PORTFOLIO by Sally Alawady

SALLY ALAWADY

Architecture & Urban Design Portfolio Rue de l’Hotel des Monnaies 186 • Saint Gilles, 1060 • Brussels • sally.alawady@gmail.com • +32497143075

CONTENTS 01.

02. WORK EXPERIENCE 03. ACADEMIC PROJECTS

01. CV

PERSONAL INFO

LANGUAGES

TECHNICAL SKILLS

SKILLS

25.06.1989 Female +32497143075 Rue de l'Hotel des Monnaies 186, Saint Gilles 1060, Brussels, Belgium sally.alawady@gmail.com

Autocad BricsCAD Sketchup Rhinoceros Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign MS Office

EDUCATION

Arabic Hebrew English

Native Mother tongue High level

Hand Drawing Technical Drawing Model Making Creativity Organization Teamwork Hard Work

2019 – 2021

KU Leuven | Brussels, Belgium MSc In Architecture Honors: magna cum laude

2008 – 2013

Tel Aviv University | Tel aviv, Israel Bachelor Of Architecture

2007 – 2008

6B Studio | Tel aviv, Israel Design Preparatory Class

2004 – 2007

The Orthodox High School | Ramleh, Israel Secondary studies in the physics and computer science

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Licensed young architect with +5 years of experience focusing on urban design and community participation

2015 – 2019

2014 – 2015

HQ Architects | Architect at the urban design team Tel Aviv, Israel Responsibilities included: - Planning of small and big scale projects - strategic urban planning, master planning and design of mixed use neighbourhoods, public complexes and urban renewal, architectural planning and design of residential, offices and hotels. - Development of concept, coordinating planning decisions with clients, consultants and municipalities, 3d and graphic design. - Participated as a lead architect in the EU Sunrise project in Jerusalem, which aims to develop new collaborative tools to facilitate collaborative ways to address mobility challenges at the neighbourhood level. - 3d Printing of urban models

Nir-Kutz Architects | Architect Tel Aviv, Israel Production of renders and drawings such as architectural plans, sections, facades, interior elevations and details. Accompanied firm partners to construction sites to oversee the construction process and discuss progress with clients. Projects I was involved in included: Urban planning of mixed use neighbourhoods, architectural planning and design of public, residential and office buildings, Interior design of pharmacies, clinics, offices and apartments and public and private landscape architecture.

02. WORK EXPERIENCE SELECTED PROJECTS

BAVLI ST 28 - 36 NIR-KUTZ ARCHITECTS | 2014 | Tel - Aviv, Israel A 72 apartments residential project (± 10,000 sqm) in north Tel Aviv. In this project I worked under the supervision of a senior architect and took part in the concept and schematic design phases which included: - Examination of different volumetric alternatives - Different buildings positioning alternatives in the given lot - The division and planning of the apartments - Areas calculations - Facades materials and designs exploration Volumes Explorations

Facades Exploration

WORK EXPERIENCE

First Floor Plan - Apartments Division

Ground Floor Plan (Later Updated Version)

BAVLI ST 28-36

MACCABI MEDICAL CENTER NIR-KUTZ ARCHITECTS | 2015 | Yeruham, Israel Acoustic ceiling

An interior renovation project of an existing medical center which includes administration offices, reception, doctors rooms, pharmacy and nurses clinic. I was involved in the design and preparation of: - Construction plans including: demolition, ceiling, flooring, sanitary, electricity and safety. - Restrooms and pharmacy sections - Furniture and doors schedules - Details

Reception Sliding Door

Acoustic ceiling Reception

Smart drawers system

Compactus unit

Pharmacy Sections

Floor Plan 10

WORK EXPERIENCE

Acoustic ceiling Equipment Room

Granite porcelain 60x60 Anti Slip

Men's restroom

Granite Porcelain Gypsum board

Granite porcelain 60x60 Anti Slip

Edge proﬁle folocube cu

Detail 23 Women's restroom Metal suspended ceiling

Women's restroom Granite Porcelain

Concrete ceiling

White ceramic tiles 20x50

Granite porcelain 60x60 Anti Slip

White ceramic tiles 20x50 Hanger H = 140

Men's restroom

Section 6

Layout Restrooms

Concrete ceiling Metal suspended ceiling

Granite Porcelain Gypsum board Edge proﬁle folocube cu

Granite Porcelain

Metal suspended ceiling

Concrete ceiling

White ceramic tiles 20x50

White ceramic tiles 20x50 Hanger H = 140

Ceiling Plan MACCABI MEDICAL CENTER

HEBRON ROAD HQ ARCHITECTS | 2016 | Jerusalem, Israel Urban renewal of three existing apartment buildings on a main road in Jerusalem - Hebron Road. The project suggests mixed-used buildings including residential, public facilities, offices and open spaces. My role in this project included the studying of the current and future context, urban regulations, the municipality’s vision and residents needs. In the following phase several volumetric alternatives were examined, some considered the future tram line and station, others suggested the maximum allowed height allowing the biggest open space on the ground floor and some related to the existing context and the surrounding buildings. Later on, one option was chosen, to which I prepared preliminary documents including land use plan, floor plans and sections.

Volumetric Alternatives 12

WORK EXPERIENCE

Residential

Offices

Public Facilities

Future tram station

Western facade illustration

Section 1-1

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The selected alternative schematic plan

Section 2-2 HEBRON ROAD

BAT YAM’S PROMENADE RENEWAL HQ ARCHITECTS | 2017-2019 | Bat Yam, Israel

WORK EXPERIENCE

As a part of an ongoing process of urban renewal in Bat Yam city we were asked to revive the city’s commercial seafront promenade by setting regulations, guidelines and overall outline for future developers. Our process started by understanding what lacks in this urban space and why it doesn’t function as well as other promenades in Israel and worldwide. Firstly, we noticed that there are many “In Between” spaces. These spaces aren’t public nor private, they are neglected leftovers spaces that nobody takes care of. Secondly, too many street elements are scattered

around and not arranged in a specific row and many illegal permanent winter closures which results in a very narrow sidewalk for pedestrians. My role in this project was the leader and coordinator of the project. My responsibility was to examine and understand the existing condition of the public space and the future developments around it. In addition, my role included suggesting and implementing the solutions, strategies and regulations, coordinating between the consultants and municipality’s needs.

BAT YAM’S PROMENADE RENEWAL

SUGGESTED STRATEGY B D

1. Creating a clear strict strip for all the street elements

B D

B A Residential

B Commercial

C Sidewalk

D Public Utilities

2. Filling the “In between” spaces to create a clear distinction between the private and public spaces and form a continuous commercial facade

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WORK EXPERIENCE

SUGGESTED CONCEPT

Bicycle Lane

Parking Lane

Travel Lane

Parking Lane

Planter & Utilities

Sidewalk

Commercial Facade

Residential

In order to provide flexibility in future the project suggests a dynamic street section that can change depending on a specific situation. For instant, if a specific business doesn’t need an outdoor sitting area there can be a wider public space for plantation and street utilities.

BAT YAM’S PROMENADE RENEWAL

HESS - GOLDBERG NEIGHBOURHOOD URBAN HQ ARCHITECTS | 2017-2019 | Lod, Israel

WORK EXPERIENCE

N RENEWAL Lod city has been suffering through many years from numerous of challenges - a lack of urban planning of the public space, heavy railways crossing the city and dividing it into three segments, socio-economically weak community, drugs and violence. This master plan is one of many ongoing urban renewal projects in Lod, it aims to revive two central neighbourhoods that are adjacent to the railways and has been treated as the backyard of the city center. The project suggests solutions to various current challenges: Adding public buildings and open spaces that the city is in need for, creating a new lively mixed-used residential neighbourhood, softening the border between the railways and the city, handling low land prices that makes it harder to attract entrepreneurs to invest in the city and adding another underground tunnel that connects between the west and the east. I was the head leader and coordinator of this project, my role included coordinating between several of public and private bodies in order to suggest a solution that integrates in the most suitable way the existing residents, city’s, municipality’s future vision, landowners, consultants and the railway needs, this was done through numerous of meetings, planning sessions and public participation conferences.

HESS - GOLDBERG NEIGHBOURHOOD URBAN RENEWAL

Central Location Future neighbourhoods

Historical

Civil

Before suggesting a master plan we studied and mapped the existing situation and the future developments of the city. We came to understand that the city will grow dramatically, expanding its boundaries (the future one is marked in blue dashed line in all maps), introducing many new housing projects, new neighbourhoods, strengthening public transportation etc.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Industrial

Train Depot

These mappings showed the potential in the central location of this project. In addition, we noticed that the city is missing green open spaces, public squares, cultural public buildings, commerce and East-West connections that can help to overcome the railways.

Socio-Economic Index (Average - 4 out of 10) 1-2

3-4

5-6

7-8

Open Spaces

Future Public Transportation Network Tram Bus lane Heavy railway station

Centers

Commercial

Historical

Major Public Spaces

Shared public taxi Tram station

Civil

Offices + Industrial

Historical tourist landmark

River

Regional walking path

Crossings Along The Railways Existing underground

Planned underground

To be cancelled

Existing Pedestrian bridge

Future New Streets

HESS - GOLDBERG NEIGHBOURHOOD URBAN RENEWAL

Development Progress 1. Existing street grid - many dead ends 2. Adding two central main routes 3. Completion of the grid 4. Adding a public linear park 5. Enriching the public and green network in the city and connecting the surroundings to the railway linear park 1.

WORK EXPERIENCE

The Block Formation 1. Existing blocks 2. New suggested blocks 3. Constructing two Mixed use base floors on zero building line including - Commerce facing the main street, public facilities to the park and offices on the second floor 4. On top of the base floors residential buildings 5. Extruding the public space into the blocks in order widen up the street section

HESS - GOLDBERG NEIGHBOURHOOD URBAN RENEWAL

DIFFERENT VOLUME POSSIBILITIES IN A SPECIFIC LOT

MASTER PLAN IN VOLUME

WORK EXPERIENCE

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

HESS - GOLDBERG NEIGHBOURHOOD URBAN RENEWAL

03. ACADEMIC PROJECTS SELECTED WORK

CITIZENS FIRST! Jaffa, Israel/Palestine | Master Thesis | 2020-2021 | Individual project | Promoter - Lilet Breddels

This research paper is written as a part of the

citizens is becoming a crucial practice. Furthermore,

“Towards An Architecture Of Peace” master

in recent years the participatory topic has become

dissertation, that is promoted by Lilet Breddels. The

prominent throughout many discourses. However,

paper focuses on community empowerment in urban

public participation is still globally an unsystematized

renewal projects and the role of architects in these

process and is frequently done to inform citizens

processes. Nowadays, designing and planning with

rather than to include them in the design process.

ABU NASSAR

CASIS RESTAURANT

PERES CENTER

In addition, there is a lack of clear frameworks and

a focus site was chosen as a case study, that was

lack of understanding of how participation is done in

then explored and analyzed. As part of the analysis

practice. As the role or roles of architects in these

an online survey was conducted as well as several

processes remains unclear, this paper investigates the

in depth interviews with the residents. Then an

different roles of architects and diverse participatory

alternative framework was suggested correlating

methodologies, frameworks and case studies, in order

to the findings. The final conclusion of this paper

to suggest an alternative participatory framework

suggests that the participatory process itself and

for urban renewal projects and the possible role/s

how it is done are more important than the actual

for architects in it. To offer an alternative approach,

architectural outcome. AJYAL HIGHSCHOOL

JABALIYA MOSQUE

3178 STREET

WHO, WHAT & HOW? DETAILED SUGGESTED FRAMEWORK On Each Phase There’s A Need To Define: 1. Who will be involved & who will be participating? 2. What is the main goal of this phase and what will be achieved? 3. How will this be achieved? Through which tools? The “Who” main actors: The Facilitators - Can Be A Group Of Architects, Residents, Students, Social Workers, Activists, NGOs etc. Focus Group - The Residents Of This Area The “Public” - Anyone Who Uses The Intervened Site The Municipality Or Representatives

A. LEARN & INVITE

1. Study The Site A. Digitally - By A Survey Shared On Facebook + Whatsapp + Instagram B. Physically - Setting On Site Stand, Putting Flyers In Mail Boxes, Knocking On Doors

B. SUGGEST, COLLECT AND BRAINSTORM

2. Analyzing

Inviting, Data Collecting &

3. Analyze + Share + Suggest

Through Site Visits, Learning The Site’s History, Articles, News, Statistics, Surroundings, Future Developments, Municipality’s Vision, Local Actors, Possible Local Collaborations

+ Get Responses & Ideas

A. Find Major Similarities -> Present them graphically Individual Interviews, Workshops - With Physical Model, On Site Stand - With Physical Model, Interactive Poster, Flyers + Ideas Box,Coffee Stand, Volunteering Residents

Analyze + Create Ideas

ONLY WHEN REACHING A COMMON AGREEMENT

And Alternatives

A. Find Similarities & Important Points -> Present them graphically B. Based On Point A Create Ideas and Alternatives -> Present In Collages / 3d...

C. CREATE Preferred 4. Create Alternatives Illustrate By Collages / Schemes / Maps / Plans / 3d Views / A Physical Model...

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5. Create A Principle Document For A Master Plan

Using Collages / Schemes / Maps / Plans / 3d Views / A model... To Illustrate Points

Interventions Designed With And By The Community After Gathering Data And Until The Realisaiton Of The Urban Renewal Project We Can Start To Create: Street Games, Community Garden, Benches, Paths....

D. SHARE 6. Share Info & Collect Responses / Ideas

A. Share Document On Facebook + Whatsapp + Emails + Mail Boxes...

A1. STUDY THE SITE 0

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OPPORTUNITIES

SPATIAL ISSUES

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Steep Topography + Many Fences

Poor Quality Of Open Spaces + Many On Ground Parking Lots

Mainly residential land use + no diversity in public buildings

3178 Street -> a physical border

Strengthening the green axis and connections to the beach

Putting parking underground = more open spaces + building above existing parking lots

Increasing uses diversity

Reviving underused plots MASTER THESIS - CITIZENSFIRST!

A2. INVITING, DATA COLLECTING & ANALYZING A CAMPAIGN - ANNOUNCING AND INVITING TO PARTICIPATE

1. INTERACTIVE POSTER

2. SOCIAL-MEDIA

I WANT: A market

FUN

IN JABALIYA

3. FOLDABLE POP-UP STAND :

CASIS

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HIGHSCHOO

JABALIYE

CENTER

MOSQUE

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4. VOLUNTEERING RESIDENTS

5. INTERACTIVE FLYER !

IDEAS BOX

SHARE HERE YOUR IDEAS / CONCERNS / FEELINGS...

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7. COFFEE STAND

In the learn and invite phase the facilitator should use different methods in order to reach out to as many residents as possible and attract different community groups. In this site I believe that a combination of all 7 methods illustrated on the left should be used (1) To gather ideas , publish the project and create a collaborative art wall for all (2) Social media and other Online to reach a wide audience (3) To be present on the ground in order to have face to face interactions (4) Volunteering residents that will hand out flyers and inform other neighbors (5) Interactive flyers will invite people to put their ideas on a map and share it online or in the ideas box (6) To gather flyers, concerns, ideas and more from the residents (7) A coffee stand will be operated by a resident who will hand out flyers. ONLINE SURVEY While the broad campaign is the ideal way to invite to participate for the purposes of this research I conducted an Online trilingual survey (Arabic, Hebrew and English) in order to study how people use and experience the space. The survey consisted of 40 questions that were divided into seven main topics: 1. General Details 2. Transportation & Mobility 3. Rating Open Spaces 4. Favorite And Least Favorite Spot 5. The Neighborhood In Future 6. Previous Experience Of Public Participation Events 7. The Survey & Future Contact

Interactive Flyer Prototype

FAVORITE SPOT

CHILDHOOD MEMORIES

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BEACH

I CAN NEVER FIND PARKING HERE

LEAST FAVORITE SPOT

POOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND NEGLECTION FROM THE AUTHORITIES

Survey result - A heat map of the most favorite and least favorite spot MASTER THESIS - CITIZENSFIRST!

CREATE TODAY! UNTIL THE CONSTRICTION STARTS The survey results and interviews taught me that something needs to happen today! The situation keeps getting worse and since master plans take several years to be approved and constructed interventions should be initiated in parallel until then. These interventions even if done temporarily can improve residents daily lives and give them hope and maybe even build some trust in the process and in this way already include them in shaping their future neighborhood and start with the participatory design process.

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E TREES LOT

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YOU AND YOUR NEIGHBOURS CAN DESIGN AND CREATE BETTER SHARED SPACES TODAY!!! A DIY MANUAL WITH POSSIBLE MATERIALS, IDEAS, DESIGNS & LOCATIONS

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DIY Manual Cover

POSSIBLE INTERVENTIONS For each intervention I’ve tried to imagine how can it look like and how residents can create them on their own with a few simple materials and tools. Point A for example is today a public pedestrian pass, but residents told me it’s not a very nice pass since it is open for everyone so it gets vandalized and motorcycles pass there all the time to park inside the complex. I suggest creating a green wall and a quiet reading zone for children allowing a more supervised passage. In point C I saw kids playing and an improvised sitting area that youth created by bringing their own chairs, this can become a sitting and playing area for the residents also with minimal tools and materials. Underused sheltered shared spaces can become a meeting space for the community and so on. In addition, I’ve created a DIY manual which can assist the residents in creating these interventions and inspire them in designing their own interventions. MASTER THESIS - CITIZENSFIRST!

B. SUGGEST, COLLECT AND BRAINSTORM INTERVIEWS - SUGGESTED 3 ALTERNATIVES AND GATHERED IDEAS/OPINIONS ETC... For the future phase of brainstorming I suggest creating a discussion between the facilitators and residents by creating physical and online

workshops in which ideas are presented and discussed. This phase should continue until

certain principles of the master plan are accepted by the majority and alternatives can be presented to the municipality and public.

Since I couldn’t be on the ground I’ve decided

to create 3 alternatives based on my site studies and the survey responses and present

and discuss them with the residents in an online interview. I initiated 2 interviews in

which I’ve gathered local knowledge, listened

to the residents needs and frustration with the municipality, I then presented the survey conclusion and asked if they disagree with anything, and showed some references of

innovative parking ideas in order to give them ideas. In addition, I presented several

first interventions that can happen today and improve their daily lives.

Lastly, we discussed the 3 alternatives from

which I’ve also was able to collect ideas and inputs.

Overall I believe that this phase should be

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First Interventions schemes that were presented in the interviews

ALTERNATIVE 1 Swapping Between The Olive Lot And Unused Public Lots

3178 STREET

PARKING

OLIVE TREES LOT

VOLUMETRIC SCHEME Extensions New residential building/floor New public building

ALTERNATIVE 2 Swapping Between The Olive Lot And Other Unused Empty Lots (Residential/Public)

3178 STREET

OLIVE TREES LOT

VOLUMETRIC SCHEME

Extensions New residential building/floor New public building

ALTERNATIVE 3 Constructing In Empty Lots -> Demolishing -> Constructing

3178 STREET

8 FLOORS 7 FLOORS

VOLUMETRIC SCHEME Phase 1

OLIVE TREES LOT

Phase 2 8 FLOORS

8 FLOORS

Phase 3 Public Building Demolished Buildings MASTER THESIS - CITIZENSFIRST!

THESIS CONCLUSIONS The research / learning is not ending here for me, since during this thesis I understood that in order to do a thorough participatory design process we will need to dedicate the necessary time and energy. I also learned that there is still a lack of knowledge in literature and practice on public participation frameworks and that more practitioners should share their experiences in order to create an international open data resource dedicated to lessons learned from citizens empowerment in planning processes. I would like to share a list of best practices that I deduced from the research: 1. The Process Is More Important Than The

“IF ARCHITECTS DO INDEED HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY IN THIS PROCESS, IT SHOULD INVOLVE DEMONSTRATING HOW AN ALTERNATIVE MODEL OF PRACTICE AND PRODUCTION CAN SERVE OTHERS” Doina Petrecu, AAA Paris

Actual Outcome 2. Bottom-Up Is The Main Key!! 3. We Must Study The Existing Site Thoroughly 4. We Must Stop Acting Merely As Service Providers Or Technicians 5. Local Network For Urban Regeneration 6. Rules On Public Participation Need To Be Legislated In Israel 7. A National Spatial Planners Council For Participatory Democracy 8. Look For An Alternative Financial Scheme 9. Use Diverse Participatory Tools 10. We Need To Create Something Today!! 38

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“IF YOU CAN’T SOLVE LEAKING GUTTER WHY WE EVEN START TO TALK ABOUT THEIR FUTURE ESTATE?“ Hana Loftus

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For more information please visit: https://issuu.com/sally.alawady/docs/citizensfirst_sally_alawady_booklet_small_ MASTER THESIS - CITIZENSFIRST!

PRESENTABSENT

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Haifa, Israel/Palestine | B.Arch, Fifth year - Final Project | 2012-2013 | Individual project | Supervisor - Pro. Danny Lazar

The final project of the Bachelor degree focused on the topic of “The Architecture Of Absence“. Wadi alSalib neighbourhood in Haifa, Israel, was selected as a case study, the neighbourhood has been going through demolitions and ethnic cleansing since the 1948 war, and so is very suitable for the “Absence” theme. Wadi al-Salib used to be a dense neighbourhood that was built to accommodate the rail track workers, and as in many other cities in Palestine in the 1948 war the residents were forced out of their homes and were banned from returning to them. Wadi al-Salib became empty and neglected, houses were demolished and falling apart and in recent years the municipality is planning to gentrify the neighbourhood and turn it into an artist colony. In this project I suggest a different approach, a one that consider, remember and respect the history and the erased identity of the place, by examining the absence phenomena and bringing up questions such as: what is the right way to remember? What should be remembered? And how to bring back the lost spirit of the neighbourhood but still adjust it to the modern life?

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“Many Sites Remain After A Traumatic Event Neglected And Deserted, These Sites Raise A Dilemma To The Planner - Whether To Build A Completely New Building Which Tries To Erase The Past Or To Leave It Empty As A Memorial Spot Or Try To Refer To The Past As Conservation And Restoration Do” Translated from : Remembering, forgetting and the construction of space, by Haim Yaacobi & Tovi Fenster.

PRESENTABSENT

Since the 60s the neighbourhood went through large demolition process leaving only few buildings standing by the 21st century

Before 1937

Existing

1937

2012

Demolished

Ownership State Private

After 1967

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Density 60 - 70 person/sq-km 20 - 40 person/sq-km

Roads 1937

Roads 2012 Street

Stairs

Alley

PRESENTABSENT

The Project Aims To Revive The Neighbourhood And Bring Back It’s Spirit By Four Interventions

Connecting back the neighbourhood to its surroundings

1937

Suggested

Street Stairs Alley

Recreating the old section which follows the topography

1937

Residential

Offices

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Parking

Conserving the remains as public buildings

of the ruins and reusing them

Remembering the absent buildings and alleys by marking their contour within the new suggested buildings and turning them into inner gardens

Existing Suggested Absent - Inner gardens

PRESENTABSENT

Focusing on one block to examine the suggestion in a more detailed way. Each block suggests returning the old erased alleys, and turning the absent buildings into courtyards

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PRESENTABSENT

+8 Level

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“BUILDINGS WHICH THROUGH THEIR ABSENCE HAVE A FAR GREATER PRESENCE THAN THEY EVER DID WHILE STANDING” The power of absence, By Gerry Judah

PRESENTABSENT

THE COMMON ENERGY Brussels, Belgium | Second Semester - The emanation of the commons studio | 2020 | Individual project | Supervisors - Patrick Moyersoen, Jasmien Wouters, Dr. Petra Pferdmenges

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1. Revealing the industrial building’s structures to allow natural light and air to enter the block

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Residential Block In The Heart Of Molenbeek Historique. The Block Is Very Dense (Built-Unbuilt Ratio = 5/1) And Many Households Don’t Have Enough Natural Light Which Leads To High Electricity Consumption. The Commons In my point of view are shared spaces that connect people and encourage them to interact with each others. In Addition, a common can be the opportunity to introduce sustainable ideas and encourage shared renewable energy in order to reduce the energy consumption. In Belgium 72% of the Households Electricity Consumption Goes To Heating and so in this Intervention I suggest a canopy that collects rain water and has solar panels, which can together generate hot water to be reused to heat the households.

THE COMMON ENERGY

0.1

0.2

1. Translucent Solar Panels 2. Translucent Fabric 3. Steel Frame 4. Steel Rain Water Driange Collector 5. 10x10 cm Steel Column 6. 20x20 cm Steel Column - Rain Water Collector

Tectonics

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THE COMMON ENERGY

RETHINKING THE CCN BUILDING Brussels, Belgium | Third Semester - City, Citizens and Space studio | 2020-2021 | Individual project | Supervisors - Christophe Polack and Jonathan Robert Maj Some of the observation after studying and visiting the site were: 1. The presence of the bus station under the building prevents a strong connection with the neighborhood - the ground floor is mainly dedicated for the buses 2. Many leftover scattered sidewalks that are in between the transportation lanes 3. Unused and neglected roofs of the CCN building 4. The ground-floor is lower than the street level creating a closed and narrow view to the surroundings My question was - How can we renew the CCN building and the surrounding public spaces without erasing their identity? My proposal included the revival of the groundfloor by,,, and the expansion of the existing building The CCN Building Grew And Expanded Over The Years, In My Proposal I Suggest To Continue This “Evolution” Legacy By Adding The Extra m² In a Light Material To Reveal The Existing Building

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1950s

1980s

1990s

RETHINKING THE CCN BUILDING

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Public - 6,775 m²

Residential - 16,435 m²

As The Existing ~ Offices - 40,800 m², Retail & Entrance to Station - 8,500 m² RETHINKING THE CCN BUILDING