Lina Hijjawi Architecture Portfolio

LINA HIJJAWI

ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO

Lina Hijjawi LINA HIJJAWI

I am a recent honors graduate with a degree in architecture at the Lebanese American University, complemented by a minor in Business. Throughout my academic journey, I actively engaged in various architectural competitions while gaining invaluable experience as an intern at two prominent architectural firms in Lebanon. My dedication to the field is reflected in the numerous times my work has been featured in the university student exhibitions.

As I progressed through my studies, I cultivated a distinctive design style that continues to evolve with my evolving career aspirations. Beyond the classroom, I discovered my innate ability to adapt and excel in challenging situations, thriving under pressure while maintaining a persistent commitment to learning. My journey in architecture has taught me that each obstacle is an opportunity for growth, and I eagerly anticipate the next chapter in my professional development.

Lina Hijjawi TABLE OF CONTENT

FINAL YEAR PROJECT

Vertical Integrated Market (fall 2022 - spring 2023)

KAIRA LOORO COMPETITION

Childrens House (spring 2022)

INHABITING THE COUNTRYSIDE

Enlarged Kitchen (fall 2021)

GEMMAYZE HOUSING +

Cultural Center (spring 2021)

OLDER PROJECTS

The Machine - Under the Sea (spring 2020)

House of a Dancer - Pina (fall 2019)

Foundation Year Works (fall 2018)

URBAN PLANNING ANALYSIS

Action Research Project: Baakline (fall 2021)

DETAILED DRAWINGS

Construction Documents (summer 2021)

FINAL YEAR PROJECT

Architectural Stitch Midst an Urban Knot

It is insubstantial to say a city stands with no discrepancies. This goes back to the dynamics that cities are welded by, the social, the spatial, the political dynamics that construct chaos and conflict. The streets formed by the blocks set in Tarik El Jdideh fall into a pattern, creating a sort of an urban grid. Breaking from this grid is the diagonal, which cuts through the grid and leads a new sense of directionality. The diagonal that breaks the grid is the Sabil Street, previously known as the “Fabric Market”. The area that was once characterized by its liveliness and dynamic, lost its presence and is currently a passer-by street, when it was once visited by people from different areas of Lebanon.

Tarik El Jdideh is like a canvas, tied and intertwined, yet it is missing a knot. A self sustaining program is what is needed to revitalize the area, one that is eco-friendly and sustainable, making use of the already present material, and the historic presence of the street. A conventional school for women to work with their artisanal learning skills, then a market to get back the profit they need, with living spaces to secure their space. A vertical integrated market should be implemented; the market being the thrift market where the clothing would be upcycled and transformed into better use, along side are the workshops, classrooms and ateliers…, and in between is the integrated public spaces and green spaces, which are of importance to create social interactions, an aspect that is dismissed in the area.

Portfolio, Lina Hijjawi

Start of urbanization

1920

1943

Previously a sandy hill

a new road was constructed joining Unesco region to Military Beach Club

1935

Construction of the El Ramel Prison marking a new era, requiring a new infrastructure: new road of Tarik Jdideh linking the prison to the city center

Construction of the Municipal Stadium, Bir Hassan Airport that extended to Tarik Jdideh area, and many other services

1960

Beirut Arab University was built attracting a new group of residents

Palestinian associations emerged in the neighborhood, mainly following the political pressence of Pro-Nasserist movements.

1969

Several religious and political parties started offering services in the neighborhood, strengthening their presence at thet time

1982

Today, Tarik Jdideh is one of the most densely populated areas in Beirut

1970

SECTION AA SCALE 1/100

SECTION AA SCALE 1/100

SECTION AA SCALE 1/100

SECTION AA SCALE 1/100

Childrens House KAIRA LOORO COMPETITION

Through the lands of Baghere lies the children’s house, which marks its presence by its delicate intention. Along with the other buildings around, the house works as different forms juxtaposed with each other. When designing for children, it is crucial to create the utmost descent atmosphere for the latter to feel the most comfortable in the building. Trying to break from the normal rigidity of spaces, the intended design goes beyond that. When usual units create a bound space, the children’s house focuses on how to maximize space, while keeping the detected spaces separate and whole. Each generated space has its own indoor quality, which looks out to the outside and joins the surrounding, keeping touch with the exterior, without losing the interior circulations. My teammate Jana Karnib and I elevated the project to create a sense of supremacy with the surrounding, easily leaning out to the encompassing area. The spaces are all connected under one roof. This variation in forms create different spaces, opened and closed, forming courtyards that hold many activities for the children. Walls are made of a double system structure allowing to have a play of mass and void that creates a generous play in ventilation, as wind flows inside the spaces and also insure daylight.

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Concept Diagram

Exploded Axonometry - Structural Diagram

Concrete Slab

Reinforced Concrete Footing

Mud Walls and Clay Brick

Bamboo Frame Construction

Roof

Enlarged Kitchen INHABITING THE COUNTRYSIDE

The essence of warmth in houses comes from the kitchen and the eating space, these that gather the family. In my project, I created an enlarged kitchen, to give the village the communal space it needs. The project is a cube fixed in a triangular site, with the voids carving through the project in two directions and following the topography. The program will hold several residential units, joined by kitchens as communal spaces. Food being the center of it all, the program will illustrate a slow paced and enlarged body of how a complete food chain is supposed to work. The several functions include accessibility, treatment, storage areas, cooking spaces, eating spaces, and waste.

exploded axonometry

VS/

VS

CYCLE IN BETWEEN

interconnected at center

interconnected at center

carving out the cube

center creates urban space that gathers people

center creates an urban space that gathers people

center more dense

dense core

different nodes join different areas together

different nodes join different areas together

general connection of cycle

general connection of cycle

West Facade Plan Level 2

Plan Level 3

Top View

GEMMAYZE HOUSING +

Cultural Center

Gemmayze is a cultural area that needs to be refocused in order not to lose its qualities. A cultural center, aside to the residential part, in such a historically rich area can help elevate the area and help it reflourish. The cultural center will hold several programs from library, exhibition area, lecture area and other programs.

The glass cafe, 1915 ahwet-el-ezez; a common gathering space in past days

Le chef, 1970 well known restaurant,very cheap, everyones destination for lunch

Bar, 2000 bars started increasing, and gemmayze became alive in the night time, with crowded people and loud noises

Coffee shops cozy cafes, peoples gathering spaces, although expensive

Central hall houses open to outside, captures summer cool breaze, winter warm sun. opennes achieved by triple arch window

Bay window buildings, 1920 residential buildings from french mandate. This typlogy increased inner floor area, with an outdoor balcony

High rise modern buildings luxorious buildings, new regulations and hvac systems. apartments open to outside through large balconies

Old gemmayze, 1900

Site location:

lebanon, beirut, gemmayze (33.89n, 35.51e)

zone nb: 3

setback from street: 4.5m^2

area: 273m^2

total built up area: 1092m^2

sun from east blocked by shadow

south facade mostly exposed to sunlight

main road

art galleries

college sacre-coeur

sursock museum

Wind analysis hot season cooled by sea breeze carried from the littoral to the inner land (north-west). prevailing south-west wind. wind hits our site mainly from the west

OTHER PREVIOUS PROJECTS

The Machine - Under the Sea

The extreme case scenario was the beginning of a new lifestyle, a new way of living. With the increase in water levels, land became scarce, and the need to adapt to living with water was a must. The machine floating on water level was a group of five units bundled together and connected by decks. An exterior deck connected the machine to land, in addition to other interior decks connecting units inside together. As we dive underwater, we see the units creating a small community, scattered in the ocean, all disconnected but connected, dispersed yet assembled, with submarines swimming around from unit to another, beside the sea creatures, invading their habitat and creating a new one. The ocean turned into a museum, recording traces of the past water levels, units anchored down, counting the new depth of water as water level continues to rise, and machine continues to float.

OTHER PREVIOUS PROJECTS

House of a Dancer - Pina

Envading the landscape, the dancers house lies on the edge of a mountain, playfully carving the slope. Pina has a home for herself on the lower part of the project where she rests, the emerging part being the dancing space, which shes uses to express herself.

OTHER PREVIOUS PROJECTS

Foundation Year Works

Rectilinear and Curvilinear ruler

Action Research Project: Baakline URBAN PLANNING ANALYSIS

A detailed research and comprehensive analysis performed on Baakline; the town of cultural communication and historical value, located in the heart of Lebanon`s Chouf region. The project analyzes different topics of the village from history, geography, demographics, economy, urbanism, urban issues, architecture and many more (in collaboration with Carol El Farraji, Jana Karnib and Jad Saab).

The old center

The extension of the old center

The secondary center

Residential Extension

MAP 7.4: DIFFERENT ZONES IN BAAKLINE

SOURCE: Published municipality booklets

Second residence

First residence Villas - private housing

Industrial area

Future extension

Agricultural areas

Forest areas or steep areas

Private housing and tourism

Private tourism on the banks of the riverbed area

Natural landmarks

DISTRICTS

Baakline is divided into administrative divisions, these that are the formed districts. Having these divisions creates smaller boundaries, this which helps in the proper management of the distributed areas.

Ras Al-Jamous, Ras Al-Nahl, Hayy-El Fawka, Baidar Al-Ashera, Ras-Mansour, Ras-Aasfour, Al-Haradish, Al-Shamis, Tin Aamiss, Ras-El Dib, are the different districts of baakline that constitute the city as a whole.

Al-Shamis

Ras Al-Jamous

Al-Haradish

MAP 7.5: DISTRICTS OF BAAKLINE

SOURCE: Published municipality text books

Ras-Mansour

Baidar Al-Ashera

Ras-Aasfour

Ras Al-Nahl

Tin Aamiss

Ras-El Dib

Hayy-El Fawka

HISTORY OF GROWTH AND PLANNING

Baakline’s evolution and transition is marked and traced on Lebanon’s maps. Like any other city, human settlement started at the center of baakline, where the base of the community was situated at the old center. With the spatial development of the area, the old center was extended to reach a wider settlement and include a secondary center as well. This then evolved to include a residential extension which progressed later on to first and second residence areas. Villas and private housing are future extensions of the occupations. Along these comes the industrial areas and agricultural areas and forests, which constitute and complement the evolution of the urban morphology. Conserved green areas are unbuilt, protected areas, which help shape and complete the perception of unplanned environments, forming the chaotic or vaguely organic embedded urbanisation.

oldest settlement newest settlement

MAP 7.1: URBAN MORPHOLOGY

SOURCE: Published municipality booklets

conserved green area

DETAILED DRAWINGS

Construction Documents

Detailed drawings, enlarged drawings, schedules, summary sheets..