Sahar Ben H’mouda Architecture intern E-mail: benhmouda.sahar@gmail.com Phone: +216 94 515 869 Nationality: Tunisian Birth date: 14/05/1996
EDUCATION 2020-2022
• National school of architecture and urbanism of Tunis Undergraduate student
2018-2019
• National superior school of architecture of Paris-La Villette Master in sustainability and earth architecture as an erasmus exchange student
2015-2017
• National school of architecture and urbanism of Tunis Second cycle of studies in architecture
2014-2015
• High school diploma 15 November1955 high school, Tunisia
EXPERIENCE 2021 April • Atelier.EXE November
Participation in national competitions of a city hall and a high school Designing and producing drawings of different types of projects: educational, residential, urban and commercial Coordination with structural engineers Application for a building permit of a villa
2020 November February
• CHB Architecture
2019 June- July
• 3A: Architecture, Amenagement, Art
Participation in national competitions of a high school and two cultural centers Assistance in site visits
Assistance in conception of an administration of a factory
2018 June- August
• ZHF architecture
Initiation to the different phases of a project: Design and execution Assistance in site visits
COMPETITIONS 2022
• Tiny house competition organized by Huttopia Foundation
Third place
Towards an architecture and design of the essential in hot climates 2021
• UIA-HYP Cup international student competition Countryside dilemmas - New rural planning
2021
• Life visi-on international ideas competition New ways of living the city in the post- COVID
2021
• CTBUH Tall Building Design Competition Shed new light on the meaning and value of tall buildings in modern society
2021
• Rammed earth house competition organized by OUTSIDER Design an experimental building made of rammed earth
SKILLS • Design and modeling: Archicad, Revit, Autocad, rhinoceros, Grasshopper • Graphic: Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, office • Rendering: Lumion, Enscape LANGUAGES • Arabic
• French
• English
Second place
CONTENT
INTERLACED
QUADRUPLE BOOTH
BETWEEN URBA-TECTURE AND NATURE |
RETHINKING URBAN PROXIMITY|
ACADEMIC
COMPETITION
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INSIGHT
A HOTEL OF E
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T HOTEL
EXCEPTION |
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DISCOVERY
EXPANDABLE IN BETWEEN
A BOAT OF SURPRISES AND EMOTIONS |
A QUEST FOR THE ESSENCE IN A HOT CLIMATE | COMPETITION
ACADEMIC
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Page 44
INTERLACED
BETWEEN URBA-TECTURE AND NATURE Academic project: 5th year Type: Multi-functional Architectural and urban Site: Taparura, Sfax, Tunis
8 | INTRODUCTION
Urban project
Urban tissue Taparura park
Factories
Taparura
Located in the southwest of Tunisia, Sfax is an industrial coastal city whose urban context presents a gap between the city and its coastline that creates a real disconnection both visual and physical with the shoreline. This barrier is created by the factories that occupy the waterfront. Interlaced is conceived to weave the links between the city and its urban, social and natural components by creating the interlace at different scales: urban, urba-tectural and architectural. The idea is to create a symbiosis between the project and its context and a coherent weaving between the different types of spaces, which leads to the birth of interconnected spaces revealing social interactions. The Taparura project is an urban extension representing an opportunity to remedy the discontinuities of the city and provide urban wellbeing to the citizens. Therefore Interlaced constitutes a place of meeting and promenade in continuity with the city of Sfax and the urban park of Taparura by connecting them with the sea. It provides a link of leisure and dynamism animated by sports, artistic and cultural activities. The urba-tectural approach allows communication between these spaces and an opening that welcomes and invites citizens to participate and interact.
• Extension of the main roads from the city to the sea
• The urban grid radiates from the center of the circular park diverging towards the sea to create various perspectives.
Green spaces Sea / Water surface
Buildings urban furniture/ bicycle path
streets/ plaza
• The urban blocks created serve as a transition and a link between the city, the vegetation and the sea, thereby ensuring the cohesiveness of the project with the surrounding context.
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1•Typical urban blocks The built environment constitutes a massive gap between the green park and the sea.
2• the principle of the open block: aligning facades with streets and creating interconnected interior voids.
3• Create a fusion between the blocks through the interpenetration of natural elements and the continuity of the built environment. Thus Blurring of boundaries between blocks and creation of an urban knit in one entity
4• Crossing axis that connects the whole project together, connects to the buildings and reaches the sea. Along with openings with the neighboring blocks through streets crossing the buildings that facilitate the movement and invite to discover the project.
10 | URBAN RENDER
To achieve an interconnection between the different elements, an interpenetration and a weaving is needed to make the fusion and deliver a coherent and dynamic node. The ramps and walkways connect the urban space and the architecture, it constitutes an important part of the interlaced experience: the continuous promenade leading to the sea. It expands and turns into a high square that offers various horizon views, provides a roof and also turns into a floating bridge over the surface of the sea.
URBAN RENDER | 11
12 | URBAN SECTIONS
Green Footbridge Sitting/ Footbridge Green place
Covered walkway
Green place
Water body
Covered pedestrian passage High plaza
High plaza
High Walkway
Public place
High park Bleachers
Green park
Ramp High Walkway
Ramp
Public place
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14 | PARTI
Architectural project
Connecting between two urban blocks: The building is a connection and a crossing space. It represents an inbetween in itself.
Open the passage through the building to create a covered walkway between the two blocks.
Sculpting urban bleachers as an envelope for the architectural facade and allowing a maximum angle of view towards the sea.
An envelope provides at the same time a dynamic ramp, high plaza, bridge, high walkway and roof to the project.
EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC | 15
16 | RENDERS
The architectural project is located near the sea and participates in the completion of the journey to the horizon. The interior and exterior are tightly linked. The high walkways penetrate the interior space bringing visitors inside then continue their venture outside. Which makes the architecture interlaced with its context and a part of the promenade. Natural and mineral elements are also omnipresent, keeping the visitors immersed even when being inside. Thus the limits between architecture and urbanism are blurred and faded creating the urba-tecture, a space in between.
SECTION | 17
QUADRUPLE BOOTH RETHINKING URBAN PROXIMITY Competition: Life visi-on | 2ND PLACE Type: Commercial and urban Site: Ceglie Messapica, Italy
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Life visi-on competiton
20 | MANIFESTO
Concept The pandemic has changed our lifestyles and imposed new norms for maintaining social distance to prevent the spread of disease. The lock-down have lead commercial and service structures to suffer severe consequences and various problems because of closures. It has also affected urban space, which has become inadequate for sociability when, in fact, social connection is just as important for mental health, especially in a high-density city. Quadruple booth is a redesign of the commercial structures and the urban spaces post pandemic. It aims to accommodate the need for safety and enhance safe distancing and healthy practices. They can be installed in public plazas, vacant parcels, parks and parking lots. The design helps organize the circulation flow and provides clear signage for the customers in addition to sanitary stations. The units are open air which insures a proper ventilation.
1.5m marking Circulation pattern Staff space Self check-out Water storage/ Hand washing Green area
Urban sitting unit
Urban market unit
Urban seats or extensions for hospitality units
Extension of supermarkets
MANIFESTO | 21
Urban retail unit
Urban hospitality unit
Extensions or new commercial structures
Restaurants, bars, fast food
22 | DETAILS
Rainwater collecting system Water is stored then used for watering plants and supplying the taps
The textile roof protects citizens from the weather. It is designed to direct rainwater to water tanks in the center of the booth to store it for daily uses such as supplying the hand washing stations and staff’s private space. The used water is then used to water the plants. The space features flexible, movable shelving and wooden furniture that can be easily moved at the end of the day to close up stores. The dividing walls are composed of double wooden partitions, one of which unfolds to form a closed and secure storage area.
Closure of the shop The goods are gathered at the corner and secured by folding a second wooden skin.
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INSIGHT HOTEL A HOTEL OF EXCEPTION Academic project: Master 1 Type: Touristic Site: Paris, France
26 | INTRODUCTION
Insight hotel is an architectural project with urban genes. It respond to an urban and environmental situation in Paris, marked by a history and an exceptional territorial state. The site itself maintains a contrasted relationship with a situation of an urban character. It is located in the Buttes Chaumont park, northwest of Paris. The interesting thing about this location is its relationship with the city, which is both quiet, dedicated to entertainment, without being so detached from the city of art and culture. It is both an interior and an exterior where you can enjoy nature as well as the advantages offered by the metropolis. The hotel is a gathering place for artists and creators, a place that stimulates creativity. It welcomes all passionate artists or professionals or jobs that require innovation, for all those who seek a moment of inspiration, a moment of Eureka! The Insight Hotel is a micro place of inspiration and discovery in the city of inspiration and artistic wealth. The exception of this hotel is that it stimulates the deployment of the creative process in visitors in order to achieve insight, which is, among other things, the sudden discovery of the solution to a problem without going through a series of progressive trials and errors. The program translates the five stages of the creative process where the artist evolves in this journey according to his preferences with a choice of different atmospheres that help him flourish and develop his ideas and concepts.
PARTI | 27
The creative process
5. VERIFICATION
Buttes chaumont Park
Original and exploitable idea to be examined: imperfections, improvements, then elaboration 4. ILLUMINATION
The “Eureka” moment! The desired revelation that comes at the least expected moment, all it takes is one detail, one anecdote...
3. INCUBATION
Let it rest; digest what has been found, do some side thinking, put the mind at rest, get away from the problem.
Puebla Pavilion
2. SATURATION
Central core Vertical circulation Horizontal circulation First skin Second skin
The double skin consist of wooden sliding curtains that envelop the entire hotel. The envelop is easily accessible and monitored by the hotel residents which gives the hotel a dynamic ever changing facade defined by the usage and the sun direction.
Get inspired by what already exists, immerse yourself in the sources of information, explore, search, sort out, deepen the pertinent material. 1. PREPARE THE BASE
Problem definition: reframe, focus, question, observe, analyze and identify the problem.
28 | SECTION
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PLANS | 29
4
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5 3 1 6
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Level 4
Level 5
Level 7
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Level 8
Level 19
roof terrace
1 Co-working space 2 Meeting room 3 Capsule rooms 4 mediatheque 5 Swimming pool
6 Lounge 7 Games area 8 Sports hall 9 Suite Room 10 Restaurant
11 Bar 12 Rooftop 13 Baths 14 Cafeteria 15 Bibliotheque
30 | DETAIL
Detailed section
The project is composed of three circular cores that structure the horizontal and vertical circulation. The central core of the project gathers all the vertical flows. The voids perforating this core qualify it as a space of exchange and visual interactions. The second core houses the various spaces and activities of the hotel. And the third core envelops the project and serves as a horizontal circulation as well as an interface of exchange between the interior and the exterior. It is a space in between that allows the residents to enjoy the urban sceneries and lights of Paris.
Central core
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Scientifically: Insight or Eureka moment are moments impossible to predict, a beautiful surprise of the brain. An unpredictable phenomenon, an unconscious search for ideas. In fact, conscious and hard work is not always enough, it is also necessary to let go, one can also find solutions by resting. Therefore the hotel offers the opportunity to meditate and promote concentration on the one hand, and on the other hand contain spaces for engaging activities. The spaces are composed of work, rest and activities.
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34 | RENDERS
It is necessary to have an architecture that induces feelings of dreams and fantasies. To each his own rhythm of work and his preferences: Daily or intensive period, during the day or the night, Individual or collective, Silence or noise, Indoor, outdoor or in between, Open space, closed space or in between, Large space or small space etcetera. Hence the need for a rich choice of location to allow the best comfort through an appropriation of space for the unheard of to be realized. It is also an opportunity to meet and exchange between artists, necessary for the phase of saturation as well as for the verification, in order to share their experiences and inspire each other.
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DISCOVERY A BOAT OF SURPRISES AND EMOTIONS Academic project: Master 1 Type: Naval architecture, educational Site: Paris, France
38 | INTRODUCTION
Experimental model
The project is a boat that provides a space where the naval architecture course is held and at the same time will allow for cruises and study trips with the students. The boat is docked at the quay which is located a few meters from the school of la Villette in Paris. The basic program includes a classroom space, an exhibition space, a library, a dining space, a kitchen and sleeping facilities. These spaces should include 30 students in the classroom and 10 students on the trip. The furniture in the boat is movable, so that the tables and sofas turn into bunks to save space.
PARTI | 39
Constraints : Water draught of 1 m, air draught of 3 m and the finesse must not be below 7. Hypothesis: the concept was born from the hypothesis of “The Discovery” which structured the whole project. We started with one experimental abstract model that expresses the discovery hypothesis. Each face of this model gives a different perception especially when exposed to light. The approach was to make sections of this model and then to assemble these sections in order to obtain a linear path that will guide to the discovery in the boat. This path is a sensory journey characterized by change in perception and light leading to an exceptional experience of different emotions and surprises. The discovery is expressed both inside and outside, which makes the passengers on the quay want to enter and discover the inside of the boat in addition to the work of the naval architecture students.
40 | RENDERS
PLANS AND SECTIONS | 41
LONGITUDINAL SECTION
B
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MAIN PLAN
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MEZZANINE PLAN
SECTION A-A
1 Entrance deck 2 Dining area
3 Classroom/ sleeping area 4 Exterior deck
5 Exhibition 6 kitchen
SECTION B-B
7 Captain cabin
SECTION C-C
42 | TECHNICAL DETAILS
Technical file Floating length 29 m Floating width 4.8 m Length 30 m Width 5 m Displacement 71.05 T Main section 3.04 m² Draft 0.7 m Prismatic coefficient 0.7 Finesse 7
MODEL | 43
EXPANDABLE IN BETWEEN A QUEST FOR THE ESSENCE IN A HOT CLIMATE Competition: Tiny house competition organized by Huttopia Fondation | 3RD PLACE Type: Residential and touristic Site: France, mobile house Team Work
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HUTTOPIA Fondation
46 | PARTI
‘EXPANDABLE IN BETWEEN’ is a Tiny house designed to adapt to its natural and warm environment and at the same time be easily transportable. The walls of the house contain all the necessary facilities and furniture. They are U-shaped units where the shell and the furniture constitute a single functional and habitable entity. These self-stable entities are fragments of mobile living rooms that slide thanks to a system of rails and anti-friction wheels. The expanding walls open to allow natural air to flow freely and open the entire interior space to its external environment. The opening of the walls is adjustable according to the needs of the users, creating a space in between that is open and covered by a light textile structure. Thus, one is protected from the sun and at the same time in a ventilated and flexible space. The limit between inside and outside becomes blurred and the house merges with the surrounding nature. The sliding walls serve not only to expand the interior space, but also to facilitate the transport of the house, which instead of being totally disassembled, becomes a compact box. The furniture itself is the envelope and is well arranged in a packaged and transportable. The mobile living furniture adds flexibility to the space and creates more arrangements adapting to the needs and situations of the inhabitants who have the freedom to compose their space. While the tiny house is associated with isolation and the limited number of residents, this project is designed to be a place of conviviality and gathering. It is a space that isolates us from the nuisance of the city and brings us closer to nature and our companionship: The more the merrier. This project adds dynamism and flexibility to the unique lifestyle of tiny houses by offering different layouts and configurations. It is a space that is both enclosed and intimate, but also open and communicative.
PARTI | 47
1st Unit
LIVING ROOM - DESK - BED - STORAGE
2nd Unit
Kitchen - shower room - storage
3rd Unit
DOUBLE bed - dressing room - vanity
48 | PLANS
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10 9
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Open disposition
12 5 13
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Closed disposition
1 Sitting 2 Desk 3 Storage 4 Dressing 5 bedside table
Boxed disposition
6 Vanity 7 Curtain 8 Kitchen 9 Dining table 10 Shower room
11 Water tank 12 Exterior bath tub 13 Bed 14 Projection screen 15 Fire place
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50 | EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC
Tensile structure
Pillar and tension tie
Wooden cladding Interior wood cladding Double glazing Glass wool insulation Solid wood post and beam structure Wooden joists Perforated wall Wooden cladding
Photovoltaic panels
Fresh water tank Grey water tank
Solid wood floor Wooden joists Concrete foundation Double beam in solid wood
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52 | DETAILS
Easier disassembly and transport
GSPublisherVersion 0.86.100.100
PROPOSITION DANS LE JOUR
Natural ventilation in closed disposition, enhanced when open
Water and electricity collection Self-sufficiency off grid house
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