Wasib Mahmood|Architectural Portfolio Jan 2006 - Jan 2015
This portfolio is written & designed by Wasib Mahmood
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Design Foundations.Tectonics DES 132.Spring.07
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This was the first design project undertaken as part of my 5 year architectural education. “Foundations” serves as the first common year for all design majors such as interior design, visual communication, multimedia design and architecture. Bigger ideas of composition, materiality and tectonics are introduced. This project was a transformation of a linear 2D ‘spine’ into a 3D connecting composition. Right from the start, my personal interest has been in materials, textures, fabrication & connections.
Education Virginia Tech
(Washington.Alexandria.Architecture Centre)
M.Arch Fall 2015-Present
American University of Sharjah (Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. NAAB Accredited)
B.Arch Spring 2011 Dean’s list (Fall 2010 - Spring 2011) Chancellors List (2010 & 2011) CGPA: 3.39
Al-Ain English School (Al-Ain, UAE) 8 IGCSE Subjects (Spring 2005) 4A*s and 4 As
Skills Digital
AutoCAD Rhinoceros 4.0 + Vray Autodesk Revit Architecture 3D Studio Max + Vray Digital Project V4 MasterCam Adobe Design Suite Advanced knowledge of digital fabrication systems including Universal laser systems, 3d printing and 3 axis milling routers.
Experience
Contact
2014 - Key role in designing and
Wasib Mahmood
2012 - Key role in designing and
312 Missouri Avenue Herndon,VA 20170 USA
4115 IDP Hours Approved
Feb 2012-June 2015 Architect at DSA Architects
International, Dubai, UAE. Part of the core concept design team responsible for understanding the design brief and developing effective solutions from scratch. Major projects include Qamardeen Hotel (Downtown Dubai), Emaar Prefab restaurants, Springs Village expansion, Doha Marina Club, Dubai Sports Council Headquarters, Apple store MOE, Hermes store MOE & Lexus showroom DFC. Also responsible for managing all visualization in the office.
2010-Present - Design &
Visualization Director at the.wm.studio. Responsible for managing the design and visualization team. Please visit www.thewmstudio.com for more info.
July - September 2010 -
Architectural Intern at “Gehry Technologies”, Abu Dhabi, UAE. A challenging internship position involving extensive use of “Digital Project” and other 3d modeling software to construct detailed building information models. Projects worked on include the Abu-Dhabi Investment Council Headquarters and Cleveland Clinic, Abu Dhabi.
CV
Achievements presenting DSA’s winning competition entry for Al Turath 5 star hotel. Full project was then awarded to DSA. Construction to be complete in 2017 presenting DSA’s winning competition entry for Omniyat Holdings. Residential Tower to be built on the palm Jumeirah by 2017
wasib@vt.edu +1.703.649.8866
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Academic Work • Design Foundations.Tectonics • Observation • Micro Dwelling • Sub.Urban House • Bank of Sharjah Headquarters
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Professional Work | DSA Architects International • Qamardeen Hotel Refurbishment • Lexus Car Showroom • Omniyat Apartments • Al Turath Hotel • Emaar Prefab Restaurant • Sarayah Bandar Jissah Resort • Apple Store • The Maze
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Business | the.wm.studio ® • Jumeirah Ladies Club • Emirates Community Centre • Boom & Mellow Retail + Furniture Design
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Personal Work
2011 - Short listed in top five for ‘Cityscape’ young architect award.
- First Place in Bank of Sharjah Headquarters competition, American University of Sharjah - Chancellor’s List 2011
2010 - Set up my own design &
visualization firm: the.wm.studio www.thewmstudio.com
- Won the “Open Source Arc” competition for primary school in Cameroon, Africa. Project built in Summer 2010 - Chancellor’s List 2010
2009 - Won the British Petroleum award
for sustainable & Innovative building design at the AUS
• Umbissa Primary School • InfoCart Kiosk • Isfahan Bazaar
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Although one of my very early projects, I think it still remains one of the most successful. This observation deck aims to provide an ideal location for a visitor to observe the landing of an aircraft at Dubai International airport. The architecture allows for a choreographed journey providing moments of pause and reflection throughout the building until one arrives at the pinnacle moment where only one person stands in front of a perfectly oriented and framed view towards the runway. The journey however, then gradually ends as one descends through the feature staircase and exits the site.
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Project Site
1. Arrival & Entry 2. Moment of Pause 3. Moment of observation 4. Cross Ventilation inlet 5. Reflection Pool 6. Terrace 7. Floor Mirror 8. Pinnacle 9. Feature Staircase 10. Exit
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Bank of Sharjah HQs
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Al Khan Road . Sharjah . United Arab Emirates
The South Facade is coated with solar cells in contrast to solar panels. The cells are maufactured in a spherical form allowing views from inside while capturing light from all diirections to produce energy.
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Public Observation Deck +64m
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B. Staff Cafeteria - 3rd & 4th Floor
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D. Board Room & HR - 10th floor
A. Auditorium - 2nd floor
F. Women’s Prayer Hall - 12th floor E. Gallery & Men’s Prayer Hall - 11th floor
C. Typical office plan floors 5-9
H. Helipad & VIP reception lounge -14th floor
Board Room
G. Retail Store & Viewing Deck -13th floor
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Roots of Light
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Office Floor
Public Arboretum Helipad
Bar Grating
Porous Secondary Skin
Retail Store & Deck
Carved Staircase Underground Parking
Cantilevered Prayer Room
Sphela solar Cells
User Controlled Panels Outdoor Terrace
Site Plan A regular visitor ascends through a carved staircase composed of a series of retaining walls into a carefully orchestrated entry sequence which leads to one of the two entries into the building. The basic organization of the architecture is similar to the horizontal layers of a tree trunk however the outer layers have been peeled off on the north side to reveal the office façade representative of the vertical strands inside of a trunk. The core volume extends past piercing the sky in order to serve as a ring that holds the gem and allows a distinguished reading of the office volume
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Qamardeen Hotel
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Downtown Dubai,UAE academic
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Qamardeen Hotel is property that belongs to Dubai’s most famous developer - Emaar Properties and is in the immediate vicinity of the famous Burj Khalifa. DSA Architects International has a very good relationship with them and many of our projects come from Emaar, hence DSA has played a significant role in building Dubai’s hospitality skyline. This project was special to me because it was my first built design at a commercial scale. The developer basically wanted to add two contemporary restaurant spaces to the already existing traditional building built in 2006. Below are two of the main options we initially presented and then pursued option 2. The next page shows the transformation from ‘before’ to ‘after’.
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Construction Photos
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Cultural.Village.Hotel
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From the lobby, two restaurants align the wings of the hotel and serviced apartments with extensive outdoor terrace extending to the edge of the site to take advantage of the unobstructed view to the Creek.
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Al Turath (The Heritage) hotel is a five star luxury property situated on Dubai Creek. This was another competition that DSA won and the project is currently under Scheme Design. Dubai’s traditional architecture has carefully considered proportional relationships and although ornamentation does play a part, it is not the driving factor behind its principles. Rather the play Sitevery Analysis Analysis Analysis are & RESIDENCES AL ALTURATH TURATH HOTEL HOTEL | on Dubai, &UAE &RESIDENCES RESIDENCES | Dubai, | Dubai, UAE SiteSite of light as it falls a surface is important and UAE climatic challenges addressed through utilization of thermal mass and abundant wind towers. Having worked with DSA for 3 years, I can confidently say that I have studied those principles and produced this hotel design. primary primary view view
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This is the point of arrival for guests arriving by cars. From the main entrance, separate dropoff points are provided for the ballroom, the hotel, the spa and the serviced apartments entrances. A double volume lobby greets the guests and presents an immediate water view as the first impression.
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The wings have been aligned to offer waterfront views to the majority of the rooms. This re-alignment creates an atrium which benefit from daylight access to the internal corridors, creating a unique circulation experience.
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Muscat,Sultanate of Oman academic
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This was an amazing project because of the design challenges and opportunities it brought with it. The site is a beautiful rock mountain with a soft fresh beach at its foot. The most exciting place in the project is the speciality restaurant which cantilevers off the edge of the farthest cliff. This project gave me an opportunity to study traditional Omani Architecture principles and implement them in our project. The hotel suites are structured in a triband arrangement going from a stereotomic rock construction for the first row at the top of the mountain to a lighter white plaster finish as it reaches down to the beach. Although we would have liked to have more freedom with the architectural style, the client had his requirements which we had to respect. The project is currently under construction.
Concept Sketches
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Apple Store
Mall of the Emirates, Dubai,UAE academic
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I am very proud to have completed this project single handedly. MAF, owner of the famous ‘Mall of the Emirates’ needed to convince Apple officials that their mall could offer the largest Apple store in the world in great style. DSA was asked to provide a concept design in 3 days and I was chosen to deliver. The ‘glass box’ acts as a monolithic volume protruding both into the interior and exterior of the mall serving as an attraction for those commuting on the metro. Apple has since confirmed to be in MOE by 2015.
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Emirates Community Centre Abu-Dhabi ,UAE
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Abu-Dhabi Police department ran a competition in 2012 for a community centre complex. The design was to be adaptable to various sites across the city to facilitate replication. This was the.wm.studio’s entry.
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Sharjah,United Arab Emirates academic
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A very interesting project because we were able to defy all preconceived notions of what a kiosk is or should be. This mobile kiosk was designed to be driven around town collecting information from the public that would then be used to produce a new map of Sharjah. Along with professor Kevin Mitchell I was responsible for leading the design, coordination and construction of this Infocart. Managing the construction process was extremely fruitful for me as an architectural student.
Project Team: Heba Hammad, Kevin Mitchell, Wasib Mahnood
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Isfahan.Bazaar Physical presentation model
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Building physical models has been a passion since early childhood. Due to the high quality of craft, ‘Al Max Design’ commissioned me to produce this basswood model of an Iranian shopping mall entrance. I used laser cut sections of museum board to accurately depict the muqarnas, a popular feature of Persian Architecture.