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NADIA DOUKHI
NADIA DOUKHI
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Personal Info Address
5 F Philbeach Gardens, London SW5 9DY, United Kingdom
Mobile
+44 7789795121 // +961 3 965 225
e.mail
nadia.doukhi@gmail.com // nadia.doukhi.14@ucl.ac.uk
Professional Affiliations registered Architect in Lebanon, Order of Engineers & Architects Date of birth
21.10.1989
Work Experience 2012 - 2014 Junior Architect
Summer 2011
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, London UK 1.A4/B4//Dubai : Luxury Residential and Hotel Towers adjacent to Burj Khalifa in Downtown West Dubai. Part of the Design Team from Concept to Schematic Phase and was in charge of the design and consultant coordination of all the interior layouts for both hotel and residential towers 2. Quay House//London: Planning Application for a 500 unit Residential Tower in the South Quay Region of Canary Wharf, London UK Was in charge of the ground floor, public realm and communal amenity spaces design strategies and consultant coordination for the planning application. 3. CastleWood House//London: Competition: site analysis & design schemes proposal for a mixed-use tower block in Central London Zaha Hadid Architects, London UK
Internship
1. Ballet School//Stuttgart: Concept Diagrams and Model Studies for a Ballet School and Dormitories, Stuttgart 2. Performance Arts Center//Amman: Execution Drawings Drafting for the King Abdullah Cultural Center in Amman 3. Model Making: Experimental Relief Physical Models for various existing projects 4. ZHA Gallery//London: Design proposals for a bookshelving system in the Goswell Road ZHA Gallery
June 2010
Blankpage Architects, Beirut Lebanon
Internship
1. Pier 7 Night Club //Beirut: Construction Drawings and regular site visits supervision 2. Tabaris Area //Beirut: Competition: Massing and conceptual studies for a mixed-use tower
July - September 2010 Internship July - September 2009 Internship
Michael Sorkin Studio, New York USA 1.Research for Architectural Solutions to the housing crisis post- Hurricane Katrina- New Orleans Nadim Karam & Atelier Hapsitus, Beirut Lebanon 1. Design Development Drawings for Retail Store in City Mall for Hallak Optics 2. Minet El Hosn, Beirut: Site analysis, concept diagrams for Residential Building Competition
Education The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College of London UCL , London, UK A one year design program with areas of emphasis in design research while engaging with non traditional architectural territories Research Thesis: 3d Printing concrete & salt on a large scale
2014-2015 Post- Graduate MArch II
merit
American University of Beirut, Department of Architecture & Design Beirut, Lebanon 2007-2012 A five year design program with areas of emphasis in advanced design courses reinforced with technical, history and theory courses Undergraduate BArch College Protestant Francais, Beirut Lebanon French Baccalaureate ES
2007 French Bac
distinction
C U NXT SAT Beirut Lebanon
Freelance
Collaborated with CUNXT SAT events for a lighting project/ installation
Fluent in Arabic, French, English
Languages
Moderate knowledge of Spanish
AutoCad, Rhino, 3ds Max, Z-Brush, Keyshot Renderer, Adobe Suite (Illustrator, In design, Photoshop) MS Office (Excel, Word, Powerpoint)
Skills
Moderate knowledge of Grasshopper + plug-ins, Maya, Processing , Adobe After Effects
Organiser at Talk 20 Event @ American University of Beirut, Beirut Lebanon
Talks & Awards
Participated in the Organisation of Talk 20 Design Lecture Series in the Fall & Spring 2011-2012 20 slides X 20 seconds concept * Dean’s Honor List Project Won Best Urban Integration Award with NGO Majal Beirut Lebanon In Collaboration with the Order and Engineers in Lebanon
2011-2012 2009
PROJECTS 1. FOSSILIZED WITH AMALGAMMA 1.1 FOSSILIZED: Overview 1.2 FABRICATION METHOD: Manual Printing
1.3 ROBOTIC FABRICATION: Supported Extrusion 1.4 DESIGN METHOD: From Voxels to Extrusion 1.5 SCALING UP: Creating Space 1.6 OUTPUTS
QUAY HOUSE AT KPF 3. DOWNTOWN WEST DUBAI AT KPF 4. LIGHTING PROJECTS 5. EXPERIMENTS AT ZHA 6. SCALE 1 X 1: POROSITY IN THE GARDEN 7. MAKING IT: KINETIC ARCHITECTURE 8. ELECTRONIC LABORATORY 9. HANGAR KNOT 10. YING YANG KULIT 11. THE VOID 2.
1.
FOSSILIZED WITH AMALGAMMA
1.1 FOSSILIZED Overview
The project attempts to counteract the current ‘stagnant’ 3D printing practices mentioned, aiming to reinstate the concept of craftsmanship back into architectural design by adopting a more tectonic approach to 3D printed form. Rather than focusing on actual form generation, this is achieved through an understanding of aggregation and heterogeneity at the material level, encouraging the dissolution of boundaries at the massing, structural and material scales. To achieve this, a fabrication method was developed that combines two already existing concrete 3D printing methods: the extrusion printing method, and the powder printing method. This combination of techniques has given rise to a form of supported extrusion, whereby the concrete is extruded layerby-layer over a bed of support material. Due to the support, the resulting extruded concrete is of a much higher resolution with larger overhangs than the results produced by the current practices studied. The supported extrusion method has therefore presented the opportunity to design forms that are more varied and more volumetric, as opposed to the very straight vertical forms so far achieved in practice. At the core of the project lies the computation of a linear fabrication tool path, having a varied material deposition, altering the material density according to stress alignment and light qualities, where the mixed deposition of concrete and translucent/transparent
material gives rise to the structure and surface articulation, which in turn gives rise to the overall form and design language of the project. Fossilized also aims to challenge standardised concrete prefabrication techniques by questioning the nature of the fabricated piece. Although 3D printing a whole structure from start to finish may not be possible due to fabrication constraints, it could be possible to print, for example, a floor-wall-ceiling assembly or a stairfloor-wall assembly as one whole architectural chunk – each chunk equally designed as a unique object capable of existing independently. This is redefining the concept of the catalogue construction element, which has been instilled on the architecture industry by massproduction. These chunks could be assembled on-site, as is done with traditional prefabrication techniques, however their tectonic qualities would be completely different. Through a combination of heterogeneous chunks that are fabricated by varying the properties of the material through a linear tool path at every layer printed, it becomes possible to reduce material, save time and also achieve a design that is evokes continuity, structural directionality, design hierarchy, density variation and multi-materiality and continuity in a single form.
Amalgamation of Wall and Window
RESOLUTION
Bringing back craftsmanship- aiming for the highest possible resolution
CONTINUITY
Dissolution of boundaries- continuity of design, structure and material
DUALITY
cement
FOSSILIZED
Amalgamation of the translucent and the opaque- creating a multimaterial system
sand
materials
water
glass beeds
support
rock salt
PVA
UHU
binders
1.2 FABRICATION METHOD Manual Printing
Our developed supported extrusion method gives a new dimension to concrete 3D printing. This method allows, thanks to the support material, to print multi-material based pieces. This concept created in the idea of using glass beads/rock salt as support material and use the logic of powder printing at the same time with extrusion to bind glass and extrude concrete with the same tool. In order to achieve this we have developed a combined dual material nozzle of concrete and binder material (glue) which connects to an industrial robot and print both materials in the same routine. The result of this, is an innovative piece of architecture with structural performance, and a translucent effect achieved. The main goal is to achieve the optimization of material through the fabrication process in relation to the design process, allowing for a high control in the printing and performance with a very unique finish of the various objects printed .
Glue Hose
Concrete Mixer
ABB 1600-145
Concrete Hose
Water
Sharp Sand Concrete Container
Cement Bounding Box
Peristaltic Mortar Pum p Dropping Control
Motor
Glue Nozzle
t Base Suppor Concrete Pressure
3D Printing
Concrete Nozzle
concrete extruder
glue extruder concrete extruder
layer 1: extruding ready mix concrete into a layer of translucent support material
layer x: layer by layer building up of an extruded piece, while binding support material to the model concrete
support material
final layer: model hardening in support material
excavated hardened dual material model from within powder
1.3 ROBOTIC FABRICATION Supported Extrusion
Setting up materials in place
3D Printing
Removing Support Material
Cleaning Layer by Layer
1.4 DESIGN METHOD
From cobinatorial systems to extruding concrete
Computational Connectivity of Surface Skeletons
The Surface Skeleton Unit
Concrete Voxel
The Linear Skeleton Unit
Directional Structural Rib
Translucent Voxel Non-Directional Infill
Multimaterial Voxel Semi-Directional Gradient Infill
Concrete Voxel Directional Emphasized Edge
1. Alignment and connection
2.
Infill
of concrete skeletons to form
translucent skeletons
continuous structural ribs
Varying the Voxel Scale
of
non-structural
1.5 SCALING-UP Creating Space
Stress Analysis
Skeleton Alignment to Stress Analysis
Resulting Pattern
Toolpath Generation
Volume Growth
1.6 OUTPUTS Piece 01: Vase
Skeleton Lines for Volume Generation
Generated Voxel Volume
Final Result After Toolpath Generation
1.6 OUTPUTS Piece 02: Table
Skeleton Lines for Volume Generation
Generated Voxel Volume
Final Result After Toolpath Generation
1.6 OUTPUTS Piece 02: Table
Piece 5
Piece 4
Piece 3
Piece 2
Piece 1
2.
QUAY HOUSE AT KOHN PEDERSEN FOX at Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
Planning Application for a Residential Scheme of 63 stories with a summit at 233m. The project is located on the southern part of Canary Wharf in London, UK. Working part of a team of five people and was in charge of the podium and ground floor levels of the building and studies for the proposal of the Masterplan for the neighborhood Worked on the design and coordination of parts of that chunk of the building including plans, massing, elevations and details.
Site plan and Surrounding Land Use
Proposed GF Uses Echo ArrowHead Quay Proposal
Engaging GF + Public Realm
Pedestrian Flow
Entry Points to Site
Quay House Scheme explained
Private Residential Housing Intermediate Housing Social Rented Housing Residential Amenity Plant Area Retail at Ground Floor
Ground Floor Plan
Social Rented Typical Floor Plan
Residential Amenity at Floor 5
Residential Amenity at Floor 4
Plant at Floor 2
Plant at Basement -2
Social Rented Housing Lobby Elevation
Private Residential Housing Lobby Elevation
3.
DOWNTOWN WEST DUBAI AT KOHN PEDERSEN FOX at Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
A4, B4 Towers are located in DownTown Dubai to the West of the Burj Khalifah. They are located strategically, facing the lake and fountains and centered by the Grand Opera House which is close to completion. Both buildings cater to Luxury standards and designed as twin towers at varying heights and rotations. B4, further to the West is a Hotel and Serviced Apartments and A4 is a Private Residential Building. Working part of a team of four people and was in charge of all the different typologies of units at different floors of Tower B4 (Hotel + Serviced Apartments) Worked first on the variations of mix and design of the different typical Hotel Rooms, and serviced apartments units, and then coordination of MEP and interior design for the project.
Typical Floor Serviced Apartments, Floor type 01
Typical Floor Serviced Apartments, Floor type 02
Hotel Typical Room
Hotel Typical Room
2 Bedroom Unit
3 Bedroom Unit
4.
LIGHTING
with C U NXT SAT Photo by Rawane Khalil
http://cargocollective.com/talamortada/C-UNXT-SAT-Land-Art-Direction
4.
LIGHTING
at RC4 Bartlett
a 3D printed object designed with the aid of a Gilles Retsin’s script
5.
EXPERIMENTS WITH ZHA at Zaha Hadid Architects
Perspective View of Tunnel
Perspective View of Tunnel
Baalbeck, Lebanon is a site towering high above the Beqaa plain and has the remnants of the Roman Empire’s presence in the Middle East. Since the late 1950’s, every summer a festival takes place in the ruins. ZHA worked in collaboration with the Baalbeck International Festival to propose in one of the tunnels an exhibition space that showcases the performance. The project consists of intervening in a promenade like project in the tunnel by building a secondary interior one that exposes at moments the ruin.
6.
SCALE 1 X 1: POROSITY IN THE GARDEN at the American University of Beirut
The site is enclosed by the cantilever of a 4m tree’s folliage. The garden in which the tree is located is divided into two levels from which one cannot be accessed by the other. The concept is to join both levels of the garden and create a space in which one could walk on, climb on & sit on. The intention is to create a room on the garden’s ground level where the roof is the folliage of the tree. The upper level, not accessible was the site for a monestary right beside the church.
7.
MAKING IT: KINETIC ARCHITECTURE at the American University of Beirut
2 legs replace a wheel 6 links per leg 180 degrees of crank rotation per stride Clock-wise rotation of the crank Proportion They are defined to optimize the linearity of the foot for one half of the rotation of the crank. The remaining rotation of the crank allows the foot to be raised to predetermined height before the returning of the starting position and repeating the cycle
8.
ELECTRONIC LABORATORY
Final Year Project at the American University of Beirut
The challenge in the design is to transform each an abandoned site, previously in an industrial area. Each cylinder is transformed into a space behaving independantly as well as a part of whole. The four major large cylinders are connected through pathways at different levels of the landscape to strengthen the varying experience of the user. The cylinders lead from one to other through a promenade of outdoor and indoor spaces. The main cylinders are multi used performance spaces of sound and their interiors are variable objects that can undergo changes through time where their exteriors and interiors are subject to change according to exhibition, venue, etc. The landscape of the site however, is fixed and is treated as a landscaped terrain varrying at different points of and entry and exit around the cylinders. There is a main production space under the terrain and this is where workspaces for artists are created, as recording rooms, backstage rooms, etc.
Silo Typology C
Silo Typology D
Silo Typology E
Silo Typology F
9.
HANGAR KNOT
at the American University of Beirut
10.
YING YANG KULIT
at the American University of Beirut
A craftsmen’s social standing in Indonesia is much lower than that of an artist according to the strongly immobile caste system. The artist is the one who conducts the art and the performance, and the craftsmen work is kept in the backstage. This project specifically defies those rules of hierarchy in Indonesian puppet-makers craft for its concept. The house and the workshop are two separate entities: The transparent pitched roof volume exposes the production process; it’s made from a translucent material to expose the process of design. The performance space is an interior volume that is suspended from the roof. Visitors are invited to go through the production house to watch a performance. The craftsman’s house is opposite to the workshop. It is made from an opaque black box opaque black box and receives lights from its inner courtyard.
11.
THE VOID
at the American University of Beirut
This project tackles the building laws in Beirut. Instead of filing up the total surface exploitation area - the idea is to fill a small piece of the entire site and exploit the height. The thinner the floor plate, the more the city can breathe. By creating a narrow residential tower with maximized vies to the Mediterranean Sea, the project becomes more playful below grade level. Neighbouring the plot the project converts an existing traditional house into an open museum of the ‘Save Beirut Heritage’ and extends in parallel to the housing units from the other side of the PIT into gallery spaces