multi-family wood-frame and steel-frame buildings from their inception in schematic design to construction. • Site planning, desnsity studies, massing models, renderings, construction documents, and management of projects from our India office. • Established an in-house initiative entitled Innovation Lab that focuses on cultivating creativity, professional growth, and career development. Architectural Intern, Dewberry: Fairfax, VA, Boston, MA, Tulsa, OK 2010 – 2012 • Quickly progressed from designer to project leader and worked on writing reports and feasibility studies, met with clients, and even led construction administration for largescale government projects. Worked on justice, federal, public safety, and education facilities. LEED experience. College recruiting. Architectural Intern, Helbing Lipp, Ltd.: McLean, VA 2007 – 2009 • Assisted in the production of construction drawings, product data spreadsheets, and shop drawings. Conducted on and off-site documentation studies. Worked on education, corporate, and religious facilities.
E D U C AT I O N
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA • Master of Science in Architecture, GPA 4.75/5.0 Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture Research Thesis: Educational Facilities in Crisis Areas • Teaching Assistant • Memory Eject: Cultural Institutions in Crisis – Professor Azra Aksamija • Studio Seminar in Public Art/Public Sphere – Professor Antoni Muntadas • Research Assistant • Campus Design Research in Islamic Countries – Professor James Wescoat Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, Alexandria, VA • Bachelor of Architecture, Cum Laude, GPA 3.6/4.0 // Design Thesis: Interfaith Center Robinson Secondary School, Fairfax, VA • International Baccalaureate Diploma Recipient GPA 3.75/4.0
S K I L L S
• Revit, AutoCAD, Adobe Suite, Sketchup, Microsoft Office, Model Building, Sketching • Languages: English (Native), French (Very Good), Arabic (Good)
HONORS + A W A R D S
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Aga Khan Travel Grant Award – MIT College Admissions Arab Mentorship Program Travel Grant – MIT “Architecture: An Intern’s Perspective” – Dewberry Publication Arab American Association of Architects and Engineers Scholarship – Capital Area American Institute of Architects Student Design Award – Blue Ridge Chapter Presidential Campus Enrichment Grant – Virginia Tech
2011 - 2013
2005 - 2010 2001 - 2005
2012 2012 2011 2011 2010 2005 – 2010
r e s u m e 4 3 2 5 2 Va l i a n t D r. Chantilly, VA 20152 jeninekotob@gmail.com 571.643.6045
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D i s c o v e r y S q u a r e , c u r r e n t l y u n d e r c o n s t r u c t i o n , i s l o c a t e d i n Fa i r f a x , Vi r g i n i a a n d is over 300,000 GSF with 240 luxury apartment units. This structure is designed with efficient, double -loaded corridors, allowing for two interior courtyards and an open-garage. Residents have access to a swimming pool with a few thousand square feet of amenity space that can be enjoyed with guests.
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The modern facade is articulated with protruding frames made of Hardie panels in a variety of colors - serving as an outward representation of the modular units w i t h i n t h e b u i l d i n g. D u e to t h e s l o p i n g to p o gr a p hy, t h e b u i l d i n g s te p s t h re e t i m e s a n d r i s e s a l o n g t h e s i t e t o w a r d s t h e s o u t h . To w e r e l e m e n t s a r e p l a c e d a t these breaks to emphasize the gradual change.
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Architecture+Planning 8605 Westwood Center Dr. Suite 300
A d m i r a l C o c h r a n e i s l o c a t e d i n s u b u r b a n , E d g e w a t e r, M a r y l a n d . T h i s multi-family residential structure has a large central courtyard with d o u b l e - l o a d e d co r r i d o r s w r a p p i n g a ro u n d p rov i d i n g p r i v a c y. At t h e highest point of the site, sits a tall tower element with special loft, luxury units. A two-level podium garage opens to residents at the lowest part of the site and sits beneath the wood-frame residential building. Due to the unique ring-shape of the building, the apartment units have varied spatial configurations - allowing for dynamic interior spaces and unit balconys.
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D u l l e s Te c h A p a r t m e n t s a r e t w o r e s i e d n t i a l s t r u c t u r e s l o c a t e d i n Herndon, Virginia. Both buildings are designed with four-stories of wood-framed residential units on two-stories of podium. The building steps once along a steep slope. Combined, the two structures are approximately 500,000 GSF with 450 luxury apartment units.
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T h e b u i l d i n g s a r e d e s i g n e d a s m i r r o r i m a g e s o f o n e a n o t h e r, e a c h with their own internal parking garage, swimming pools, and amenity spaces.
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dulles tech apar tments Clients: JLB Par tners, 2014 Designers: K TGY P r o j e c t S i t e : H e r n d o n , VA S of t ware: AutoC AD, Sketchup D U LALs sE i Ss t eT dE iCnHs Ni t Oe Lp lOa Gn nY i nCgE, Ns eTcEt iRo n s t u d i e s , elevation studies, and desnsity studies. JLB PARTNERS
PERSPECTIVE VIEW 1 HERNDON, VA KTGY # 2012-0670
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Architecture+Planning 8605 Westwood Center Dr. Suite 300 Vienna, VA 22182 703.992.6116 ktgy.com
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T h e c o n c e p t u a l d e s i g n f o r t h e N e w Ta i p e i C i t y M u s e u m o f A r t e n r i c h e s l i fe i n t h e c a p i t a l a n d s t re n g t h e n s co m m u n i t y. Th e d e s i gn gi ve s e a c h visitor the opportunity to be inspired and creative, allowing each man, woman and child to experience art. The tensile fabric structure is a u n i q u e s y m b o l a n d fo c a l p o i n t fo r t h e c i t y. Fu n c t i o n a l l y, t h e f a b r i c roof provides an element of shade and aids in reducing heat loads on the building. Exterior glass walls allow for natural light in public and administrative spaces. Activities inside are visible to the public from the outside, allowing art to be experienced at any time of day - giving a sense of vibrancy to street life.
museum of ar t Competition Project, 2011 D e s i g n e r s : D e w b e r r y Te a m P r o j e c t S i t e : N e w Ta i p e i C i t y , C h i n a Software: Revit Assisted the team in overall conceptual design, architectural drawings, and computer renderings.
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A n e w L E E D S i l v e r 3 0 , 0 0 0 S F, f r e e - s t a n d i n g d i s t r i c t p o l i c e s t a t i o n and associated parking facilities. The 12.8 acre site is divided into two sections: the police station site which includes a public area and public parking lot in the front and a secure parking facility in the rear for police use, and a Phase 2 set aside for a future County office building and parking structure, including a 200 foot forest buffer from the adjacent neighborhood.
police station Client: Montgomery County 3rd District, 2011 D e s i g n e r s : D e w b e r r y Te a m Project Site: Silverspring, Mar yland Software: Revit Assisted the team in completion of architectural drawings and renderings for client.
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The ultimate goal of this space is to encourage those of different faiths to gather, learn, and grow with one another. I chose three religions as my main parameter: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Historically, the dome of a mosque, synagogue, or church usually radiates around an imaginary but definite center. It is the intention of this religious building to provide not one center, but three centers. The three centers provide three corners of the sanctuary. From these three points the wall begins to radiate out. A visitor to the religious center would begin his or her journey in the valley of the site. They would follow a rising concrete wall that seems to trace the sloping terrain. The wall continues to transform in width and height as it approaches its climax. At this moment there is a glass break in the wall which serves as the entrance and introduction to the library. There now exists two worlds twisting around one another – the world within the wall, and the world shaped by the wall. The visitor can choose to enter the library, or to continue traveling along the wall towards the prayer hall. This movement of the wall around this holy space symbolically represents the uniting of the three groups.
prayer center T h e s i s S t u d y , V i r g i n i a Te c h , 2 0 1 0 Designer: Jenine Kotob Project Site: Manassas, Virginia Software: Revit Student Winner - AIA Blue Ridge Design + Honor Awards 2010
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Pa ge Ac ross: M a in Prayer Spa ce To p L e f t : H a l l w a y R e n d e r i n g To p R i g h t : B u i l d i n g M o d e l Bottom Left: Long Section Middle Right: Ring Model Bottom Right: Ring Model
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Immanuel Bible Church is an existing church and private school in a suburban area of Fairfax County, Virginia. It consists of five interconnected buildings constructed over the last 25 years, surrounding a center exterior courtyard. The sanctuary seats 800 on the floor plus 200 in a balcony. The private school enrolls 450 students from grades K-8. The church required additional classroom space, as well as fellowship space, which did not exist in the existing facility. Helbing Lipp’s solution included three major parts. First, new second floor space was added over two one-story classroom wings, providing for additional classrooms and offices for the school. Second, the existing narthex space was doubled in size by capturing adjacent existing offices. Finally, the center courtyard was transformed into a double-height “atrium” space, with a series of sloped roofs, clerestory windows, and an exposed steel truss roof structure. This dramatic and exciting space has an area of over 7,000 square feet, and serves the church for gathering, fellowship and performances, as well as a video-fed overflow space for worship services. It is topped by a soaring steel steeple and cross, providing a strong visual identity for the site.
Bible Church Addition and Renovation, 2009 D e s i g n e r s : H e l b i n g L i p p , L t d . Te a m Project Site: Springfield, Virginia Software: AutoCAD Assisted in architectural drawings, shop drawi n g s, a n d co n s t r u c t i o n re v i e w.
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Pa ge Ac ross: M a in Ha l l Photogra ph To p L e f t : F i r s t F l o o r P l a n To p R i g h t : I n t e r i o r E l e v a t i o n Bottom Left: Interior Elevation B o t t o m M i d d l e : To w e r E l e v a t i o n Bottom Right: North Elevation
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This thesis is an exploration of learning environments in the West Bank of the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) as administered by private, refugee and public school systems. In considering the insularity of learning environments in the OPT, this thesis finds that despite increased school construction since 1994, public and refugee student drop-out rates have increased, enrollment rates have decreased, academic achievement is low, and students suffer from stress.
The historical analysis is framed from the Late-Ottoman era until today and follows changing theories of education in parallel with the changing relationship between schools and the socio-spatial reality of the conflict. Results from the historical analysis indicate that educational institutions often cannot operate during times of crisis, leading local family and teacher networks to develop informal education systems in unconventional spaces. It is determined that learning environments must be able to adapt to the conflict and must embrace local communities as architectural, spatial, and social resources. This finding serves as a critical foundation for the architectural analysis.
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It is hypothesized that if schools are conceptualized as part of a broader learning environment, then the socio-spatial issues impacting student success may be improved. To test this hypothesis, learning environments in the OPT are examined with a two-fold methodology: historical and architectural. The two-fold analysis utilizes a conceptual framework, where child, building, neighborhood context, and education system, are understood as the four components of a learning environment.
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T h e s i s S t u d y , M I T, 2 0 1 3 Redefining Learning Environments in Conflic t Areas: A Palestinian Case Study Super visor : James Wescoat
The architectural analysis uses data collected from field work at 24 schools in the West Bank in August of 2012 through informal interviews with locals, photography, and journaling. The data reveal that the socio-spatial contexts of each school are unique due in part to divisions of the land. In order to limit the number of variables, special focus was given to three schools in Ramallah, which is a unique enclave that encompasses within it the socio-spatial realities of other enclaves in the West Bank. Taking from the lessons of each school system, it is concluded that new learning environments in the Occupied Palestinian Territories must positively respond to the bleak structures of the occupation by becoming programmatically diverse, architecturally innovative, and spatially integrated in order to create new and less insular cultural centers of which the students and communities can be proud. This thesis concludes with recommendations for educationalists, architects and development professionals that stem from revelations in the historical analysis and results from the architectural analysis. Learning environments must span outwards allowing for an expansion of school resources, a broadening of learning experiences for youth, and the unification of Palestinians in order to improve the socio-spatial disorder of the occupation.
Page Across - Lef t: 1905 Kuttub School P a g e A c r o s s - To p t o B o t t o m : T h e t h r e e d i a g r a m s display school networks as they grew along with developing cities from 1916 until 2005. To p : S i t e V i s i t M a p B ottom: UN R efugee S chool with M ilitar y Wall in red
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“A Ritual for Memory” Course: Creative Responses to Conflict and Crisis Site: Minami Sanriku, Japan Professor: Ute Meta Bauer Date: December, 2011 A proposal for an annual event/ritual to serve as a means for the people of Minami Sanriku, Japan to remember their home before it was destroyed by the tsunami. This was delivered as a gift to the mayor of this small fishing village. “Roxbury: Between Myth and Stereotype” Course: Public Art / Public Sphere - Spatial Cultural Identity Professor: Antoni Muntadas Date: May, 2012 A project to address the gaps between myth and stereotype that developed around the ever-changing boundary lines of the town of Roxbury in Boston, MA. Issues such as violence, crime, and gentrification were highlighted. This work took place along the orange subway line in Boston and involved interviewing locals.
Using balloons to mark memories in place.
art interventions C o m p l e t e d a t M I T, 2 0 1 1 - 2 0 1 3
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Map of historic Roxbury, MA
“Transparency in Mosque Design” Course: Orientalism and Representation Professor: Sibel Bozdogan Date: December, 2011
“Conflicted Hybridity: Identity through Heterotopias” Course: Traumatic Urbanism Professor: Mark Jarzombek Date: December, 2011
“The Globalization of Humanitarianism as Depicted through Border Art” Course: Internationalism, Nationalism and Globalism in Modern Art Professor: Caroline Jones Date: May, 2012 “Community Organizing” Co-Author: Vasudha Gupta Course: Engaging Communities - Models and Methods for Designers and Planners Professors: Anne Spirn, Ceasar McDowell Date: May, 2012
Axon of typical Palestinian village house from the Late-Ottoman Era Souce: Suad Amiry, 1989
Testing airflow in a Cambodian school using Phoenix software
“The Palestinian Dwelling: Between Village and Town” Course: The Historiography of Islamic Architecture Professor: Nasser Rabbat Date: December, 2012 “Testing Daylighting, Airflow and Energy in Cambodian Schools” Co-Authors: Arfa Aijazi, Karina Herrera Course: D-Lab Schools - Building Technology Professors: Les Norford, John Ochsendorf Date: December, 2012
research papers W r i t t e n a t M I T, 2 0 1 1 - 2 0 1 3
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global travel Canada - China - Egypt - England - France Germany - Israel - Italy - Japan - Jordan Morocco - Palestinian Territories - Spain Switzerland - United Arab Emirates - USA
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travel sketches V i r g i n i a Te c h E u r o p e a n S e m e s t e r A b r o a d , 2 0 0 9 To p L e f t : R o n c h a m p C a t h e d r a l , H a u t e - S a ô n e To p M i d d l e : S t . A n d r e C a t h e d r a l , B o r d e a u x To p R i g h t : I l D u o m o , F l o r e n c e Middle: La Maison Carrée, Nîmes Bottom: Colosseum, Rome
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