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PORTFOLIO | 2023
LOBNA MUNSEF A. ELMESMARI
Lobna Munsef A. Elmesmari
Architect
27 | March | 1997
Benghazi | Libya
+218 - 944815717
L.mosmari@gmail.com
Education
2014 - 2021
Benghazi | Libya
Bachelor of Architecture and Urban Planning
University of Benghazi
Work experience
2021 - now
Benghazi | Libya
Architect
Technical Reference Consulting Engineering Company
Worked on conceptualising, developing, drafting, finalising and visualising commercial, residential, transportaion and interior design projects.
Jun - Nov
2022
Rome | Italy
Architect intern
AIKU SRL - Architecture and Engineering Studio
Participated in team design projects in architecture, interior design and urban planning, which included two competitions.
Worked on projects cost estimation using the DEI specifications for building works.
Participated in survey works for architecture renovation projects.
Worked on projects’ visualization.
Oct - Nov
2021
Benghazi | Libya
Architect intern
ECO HOUSE - Architecture consultancy
Design, drafting and visulization of residential buildings.
Nov - Nov
2019 2020
Benghazi | Libya
Architect | Material consultanat
Majaal Stones
Generating exterior, interior and landscape designs using the materials sold in the showroom of the company.
Presenting designs to clients using high-end technology, which included the use of VR.
Certificates and courses
2021 Rome | Italy
Italian language course
ERIFO
Reaching a level near to A1.
Software
Adobe Suite
2019 Benghazi | Libya
2013
Benghazi | Libya
Certified Autodesk Training (3ds Max & Revit)
International House Benghazi
Teaching knowledge test (TKT modules 1 & 3)
International House Benghazi
Language skills
Arabic (native)
English
Italian
Presentation skills
Sketching
Model making
3D modelling and rendering
Other software
MS (Word, PowerPoint and Excel)
UCL Depthmap
CONTENTS 01 02 03 04
Tocra’s Archaeological Museum and Park Mixed-use Complex Al-Jumhuriyah Maternity Hospital
University of Benghazi Administration Building
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La Scoula Per L’Italia Di Domani -Futura
Renovation for the top floor of the Tosa refuge “T. Pedrotti”
Greeko Moderno Hotel Apartments Vacation House
ACADEMIC ACADEMIC
PROJECTS
PROJECTS
Project location Tocra, Libya
Project type
Project year
TOCRA’S ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM AND PARK
ACADEMIC GRADUATION PROJECT
Heritage preservation
2021
The project was designed to safeguard one of the neglected famous archaeological sites in Libya and one of the Pentapolis cities, which is Tocra’s Ancient City-Taucheira-.
In order to achieve preservation, the project addressed designing a museum that integrates with the site and hosts the ancient city’s artefacts, as well as designing a master plan that narrates the history of the site, while providing a variety of activities. In other words, it transforms the neglected site into a preserved tourism destination.
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Archaeological Museum and Park
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Archaeological Museum and Park
The master plan design focuses on providing leisure and educational activities that relate to the history of the ancient city and teleports the visitors to ancient times. The master plan also solved the challenge of facilitating tourists’ accessibility throughout the site as
the site has a slightly contoured land with many ancient quarries. In response, the master plan provided paths that make it easier to walk on the harsh land, as well as varying ramps that facilitate accessibility to all.
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Archaeological Museum and Park
The project spans an astonishing area of 57ha., making it relatively hard for visitors to enjoy their tours solely on foot. Accordingly, varying types of transportation were integrated and strategically planned in the master plan to create a more accessible environment for visitors of different ages and conditions.
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AR TECHNOLOGY
The master plan teleports the visitors to the life of ancient civilization, as it includes 4 loops that follow a reverse chronology while they pass through the major ancient remains in the site. These 4 loops are of different lengths allowing different experiences depending on the visitors’ desire.
The master plan also divides the site into zones providing different activities and addressing a large array of visitors to ensure a pleasant and engaging visit to anyone in the park, all while including important amenities such as WCs and specifically drinking water fountains.
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Archaeological Museum and Park
To aid in the interpreation of the site information panels around major attractions were provided and many of them used AR technology for further interpretation as the majority of remains are severly destructed.
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Archaeological Museum and Park
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The heart of the building hosts a Roman-inspired courtyard, which provides a varying array of activities and connects the building to the surrounding site. This courtyard also provides a summary of Tocra’s diverse landscape - Terracota lands, Petrified sandstone and the Mediterranean. Additionally, it is centred by a multi-use arena designed for flexibility and
diversity allowing temporary exhibits In efforts to integrate inspirations from
activities such as hologram shows, live enactments, exhibits and displays of large artefacts.
integrate with the site, the museum facades presented many architectural elements in the historic site.
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Archaeological Museum and Park
Avoiding museum fatigue was a major factor in the interior design, diversity in the exhibition space between natural light and artificial light, exhibition spaces and reflection spaces, enclosure and openness to the outdoors, create varying atmospheres, which makes the visitors trip more relaxing and exciting. And in response, they are encouraged to spend more time within the museum.
Inspirations from the ancient archaeological site were also reflected in the interior design, such as arches and Latin engravings.
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MIXED-USE COMPLEX ACADEMIC PROJECT 02
Project location Benghazi, Libya
Project type
Project year
Mixed-use/Urban design
2021
The waterfront of the city of Benghazi is an iconic and historically significant part of the city that hosts most of the historical buildings in the city and serves as the city center of Benghazi. However, it encountered damage during the war that took its toll on a lot of these valuable buildings.
This project addresses the urban revitalisation of a portion of Benghazi’s waterfront by preserving and adapting the historic build-
ings to correspond to modern use while providing some modern structures that relate to the identity and architectural elements of the waterfront historic buildings.
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26 | Mixed-use complex SITE PLAN Service cars entrance Car parking entrance Pedestrian entrance Gathering area Drop off 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 C 2 2 2 A B 2 A B C
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In efforts to revive this iconic area, various activities that encourage pedestrian traffic were introduced, such as commercial use. Additionally, buildings of great value were suggested to be renovated and either maintained their original use or adapted to a more modern one, they will also be presented with a new surrounding landscape that promotes activity, such as the old cinema building, which was accompanied by a landscape for artists and musicians.
A new hotel tower was also presented in the area to play as a gate that identifies this location in the city, this building was inspired by the architectural elements of the surrounding historic buildings from a modern perspective.
Most importantly, the complex had major issues with pedestrian connectivity due to the roads surrounding it, which were mitigated by the use of tunnels and bridges connecting the site to the waterfront.
| 27 SITE PLAN Service cars entrance Car parking entrance Pedestrian entrance Gathering area Drop off 1 2 2 Hotel عﺎﻄﻗ Adaptive reuse of the historic bank building as a commercial building Creating an interactive and safe pedestrian path to promote walkability Restoring the historic cinema building and creating a landscape for artists around it يرﺎﺠﺗ ﻲﻠﺻﻷا ماﺪﺨﺘﺳﻻا ﻰﻠﻋ ﻆﻓﺎﺤﻣ ﻲﻨﻜﺳ يرادإ
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RESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATIVE COMMERCIAL MAINTAINING THE ORIGINAL USE
ROOF th 11 th 10 th 9 rd 3 nd 2 st 1 GF th 8 th 21 ROOF GARDEN HOTEL ROOMS VIEWING GALLERY GYM HOTEL ROOMS OUTDOOR RESTAURANT + CONFERENCE HALL LOBBY + COMMERCIAL USE CIRCULATION OF VISITORS 1 3 2 ﻊﻗﻮﻤﻟا ﻲﻓ ةدﻮﺟﻮﻤﻟا ﻲﻧﺎﺒﻤﻟا تﺎﻓﺮﺷ ﻲﻓ ﺔﻳﺮﺋاﺪﻟا ﻰﻨﺒﻤﻟا ﺔﻋﺮﺴﻟا ﻒﻘﺳأ تﺎﺣﺎﺴﻤﻟا ءاﺮﻀﺨﻟا
The hotel tower aims to transform the area into a business, commercial and tourism centre, that invites people to visit this historic area subsequent to the abandonment it witnessed after the war. In that sense, it hosts diverse activities, that attract people for both leisure and business.
Not to mention that it introduces greenery to this area, by using a set of roof gardens on different levels.
| 29 UP UP DN UP 2 ﻲﺿرﻷا ﺖﺤﺗ ﻖﺑﺎﻄﻟا 1:200 (-6.60m) GROUND FLOOR (0.00m) B A A B B A A B A B 1 2 3 ءﻻﺰﻨﻟا ﺪﻋﺎﺼﻣ ﺔﻣﺪﺨﻟا ﺪﻋﺎﺼﻣ تارﺎﻴﺴﻟا ﻒﻗاﻮﻣ ﺔﻘﻄﻨﻣ 1 2 3 1 3 4 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 9 -6.60 m -3.30 m 0.00 m 0.00 m
SECTION BB
AL-JUMHURIYAH MATERNITY HOSPITAL ACADEMIC PROJECT
Al-Jumhuriyah Hospital is a project designed to provide a hospital specialized in maternity treatment. It is designed as a replacement for the previous hospital that was located on the site. However, contrary to the previous one, the new design aims to provide a healthier and more home-like environment for its patients. Accordingly, the project utilises many strategies for future hospitals.
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Project location Benghazi, Libya
Health facility 2020 Project type
Project year
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Maternity Hospital
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Many strategies of future hospitals were implemented in the design, which included: providing a welcoming atmosphere, connectivity with the outdoors, use of materials that give a home-like feeling, providing spaces for the patients families and the use of art and colours in the interior design.
Most importantly, healing gardens were a major feature of the design and were incorperated regularly, allowing patients to have their own space for socializing and connecting with nature.
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PROFESSIONAL
PROFESSIONAL PROJECTS
PROFESSIONAL PROJECTS
UNIVERSITY OF BENGHAZI ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
PROFESSIONAL PROJECT
Project location Benghazi, Libya
Project type
Project year
Interior design 2023
As part of the efforts taking place to renovate the campus of the University of Benghazi after the unfortunate damage due to the war, I was part of the design team responsible for designing the interior of the main administration building on the campus to adapt it for modern use.
In this project, I participated in conceptualising the overall theme of the interior design, the materials, and the colour scheme. As well as, the interior design and rendering of the entrance foyer and the cafe.
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Subsequent to developing the design, I was responsible for developing shop drawings of the cladding materials and furnishings, and revising that the supplier is providing them according to our drawings.
Currently, I am the coordinator that follows up on the installation of these claddings in the site to ensure they match the design we requested from the supplier.
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FUTURA - LA SCOULA PER L’ITALIA DI DOMANI PROFESSIONAL PROJECT
Project location Sardinia, Italy
Project type
Project year
Architecture competition
2023
La Scoula Per L’Italia di domani, is a competition
I took part in when I was interning in Rome, Italy. The competition brief provided locations in Italy where new schools are required, which follow nowadays standards.
In this project, I was part of a team where I worked in the initial conceptualising phase of the idea, and subsequently in the visualisation of the project.
The design focused on providing a playful environment for students where they are motivated, while also portraying a playful inviting exterior, and following a budget.
The project was successfully shortlisted for the second phase of the competition.
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l’italia di domani
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Renovation for the top floor of the Tosa refuge “T. Pedrotti”
PROFESSIONAL PROJECT
Project location Trento ,Italy
2022 Project type Project year
Renovation competition
Tommaso Pedrotti Refuge is a refuge built in the early 1900s on a rocky ledge in the Adamello Brenta Natural Park and is considered a historic figure that has gone under maintenance over the years to preserve. However, after careful analysis by the Società degli Alpinisti Tridentini, it was realised that it needs a partial renovation intervention that requires the demolishing of the top level and reconstructing it to bear the environmental conditions of the site and also enhancing the function of the interior.
I was part of the design team that participated in this renovation competition, as well as being responsible for the visualisation of both the renders and diagrams.
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Renovation for the top floor of the Tosa refuge “T. Pedrotti”
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PIANTA DELLE COPERTURE - 1:200
VISTA DA OVEST
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The design idea was to create an installation that makes a statement, which contrats with the existing without compromising the authenticity of the building. In that sense, the design aimed to create a top level that relates to some of the materials used in the refuge facades, but used shapes that interpret the previous top level in a more modern way, with a modern metal roofing.
The new interior also introduces a viewing gallery that aligns with the corridor axis and overlooks the mountain ledge, creating an interesting interior space that opens to nature. The top level also introduces environmental sustainability by using solar panels in the inclined roof.
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PROSPETTO NORD OVEST - 1:100
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+ 10.48 m + 8.53 m SCHEMA DEI PERCORSI PIANTA DELLE COPERTURE - 1:200 SCHEMA 56 | Renovation
the
CONCORSO DI PROGETTAZIONE PER LA RISTRUTTURAZIONE DELL’ULTIMO PIANO DEL RIFUGIO TOMMASO PEDROTTI
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top floor of the Tosa refuge “T. Pedrotti”
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GREEKO MODERNO HOTEL APARTMENTS
PROFESSIONAL PROJECT
Project location Benghazi, Libya
Project type
Project year
Residential
2022
Greeko Moderno is a hotel apartment building designed with respect to the privacy required in the Libyan culture by utilising courtyards for each apartment. The project also values reflecting the architectural style of the Mediterranean with a modern interpretation in both shapes and materials. In this project, I was responsible for the conceptualization, design, drafting and visualization.
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Moderno Hotel Apartments
The hotel apartment replicates attached housing to avoid a bulky huge form and also provide diversity in the facade.
It was also an essential concept in this design to create the least number of openings to the street as a response to the Libyan culture that values privacy. For that reason, a set of courtyards were included to provide connectivity with nature without compromising privacy.
8 BUILDING CONCEPT DESIGN 8 8 10 GROUND FLOOR AREA 855m MAIN ENTRANCE LAUDNRY SHOP ENTRANCE OFFICES ENTRANCE SERVICE ENTRANCE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 13 9 1 Reception 2 O ce 3 Elevator hall 4 Garage 5 Security room 6 Service elevator 7 Laundry 8 Laundry shop 9 Hotel laundry storage 10 Laundry shop storage 11 Trash compactor 12 Housekeeping store 13 Housekeeping rooms 14 W.C 15 Housekeeping living area 3 4 1 2 GARAGE ENTRANCE GROUND FLOOR 12 FIRST FLOOR RM 01 RM 04 RM RM 06 RM 07 RM 02 RM 03 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 4 4 1 2 4 5 3 1 Livingroom 2 kitchen 3 Bedroom 4 W.C 5 Lounge 6 Storage 4 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 1 2 3 FIRST FLOOR AREA 890m 2 60 |
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VACATION HOUSE
PROFESSIONAL PROJECT
Project location Benghazi, Libya
2020 Project type
Residential
Project year
This vacation house was the first professional project I worked on, it was for a family that enjoys gathering on a regualr basis for liesure and relaxation. The design was planned to be built in 2 phases due to both financial and social factors.
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STREET PROMOTING POOL SIDE PRIVACY
SHELTERED CAR PARKING
CONNECTIVITY WITH THE OUTDOORS
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SHADING FROM HARSH SOUTHERN SUN
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FLOOR PLAN 1:100 MAIN ENTRANCE
The first phase included the general functions of a vacation home, while the second phase included a guestroom with a toilet, upgrading this vacation home into a potential small villa for the grandparents. Relaxation and openness to the outdoors were important design aspects, it can be interpreted in the plans, as great attention is paid to the living space that overlooks the garden and swimming pool. More importantly, the living space can be extended to the terrace when opening the sliding door. Thus connecting it to the outdoor dining and built in BBQ area.
FLOOR PLAN (PHASE 2) 1:100
MAIN ENTRANCE
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port folio. LOBNA MUNSEF A. ELMESMARI L.mosmari@gmail.com +218-94 4815717 Benghazi | Libya
