Rashid A. Modibbo: Architecture Design Portfolio 2017-2022

RASHID A. MODIBBO

Architect | Designer

- Rashidahmedmodibbo@gmail.com

( 234 8084519803

- PROFILE

- https://www.linkedin.com/in/rashid-modibbo

- issuu.com/rashidmodibbo

- WORK EXPERIENCE

- Studio D 04

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

January 2022

Rashid is an architect from Nigeria. He recently received his Bachelor of Architecture degree, Cum Laude, from the American Uni versity of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. His architectural experience has shaped his interests in reinforcing the role of experience, sustainability, and culture in the architectural discourse of Nigeria, other West African countries, and Africa at large.

- EDUCATION - SKILLS

- American University of Sharjah

Sharjah, The United Arab Emirates

College of Architecture, Art and Design

Bachelor Architecture (B. Arch), Cum Laude, GPA 3.5

Class of 2022

- Zamani College Kaduna

Kaduna, Kaduna State, Nigeria

High school diploma

West African Examination Council (WAEC)

Class of 2017

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Rush

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Indesign

Autodesk AutoCAD

Blender

Grasshopper

Hand Drafting

Sketching

Laser Cutting

Physical Modeling Wood Shop

- AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

Dean›s List

Chancellor›s List - Bronze Medal

Christo Award Winner 2021

Finalist Riyadh Dream Villa- YAC Competition

- MEMBERSHIPS

Assoc. Member AIA

Lumion

Microsoft Suite

Twinmotion Rhino 3 d

Vray

Enscape

Mandlebulb

Casting

Architectural intern, worked on visualization and creating walk throughs in the schematic design phase.

February 2023 - till date .

Freelance Architect, responsible for producing and submitting 2 D drawings, 3 D Rendering, 3 D model, VR video, construction detail drawings and material specification.

- Dynamic Engineering Consultants

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

July 2022 - December 2022

Full-Time Architect, focused primarily on creating working drawings, schematic renders, interior fit-out, furniture schedule, landscape design and schematic as well as concept design.

- Shahira Fahmy Architects

Remote

December 2021 - January 2022

Architectural intern, participated in site analysis, reasearch and preliminary design phase as well as creating diagrams.

- Inborn Architectural Consultants

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

June 2021 - August 2021

Architectural intern, focused primarily on creating joinery detail drawings along with interior elevations. Also worked on creating specification sheets and researching material finishes.

- Catovic Hughes Design

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

June 2019 - July 2019 & December 2020 - February 2021

Research assistant, Worked primarily on digital modeling as well as 3 d visualization.

SCRAPS TO PARKS REVITALIZATION OF MUSAFFAH

This project involves the revitalization of Industrial areas in the UAE. For this project we looked into Musaffah Industrial Area, Abu Dhabi. The proposal aims to make use of the railway line that is planned in Abu Dhabi. This metro will carry people, waste materials and water on different levels. These parks will act as social and communal spaces whilst also providing an opportunity for the residents of the area to engage in activities and put up stalls to further economic activity in the area. The project is a model that can be applied in many industrial areas around the UAE, not just in Musaffah.

ARCHITECTURE STUDIO VII

FIFTH YEAR ARCHITECTURE, FALL 2021

INSTRUCTOR: PROF. JASON CARLOW

LOCATION: MUSAFFAH, ABU DHABI, UAE

IN COLLABORATION WITH: HANNAH ABOUZOUR

Our project was inspired by the UAE’s constant aim to create a more sustainable future for its people. We wanted to create a project that brings life back to industrial areas and takes care of the people who live and work there. The project aims to provide more economic and social opportunities for users of industrial areas in the UAE. The project outlines a typical landscaping strategy, master plan, railway configuration and park design for different industrial areas. These designs can be taken and implemented in any industrial area in the UAE.

ABU DHABI ZONING ACROSS E

MUSAFFAH MATERIAL PICK UP

MUSAFFAH PROPOSED TRUCK PARK AERIAL VIEW

MUSAFFAH SOCIAL AMENITIES

This axonometric presents a closer look into the waste collection technique that we propose for the parks. The separation between waste and people is essential in efforts to keep the area both sanitary and pleasant.

The three items to be carried would not overlap but they would be moving in similar directions. Doing this will allow for increased recycling and material pickup from the area, which will improve the environmental quality.

MUSAFFAH SPORTS PARK SECTION CROSS SECTION

MUSAFFAH SPORTS PARK RENDER CIRCULATION

MUSAFFAH RAILWAY BREAKDOWN

SITE SELECTION EXISTING WAREHOUSE AS PART OF SITE

RAILWAY ADDITION WASTE & WATER LINES ADDED TO EXISTING AD RAIL

EXTENSION OF URBAN PLATFORM FROM RAIL MOVES OUT TO CONNECT TO SITE

BREAKDOWN OF PLATFORM CONCIOUS OF CONCRETE ASSEMBLY & PROGRAM

CONCRETE MEETS WAREHOUSE COMBINATION OF INFRASTRUCTURES

ADDITION OF CANOPY SYSTEM SHADING FOR PUBLIC USE AND AREA TEMPERATURE CONTROL

ADDITION OF VEGETATION CONTRIBUTES TO AIR FILTRATION AND SHADING

MUSAFFAH TRUCK PARK SECTION LONGITUDINAL SECTION

MAGGIE CENTER CANCER CARE

The Maggie’s Centres are a modern archetypal hybrid. They exist always in relation and proximity to a hospital and offer emotional support to those suffering from or affected by cancer, yet are not medicalized spaces. They are homely but open to everyone, public and private, places where, in maggie’s words, people should not ‘lose the joy of living in the fear of dying’.

This project raised questions such as how would a maggie center behave and function in Dubai and the middle east? We asked how would it be constructed to react to this harsh climate and be sustainable as well? What would it look like and be organized from different scales? And finally what cultural and social impact will the surrounding context have on the essence of a maggie center.

ARCHITECTURE STUDIO VI

FOURTH YEAR ARCHITECTURE, SPRING 2021

INSTRUCTOR: PROF. MARCUS FARR

LOCATION: OUD METHA, DUBAI, UAE

IN COLLABORATION WITH: MARAWAN MAHMOUD

1. Project is divided to create micro-climates using thick walls. those micro-climates are exposed to sunlight, which in return provides passive cooling effect with respect to each micro-climate.

2. Passive cooling throughout the whole project by opening perforations in the direction of the wind and placing a cooling mechanism through water to create a cool environment.

3. Walls allow for shading the spaces, providing natural cooling. They act as thermal masses.

4. Solar panels are placed on the roof to benefit from direct contact with the sunlight facing the south.

5. Overhang placed to shade the spaces from southern light.

6. Insulated flooring to stop heat from escaping. Flooring is also created through sustainable logging.

7. Water in the lower are creates a cooling effect on the air incoming through passive cooling.

8. Autoclaved Aerated concrete block. This allows for light weight walls, and more sustainable concrete blocks.

9. Concrete used in project is created using recycled aggregate.

Legend

A. Air Conditioner Diffuser

B. AH mini light

C. White Oak Ceiling mounted ceiling on steel structure

D. Clay Stucco Lining. clay plaster is considered to be a more suitable alternative to modern plasters, with a lower embodied energy than gypsum, cement or lime based plasters. It is available with fibre additives to increase its strength, and in a range of natural colors. It is breathable and does not need to be painted.

E. Corten Steel Plates

F. Stainless Steel Mullion

G. IZAR III Light fixture

H. Copper Modules Plates mounted Corten flat sheets arrive unrested and will develop a gorgeous palina after exposure to the weather.

I. Palm Trees

J. Whitte Asphalt floor tiles

K. Wild Grass

L. Snow white crushed pebbles

M. Corten steel Bended Placed on structural stainless steel and placed as chairs.

N. Double plyed insulated glass

O. Outdoor wood flooring

P. Porclain tiling

MAGGIE CENTER CIRCULATION ZONE

MAGGIE CENTER MATERIAL BREAKDOWN

FORTIFICATION

This project looked at multiple forts, structures, hosns across the uae. With ephasis on the thick walls that reflect a cultural building strategy and its potential to create a nested and separate space within the fast paced and noisy urban context.

STAGING EXPERIENCES

The second discovery is a more theoretical and psychological one, it involved the study of different external stimuli, and their effects on human behavior and emotions. The different results of their effects on emotions, such as sound, scent, and visual stimulus .

LANDSCAPE STRATEGIES

This project explored the linearity of the site as it defined the most suitable way to orient the building and we were interested in pursuing the possibilities of linearity on multiple scales, so we decided to arrange the walls based on that linearity, and then use them to separate the different gardens, to create various unique and separated gardens that provide the experience we aim for. .

Thick walls create and organize different events to create a visual stimulous with the gardens

Stage 1 . Fortification

Thick walls separating greenary from urban context.

Stage 2 Staging Views

Stage 3 . Linear Walls

Thick walls organizing different events while maintaining the linearity of the site. Walls create different gardens.

Material ID

ERDO III HOUSING LIVE/WORK HOUSING

A mid-rise building that develops a high density live/work typology for artist, tinkers, makers, and car aficionados. Following the unprecedented times we found ourselves in as a result of the pandemic, this building considers the state of self isolation by creating work spaces in individual units. This project intends to create an environment for Individuals to focus on their creative interests, work remotely, and escape their typical environments.

ARCHITECTURE STUDIO V

FOURTH YEAR ARCHITECTURE, FALL 2020

INSTRUCTOR: PROF. GREG SPAW

LOCATION: PEYIA, CYPRUS

CENTRALIZED SYSTEM

HOUSING UNITS IDENTIFIED

WEAVING OF SKIN CREATING DYNAMIC FACADE

DAR AL SALAM House of Peace

Riyadh Dream Villas

Captivated by the proliferation of date palms along the wadi and the idea of an enclosed garden of flowing water, shade and exuberant foliage – symbolizing paradise – we designed a scheme which pulls the nearby date plantation into the site. A rhythm of date palms is then created through shifting and extending the grove – which becomes the base of a spatial fabric. The built form is then woven into the landscape and a series of sikkas (alleyways) are generated in between. Ideas of porosity and weaving are implemented throughout the project to elevate the user’s experience of the architecture and the gardens –causing them to become one with nature. The beauty of the garden, and indeed the whole of creation, is held to be a reflection of God – it is a place of both spiritual and physical refreshment. Sensory and activity gardens, with fruit trees at arm’s length and channels of flowing water, are also integrated into the spatial fabric creating an ever-present experience of looking both inwards and outwards.

ARCHITECTURE STUDIO VIII

FIFTH YEAR ARCHITECTURE, SPRING 2022

INSTRUCTOR: PROF. GEORGE NEWLANDS

LOCATION: RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA

IN COLLABORATION WITH: RHEA DSOUZA & NADIN ABDELFATAH

Extension of date plantation onto site

Expanding the field of dates

Addition of programs, views & Sikkas

Addition of gardens & water channels Circulation

DAR AL SALAM LIVING ROOM SECTION

DAR AL SALAM WALL SECTION

AL MANZIL CENTER WELLNESS CENTER

The economy of the UAE supports one the largest and most diverse expatriate workforces in the world. In addition to health, finance, education and other professional sectors, unskilled laborers, manufacturing, and service industry workers make up %70 of the total labor force. While their efforts may often go under- or unacknowledged, they perform some of our most valuable and essential jobs. These workers have less time for recreation, recuperation, iand personal leisure than many of the rest of us experience. In response to this disparity and as a gesture of thanks, a new community and Wellness Center will be designed for the general public but specfically targeted toward workers in the construction, manufacturing, and service Industries.

ARCHITECTURE STUDIO II

FIFTH YEAR ARCHITECTURE, SPRING 2019

INSTRUCTOR: PROF. GREG SPAW

LOCATION: DEIRA, DUBAI, UAE

GRAFFITI INSTITUTE ART SCHOOL

This project reimagines architecture of the academy, the public realm and the urban citizen alongside, or within, the complex domain of art. Therefore, this project takes an art form that has often been seen as rebellious in graffiti and aims to institutionalize it and exploit the growing desire of self-expression in Amman.

ARCHITECTURE STUDIO III

FIFTH YEAR ARCHITECTURE, FALL 2019

INSTRUCTOR: PROF. MICHAEL HUGHES

LOCATION: AMMAN, JORDAN

GRAFFITI INSTITUTE CROSS SECTION

GRAFFITI INSTITUTE GROUND PLAN

GRAFFITI INSTITUTE LONGITUDINAL SECTION

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

Focused primarily on creating working drawings, interior fit-out, furniture schedule, landscape design and schematic as well as concept design.

DYNAMIC ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS

JULY 2022 - DECEMBER 2022

OFFICE BUILDING, DUBAI UAE

ROLE: JR. ARCHITECT

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

Worked on visualization and creating walk throughs in the schematic design phase.

STUDIO D04

JANUARY 2022

RESIDENTIAL BUILDING, DUBAI UAE

ROLE: ARCHITECTURAL INTERN

STRUCTURAL FABRICATION

This is a structural investigation into the ideas of compression, tension, load transfer and form.

THIRD YEAR ARCHITECTURE, SPRING 2021

INSTRUCTOR: PROF. FAYSAL TABARRAH

IN COLLABORATION WITH: NOUR ELBERY & MARAWAN MAHMOUD

DIGITAL ILLUSTRATION

FIFTH YEAR ARCHITECTURE, SPRING 2021

INSTRUCTOR: PROF. GEORGE KATODRYTIS

This project explores an array of modules (repetition and differentiation) as a system / landscape.