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COMPLETED BY: RANDA F. MALKAWI
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ANDA F. MALKAWI
A Commuter Hub
A Research Lab
A Travelling Cafe
An Installation
A Museum
This project was completed as part of an integrated design studio that focused on designing ferry terminal stops across the potomec river in D.C, Virginia and Maryland. The first half of the studio focused on devising a masterplan and a site plan for the selected site. The site that I selected was across the Kennedy Center for the Performing arts, and the most challenging issues of the site were the sealevel rise and the lack of empty land to build the terminal on. For that reason, The ferry terminal sits on modular concrete pontoons that float on the potomec river, allowing the structure to rise with the tide. The design of the terminal stems from an exploration of a paper sculpture that consists of a continous strip of paper that is folded at two ends. This will allow the terminal users to easily access the Centre from the Terminal and vice versa.
Ferry Terminal at the Waterfront across the Kennedy Centre The impacts of sea level rise on cities and heritage sites is a fudamental design challege of our time. It is a fact that sea levels will continue to rise and cities will continue to sink or flood. As architects and designers, we are responsible for continuing to experiment with and pursue solutions to these issues. Sustainability is no longer an added bonus to a project, it should constitute the overall design and construction of any architectural project. Today, 90 U.S towns and cities face repeated flooding. By the end of the century, the number will increase to 670. The future generation of architects and designers (and humans) bears a huge responisbility. Resiliency is key. Project Duration: 5 months Role in Project: M.Arch Candidate
A Commuter Hub
NORTH GEORGETOWN
KENNEDY CENTER
NATIONAL MALL RFK STADIUM
THE WHARF
BASEBALL STADIUM PENTAGON
BUZZARD POINT/ SOCCER STADIUM
NAVY YARD
POPLAR POINT
FORT MCNAIR
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NATIONAL AIRPORT
JBAB/ ST. ELIZABETH SOUTH DAINGERFIELD ISLAND
GENON SITE CANAL CENTER
ROBINSON TERMINAL NORTH
OLD TOWN KING STREET COMMUTER ROUTES AND LANDINGS ROBINSON TERMINAL SOUTH
TOURIST ROUTES AND LANDINGS
JONES POINT
DEFENSE ROUTES AND LANDINGS NATIONAL HARBOR
A large scale masterplan of all the future ferry terminal stops and their purpose.
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Early collages of what the Terminal experience would feel like.
A Commuter Hub
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A Commuter Hub
This project was completed for a 48-hour design charette with AIA Virginia. The competition’s brief asked us to produce an 8,000 SF Oyster Hatchery and Research Facility along the coast of the Lafayette River in Norfolk, Virginia. The research hatchery sits on top of floating concrete pontoons in the Lafayette River, allowing it to rise along with the river as the surrounding area floods. Upon walking onto the pontoons, the user is welcomed by the building’s exterior walls that are made with steel mesh boxes that are filled with oyster shells (gabion walls filled oyster shells). Being the “Oyster Capital of the East Coast” comes with the burden of large amounts of shell waste, as not all shells would be recycled for the hatchery program; Instead, they can be used in the design of the building, and since these shells do not expire, they can also be reused in the hatchery program in the future. The overall project attempts to minimize its carbon footprint by making use of the surrounding natural resources - sun and water. Solar panels are installed on the roof of the building for solar gain on sunny days, while a heat pump uses water from the river acts as a supplementary system to assist with mechanical operations
Norfolk’s Oyster Hatchery Why are oysters so important that we are taking so many initiatives to bring back their reefs? The most widely known ecological function of the oyster is that they filter the water. Oysters are considered the vacuum cleaners of the river. They filter the water removing organic and inorganic particles from the water resulting in cleaner water which positively impacts other species. Oysters filter the water, provide habitat, and reproduce to increase natural numbers in the Bay.
Project Duration: 48 Hours Role in Project: Graduate Student
Gabion walls filled with Oyster Shells.
A Research Lab
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A Research Lab
In order to maintain a sustainable practice, the design of this pop up will attempt to reuse existing materials to create the Madafah. Due to its ephemerality, the cafe can exist in a refurbished shipping container. Shipping containers are extremely abundant and more affordable than constructing a new physical structure. The tables in the cafe will be built from steel tubes that are joined together to create the base for the communal tables for guests to use; Steel tubes are also abundant and can be found on construction/ demolition sites and easily cut to fit the dimensions that are needed. For hygiene and cooking purposes, water will be brought into the container through an inlet water system that can be set up and filled once a day, or water tanks that can be stored under the sinks in the mini- kitchen. Grey water waste can simply be disposed off at the end of the work day at a nearby commissary (there are many commissaries that are set up for water disposal across Washington, D.C.). It is best to set up the pop- up cafe close to the National Mall or a museum/ gallery establishment, preferably on Independence Ave. since most food trucks and pop up shops park there; there is heavy traffic that consists of both working employees who stop by at their lunch hour and tourists who will stop by to take a break from their journey.
A Pop Up Cafe Experience Part of a College Competition Madafah - The Living Room - is a traditional middle eastern space that is designed to welcome, entertain, host and feed guests during their visit. Through its design and menu items, the pop up cafe presents a modern reinterpretation of the madafah; It serves coffee and various pastries to the visiting guests who are looking to take a quick break from their busy schedule or unwind in a comfortable space. The seating arrangement aims to reinterpret the majlis - a preferred type of seating that exists in the traditional madafah. Project Duration: 48 hours Role in Project: Competitor
A Travelling Cafe
Steel tubes are joint together to make the base
Coffee Prep Area
Patio
The shipping container is a semi- permanent structure. It will be manufactored and sealed for transporta�on on truck to site. Allowing the pop-up cafe to be only semi- mobile would significantly reduce its carbon footprint since it will only need gas/ fuel to be transported from one site to another (mobile pop- up cafes would require a constantly running engine.
Once the container is on-site, the front side can be opened up completely and secured to the site’s ground. The front side becomes the pa�o space for the cafe, thus increasing the pop-up’s square footage and providing outdoor sea�ng. The new floor space sits at a very slight angle to allow for ADA accessibility.
A Travelling Cafe
The installation was proposed and constructed for the annual NYC Figment festival that takes place on Roosevelt Island. The overall project was an exploration of simple solutions that would activate public spaces. It can be used in any form - for seating or for playing - and is meant to be for both adults and kids.
Figment NYC Seating Solution On the surface, it’s easy to look at great public places and see them as nothing more than well-designed physical locations. But beneath the surface, these places can be so much more. They are locations where community comes alive, where bonds among neighbors are strengthened and where a sense of belonging is fostered. They are locations that spark economic development and drive environmental sustainability. The future of our communities and cities depend on great public places that are centred around the specific needs and desires of the community. Project Duration: 1 month construction Role in Project: Designer and Builder
An Installation
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The Whole
Michael Miller Co�on Couture Canary
Free Spirit Designer Solid Aqua
Bella Solids Peacock
The Sum of Its Parts
*All the fabric colors were chosen from Del Ray Fabrics but may be matched to other vendors.
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An Installation
An Installation
The project was designed and completed with WeatherstonBruer Associates. The gallery required the classification and organization of geological artifacts throughout the designated spaces. The design of the space is intended to resemble a rocky cliff. The curation and design of the gallery required a gathering of artifact data and visually presenting it to the client.
University of Michigan Geology Gallery In Association with WeatherstonBruer Associates Today, anyone with a wifi signal has the ability to access countless images, information, and even virtual museum tours. We can build an impression of an artifact such as The Mona Lisa, without ever having to step inside the Louvre; But, perhaps the experience of physically viewing an artifact that has traces of our shared past is much more intimate than a simple google search. Museums are not simply archival spaces. They provide us with places to hold and engage with objects that may seem so small, but maintain a continuity to something much larger than we can imagine - a story of the past, and sometimes even the future. Project Duration: 6 months Role in Project: Jr. Designer
A Museum
Interior
Earthquakes
Surface Near Surface
Crust
Core
Mantle
Plate Tectonics
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MICROBIOLOGY LAB PERSPECTIVE
COLOR SCHEME Dynamic Planet NOTE: RENDERING USED TO CONVEY SPACIAL QUALITY - REFER TO ARTIFACT LAYOUT FOR PLACEMENT
PERSPECTIVE Gallery: Microbiolog C.7.2.3 Date: Scale:
DYNAMIC PLANET COLOR SCHEME
A Museum
13/09/2017
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COMPLETED BY: RANDA F. MALKAWI