Nebhani
Projects Community Field Summer 2014
Performance Center Spring 2014
Hydrotherapy Center Summer 2013
Food Museum Fall 2012
Urban Sanctuary Spring 2012
Quilt Translation Fall 2011
Compass Analysis Fall 2010
Community Field The goal of this project was to enhance the neighborhood around Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston. A new field would encourage interaction between the community and the school. Having the field 9 feet below street level allowed for stepped seating and better views. A new roof structure provided shade for pedestrians and spectators while visually welcoming the community towards Wentworth.
above: concept sketch right: view from street
above: section through field and Annex South
above: section through Annex East addition right: Annex East addition floor plans
Open to Below
Annex East
Annex East
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Annex East
UP 1
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Ladies
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Servery
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Men’s
Servery
Men’s
Office
Office Press Box
Lounge Press Box Balcony
third floor
second floor
Annex East DN
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Men’s
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Ladies Referee Locker Room
Storage
Press Box Home Locker Room
Away Locker Room DN
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basment
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Storage
above: section through length of field next: view of Wentworth from field
Performance Center This project was located on a site between a University and a performance theatre in Berlin, Germany. The building contains offices, seminar spaces, a cafe, and a hall that seats 284 people. The concept was to relate to an existing park to the south, at a more human scale than the other existing buildings. Using a series of flat roofs, the building steps down slowly toward the park, allowing natural light to enter the lobby and social spaces.
above: section through entrance/lobby right: view of cafe from mezzanine
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STORAGE 17.5
STAGE
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BACKSTAGE
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DELIVERY
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CLOSET
RECEPTION
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SEMINAR
SEMINAR CAFE
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mezzanine 13.4
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Hydrotherapy Center This project was located in the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. The chosen site was of saddle typography along a path on Hemlock Hill. The idea behind the form was to blur the thresholds between interior and exterior spaces, using the spaces at the end of the longitudinal plan to do so. The middle section is raised on columns that resemble the tree trunks around, modestly covered by the surrounding tree canopies.
above: conceptual plan right: concept model
above: longitudinal concept sketch right: first and second floor plans 1. lobby 7. lounge 2. kitchen 8. rehab pool 3. cafe 9. massage area 4. locker room 10. steam room 5. hot pool 11. mist room 6. cold pool 12. office
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Food Museum The driving idea for this project was that food affects all of our senses. The site is on a main street intersection in Cambridge, MA. The distractions around the busy site were obstructed, to allow the food to impact our senses. The entrance leads into a covered courtyard, the heart of the museum. There is an auditorium where viewers can watch films about food. The form of this auditorium above allows for a welcoming entrance below.
above: Massachusetts Avenue elevation right: interior courtyard
above: section through entrance/auditorium right: section model
Urban Sanctuary This project was to design a sanctuary and mausoleum in the urban south end of Boston. The site was a vacant parking lot behind a burial ground. The main idea was to visually connect to the burial ground while keeping the site as empty as possible. The topography on the site was formed to create an underground mausoleum, while having a monolithic structure appearing to rise out of the ground.
above: site model right: section through mausoleum first floor plan next: underground mausoleum
Quilt Translation This project was an analysis and translation of a quilt made by women of Gees Bend County. The analysis dealt with structure and layering of materials to create the quilt. The translation lead to the idea of fitting blocks together in the order of the layers used in the quilt. By fitting together the pieces of the model, one can understand how the quilt was made.
above: part of quilt analyzed right: model elements
above: model elements right: assembled model
Compass Analysis This project consisted of selecting and understanding a mechanical object and its motions. The object was first drawn at rest in a detailed axonometric view, this helped to understand all parts of the compass and how they work together. It was then drawn using varying lineweights to show one of the compass arms in motion, while analyzing how the small parts move as a result.
above: compass at rest right: compass in motion