This book has been carefully compiled to ostentatiously display a brief sampling of my personal work in the field of architecture, art, and design. Many of the projects displayed have been completed in collaboration with some exceptionally talented individuals whose rights have been reserved. Hence, this book is designed to highlight the tasks that I have contributed to every project.
Mail: nabbouhnemer@gmail.com
Born and Raised in Kuwait, in an Indian school with Lebanese parents, I am what’s commonly referred to as a third-culture kid. I completed my Bachelors in Beirut and later pursued my Masters in Barcelona. Currently, I specialize in Digital modelling, Visualization, Parametric, Biomorphic, and Fabrication design. I have been practicing design for the past 13 years, with my future goals focussing on expanding it with Machine Learning.
I’d like to consider a design as a living organism of data living in symbiosis with its user and environment. An environment lushing with objects would evolve simultaneously with the micro-evolutions of those respective objects. Hence, it’s not enough to respect the existing environment but also its orthogenetic evolution to create an object that truely represents a tissue in this organism.
I aspire for that goal object by focussing on the impact it has on its user and fellow objects through philosophical and data-driven critical analysis. My approach always involves research and data analysis to generate the most effective design process possible. I’m always intrigued by new ideas and perspectives, while constantly experimenting with new design approaches. The more diverse the perspectives explored are, the more mature and well-established an object becomes.
Nature has been experimenting for millions of years, praising it is not ludacris, its logical.
We are mammals, if we do not share and expand our knowledge, then what are we?
When learning is not enough, exploring possible ideas helps me better understand what I already know and what could be known.
Always up for a debate over a cup of coffee - Don’t believe in Aliens? Religions? People behaviour? What’s the best language? Just give me a call and let’s argue about it.
Discovering new cultures, habits, people and experiences helps me better understand and appreciate life with all its beauty.
“Embrace Varieties, Spread the differences”
“I work in empty spaces” - Umberto Eco
Gamal Abdul Nasser Award for academic distinctionUniversitat Internacionale de Catalunya
Thesis completed with Distinction
Barcelona • September 2017
Architectural Engineering • BArch. & RIBA Part I
Beirut Arab University
Graduated with Distinction
Beirut • June 2016
Architect @ Built by Associative Data BAD
Beirut, Lebanon • June 2019- Present
Teacher @ Beirut Arab University
Debbieh, Lebanon • January 2018 - June 2020
Fabrication Designer @ IZEM
Beirut, Lebanon • November 2018 - May 2019
Architect @ Built by Associative Data BAD
Beirut, Lebanon • July 2018 - September 2018
Exhibition Designer @ Beirut Design Week
Beirut, Lebanon • April 2018 - July 2018
Architect @ Said Jazairi Consulting Office
Beirut, Lebanon • November 2017 - May 2018
Lead Designer @ TEDxBAUDebbieh 2016
Debbieh, Lebanon • July 2015 - August 2017
Intern @ DW5/ Bernard Khoury
Beirut, Lebanon • August 2014
Architect @ Al-Maatouck
Kuwait City, Kuwait • June 2013
Page B PORTFOLIO
Timber Tower
Dongdong, China • 2017
J Residence
Baalbek, Lebanon • 2021
Yaounde Pixel
Yaounde, Cameroon • 2021
Tour B
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire • 2021
Les Zenith
Diamniadio, Senegal • 2021
SCADA Offices
Konya, Turkey • 2021
A Chrismas Soul
Beirut, Lebanon • 2020
Orca Showroom
Douala, Cameroon • 2020
Jeddah Waterfront
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia • 2020
Zenliv
Diamniadio, Senegal • 2019
Moscow Towers
Moscow, Russia • 2019
MTN Syria
Damascus, Syria • 2019
Ramla Tower Commercials
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia • 2019
Qanun Harness
Beirut, Lebanon • 2019
Metal Rings
Beirut, Lebanon • 2019
Brass Sandunes
Beirut, Lebanon • 2019
Serenity
Douala, Cameroon • September 2018
Garagum Hotel
Karakum, Turkmenistan • July 2018
SECTION START TIMBER TOWER • DONGDONG, CHINA • 2018 Concept visualization under the guidance of Ali Basbous (BAD) & Vicente Guallart (IAAC) NEMER NABBOUH PORTFOLIO
Design Initiated by Farshad Mehdizadeh FMZD, and developed by Built by Associative Data BAD. The J Residence features a cluster of parametrically designed stone slits, perpendicular to the site’s topography to provide privacy and introverted courtyards. The slits create an oasis micro-environment, with tall palms and water features, to provide cool outdoor spaces during the dry Bekaa summers.
Family Mansion
Baalbek, Lebanon • March 2021
The courtyard tiling were designed algorithmically to assimilate the stone slit structures, and incoperate spaces for the palms and water elements. Thin strips of grass were fitted between the concrete tiles to connect those elements together and give a more lively ambience within the courtyard.
Design
Digi. Mdlng. 05
Param. Des. 07
Biom. Des. 00
Gen. Des. 00
Proj. Mngmt. 05
Fabrication
Det. Des. 05
Mat. Des. 00
3D Print. 00
CNC Mill. 00
Graphics
Layouts 07
Diagrams 09
Drawings 05
Visualization
Bldg. Stls. 10
Prod. Stls. 00
Animation 00
Job Type Employed
Time 1 Week
Introverted Human-eye view of the inner Oasis and its towering Palms The Oasis’ ponds embeded within the landscape
Situated in the heart of Yaounde, on top of a hill where a chemicals factory was previously located. The complex houses thirty independent villas (Divided into five typologies), commercial areas, a hotel, offices and a club house.
The project is parametrically designed by compositioning voxels into tetris-like morphologies, joined together to form the residential villas and the public mountain. The Mountain Tower gradually interpolates the hill topography creating a sureal scene of the forest rising high over the urbanism of the region.
The greenery lushing the complex was also parametrically modularized through pocket gardens and parks. Populated with over fifty different plant and tree species to resemble a marriage between Cameroon’s lush forests and urban landscapes.
Design
Digi. Mdlng. 10
Param. Des. 09
Biom. Des. 00
Gen. Des. 07
Proj. Mngmt. 08
Fabrication
Det. Des. 07
Mat. Des. 00
3D Print. 00
CNC Mill. 00
Graphics
Layouts 00
Diagrams 00
Drawings 00
Visualization
Bldg. Stls. 10
Prod. Stls. 00
Animation 00
Job Type Employed
Time 3 Weeks
Human-eye view from one of the villa terraces
Assigned to create a Landmark for one of the high-level families in Abidjan, the tower was designed to be a sculpture with a parametric facade responding to the region’s micro climate.
My task within this project was to visualise it in the most sureal surroundings resembling the city, and to focus on the winding bridges neighbouring it and their visual effect on the tower’s morphology.
Job Type Employed
Time 3 Weeks
Tasks Environment Building + 3D Rendering
Designed in the commercial heart of a recently founded urban expansion in Diamniadio, the tower must act as a landmark and meeting point for two main highways.
Inspired by Senegal’s environment colors, and their magestic Baobab trees, the materiality colors were carefully chosen to symbiotically blend with its surroundings while exposing itself as the dominant entity within it.
Job Type Employed
Time 1 Week
Tasks Environment Building + Material Design + 3D Rendering
Konya, Turkey • January 2021
In colaboration with Urban Atölye - Nilüfer Kozikoglu, the project is the operations center/ offices for a 40 sq. km solar panel field situated in the heart of Konya’s desert in Turkey.
The project features a biomorphic vessel lushing with greenery to create a pleasant micro-climate within a dry region. The vessel in itself houses a squad of generatively designed blobs, each with its own functions responding to its surroundings and symbiotically affecting each other morphologically.
The entire morphology was generated algorithmically through generations. Each generation builds upon its predecessor by altering the morphology of exsisting entities with respect to the introduced entity in each generation. The last 7 generations no longer introduces new entities but optimizes the entities with respect to the initial parameters (sun shading, wind direction, funtionality and accesability).
Chrismas Tree Installation
Beirut, Lebanon • December 2020
Shortly after the Beirut Port Explosion, a competition was posted to design a chrismas tree in the most affected part of the explosion - Gemmayze, to give hope to its residents.
The proposed design features a reflective weaved net that would capture a series of projected lighting shows and images. The light show would create an ever-changing form displaying the various paths of hope its residents could undertake to rise again as the center for culture and nightlife in Beirut.
Job Type Employed
Time 1 Week
Tasks Diagrams
Furniture Showroom
Douala, Cameroon • December 2020
Designed for one of the biggest furniture distributers in Cameroon - Orca. The facade was designed to embed Orca’s logo and create a new design identity for their showrooms.
My task was to visualize the materiality of the facade and render it.
Job Type Employed
Time 3 Days
Tasks Detailing Landscape + 3D Rendering
Designed in colaboration with five different firms - including Sytematica and Keirallah Architects, each responsible for one of the design’s layers.
My task focussed on 3D modelling the site, surroundings and urban morphologies, and visualize them. Due to the sheer scale of the project, I had to undertake a parametric approach to efficiently model the entire area within a limited time frame.
The project features mainly a series of more than 30 residential buildings, 45 food and beverage stores, 3 hotels, commercial areas and 3 Ferry stations.
Design
Digi. Mdlng. 10
Param. Des. 09
Biom. Des. 00
Gen. Des. 06
Proj. Mngmt. 00
Fabrication
Det. Des. 06
Mat. Des. 00
3D Print. 00
CNC Mill. 00
Graphics
Layouts 00
Diagrams 00
Drawings 00
Visualization
Bldg. Stls. 10
Prod. Stls. 00
Animation 00
Job Type Collaboration
Time 6 Weeks
Human-eye view of the Luxury Hotel Bird’s-eye view of the terraced landscape scouring the beach
Designed for the same client as Les Zenith, Zenliv resembles a satellite version of the earlier project that would house rental office spaces with a luxurious intake. The facade is designed to leave a similar impression as the aforementioned project, but with a touch of its own personality. The earthy louvered facade parametrized to optimize airflow within the building, with various green elements infesting it reflect its environment as an African nation.
The approach has been carefully designed to create a narrative experience suited for a luxourious office. The landscape is an undulating tetris, each block featuring either a green space or a seating area. The landscape extends to the Entrance lobby with stone flooring, metallic wall and ceiling finishes.
Design
Digi. Mdlng. 10
Param. Des. 10
Biom. Des. 00
Gen. Des. 00
Proj. Mngmt. 06
Fabrication
Det. Des. 09
Mat. Des. 06
3D Print. 00
CNC Mill. 00
Graphics
Layouts 00
Diagrams 00
Drawings 00
Visualization
Bldg. Stls. 10
Prod. Stls. 00
Animation 08
Job Type Employed
Time 1 Week
Low Bird’s-eye view showing the pixelized landscape with various green elements and public seating Views from the Luxourious Main LobbyLocated in heart of Moscow, the project has been designed algorithmically based on the site’s parameters - sun orientation, down town views, river views and their symbiotic relation.
The algorithm is designed to alter the height, orientation and facade of five masses based on the parameters mentioned above. As a result, the entire project has been computationally generated.
Design
Digi. Mdlng. 10
Param. Des. 07
Biom. Des. 00
Gen. Des. 10
Proj. Mngmt. 07
Fabrication
Det. Des. 00
Mat. Des. 08
3D Print. 00
CNC Mill. 00
Graphics
Layouts 00
Diagrams 09
Drawings 00
Visualization
Bldg. Stls. 00
Prod. Stls. 00
Animation 00
Job Type Employed
Time 3 Weeks
Day time render highlighting its skyline as a landmark
Designed as the main headquarters for a telecommunications company in Syria, the project resembles a high-tech industrial building, fully generated algorithmically.
The industrial facade has been designed through layers of parametrically assigned modules with respect to the functions they are holding and morphology of the building. On the inside, the building is an open space with hundreds of offices lining its perimeter. The yellow and blue colors accenting the industrial layers, are MTN’s company profile colors.
The heavy weight facade comprises of a glazing module, a 50% glazing and 50% metal module, a metal module and two alternative structural modules. Those modules were distributed using an algorithm that takes into consideration the lighting quality and environment of the offices inside. The entire facade is backed by the main building’s I-beam truss structure.
Design
Digi. Mdlng. 10
Param. Des. 09
Biom. Des. 00
Gen. Des. 06
Proj. Mngmt. 10
Fabrication
Det. Des. 08
Mat. Des. 00
3D Print. 00
CNC Mill. 00
Graphics
Layouts 00
Diagrams 00
Drawings 00
Visualization
Bldg. Stls. 10
Prod. Stls. 00
Animation 10
Job Type Employed
Time 1 Week
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia • September 2019
Located under a highly luxurious residential building in Riyadh, The project features High-end commercial spaces with the ability to house Cafes, restaurants and boutique stores.
The facade has been designed to reflect this luxury by radiating a ghostly feeling of gold and light.
The facade material has been designed to create a gradient display with a beige tone, to radiate the golden interiors and light strips lining the ceiling. The objective is to show-off the feeling of luxury and technology.
Design
Digi. Mdlng. 10
Param. Des. 08
Biom. Des. 00
Gen. Des. 00
Proj. Mngmt. 00
Fabrication
Det. Des. 08
Mat. Des. 10
3D Print. 00
CNC Mill. 00
Graphics
Layouts 00
Diagrams 00
Drawings 00
Visualization
Bldg. Stls. 10
Prod. Stls. 00
Animation 00
Job Type Employed
Time 1 Week
Beirut, Lebanon • March 2019
A client-specific project designed for Ghinwa (one of three female Qanun artists in Lebanon) as a harness to play her instrument while walking and dancing.
The harness was designed exclusively on her body, after 3D scanning her, to produce the best ergonomically fit design.
It features a biomorphic body with metallic connectors and extruding tentacles to hold the harness in place.
QANUN HARNESS
Design
Digi. Mdlng. 10
Param. Des. 00
Biom. Des. 10
Gen. Des. 00
Proj. Mngmt. 07
Fabrication
Det. Des. 10
Mat. Des. 08
3D Print. 10
CNC Mill. 00
Graphics
Layouts 00
Diagrams 00
Drawings 00
Visualization
Bldg. Stls. 00
Prod. Stls. 10
Animation 00
Job Type Employed
Time 3 Weeks
Beirut, Lebanon • February 2019
An experimental manifesto exploring the reaction between materials and the router tool. The forms generated are purely produced by applying a simplified tool path over metallic blocks, leaving the detail design as the byproduct of the tools rotation. The product is meant to be an array of circular metal rings decorating a dining table.
Job Type Employed
Time 1 Week
Tasks Fabrication Design
Primarily a product & fabrication design project, it resembles a frozen form of sandunes produced by routering and bending a brass sheet (2 mm). The product was concieved for a client with some emotional connections to the nature of a desert and its kinetics.
Job Type Employed
Time 2 Days
Tasks
Fabrication Design
CNC + Metal Bending Beirut, Lebanon • January 2019 BRASS SANDUNESFully developed as a higher class building for a client obsessed with the nature of his country. The building is a parametrically metamorphosized travertine monolith infested with greenery. The top most level features a two-floor penthouse with a Forest infesting its roof.
The renders focus on the materiality of the building - Travertine highlighting its layers and nerves producing the texture.
The roof garden was designed to resemble the African temperate forests, with its lush greenery and diverse flora.
Job Type Employed
Time 2 Weeks
Tasks Environment Building + 3D Rendering
Inspired by the sandunes in the Karakum desert, the complex is an array of concrete frames silhouetting into Sandunes with an oasis vibe in the desert. My focus in this visualisation was to capture this silhoutte and highlight its connection with its surroundings. As a result, the renders capture a sureal skyline of sandunes inhabited with life, a conversation between two contrasting elements - the seamingly lifeless desert and the lively sandunes within an oasis
Job Type Employed
Time 1 Week
Tasks Environment Building + 3D Rendering
GARAGUM HOTEL
Bird’s-eye view highlighting the merging skyline between the Hotel silhouette and Sandunes
NEMER NABBOUH
Tel. : +961 78 875098
Mail: nabbouhnemer@gmail.com