MOAYED FAZA COMPLETE WORK 1998-2012 www.facebook.com/moayedfazaa Email: contact@moayed-faza.com
Biography Moayed Faza is a Libyan Artist with a harmonic twist, Having lived and studied his early education as a child in the city of glamour and prestige Paris,france for then years , Moayed could not help notice the artistic mix of such a diverse world class city. He naturally could not resist the atmosphere and environment that perhaps played a role in what he does today. As a child walking through the streets of Paris he enjoyed observing the chalk pavement street art with his father. along with graffiti works and cheap portraits. Moayed began to admire art but always felt that the way it is sold in bazars and common markets was not normal behavior. Art is priceless and should not be bargained cheaply if not to be bargained at all. To him it is not lines and colors but maybe admire,warmth and detail. He was born in 1980 as Moayed Faza in Tripoli, the capital city of Libya. Moayed was attracted to arabic typography and visual arts. He undertook Interior design at the faculty of Arts at what was known as Tripoli University.
He found work in advertising agencies as a graphic designer whiles still a university student, In 2004 he started working for the marketing department at one of the major home appliances and construction material company in Libya. At this position Moayed became closer to the world of Architecture and interior design as constructive materials became available to him. This developed a new passion for Moayed desire to develop into interior architecture. During this period Moayed was making friends with the Elite artists in Libya to learn and share some experiences in different arts. In 2006 Moayed shifted to work for a major advertising-exhibition design company in Tripoli. While at it doing exhibition design which is one branch of the world of interior design Moayed found him self back into his field, his passion his studies into the world interior designing. In this ear Moayed’s productivity was at its peak with world load like never before. interior designing is a limited field because you can’t fix flaws that already exist meanwhile in architecture you
can easily amend and/or avoid at all. The Saraya showroom was the turning point of his carrier having combined his passion with his greater finding the architecture with in. Ever since this project Moayed has been involved more and more in many major projects in architecture ever since.
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Portfolio
EARLY STAGE 1998 - 2001
Portrait and concept design
Pen Work 2001 Pen Work 1999 Pen Work 2000 Pencil Work 1998
SKETCHING & PORTRAITS:
The art of sketching is at the heart of civilisation. Moayed was unaware of this when he began studying during which he mastered pencil and charcoal sketching, calligraphy and photography at age 17. Due to a lack of access to books or online resources during this period, he began personal research in this field, experimenting with various unconventional ways of drawing portraits. This stage lasted for a year and a half, before challenging himself
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by sketching with ink pens towards the end of this phase. Since there’s no room for error in ink sketching, Moayed needed to think carefully before putting pen to paper, and this type of sketching may be reflected in some of his work today. It also guided him to the realisation of the great secret of sketching human faces, that of the golden ratio, which in turn is reflected in his design plans.
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EARLY STAGE 2000 - 2001
Landscape Statues As a part of his job being an artist Moayed was asked to come up with some statue designs to decorate some of Tripoli’s most visited parks, each one of the statues represents the key element of the environment it will rest on. it depends on its place, there is the fountains and there is the shape that speaks to the environment.
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Stair Case 2007
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Stair Case Tripoli - Libya 2007
‘Organised chaos’ is how Moayed describes this design, his instinctive natural connection with nature and his realisation that the presence of nature inside the house is essential to comfort, even though it’s not natural. The connection between plants and the existing Islamic decoration in architecture is the reason behind the overlap of the three lines, which are of different repeated patterns and different thickness. These serve another use when climbing the stairs and in preventing children from climbing over the edge and falling.
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Stair case Tripoli - Libya 2007
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The Original RADO Watch that the concept design came from
The link between time and design was a source of concern in the designing of the Sheikh family shops for watches. The design needed to reflect the current era, and time it was an important factor in describing the place. Regarding the design of the exhibits platforms, a modern look was chosen, and black minimalistic Rado watches were chosen for their simplicity and thin design in response to this concern. The general idea is that of “a watch exhibited inside another watch”. In this way the buyer’s attention is drawn to the link between the exhibits platform and time.
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The Original 3D Design
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Watch Shop 2008
The materials were wood (for its lightness) and glass shaped into the shape of a watch. Furthermore, the color white was chosen for the floor space so as to contrast against the exhibits
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platform, thus giving the impression that the watch is ‘hanging’. The thickness of the platform base measures a mere centimeter, and the largest one is 4 meters long.
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Bader Gold Shop 2009 The Bader Gold shop is a small sized shop in the traditional heart of Tripoli, the area surrounding the place is almost as old as the center of Downtown. the idea of the round display panel is taken from the traditional local gold bangle worn by Libyan woman. Moayed took a few of them and hang them on glass strained with black paint. they are combined together to look like a neckless with the black back ground that brings out gold lavishly. the classical candle lamps add a touch of class. when designing a show room with a window display of only 2 m wide and total space of 15 SQM one needs to come up with alternative approach to insert the local concept of the traditional libyan bangle and the limited space available, Turn all that into an eye catching,pleasant to see view and also at the same time make practical use of the place. Š Moayed Faza
Libyan Tradition bangle
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UomoBoss Retail Shop 2011 A classy touch is always preferred on the classic retail shops, woods walls and the warm light makes one feel at home. but when it comes to Moayed and his designs, everything can change, he continuously pushes the normal boundaries. Š Moayed Faza
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UomoBoss Retail shop Tripoli - Libya 2011
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This is the “ New Class” like he descried to us, the only thing left from the “classy” style is the wood touch, and a zebra marble wall, elements will keep the costumer feel that he is on a classy brand.” if we take every classy style out of the shop people might feel weird and start thinking about the design, and they would stop thinking about the brand, and that’s something i can’t let happen” Moayed said.
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The continuity of the stair design flows like it’s infinite, giving the customer a chance to try to upper floor. A shop like this one consist of a small ground floor and bigger upper level might makes it hard to believe there is something more up there.
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UomoBoss Retail shop Tripoli - Libya 2011
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UomoBoss Retail shop Tripoli - Libya 2011
Using the latest Marble engraving design of 2011 for the famous Antolini Manufacture, “Zebra” added to the place a wallpaper like wall which reminds the clients of the classic age.
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the design was made with these unstereotypical shelves to make it easier for the costumer to choose a full complete suit without leaving his place. Š Moayed Faza
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Advertising office 2013 © Moayed Faza
Advertising office Tripoli - Libya 2013
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Advertising office Tripoli - Libya 2013
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Al Fitori Gold Shop 2009 The new language of interior architecture changed in the past decade, fluidity lines and shapes are shaping the future, that’s how cellular design took place in this shop, very fluid lines with cellular shapes cut of the walls to create the displays, with hidden LED lights from the floor and from the ceiling that draws the shape of the shop, make for a new experience walking through the shop, as one follows the line subconsciously. Š Moayed Faza
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Al Fitori Gold Shop Tripoli - Libya 2009
The Gray line represents the shop boundaries, the red line represents the design line , on the right there is a small space for the owner’s safe, the shape make some room to the displays to be cut out of the wall.
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Anwar Al Andulous Optical Shop 2009
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Anwar Al Andulous Optical Shop Tripoli - Libya 2009
tradition optical displays doesn't make people interact with the product, closed from front, rectangular shapes hard edges, but with these twisting structures with it’s intricate patterns carved uncovered from front gives the costumer the feeling of being free to try new glasses without asking a promotion to. white color makes place look bigger and the black counters highly contrast between white and black lets identifying were to pay or ask any questions much easier.
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Anwar Al Andulous Optical Shop Tripoli - Libya 2009
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Ideal Standards Showroom Tripoli - Libya 2012
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Charlotte Pastries Dubai - Dira 2012
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Charlotte Pastries Dubai - Dira 2012
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Stone Gallery Tripoli - Libya 2012
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Stone Gallery Tripoli - Libya 2012
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Stone Gallery Tripoli - Libya 2012
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HansGrohe Showroom Tripoli - Libya 2012
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Toyota Libya Co. Pavilion 2012 Toyota Pavilion Tripoli - Libya 2012
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Toyota Pavilion Tripoli - Libya 2012
Toyota Libya Co. Pavilion 2012
Toyota Pavilion Tripoli - Libya 2012
Toyota Libya Co. Pavilion 2012
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Al Shamelah Co. Pavilion Tripoli - Libya 2011
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Desert Table (Concept) Tripoli - Libya 2011
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Sahara Table 2011 Allah created wind that carries sand as one of the methods of erosion that carves boulders and rock walls to a limited height above the earth. The impact of the carving of these boulders and rock walls intensifies the closer one gets to the earth (i.e. at the base of the rock), seeing as the wind consumes a part of it’s strength through friction with the earth.
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From this phenomenon, in spite of Moayed living in what is considered a desert environment, he was only able to go to the desert a limited number of times. However, he was charmed by it’s sharp, smooth lines, and it’s cleanliness due to the grains of sand scattered by the winds. In spite of the chaos of these grains of sand, they are magnificently formed into massive dunes of varying continuing patterns. This inspired Moayed to focus his effort on trying to imitate this nature and its geomorphological shapes. He uses in this work the line as an erosion factor to carve the table with its sharp, smooth lines. It shows us the influence of the desert through the some of the visible angles that come out of it.
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AL Saraya Showroom
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AL Saraya Showroom Tripoli - Libya 2009
This showroom is one of Moayed’s first and most important logical works after he went through a series of phases, which together melt into a single crucible that caters for architectural design. The new concept of the Saraya showroom is linked to an important element of Islamic architecture, the influence of the palm tree. The first Islamic architectural structure was the house of the Prophet PBUH, which was a very simple concept, with the ceiling merely constructed from palm fronds laid over the trunk of the palm tree. And the Prophet said PBUH that the palm tree is the cousin of the believer, because it has goodness and is adapted to provide continuous shade, its leaves do not fall out, its fruits are beneficial, and the trunk has a variety of uses.
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AL Saraya Showroom Tripoli - Libya 2009
The Saraya showroom is designed so that the façade resembles a large palm frond that comfortably lights the showroom by using green reflective glass to colour the palm frond. The colour black is also used to represent the colour of the date fruit that the palm tree produces. Some commentators went on to say that the influence of the Ka’aba on this design was significant in terms of the shape and colour. As for the interior design of the showroom, it centres on use of the lines of the palm fronds, which start at a point and spread out from there in straight lines, in the same pattern as the façade. Furthermore, the usage of concealed lighting instead of direct lighting or spotlighting gives the showroom a relaxed atmosphere, just like the light of a cloudy sky to allow the customer’s attention to be drawn to the exhibits through relaxing lighting as opposed to elsewhere.
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Ceramic Showroom 2011
Ceramic Showroom Tripoli - Libya 2011
Once again Moayed bases his designs on the shadows of the desert, after a series of detailed studies of the nature of the surrounding desert hills, the eect of the wind on them and the way in which they are sculpted by it. The unit is covered by a recyclable aluminium frame to protect the manufacturing process from being threatened by the environment by acting as a shield against the summer heat by reducing the rise in air temperature and preventing heat from penetrating the building, keeping it cool by reducing heat convection.
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AL Shiekh Watch shop Tripoli - Libya 2008
As for lighting, the openings present in the frame allow for natural lighting to enter the showroom, and there is a layer of glass behind the aluminium folds. As for the winter, the wind is the main incentive for the metal folds encasing the building. These layers vibrate to the sounds of the wind in dierent rhythms which give the complex a unique nature and a dierent character which provokes a storm of thought.
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Tripoli University Ceremonial Gate 2010 An entrance to Fatah University‌ this gate, which will be constructed in Fatah University is evenly distributed over an area in the shape of a 1000m2 square, measuring 100m by 100m and located on the left of the law college parallel to the main gate and opposite the Central National Library. Despite the fact that the normal design for gates consists of one entrance headed by a curved arch which runs from north to south or east to west, this design may stray from this typical pattern. Instead of crossing through a dark tunnel and exiting on the other side, this design resembles an oak tree Leave , which is entirely green like the Libyan flag. Š Moayed Faza
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Furthermore, the space in the centre of the entrance is like the space under an oak tree which plays upon its darkness and the rays of light which penetrate the complex from several isolated spots. This gives the students, and all those walking through the gate a feeling that nature surrounds them, and that they are walking under its shade. The four separate entrances also allow people to roam around.
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As the Mediterranean House emerged in the area were Moayed lived, this had an impact on some of his work, this small villa for a family of tree members,made it clear to the viewer how Mediterranean architecture shows its elements, the well known white color of this era made to reflect the high temperature of sun where no AC was used in that time, also the narrow windows, to decrease the amount of sun rays, Alfenaa ( the courtyard with a fountain to make the air cooler inside ) one the most famous elements of this type of architecture, Moayed made a swimming pool rather than a fountain to refresh the air, top roof with small open areas to let natural light illuminate the place, but one of the main reason of alfenaa is to have much privacy in the Muslim world, here the family could swim without the fear of being exposed. also the Mediterranean architecture is well knowing of it narrow streets and it’s crowded buildings they are near each others to avoid the that do the sun heat, from that concept the corridor of the villa feels like you are walking on these narrow streets. The living room overlooks the swimming pool, as well as the Main Suite. The kitchen is open to the living room, and there is 1 room for kids and 1 guest room
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Small Villa Tripoli - Libya 2009
Small Villa Design 2009
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Chemical Factory Gate 2011 The concrete building, sharp edges and touch of black all leads to aggressiveness, this chemical factory is hight technology were unauthorized people can’t get inside easily, the interior was divided to a waiting room to the left, and to the right where should people identify them self to the security, leaving the middle area to storing, unifying both sides on one building gives the security a sense of confidants controlling the place.
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The Great Manmade River Clock
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Section of the manmade river tube
in this illustration Moayed explains how to clocks shape toke place, he toke a section of the manmade river tube and twisted a little to come up with this genuine tube like clock shape. Š Moayed Faza
The Great Manmade River Tripoli - Libya 2009
This huge Clock with its 8m hand and 30 long radius. with the map of libya inside shows the flow of the man made river which was drawn by precious stones. In between the base and the clock its self is flow of water resembling the man made river and just above it lies a ring of natural grass representing the desert land that was turned into greenery when the water was made available by the river. The angle of the watch it self was played with in order to make it practical for pedestrians.
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Electronics Co. Training Center 2008 “Building Cashed on a movement� this building was designed as 3 floors building which contain lobby and a garden on the first floor and on the second it contains the training classes , the third floor is the administration, after the first proposal was made, the clients had a different strategy regarding training, so he decided to raise up the building to 12 floors which was so challenging, how to change a building of 3 floors to a building of 12 towers?
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after a little bit of thinking Moayed release the shape could actually be a 12 floor building if he rotate -90 degrees. the building still with the same concept but changed of function and form.
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Swehly Sport Club 2010 Misurata - Libya 2010
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Swehly Sport Club 2010 The main concept of this project aims to set up relationship with both the program and the icon of the club which are based on the notion of varied repetitive movements. the tendency of sports as consists of variation of movements in an array of directions. in similar way, the flame has the tendency of creating different and inconsistent shapes. the outcome design of the administration building is representation of the different attitudes of sports and fire flames. this concept is showed by stacking two semi flame shape and orienting them in different directions Š Moayed Faza
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Administration Building
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Studying The Movement of The Flame
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The qualities of sports and fire flames are also applied on the second building which consists of a hotel and several of shops. the concept of this building is derived from air valve closed type of flame which can be noticed as several of small flames comes together to create a full flame. as a result, the hotel is represented in 2 flame shaped rectangle signified as a primer flame combined with the several of shops acting as a secondary. the spaces of the shops vary from wide to long base on variation of sports that might require bigger or smaller spaces. Š Moayed Faza
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Hotel Building
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