Portfolio Shyreen Shaib

Shyreen Shaib Urban design & planning portfolio

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“The poverty that matters is not so much material poverty but a poverty of connections�

- Graham & Martin, Splintering Urbanism, 2001

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INDEX

Curriculum Vitae

Project one ‘Mama

Reconquista - Balanced development in metropolitan Buenos Aires’ Location/ Buenos Aires, Argentina Date/ April 2014

Project two ‘Staying

in the economic game - Zwolle region 2050’ Location/ Zwolle region, the Netherlands Date/ February 2014

‘Reclaiming Project three

the Hofbogen - Giving the Hofbogen back to the neighbourhood’ Location/ Rotterdam, the Netherlands Date/ November 2013

Project four ‘Entering Gouda - Reconnecting the city’ Location/ Gouda, the Netherlands Date/ September 2013 Project five

‘Kop van ‘t Zand - Via de Talent Factory’ Location/ ‘s Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands Date/ February 2013

Various freelance design works

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CURRICULUM VITAE SUMMARY

EDUCATION

Having been exposed to different cultures and ways of working my entire life, I distinguish myself by being very open-minded, flexible and social. I love taking on any new challenges that come my way, or searching for challenges myself to stimulate my own personal growth.

I work best in a team, where my best characteristics can flourish in the form of organizational and communication skills while keeping my own independence and personal responsibilities.

Sep. 2013 - current

Delft Univeristy of Technology/ Netherlands Masters degree in Urbanism

Sep. 2014 - Jan. 2015

Universitat Politècnica de València/ Spain Erasmus semester Architecture & Urbanism

Sep. 2009 - Aug. 2013

Eindhoven University of Technology/ Netherlands Bachelors degree in Architecture, building & planning

When I started studying in 2009, I chose Architecture, Building & Planning at the TU/e due to the mix it offered between technical skills and design. As the years passed, my interests grew towards the complexities that the space around us has to offer, and especially how it affects us on a social level. To learn more about the complexity of different urban scales all over the world, and what my role as an urbanist could be, I decided to do my Urbanism masters at TU Delft. TU Delft has offered me the opportunities to do various projects on different scales including a project in Buenos Aires, Argentina as well as an Erasmus exchange semester in Valencia, Spain.

Sep. 2012 - Aug. 2013

Royal Dutch Society of Engineers (KIVI) Eindhoven student board member (KNSE)

Sep. 2011 - Aug. 2012

Eindhoven Student Futsal Association Totelos Board member/ Commissioner internal competition

Sep. 2011 - Aug. 2014

Various commision work Organising trips & events, editing magazines, etc.

I look forward to starting my graduation year in September 2015, in which I would like to dive more into these complexities on a large scale including issues that matter for society, like social inequality and spatial injustice.

ASSOCIATION EXPERIENCE

WORK EXPERIENCE Sep. 2011 - current

Freelance design work See last page of portfolio for examples

July 2002 - current

Teaching & homeworkhelp Helping children with Down’s Syndrome after school

Aug. 2012 - Aug. 2013

Students sports centre Eindhoven Bar & restaurant employee

Jan. 2007 - Jan. 2012

Albert Heijn Supermarket Product quality inspector Shyreen Shaib/ PORTFOLIO

WORKSHOPS & COURSES

STUDY TRIPS

April 2014

Advanced Visualisation course/ Pixelflakes Two-day course in TUDelft

May 2014

Buenos Aires/ TUDelft

June 2013

Career orientation & network branding training/ Ormit Intensive training in TU/e through KNSE

Nov 2013

Istanbul/ TUDelft

April 2012

Singapore & Malaysia/ TU/e

Feb 2013

Team roles and management/ TU/e Two-day course in TU/e

SKILLS & INTERESTS Languages

English Full proficiency Dutch Native proficiency Arabic Native proficiency Spanish Professional working proficiency French Limited working proficiency German Limited working proficiency

Computer

InDesign +++ Illustrator +++ Photoshop +++ AutoCAD ++ Sketchup ++ 3DSMax + Revit +

Keywords

Challenges | Sports | Social | Teamwork | New experiences | Goal-orientated | Organised | Driven | Travelling | Verbal communication

CONTACT DETAILS Name/ Shyreen Shaib D.O.B/ 27-07-1991 Availability/ Mid Feb to end Aug 2015

E-mail/ shyreen.shaib@gmail.com Phone#/ +31683792020 Skype/ shyreen.shaib Address/ Cesar Franckstreet 192, 2625 CE, Delft, NL Shyreen Shaib/ PORTFOLIO

MAMA RECONQUISTA

UNPRE

supranational organisations

BALANCED DEVELOPMENT IN METROPOLITAN BUENOS AIRES investment Buenos Aires, Argentina / April 2014 media

This project is part of the elective studio Globalisation Free Choice. The studio focuses on the complex relationship between regional and international urban systems, the development of public space and the evolution of cities undergoing major transformations.

The journey to the Latin American nation exposed me to a different cultural, economic and political environment, which challenged my perceptions on a personal and professional level.

Modernization

Global market

Trade migration liberalization

Rapid Population Growth capitalization

knowledge

democracy

Ministry of Infrastructure GOVERNANCE corporate management challenges control POLITICS ONABIEF PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT

GLOBALISATION Technology

decisions

Privatization representations law rules

POVERTY

METROPOLIS lack of Institutional collaboration OF BUENOS AIRES responsibility

IBD [Inter-American

Ministry integration of Social Subsecretary Urbanism & Housing Development

Development Bank]

In collaboration with FADU, the faculty of Architecture in Buenos Aires, it was my mission with 11 other students to develop an urban strategy on the Rio Reconquista river basin, which lies north of the city center. This river deals with a lot of issues like flooding and uncontrolled rapid urban sprawl.

The project encouraged me to create design-led solutions based on multidisciplinary research and the development of a strong theoretical planning framework.

METROPOLITAN FOUNDATION

Environmental Organisations

ENVIRONMENT

Environmental Institutions AySA

mixture of different sustainability cultures/ traditions innovation Planet science ecosystem

Flooding

Pollution development GLOBAL resources CLIMATE CHANGE WARMING INTA [ Nat. Institute for Agriculture Technology]

National Business Performance Index (source: Americas GIA Member, Market Intelligence, The World Bank, 2012) GDP per Capita (US$ at PPP)

Global competitiveness Index (WEF, raking 2012-13)

Argentina

Brazil

18.036

12.120

94

48

Chili

18.450

33

Netherlands

Agency, www.epa.gov/ies/documents/argentina/aqm_tarela&perone.pdf ).

42.000

8

“Latin America is a bright spot in the post-recession global economy, with growth rebounding strongly in much of the region.

In the years ahead, cities will be critical to regional growth." (Building competitive cities: The key to Latin American growth, McKinsey, 2011)

“The serious groundwater drainage problem in Buenos Aires Conurbation is the result of 4 issues” (United States Environmental Protection

Import of water-supply

Limited coverage sewer/drainage

Reduction ground water pumping

Increased annual rainfall

“Buenos Aires’ ma or sources of pollution are transportation and industrial processes, but mainly transportation, as it is the source of over of all the pollution” (Mitigation of Groundwater rainage Problems in the Buenos Aires onurbation, Argentina Technical & Institutional Way Forward, Foster, 2002).

ABSA

Literature on processes in the Metropolis of Buenos Aires

“Constitution allows every immigrant with an address a residence permit access to free education and health” (International rganization for Migration: Argentina, www.iom.int/cms/en/sites/iom/home/ where we work/americas/south america/argentina.html) .

“These metropolitan regions also introduce a ‘second degree’ fragmentation, on top of the metropolitan government structure” (Buenos Aires Fragmentation and Metropolization, Pirez, 156).

Federal Government

Province of Buenos Aires

Municipalities in Autonomous city the Metropolitan of Buenos Aires area

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Creating conditions for a balanced spatial development by....

Activating

STAKEHOLDERS

& level of involvement

Urban areas (change of land-use)

-municipality of Moreno -provincial government -national government

Public space (local infrastructure and land-use change)

-residents of Moreno -NGO -municipality of Moreno -private sector

New public space and functions (landuse, infrastructure, functions, financing)

-residents of Moreno -NGO -municipality of Moreno -private sector

New developments (land-use, functions, housing)

-municipality of Moreno -private sector

Community center (People’s awareness & education)

-residents of Moreno -NGO -municipality of Moreno -provincial government

Area to larger scale (infrastructural connection)

-municipality of Moreno -private sector -provincial government -national government

STAKEHOLDERS

& level of involvement -municipality of Moreno -provincial government -national government

Roads (infrastructure)

-municipality of Moreno -land owners -ABSA -AySA -provincial government -ministry of social develop ment -subsecretary of urbanism and housing -national government -municipality of Moreno -provincial government -national government -provincial government -COMIREC -UNIREC -municipality of Moreno -COMIREC -UNIREC -OPDS -national government -ministry of social develop ment -municipality of Moreno -provincial government

ACTIONS

Sewage system Water supply Land tenancy (Hard infrastructure basic needs)

Possibility of informal settlements (land-use and defined public space) Landscape (shaping public space, preventing it from the informal settlements, reducing flood risk)

-

Providing

Designating

ACTIONS

...to move from exclusion to integration.

Regulating

...establishing connections that are absent or underdeveloped and managing environmental conflicts...

Threat of river (water management)

Shyreen Shaib/ PORTFOLIO -residents of Moreno -NGO

Economy (local

STAYING IN THE ECONOMIC GAME SUSTAINING & VITALISING THE ECONOMY OF ZWOLLE REGION FOR 2050 Zwolle region, the Netherlands / Feb 2014 The core of this project is about creating a regional design for an emerging urban region. Designing on a regional scale has given me more knowledge about how to deal with the large time spans and the involvement of different people and parties.

WATER MANAGEMENT: IJssel river Zwarte Water river flooded area high dike compartment low dike NATURE: protected landscape forest border forest network polder landscape green connectors

N

As urbanists, it is our task to make a regional design as a method of exploring the future, and offer a select number of appropriate futures on which society can debate on.

This project was a teamwork of 4 students where we used different economic scenario’s to steer different parts of the Zwolle region into different directions to make use of their full economic potential.

strategy borderline

E

W

S

INFRASTRUCTURE: light transport to Zwartewaterland train network economical axis - goods transport Kampen Waterport new residential areas INNOVATION LINKS: healthcare innovative technology water managament economy cattle farm innovation agriculture innovation TOURSIM: city tourism forest tourism landscape tourism recreationg ENERGY PRODUCTION: biogas energy solar energy farms windmill farms

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self-suďŹƒcient towns railway network

economy driving forces

local identities

society character

economy character

social cohesion/solidarity

education

tourism type

energy sources

agriculture

main transport

landscape/building

investments

Zwartewater

Zwolle

Kampen

the North

the South

region components

COMPACT CITIES

social system

Caring region

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RECLAIMING THE HOFBOGEN GIVING THE HOFBOGEN BACK TO THE NEIGHBOURHOOD Rotterdam, the Netherlands / Nov 2013

Primary functional cityscale elevationpoint

This project focusses especially on sociospatial transformation of the city and the scale where urban design meets the human scale. By strategically intervening in the urban fabric, the environment of people is improved in a sustainable and feasible way.

Create possibility for bikes to cross the highway

Orientation point Spotlights

Garbage can

Important road for visitors of the Hofbogen New path for the neighbourhood

Create full walking circle for the park Let school use hofbogen as part of the plaground

The Hofbogen in Rotterdam is an elevated trainrail that has been out of use and announced a monument in 2009.

Rotterdam wants to create a skypark similar to the High Line in New York.

My design question was how to use the potential space and quality of the Hofbogen to upgrade the general quality of public space surrounding it. I designed a 4 layered strategy for the entire Hofbogen, then zoomed in on a particular area to demonstrate the flexibility of the design.

Recreational elevation point: Theatre seating

Secondary recreational neighbourhood-scale elevationpoint

Bergweg station located along an important street for traffic Use Bergweg station as a lively area to connect ground with upper floor

Use the hofbogen to create a theatre for the neighbourhood Important street for pedestrians and bikes.

Connected to schools

Use a lightsculpture to guide the way from the busy street.

Connect the roof with the minimall.

Functional elevation point Seating possibilities Planters

Vines

Ambient lighting Facade dynamics

Brings water collection to public green

Bicycle storage

Moss generating electricity

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New design/ section

New design/ impression of the “void space” - now an active area

New design/ impression of the redesigned square

Vijverhofstreet Top of the hofbogen

Boekhorststreet

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ENTERING GOUDA RECONNECTING THE CITY Gouda, the Netherlands / Sep 2013 This project focuses on the analysis and design of urban form of a city as a whole. Urban transformations triggered by globalization forces are influencing environmental quality and livability of cities, and challenging the position of planning and design in shaping a new urban realm. Dealing with the growing complexity of a city still requires good understanding of the basic structure and key urban elements, and the ways they work.

Gouda is an ancient Dutch harbour city, with its core along the river since it was the city’s main entrance. The city grew concentrically from this old core and even though the city is now entered by train and by car, the orientation of the city remains towards the water.

In this project, I discovered the hidden potential of an indstrial area which is slowly losing its function, located at the intersection of the traintracks and the main road for entering the city from the highway.

Street pattern

Building pattern

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Missing connections on a physical level through three different scales Shyreen Shaib/ PORTFOLIO

KOP VAN ‘T ZAND VIA DE TALENT FACTORY Den Bosch, the Netherlands / Feb 2013

Public space: the Talent Factory

This project was my final Bachelor project at TU/e. It is a multidisciplinary project where we worked in a team of 7 people, each with their own role and interests. I was responsible for the urban design and management.

Kop van ‘t Zand is an area along the water in ‘s Hertogenbosch, not far from the train station and the old city centre. In the middle of this area there is an old factory with monumental value called the Talent Factory, dividing the area in two parts.

The urban assignment for this area was how to deal with a monumental building in a design and how to use the quality of the water to activate the space.

Instead of seeing the Talent Factory as a building which divides the urban space, I transformed it into the central public space of the area. It became the main entrance for all the surrounding functions, as well as an important pedestrian street to connect the two sides of the city.

Semi-public space

Semi-private space

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