Architecture Portfolio

Hi there !

My name is Yusuf Alraqi and I’m a Second Year Architecture student looking for an internship in a practice this summer.

I am a hardworker who is enthusiastic to learn and contribute as much as I can. I am extremely interested in how structures work to become Architecture and I’m constantly fascinated by the development of the urban environment.

I hope you enjoy what I have to show you in this portfolio and thank you for taking the time to read it.

YUSUF ALRAQI

Dublin based Architecture student, in search of internship opportunities in Summer 2023. Fascinated by the built environment and always looking to expand my technical skillset. Quick learner and perfectionist with my work, as well as an avid seeker of knowledge.

Skills

Rhino + Grasshopper AutoCAD

InDesign

Excel

Photoshop

Vectorworks

Critical thinking and analysis

Collaboration and team work

Profile EXPERIENCE EDUCATION

Harcourt Architects

Harcourt Technologies

Dublin 2021-2023

Architectural intern over the summers of 2021 and 2022

-Tasks including: updating CAD drawings, making digital models of projects, creating analytical spreadsheets.

-Compilation and organisation of an archive of material relating to local conservation architect, Eileen Ross.

UCD Dublin 2021-2023

Class Rep + Peer Mentor

-Representation of the students in my year, understanding their needs and concerns and offering solutions through communication with other university bodies.

-Liaising with and offering guidance to incoming first years to ease their transition into university. General support for them, welcoming and touring the university.

IAF Dublin 2021+2022

Tour Guide Assistant

-Volunteering work for Open House Dublin, assisting Valerie Mulvin in giving a tour of Temple Bar (2021).

-Helped welcoming the public and coordinating tours of the Dept. of Enterprise and Irish Lights (2022).

English - native French - B2 (intermediate)

Irish - intermediate Arabic - intermediate Spanish - learning

Languages Interests

Languages

Reading (Architecture, History, Fiction)

Football

Music (self-taught piano)

Travel

UCD Dublin 2021-present

Oatlands College

Mount Merrion Dublin 2016-2021

Bachelor in Architectural Science

-Technical skills such as drawing and use of various CAD and 3D modelling softwares, as well as collaborative work.

-Developed graphic and verbal communication skills, along with awareness of design culture, which influences my work.

Secondary Education

-Learned personal responsibility and got involved in various academic, social and sporting activities.

-Leaving Certificate with 625 points, and 7 H1s.

-Awarded Ad Astra Scholarship prior to entry to University College Dublin.

The Annex

Adapting an existing building

In this Design Studio project, we were tasked with adapting an existing building on campus, Ardmore Annex, to house a canteen for students. My project focused on making use of the previously concealed roof trusses to give a distinct character to the space.

e trusses in my project were then to be removed in part of the roof and recycled to create a walkway which would extend the building from inside to outside, thus drawing people in.

InteriorCollage

Detailoftrussincavitywall

SectionalModelofpre-existingtrusscondition

Addition to an existing structure Common Room

is Tech Project involved the addition of a timber frame building which would serve as a common room for Masters students, on the roof of a single storey structure in Richview.

e plan of my design followed that of the building beneath it and comprised a roof structure of varying opposing slopes and a carefully considered steel stairs. I was also required to produce 1:5 detail drawings of openings and oor, roof and wall buildups where necessary.

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Housing in Mount Merrion

My most recent Design Project in university concerned the designing of housing for the ever expanding student population in the low-density suburb of Mount Merrion.

On the site I was allocated, I designed a series of houses in a curved line, centred around a community hub for the development. From the houses, a web of timber beams would create an open pergola which would create a sense of enclosure and create a tangible connection between the houses to the community building.

SketchModel

3D Modelling with Grasshopper Parametric Design

In the last semester, I was fortunate enough to take an elective called Introductional to Computational Design, taught by Joe Swan.

module taught 3D modelling skills for Rhino and subsequently how to code parametrically designed buildings using the Grasshopper plug-in.

For my nal project, I modelled a pixellated shopfront facade and the Serpentine Pavilion by BIG. Both of these involved the remapping of modelled blocks according to the

InteriorViewofSerpentinePavilionModel

Cornerofpixellatedshopfront

ShopfrontbyNUDESStudioSerpetinePavilionbyBIG

ShopfrontbyNUDESStudio