Sima Mounla architecture portfolio

SIMA MOUNLA ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO

SIMA MOUNLA (+971)562610458 (+966)503644810 sima_mounla95@hotmail.com Address: University City – Sharjah UAE P.O. Box: 26666

Education:

Digital skills:

2012- 2017: Bachelors in architecture, American University of Sharjah 2009 - 2012: attended green hills international school in Jeddah, graduated as class valedictorian Was awarded Dean’s list for spring 2013

V-ray Rhino AutoCAD Sketch up Autodesk Maya Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign Microsoft office

Work experience: June 14- July 21:Worked at DWP Dubai June 10 -July 15 2014: Worked at Novi Design Jeddah coordinator for the Brazilian cultural club

Competitions: 2015-2016: AWR London Nursery School

Language proficiency: Fluent in Arabic and English Very Basic French

Mechanical skills: Wood shop Technical hand drawings Model building

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BASTAKIA: ARTIST HOUSE A

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PARAMETRIC WALL

BATHING RITUAL

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12-13 CYPRUS RETREAT

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PROTOTYPICAL ARCHITECTURE

CONCEPTUAL DIGITAL DESIGN

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SERKAL: ART GALLERY + STUDIO

PROTOTYPICAL STRUCTURES

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FLOW: THE GREENWICH NURSERY

ARTIST HOUSE BASTAKIA

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Located in the old neighborhood of Bastakia. The project mimics the traditional Arabic courtyard house with a modern twist of materials and program. There is a concrete service core that mimics the surrounding sikkas and the program revolves around it in linear manner

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PARAMETRIC WALL

COSINE CURVE

OPENINGS APPEAR AGAIN AT THE TOP CURVE FLATTENS AS IT TRANSITIONS INTO COSINE

OPENINGS GRADUALLY CLOSE

CURVE REMAINS STEADY

LARGE OPENINGS AT THE BOTTOM

SINE CURVE

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The wall’s purpose was to explore pushing a traditional building material beyond its usual limits.

The design of the wall is based on a sin and cosine curves of equal equations and it was digitally constructed using grasshopper. This design helps the wall shade its front the entire day

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BATHING RITUAL As a continuation of the wall project, the bathing ritual created a serene place for reflection and meditation, by keeping the light and contact to the outside world minimal.

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CYPRUS RETREAT

The retreat was intended for a young female professor who was looking for a safe heaven from the pressures of work. The retreat focuses on integrating indoor with outdoor while providing sea views and shade from the Cyprus sun.

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CONCEPTUAL DIGITAL DESIGN

The concept is to create anti-gravitational sleeping pods that are used on spaceships to provide better sleep. The pod is connected to a battery that turns a loop of anti-gravitational fins. These fins keep the pods floating.

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PROTOTYPICAL STRUCTURES MODULAR MANIPULATION

LIMITATIONS

MAXIMUM INCLINATION ANGLE

SECTIONAL TRANSFORMATION

LIGHT DIFFUSION

BASE : HEIGHT

WASTED SPACE AT EDGES

The project is an exploration of from using a typical structural type, in this case the folded plate structure. I used folded units to create a conical dome that can alternate variables

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RELATIONSHIP TO SKY (OCULUS)

THE OCULUS PROVIDES LIGHT ENTRY AND THE REST OF THE STRUCTURE IS ENCLOSED

MODULES USED RIB STRUCTURE

CONNECTION TO GROUND

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PROTOTYPICAL ARCHITECTURE

The pavilion is derived from the exploration of structures. The conical dome is created out of strips that fold inward to create openings. The structure relays on itself to hold

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SERKAL: ART GALLERY + STUDIO

Using barnacles as an inspiration from nature and the structure from the pavilion project the from starts to grow to house the gallery function.

Organic form provides natural light during the day and becomes a lantern on Serkal Ave. During the festive nights. The fabric material for the panels relates back to the region’s traditions of the Bedouin tent 20

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FLOW: THE GREENWICH NURSERY

The project was part of a competition for the AWR London nursery Competition. Derived from the form of a children’s slide the roof starts to provide an extravagant play of light on the interior. Each stripe in its form and directionality mimics the flow of River Thames. The landscape resembles the idea of paint puddle, where the paint flows outwards towards the edges of the site leaving the building pure of color 26

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SIMA MOUNLA

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH (+971)562610458 (+966)503644810 sima_mounla95@hotmail.com