Nour Fneich's Architectural Portfolio_2023

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Nour Fneich Resume

Telephone : +00393509385674

Email: nourfneish1@gmail.com

Educa�on Achievements

MasterofScienceinArchitecture:BuildingArchitecture-PolitecnicoDiMilano

2021-2023

BachelorofArchitecture-LebaneseAmericanUniversity

2015-2020

Experience

Brainnest:ProjectManagmentTrainingProgram

ProjectManagementTrainee

Januart2023-February2023

Bremen,Germany

MassimoPapianiStudioWorkshop

Collabora�onArchitect

January2023- March2023

InternArchitect

September2022-December2022

Vigevano,Pavia,Lombardia

SDGroup

JuniorArchitect

January 2020 -August2020

InternArchitect

November2020-December2020

Beirut,Lebanon

SpectrumEngineeringConsultants

InternArchitect

September 2020-November2020

Beirut,Lebanon

DarAlHandasah

InternArchitect

June 2019-August2019

Beirut,Lebanon

TheInven�ngSchools bookFeature:TheModernCorso

March2023

KairaLooro2023ArchitectureSchool-PrimarySchoolinAfricaDesignCompe��on

January2023 -June2023

TheModernCorsoProjectPresenta�onforMunicipalityofMilan

June2023

ReuseoftheLakeChapelofSanLorenzoNuovo-ReuseItalyCompe��on

December2021-February2022

Reconstruc�onandRehabilita�onofMosul'sAlNouriComplex-UNESCOCompe��on

December2020-April2021

StudentCouncilRepresenta�ve-LebaneseAmericanUniversity

2019-2020

AmericanIns�tuteofArchitectureAIASMember

2018-2020

StudioProjectFinalExhibi�ons Par�cipa�on-LebaneseAmericanUniversity

2016-2020

OikonetInterna�onalWorkshop-Collabora�onBetween LebaneseAmericanUniversityandLaSalleBarcelona

July2019

PheonicianRouteProjectExhibi�onPar�cipa�on

January2019

Proficiency and Skills

ModelingandRendering

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The Modern Corso

Community-Based Secondary School

Typology Field

Ins�tute

Date

Educa�onal Academic Poilitecnico Di Milano

June 2022

Presented infront of the Municipality of Milan in July 2022

Featured in Re-inventing Schools Book 2023

The proposal aims to connect the different func�ons surrounding the

Located on a site considered a floa�ng abandoned island due to its Industrial history and use. Following the area's morphology, the site surroundings are transformed to a diverse selec�on of academic ins�tu�ons, industrial corpora�ons, and residen�al housing. The site yet lacked the ability to incorporate itself into its new environment. The Modern course aims to create filter spaces and areas which lead into the main volume of the school. Marking the intersec�on of different flows, on one side it’s a communal flow that consists of community-based func�ons, while on the other side, it's private school func�ons that follow the program needed.

Regarding the school itself, the architecture reflects the different layers and fragments examined from the site’s history and the newly established environment.

Stoa Pavilion

Park

Public Courtyard

Children Playgropund and Skatepark School Building

To connect between different parts of the site and the school itself, levels were established. Star�ng with a courtyard, dropped downwards, crea�ng an outdoor amphitheater for public use as well.

Percorso Galleria is a direct path that brings the concept of permeability to life, while the project keeps the idea of a compact school with the levels it holds.

Ground Floor introduces the concept of Permeability from different parts of the site, including the underground courtyard and the Percorso Della Galleria.

Levels covered for Indoor auditorium, library, and terrace. Structure and composi�on of spaces shown to how levels came to life.

Underground Drop

Percoso Della Galleria

Ground Floor Plan

Encouraging a future sustainable use of the school building, the classrooms are made transformed to modules which react to specific variety of circumstances and for flexible use. This is achieved with flexible par��on.

This creates permeability between the classrooms themselves in case of student gathering.

The Corridor

both as a circula�on space between classrooms and a gathering space when classrooms are open towards each other.

func�ons

Foldable Desks to ease storage

Classroom showcases flexible par��ons for mul�func�onal use

In regard to the situa�on of the roof and building skin, the building design takes cues and creates a dialogue with the surrounding industrial situa�on to reinterpret industrial in a modern way.

The combina�on of a monumental base and industrial first floor facade, represent the extremes of both the surroundings of past and present.

Double Skin Facade: Perforated Corrugated Metallic Sheet

As Above So Below

Chapel Restora�on and Pilgrim Centre

As one approaches the church of San Lorenzo, one gets slowly immersed in the owe-inducing silence of that scenic se�ng. The carcass of the abandoned church draws the senses into its realm, as it stands in solemn humility watching over the plains surrounding it. The church might have been abandoned due to the depopula�on of the village, but it refuses to leave behind the land it once ac�vated. The volumetric singularity of the church inspired the strategic undertaking of the design interven�on.

By allowing for the church to occupy the highest level of interven�on, we could allow the church to regain its func�on as a protec�ve and benevolent.

Roofing Reinterpreta�on

Star�ng off with the new roof proposal. Contrary and opposite to the hypothe�cal original structure, the roof proposed aims at preserving the familiar allure of the church across the horizon and allow for shelter while simultaneously embracing the light entering the building and ge�ng closer to the visitors entering the space.

A symbolic yet tangible gesture, to make the church connect to its visitors.

The roof is made of polycarbonate sheets, a light yet sturdy material that encapsulates an ethereal quality when hit by light.

Proposal Includes an Outdoor Amipheater

Final Chapel Roofing Intake

Praying Room

Pilgrim Center Entery Ramp

Ground Floor Plan

Chapel

Whether regular visitors or visitors who would like to connect further into their spiritual side, all are welcome and equally embraced by the new proposal for the church of San Lorenzo. Pilgrims are invited to access their dedicated quarters through a ramp that gives onto a communal space hos�ng a common kitchen, as a perpetua�on of the last supper at every meal�me. From that main space, the pilgrims wander into corridors leading to their rooms, punctuated by medita�on gardens and impluvium. Once they reach their abode, only one piece of furniture stands out: the praying pla�orm. Not only does the room highlight the importance of the spiritual growth, but it also provides the basic ameni�es in the form of sunken furniture into the ground.

Radialroomtypologyrevolving aroundonemainrasiedpraying pla�orm under an oculus and sunken furni�ure for basic needs

PilgrimSleepingUnits

EnteryofPilgrimCenterwithRamp

Group Praying Room with Empluvium Roofinh Visible

BasementPlan

PrayingRoom

Amphitheater

CommonSocial Space

Bedrooms

Praying Pla�orm

ReadingDesk

Closet/Drawers

Bed

The Manufacturing Hub

Regenera�on of the Commercial Hub

Empowerment is found in Mazraa Area as a shape of a Commercial Line, this commercial line has got a dominant physical presence yet as commercial ac�vity it is weak and lacked, in addi�on to its role in separa�ng two different areas regarding their func�ons. The Manufacturing Hub has a role of connec�ng these two areas and par�cipa�ng in the growth of this commercial line. Encouraging manufacturing in different fields which are covered on this commercial line, in addi�on to the usage of the human resources from the separated area.

Typology Field

Ins�tute

Date

Industrial Academic Lebanese American University

July 2020

Presented in the Final Year Exhibition 2020 of Lebanese American University

This hub creates a welcoming atmosphere to both communi�es, helping them grow their businesses, in addi�on to providing an open space and housing for the users.

Both Building involved in this project, create a con�nuous strip from the commercial line and up the manufacturing hub, crea�ng this openness in volumes, staircases, and ramps. This con�nuity is also shown through the piazza, which has different temporary ac�vi�es that could be done, following the movement of the people in Mazraa. While Regarding the complexity, the concept of layering and mul�func�onal is followed through the projects, from temporary spaces, to structures which have a lot of different func�ons and placements. Also, the project holds the layering of modules which are create specifically to create mul�func�onal spaces using these mul�func�onal modules, from chairs to tables to walls, following the ac�vity it needs to be used for. These modules could be large scale from space infrastructure to small scale modules which could func�on as a bench for a bus stop.

Basta El Tahta

Ouzai Street

Mazraa Street

Manufacturing Hub

Central Piazza Housing

Site Loca�on

A Temporary Structure designed to accomodate different func�ons, following its placement and mechanisim.

Inner structure and Overall element design

Inner details following the change in func�on

Mul�func�onal Element

Table for product placement

Sea�ng to accomodate people

Panels for space sepera�on or exhibi�ng

Following the concept of Layering, the manufacturing hub itself is made of pre-cast spaces which are movable and manufactured on site.

Since this structure is Variable, the placement of the elemen ts of this structure follows crea�ng and envelope and steel structure to give the shape the rigidity needed.

Commnual Res�ng Space

Inner Detail and Placement Two Entrances for both Floors

Two Entrances for both Floors

The Wielding Room

Embedded Furniture for Flexibility of Space Usage in most spaces of the Manufacturing Hub

Switching Between Func�ons

Open from the roo�op for safety measures.

Project Sec�on Showcasing Layering in the Architecture