Yara Alnashawati | Portfolio

YARA ALNASHAWATI

Yara is an architect holding a master’s degree in (Adapting) Dutch architecture for heatwaves. Graduated in 2020 from Fontys University of Applied Sciences. Experienced in moduler & sustainable housing and concept development.

Experience

Assistant tutor

architecture department

Gerrit Rietveld Academie ,NL,2023-to present

Architect

FARO Architecten ,NL,2022-to present

Junior Architect

BURA Urbanism ,NL,2021-2022

Freelance architect

Us studio ,NL,2019-2021

Architectural Designer

Sustainer Homes ,NL, 2017-2019

Researcher

Fabrications ,NL, 2016-2017

Architect & Project Coordinator

KFA Design & Build, Syria, 2014-2016

Architectural researcher

URBEGONY, Architects Without Border, Denmark, 2014-2015

Education

Master of Architecture

MA+U Academy ,The Netherlands, 2016-2020

Bachelor of Architecture & Urban Planning

Damascus University , Syria, 2009-2014

Skills

+ + + + Revit Architecture + + + + Sketchup + + + + Rhinoceros 3D + + + + Auto CAD + + Lumion + + Enscape

Adobe Suite: + + + + Photoshop + + + + InDesign + + + + Illustrator + + Adobe premiere + + + Microsoft Office + Grasshopper

Publications

“Cool space”

Blauwe Kamer 3,NL, 2020

“Metabolism of Antwerp” Fabrications ,NL, 2018

“Circular Laos”

Fabrication for UNDP,NL , 2017

Languages

Arabic Native speaker

English Professional level

Dutch Intermediate

Workshops

UN-Space

Interdisciplinary Research Hathaway Designs and FHK, NL, 2019

Syria Pre /Pro/ Post Change

Architecture Sans Frontiers Denmark, Denmark-Syria, 2015

Resources Investment

Oregon University & Damascus university,USA-Syria, 2014

Competitions

Architectural designer

Trudo Challenge, new ideas for Strijp-S, NL, 2019

Volunteering

Writer - teacher

Twenty two _ Design Magazine, Syria, 2014-2017

Urban & strategy planning

Merwede Urban study

Master plan Waterlandkwartier

Veldhuis district

Circular Laos

Metabolism of Antwerp

Pasgeld buiten Rijswijk

Eilanden van Stilte

URBAN & STRATEGY PLANNING

MERWEDE URBAN STUDY

Merwede, currently still an inaccessible area in the city, will become a neighborhood in which people are happy, sustainable and healthy living. Merwede must become an example of sustainable and healthy urbanization in Utrecht. Offering all the beauty of urban living, and the disadvantages minimalize. Living close to the center, but in a green, natural, relaxing environment. Everything can cycle, but have access to a car if you need it. Good and affordable living in a lively city district for everyone, where people still know each other.

Merwede is the first example of Utrecht’s ambition for sustainable and healthy urbanisation in Utrecht. The creation of Merwede will give Utrecht one of the largest inner-city, car-free city districts in the Netherlands, the size of 34 football pitches. This will provide the city with thousands of affordable homes and numerous facilities, such as a market hall and mobility hubs for shared transport. There will also be an abundance of greenery, partly due to the strict parking standards.

Merwede’s mission can be summarised in five themes:

•Mobile Merwede: Allowing residents of Merwede to move freely without their own car.

•Healthy and sustainable: Designing Merwede to contribute to a healthy planet with healthy people.

•Lively city district: Offering Merwede the liveliness and amenities of the city.

•Green domain: Creating a Merwede that combines highly urban, green and relaxation at the same time.

•Coulisse city: Merwede is a highly urbanized neighbourhood with respect for the human scale.

A special feature of the Merwede project is that a 24-hectare industrial site is being transformed into a new urban district. This is possible because the 10 owners involved, including the municipality, have made the plan together. Soon, 12,000 people will be able to live in Merwede. The district will be particularly popular with the elderly because of the residential care combinations and with first-time buyers because of the affordability of the homes. Families, too, will be well served by the many amenities, including three schools.

The choice for a car-free district contributes to the peace, space and greenery in Merwede. Along the canal there will be a new Merwede Park. Different routes for slow traffic connect Merwede to the surrounding neighborhoods and the city.

Coulisse city

The buildings in Merwede will differ in size, height and architecture. Structures start relatively low on the canal side and increase in height towards Europalaan. Merwede contains over 200 buildings in total. This creates a diverse roof-scape and unique cityscape: a Coulisse City.

Urban principles

Merwede includes a diversity of environments from quiet residential areas to busier meeting places. There will be lively places with hospitality facilities, a sports hall, primary schools, a secondary school and a cultural centre. One example is the bicycle depot, which will be transformed into a market hall with restaurants and cafés, creative businesses and food cultivation. In other parts of the district, residents can find peace and quiet, such as in green squares and parks.

Program: Rhino, Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign

MASTERPLAN WATERLANDKWARTIER

The essence of the transformation of it Waterlandkwartier is the creation of a mixed urban area where living and working are combined with attractive recreational opportunities for everyone. The Waterlandkwartier forms together with the historic inner city the linear center of Purmerend and is well connected with the immediate surroundings and the surrounding districts, the Beemster, and the polders, but at the same time it will have its own very urban greenery character.

The Waterlandkwartier is being built with the drive for innovation that was so typical of the years’ seventy.

The Waterlandkwartier will be an innovative, sustainable ‘pioneer district’ where residents, employees, and visitors like to come, and function as a business card of the city.

One is being created in the Waterlandkwartier attractive living environment by increasing the residential quality of public space, the creation of lively skirting boards, and the realization of good and affordable homes for starters, young people, the elderly, and families with an interest in urban living.

In the Waterlandkwartier, Purmerend is working on the healthy city of the future. During development committed to sustainable development. This happens in all aspects: energy, mobility, nature, inclusiveness, and circularity. Knowledge gained from the transformation of the Waterlandkwartier can be done by the city directly involved in the development of subsequent projects the city.

The station will be built through the expansion of the linear center to be centrally located in the city. That makes it one important entrance to the city and is at the same time an important pillar in the development of its entire planned area.

The station is being developed into one multimodal transport node where the different modes of transport converge. Possibly here at the stop of the HOV line will be realized in the future. The plan takes into account the long-term renewal of the station towards the Waterlandlaan through the platforms at extend or cross-link and enter an (additional) entrance that be realized in combination with a bus facility at the Waterlandlaan

This Master Plan can be summarized in five themes:

• Purmermix

• Robust spatial framework

• New mobility

• Healthy and sustainable

• Growth core of the future

Voorbeeldwerking

The development of the Waterlandkwartier will take further shape in the coming years. What is developed, where and by whom, strongly depends on private initiatives by owners in the area. The Master Plan provides the framework within which developments can take place. As an example of this flexibility in development, five development directions have been outlined for one of the blocks.

Mobility strategy

The Waterlandkwartier is centrally located in Purmerend and will soon become a fully-fledged part of the everyday life network of the MRA. It’s one of the key areas. The future public transport system, in which the station transforms into a multimodal hub for all modes of transport, at the same time, The Master Plan is guided by the STOMP principle (Stappen-Trappen-OV-MaaS-Privéauto), focusing on a mobility strategy that focuses on pedestrians and cyclists, public transport, and shared mobility.

Schematic representation of mobility concept of Waterlandkwartier

VELDHUIS DISTRICT

Veldhuis feels like a hidden place, though within a minute walk from the train station of Apeldoorn. You find the typical “Apeldoornse” houses in combination with larger industrial and educational buildings. The position and characteristics makes Veldhuis an attractive area for new developments. It will be a green and lively city. There are opportunities to realize approximately 780 new houses in combination with companies, facilities and educational functions. The old industrial buildings tell the story of the past and give the neighborhood a good atmosphere. Besides, the plan connects to the green qualities of the Veluwe. In this way, we build on the existing qualities and create a characterful area for the future.

Generous green-blue structures make the connection with the city’s park concept (Stadspark Apeldoorn) and strengthen the long lines in the city like the canal. Besides a former stream – de Kayersbeek- will be reintroduced including a park and paths. An ambitious mobility concept for Veldhuis puts the pedestrian first. The diagonal is a walking route in east west direction that threads the (park) structures together.

The existing buildings and organically grown diversity serves as inspiration for a new, green city living and working environment, though adds a new layer of time to the area. The base height ranges from 3-5 storeys and ensure liveliness on the street and relate sight to the existing houses in Veldhuisstraat. The towers range from 8-16 storeys and offer a view on the city and surrounding landscape. Both the industrial and character of the Veluwe are base for the image quality. Brick buildings alternate with timber construction, recycled materials and greenery like ivy, robust

planting on the floors (setbacks) and on the roofs. Thus, Veldhuis will become a cool, lively and urban neighbourhood with a green character. The vision also gives a perspective for the south side of the railway, where the Kayersbeekpark and canalpark can be continued, along with densification of this underused area.

Urban, rugged, and lively

Veldhuis is a new meeting place in Apeldoorn and part of the “city park of Apeldoorn”. The area’s identity is derived from its location next to the train station, in the city park, and the various time periods, including the industrial character of the Apeldoorn canal. The new development showcases that wealth: Veldhuis as a rugged, lively, and urban neighborhood with a green character. It has both village qualities, monumental buildings, an industrial character, and new sustainable buildings. In other words, a good marriage between old and new, small and large scale, peace and hustle and bustle. In addition to Saxion, photo school, Wittenborg, and the mosque, several new functions will be added to the area that fit with the station environment. This way, a broad group of people will be attracted to live, work, and visit the area. A wide target group of young city dwellers, seniors, singles, couples, families, starters, growers, and those in need of care will want to live here.

A sustainable environment

Veldhuis is heading towards a sustainable and pleasant living environment. An important part of this is the ambitious mobility concept for Veldhuis, which is made possible by the close proximity of the train station. The concept focuses primarily on walking, cycling, and public transport. Meanwhile, car traffic and parking standards are limited and centralized as much as possible in Molenstraat-Centre, where the parking garages are located. A new mobility hub is being developed on the south side of the railway line. Innovative forms of sustainable mobility, such as shared cars, are being researched and implemented where feasible. This way, Veldhuis and the city remain accessible while creating a desirable car-free and low-traffic area. A sustainable environment for Veldhuis also means considering the limits of nature and preserving the earth. Therefore, we construct with minimal environmental impact, viewing the built environment as a reserve of reusable materials. The possibility of constructing buildings from wood is being evaluated as a potential benefit for the local economy and a way to enhance the Veluwe character of Apeldoorn. Finally, there is a focus on energy and environmental factors, such as health, air, and climate.

Beeldkwaliteit

Heights and culisse

CIRCULAR LAOS

A spatial solutions to an economic problems of a poor and highly potential country

Fabrications/ UNDP 2017

My role: Research, concept developing, and translating data into maps & diagrams

Lao PDR is situated in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is a vital organ in the regional economic tissue. It supplies its industries and consumers with food and resources, while also exporting large volumes of crucial supplies to surrounding countries.

The ambition of this study is to examine, and map the flows, conversions and stocks of materials which constitute the metabolism of Lao PDR, and develop a vision of a circular future, in which economic activities and resource use are regenerative by design and safeguard the natural and cultural beauty which are unique to the country.

This metabolic analysis takes the economy-wide resource stocks and flows in Lao PDR and points at the most promising opportunities, or pressing challenges. Between 2004 and 2010, the domestic extraction of resources increased from 17 to 49 million tonnes per year.

The increases in the mining and exports of wood, metal ores, and refined copper were the main drivers of economic growth. This is a short-term growth strategy with a negative impact on non-extractive national industries.

Architectural intervention is to spot the potential areas, study the possibility of the location, and focus on the possible project that approaches the main economic aim.

The research part is the major part of the project contained many hours of desk research and weekly meeting with the Arthur who have the direct connection with the UNDP in Laos and together we

shared information and reflect on Simultaneously with mapping all these data and try to pull out information out of it. That lead me to approach the solution.

Mapping priority sectors, industries and resources

The development priorities for Lao PDR are rural development and economic diversification, tourism, mining, hydropower, reforestation, assembly and industrial development, and clean water. The spatial aspect of these priorities is explored in a series of maps which show opportunities and threats for the parallel development of national ambitions.

The resource analysis map depicts the resource flows. Most raw materials extracted and produced in Lao PDR are exported. Connects the centres of production and processing of wood, minerals and metals, with product destinations in Lao PDR and in neighbouring countries. It looks for opportunities to close the loop, and investment opportunities to make the linear outflow of raw materials, circular.

The agriculture analysis map explores the eminent land-use conflict which is embedded in the combination of development ambitions which Lao PDR has.

Circular resources management diagram

METABOLISM OF

‘Metabolism of Antwerp’ is a research-by-design project by FABRICations, executed for the municipality of Antwerp. Throughout four dossiers, the project investigates the spatial impact of challenges such as the energy transition, circular economy, climate adaptation and air quality using a metabolic approach.

Within each dossier, the research elaborates on the social, economic and sustainability-driven motivations for tackling the challenge and what tackling the challenge would imply for Antwerp and its wider region. This is followed by systemic, historical and spatial analyses to illustrate the spatial relations between the causes and effects of the challenges.

From these analyses, spatial hypotheses, or ‘blue cards’, are formulated to provide several options for potential solutions to the challenges.

The blue cards are then projected and interpreted within the various urban tissues of Antwerp in order to create ‘potentials maps’ which shows the spatial opportunities of the (combined) strategies. As conclusion, each dossier features an exploration of potential stakeholders that could form a coalition to tackle the challenges.

Heat Network / Energy Transition

Antwerp’s challenge is to extend the heat network to a regional level in a sustainable fashion. FABRICations proposes to utilize residual heat from the petrochemical industry for city heating and by using future largescale infrastructural projects (i.e. the covering of the

ring) to install new sections of the network.

Air Quality / Healthy Living

The phenomenon of ‘street canyons’ contributes largely to the deterioration of the air quality in the city. The phenomenon is especially apparent in the busy city streets, leading to a conflict between accessibility and healthy living environments. A potential solution is found in a modal shift that can be supported by the tangential connection between important public spaces that is provided by the ring and the existing high-performing bicycle and public transport network.

Construction Chain / Vital Economy

The construction chain dossier investigates the possibilities for a circular construction system for the city and provides a deeper exploration into the logistics that support it.

The research suggests that materials from existing buildings and infrastructures could be reused for future developments.

Drinking Water / Climate Adaptation

The structural challenge is to make the drinking water provision more decentralized and heterogeneous. However, doing so creates conflict with existing policy and infrastructure. The analysis centers on the five large green structures that are defined within the Green Plan of Antwerp.

These structures can give the necessary space to mitigate floods, buffer rain water and allow for natural purification and infiltration, while simultaneously responding to recreational and ecological programs.

On a regional level, new coalitions between farmers, industry and water management con operate in improving quality and pollution in water

ARCHITECTURE

PASGELD BUITEN RIJSWIJK

My role: Design floor plans and facade, volume study

115 residential unit, divided between ground-level homes ,terrace house, Bebo and apartments, parking and a communal green spaces

FARO Architecten 2022

The Pasgeld area is approximately 130 hectares in size, with Pasgeld-West covering 16.6 hectares. The planning area of Pasgeld-West is situated between the Lange Kleiweg, the railway, the Zweth, and the recently extended Laan van het Haantje. The garden complex de Schoffel remains within the area and will be largely preserved. For a long time, Pasgeld-West was used for greenhouse cultivation, grassland, and allotment gardens. The southern part of Pasgeld-West has already been raised and substantial groundwork has been completed. The Elsenburg sports park is located to the north of the area and is currently being renovated. To the east is the existing Pasgeld hamlet, which includes the Drassige Triangle, petting zoo, historic water mill, and the Pasgeld-Oost development site, where approximately 100 homes will be built in the future. To the south, existing homes and businesses line de Kerstanje and the allotments complex de Volle Grond. To the west, houses are being built on the other side of the tracks, which are now being widened from parkland. This area is the central area of Rijswijk Buiten and has facilities such as a supermarket.

The development of Rijswijk has a significant role for Pasgeld as a green buffer zone for existing and new residential and commercial areas, connecting the Park Zone, and being the final phase of Rijswijk Buiten. The following objectives are set for Pasgeld:

• To complete the development of Rijswijk Buiten by constructing a maximum of 1,200 homes in Pasgeld-West and Pasgeld-Oost in a distinctive green urban living environment, with necessary facilities, such as a primary school.

• To improve the quality and cohesion of existing greenery and water and to enhance biodiversity.

• To increase the recreational value of the area for current and new residents of Pasgeld and its surroundings by further

improving the quality and accessibility of green spaces.

• To provide space for new businesses on the south side of the Laan van het Haantje, and to potentially sort out the transformation of the TNO location into a commercial and/ or residential area, including valuable greenery.

• To enhance the accessibility of the area for walkers, cyclists, and public transportation and to minimize car traffic disruption by cutting the Lange Kleiweg and preventing through traffic in the area. This also creates space for a potential future train or light rail station.

The block is situated near a railway, which presents a noise challenge for the adjacent facades. In order to mitigate this issue, we plan to visualize and measure the sound impact. The study results will give us a clear understanding of which facades are affected and what design solutions are required. The solutions will take into account the important factors of sound, ventilation, and daylight. To minimize the noise and provide adequate ventilation and daylight, we suggest using a double-paned window or balcony facade.

Another challenge is parking, which is proposed to be placed in the center of the block. Our aim is to use this space to create a green communal courtyard while still maintaining the quality of the parking area. This proposal balances the need for both parking and green spaces.

The design proposal divides the block into three unique design characters and ambiances with the goal of having a harmonious design that blends in with its surroundings and creates attractive and inviting communal spaces. Solar study

Noise study

Program:

Design

EILANDEN VAN STILTE

The

FARO Architecten | Ministerie van Maak 2022

My role:Design and modeling

Islands of Silence: 10,000 climate-proof homes on the Afsluitdijk.

Ministerie van Maak selected 100 design teams to come up with new designs for the Netherlands. For 100 test locations in the Netherlands – 2×2 km in size .they investigated the feasibility of a total of one million climate-proof homes. That is 10,000 homes per location.

A new city

The Islands of Silence form a new city on and on the Breezanddijk in the municipality of Súdwest-Fryslân. An ultimate Dutch location where the tension between natural processes and human intervention can be experienced. The contrast between fresh, salt, ebb and flow determines the design for the islands. Think of floating living or amphibious living á la Mont SaintMichel, where you can only travel overland to your island at low tide. Imagine how you will soon be able to experience the silence here. Because the Islands of Silence are completely car-free. But it is easily accessible, because from the high-quality public transport hub you can be in Amsterdam in no time. We enjoyed working on this assignment and believe that this can be one of the solutions to deal with the housing shortage and the consequences of climate change in the Netherlands.

COOL SPACE

(Adapting) Dutch architecture for heat-waves. What are the applicable design principles that will make Dutch neighborhoods heatproof?

Tutors : Aura luz melis, Jan Willem van Kuilenburg , Pieter Feenstra

A method to compact the heatwave affecting the Netherlands Urban environment, by introducing climatic adaptive systems Inspired by natural strategies, which will provide an optimal heat resilience architecture in its environment by creating unique forms from environmentally friendly materials.

Cool space introduces a new typology into Dutch cities to create a heat resilient world, where people can enjoy better quality in urban living, considering that the Netherlands has one of the highest urbanization levels in the world, and is expected to defy more heatwaves.

Creating shadows over the leftover spaces, covering the existing material that has been used as the city floor, or building skins. it will mitigate heat islands and create pleasant gathering areas by cooling down the air around the buildings which in turn will cool down the building interior.

Cool space is applicable everywhere, the nature and modularity of the design principles make it adaptive to its surroundings in order to reconnect people to nature in their city.

Humanity separated from its mother nature and brought into an intensive and ever-changing urban lifestyle much faster than our body can adapt to these changes. We are using a machine (body) that evolved for slow wildlife into hectic rapid urban life. As a result, in the 21st-century challenges such as depression, anxiety and obesity became very common.

I believe architecture has a big role to make here, since it shapes our daily behavior and affects our connection with our surroundings (with people, light,

water, animals, material, vegetation...etc) on many levels.

In this spirit, the project proposes a moment of reconnecting with nature while doing our daily routine inside the city, to have a moment to enjoy water sound in our way to work, rest under a tree during lunch break or share a book with a friend /stranger all in one place right on our doorstep.

Challenge

The KNMI expects that when your children are old, The Hague has a climate that is comparable to the current climate in Bordeaux, France. For large parts of the year, that prospect is quite pleasant. Things are different during hot summers. For young children, the elderly, overweight people, medical conditions or illnesses, heat can be heavy or even downright harmful. Heat-waves Impacts urban areas were exacerbated by an urban heat island that raised nocturnal temperatures by more than 2 degrees.

The Netherlands heat map

Location

The Hague cool spots map

The Hague Heat map

Site

The Hague runs a new building regulation in 2020 to have public cool spots every 300 meters around the city.

“The heat island effect in The Hague is real, Heat in a city is determined by the use of space and the main factors that cause problems are: a lot of paving, little vegetation, low albedo value (a reflection of sunlight), limited sky view, little surface water and a lot of building volume.” the report Haagse Hitte by researchers Frank van der Hoeven and Alexander Wandl, March 2018.

For the above reasons I chose The Hague as an urgent case for intervention, and zoom into the warmest300*370 m block of Kortenbos neighborhood in the city center during a heatwave, it has all the factors that cause the Urban Heat Island.

Program: Rhino, Enscape,Grasshopper, Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign

Socio-climatic mechanism

Hidden processes /Light & Shadow/

Light and shadow are part of our building environment, it forms our usage /movement/ behavior of the space by seasons. People love to sit in the sun during winter, Spring, and Autumn and avoid it during summer.

As I am designing a hanging protecting structure on top of roofs and leftover spaces I think of the design that will be drawn by its shadow on the protected surfaces(Buildings, city floor, and interior spaces). Shadow is moving design, light, applicable on any surface, the shadow spot creates its own climate despite the weather around it, it is always cooler.

“THE SUN IS FREE, THE LIGHT IS FREE,” SAID SHELLEY MCNAMARA” THE ARCHITECT CAN AFFECT THE WAY SOMEONE FEELS BY MANIPULATION OF LIGHT”

Hidden processes /Water/

Water reflects its surroundings in blurry and unexpected contexts similar to how our memory works, Therefore, I want to repeat the process of struggling to complete a picture of our past moments, to bring attention to an architectural moment around us by water surfaces that capture our eyes to pay attention and be curious about the historical values of buildings in the neighborhood.

Water is an effective passive element to cool down space under certain conditions. Water has to be cool, clean, and accessible people.

Hidden processes /Wind/

Wind during heat waves is very slow 2.5 to 5 m/s . “ You cannot depend on the current wind because it is too slow to mitigate Urban heat Island (UHI), you have to accelerate/ create airflow using passive ways of ventilation” Laura Kleerekoper advises.

Kleerekoper did a wind simulation in front of black material and a white material under heatwave circumstances and she found out that the black material absorbs the heat and transfer the heat to adjacent air layers, air pressure get higher accelerates micro airflow and the white reflect the solar radiation and become cooler, the adjacent air is cooler, air pressure is lower, pressure differentiation creates micro airflows in front of the material. Laura thinks this principle could work in a vertical position around urban space.

Program: Rhino, Enscape,Grasshopper, Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign

Soft edge around the natural bond

Schematic irrigation system

WILGENWOLD

Wooden and sustainable 10 single family houses, 3 different types with unique design in new area in Almere

Sustainer Homes 2019

My role: VO,DO,WT

Wilgenwold has inspired by the idea of being able to live in the Randstad in a sustainable and rural way of life. In Wilgenwold you live green, social, spacious and healthy. Wilgenwold is the neighborhood of the future: there is no gas or sewer connection, the home runs mainly on solar energy and instead of a sewer connection the wastewater is purified naturally by a wilgenfilter.

The first phase of the project consists of ten family houses divided into three types of pitched roofs.

Wilgenwold is one of the biggest projects at the office I got involved in finishing up the permit drawings and construction drawings with a variable team through the past year.

I worked with many people on this project and went through several difficulties with the developer, client and with the constructor.

Working on ten projects in team consist of five designers, is communication demanding and elaboration on task division and that kept under control by a weekly planning meeting, updates emails, personal conversations, and overview meetings.

I learned a lot about this kind of organization besides agreement on one drawing style for ten different projects was a challenge, but I learned to use technical tools to safe labor and time-consuming.

Dealing with the client was the hardest part since they know each other and any difficulties face one of the projects the rest would ask if they have the same. Also we in the permit phase I got an update on the windows

standards that the contractor does not guarantee anymore which put me in a critical situation with the client at this point I asked for help from the office when they host a meeting with all the client to explain the job. It works, and I learn from it.

The whole project progress was unique since it has different deadline internally and external deadline which I found it practical in case of emergency or some challenges.

BUIKSLOTERHAM RESIDENCE

Sustainer homes 2019

My role: Project architect,SO

Hanging gardens in a family house, in the middle of Amsterdam

The private residence is located in Buiksloterham, a growing urban area in west Amsterdam. It is a threestory home, designed for a small family who used to live in a large open space in Hilversum. The house comprises of two living rooms, a kitchen, two bedrooms, a master bedroom, two toilets, two bathrooms, a tech room, and a wine tasting workshop, along with multiple outdoor terraces.

Due to its location in the midst of urban buildings, including residential and office structures, the designers were concerned about the amount of sunlight the house would receive. A solar study was conducted to determine the expected sun exposure, which informed the design principles. The house’s unique location, at the corner of a pedestrian street and a square, also played a role in shaping the design, as well as the client’s wishes and urban regulations.

The project architect played a crucial role in leading meetings with the client, making design decisions, communicating with the structural team, and dividing tasks among the design team. Despite the design’s structural challenges, such as being the first threestory house designed using a Sustainer Homes wooden module system, I’ve worked closely with the R&D team to make the design a reality while also ensuring the urban regulations were met and the client’s wishes were upheld.

Design concept

Instead of viewing the stairs as a mandatory communal vertical space, I approached the design by treating the stairs as the central element to which all functions are connected and separated. The Master Plan is guided by the STOMP principle, which prioritizes a mobility strategy focused on pedestrians, cyclists, public transport, and shared mobility over private cars. This vision is reflected in the planned transformation of the station into a multi-modal transportation hub for all modes of transport.

The design is divided into two main characters for the house. The urban, rigid character faces the urban entrance of the block and is oriented towards the city center. The green, soft character faces the garden side of the block. Since the planned backyard is very narrow and dark, the gardens have been elevated to the first and second floors. The solar study shows the possibility of getting afternoon sun in these gardens. Based on the client’s request, a small garden has been designed on the urban side for enjoying a morning coffee in the sun.

Stairs configuration

The design was created as a “doorzon” plan to align with the plot’s orientation and allow southern light to penetrate through it.

BREATHING SKIN

Could computational tools help us mimicking nature in order to reach the ideal architecture for its surrounding? Probably

The first part of the project aimed to demonstrate the use of rhino –grasshopper in the development,

The example shows Athens. Analyzing the pattern of the city, we concluded that the layout that is used proves. Lynch latest studies, “each city has its physical forms, which can be classified into five types of elements: paths, nodes, edges, districts, and landmarks.”

Three landmarks of longitudinal value: the Acropolis, the academy, and the stadium are used as attractors to morph a new grid where our hypothetical design will be placed on.

Our analysis and research are leading to the development of a walkable city that has a 4km maximum walking distance between its edges. We challenged ourselves to see how many of the current city’s habitats can fit.

Breathing envelope

Contemporary adaptive facades tend to rely on the application of sophisticated technologies, usually in the form of networks of mechanical, electronic sensors, control systems, and actuators. This mechanized climate-responsiveness has become a common characteristic of smart building skins in which intelligent elements are fitted onto an otherwise conventional external envelope.

While such technologically enabled responsive facades do improve the internal environment and performance characteristics of a building, they also tend to be dependent on energy supply, involve high levels of complexity and cost, and are often subject to potential maintenance and reliability issues.

My role: design and scripting

3d printing on three scales

Inspired from the construction, form, and behavior of natural structures and organisms and the way they are integrated within self-sustaining Eco-systems .