P o r t f o l i o Sustainable Architecture and Landscape Design Joanna Abbas 2 0 1 7 - 2 0 21
JOANNA ABBAS SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE & LANDSCAPE DESIGN I was born and raised in one of the oldest cities in the world, the Phoenician city of Byblos, Lebanon. This Mediterranean spirit and lifestyle has inspired me a lot in my life. I started studying Architecture in Lebanon and now I finished my MSc. in Sustainable Architecture and Landscape Design in Milan. After I did my internship in Stuttgart, I decided to move to Germany, and this time to Berlin. I am so proud of what I achieved so far in my life and in this field. I am very enthusiastic and eager for the future.
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EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
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MSc. in Sustainable Architecture and Landscape Design Final score: 110/110 Politecnico di Milano, sede di Piacenza, Italy BSc. in Architectural Studies The Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, Lebanon Technical Baccalaureate in Architecture College of the Holy Hearts, Adma, Lebanon
Plug-in for Rehab | 2nd Place Winner Politecnico di Milano - AIDAA Tokyo - TerraViva Workshop Architecture for Smart Cities Staffans Aija Katariina - Aalto University Finland Urban Design Workshop Stabilini Stefano - Politecnico di Milano
WORK EXPERIENCE
LANGUAGES
Behnisch Architekten, Stuttgart, Germany. 9 months internship with the competition team. - Working from the analysis and designing phase to the modelling and post-production phase of more than 5 competitions, from which, one was a winner in the city of Hamburg. - Participating in meetings held with clients, French engineers and architects. - Selection of materials for exteriors and interiors in addition to the furnitures to a school in Paris.
Arabic: Mother tongue French: Proficient English: Fluent (IELTS) Italian: Colloquial
2016 - 2017
AGORA Group, Lebanon. - Auto CAD drawings of residential villa in Bahrein. - Technical drawings for the Lebanese army projects: Ammunition bldgs., operation bldgs., dispensaries and gas stations.
2015 - 2016
Storm Advertising and Marketing, Lebanon. - Executive assistant. - Assistant producer in ONOB musical and broadway show.
2014 - 2015
Chadi Architecture Design, Lebanon. Three months internship. - Concept design, planning and execution of mountain houses. - Auto CAD drawings and execution files of a beach resort.
2012 - 2020
Promote Yourself Talent Agency, Lebanon - Main role actress in TVCs mainly for Lebanon and the ME.
SOFTWARE SKILLS AutoCAD Revit SketchUp Rhinocero Lumion QGIS Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign Microsoft office: Word - Power point - Excel
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INTERESTS AND HOBBIES Volunteer at the Don Bosco Youth Center in Lebanon for 12 years. Dancing: Bachata, Salsa, Zouk, Kizomba Acting Outdoor activities Sports Art
SELECTED WORK
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1. REGENERATION OF POSTINDUSTRIAL LANDSCAPE Barcelona, Spain Thesis Project 2021 Prof. Karin Hofert A former industrial region at the border of the El Besos ecological corridor calls for opportunity to interweave yet differentiate the site from the diverse identities that constitute Barcelona’s character. A multi-disciplinary hub of nautical data, production, leisure, commercial and residential spaces works as a theoretical framework for envisioning the new district as a global port: a coastal re-development that ecologically and socially bonds with its surroundings inviting different user groups to live, work and play. The design re-qualifies the area from a physical, environmental, social and cultural point of view (re-qualification of: the built, the void and the relationship with the existing urban landscape).
ANALYSIS The analysis covered the Metropolitan scale and the local context. In my thesis booklet, I discuss deeply the effect of climate change on the site, the soil contamination and the importance of the regeneration of the site.
Green infrastructure: Metropolitan parks and green spaces
Productive fabrics, economic activities: tourists accommodations
STRATEGY AND CONCEPT
Housing: 44Housing: 000 Housing: 44m² 000 44m² 000 m² Students Residence: 18 000 Students Students Residence: Residence: 18m² 000 18m² 000 m² SocialSocial Integration Housing: 16 000 Social Integration Integration Housing: Housing: 16 m² 000 16m² 000 m² Teachers and visitors residence: 50005000 m² m² Teachers Teachers and visitors and visitors residence: residence: 5000 m² Educational and Cultural: 22Cultural: 500 Educational Educational and Cultural: and 22 m² 500 22m² 500 m² Educational Facility: 20 Facility: 000 Educational Educational Facility: 20m² 000 20m² 000 m² Cultural: 2 500 Cultural: Cultural: 2m² 5002m² 500 m² Commercial: 40004000 m² 4000 Commercial: Commercial: m² m² Hotel:Hotel: 5 000Hotel: 5m² 0005m² 000 m²
Program: 70 000 m²
Housing: 44 000 m²
Program: 70 000 m² Program: Program: 70 000 70m² 000 m² Students Residence: 18 000 m²
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Social Integration Housing: 16 000 m² Teachers and visitors residence: 5000 m² Educational and Cultural: 22 500 m² Educational Facility: 20 000 m² Cultural: 2 500 m²
Site:Site: 180180 000 m² Site:000 180m² 000 m²
Commercial: 4000 m² Hotel: 5 000 m²
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PROGRAM DISTRIBUTION
Before: The Rocks along the sea side are limiting the usage of the place by visitors.
Now: The new edge element is made of the rocks existing in the site. It creates more space on the beach for recreational use.
Future: The new Clima-adapted profile is securing the territory against higher sea level.
PROPOSED MASTER PLAN
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The students residence building takes advantage of the existing turbine room as an extension for the common spaces. The Building has commercial stores in the first two floors for an easier and a more sustainable lifestyle for students. The long side of the building is facing the beach, slightly rotated to match the site’s orientation.
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LIBRARY AND DOCUMENTATION CENTER The library and documentation center specialized in nautical, sets on the main entrance of the project. Its circular form helps guide the sense of orientation. It is located between the campus and the neighboring residential area which makes the project more inviting.
SEA-RELATED EDUCATIONAL FACILITY The busy activity of Barcelona port, in consonance with the worldwide growth of sea transport, asks for specifically trained workforces. Nowadays sea-related higher education is split in separated curricula and universities. The Sea Campus concentrate them in order to exploit their synergies.
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Longitudinal Section
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HOTEL About 70% of Barcelona’s economy directly or indirectly is based upon tourism. But this sector is weak in Sant Adrià de Besòs due to the lack of attractions and the important presence of industrial activities. People have already a nostalgic feeling when it comes to the chimneys, so why not bringing people up there for an experience.
PATH / MUSEUM One of the issues that the site has is the accessibility. As a solution for the main axis entering the site, a crossing underground path is proposed where people can enjoy an exhibition/museum about the formal power plant, that gives a double function for the path.
2. MUSEUM | EXHIBITION CENTER Nice, France Spring semester 2019 Prof. Guya Bertelli After the urban growth of the city Nice, the municipality was looking for ways to protect what is left from the green spaces, and propose a new master plan for the valley. In this valley that was once only agricultural, there are many elements limiting the connection between the two sides of it. We started by studying the types of the limits existing in order to understand better the situation and the different relations between voids, traces, and limits. Inspired by the geometry of the mountains and the forces of the topography, we proposed four new bridges along the valley to re-build the traditional relationship between farmland, river and urban development and to improve the quality of the site. The project consists of a multimedia museum, a linear park along the river, a bridge and a special housing oriented to students/researchers/tourists that is connected with museum activity.
NICE - FRANCE Overlapping of the most important maps of the city, showing the different rooms, the urban sprawl and the elements that separate them. The Valley in the western part of Nice was once an agricultural land only. The land-use has changed by time and the municipality started having plans for the eco-valley to organize it.
HISTORICAL LAYERS
BALANCE
RESILIENCE
MASTER PLAN
VOIDS
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GEOMETRY
PROPOSED MASTER PLAN
Distorting the Limits by Following the Traces
The valley is strongly divided in two parts by many elements, the aim was to distort the limits. The additional connections are inspired by the topography forces (axes). Along the chosen axe, the one closer to the train station, a museum, a bridge and a special housing will be placed. A linear park along the river to strengthen the relationship with the water.
HOUSING
Housing offers two typologies of modules, in which one is dedicated for artists. Modules of 10x10x10 are dynamically shaping the platform to create openings, gardens, and public spaces. The whole complex is open to the river side with a direct visual and physical relation.
MUSEUM
Museum is divided into three main parts: The past is the underground floor, the cube is the present where all the workshop happens and the exhibitions of modern and contemporary art work is, and the future part is the sphere that is totally closed with 3d video mapping (digital art). FUTURE PRESENT PAST
3. BEYOND THE WALL AGROPAR Piacenza, Italy Spring semester 2018 Supervisor Emanuela Dentis
The urban and landscape regeneration studio aims to explore contemporary and innovative theories and methods of regenerating the urban and natural fabrics of the city with the surrounding rural lands as a mean of restoring a sustainable growth model between citizens and territory. Beyond the Wall aims to contextually respond to the underutilized agricultural and urban surfaces surrounding Piacenza by creating an Agropark that serves as both an economic effort for local farmers, in addition to providing a reconnection with the natural processes and agricultural history of the territory through various activities ranging from leisure, educational, agricultural and cultural activities for all age groups.
Territories
Flood Risk
Lynch Method
Topography / Slopes
We performed a layered analysis to get understanding of users experience, circulation, forms of landscape, environmental preservation standards and the river characteristics of the site. The baring territories on the site, allow us to understand all the different type of landscape or ground types as a means to know where certain activities, species and interventions are best suited to take place.
Circulation
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MASTERPLAN MASTERPLAN MASTERPLAN MASTERPLAN CIRCULATION PEDESTRIAN
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Proposed Main Pedestrian Paths CIRCULATION Proposed Secondary Pedestrian Paths PEDESTRIAN Ecobridges Existing Main Pedestrian Paths
CIRCULATION
Proposed Main Pedestrian Paths
Existing Main Car Routes Proposed Car Routes
Removed Car Routes VEHICULAR/RAILWAY
Train lines Existing Main Car Routes Proposed Car Routes
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Proposed Main Pedestrian Paths PEDESTRIAN
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SITE CONCEPT Canals
Open Space/Plaza
Recreational Riverside Activities
Relaxing Aquatic Activities
ZONING Sport Activities Open Space/Plaza ZONING Sport Activities
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Exisiting Activites Canals Forest Meditation Area OTHER Proposed Activites Site
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4. Agricultural Research | TINGUA AGRITOURISM Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Fall semester 2018 Prof. Antonella Contin KITC
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The metropolis of Rio de Janeiro is the second-most populous metropolitan area in Brazil and sixth-most populous in the Americas. Part of the city has been designated as a World Heritage Site, named “Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea”, by UNESCO on 1 July 2012 as a Cultural Landscape. This map is showing how the North East region of Rio is the most saturated, in terms of population and informal settlements. The main conclusion and the point that we are stressing on is the disperse of touristic attractions, They are all located in the southern part, and separated from Tingua by the highway. The nature can feed the metropolis, and this is what Tingu has, but it needs more eco tourist projects in order to be accepted in the metropolis of Rio de Janeiro, so they can offer services and infrastructure. A flow of people to Tingua can change that. The proposal is an agritourism project that benefits from the existing natural resources, and at the same time can asset the economical development of Tingua.
Section 1 - Dense population city. Expansion fully blocked by the topography.
Section 2 - Medium density area From one side the expansion is blocked by the river And from the other way it has the potential for expansion for urban growth.
Section 3 - Very low dense area Expansion is fully blocked by the topo. and the presence of the reserve.
New Plots For Future Expansion
Water Bodies
Cars and Bike Lanes
The proposed section is based on the analysis made and creates a more resilient landscape in Tingua that is currently so vulnerable. Exhibition and research center that will be also a touristic attraction where people of all ages participate in different activities also benefiting from the surrounding agricultural fields.
Water Treatm. Plant
Production Center
Agricultural Fields
PROPOSED PROJECT
milieUse 5. Plug-in for Rehab - 2nd Place Design Build workshop Competition AIDA ATELIER - TOKYO Terra Viva Workshop - MILANO
The “Plug-in” first made popular in the 1960s by the Japanese Metabolists and by Archigram. This workshop propose flexibility of making designs for living (sleeping, reading, writing, cooking...) made from comfortable and biodegradable materials. The site, Macao is currently based in the former Milan slaughterhouse, in the middle of a huge abandoned area not far from the city center; has a transversal program that hosts performing arts, cinema, visual arts, design, photography, literature, new media, hacking and meetings of city committees. It is coordinated by an open assembly of artists and activists.
PHASE ONE: DESIGN
milieUse serves the need of the MaCaO community by making a safe environment for sleeping while maintaining a transformable quality that’s easy to use by people.
The Plug-in module is rigid and safe when it’s closed; flexible and bigger when opened. The two long sides have sliding doors, and the two short sides have swinging doors. To add more flexibility and to answer the needs of Macao, three storage boxes on each side are mobile and can be used for seating.
PHASE TWO: CONSTRUCTION
PHASE THREE: EXHIBITION MaCaO - Milano 20-10-2019
6. LIFE HAMBURG - 1st Place Competition 2020 BEHNISCH ARCHITEKTEN, STUTTGART Life Hamburg is a future-oriented campus for lifelong and self-directed learning, fulfilling work and holistic well-being. In the northeast of the Hanseatic city in Hamburg-Bramfeld, on the edge of the Otto Group Campus, a place for intergenerational togetherness will be created. The inviting building, which encourages activity and interaction and offers plenty of space for exploration, combines uses such as daycare centers, schools, workshops and creative labs, a digital learning center, a health center, exercise facilities, urban gardening and a café under one roof. A variety of outdoor spaces with appealing offerings are integrated into the concept, merging indoor and outdoor spaces. The sustainable building is extremely flexible and can be used in a variety of ways. It can be adapted both seasonally and to the needs of the users.
Concept
Circulation
The central, connecting “Agora” in the center of the building is designed as a meeting place and can be used for community events.
Structure
The facade with fixed shading and light-directing elements is planned according to the position of the sun and can also be adapted to the respective season. The theme of sustainability is thus made tangible for users and visitors.
Typ 1 - Nord
Typ 2 - Ost/West + Nord-Ost/ Nord-West
Typ 3 - Sud-Ost + Sud-West (Sommer)
Typ 3 - Sud-Ost + Sud-West (Winter)
Typ 4 - Sud (Sommer)
Typ 4 - Sud (Winter)
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Phone: +39 3274973012 E-mail: joannabbas@gmail.com