The Five Elements
Sanarya Waleed Mustafa Ali Jwan Hamid Mustafa Laith Roaa Amer
Project Brief Location : Republic of Iraq, Baghdad, Al- Yarmuk, Four Streets
Activities : Commercial Stores, Fashion Houses, Arcade, Galleries and Community Spaces.
Baghdad,Iraq. Specialized with fashion brands and fancy hospitality facilities. It is part of the development program for one of the main streets in Baghdad, with total length of one kilometre and fourteen street branches that are attached to the main street. The vision for the project was for it to be sustainable, green, minimalistic but also still has a luxurious atmosphere, this was achieved through modular designs, materials and landscape.
Baghdad Fashion Avenue
Length : About 1 kilometre starting from Qahtan Square.
Baghdad Fashion Avenue (BFA) is a luxurious, high end avenue located in
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Site Analysis Location
Baghdad Fashion Avenue
Republic of Iraq
Baghdad Governate Map
Al-Yarmuk Four Streets
scale 1:2500
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Site Analysis Mass and Void Analysis ( Figure Ground )
Baghdad Fashion Avenue
scale 1:1400
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Site Analysis Circulation Analysis ( Vehicles + Pedestrian )
Baghdad Fashion Avenue
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Zoning on
Baghdad Fashion Avenue scale 1:1400
Legend
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Main Fashion House
Baghdad Fashion Avenue
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Main Fashion House Design Concept
Baghdad Fashion Avenue
Initial Sketch
- When You Design Anythink There are New Ideas Shown As Big Cubes In The Top And Old Ideas Shown As Small Cubes. - Operation Of Design Is A Continuous Working So The Whole Form Seam Like The Building is not Finish. - When You Design Clothes There are Lots of small parts of Fabric Shown As Small Cubes. - When You Go To Any Archaeological Place You Will See Lots Of Separated Bricks And Stones Spread On The Site, Shown As Small Cubes. - The Whole Form Has Been Taken From Sumerian Ziggurat And Hanging Gardens Of Babylon. - There are human scale in the building which means Gradient Of Masses 1x1,2x2,4x4,8x8 meters.
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Baghdad Fashion Avenue
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Fashion Arcade
Baghdad Fashion Avenue
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Fashion Arcade Design Concept
Baghdad Fashion Avenue
Initial Sketch
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Baghdad Fashion Avenue
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Baghdad Fashion Avenue
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Small Fashion House
Baghdad Fashion Avenue
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Small Fashion House
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Small Fashion House Design Concept
Baghdad Fashion Avenue
Babylonian Infinite Symbol
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Baghdad Fashion Avenue
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Fashion Gallery
Baghdad Fashion Avenue
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Baghdad Fashion Avenue
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Art Gallery
Baghdad Fashion Avenue
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Baghdad Fashion Avenue
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Brand Shops (A)
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Baghdad Fashion Avenue
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Baghdad Fashion Avenue
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Brand Shops (B)
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Baghdad Fashion Avenue
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Used Materials
Baghdad Fashion Avenue
We wanted to keep the general look clean, minimalistic and sustainable. So the used materials were Plaster ( Stucco ), Glass and we added a green roof for some of the buildings.
Green Roof Details
Pictorial meadows green roof seed mix. Filter layer. Drainage / reservoir.
Protection layer. Waterproof membrane. Insulation. Vapour barrier. Wood deck.
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Street
Baghdad Fashion Avenue
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Street
Baghdad Fashion Avenue
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Street Detailed Section
Baghdad Fashion Avenue
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Street
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Monument
Baghdad Fashion Avenue
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Monument
Baghdad Fashion Avenue
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Site Plan Master Site Plan
Baghdad Fashion Avenue
Mass and Void ( Figure Ground )
Detailed Site
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Meet The Five Elements Team : Sanarya Waleed @sanarya.wk
Mustafa Ali
THANK YOU !
@mustafa.a.arch
Jwan Hamid @jwaneh
Mustafa Laith @layeah.itself
Watch the full project on
Roaa Amer
@roaa.3amer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mReFlK6AllA&t=22s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVIKrURjQE4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ajki9z1OIqs
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