Architecture Portfolio by Mohammad I Alghafis

Mohammad I Al Ghafis

Architect

Contents Curriculum Vitae

Theoretical Projects 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

J. Startups Entrepreneurs Community Startups Entrepreneurs Community Jeddah Psychiatric hospital International Indian School Jeddah Architects club Sari st Office Building Farm House

3 9 15 19 23 27 31

Professional Projects 8 Al Abawin Mosque 9 Private Villa 10 Residential Building

35 39 43

Model Making 11 Al Abawin Mosque

Mohammad I Al Ghafis Architect

A flexible and responsible graduate seeking an entry-level position in architecture which will utilize the design and critical thinking skills developed through my study and involvement with Bojer Design & construction. During my degree I successfully combined my studies with work and self-development showing myself to be self-motivated, organized and capable of working under pressure. I enjoy working on my own initiative or in a team. In short, I am reliable, trustworthy, hardworking and eager to learn and have a genuine interest in architecture.

Experience Bojer Design & Construction Co. , Jeddah, KSA.

7 months.- 2015

Ghassan Felemban Architects, Jeddah, KSA.

1 month. - 2014

Concept Development, Arch. Design, Digital Modeling, Shop Drawing, Physical Modeling.

Digital Modeling.

King Abdulaziz University, KAUARCH, Jeddah, KSA.

2013 - 2016

Autodesk Revit tutor.

Education B.Arch., King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, KSA. Second Honor (4,4/5).

2011 - 2016

Arch. Workshop, Jeddah, KSA.

3 days.

Arch. Workshop, Cardiff University, UK.

2 weeks. - 2014

Energy Responsive Design of The Built Environment. Low Carbon Architecture Summer Program.

English Language, Kaplan School, Chicago, USA. Advanced level

- 2015

3 months.- 2013

Professional Skills

Revit Architecture

Flow Design

Illustrator

Microsoft Project

AutoCAD

InDesign

Photoshop

Arch. Modeling

Interests

Sustainability

Parametric Design

BIM

Project Management

Personal Skills

Learning ability

Open to ideas

Communication

Presentation

Team work

Accuracy and details

Coordination

English Language

References “I have known Arch. Mohammad Alghafis since 2012, as he was an undergraduate student in my architectural design studio. He has been an exceptional student. He has been a sincere, hard worker and talented person. I believe that he has exceptional knowledge, intellectual and communication skills. Most importantly, he believes in Architecture and the role it plays in reshaping the society” Dr. Khaled Ali Youssef -Associate Professor at KAU - kaali3@kau.edu.sa

“For 7 months we enjoyed working with arch. Mohammad at Bojer Design & Construction, he has been innovating genuine ideas, quick learner and most importantly always gets jobs done” Arch. Bojer Basyouni - CEO at Bojer Design & Construction - info@bojerdc.com

“Mohammad was a great student, enthusiastic and passionate about architecture. He always had innovative out of the box design ideas and above it all he is a critical thinker” Arch. Abdulaziz Albarrak - Lecturer at KAU - Akalbarrak@kau.edu.sa

“I have known architect Mohammad since 2013. As a student of mine he was always a great critical thinker, which made him a unique architect” Arch. Abdulaziz Afandi - Lecturer at KAU - afandi@kau.edu.sa

Contact info mohammad.i.alghafis@gmail.com +966 56 866 1119 2

Startups Entrepreneurs Community 1 J. Graduation Project - 2016

Site Condition: Site has no shades dropped from north ,west and south surroundings Design Response: Providing self shad at all out door spaces

Site Condition: Winter winds comes directly from the sea Summer Wind is channeled throw buildings Design Response: Allowing wind to be channeled throw project

Site Condition: Site is near two main attraction points. Design Response: Attract pedestrians to the site by matching the surroundings character

Site Condition: Site is surrounded by 3 deferent uses commercial, governmental and residential Design Response: Placing each function by its match on the site

Site Condition: Lack of green areas in the context Design Response: Providing publicly reachable green areas and making them interaction points

Site Condition: Urban grain is mostly solid and have no public space except the sea side Design Response: Adding voids to urban grain to work as magnets

Site Condition: Site is most valued at the edges Design Response: Adding more edges by creating pedestrian paths throw project

Site Condition: Site mass can see north ,west and south. Design Response: Taking the most advantage of being able to rise higher then surroundings

Product Dev.

Nature

Engagement

Advertising

Affordability

Socialization

Project helps developing entrepreneurs products.

Having spaces that interacts with surrounding nature

Providing easier circumstances to initiate partnership

Introducing entrepreneurs to public

Minimizes coast of living and starting up a business

Forcing Public to know about entrepreneurs

Design Criteria

Concept

Keep up with urban Connection Residential Elevating plaza to in- Surrounding plaza with grain area to Phlastin st. crease sea view range commercial

Placing workshops in Aligning administrative Placing business center Placing residential on the middle to be seen to elevated plaza on top of plaza the top by neighbors

Ground Floor

Basement Floor

1st Floor

4th Floor

8th Floor

12th Floor

13th Floor

Bridges The Elevated plaza is just bridges. Bridges that links all parts of the project together, these links arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just physical ones itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a visual ones also , wherever you where you can see everything.

Plaza Where every thing begins and ends, the naturally ventilated and will shaded plaza is all you need for an outdoor event in jeddah. Entrepreneurs meets public here while public use the plaza as a way.

Urban Terrace 15 meters high, direct view to the sea, just 30 meters away from your office, is perfect place to relax, make partnerships, and talk to your customers.

Approach How public reads your building will give an important first impression about what level of business you do. Being a part of a huge united businessmen group will help your company to grow. 8

Entrepreneurs Community 2 Startups Urban Design - Studio 7 - Group Work - 2016

Startups Entrepreneurs Community is an Urban block devolved to invest in the small businesses. Allowing them to grow to impact many economic factors and change their lives to be positively effective and independent workers.

Issue

Entrepreneurs Individual who runs a small business and assumes the risk.

Why ?

Market needs How ?

Productivity

Jobs

Independence

Competition

Opportunities

Affordability

Development

Advertising

Learning

Concept

Entrepreneurs Needs

Interests Functions

Relations

Introducing

Multitasking

Fairness Feeling

Unity Urban Form

Flexabe

Invites Strangers

Mixed Use

Highly Accessible

Movement Grid

Linking Paths

Responding

Four Stages

15X15 For All

Flex. Structure

Respects Privacy

Double Loading

Activity Squares

Flexible Squares

Living Street

Blended

Flexible Grid Unit

15m

15m 15m

Systematic Land Scape

Stage Plazas

Landscape Design Plazas

Landscape Layering

Large Events

Activity Squares

Path

Activity Squares

Plazas

Urban Section

Urban Plans G

-1

Unit Alternatives

Residential

Administrative

Educational

Retail

Welcoming Buildings can say welcome, this projects way of saying that is by being angled to your view angle, by giving you a decent look to the inside and attracting you by â&#x20AC;&#x153;here and there â&#x20AC;&#x153;theory.

Approach How public reads your building will give an important first impression about what level of business you do. Being a part of a huge united businessmen group will help your company to grow.

Alley Orienting public to the inside of the project by forming these alleys which provides a shorter and shaded ways to their destinations from / to Phlastin st.

Psychiatric Hospital 3 Jeddah Organization - Studio 6 - 2015

Plans Ground Floor

DN DN

Basement

Typical A

Bird eye Locally familiar colors and massing helps to accept the massage of building. The public spaces building shares also helps delivering the massage

Approach Users of the walk are invited by obvious ramps to climb on the building and use its facilities of it. While thy are there to use the facilities connections will happen.

Living Space The open plan of the space and visual communication between it and the public space helps the patients not to feel separated from their community.

Plaza The place public will use , communicate the patients and think about their health situations.

Indian School 4 International Social Sustainability - Studio 5 - 2015

International Indian School at Jeddah is a Project design with an aim to help solving a negative social phenomena. Showing the strength point of Indian culture and providing services to neighbors is going to help Saudi people to rethink their relations with Indians.

Concept

Plans

Ground Floor

class

coaches

1st Floor

LAP

storage

LAP

2nd Floor

Section

Facades

Social Sustainability Elements

Architects club 5 Jeddah Identity - Studio 3 - 2015

Jeddah Architects Club is a project aims to provide social spaces for architecture practitioners in the western Area of K.S.A.

Concept Traditional Code Hijazi

Post Modern Codes Meddle ground

Modern code

“Mind over soul”... guiding and protecting An abstract module on the facade

The Semi-public space in the old city

Honoring “ALHARAH” linking zones & allowing socialization

Filled with Compatible and common pattern in The “Hijazi” style The pattern itself contains the spontaneity of “Hijazi” Style

Useing abstract geometry

Using modular structural system

Plans PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT