Rami Mannan Architecture Works Volume 2014 - 2019
A dear friend of mine once said that he didn’t see any benefit in planning his future as he didn’t want to limit it to the extent of his imagination. He also taught me to be flexible in regards to following through with my plans as things don’t always go as planned.
Contents Achieving Independency Part 1 - Process of Succession Part 2 - The Sovereign State of Tenderloin
Museum Of Preservation Not A House Exploration of Atmosphere
Warping
Dividing
Transparency
Deleting
Separating
Beautiful Void
Reflecting
Folding
Ugly Void
Exploration processes of various methods of approaching urban design issues
ACHIEVING INDEPENDENCY Professor Mitchell Squire Bachelor of Architecture / 9th Semester / December 14th / ISU
Part 1 - Process of Succession
The progression of technology has eradicated the physical grid and substituted it with an invisible infrastructure enabling the finance industry to adopt financialization as its main instrument of trade. The epitome of virtualisation of economies is seen in Silicon Valley, as foreign investors flock to Silicon Valley due to the start-up fever driving up the cost of land and subsequently the cost of living in San Francisco. This results in the endangerment of the existence of the Tenderloin. These threats come in the form of rapid increase in land value and gentrification.
The Beginning of the consumption of the Tenderloin due to low land values
The end of the consumption of the Tenderloin due to low land values and its claimed sovereignty
Dot-Com Boom intensfying gentrification in the 90’s
An increase in gentrification as Sylicon Valley Technology Giants move into downtown
Eradicated
Vertical Mass
Y-Axis Fill
Eliminated
Heart Machine
InWard Void
Folding
Colourful Explosion
Balls
OutWard Void
Mass
X-Axis Fill
Procceses of finding the form of Soverignty and laying the foundation for the Architecture of Soverignty
PART 2 - THE SOVEREIGN STATE OF TENDERLOIN It is now 2019. In it’s rebellious nature the people of the Tenderloin have proclaimed sovereignty with the
expectation of the possibility of reform while being committed to one another and believing that nothing is impossible. Unified under the threat of complete extinction from San Francisco, the people have created the Sovereign State of the Tenderloin in attempt to protect itself from losing hope of achieving the ‘good life’. Together they proceed to remove themselves from the skyline of San Francisco by digging and descending into their newly reclaimed sovereign state creating a void of space with the unified promise of achieving the good life. As people of the Tenderloin descended into their newly reclaimed sovereign state , they proceeded to sell the excess excavated material to the highest bidders in order to fund the move to their new established territory. To ensure the smooth transition of the people of the tenderloin to their new environment ; a system of phasing must
be developed and implemented to ensure the structural integrity of the void. To support the four hundred foot tall void the people of the tenderloin construct a retaining wall fifty feet in depth. This retaining wall must be reinforced with a carbon fiber scaffolding structure erected by the collective effort of the people. It provides both support structurally and habitable space that encourages a production economy, but also serves as a means of accessing the two sovereign states, the United States of America and The Sovereign State of the Tenderloin. The new economy of this new found state would be based on the fundamentals of a production economy. This
encourages a means of financial independency that would enable the people of the Tenderloin to flourish financially. This new economy will form within the voids of the dense scaffolding left by the forms which the people inhabit. These forms become the shops and workstations where products are produced and sold, while doubling as dwellings for the people. Larger municipal spaces are placed throughout. These spaces provide support to the people providing a bureaucracy for the sovereign state, free healthcare and a general education. These benefits are only possible by
the people of the Tenderloin through their collective efforts to support them. This systems assured success is based on the collectivism of the people and their willingness to support each other.
The boundary formed by the removal of the Tenderloin allows for a new symbiotic relationship to be formed between the two sovereign states. Influenced by the current Tenderloin the new border has numerous entrances. These entrances provide limited access into the sovereign state. Allowing only select guests whom the people of the Sovereign State of the Tenderloin choose, reflecting the historical back rooms of the current Tenderloin. The physical manifestation of the entrance is a carbon fiber hatch centered in the middle of a glass floor positioned at street level of San Francisco. Allowing people to peer down into the sovereign state, but not access it until permitted. The hatch is operated by a robotic arm
that is controlled by the people of the Tenderloin giving the power back to the people.
To navigate the shear size of the Sovereign State of the Tenderloin a central hyper-loop tube system weaves and intertwines providing access to all parts of the Tenderloin. This enables the movement of citizens of the tenderloin and their invited guests to navigate freely throughout the Tenderloins carbon fiber scaffolding structure . Within the scaffold structure various forms are positioned along the edge to enable these spaces to receive as much light. Light becomes a vital resource that is shared by the people of the tenderloin. These spaces are strategically located and designed for the necessity of natural light and the demand for collectivism and unity within the society. Natural light is able to puncture deep into the carbon fiber structure through these forms requiring openings that enable the reflection of light. Each citizen must always allow the openings of their spaces to be unblocked to allow natural light to reach their neighbors spaces. If any citizen blocks the natural light it deprives a community of natural light creating a mutual dependency .
But the pursuit for the good life never ends. To Be Continued ...
Study models Site Plan 1/2000 of the Sovereign state of the Tenderloin (Left) Initial scaffolding system and form study model (Middle) Entire system study model showing relationship between void and street level (Right)
The process of reclaiming land for the sovereign state of the tenderloin
Infill and creation of the state of the tenderloin
Site plan Showing entirety of the Soverign architecture of the Tenderloin
Assortment of artifacts showing increase of preservation
MUSEUM OF PRESERVATION Professor Ross Exo Adams Bachelor of Architecture / 7th Semester / December 14th / ISU
The museum of preservation is suspended within the heart of the Miami Beach convention center. Housing a series of artifacts that document the transgression of tendencies and interest of preserving artifacts. A critique of the need for institutions to preserve artifacts in a manner that reinforces political and cultural connotations, the illustration of increase of scale of preservation from small artifacts to large landscapes. As we are propelled further into issues that arise from climate change we no longer preserve the past and projecting ideas about our futures ; we are in fact as architects preserving the present using ourselves as the medium of preservation of the present and future .
Site Plan
Mappings showing effects of climate change and how it affects Miami’s water levels
Entry diagram / Platform relation to circulation
Navigating exhibition space
Engaging the outer world
Sections showcasing navigation through the museum
NOT A HOUSE Professor Ivonne Santoyo-Orozco Bachelor of Architecture / 6th Semester / May 6th / ISU
The building as a city and the city as building. The building will disappear and be replaced with activity. Housing to challenge and invoke a new way of living that pushes people to share space. A person is challenged to relate to their neighbor. Circulation spaces become active and define relations between worlds.
A node drawing showing 10 minute walking distance radii within nearby prominent modes of transportation
Void relationship diagrams to re-distribute amenities around co-living nodes
A section documenting relationships between the voids
A plan drawing of the relaxation node explainging the programmatic relationships
3D axon of interactions in the relaxing node
3D axon of interactions in the eating node
A plan drawing of the relaxation node explainging the programmatic relationships
A plan drawing of the bathing node explaining the programmatic relationships
3D axon of interactions in the bathing node
Play
Communal Table
Communal Storage
Retreat
Lonely
Storage
Communal Kitchen
Accompanied
Interior intimate space prespectival drawing
ATMOSPHERIC DRAWING Professor Firat Erdim Bachelor of Architecture / 9th Semester / December 14th / ISU This drawing was part of a group exhibition and discussion about the 2018 Venice Bienniale
A response to the 2018 venice biennale’s topic : Atmosphere. I developed a method of recording how smoke interacts with the air and the atmoshphere. Looking at divinci’s drawings of moving waters and storms and how he recorded them in a manner that embodied the essence of the waters movement under gravity.
Atmospheric Showing the entirety of the 9’ by 5’ Atmospheric drawing. It took approximately 145 hours to complete.
ACADEMICS
Iowa State University , Ames , IA
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Neumann Monson Architects
LEADERSHIP
Iowa State Foundation
Bachelor of Architecture , Graduation May 2019 Dean’s Lists Fall 2018
Student Architectural Intern , helped with creating graphic documents for awards , competition and updating the firms website while also helped with site visits . Des Moines Office , IA Summer 2018 - 3 months
Student Fund-raiser / telemarketer , helped with raising 915 Million Dollars for scholarship purposes (Fall 2015)
College of Design Output Center
Lab Monitor / Lab Technician Checked out equipment and helped with the maintenance of laser cutters , 3d printers and printers (Fall 2017 - Present)
NOMAS Mentor
Mentored underclassman for architecture and other design programs ( Spring 2015 - Present)
Multicultural Mentor
Served as a Mentor for pre-architecture students , mentoring and guiding mentees through their program applications (Spring 2016 - Present)
NOMAS ISU Faction
Helped market and raise awareness of ISU NOMAS faction Head of Marketing (Spring 2017)
SOFTWARE LANGUAGES EXHIBITIONS CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION CONTACT
REFERENCE
Rhino , Auto-CAD , Microsoft Office Suite , Illustrator , Photoshop , 3d printing softwares , BlueBeam , InDesign , Vray , Maxwell , Revit , Grasshopper, Processing , Python , Dreamweaver , E*Trade , HTML5
Fluent in Arabic and English Air and the atmosphere Group exhibition and discussion about 2018 Venice Biennial (Design On Main , Ames , IA) Participating with an oral presentation in the National Conference on Undergraduate Research - Paper due for Publishing June 2019 (Kennesaw State University 2019) Numbo007@hotmail.co.uk +1 515 708 2105 224 Hayward Ave #104 Ames, IA 50014
Mitchell Squire
msquirework@gmail.com
Jelena Bagdanovic jelenab@iastate.edu
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Partners and team members: The Soverign State of the Tenderloin (Alexander Carolan), Not A House (Kevin Kim Larson and Carlos Poemape), The Museum of Preservation (Zheng Yang). Thank you to the professors and administration staff that made my education challenging but fullfilling experience. Last but not least, a heartfelt thank you to the family that I made during my educational experience and thank you to my blood family for making this educational experience a realistic possibility.