MARIAM ELZEIN
ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO I 2018
MARIAM ELZEIN
ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO I 2018
MARIAM ELZEIN melzein.08@gmail.com EDUCATION
Masters of Architecture Conservation
Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy 2018-2019
Bachelor of Architectural Science Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada 2014-2018
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Quadrangle Architects
Toronto, Canada May 2017- August 2017 I January 2018- August 2018 Architectural Intern Worked with the Retail team to design variety of the Lululemon stores in Canada. The scope of the work included design development, construction documents, as well as submitting for a permit
Eventscape Inc.
Toronto, Canada May 2016- August 2017 Architectural Intern Worked on a team to redesign the new facility for Troop Studio Inc. The work was conducted through all design phases and is currently undergoing construction.
TECHNICAL PROFICENCY
Digital Revit 2017 I Rhinoceros 5.0 I Vray 2.0 I Autocad 2017 I Adobe creative suite [photoshop, illustrator, indesign]
Traditional
Sketching I Drafting I Sculpting I Model Making I Oil & Acrylic Painting I Mixed Media
AWARDS + RECOGNITION
MAEC Scholarship I Study in Italy Grant 2018-2019
Dean’s List
Ryerson University 2017-2018
Pape Observation Tower I International Architecture Competition November 2017 I Shortlisted
SSEF I CISC Architecture Student Design Competition MAY 2014 I Honourable Mention
325 Magazine
2018 I Third year architecture project feautured in Ryerson DAS annual magazine
Year End Show 2014 - 2018 selected architecture projects featured in year end shows
Ryerson Entrance Scholarship September 2014
ASSOCIATIONS + AFFILATIONS
American Institute of Architectural Students
AIAS Ryerson, Toronto, Canada 2015-2017
At a national level: Organized and lead an architectural conference for over 350 architecture students attending from the United States I mosaicquad.com At a local level: Organized a networking event which brought in local Architectural Firm Principles and architecture students together
325 Magazine
Ryerson University, Toronto, ON 2015-2016 Graphic Designer Graphic presentation and organization of Ryerson DAS student work Sponsorhsip team: Reaching out to local firms to further support the publication
RYEFLIX Ryerson Toronto, ON 2015-2016
Graphic presentation and organization
EXTRACURRICULAR
Design- Build Projects Ryerson University
2015 -Winter Stations: Snowcone I Fabrication + Assembly 2015 -Bata Shoe Museum window installation: FOOT[age] I Fabrication + Assembly 2015 -Sukkavhille: Guiding Light I Fabrication + Assembly 2015 -Nuit Blanche: Ripple I Fabrication + Assembly 2016 -Winter Stations: Lithoform I Fabrication + Assembly 2016 -TRMC Signage I Design I Fabrication + Assembly
Design Build Challenges
Ryerson University, Toronto, ON 2015- CANstruction: Oppur[tuna]ity I Assembly 2015- Moses TimberFever Challenge I Design + Fabrication + Assembly 2015- NXT City Prize 2015- Reford Gardens
LANGUAGES
English I Arabic I Italian
REFERENCES
Available upon request
Academic ASC 620 - Integration Studio I 2017 Project Duration I Semester-long Partner I Mitchell Cairns-Spicer Location I Queen St. E , Toronto, Canada The goal of this Multicultural Centre was to provide the surrounding community with a space for artistic expression and enjoyment. The approach to the design was to create two volumes to visually separate the programming, and through the use of a bridge, merge the third level spaces. The undulating Prodema wood board east/west elevations have a starkly different treatment than the high-tech and precise glass shingle LED facades on the south elevation. The undulations in the wood allow diffused natural light into the gallery spaces without damaging the artwork. The glass shingle LED system is dynamic in its expression; during the day due to reflections of the ever changing sky, and at night due to the ability to display vibrant and colourful works of art.
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GROUND LEVEL west wing 1 community centre 2 staff room & building 3 adminstration 4 reception 5 performance hall 6 play area 7 administration 8 classrooms 9 cafeteria 10 medical room 11 kitchen 12 staff room
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ROOF ASSEMBLY 1. ROOFING MEMBRANE 2. DOUBLE LAYER STAGGERED 50mm RIGID INSULATION 3. STEEL DECK WITH 50mm CONCRETE 4. 89mm STEEL CHANNEL WALL WITH ROCK WOOL INSULATION
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WALL ASSEMBLY 5. 13mm GLAZING SHINGLE 6. LED LIGHTING STRIP 7. ANNODIZED STEEL GLAZING HANGER 8. PRODEMA PANEL 9. 100mm RIGID INSULATION 10. 200mm CAST-IN-PLACE CONCRETE SOFFIT ASSEMBLY 11. 89mm STEEL CHANNEL ASSEMBLY WITH ROCK WOOL INSULATION
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A. WALL ASSEMBLY 1. 16mm GYPSUM BOARD 2. DOUBLE STUD LAYER - BATT INSULATED 3. 16mm GYPSUM BOARD 4. AIR BARRIER 5. 100mm RIGID INSULATION 6. 30mm AIR GAP 7. ALUMINIUM BATTON 8. ALUMNIUM BRACKET 9. 10mm PRODEMA PRODEX 10. PRODEX FASTENER WITH FINISH CAP 11. DOUBLE GLAZED WINDOW PANEL 12. RECESSED LIGHT 13. HARDWOOD FLOOR 14. SUBSTRATE 15. POLISHED CONCRETE 16. POURED CONCRETE 17. METAL DECK 18. STEEL GIRDER 19. SUSPENDED CEILING- WOOD FINISH 20. SUSPENSION CORD 21. VELFAC CURTAIN WALL SYSTEM
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Roof assembly roofing membrane double layer staggered 50mm rigid insulation steel deck with 50mm concrete 89mm steel channel wall with rock wool insulation Wall assembly 13mm glazing shingle led lighting strip annodized steel glazing hanger prodema panel 200mm cast-in-place concrete
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Wall assembly 16mm gypsum board double stud layer- batt insulated 16mm gypsum board air barrier 100mm rigid insulation 30mm air gap aluminium batton aluminium bracket 10mm prodema prodex prodex fastener with finish cap
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double glazed window panel recessed light hardwood floor substrate polished concrete poured concrete metal deck steel girder suspended ceiling- wood finish suspended cord velfac curtain wall system
Academic ARC 720 - Four Futures Studio I 2017 Displayed in Graduate Thesis Show, DAS Year End Show and 325 Magazine Individual Project Duration I Semester-long Location I In a galaxy far, far away In the distant future, humanity’s relationship with death has changed. Gone are the days of infections, disabilities, and permanent injuries. Healthcare coverage is present worldwide, creating a system where people can be easily cured of any kind of injury or disease. Even the aging process has been reversed, allowing people to live nearly indefinitely. However, nobody can live with true immortality, and the time comes for everyone where they feel their lives have been lived to its fullest extend, and they wish to finish their life. To fill this need, Memento Mori Centres have been built in most major cities. These areas allow people to live out their final days in comfort, and eventually receive a quick, painless, and ethical death
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As you all know, all living things, including ourselves, are made out of tiny little cells which we have come to refer to as the building blocks of life. Not so long ago, our researchers have become so fascinated with this concept, of how these tiny blocks of life have adapted over billions of years to a wide array of environments and functional roles. As such, with the technology we have developed over the course of the years we have been able to replicate the concept of a cell into your living pods. By applying the concept of a cell, you will be able to use the vessel that inhabits you as a canvas to create your final “100 things to do before I die” scenarios, such as having your final climb whilst enjoying a nap at the mountain top, walk through the wilderness of an enchanting forest, transforming your living pod into the centre of the ocean, and an all time favourite would ofcourse be exploring the galaxy through a zerogravity setting, in which you will able to place yourself on any preferred planet, giving you the ultimate astronaut experience In the end, once you are ready and feel like you have fulfilled all of your desires and dreams in life, you will be directed to the ceremony hub for you to bloom and accomplish the final task of what makes us humans. As Artaud once said, “we do not die because we have to die; we die because one day, and not so long ago, our consciousness was forced to deem it necessary. Thank you and I hope you enjoy your stay in this sector of the Memento Mori Centre!
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Academic ASC 520 - Integration Studio I 2016 Individual Project Duration I Semester-long Location I Queen St. E , Toronto, ON, Canada The design of this multi-cultural centre tries to unify a rather complex combination of programs for users to explore and experience under one roof. Inspired by the Aboriginal heritage and belief system, the design carries a recurrent symbol of nature into both the structural system as well as the circulation core. The design also explores a balance between the interior and exterior environment of the building through the use of physical and natural thresholds. The building programming includes a learning centre, artist studio space, community studio space, and galleries for both prized and local artwork. Aside from the art-based programming, the building includes a day care, performance theatre, restaurant, offices and a multipurpose community space for locally driven events.
SEMI-PRIVATE SPACES: OFFICES I DAYCARE I SENIOR CENTRE
ORIGINAL CONCEPT
LIGHT & VEGETATION
OUTDOOR SPACES
CONNECTION
PUBLIC SPACES: ABORIGINAL CENTRE & RESTAURANT
GROWTH
LIGHTNESS
SEMI-PRIVATE SPACES: OFFICES I DAYCARE I SENIOR CENTRE
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private offices senior centre day care event space main office
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eventspace meeting room lab roof garden
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Academic Work I 2018 ASC 734 - Advanced Digital Design Team: Deena J., Arshad A., Tarlan Z., Farah E. Project Duration - Semester long Tools: Rhino, Ladybug and Grasshopper Location I York University, Toronto Light is an element of nature that is constantly changing in intensity and is the element of live feedback investigated for this project. The design intent is to create a facade detail that uses a panel system to control the amount of natural light entering the building - similar in function to the human iris, or a camera shutter. Slight movement from the panels will create numerous possibilities in the facade’s appearance, from transparent surfaces to a solid pattern. The facade will use daylight sensors to detect the intensity of light entering the building, and send this information to a microcontroller such as an Arduino board. The Arduino board will be running a program which will use the data collected from Ladybug to actuate mechanical components
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metal frame Acrylic Front Panel (3mm) acrylic disk panels (3mm) acrylic gears (3mm) clear acrylic middle panel (3mm) frosted acrylic back panel (3mm) 5V stepper motor black rotating dowel (8mm) wood frame cap (15mm) arduino system (x4 at each corner)
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ARDUINO UNO
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Prototype - Fritzing Diagram
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Architecture Competition I 2017 Pape Bird Observation Tower Project Duration - 1 week Team: Farah E., Gabe R., Dan R. Shortlisted Location I South-western Latvia Structure - Steel I Cladding - Wood Contribution: Architecture and Structure Design, Digital model and Final Renderings The journey begins with a linear, axial walk towards the lake and the tower which gently slopes upward to the first viewing platform. The user then enters the semi-enclosed tower and begins to spiral upward, leading to two secondary viewing platforms which act as key thresholds in the vertical ascent, framing views and acting as moments of rest. Finally, the user approaches the top viewing platform, signaled by the opening which permeates the whole of the structure. The top platform provides the user with panoramic views of the site along with considerable height above the first primary viewing platform closer to grade.
VIEWS
STRUCTURE
CIRCULATION
LIGHT
Architecture Competition I 2015 Steel Structures Education Foundation Project Duration - 1 month Team:Yuri S, Arnel E, Jason G. Shortlisted Location I Evergreen brickworks, Toronto Structure I Steel Contribution: Architecture and Structure Design, Digital model and Final Renderings The helix structure recreates the abandoned bridge that provides a pedestrian access way across the Don Valley Parkway and implements gathering spaces to admire the views. Individual louvres placed within the helix are controlled with the integration of gears and chains. These simple mechanisms allow for easy and uniform adjustments by the passing pedestrians to suit their environmental conditions. Rain, snow, wind, and sun can all be blocked by the louvres, creating comfort for the viewer as they get an optimum view of downtown Toronto. With the use of steel, we are able to recycle the bare, neglected, Half Mile Bridge and repurpose it into a desired place to be.
SITE PLAN- DON VALLEY PARKWAY
UNDER THE BRIDGE
EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC steel rails for shading system
ptfe membrane
steel grate flooring
ramp and lower platform
existing railroad bridge
cross connection nodes
hss steel members
MEMBRANE SHADING SYSTEM etife louvres pife membrane steel framing gears steel rails
CONNECTION TO EXISTING BRIDGE
BOTTOM CROSS CONNECTION NODE
SIDE CROSS CONNECTION NODE
RAMP CONNECTION DETAIL
side cross connection node steel bearing steel grating connection to existing bridge
Architecture Competition I 2015 NXT City Prize Project Duration - 2 weeks Partner: John Benner Location I Regent Park, Toronto, ON Structure I Timber Cladding I Textile membrane Contribution: Architecture and Structure Design, Digital model and Final Renderings With Regent Park being a diverse neighborhood, housing many immigrants from different origins, the idea of fragmented unification was considered. This concept connects with the community by creating a geometry of disjointed and angled glulam beams, that connect to create a singular holistic structure that provides for the community. The white canvas stretched on the east and west face of the pavilion divides the exterior space while maintaining a sense of openers by eliminating the canvas on top. These side membranes all have the function to project media on during times when the community utilizes the space for public events.
SCREENS
ALLOTMENT GARDENS
FOR ENTERTAINMENT
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BENCHES
CIRCULATION
FOR RELAXATION
FOR ACCESSIBILITY
LONGITUDINAL SECTION
GLULAN FRAME
CANVAS
ALLOTMENT GARDEN
PUBLIC SEATING
PAVEMENT WALKWAY
CANVAS TO FRAME
EXPOSED BESPOKE GLULAM CONNECTION
BEAM TO BEAM WITH PLATE
ASC620 I Integration Studio Year Three I 2017 Partner: Academic Mitchell Work Cairns-Spicer I 2017 Location ARC I Queen 720 I St. Four E and Futures Jarvis Studio St. Toronto, ON, Individual Canada Project Structure Duration I Steel - 1 week Cladding I Wood and Glass Location I Life After Capitalism In a world of communism, it is rather naive for one to envision a society in which hierarchy and conflict are wholly absent. Differences of opinion, conflict of interest, and belief systems will remain in existence in any conceivable world. As Aristotle once stated, “man is by nature a political animal” because he is a social creature with the power of moral reasoning and speech. The world as we know it has become a world in which technology has strived to enable all of humanity the option in choosing the life style that they wish to inhabit. It is here in which mankind will be faced with his real, permanent problem - “how to use his freedom from pressing economic cares, how to occupy the leisure, which science and compound interest will have won for him, to live wisely and agreeably and well.”-John Maynard Keynes
Design Build Projects
TRMC Ted Rogers Management Conference- 2017 DMZ, Ryerson University, Toronto ON Personal Contribution: Project lead, Fabrication, Assembly
Guiding Light Sukkavhille- 2015 Project Lead: Erik Aquino Personal Contribution- Fabrication, Assembly
Design Build Projects
Footage Bata Shoe Museum Window Installation- 2015 Redux Lab- Ryerson University Project Leads: Sarah Lipsit and Filip Tisler Personal Contribution: Fabrication, Assembly
Stomata Nuit Blanche- 2014 Redux Lab- Ryerson University Project Leads: Rachel Law, Filip Tisler, Tiffany Cheung Personal Contribution: Assembly
Personal Work
Personal Work
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