AA AHMED AGLAN ARCHITECT
ARCHITECTURE
P ORTFOLIO
2012 - 2016
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RESUME & COVER LETTER
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7 DUBAI SCOUT | SCOUT CAMP & CENTER 2015 - 2016
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THE SPIRAL | ARCHITECTURE SCHOOL 2014
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THE NEXUS | URBAN PLANNING 2013
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THE PROFICIENCY | CULTURE COMPLEX & SHELTER 2013
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THE MAZE | MUSIC SCHOOL 2012
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THE TWISTING TOWER | OFFICE BUILDING 2012
Page | 6 - 7 This is the first project, know about me and my skills and what I have done so far.
Page | 8 - 19 It is a scout camp & center for boys scout. The project purpose is to maintain a healthier and independent lifestyle for youth; through engaging into activities and exercises.
Page | 20 - 25 An architectural school tower in Dubai that offers an alternative environment studying and training to become an architect.
Page | 26 - 31 Relating the urban design with an element of the Algerian culture and making the people who will live there are relax and served from any need.
Page | 32 - 37 An experimental public cultural facility utilizing sustainable strategies, which would work as shelter or evacuation facility in case of emergency situation.
Page | 38 - 43 A conservatory of music dedicated for the community.
Page | 44 - 49 An office building that represent an element about United Arab Emirates employees.
01 RESUME & COVER LETTER
People think that the word design is how the building looks but the design is a combination of 3 main things in architecture, which are function, space and form. The original design concept is knowing what kind of detailing the architect want the building to have. When I design buildings, I think about how people can experience the space and approach the design.
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A H ME D AGL A N ARCHITECT To whom it may concern,
PERSONAL
PROFILE
Name
Ahmed Aglan
HELLO,
Birthday
04.04.1993
I am Ahmed Aglan. Finally I became an official Architect. I like finding out new ways of designing. I define myself as a loyal, adaptable and confident. I am looking for a fun, active place to work in that broadens my horizons and inspires my creative side. Take your time, check my resume and portfolio, see my skills, some of my work and when you are ready drop me a message.
Relationship Single Nationality
Egyptian
Languages
Arabic - English
CONTACTS
EDUCATION
+971 508 213 731
Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch) | 2010 - 2016 American University in Dubai | 5 years program.
ahmed.aglan04@gmail.com ahmedaglan4.wixsite.com/ ahmedaglan
EXPERIENCE
PERSONALITY
During my time in university, I had both individual projects and group projects. As to me, individual projects mean freedom and well-scheduled work, however group projects mean division of work and taking and coordination.
After 5 years of studying architectural program, both my creativity in design and skills of software are mature now. I inspired my creativity in design from exploring different places. As I like exploring new things, I have learned a lot of software to support me to make my concepts come true. As a result, I am proficient on most of the design software and good at making them work together. ENJOY PRESSURE AND HEAVY WORKS.
2016 | AUG - NOV EGYPT - CAIRO
Junior Architect | El Ghonemi Architects. To develop conceptual / schematic designs / working drawings in accordance with client requirements.
2016 | MAY - JUN UAE - DUBAI
Architectural Internship | Options Engineering Consultant. Production of working drawings and design details. Production of 3D views.
Ahmed Aglan
INDIVIDUAL WORK VS TEAM WORK.
KNOWLEDGE AND SOFTWARE SKILLS.
High School Diploma | 2008 - 2010 Al-Dhafra Private School | United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi.
UAE - Dubai
I am applying for the entry level designer position in your firm. with the solid education, Well-trained skills, and the enthusiasm on architecture design, I am ready to join your team. I am a dynamic and ambitious architect who possesses the design and development that needed to plan, coordinate and be involved in all phases of an architectural project.
I think my ability to work well under pressure will make me play an important role in my team, and I can feel my value when I am given some heavy work. Please don’t hesitate to contact me, looking forward to talk to you soon. Sincerely, Ahmed Aglan
SOFTWARES
CONCEPTS
90%
AUTOCAD
100%
DESIGN
95%
REVIT
100%
INNOVATIVE
70%
GOOGLE SKETCHUP
90%
TEAMWORK
65%
RHINOCEROS
75%
LERNER
80%
LUMION
85%
INTERESTS MOVIES - MUSIC - OUTDOORS SOCCER - TRAVELS - HORSE-RIDING- CAFE - FOOD
ADOBE INDESIGN
100%
ADOBE PHOTOSHOP
95%
ILLUSTRATOR
80%
MS OFFICE
85%
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The young people today, are tomorrow’s growing nation. Today, young people are playing an important role in society; everything today is based on the youth. Young people are full of power and energy; they are able to sustain difficulties in their life because of their stability. The young people acquire huge potential that others cannot see. They have affiliation to their homeland, they dream of making their countries successful, and they strive to protect their religious and cultural values. With the right guidance and tracking, the young people are able to discover and think about their future. Young people are observed to enhance their mental and physical fitness as they join a scout organization. The scout movement was initiated to utilize the young’s energy efficiently encouraging self-dependency and strengthening their loyalty towards their homeland, religion, and society.
CONCEPT Scouting prepares young people for life in the adult world by teaching responsibilities for their own actions and progress. these achievements lay a solid foundation for the success of our future young people. Scouts, at a very young age, are trained to use numerous types of ropes and knots for activities, such as camping, lashing, and climbing. The frames shown were inspired by these techniques which create space. Moreover, the orientation of the space towards the fire ring along with the fabric used in each unite portraits an actual scout camp.
The project intents to follow the scouts’ motto ‘Be Prepared’. In order to prepare the scout members, an educational facility is essential to convey the fundamentals required to establish strong, self- dependent, and educated individuals. A mission to accomplish is to discover the young people, their capabilities, and their potential to serve back the community. The young would strengthen their loyalty towards their homeland, religion, and society. The project would incorporate residential zones to enable the young people to camp, enforce respect towards each other, and encourage collaboration and teamwork. An activities center is an important element to allow several indoor and outdoor activities. Through a variety of games and exercises, the young people get the chance to explore what the scout has to offer them and in return enforce commitment, hard work, as well as maintain mental and physical fitness. In addition, the integration of natural features is vital to teach the young people the importance and appropriate use of nature. The nature of the UAE is always striving for excellence and innovation. Building strong young people prepares them for future leading roles in society. Incorporating scout organizations and activities where individuals at a young age take action is an effective path to consider and commission. The project aims to contribute in developing young people to become independent, self-educated, and ideally the healthiest category of the society. Establishing a well-organized scout mission would contribute in teaching the young people the appropriate values and morals, the importance and admiration of nature. 8
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DIAGRAMS
DUBAI SCOUT
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RENDERS
DUBAI SCOUT
The main element in a scout lifestyle is learning how to tie a knot. Scouts use knots in camping and activities, etc. The idea of knots transformed into architecture by creating those frames.
Those frames created the platforms which are the spaces. The platforms are placed in split levels with different heights; depend on the function of the space.
INTERIOR PERSPECTIVE
Scouts do not like to be controlled, they love to be free, therefore; there is no any walls in the camp, fabrics had been used as a walls to be easily open or close depend on the space functionality and the scout need. The frames are used also as a structural and fabric’s storage.
There are three types of circulations in the camp. Ladder had been used as a vertical circulation and in the same time as an activity for the scout. Horizontal circulation had been used as a connections between two platforms. Outdoor circulation is a key for scouts to identify the spaces for scouts.
EXTERIOR PERSPECTIVE 10
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DUBAI SCOUT
WORKING DRAWINGS | SITE PLAN | SECTION A-A
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WORKING DRAWINGS | SITE PLAN | SECTION A-A
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DUBAI SCOUT WORKING DRAWINGS | GROUND FLOOR PLAN | ELEVATION
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DUBAI SCOUT WORKING DRAWINGS | GROUND FLOOR PLAN | ELEVATION
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SENIOR SHOWCASE
DUBAI SCOUT
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SENIOR SHOWCASE
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03 | THE SPIRAL
03 THE SPIRAL | ARCHITECTURE SCHOOL 2014
Location
UAE | Dubai | Business Bay
Plot Area
80,000 m²
CONCEPT The aim of this competition is to design an architectural school tower in Dubai that offers an alternative environment studying and training to become an architect. The main concept of Initiated with a minimalistic cylindrical stable structure inspired by the systematic learning process of an architecture student. This building exposes its original construction material to the students to emphasize on the importance of a building structure. However, this minimalistic approach was reinforced by a complex internal circulation system represented by the spiral stairs which takes into consideration the students’ need for socializing and acts as a common area throughout the building to serve that purpose. Nevertheless, the importance of the spiral staircase is portrayed on the facade by creating voids that compliment these spaces.
Surroundings Dubai Downtown | Park | Residential | Commercial | Services. Sustainable Elements
Dubai Creek | Business Bay metro station |
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DIAGRAMS
03 | THE SPIRAL
The form started by a cylinder form which is the exterior wall of the building. It had been stretched accordingly to the levels of the building.
Creating stairs around the cylinder form from the ground floor up to the last floor. This stairs are used as a circulation and as a seating area for the students. I can be access from outside the building.
In this step; I located the building’s core around the building. There are four cores in each corner of the building, connected to the cylinder by bridges in each floor.
What I did is adding another cylinder form from around the staircase from the ground floor up to the top floor which is the 23th.
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RENDER | WORKING DRAWINGS - LEVEL 20
INTERIOR PERSPECTIVE | CAFETERIA
Final step, is creating voids and that is one of the main element in the building. The voids had been created for ventilation and to let people experience the building from outside and inside. 22
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WORKING DRAWINGS | SECTION B-B
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RENDER
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MASTERPLAN
04 | THE NEXUS
04 THE NEXUS | URBAN PLANNING 2013
CONCEPT The aim of this project is to relate the urban design with an element of the Algerian culture. The compound should be safety, luxurious and sustainability. Our aim is to make the people who will live there are relax and served from any need. The Nexus is designed based on the Algerian dance and body movement characterizes the motion happening within the site. The Nexus presents a promenade embracing different functions simultaneously. At one point it separates specific zones. However, at another point it presents a connection through a green roof, a water feature, a platform and bridges integrated within residential buildings.
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WORKING DRAWINGS
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WORKING DRAWINGS
04 | THE NEXUS
VILLA TYPE A | TYPICAL FLOOR PLAN
APARTMENTS TYPICAL FLOOR PLAN
PROMENADE GROUND FLOOR PLAN 28
VILLA TYPE B | TYPICAL FLOOR PLAN 29
RENDERS
04 | THE NEXUS
RENDERS
04 | THE NEXUS
PROMENADE PERSPECTIVE | VILLAS
PROMENADE PERSPECTIVE | CAFE 30
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05 | THE PROFICIENCY Location
UAE | Dubai | Jumeirah Beach
Plot Area
14,400 m²
Surroundings Park | Residential | Commercial | Services | Beach
INTERIOR PERSPECTIVE | LIBRARY
05 THE PROFICIENCY | CULTURE COMPLEX & SHELTER 2013
CONCEPT The aim of this project is to build an experimental public cultural facility utilizing sustainable strategies, which would work as shelter or evacuation facility in case of emergency situation. 500 people should be able to survive in isolation with this facility for at least one week. The project had been designed based on the site which refers to the surroundings and Jumeirah beach. The building is culture complex and can works as a shelter, so the concept of the “proficiency” is that to make people experiment the building while moving from around the building. The “proficiency” had been designed in a form that when people can walk through the building without entering it. So there 3 parts in “proficiency”, first part that the ground floor slab is normally on the ground. The second part that the ground floor slab is a ramp going upward. The third and the last part that the ground floor slab is going upward to the upper level.
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WORKING DRAWINGS - GROUND | FIRST FLOOR
A minimalism movement of Architecture had been used in a simple square form. The form is based on the site dimensions.
The void had been created in the middle of the square to ventilate the spaces which are in the middle of the building. So I had a huge courtyard in the middle of the building.
GROUND FLOOR
In these step, the corners were pulled up to let the pedestrians experience the building without entering the building.
A shading device element had been added to the outdoor areas, as the project has to have sustainable elements.
FIRST FLOOR A Solar Panels element had been added to the roof of any mechanical room, as the project has to have sustainable elements.
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RENDER
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DIAGRAMS
06 | THE MAZE Location
UAE | Dubai | Knowledge Village
Surroundings Commercial | Universities
The form started with taking parts from a maze and connect them together.
The next step was adding the space; connected to the maze form which had been for the horizontal circulation.
06 THE MAZE | MUSIC SCHOOL 2012
CONCEPT The aim of this project is to build a conservatory of music dedicated for the community. The project consist of a music academy for education and two theatres for performances.
Interior walls vs Horizontal Circulations.
The musical maze has been derived from the ideology of flow. It relates to how musical notes compliment each other creating harmony and connection. This relation has been implemented in the design by creating sloped roofs starting from the entrance and ending to the amphitheatre showing the stages of growth or development, when students start learning in classes and moving forward to performance. Horizontal Circulations. 38
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WORKING DRAWINGS - GROUND | FIRST FLOOR
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GROUND FLOOR
FIRST FLOOR
EAST ELEVATION
SECTION A-A
SOUTH ELEVATION
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WORKING DRAWINGS - GROUND | FIRST FLOOR
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RENDER
06 | THE MAZE
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RENDER
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DIAGRAMS
07 | THE TWISTING TOWER
The form had been started by four simple pure squares.
The core had been added in the middle of the building to serve the four spaces.
The squares had been twisted in the same direction; representing the concept of time rotation. Although each square had been rotated more than the square before it.
CONCEPT
07 THE TWISTING TOWER | OFFICE BUILDING 2012
The aim of this project is to design an office building. The project should represent an element about United Arab Emirates employees. The concept of the “twisting tower” came from the word time. How the time lapse with the working hours of the employees. The movement of the “twisting tower” is clockwise, so I started with a simple pure square form and that represent the starting work time of the employees then it keeps twisting and that represent the time’s change during the working hours. 44
Each corner has different height according to the sun orientation.
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WORKING DRAWINGS
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GROUND FLOOR
THIRD FLOOR
SECTION A-A
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WORKING DRAWINGS - GROUND | FIRST FLOOR
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RENDER
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