Mohammed Alsafi Architecture Portfolio 2023

ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO

ABOUT

AMasterofArchitecturegraduateseekingaworkopportunityto gainfurtherexperienceandknowledgeinanarchitecturalwork environment.

CERTIFICATIONS

CAMBRIDGEOUTSTANDINGLEARNERSAWARD-CIEIGCSE(FirstLanguageEnglish)

IELTS:ENGLISHLANGUAGETEST[7.5Mean]

EDUCATION

JEDDAHPREP&GRAMMARSCHOOL:2010-2017[IGCSES,ASLEVEL]

LANGUAGES

Arabic-Native/Fluent

English-Native/Fluent

UNIVERSITYOFKENT: 2017-18 [INTERNATIONALFOUNDATIONPROGRAM] +CEWLHumanitiesExcellenceScholarshipAward

2018-21 [RIBAPart1-BachelorsofHumanities:Architecture&Planning]

2021-23 [RIBAPart2:MasterofArchitecture-WithaMerit]

EXPERIENCE

AMARCENTERFORARCHITECTURALHERITAGE- [September2020]AninternshipexperiencearoundaHeritagepreservationprojectinAlBalad,Jeddah.

PEERMENTORING- [2018-2021]Assignedamenteetoprovideguidanceandassistancewitharchitecturalstudies.

SKILLS

SKETCHUP RHINO AUTOCAD ENSCAPE V-RAY LUMION REVIT ILLUSTRATOR PHOTOSHOP INDESIGN

MICROSOFT OFFICE

HONEY HOUSE

Undergraduate Project Year II

HONEY HOUSE - Facade Concept

The Apiary project references its nuclei species in its facade through a perforated metal sheet in the shape of a bee wing pattern.

HONEY HOUSE

'Honey House' is a proposal for a site in Canterbury, Kent that includes a vacant landscape where production is needed to take place per the brief's depiction. The project includes an apiary system, a headquarters building where harvested honey across the field is filtered, distilled, infused and packaged for distribution.

PERSPECTIVE AND EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC

DOVER COLLECTIVE DWELLING Undergraduate Project

Year II

MASSING AXONOMETRIC

MIXED USE URBAN SQUARE

Undergraduate Project

Year III

LongportCarPark, Canterbury,Kent CT11PF,UK

The site existed as a car park that faces St. Augustine's Abbey - one of Canterbury's historic treasures with remains still standing today, visited by tourists and locals. ‘Longport’ street was derived from its historic backgrounds of previously holding seasonal market sales - part of this proposal's brief is to allow residents and visitors to experience Canterbury’s heritage and connect with its history. Considering current planning policies prohibiting the construction of any buildings on the Abbey's premises, the car park is the next best strategic location for reviving this part of Canterbury through commercial, residential and heritage attraction. [Figures 1-4] demonstrate the vehicle heavy nature of the site which is a target to achieve in reducing CO2 emissions through reducing vehicle dependency.

ApproachingCanterbury NolliFigureGroundMap FloodRiskMap HistoricRoutes

FULL PROPOSAL: MUSEUM, RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL UNITS

PAPER HOUSE

Undergraduate Project Year III

PAPERHOUSE: MASTERPLAN, SECTION AND AXONOMETRIC

GROUND FLOOR

CONSTRUCTION DETAILING: ZINC CURVED ROOF, SLIDING GREENHOUSES AND STACKED BRICK

CHILDCARE HEADQUARTERS

Masters Project Year I

SECTIONAL AXONOMETRIC

THESCALPEL

SECTIONAL PERSPECTIVE

The 1:3600 section and 1:2500 section are both included to emphasize the tall built nature of the site with dispersed skyscrapers.

SLEEPING ROOM RECEPTION KITCHEN/CAFE

Spaces curated with design privileges for children in furniture sizing, stair dimensions and spacing. Examples include child eye-level windows for looking into the kitchen, small steps to get into the bed and playful furniture in waiting rooms and receptions.

ISOMETRIC PERSPECTIVE

PAINTED STAINLESS STEEL

CORRUGATED STEEL CLADDING

STEEL FINS

Exterior views include a perspective shot of a parent and her child on the bridge connecting the proposed building to the neighbouring corporate building and the view of the proposed childcare building from Leadenhall street under the named building - capturing its colourful nature amidst the corporate district.

SECTIONAL PERSPECTIVE

The proposal is parasytic, with floorplans planted in the neighbouring skyscrapers to further emphasise the importance of a designated childcare space for working parents

PARASYTIC UNITS

1:100

In addition to the spiraling staircase and lifts, an internal floor-to-floor slide network is integrated into the building as a playful alternative for parents, staff, occupants or supervised children to use. The render demonstrates the humor and playful nature of the proposal through the diverse demographic of slide preferring occupants.

WRAP

VIEW

VIEW

The renders include perspective views of designated spaces with child-design privileges such as dispersed playroom features, slides in the reception, toddler sized seating in the lunch halls and offices that overlook a glazed soundproof playroom.

Lunchhall

RENDERS

Street views capture the colourful presence of the proposal with the green cladding and reflective red steel. The transparency of movement and access with the glazed playrooms, exposed stairs and walkway plays on the values of curiosity and learning. The perspective view above the building shows the bridge, playground and top slide in occupancy and use.

MONTESSORI INFLUENCE

IN FLOOR PLAN DESIGN. QUIETER SPACES FOR WCS, UTILITIES & SPECIFIED ACTIVITIES. LOUDER ZONES FOR INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES & BUSIER SPACES

NOISE LEVEL

REWARDED CURIOSITY

ISOLATED BUILDING

THE RESERVED, PRIVATE REGION IS SEPARATED FROM THE OPEN, INTERACTIVE SPACES BY A CENTERED ACCESS SPACE.

PLAYGROUND

KITCHEN

NAP NOOKS

CONCRETE COLUMNS

EATERY

OFFICES

STAIRCASE + SLIDE NETWORK

SLIDES PROVIDE A PLAYFUL AND QUICKER SHORTCUT

RECEPTION

VIET MARKET & NOODLE BAR

Masters Project Year II

DEPTFORD SITE ANALYSIS

STREET ELEVATION

SITE STUDIES: AXONOMETRICS

Emphasizing the shared reception space between the market and restaurant - showing how colour is used to distinctify regions instead of walls and seperations. Moving parts like the front elevation, market ladder and dumbwaitors show that the space transforms and can exist in various contexts - one for a busy lively market, another for a sensory cultural dining experience - all while maintaining the privacy and quiet of a private living space upstairs.

PLANS

Perspectives show the noodle bar in use as it interacts with the architecture through the moving dumbwaiter that takes the food upstairs quickly to maintain its hot temperature.

SHORT SECTION: NIGHT VIEW

This sectional perspective at a night view’s render displays how the building functions in the evening in its duplicitous nature of being an ambient and lively noodle bar and a quieter residential space above. The section captures different user experiences with the building including double height spaces and more private stair access routes.

PROPOSAL AXONOMETRIC

ELEVATION

Thesiteproposalaxonometric includesextrudedfacadewallsthatextendintoaretractablemarkettent. This creates a systemic routine for weekly market installments that allows easy preparation and clear up because the building is designed to for the tents to be erect. The axonometric also demonstrates vehicle access for delivering weekly food orders for the restaurant and imported goods for the vietnamese market. This allows for easy accessed delivery and collection. The two prominent staircases are seen in theproposalexistingtoservetheirrespectivefunctionswithonebeingskeletal,openandofcharacterto show customers going up and down the noodle bar floors - the other takes a solid form to emphasize privacyandtoalludethatitbelongstoaprivateresidentialpartofthebuilding.

The Viet market includes a sliding ladder for tall shelf access. Visible in the sectionisaskeletalrearstaffstaircase.

DEPTFORD HEALTH & WELLNESS

Masters Project Year II

PROPOSAL AXONOMETRIC - DEPTFORD BEFORE AFTER

Located near the Deptford Train Station and the Albany Theatre, ‘Deptford Health & Wellness’ aligns with disability inclusion and caters to able bodied users and people with physical/learning disabilities, complex needs, PMLD (Profound Multiple Learning Disabilities). The proposal includes a Gym, a Special Needs equipped sports hall, physiotherapy spaces, chiropractic rooms, a Spa level and a Market hall space for Deptford’s lively social culture.

BASEMENT FLOOR: SPA + TREATMENT

The ground floor is where most of the physiotherapeutic spaces lie, including a training hall, private treatment rooms and a garden. The building branches into two sectors beyond the main entrance and reception. The general access gym on the ground floor includes a cardio training hall and WC + Shower wings.

PROPOSAL AXONOMETRICS

ROOF DESIGN - PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL MODEL

1. Spa Floor

2. Physiotherapy Floor

3. Open Market Space

PERSONAL WORK

A curation of creative output