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Yasmine Kaissi



Yasmine Kaissi

yasminekaissi2@gmail.com (949) 910-1151

Assoc. AIA | 38864861

Orange County, CA

EDUCATION Woodbury University | San Diego, CA

CLASS OF 2023

Bachelors of Architecture

Orange Coast College | Costa Mesa, CA

CLASS OF 2019

Associates of Science in Architecture

EXPERIENCE Office Depot | Irvine, CA Sales and Print Associate •

JAN 2020 - PRESENT

Utilizing Adobe Suite to assist customers in designing and customizing print materials, including business cards, brochures, and banners.

Demonstrated a keen eye for detail and a strong understanding of architectural principles, ensuring precise measurements, scale accuracy, and adherence to design specifications in the printing process. MAY 2023 - PRESENT MAY 2019 - JAN 2020

Freelance Drafter | Orange County, CA •

Conducted on-site visits to existing builds to measure and prepare accurate drawings for existing structures, layouts and dimensions using Revit and AutoCAD.

Orange Coast College | Costa Mesa, CA

SPRING 2019

Teaching Assistant for Architecture Studio 2 • • •

Mentored and supervised students during studio sessions, offering constructive feedback and encouraging creative thinking and problem solving skills. Acted as a liaison between students and the lead instructor, addressing concerns, answering questions, and providing timely updates on studio assignments and deadlines. Facilitating group discussions and critiques, fostering a collaborative learning environment and encouraging students to articulate their design ideas effectively.

Pacific Coast Consulting | Newport Beach, CA

OCT 2016 - MAR 2019

Administrative Assistant • • •

Provided comprehensive administrative support to ensure smooth daily operations and efficient client service. Demonstrated strong problem-solving skills, resolving administrative issues independently and escalating when necessary. Assisted in preparing billing statements, invoices, and expense reports, ensuring accurate and timely processing.

HONORS

Norman Millar Endowment Scholarship DEANS LIST

FALL 2022 | SPRING 2022

AIA | Orange County Design Competition SKILLS Rhinoceros 3D

Revit

SPRING 2023

AutoCAD

Adobe Creative Suite

Illustrator | Indesign | Photoshop

MERIT AWARD | 2019

Microsoft Office



CONTENT

Thesis

03

The Cube

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Play Park

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Canopium

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The Block

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THESIS Location | Beirut, Lebanon

PROJECT | Arch 431 - Studio Ten PROGRAM | Music Hall & Restaurant PROFESSOR | Catherine Herbst

IN PROGRESS

The initial idea was to look into the repurpose of abandoned or war torn buildings. The Egg is location in Beirut, Lebanon was originally designed as a cinema, part of a larger shopping center but construction halted in 1975 during the civil war. With my

current

exploration

centered

around

understanding the spaces created through voids and the occupation of music within those spaces.

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Thesis | The Egg


Joseph Philippe Karam Architect for upcoming Beirut City Center

Civil War starts

Civil War Ends

Tower Demolished

INITIAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE SIZE AND SCALE OF THE EGG INITIAL ANALYSIS OF THE EGG SPEAKER ACOUSTIC

SUSPENDED REFLECTORS

ACOUSTIC STUDY • •

HARD SURFACES TO REFLECT / SOFT TO ABSORB CONCERT HALLS AVERAGE SIZE AND SHAPE:

FAN SHAPE

LECTURE ACOUSTIC

SHOE BOX

VINEYARD


Thesis | The Egg

Deemed a culture of heritage site by the Lebanese Ministry of Culture

Revolution against corrupt government, The Egg used as a hub for protests.

The Egg reclaimed as a public space

UNDERSTANDING CONTEXT Downtown Beirut Place de l’Etoile Beirut Souks Zaitounay Bay Balcony Overseeing the Sea Garten SKYBAR Beirut Music Hall Waterfront Temporarily Closed

Port of Beirut Base Navale de Bayrouth Martyrs’ Square Beirut Opera House Mausoleum of Rafic Hariri Mohammad Al Amin Mosque Saint George Maronite Cathedral Gebran Khalil Gebran Park El Murr Tower Rafic Hariri Memorial Park Charles Debbas Park

REDEFINING THE EGGS RELATIONSHIP TO THE SUPPORTING PARKING STRUCTURE UNDERNEATH

CATEGORIES DEVELOPED THROUGH SKETCH


PULLING FROM THE ORIGINAL DESIGN OF THE BAND WRAPPING AROUND THE EGG, THE DESIGN IS A VERSION THAT MOLDS AROUND THE EGG AND THEATER.

BAND DEFINED BY THEATER AND EGG

CREATING A THEATER MULTIPLEX WITH A FLEXIBLE RENTABLE SPACE UNDER THE EGG.

BACK ENTRANCE BOH

THEATERS

PUBLIC ENTRANCE

WRAP AROUND SKIN THE BAND IS A SKIN THAT IS ANGLED TO WRAP AROUND THE EGG IN A WAY THAT HUGS THE VIEW. THE METAL SHEETS ARE PERFORATED BASED ON THE OSCILLATION OF A SOUND WAVE, THIS IS A SYMBOL OF THE LEBANESE VOICE.


FACILITATING THE CURRENT PROGRAM OF HOSTING FILM, PERFORMANCE, ART EXHIBITS AND LECTURE PROTESTS, BY DEDICATING SPACE FOR AN ADDITIONAL THEATER, TUCKED UNDER THE CURRENT EGG. WITH ACCESS FROM EACH CORNER OF THE LOT, WHILE KEEPING THE EGG A SEPERATE ENTITY. THE EGG HAVING A SEPERATE ENTRANCE FROM THE ADDITIONAL THEATER FOR THE PURPOSE OF FEELING MORE LIKE A MONUMENT.

EXTERNAL ACCESS POINTS FOR CIRCULATION

DEFINING THE OVERALL SHAPE BASED ON THE SITE AND HOW IT REACTS TO THE EGG.

Thesis | The Egg

PROGRAM AND CIRCULATION


3

2

2 3 1

6 7 4

1

5

4

BELOW

GROUND

1 THEATER LOWER LEVEL 2 BACKSTAGE 3 BACK OF HOUSE 4 GIFT SHOP 5 LOUNGE 6 LOWER ENTRANCE 7 OPEN RENTABLE VENUE SPACE

1 THEATER UPPER LEVEL 2 BACK ENTRANCE LOUNGE 3 COFFEE SHOP 4 MAIN LOBBY

NORTH SECTION


Thesis | The Egg

2

1

ROOF 1 EGG ENTRANCE 2 ENTRANCE LOWER LEVEL

WEST SECTION


THE CUBE Location | Guadalajara, Mexico

PROJECT | Arch 430 - Studio Nine PROGRAM | Browsing Bookstore PROFESSOR | Hector Perez

The Cube is a reimagined book browsing experience as a way of adding to the existing coffee shop and gallery space around the corner. The design is built based on a vertical and horizontal grid with breaks of program. The extruded blocks on the façade, aid to book and art sharing embedded into the building to encourage , molding the bookstore into the current surroundings.

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The Cube | Studio 9


Grid of 5’ x 5’ deployed horizontally and vertically, while openings are based on existing pillars


The Cube | Studio 9

GRID SYSTEM DEPLOYED

ROOF PLAN


1 ST FLOOR

2 ND FLOOR


The Cube | Studio 9

MATERIAL LIST

STRUCTURE STEEL TUBING 2”

POLYCARBONATE FLOORS

Interactive frame with intension to fill spaces with art and book share opportunities

CONCRETE WALL INFILL

STEEL SHINGLES ROOF

Bookstore designed as a browsing experience in connection to the coffee shop near by


PLAY PARK

Location | Hillcrest San Diego, CA

PROJECT | Arch 402 - Studio Eight PROGRAM | Residential Space and Learning Center PROFESSOR | Sebastian Seimer

The initial step of this project was getting a better idea of the site constraints by looking at the zoning and building codes of the neighborhood. Wanting to connect the surrounding residential area with the blocks of commercial, a hybrid of residential units and

public

transition

learning

the

spaces

center

was

designed

to

as

not

disrupt

the

to

surrounding homes. With louvers designed as another layer of flexibility to privatize the public spaces when needed.

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Play Park | Studio 8


EXTRUDE

SPLIT

ROTATE

PINCH

DELETE

CARVE

LEVEL 1 PROGRAM

LEVEL 2 PROGRAM 81’-0”

81’-0” STAIRS

STAIRS

ELEVATOR & STAIRS LOBBY

ADA STUDIO APARTMENT 800 SQ FT

GOLDFINCH ST.

150’-0”

LEARNING CENTER 900 SQ FT

131’-0”

PUBLIC WORK SPACE 1300 SQ FT

STUDIO APARTMENT 700 SQ FT

2 BEDROOM 800 SQ FT

STUDIO APARTMENT 700 SQ FT

ELEVATOR & STAIRS LOBBY

STUDIO APARTMENT 700 SQ FT

BUS STOP

41’-0 ”

41’-0 ”

60’-0”

BUS STOP

60’-0”

131’-0”

2 BEDROOM 1000 SQ FT

1 BEDROOM 800 SQ FT

GOLDFINCH ST.

RENTABLE STUDIO & OFFICE SPACES 500 SQ FT

150’-0”

RESTROOM 500 SQ FT

76’-0”

76’-0”


RESIDENTIAL UNITS 4,800 SQ FT LEVEL 11. ADA STUDIO APARTMENT 800 SQ FT LEVEL 21. STUDIO APARTMENT 700 - 800 SQ FT 2. 2 BEDROOM APARTMENT 800 - 1000SQ FT

PUBLIC WORK SPACE 1,800 SQ FT LEVEL 1 1. OPEN WORK SPACE 1300 SQ FT 2. RENTABLE STUDIO/ OFFICE SPACE 500 SQ FT

LEARNING CENTER 900 SQ FT

MAINTENANCE & STORAGE 1350 SQ FT LEVEL 1RESTROOM 500 SQ FT UTILITY AND STORAGE 500 SQ FT

G

KIN

R PA

Play Park | Studio 8

VERTICAL CIRCULATION


5'-0" SETBACK 5'-0" SETBACK

10'-0" SETBACK

5'-0" SETBACK

5'-0" SETBACK

FIRST FLOOR

5’

10’

20’

30’


Play Park | Studio 8

5'-0" SETBACK

5'-0" SETBACK

10'-0" SETBACK

5'-0" SETBACK

5'-0" SETBACK

SECOND FLOOR

5’

10’

20’

30’


CORRUGATED METAL

STUCCO

STEEL

WOOD

LOUVERS

CONCRETE


Play Park | Studio 8

EAST ELEVATION


CANOPIUM Location | National City San Diego, CA

PROJECT | Arch 401 - Studio 7 PROGRAM | Community and Support Center PROFESSOR | Blas Herrera

Canopium is a community center designed to fill the social inequalities the neighborhood faces through medical and legal services to childcare and activity programs to support the residents around. The project form was designed based on the walkability of the site, with the use of canopies to shade outdoor spaces and encourage movement between. While the design is cascading in the direction of the sun to support the canopy as solar panels.

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Canopium | Studio 7


Program Building Blocks 1024 sq ft ea.

2048 sq ft

1024 sq ft ea.

512 sq ft ea.

SPLIT

SPLIT

STACK

64 x 32

32 x 32

(16 x 32) 2

2048 sq ft

1024 sq ft

1024 sq ft

Program Plan Education Legal Services & Offices Communal Spaces Healthcare

Arranged Building Blocks Cascading based on direction of sunrise to sunset


Canopium | Studio 7

Grid System

Site Plan


A.1

A.2

First Floor

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Canopium | Studio 7

A.1

A.2

Second Floor

Section A.2


Open space in frame for glass light art

Solar panels embedded into metal frame

Tilt Mechanism for more sun exposure

Canopy Detail


Exposed concrete + Water based silicon resin coating

Float glass lined with ultraviolet protection

Concrete trowel finish + Permeable surface enhancement

Reinforced concrete void slab Structure steel

Concrete trowel finish + Permeable surface enhancement

Section A.1

Canopium | Studio 7

Asphalt waterproofing + Insulator + Concrete molded plate


THE BLOCK Location | Woodbury University | San Diego, CA

PROJECT | Arch 301 - Studio Five PROGRAM | Multi Unit Residential | Student Housing PROFESSOR | Hector Perez

The process of understanding multi-unit housing is explored and studied through the Space Block Hanoi Model by Kazuhito Kojima. By extracting the volume of a singular unit and altering it to adapt to the current urban infill adjacent to the San Diego campus of Woodbury University to design student housing.

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The Block | Studio 5


INITIAL CASE STUDY Shape extracted from Space Block Hanoi Model by Kazuhito Kojima

Extracted Unit

SCHEMATIC DESIGN Flipped

Fracture

Shift

Stack


Main St

SITE PLAN

The Block | Studio 5

Alley


UNIT 1

WD

UNIT 2

W

D


The Block | Studio 5

1/32” = 1’-0”


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