RANA SAMY
EXPERIENCE
VOLUNTEERING
ARCHITECT & URBAN DESIGNER EMAIL: rana.sami@hotmail.fr T: 0619375517
INTERNSHIP AT MIAS ARCHITECTS Barcelona, Spain Aug 2016-Oct 2016 Contribution in concept phases, architectural design, 2D drawings, 3D modeling, 2D and 3D renderings
MENA DRC, BEIRUT Nov 2015-Jan 2016 Design reserach internship for Beirut design week Contribution in communication, graphic design, infographics and mapping
INTERNSHIP AT BINADAR June 2014-July 2014 Beirut, Lebanon Construction site internship
UN-HABITAT & L.A.C. Proposal for slum upgrading for the armenian neighborhood of bourj hammoud in Lebanon
LEBANESE UNIVERSITY, BEIRUT Bachelor in Architecture Sept 2012-July 2015
INTERNSHIP AT ECG Aug 2014-Sept 2014 Cairo, Egypt Working within different teams on different projects: construction drawings, details drawings.
CHAOS ARCHITECTURE OFFICE, BEIRUT Feb 2015 Participated in the initial phases for the renovation of the Deir el Qamar palace in Lebanon, including on-site data collection and initial mapping of the current conditions
LANGUAGES
SOFTWARES
OTHER
ENGLISH Excellent proficiency
ADOBE CREATIVE SUITE Advanced proficiency
FRENCH Bilingual proficiency
AUTOCAD Advanced proficiency
CITY OF NOMADS The Berlage design masterclass Led by RUF : Joshua Bolchover and John Lin Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Urban design, architecture design.
ARABIC Native speaker
RHINOCEROS Intermediate proficiency
DUTCH Elementary proficiency A2 level
BASIC PROFECIENCY 3D max, Revit
EDUCATION TU DELFT, NETHERLANDS The Berlage Post-master in architecture and urban design MSc Aug 2017-Feb 2019 LEBANESE UNIVERSITY, BEIRUT Master in Architecture Sept 2015-July 2017
1968: FIFTY YEARS LATER The Berlage Theory masterclass Paris, Delft Lecture series, film making.
CONTENT
NEITHER HERE NOR THERE 16 IRISH BORDERS The Irish border, runs for 499 km separating the Republic of Ireland from Northern Ireland. In the light of BREXIT redefining once again the implication of that line, the projects seeks to mirror, interpret and spatialize 16 moments on the Irish border. This demystification of the borderland, grounds the Irish border 16 different times showcasing its complexity, far beyond the simplicity in which it is adressed in politics. This is a compendium of different Irish borders: infrastructural, public, domestic, hard, soft, optimistic, pessimistic, past, present and future. LOCATION TYPE INSTITUTION DATE CONTRIBUTION
The island of Ireland Post-master Thesis Project The Berlage - TU Delft February 2019 Personal work
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1921
1969
1972
1998
2018
2025
2027
2030
Act of Union
Irish Border
Watchtowers
Bloody Sunday
Peace Lines
Asphalt Layers
Airport Lines
Divided Town
The cross- Storage border Vault tunnel
2037
2045
2048
2052
2060
2100
Immigra- Oyster tion Wall farm
2040
Energy Wall
Border Machine
The Referendum
Satellite Imagery
Map of the Irish Border in Donegal (area of study)
IRISH BORDERS: The sixteen sites on the Irish border
IRISH BORDERS: The sixteen projections on the Irish border
THE PEACE LINE, 1998 The peace lines in Belfat and Derry/LondonDerry, are 7m high walls that seperate protestants and catholic neighborhoods. This artefact was a supposedly temporary measure that was introduced by the government during the period of “the Troubbles”. Decades later this walls still seperate the “good” side from the “bad” side.
THE IMMIGRATION WALL, 2040 The national plan 2040 of the Republic of Ireland plans on welcoming one million immigrant to the country by 2040. With BREXIT being sold with an anti-immigration idea, and with the growing anti-immigration sentiments on a global scale, this projection spatializes the evaluation and integration process immigrants will have to go throught to adapt to an Irish life.
THE BORDER MACHINE, 2052 327 roads cross the Irish border. On each road there is a box. A machine that detects, scans, analyses and reports every movement on the borderland. The network formed by these machines create a virtual field, a virtual wall one might say, that dissects the idea of a soft border to its bare minimum, avoiding the disturbance of the everyday..
ITHE BORDER MACHINE PLAN: the plan is represented by the different layers of the employed surveillance and detection methods.
THE PART-TIME RIVER The slum of Garotte in Tigre and its adjacent social housing is bordered by a an under-construction gated community, Venice. Due to the flood-prone site in which it is being developed, the ground level of Venice will be raised of 2m, a measure that would act as a dike, and further endanger the slum of Garotte. The project is an attempt to propose a new ground that primarily uses the established level dierence as a basis for the implementation a comprehensive water system that acts as a flood prevention mechanism by diusing rainwater and maximizing the capacity of water retention during period of oods from the Lujan River. Water is re-inserted to the site, through the strategic introduction of floodable areas. As an additional layer, the project introduces new spaces and interfaces that present an added value to the residents daily lives. The aim is to acknowledge the existing dierences, and propose an alternative to the walled realities of a fragmented Tigre. LOCATION TYPE INSTITUTION DATE CONTRIBUTION
Tigre, Buenos Aires, Argentina Masters Project The Berlage - TU Delft February 2018 Group Project [General master plan] Personal work [Project developement]
IMASTER PLAN showcasing the strategy employed to approach the fragmented, flood-prone area of Tigre, BA.
LAND VS WATER ISECTIONS through the area of study representing the introduction of new floodable ares.
MASS PLAN of the intervention showcasing the new part-time river and the complemenntary structures.
PRCANJ GARDEN The idea here was to create an architecture that would be a new piece of landscape, emphasizing the uniqueness of the place and defining the already existing hotel building as the main protagonist of the story. The terraced garden, with its clearly defined geometry, allows the villas to naturally incorporate into the sloping topography. The intentionally simple forms added allows visitors to be fully immersed in the picturesque. LOCATION TYPE INSTITUTION DATE CONTRIBUTION
Kotor bay, Montenegro Competition [2nd price] Mias Architects, Barcelona Semptembre 2016 Participated in design process and 2D drawings. In charge of rendering
MASS PLAN of the project showing the renovated facilities and the new villas on the property.
ISECTIONS of the project showing the relationship between the villas and the existing buildings; in addition to their insersion into the slope.
ISOMETRIC DRAWING representing the project inserted into the topography and its proximity to the bay.
THE INCUBATOR The “Nahr el Kalb” or “Dog River” Valley, an area of enormous historical value, marks a rupture in the post war urban expansion of the capital Beirut. Surrounded by densily populated areas, the valley is isolated. The deterioration of the location, the pollution of its river and the emerging industries are some of the factors threatening the local biodiversity and the collective memory of the place . The projects intervenes in multiple spots, relinking the valley to the sea , providing access. The main architecture element is a catalyst, a fauna and flora incubator, that reintroduce endegered species to the site. LOCATION TYPE INSTITUTION DATE CONTRIBUTION
Lebanon Master Thesis Project Lebanese University July 2017 Personal work
RENDER of the renovated old Khan (house).
RENDER of the Incubator
A BUILDING AND A CHURCH This piece of land is a church property. In order for it to be developped as a mixed used building the investor was asked to build a church. The design is kept simple for maximum affordability, utilizing available local materials to achieve a unique spatial quality. The disposition of the briques on the facade of both the residential building and the church filters the heat while allowing the sunlight in. LOCATION TYPE INSTITUTION DATE CONTRIBUTION
Kinshasa, Congo DRC Personnal Project Private Investor July 2018 Personal work
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