RAZAN ALTIRAIFI
ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO
MGMT CONSULTING
TECH
HTML / CSS DESIGN CONSULTING
C#
REVIT
JAVA JAVASCRIPT ROBOTICS
BIM
PYTHON
DIGITAL FABRICATION DESIGN SCRIPTING
PARAMETRIC DESIGN
ARCH
DESIGN | TECHNOLOGY | BUSINESS
OBJECTIVE Interested in blending my professional experience in information technology & project management with my education in architecture and design INTERESTS Computational Design | Parametric Design | Design Scripting | Digital Fabrication | Virtual Reality | Projection Mapping |
GRASSHOPPER
RAZAN ALTIRAIFI Languages: English / Arabic
SOFTWARE SKILLS DESIGN SKILLS
ADOBE CC
AUTOCAD
JAVA
HAND-DRAFTING / SKETCHING
LIGHTROOM
RHINO
HTML / CSS
2D DRAFTING
PHOTOSHOP
GRASSHOPPER
SQL
3D MODELING & RENDERING
INDESIGN
VRAY
C#
BIM – CLOUD COLLABORATION
ILLUSTRATOR
REVIT
PYTHON
DIGITAL FABRICATION
ACROBAT PRO
SKETCHUP
MS EXCEL
EDUCATION GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY COLLEGE OF DESIGN | SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
05/2019 3.5 YEAR PROFESSIONAL MASTERS OF ARCHITECTURE
Selected Coursework: DESIGN SCRIPTING: Java Applet, Projection Mapping, Revit Plugin ROBOTIC OPERATIONS: Kuka Robot Operations via Grasshopper
PROJECT MANAGEMENT SKILLS SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT RISK / RECORDS MANAGEMENT CLIENT / VENDOR MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS & SPECIFICATIONS WEB ADMINISTRATION
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY VOLGENAU SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING 05/2009 BACHELORS OF SCIENCE, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Concentration in Database Technology and Programming Minor in Business Management
12/2012 MASTERS OF SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS Graduate Certificate in
Information Engineering
T. GORDON LITTLE FELLOWSHIP
UNIVERSITY SCHOLAR | HONORS PROGRAM IN GENERAL EDUCATION | DEAN’S LIST
HARVARD UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE FLEXERA SOFTWARE SOFTWARE LICENSING ANALYST
6 week program of intensive studio work, lectures, workshops, and field trips mirroring a graduate level studio experience
TEAMWORK AWARD 04 2015 Design solutions to employ license optimization techniques
06-07/2015 | CAREER DISCOVERY
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY CORCORAN ARTS CONTINUING EDUCATION 08-12/2015 | NON-DEGREE STUDIO ARTS WOODWORKING & FURNITURE DESIGN
Beginning with sketches, students will explore design and materials, fabricate models, and generate construction drawings, with a goal of fabricating and completing their own project.
INTRODUCTION TO INTERIOR DESIGN CONCEPTS FOR THE NON-PROFESSIONAL
The course will cover interior design concepts and topics such as drafting to scale (by hand), color and material systems, furniture, space planning, site development, lighting, and sustainability culminating in an individual design project.
05/2014 – 08/2016 | ITASCA, IL (REMOTE POSITION)
BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT 07/2009 – 02/2014 | MCLEAN, VA
08/2012 – 02/2014 | SENIOR CONSULTANT
HI5 AWARD 10 2013 Provided business and policy reviews and facilitated requirements gathering for enterprise software licensing agreements by coordinating between geographically-dispersed clients to maximize savings and comply with efficiency initiatives.
07/2009 – 08/2012 | CONSULTANT
PERFORMANCE & TEAM AWARD 03 2012 PERFORMANCE & TEAM AWARD ABSOLUTE PERSONAL BEST 07 2010
SMITHSONIAN ASSOCIATES STUDIO ARTS PROGRAM
PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE
Classes focus on such topics as posing a subject; using highlight and shadow to create three-dimensional contrast; the difference between high key and low key lighting; how to use a flash meter; and understanding strobe lighting. Participants produce portfolios of portraits of models and their classmates.
03/2008 – 05/2009 | IT Intern – Help Desk Support
UCLA EXTENSION ARCHITECTURE + INTERIOR DESIGN
ALT DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY
01-03/2015 | INTRODUCTION TO STUDIO PORTRAITURE
03-06/2016 | PHOTOGRAPHING ARCHITECTURE & INTERIORS Online course with weekly critique culminating in a portfolio of work.
SOCIETY FOR HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (SHRM) COMPUTER LEARNING CENTERS PARTNERSHIP (CLCP) 09/2006 – 03/2008 | Computer Lab Aide
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY - WRITING CENTER 01/2006 – 05/2006 | Front Desk Receptionist
02/2014 – Present | Photographer Collaborated with interior designers and real estate professionals to provide professional photography services for web and print. http://www.altdigitalphotography.com/press.html
FALL 2017 | ADVANCED STUDIO I SPARK@SLOSS Studio Critic: Stuart Romm
| LIVING MACHINE | INTERDISCIPLINARY | ARTS | TECHNOLOGY | ROBOTICS | INDUSTRIAL | STEEL | CONCRETE | MODULAR | FLEXIBLE | EXTENDABLE | AUTONOMOUS | SCULPTURE | NEW | OLD
PROBLEM A master planning and design program to create a world class arts tech hub for millennials and the underserved at Sloss Furnaces national landmark, Birmingham, for GA Tech, Auburn and Tuskegee schools of architecture autumn studios.
ARTS MACHINE This design invokes both the rational and poetic pleasures of machinic utility and play. This design reflects the historic function of Sloss Furnaces as a pig iron-producing blast furnace through the contemporary use of polished red steel for the structure, faรงade and circulation of the main building. The focus is an interdisciplinary building whose front invites the visitor to immerse themselves in the studios for three of the four quadrants, through large glass curtain walls. The remainder of the faรงade consists of garage door panels embracing an industrial form and function. The building is designed according to a modular logic with machined wall panels which allow flexibility to expand or change the structure as needed. The focal point is the 40 foot high drum spanning the three quadrants.
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FLOOR 1 PLAN
FLOOR 2 PLAN
ENVELOPE
CIRCULATION
FLOOR 3 PLAN
STEEL STRUCTURAL FRAMING PLAN
RENDER EXPOSING STEEL STRUCTURE
S T R U CT U R E
FALL 2017 | ADVANCED STUDIO I WEIGHT & COUNTERWEIGHT: A NEW BRIDGE FOR THE BELTLINE Studio Critic: Stuart Romm
PROBLEM Students are challenged to create a new node along the Beltline that can be static or movable, flat or undulating. Each proposal must acknowledge the continuity of the belt line circuit, must be traversable on a bike, foot, big wheel, must have a connection down to the North Avenue sidewalk. Each project will capture rainwater and provide a sense of place and shade and should be 100% unairconditioned.
SOLUTION I explored the concept of triangulation in the development of the this bridge. This pedestrian bridge is imagined to be constructed from triangulated steel plates with varying perforations throughout the length of the structure. The model was constructed of one sheet of chipboard etched in a triangulated pattern just enough to fold in a radial fashion. There is a sense of interiority and exteriority to the bridge with longer enclosed tunnel designed for slower pedestrian traffic and the shorter tunnel as a bicycle passthrough lane.
SUMMER 2017 | CORE III STUDIO Manifold Futures
PROBLEM Identify, invent, incubate, refine, develop and deliver versions of articulated spatial imaginaries to navigate a vast cloud of spatial ideas, culminating in a diverse array of drawings, diagrams, matrices, physical models and spatial constructs, ranging in size from small to (very) large.
Studio Critic: Keith Kaseman
Razan Altiraifi
RA-02a Razan Altiraifi
RA-02b
SOLUTION Through physical and digital iterations, I developed a digital media production factory and theater. The building incorporates drone landing pads in order to use drone footage for media projects as well as live-streaming in a theater setting to visitors. The building is a hub for the production and distribution of virtual reality media in a variety of forms. The advanced production factory incorporates visitors in many transportation modes including pedestrians, vehicules and bicycles.
Razan Altiraifi
RA-03
Razan Altiraifi
RA-04
SPRING 2017 | CORE II STUDIO
Razan Altiraifi | Highland Courtyards
Area Plan
Area Plan
1/64” = 1’-0”
1/64” = 1’-0”
Site Plan
1/16” = 1’-0”
Floor Plan
1/8” = 1’-0”
Axonometric 1/16” = 1’-0”
Section 1/8” = 1’-0”
Elevation
1/8” = 1’-0”
FALL 2016 | CORE I STUDIO Visual Aweareness & Architectural Thinking through Analog Technique Studio Critic: Brian Bell Marisabel Marrat
A ROOM & ITS PASSAGES Your rooms, and their passages, must now be considered as the basis for a multi-purpose space – a “room”– that accommodates more than one activity around the idea of ‘study’. Your “room” must accommodate 3 activities, for 10-20 people simultaneously, in various configurations.
SOLUTION My intervention consisted of an addition to the Hinman Building courtyard accomodating the following program elements: 1. Group Studying (an iteration of reading) 2. Individual Studying (an iteration of resting/sleeping &/or reading) 3. Informal Dining (an iteration of eating a meal), as a group or individual Transparency and opacity are explored as well as various areas for people to gather.
MEDIA & MODELING SOFTWARE CLASSES FALL SPRING SUMMER FALL
2016 2017 2017 2017
SOFTWARE TAUGHT Autocad Rhino Rhino | VRAY Rhino | Grasshopper Adobe InDesign Adobe Illustrator Adobe Photoshop Revit
SKILLS LEARNED Through study and analysis of precedent buildings learned software skills of 2D drafting, 3D modeling , BIM Collaboration and 3D Printing. Teamwork: The following projects were acheived in a group setting. Media and Modeling 1 & 2 were 2 person teams. Media & Modeling 3 and Revit were in groups of 4.
SUMMER 2017 | MEDIA & MODELING 3 FREEDOM WITHIN TENSION ARCH 4833/8833: Advanced Rhino School of Architecture Georgia Institute of Technology Summer 2017 Razan Altiraifi, Adriana Perez-Leyva, Dreama Johnson, Ruicheng Guo
Springs Component Components Iden�fied Geometry Created
Polylines Exploded into Segments
Base Polygon Created Copy Translated and Scaled
Framework Created
Rest Length Variable To Create Tension
Ver�cal Lines Drawn Points Shi�ed and Diagonal Lines Drawn
Rest Length Fixed
Diagonal Line Lengths Paramterized
Unary Force (Gravity)
Control Points Collected and Duplicates Culled
Differen�a�on Rods Cables
Kangaroo Physics Component
Data Branched
Forces Applied
Rods
Geometry Input
Cables
Bake Geometry Created Pipe Radius Applied Pipe Radius Applied
Control Points Become Anchors
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Placed upon a patch of grass embraced by Clough Commons, our team’s tensegrity model welcomes Georgia Tech students to an outdoor oasis for reading, resting, and exploring. It consists of thirteen steel rods, each held in position by a network of steel cables. The resulting structure is stable and airy, with thoughtfully articulated views of the surrounding campus and a framed view of the cityscape beyond. Land Slopes Downward 10’ Drop
Our tensegrity was generated using Rhino and Grasshopper, relying heavily upon parametric modeling techniques and the use of the Grasshopper Physics component. In this manner we were able to experiment with variations in every aspect of the model: the shape and placement of both the top and bottom plan views, the length of the rods, and the tension placed upon them. As we wanted a structure that would be solid and stand upright, we maintained relatively high tension. Although we kept the top and bottom plans of the tensegrity cables precisely equal, our decision to vary the lengths of the rods resulted in a complex and intriguing composition of varying positions and angles. We were particularly intrigued by the unique capabilities of tensegrity structures to feature floating, seemingly untethered members held within a web of cables. Our twelve firmly planted rods are interrupted by one small, playfully floating member held in position by the surrounding cable structure. Twelve figures pulled this way and that by opposing forces are placed in counterpoint to the one free floating rod, speaking to an inner reality in which we are similarly pulled by our stresses and responsibilities, but may still find moments of peace and freedom within them.
Site Plan Scale: 1/64” = 1’
SPRING 2017 | MEDIA & MODELING 2
DIVIDING GRID INTO MORPHED BOXES (WINDOWS) U-COUNT=6 V-COUNT=3
by Gustav Hoiland on April 17, 2014 (https://flagshipphoto.com/2014/04/17/simmons-hall-mit/)
RANDOMIZED FACADE VIODS NUMBER=75
https://ps2pm.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/screen-shot-2010-12-01-at-11-50-34-am1.png
SCRIPTING 1D | FACADE DIAGRAMS
PRECEDENT | SIMMONS HALL
FACADE DETAIL
VARIATION MATRIX 1D | FACADE DIAGRAMS
https://ps2pm.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/screen-shot-2010-12-01-at-11-50-34-am1.png
http://pratt-design301-fbiehle.blogspot.com/2013/09/simmons-hall-mit-steven-holl.html
http://mapio.net/pic/p-40839891/
http://en.wikiarquitectura.com/images/3/35/Simmons_hall._cortes.jpg
FACADE GRID PARAMETERS
GRID U-COUNT=19 GRID V COUNT=10 RANDOMIZED FACADE VOIDS=25
GRID U-COUNT=5 GRID V-COUINT=5
http://www.stevenholl.com/projects/mit-simmons-hall
SYSTEMS DIAGRAMS PROJECT: VASSAR STREET LOCATION: CAMBRIDGE, MA ARCHITECT: STEVEN HOLL YEAR: 2002
GRID PARAMETERS U-COUNT=19 V-COUNT=10
WIDTH= 576 FEET HIEGHT= 124 FEET
EXCLUDING VOIDS
GRID U-COUNT=19 GRID V COUNT=10 RANDOMIZED FACADE VOIDS=1000
GRID U-COUNT=10 GRID V-COUINT=10
In 1999 Massachusetts Institute of Technology commissioned Steven Holl to design a new a dormitory for the school. They had one goal in mind, that the spaces around and within the building would stir up interaction among students. With MIT’s vision in mind along with Holl’s artistic architectural ideas, the ten-story undergraduate dormitory became a small city in itself with balancing opposing architectural elements, such as solids and voids and opaqueness and transparency. Holl’s design solution was that the building would metaphorically work as a sponge. It would be a porous structure that would soak up light through a series of large openings that would cut into the building so that light would filter through in section. These breaks in section would then become main interactive spaces for the students, providing views onto different levels. In his original drawings, Holl referred to these breaks as the building’s “lungs” as they would bring natural light down while circulating air up. Due to fire regulations, the final design was not able to incorporate these gaps at the massive scale that Holl originally had in mind. Nonetheless the main concept was still carried through with smaller breaks. The lungs scattered throughout the building have a dynamic organic geometry that juxtaposes the rigidity of the gridded rectilinear exterior. Along this colored exterior grid system are five large openings, or voids, in an otherwise solid structure that correspond to main entrances, view corridors, and outdoor terraces. The abundance of windows creates a constant flicker of changing lights as the different rooms are occupied, resembling a city skyline at night. These windows also welcome plenty of sunlight and natural ventilation for each room. Each residential room has nine operable windows, and an 18-inch wall depth allows lowangled winter sun to warm up the building and allow the rooms to stay shaded and cool during the summer months.
DIVIDING GRID INTO MORPHED BOXES (WINDOWS) U-COUNT=6 V-COUNT=3
SCRIPTING 2D | SURFACE DIAGRAMS
GRID U-COUNT=19 GRID V COUNT=10 RANDOMIZED FACADE VOIDS=2500
GRID U-COUNT=13 GRID V-COUINT=7
RANDOMIZED FACADE VIODS NUMBER=75
SYSTEMS | SIMMONS HALL
VARIATION MATRIX 2D | ENVOLOPE
SCRIPTING 3D| VARIATIONS
RANDOM PANEL VARIATION RANDOM SPLIT= 0.9
RANDOM COLOR VARIATION GREY 0% RED 25% GREEN 25% YELLOW 25% BLUE 25%
SLABS
SURFACES
CORE
PANELS
TOWER SIMMONS VAIRATION
RANDOM PANEL VARIATION RANDOM SPLIT= 0.2 RANDOM COLOR VARIATION GREY 50% RED 12.5% GREEN 12.5% YELLOW 12.5% BLUE 12.5%
LUNCH BOX VARIATION HEXAGON GRIDED FACADE
ANALYSING |AESTHITIC OF COLOR
VARIATION MATRIX| MASSING
OPTIMIZATION | AESTHETIC COLOR SYSTEM
RECONFIGURATION | VARIATION OF COLOR MAPPING TO FACADE SYSTEMS
http://www.stevenholl.com/projects/mit-simmons-hall
OPTIMIZING THE COST BY USING ONE TYPE OF THE FREE FORM PANEL, WITH THE GRIDED PRECAST CONCRETE PANELS. THIS MIGHT REDUCE THE CONSTRUCTION COST, BY PRODUCING TWO CASTING MOLDS INSTEAD OF FIVE AS THE ORIGINAL SITUATION. THE REPETITION PROBABILITY OF THE FREE FORM PANEL, CAN BE EASILY ACHIVED WITHOUT COST RESTRICTIONS. ALSO, THE PANEL CAN BE ROTATED OR DISPLACED TO CREAT AN INTERSTING FACADE SYSTEM.
FRAME VARIATIONS 1
http://www.stevenholl.com/projects/mit-simmons-hall
IMAGE SAMPLER FRAME VARIATIONS 2 http://www.stevenholl.com/projects/mit-simmons-hall
Panel Frame Type 1 Panel Frame Type 2
Panel Frame Type 3 Panel Frame Type 4
LUNCH BOX VARIATION HEXAGON GRID FACADE
TOWER SIMMONS VARIATION
THE LOGIC OF COLOR MAPPING WITH FRAME SYSTEM
ARCH 6471 Media & Modeling Fall 2016 Instructor: Sabri Gokmen Yue Liu Axonometric Drawing Villa Rotunda
FALL 2017 | REVIT
FALL 2016 | MEDIA & MODELING 1
ARCH 6471 Media & Modeling Fall 2016 Instructor: Sabri Gokmen Yue Liu Axonometric Drawing Villa Rotunda
Villa Rotunda Team Members: Razan Altiraifi, Yue Liu
www.autodesk.com/revit
Consultant Address Address Address Phone
Consultant Address Address Address Phone
Rendering_1 3" = 1'-0"
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Level 8 157' - 0"
Level 8 157' - 0"
Level 7 145' - 0"
Level 7 145' - 0"
Level 6 133' - 0"
Level 6 133' - 0"
Level 5 121' - 0"
Level 5 121' - 0"
Level 4 109' - 0"
Level 4 109' - 0"
Level 3 97' - 0"
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Consultant Address Address Address Phone
Consultant Address Address Address Phone
Level 3 97' - 0"
Level 2 85' - 0"
No.
Level 2 85' - 0"
Level 1 70' - 0"
Description
3
Plan
Section 3 1" = 20'-0"
Plan Geometry Analysis
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A102
division of work. - Emily: site plan / topo, doors, color-coded room plan - Razan; Building / room layouts - Brenda: Core / stairs, room layouts - James: column grid/structure, renderings
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Level 8 157' - 0"
square footages
Level 7 145' - 0"
level 7 = 24,400 sq ft
Level 6 133' - 0"
level 6 = 23,200 sq ft
Level 5 121' - 0"
level 5 = 22,000 sq ft
Level 4 109' - 0"
level 4 = 22,000 sq ft
Level 3 97' - 0"
level 3 = 24,400 sq ft
Level 2 85' - 0"
level 2 = 22,000 sq ft
owner Bimbos Final Project
Mixed Use Building Project Number
level 1 = 24,400 sq ft
Level 1 70' - 0"
Date Drawn By
total = 162,000 sq ft
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Date
Level 1 70' - 0"
Section 1 1" = 20'-0"
Checked By
Section 2 1/16" = 1'-0"
Project Number Issue Date Author Checker
A102
Site 50' - 0"
As indicated
Scale
12/13/2017 5:02:04 PM
1
Consultant Address Address Address Phone
7
rendering_2 3" = 1'-0"
7
2 A102
Villa Rotunda 2
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A102
www.autodesk.com/revit
B C
122' - 3 7/32"
Consultant Address Address Address Phone
3 A102
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Consultant Address Address Address Phone
E A103
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RETAIL 6
RETAIL 5
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47 603 UP SF
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Consultant Address Address Address Phone
RETAIL 3 3 1172 SF
LOBBY 46
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8919 SF
Room Legend
Site 2 1" = 30'-0"
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ARCH 6471 Media & Modeling Fall 2016 Instructor: Sabri Gokmen Yue Liu Axonometric Drawing Villa Rotunda
RETAIL 2
CORE
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Section-2
1172 SF
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Rendering 1
Consultant Address Address Address Phone
CORE RETAIL 4
Section -1
Consultant Address Address Address Phone
1151 SF
1151 SF
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CORE
1181 SF
48 600 SF
RETAIL 4 F RETAIL 5 RETAIL 6
Level 8 157' - 0"
RETAIL 7
Level 7 145' - 0"
RETAIL 7 DN
RETAIL 8 G
RETAIL 8
7
8
1152 SF
1151 SF
Elevation - 1- 2 - 3 - 4
Calculating...
Level 6 133' - 0" Level 5 121' - 0"
owner
Level 4 109' - 0" Level 3 97' - 0"
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Level 2 85' - 0"
Mixed Use Building
Level 1 70' - 0"
Project Number
Site 50' - 0"
Date Drawn By Checked By
3
West 1/16" = 1'-0"
1
Level 1 1/16" = 1'-0"
Scale
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Project Number Issue Date Author Checker
A103
As indicated
Porch Elevation Detailed Drawing: A8
Bimbos Final Project
7
12/13/2017 5:02:14 PM
4
A102
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2 A102
Rendering 2
Villa Rotunda Overview:
2017-2018 | Various Courses Fall 2017: Spring 2018: Spring 2018:
Design Scripting Robotic Operations Portman Studio Workshop
1. Revit plugin writting in C# 2. Javascript Applets 3. Projection Mapping 4. Studio workshop utilizing temperature sensors 5. Kuka robotic arm operations through grasshopper plugin Kuka PRC.
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FALL 2015 | WOODWORKING WOODWORKING & FURNITURE DESIGN Studio Critic: Cristian Wicha
PROBLEM Beginning with sketches, students will explore design and materials, fabricate models, and generate construction drawings, with a goal of fabricating and completing their own project.
SOLUTION I chose to create a set stools that would stack together to form a solid cylinder. This piece of furniture would be space-saving and multi-use. I found a listing for a black walnut log that served as a beautiful base for my project. Through sketching and spatial reasoning my instructor and I tried to find the optimal way to cut the log into the two stools. I used power tools and hand tools in the process. I completed the project using a handsaw after the end of the semester.
FALL 2015 | CAREER DISCOVERY PROJECT 1 Studio Critic: Kevin Murray Design Representation: Sunchung Christine Min
TRAVERSING SPACE Architecture is not only the design of spaces, but the sequence in which those spaces are viewed and how one connects them together. In Project 1 you are tasked with creating the transition between two very different rooms, the tall room and the long room. The goal is to choreograph a functional sequence of movement (“circulation�) that takes into account the pragmatic concerns of moving horizontally and vertically through space.
SOLUTION After exploring passages and circulation paths through a series of study models, I developed a series of ramps connecting the tall room with the long room.
FALL 2015 | CAREER DISCOVERY PROJECT 2 Studio Critic: Kevin Murray Design Representation: Sunchung Christine Min
INTERPOLATE: DOUBLE HOUSE Project 02 is meant to build upon the practices of spatial logic and experiential narratives that began to emerge in Project 01 and the first abstract exercises associated with this project. You will investigate creative solutions for the organization of circulation, program, boundaries, thresholds and envelopes [all of which you will develop in order to reinforce and enrich your architectural concept] .
SOLUTION My double house consisted housed a very privated individual who resided on the third floor with a bakery on the first floor open to the public. A more public resident lived directly above the cafe on the second floor. I explored ways of bringing light into a private dwelling. I utlized photography to better understand the nature of light through various apertures and perforations.
FALL 2015 | CAREER DISCOVERY PROJECT 3 Studio Critic: Kevin Murray Design Representation: Sunchung Christine Min
COLLECT: ARCHIVE THEATER FOR UNION SQUARE Project 3 will engage notions of temporality, identity of place, overlapping scales, and programmatic multiplicities. The program of the film archive, event space, and the subject of film itself are steeped in complex and varied perceptions of time. Furthermore, the construction of the archive theater is conceived as a transformative project for Union Square, one that will speculate upon how people use public space in urban communities in years to come.
SOLUTION At the heart of my design was a large processional stairway from which all other program elements branched. The stairs at one point become an amphitheater and at another point open up to an outdoor space and restaurant.
SELECTED SKETCHES
SELECTED PHOTOGRAPHY
Exhibited Photography
RAZAN ALTIRAIFI