Architectural PORTFOLIO by Merna Albeiruti

MERNA

HELLO

CONTENT

SEP’19

4-11

FEB’18

12-18

SEP’17

19-23

MAR’18

24-32

SEP’18

33-49

OCT’17

50-59

2 3

BASED IN

I R B I DJ O R D A N

GRADP R OJ E C T T HE OR YANDDE S I GN I NS P I RE DB YT ADAOANDO

T OP1 0F I NAL I S T

E X P E RI E NC E RE NDE R S F ABRI C A T I ONS T UDI O DRA WI NGS P HOT OGRAP HY

60-63

1 EMPOWERING THE VULNERABLE v oc a onalc ent erf ort hev ul ner abl epeopl e

L OC A T E DI NAJ L OUN Voc a onalt r ai ni ngpr ogr amsf ort hedi ﬀer ent l yenabl ed, ai mi ngt oempowerandi nt egr at et hem i nt os oc i et y .Whi l e r es pec ngt heﬂor aandt hef aunaofAj l oun.

“ P E OP L EARE N’ TDI S ABL E D, T HE I RC I T YI S ” K ARE LDOL L E K E NS , AC I VI LS E R V ANTWORK I NGONAC C E S S I BI L I T YI NT HEDUT C HC I T YOFBRE DA* *BRE DAI SADUT C HC I T YT HA TWASRE C E NT L YNAME DT HEWI NNE ROFT HE2 0 1 9AC C E S SC I T YA WARD, E U.

EMPOWERING THE VULNERABLE Conc ept&Des i gns t r at egi es

EMPOWERING THE VULNERABLE F or m &pr oc es s

EMPOWERING THE VULNERABLE Ar c hi t ec t ur alel ement s Obs er v a ont ower

Bi r dsobs er v at or y

Br i dges&obs er v a onpl a or ms

Res i den albui l di ng

EMPOWERING THE VULNERABLE Ar c hi t ec t ur alDr awi ngs

EMPOWERING THE VULNERABLE S i t epl an

EMPOWERING THE VULNERABLE Render s

2 LEARNING COMMONS I ns t eadofbei nganar c hi v e,l i br ar i esar ebec omi nga l ear ni ngc ommons . S t udent sandt eac her snol ongerneedal i br ar ys i mpl y f orac c es s .I ns t ead,t heyr equi r eapl ac et hat enc our agesparc i pat or yl ear ni ngandal l owsf orc oc ons t r uc onofunder s t andi ngf r om av ar i et yofs our c es .

L OC A T E DI N‘ ASS AL TJ ORDAN

L E ARNI NGS AP C E ST HR OUGHT I ME

S al ti sahi l l s i det ownnearAmman,J or dan. I t ss i gni ﬁc anc easanO omanEmpi r e t r adi nghubi sr eﬂec t edi ni t sO oman ar c hi t ec t ur e.

LEARNING COMMONS TheRomans ,By z an nesandMamel uk sal lc ont r i but edt ot he gr owt hoft het ownbuti twasatt heendoft he19t handt he begi nni ngoft he20t hc ent ur y ,dur i ngO omanr ul e,whenS al t enj oy edi t smos tpr os per ousper i od.Andt hat ’ swheni t g ai nedi t ’ sar c hi t ec t ur als pi r i t .

LEARNING COMMONS C ONC E P T UALC OL L AGE

T OBEBUI L TONANE X I S T I NGP L AZ A

LEARNING COMMONS P R OC E S SOFTh i n k i n g

As p e c t s

•hi l l yt opog r a phy •hi s t or i c a l v a l ue •Muls t or e ybui l di ng s . •Ba l c oni e s( ope npa nor a mi ca r e a s ) •Ar c he s

C O N C E P T St a t e me nt

•Re s i de nt sf r omawi der a ng eofba c k g r oundsa nds oc i a l c l a s s e swi l l c omet og e t he rt os t udy , wor k , a ndr e l a x i nha r mony . .

LEARNING COMMONS AR C HI T E C T URALDRA WI NGS

MAS T E RP L AN

I S OME T RI CS HOT

LEARNING COMMONS AR C HI T E C T URALDRA WI NGS

E X P L ODE DVI E W

LEARNING COMMONS I NT E RI ORS HOT S

T E RRAC E

LEARNING COMMONS E X T E RI ORS HOT S

Ma i na x i s

3 RESIDENTIAL APARTMENTS Dur i ngt he“ Des i gnI I I ”c our s ei n2017,wewer ec hal l enged t oc hoos eanar c hi t ec t / ﬁr ms t y l eandappl yi tt oourpr oj ec t . Iwasc hos eoneofmyf av or i t ear c hi t ec t sT ADAOANDO.

C AS ES T UDY

L OC A T E DI NI RBI DJ ORDAN

“ Idonotbel i ev ear c hi t ec t ur ehast os peakt oomuc h. I ts houl dr emai ns i l entandl etnat ur ei nt hegui s e ofs unl i ghtandwi nd”

S i mpl i c i t yoft heex t er i orandc ons t r uc onr epr es en ngaes t he cs ens

Theus eofnat ur all i ghtandc onc r et eands t r uc t ur est hatf ol l ownat ur a oft hel ands c ape.

RESIDENTIAL APARTMENTS C ONC E P T UALC OL L AGE

S i mpl i c i t yoft heex t er i orandc ons t r uc onr epr es en ng aes t he cs ens a ons . Theus eofnat ur all i ghtandc onc r et eands t r uc t ur est hat f ol l ownat ur alf or msoft hel ands c ape.

RESIDENTIAL APARTMENTS AR C HI T E C T URALDRA WI NGS

T hr e er e s i de na l bui l di ng s . 28a pa r t me nt s . f ut ur ec omme r c i ae x pa ns i on.

RESIDENTIAL APARTMENTS F UL LI S OME T RI CS HOT

4 THERAPEUTIC CENTER FOR THE ELDERLY

AJ L OUN, J ORDAN

Aj l ouni sat owni nt hef e rl ehi g hl a ndsofnor t hJ or da n. t ’ sov e r l ook e dbyt her ui ne dAj l ounCa s t l e . T heAj l ounCa s t l eT r a i l wi nds nor t ht ot her ui ne dhi l l t opc hur c hofMa rE l i a s . T hePr ophe t ’ sT r a i l c on nue st hr oug hor c ha r dsa nd oa kt r e e st ot heAj l ounF or e s tRe s e r v e .

Duet ot hepr oj e c t sl oc aon, weha v et a k e ni nc ons i de r aon t hei mpor t a nc eofk e e pi ngt hena t ur a l i de nt y . Mea ndmyc l a s s ma t eF a r e sde s i g ne dt hi spr oj e c ta spa r tof t he“ De s i g nI V”c our s e , f orwewe r ea s s i g ne dt owor ki n g r oupsoft wo.

THERAPEUTIC CENTER FOR THE ELDERLY CONCE PTANDDE S I GNS T RAT E GI E S

I N E me r g i ngf r omt hel a nd

•Cr e angas e a ml e s sc onnc e conwi t ht hei nt e r i ora nde x t e r i ors pa c e s •Combi ni ngt hec i r c ul aoni nt oonema i npa t hf ore a s eofus e •I nc r e a s i ngt hee l de r l y ’ spe a c eofmi nda ndpos iv ee ne r g y •Pr omo ngope nne s st owa r dc omuni c aona ndi nt e r a cont hr oug hs pa c e s •Va l ui ngt hepr i v a c yofJ or da ni a nsc ul t ur e •E mbr a c i ngt hena t ur a l a t mos phe r eofAj l oun •Cr e angas he l t e rf orbi r dst oi nc r e a s et hebi odi v e r s i t y •S t oppi ngt hes oi l e r os i onbypl a n ngmor et r e e s Ca mouﬂa g e dwi t ht hes ur r oundi ng s

E L E ME NT SOFDE S I GN •Wa t e r •Pl a nt s •L i g hta nds ha dows

THERAPEUTIC CENTER FOR THE ELDERLY

THERAPEUTIC CENTER FOR THE ELDERLY ARCHI T E CT URALDRAWI NGS

THERAPEUTIC CENTER FOR THE ELDERLY I NT E RI ORS HOT S

THERAPEUTIC CENTER FOR THE ELDERLY E XT E RI ORS HOT S

THERAPEUTIC CENTER FOR THE ELDERLY PHY S I CALMODE L

3Dpr i nt e d L a s e rc ut

5 URBAN CORRIDOR P AL E S T I NES T RE E T , I RBI D

T hepr oc c e s sofr e v i v i ngP a l e snes t r e e t : I nt he“ Ur ba nDe s i g n”c our s e , wewe r ea s s i g ne dt owor ki ng r oups offiv ef ort hepe r i odoffiv emont hs . S t a rngwi t ha na l y z i ng t hes t r e e tofP a l e sneonama c r os c a l ea ndt he nonami c r os c a l e i nt hes t y l eoft wodi ffe r e ntf a mousur ba ni s t s , whowe r eKe v i nL y nc ha ndHa mi dS hi r v a ni .

Ae rt heﬁr s tpha s eofa ny l i s i ng , wec hos et hene wt he me wewa ntt hes t r e e tt oha v ea ndbe g i nc onc e pt ua l i z i ng . Ur ba npl a ni ngc a mene x ti nt hepr oc c e s s , t he nﬁna l l yur ba nde s i g ni ng .

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URBAN CORRIDOR L OCAT I ON

J or d a n

I r bi di sJ or da n’ st hi r dl a r g e s tt own, a f t e rAmma na ndZ a r qa , buti t ss e c ondl a r g e s tur ba na r e awi t hne a r l y600, 000i nha bi t a nt s . T het owni sl oc a t e di nas t r a t e g i cz onebor de r i ngS y r i aa ndP a l e s t i ne .

P a l e sn e c or r i d or

T hes t udya r e ai sP a l e snes t r e e t , e x a c t l yf r omt heWa s ﬁAl t a l r ounda boutt ot hePr i nc e s sBa s maHos pi t a l j uncon.

URBAN CORRIDOR S WOTANAL Y S I S

Ar e s e a r c hwa sc onduc t e ds i g ni ﬁc a nt l y a boutt hei mpor t a nc eol dbui l di ng sa nd t hehe r i t a g et he yc onv e y . Notf or g e ngt hepe opl e sne e dsi nt he a r e aa ndt hepr obl e msc ons i sngt hes i t e .

Al thoughthestreets’weaknessesovershadowat ﬁrstgl ance,i t’ ssl lani mportantcorri dor . Fromacul turelandasoci alaspect,i thasbecome oneofthemosti mortantstreetsi nI rbi d.

URBAN CORRIDOR APPL I E DT HE ORY

1819-1900

Pri ncess BasmaHospi tal

“ Qua l i t yi sne v e ra na c c i de nt ; i ti sa l wa y st he r e s ul tofi nt e l l i g e nte ﬀor t . ”

Dewan Al Tal Al Aghwar Busstaon

F orRus k i n, t he" a g e "ofabui l di ngwa sc r uc i a l l y s i g ni ﬁc a nta sa na s pe c ti ni t spr e s e r v aon: " F or , i nde e d, t heg r e a t e s tg l or yofabui l di ngi snoti n i t ss t one s , noti ni t sg ol d. I t sg l or yi si ni t sAg e , a ndi n t ha tde e ps e ns eofv oi c e f ul ne s s , ofs t e r nwa t c hi ng , of my s t e r i ouss y mpa t hy , na y , e v e nofa ppr ov a l or c onde mnaonwhi c hwef e e l i nwa l l st ha tha v el ong be e nwa s he dbyt hepa s s i ngwa v e sofhuma ni t y . "

URBAN CORRIDOR

Wede c i de dt oc onc l ude“ T a l I r bi d”( I r bi d’ shi l l )a r e a , due t oi t ’ shi s t or i c a l i mpor t a nc e . Andi nt r odueat our i s tt r a i l t ha ts t a r t sf r omt het a l a ndg oe s t hr oug ht hehe r i t a g epl a c e s , a l l t hewa ydownt ot hec or r i dor ( P a l e snes t r e e t )

URBAN CORRIDOR T OURI S TT RAI L

URBAN CORRIDOR

HE RI T AGEPL ACE S

1 8 F u’ a r a1

Al Na bul s i2 Be i tAr a r3 Our t hodoxChur c h4

I r bi dCa s t e l5 Da rS l s a r a y a6 Al i Kha l qi Al S ha r a y r i Mue s ue m7 Ma ml ukMos que 8

Ha ma mAl S a ha 9 Al Ka be e rMos que 10 I r bi dAl Ka be e rMos que 11

Me i da nAl S a ’ a12 De wa nAl T a l13 Al Ag hwa rBusS t aon 14 De wa nAl E r s he i da t15

URBAN CORRIDOR PE DI S T RI ANBRI DGE SPL AN

T ha ts t a r t sf r omt hebe g i ni ngt oft hec or r i dort ot hee nd c onne cngt hepl a z a st og e t he r .

URBAN CORRIDOR S T RE E T SS E CT I ONS

URBAN CORRIDOR ARCHI T E CT URALDE T AI L S

Comme r c i a l z one Al He s be h&S ouqz one

Re mov i ngpa r t soft hebui l di ng s t oma k eav i s ua l c onne c t i on Cr e a t i nge nc l os e da r e a s t ha tr e s e mbl ec our t y a r ds T hema s s e sa r ec onne c t e dt hr oug h pa t hs&r a mps

S omer oof sa r eus e da st e r r e c e s

E x i s t i nga ndpr opos e d

Ba s t a t( s hops t a nds ) : us i ngv e r t i c a l s pa c ei ns t e a dof hor i z ont a l Out doorc a nopy : t omi mi c kt henoma di ct e nt sma def r omy a r n; T e ns i l es t r uc t ur e sofPT F Ef a br i c& s t e e l a r eus e df ors ha de

URBAN CORRIDOR ARCHI T E CT URALDE T AI L S

I nf or maon/ s e c ur i t yk i os k

Di s t r ubut e da l ongt hehe r i t a g epa t ht o g i v ei nf or maont ot or ui s t s / l oc a l s

Bus / T r a ms t op

Re a di ngk i os k Out doorr e a di ngpa v i l i on

Ca f eKi os k

W. C. k i os k

URBAN CORRIDOR S HOT S

URBAN CORRIDOR PHY S I CALMODE L

6 JO GREEN COMPETITION No v2 0 1 7Qu e e nAl i aC o mp e t i t i o nf o r S o c i a l R e s p o n s i b i l i t y Ov e r v i e w: R e a c h i n gt h et o p1 0 , a n dq u a l i f y i n gt ot h ef i n a l sf o r p a r t i c i p a t i n ga same mb e r o f amu l t i d i s c i p l i n a r yt e a mi nt h e" J OGRE E N" c o mp e t i t i o nf o r u n i v e r s i t ys t u d e n t s ' f o r d e s i g n i n gc r e a t i v eE c o f r i e n d l yb u i l d i n g t oe n h a n c eg r e e nb u i l d i n gc o n c e p t s . I nc o o p e r a t i o no f t h eJ o r d a n i a nHa s h e mi t e F u n df o r Hu ma nDe v e l o p me n t &J o r d a nE n g i n e e r sAs s o c i a t i o n .

F ort hepr oj e c tt obec ov e r e df r oma l l s e c t or s , wepa rc i pa t e di nag r oup ofﬁv ef r omdi ﬀe r e ntma j or s , t hr e eofAr c hi t e c t ur ema j or si nc l udi ngme , oneofE l e c t r i c a l E ng i ne e r i ngma j or , a ndonef r omCi v i l E ng i ne e r i ng . T hef ol l owi ngpa g e si nc l udewor kf r om t hea r c hi t e c t ur epa r toft hepr oj e c t .

JO GREEN COMPETITION

s e c t or sc ov e r e d: •Na t ur a l l i g h nga ndv e nl aon. •S ol a rpowe rs y s t e m. •T heus eofr a i nwa t e ra ndr e us i ngg r a ywa t e r . •Mi ni mi z i ngt hebui l di ng se c ol og i c a l f oot pr i nt . •Ac hi e v i ngBi odi v e r s i t ybyv e g e t av ec ov e r a g eofs i t e . •Re c y c l i ng . •E mbr a c i ngt hes i t e st opog r a phy .

JO GREEN COMPETITION ARCHI T E CT URALDRAWI NGS

T her e s i de na l c ompound c ons i s t soft hr e ema i nbui l di ng a rc ul a t e dc ohe r e nt l y . 45a pa r t me nt s wi t ha r e a sbe t we e n120m2&130m2 c ons i sngof : 3be dr ooms , 2ba t hr ooms , 1WC k i t c he n, l i v i ngr oom S i t ea r e a :

3353m2

Bui l di ng sa r e a : 1544. 5m2 46% Gr e e na r e a :

1305. 3m2 40%

JO GREEN COMPETITION

ARCHI T E CT URALDRAWI NGS

JO GREEN COMPETITION ARCHI T E CT URALDRAWI NGS

JO GREEN COMPETITION ARCHI T E CT URALDRAWI NGS ROOF T HI RDF L OOR S E CONDF L OOR F I RS TF L OOR

GROUNDF L OOR

BAS E ME NT1 BAS E ME NT2

wa t e rt a nk sf ora l l t hea pa r t me nt s a r epl a c e dont henor t he r npa r t sof t her ooft ops

phot ov olcc e l l sa r epl a c e d ont hehe i g he s tbui l di ngoft het hr e e f a c i ngs out ha ta35de g r e e

JO GREEN COMPETITION S US T AI NABI L I T YDE T AI L S

Gr e e nr oof sde t a i l s t ha ta r el oc a t e d be s i dee v e r yt e r r a c e .

I ns ul aonde t a i l s

JO GREEN COMPETITION S US T AI NABI L I T YDE T AI L S

Gr a ywa t e ri sa c c uml a t e dby pv cpi pe st hr oug hs ha sa nd s t or e di nt a nk sont he ba s e me ntﬂoor . t he nbyus i ngs pe c i a l ﬁl t e r s wa t e rwoul dber e us e df or i r r i g aonpur pos e s .

a ddiona l s k y l i g ht s f orpa r k i ngv e nl aon

T hepa r k i ngi snotc ompl e t l y unde r g r ounda ndi t ’ se l e v a t e dwi t h c ol umnsonl y , s oi t ’ sna t ur a l l y v e nl a t e d.

S ha di ngs y s t e ms , us e de s pe c i a l y i nt hes out he l e v aon, s uc ha s : •hor i z a nt a l a ndv e rc a l l ouv e r s . •s l a bs . •wi ndowr e c e s s .

r a i nwa t e ri sa c c uml a t e dby s t or mdr a i nsonr oof sa nd s t or e di nt a nk sont he ba s e me ntﬂoor . t he nbyus i ngs pe c i a l ﬁl t e r s wa t e rwoul dbepumpe dup f ori t sr e us e .

JO GREEN COMPETITION F UL LE XT E RI ORS HOT

7 MISCELLANEOUS E x p e r i e n c e

I n t e r n s h i pa t “ MKa s s o c i a t e s ” At e a mo f s e n i o r , j u n i o r a n di n t e r na r c h i t e c t si n c l u d i n g me , h a v ep a r t i c i p a t e da n dwo nt h ef i r s t p r i z ei nt h e i n t e r n a t i o n a l a r c h i t e c t u r a l c o mp e t i t i o n" Ma n h a t t a nc a l l " . C o mp e t i n gwi t h1 5 8o t h e r t e a mst od e s i g nan e ws p o r t c e n t e r i nNe wY o r kd i s t r i c t .

Wo r k e do no t h e r p r o j e c t sa swe l l , i n l c u d i n gl a n d s c a p ep r o j e c t s .

MISCELLANEOUS R e n d e r s L u mi o n1 0 P h o t o s h o pp o s t p r o d u c t i o n

MISCELLANEOUS F a b r i c a t i o ns t u d i o K i n e t i cE l e v a t i o n

De s i g n e dd i f f e r e n t p r o p o s a l so f as ma r t f a c a d ea n d b u i l t o n ei na1 m* 1 . 5 ms c a l e

MISCELLANEOUS Dr a wi n g&P h o t o o g r a p h y

Wa t e r c o l o r &p a s t e l P h o n ep h o t o g r a p h y

Wa d i Ru m

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