Nabeel Joomun- Architecture Portfolio 2017-2021

NABEEL ALI JOOMUN

PORT FOLIO A R C H I T E C T U R E

2017

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2021

Postgraduate

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MASTERCLASS KL Reverie

DESIGN MASTER STUDIO A Prompt Co-housing

DESIGN MASTER STUDIO B Reciprocal Prosthesis

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Undergraduate

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DESIGN STUDIO 6 + DESIGN RESOLUTION

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Interfaith Centre

PERSONAL STATEMENT

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Masterclass studio

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KL REVERIE.

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Ways of spatial escapism 1. Pillow fort 2. Cafe 3. Rooftopping 3.

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escapism.

Escapism is the human tendency to seek distraction from the unpleasant realities of the world through various means such as entertainment, socialisation, isolation, expression, art & more.

This project looks at the idea of escapism in an urban context where people’s desire to seek distraction is higher. The fast-paced lifestyle, chaos & busy character of the city are the ingredients that contribute to the desire to escape. The escapism acts as a break from those overwhelming characters of the city where the person enjoys a slowed down pace that helps restore their energy and clear up the mind. It is a way to go back to their biological nature as opposed to the artificial character of the city where technology prevails.

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Bukit Bintang Kuala Lumpur Malaysia

The dense pedestrian & vehicular circulation, heavily packed high-rises, complex road layouts and noise are the biggest contribution to the chaos in a city.

Exploring existing escapism on site

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Artistic expression: Street performance.

The ‘Mamak’: Relaxation and socialising.

Rooftopping: Escaping street chaos.

Nature used to separate chaos (road) & pedestrian path.

Escapism- Cloud formation

Expansion towards the top Private

Semi-Private

Main public space

The idea of a ‘cloud’ was interpreted as a symbolic representation of the feeling of escapism amidst chaos. The slow drift & floating aspect shows a slowed down pace.

The formation is the inspiration where the volume rises and breaks into smaller volumes.

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Site order & grid

The 5-foot way, found in historical shophouses, creates a space that separates pedestrian and busy street while cooling down the path. The geometry & proportion is used as contextual inspiration for circulation.

Organic pedestrian paths

2.5 x 2.5m- Human scale

Site & road grid overlay

5 x 5m- Residential building proportion in context

Contextual lines extrusion

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10 x 10m- Large public spaces proportion in context

Exploration

Visual connection

Expression

Geometry, grid & volumes + 3 elements of escapism

Iteration of plan

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Sectional axonometric: Isolated spaces & circulation

Bukit Bintang street

MRT Bukit Bintang Exit C

Ground floor

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Thermal comfort.

Screens & openings are used to allow cross & stack ventilation to cool down the spaces. Closed walls are located on the west facing facade to reduce heating of internal spaces by sunlight.

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Entrance.

The entrance captures the flow of pedestrian from the junction to walk through the welcoming entrance while giving glimpse of the courtyard through the facade window.

Gallery.

Multiple ramps & corridors leads to the gallery where “Exploration” & “Expression” happens.

Bridge.

The bridge acts as the main “experiential” space.

Walking through it offers multiple visual connections to the indoor & outdoor spaces.

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Library.

The library opens as a grand space which fragments into smaller scale as it goes up or on the sides.

Isolated spaces.

The small spaces cater to those looking for private spaces as their own way of ‘escaping’

Courtyard.

Through the exit, the user walks through the central courtyard featuring vegetation, water feature & kiosk.

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Master Studio A

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‘PROMPT’ CO-HOUSING.

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prompt.

“To create dwellings & a community that keep the ”home” identity while having spaces that expresses the interruptive energy that changes the nature of the site” 21

co-housing.

This project involves designing dwellings for various user group in an urban space with multiple constraints. It looks into methods of modularity, spatial configurations & ecological design consideration for a sustainable housing infrastructure. Co-housing aims to create affordable living with a strong focus on community in the Australian city.

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SITE

South Geelong Victoria Australia

The inspiration came from the occasional energy which interrupts the usual calmness & static state of the site. This includes sensory interruptions like the moving train, regular train horn, speaker announcement from station & noise + crowd during football game at the stadium.

Physical interruption is present where the ordered grid of the houses is disrupted by the diagonal railway track and contrast geometry of the stadium. Those geometries, lines & proportion are extracted from the site and used to create three different configuration: Ordered space, Energetic space & Interruptive space.

ORDERED SPACE: Low activity level (bedroom, relaxation space, ...)

ENERGETIC SPACE: High activity level (community space, common rooms, ...)

INTERRUPTIVE SPACE: Interruption of the order leading to energetic spaces (circulation)

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2mx2m modular grid arrangement

2.5x2.5 modular grid arrangement for disabled users.

Single volume private space Single volume private space

Double volume shared space

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Ground floor plan

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Key plan- Section 1-1

Top: Section 1-1 Bottom left: Section A-A Bottom right: Section B-B

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Hanging planter

Garden terrace

Naturally grown and propagated low maintenance plants and weeds contributing to natural diversity.

Vegetable & spices grown is used in the community kitchen.

Summer

Winter

Trees & shrubs weakens strong wind in winter.

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Top: Student unit exterior.

Left: Garden terrace.

Bottom: Student room layout

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Master Studio B

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RECIPROCAL PROSTHESIS.

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reciprocal prosthesis.

This reciprocal prosthesis serves as an architectural intervention retrofitting in a constrained site within Melbourne’s CBD. The approach of retrofitting will be explored with public, cultural, political, sustainability and technological design agendas in mind.

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mediatheque.

The facility, located within the boundary of Flinder’s station, acts as a mixed-programme space. This includes a multimedia library, gallery, boutique, private spaces and more.

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High intensity Low intensity Flinder’s Station

There are two opposing extreme intensities on the site. The high intensity with dense large scale buildings and heavy pedestrian & vehicular circulation. On the side, separated by Flinder’s Station, is the lower intensity area with low scale buildings, more nature & slow paced circulation.

The space in-between.

The in-between ‘limbo’ space acts as an empty canvas from which the experimentation & exploration of a mediatheque can be painted.

The two existing character of the site are implemented in the design as part of the journey leading to the ‘limbo’.

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Aligning to nodes, entrances & central axis of site.

Levels descending towards the river following the urban height pattern.

Main ‘limbo’ mediatheque space established in the centre.

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Spatial exploration

‘Limbo’ space Configurations

Urban geometry & structures

Entrance & main circulation

Mediatheque space

Exterior geometry & structures

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floor plan

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Ye a r 3 2 0 1 7 U n d e rgraduate St u d i o 6

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Po s t g r a d u a t e Design Re s o l u t i o n

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INTERFAITH CENTRE.

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interfaith.

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The theme of this project is “Sustaining humanities” through architecture. It is related to the River of Life project in Kuala Lumpur. The site is located in front of the Central Market in Pasar Seni, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

“Space of order in defiance to the urban chaos” 48

The urban space of Kuala Lumpur is quite chaotic due to the high density and disordered circulation of pedestrians and vehicles, the noise and the varying building features and scale.

This lead into the design intention of creating a space of order in defiance to the urban chaos.

The idea of order & harmony is expressed through meditation & praying spaces. The praying spaces include the 3 main religions in Malaysia which are Islam, Christianity & Buddhism.

Analysing the energy, patterns, movement & density of pedestrians & vehicle in Petaling street.

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Chaos Moderate chaos Order

The spaces consist of different layers transitioning from chaotic urban exterior to an ordered interior.

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Ground floor plan

design resolution.

The Undergraduate Studio 6 project was used again for the Postgraduate Design Resolution module. This stage involves further refinement of the design drawings through discipline of philosophical intention. It aims to strengthen the concept through the use of design principles, composition, structural & material development.

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Section A-A

Key plan (n.t.s) 54

Site grid

Focal point

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Node connection- Site circulation

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Grid & proportion

Design principles.

A square shape used for the main space as a representation of the ideal order.

Other spaces proportioned to half of the square according to site constraint.

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The main focal point is the private meditation spaces. It is divided into grids proportioned according to single human use.

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3. The smooth circulation flow enhances the experience of the journey throughout the different level of chaos & order.

Geometry

Site massing & hierarchy

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Cross & Stack ventilation

Circulation fluidity

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Typical isolated meditation space detail

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Section A-A Sliding timber door detail.

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Personal statement

I am a recent graduate architect with a strong focus towards eco-design, identity, context & experimentation. My love for architecture developed from the combined passion of art, science & design I had since I was a child.

My main influence is the beautiful Japanese concept of wabi-sabi which involves the appreciation of natural imperfection. To me, this gives a stronger meaning to the relationship of architecture, the people, materials & the contextual environment. I thoroughly enjoy experimenting with anything from design, art styles, crafting, woodworking, materials and more with the intention to satisfy my curiosity and learn about new possibilities. My latest interest is crafting and designing using up-cycled material. I believe in implementing those in architecture, especially in our current world state of over-consumption and material waste.

From my passion of science and nature, I have developed a strong relationship with our natural world. While growing up, it became clearer about how nature can be fragile and has been constantly disrupted by humans. Since the built environment plays a huge role in the impact, I decided to have a strong focus towards eco-architecture. The main principles I follow comes from Permaculture. I had the opportunity to be part of a permaculture-focused organisation in Mauritius where I learned about the systems that can be created involving relationship of human, nature & architecture.

My goal is to spend time in learning, getting experience, analysing, observing and experimenting to better understand architecture in the world especially in the context of Mauritius. This will help me enhance my skills to produce better design while having the opportunity to work with people having similar intentions. My aim is to also use those skills to give back to the community through innovative design and ideas. I truly believe that good design should be accessible to everyone.

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