selected works | 2023 mohammad ghassani
“We see architecture as an act of profound optimism is what we have to give and it is what we leave behind”
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INCREMENTAL HOUSING
EVOLUTIONARY URBAN CLUSTER PROTOTYPE FOR INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS
Academic Work
Typology: Housing
Location: Manila, Philippines
Year 2023
The objective of the study is to develop a conceptual framework that integrates the principles of incremental housing with the potential of evolutionary algorithms in the context of informal settlements. Drawing inspiration from the processes developed in informal settlements, the research seeks to explore alternative architectural typology of housing development by proposing a dynamic, iterative process that aligns with the needs and ways of living of the residents and integrates in the existing urban context.
Academic Work
Typology: Mixed use
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Year 2017
The project deals with a critical site inside the city of Barcelona. Located between two urban fabrics where the space is not defined and not reacting to the daily requirements of the city. The concept applied is to introduce a big block that will react to the context and create a new open well defined space surrounded by mix use activates and functions. With main principals to follow: -preserving -rectangle block
-deconstruction: green passage, accesses, dividing of functions
THE ART HUB
Academic Work
Typology: Cultural
Location: Beirut, Lebanon
Year 2015
Decaying and derelict buildings are scattered around Beirut city. These spaces are being abandoned, neglected and threatened to be demolished. Where greed, money and the absence of the governments push developers to replace these buildings with towers, and by destroying these old buildings Beirut’s memory and culture heritage is being destroyed with them.
Beirut is being emptied out of nearly everything, and one of the things where I think Beirut’s potential lies is in its neighborhoods. ... I think this is the main lack that I will try to fill by actually inhabiting these spaces, which are standing empty, not with economy-driven residential towers with gated communities and ground-floor parking and all of that But through ART.
A very beautiful structure built in 1920 and extended in 1950 and 1980 with a traditional architecture, Arches, High Ceiling Rooms, Sand Stone, red tiles Roof, abandoned during the civil war. It was mentioned by the Ministry of Culture as a Historical Heritage site.
The project questions the nature of these empty forgotten spaces, and how we can re-appropriate them through architecture to include them within the fabric and life of the city, once again, to come to life in the form of a new artistic space in Beirut.
The project assembles this urban spot, taking the original house as a starting point rescuing it of its deterioration by means of a change of use and extension transforming it into art hub. A Place for artists to LIVE, WORK and EXHIBIT.
Typology: Residential
Location: Tyre, Lebanon
BEACH HOUSE
Professional Work
Typology: Residential
Location: Angola
Year 2014
Family vacation beach house being as an escape from the city. The Design concept tries to create several functional spaces to cover all the house program.
With simple and clean language, using basic geometric forms to shape the house space and the surrounding facilities.
Competition
Typology: Residential
Location: Sydney, Australia
Year 2014
Sydney Container Vacation House . is a 250 m2 structure made of shipping containers. The project located in Bondi Beach, one of Australia’s famous beaches.
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