ZINA ALKHANI Portfolio
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ZINA ALKHANI EDUCATION PERSONAL INFORMATION Nationality Syrian Birthdate March 11, 1992 xHome Address Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Email zina.alkhani@gmail.com Mobile Number 0533961220
software skills Microsoft | Word Microsoft | PowerPoint Microsoft | Excel Adobe | Photoshop Adobe | Illustrator Adobe | InDesign Adobe | After Effects Adobe | Premiere Pro Autodesk | AutoCAD Autodesk | 3ds Max Autodesk | Revit Rhino | Grasshopper Trimble | SketchUp Lumion Keyshot
achievements Experience Future Cities | Exhibition Virgo-Plastic, project exhibited Union Industrial Space, Barcelona 2018 Reshape Competition | Award Water-driven Breathing Skin, Finalist, Honourable Mention Award 2017 Living (in) Future Cities | Exhibition Water-driven Breathing Skin, project exhibited in MUHBA Oliva ArtĂŠs, Barcelona 2017
Master in Advanced Architecture Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia Barcelona, Spain 2016 - 2018 Bachelor of Architecture AcadĂŠmie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts | Balamand University Koura, Lebanon 2009 - 2015 High School Diploma International School of Choueifat | SABIS Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Experience Architect Prisma Circle Architects Riyadh, Saudi Arabia July 2019 - Present Architect Saudi Icon Riyadh, Saudi Arabia January 2019 - May 2019 Architect SPCC, Specialized Construction Company Riyadh, Saudi Arabia April 2016 - August 2016 Interior designer Ultimate Designs Riyadh, Saudi Arabia January 2016 - March 2016
publications Living Building Skins | IAAC Research Project urbanNext September 2017 Water-driven Breathing Skin | IAAC Research Project Designboom July 2017
competitions Reshape Competition 2017
languages Arabic : native English : fluent French : basic Spanish : basic
[TABLE OF CONTENTS]
ANNEX - VILLA
OFFICE BUILDING
PCA
2020
2019
VIRGO-PLASTIC 2018
WATER DRIVEN - BREATHING SKIN 2017
BEIRUT - SLOW CRISIS
DIGITAL FABRICATION
IAAC
2017
2016
SOCIO- CULTURAL CENTER 2015
A **** HOTEL 2015
JAZZ ROOFTOP - INTERIOR PROJECT
MEDIA ART MUSEUM 2015
ALBA
2015
[ANNEX - VILLA]
LOCATED IN RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA PROJECT UNDER PCA - PRISMA CIRCLE ARCHITECTS OFFICE. AN ANNEX, EXTENSION TO THE OWNER’S VILLA. A PLACE TO RELAX, AND ENJOY THE COMPANY OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS IN A TRANQUIL, MINIMAL AND AESTHETIC SPACE. ALL SERVICES ARE COMBINED IN THE SOLID VOLUME ON THE RIGHT, WHILE THE OPEN KITCHEN, LIVING AND DINING SPACES ARE UNITED IN A TRANSPARENT SPACE UNDER A CANTILEVERED CANOPY, THAT IS HELD BY INVITING COLOUMNS. THE MAIN ASPECT WAS TO CREATE FLEXIBILITY BETWEEN THE INDOOR AND OUTDOOR SPACES, WHERE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS CAN TAKE PLACE.
[OFFICE BUILDING]
LOCATED IN RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA PROJECT UNDER PCA - PRISMA CIRCLE ARCHITECTS OFFICE. CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. OFFICES, CONNECTED TO A FACTORY WAREHOUSE. FOLLOWING THE SPECIFIC OFFICE SPACE PROGRAM AND F UNCTIONAL NEEDS OF THE CLIENT. EACH FLOOR CONTAINS A SERVICES BLOCK ALONG WITH A SERVICE CORRIDOR, WHICH ARE PLACED IN THE BACK, WHILE ALL THE OFFICES AND OPEN WORKSTATIONS ARE IN THE FRONT, WITH A MEETING ROOM, IF NEEDED. THE TRANSPERANCY OF ALL ENCLOSED SPACES ALLOWS THE ENTRANCE OF NATURAL LIGHT FROM THE MAIN FACADE.
VIRGOVIRGO -PLASTIC EXPLORING MATERIALITY & OPTIMIZATION OF FORM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnSao0xED9M https://issuu.com/zinaalkhani/docs/virgo_-_ plastic
abstract The synthetic plastics we know today have been around for almost a century. They have been used for diverse applications of different scales due to their ease of manufacture, their capability of being molded, extruded, cast or drawn into filaments. But being from a non-renewable source, the rise in demand has lead to feedstock shortages and an increase in the price of petrochemicals. The uncertainty of sustainability and the environmental concerns of common plastics has driven manufacturers towards using ecological renewable resources. Virgo-plastic is an ecological material produced from natural polymers and binders that have an annual regeneration of biomass to achieve a potential material that can be optimized in material efficiency, form and structure, where the material properties are the design generators. Undertaking experiments of different compositions of polymer versus binder, as well as the addition of additives to enhance specific properties of the material, such as strength, flexibility and reaction with water and heat exposure. The insight into materiality and formation, is through parameters such as curvature, viscosity and shrinkage, that will in turn drive the form finding process and the transformationof this material into desired shapes through additive manufacturing and casting of the material. Can bioplastics be created without the use of chemically modified ingredients? Without any refinement? Nature can get away with using weak materials through anisotropy of material, geometry and structure. Through material-based computation, the same can be achieved when the geometry is informed by the material behavior and properties.
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WATER DRIVEN-BREATHING SKIN HY DR OMOR P H B A SE D : R ESPONSIVE M AT ERIAL
abstract
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZzPZlon4nk https://issuu.com/zinaalkhani/docs/issuu
HOMEOSTASIS, THE GENESIS OF OUR RESEARCH IN SMART MATERIALS, IS THE FUNDAMENTAL MECHANISM FOR ORGANISMS TO MAINTAIN AN EQUILIBRIUM IN PHYSILOGICAL VARIABLES THAT SUSTAIN LIVES.THE QUESTION WHETHER A SMART MATERIAL SYSTEM CAN FUNCTION AS SIMPLY AS ORGANIC ACTIVITIES LEADS US INTO THE EXPLORATION OF A SERIES OF MATERIALS THAT RESEMBLES SUCH. BREATHING, AMONG ALL OTHERS, INTRIGUES US IN THE SENTIMENT THAT ITS RESULTING MECHANISM OF OPEN/CLOSE BEHAVIOR THAT ENABLES AIR EXCHANGE AND REGULATION IN BODY TEMPERATURE RESEMBLES THAT OF VENTILATION TO ACHIEVE COMFORT IN AN ENCLOSED AREA. THIS THEN IS ORIENTED TO THE OBJECTIVE OF WATER-DRIVEN BREATHIN SKIN. SODIUM POLYACRYLATE, ONE OF THE SUPERABSORBENT POLYMERS IN THE HYDROMORPH FAMILY, IS THE MAJOR MATERIAL FOR THE SKIN SYSTEM IN THE WAKE OF THE PRELIMINARY STUDY FOR ITS HIGH CAPACITY OF VOLUME CHANGE WHEN ABSORBING WATER UP TO 300 TIMES OF ITS VOLUME IN A SHORT TIME SPAN, AND THE EFFECT OF EVAPORATIVE COOLING AS IT PROLONGS THE EVAPORATION PROCESS . THE STUDY FURTHERED INTO THE TESTS OF COMPOSITING AND ENCAPSULATING WITH FACILITATING MATERIALS IN UNDERSTANDING MATERIAL BEHAVIOR, WHICH HAS CONCLUDED ON THE ENCAPSULATION OF SODIUM POLYACRYLATE WITH ELASTIC FABRICS, FOLLOWED BY A LIBRARY OF EXPERIMENTS IN SHAPES, PATTERNS AND SIZE IN AN ATTEMPT TO OPTIMIZE OPEN/CLOSE MECHANISM TO CAPACITATE PASSIVE VENTILATION AND COOLING IN HOT AND DRY SUMMER CLIMATES. ADDITIONALLY, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE LACK OF WATER IN TARGETED CLIMATES, THE SYSTEM DESIGN CONTEMPLATED ON THE SUPPLY OF WATER. FOG/DEW COLLECTION IS ADOPTED AS AN ESTABLISHED LOCAL INTELLIGENCE AND IS A NATURAL CYCLICAL SYSTEM REQUIRING NO FURTHER CONSUMPTION, AND IS 15 TIMES MORE WATER-EFFICIENT THAN THAT OF A MISTING SYSTEM COMMONLY USED. AS A RESULT, WATER-DRIVEN BREATHING SKIN IS DEVELOPED TO BE A SEMI-PASSIVE MATERIAL SYSTEM FOR OUTDOOR SPACES IN HOT CLIMATES WHERE PUBLIC SPACE IS LESS WELCOMED DUE TO THE SUMMER HEAT. WITH THE MATERIAL SYSTEM, VENTILATION AND EVAPORATIVE COOLING ARE MADE POSSIBLE SEMI-PASSIVELY IN A TENSILE-STRUCTURED FORM WHERE THE BREATHING SKIN COULD TAKE IN MULTIPLE USES AND FORMS. NOT ONLY IS IT COST-EFFECTIVE IN CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE, ENERGY-EFFICIENT FOR AREAS IN WATER SHORTAGE BUT ALSO TENSILE AND PLIABLE FOR URBAN SPACES. // SENIOR FACULTY: ARETI MARKOPOULOU, ALEXANDRE DUBOR, ANGELOS CHRONIS // STUDENTS : IRENE AYALA CASTRO, MONTAKAN MANOSONG , YA CHIEH CHANG, ZINA ALKHANI
sodium polyacrylate SODIUM POLYACRYLATE, ALSO KNOWN AS WATERLOCK, IS A SODIUM SALT OF POLYACRYLIC ACID WITH THE CHEMICAL FORMULA [-CH2-CH(CO2NA)-]N AND BROAD APPLICATION IN CONSUMER PRODUCTS. THIS SUPERABSORBENT POLYMER HAS THE ABILITY TO ABSORB AS MUCH AS 200 TO 300 TIMES ITS MASS IN WATER.
SUPERABSORBANT POLYMER
ELASTIC FABRIC
HYDROPHOBIC MEMBRANE
MATERIAL SYSTEM THE MATERIAL SYSTEM IS OPERATING ON THE BASIS THE ABOVE CYCLE WHERE SODIUM POLYACRYLATE STARTS FROM DRY STATE, SWOLLEN STATE BY ABSORBING WATER, EVAPORATION STATE THAT PERFORTMS COOLING AND GRADUALLY MOVES TOWARDS DRY STATE, REPEATING THE CYCLE.
material properties SODIUM POLYACRYLATE (SPA)POSSESSES THE CAPACITY TO EXPAND INSTANTTLTY. 1G OF SPA CAN FULLY ABSORB 100ML WATER WITHIN 1MIN.
“CAN THE COMBINATION OF FABRICS AND SUPER-ABSORBENT POLYMERS CREATE A Passive MATERIAL SYSTEM THAT FACILITATES VENTILATION AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL BASED ON AN OPEN/CLOSE BEHAVIOR IN RESPONSE TO ATMOSPHERIC INPUTS? AND CAN THIS MATERIAL SYSTEM BE APPLIED TO TEMPORARY CANOPIES THAT CREATE INDOOR COMFORT, ACTIVATING PUBLIC SPACES, IN HOT CLIMATES?” REDUCING INDOOR TEMPERATURE, BY CROSS VENTILATION AND EVAPORATIVE COOLING.
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// STATE : SOLID // PROCESS : ABSORPTION
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// SILICON+ELASTIC FABRIC+SPA REDUCED IN 1.1ºC THE OUTDOOR TEMPERATURE. // SILICON+ELASTIC FABRIC+SPA INCREASED IN 14.8% THE OUTDOOR HUMIDITY.
[WHITE PVC]
120 MM
// WHITE PVC+ELASTIC FABRIC+SPA REDUCED IN 4.6ºC THE OUTDOOR TEMPERATURE. WHITE PVC REDUCED IT 3.8ºC. // WHITE PVC+ELASTIC FABRIC+SPA INCREASED IN 8.5% THE OUTDOOR HUMIDITY.
[ BLACK PVC-POLYESTER ]
120 MM
// BLACK PVC-POLYESTER+ELASTIC FABRIC+SPA REDUCED IN 5.3ºC THE OUTDOOR TEMPERATURE.
OUTDOOR COOLING SYSTEM WATER FOOTPRINT
// BLACK PVCPOLYESTER+ELASTIC FABRIC+SPA REDUCED IN 5.3ºC THE OUTDOOR TEMPERATURE.
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[BREATHING SYSTEM]
3 // 6.7 L WATER CONSUMPTION/M /HR
3 // 0.45 L WATER CONSUMPTION/M /HR
COOLING ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND CARBON FOOTPRINT
[ AC CONSUMPTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ] AN AVERAGE CENTRAL AC OF 3.5 KW POWER [COOLS A SPACE OF 35-40 M2] 3.5KW x 9 = 31.5 KWH / DAY [IF AC IS USED 9 HOURS PER DAY]
[ 31.5 KWH/DAY ] [ 0.5 KG CO2/KWH ]
0.5 KG OF CO2 IS EMITTED PER 1 KWH 31.5 KWH X 0.5 = 15.75 KG / DAY LOWERING DOWN 1 DEGREE INCREASES THE POWER CONSUMPTION OF COOLING SYSTEMS BY 5%.
[ BREATHING SKIN SYSTEM SAVINGS AND COST ] THE BREATHING SKIN SYSTEM IS ABLE TO REDUCE THE INDOOR TEMPERATURE BY 5 °C ,THEREFORE IF IT WAS APPLIED TO BUILDINGS IT WOULD SAVE 25% OF ENERGY COOLING CONSUMPTION. MATERIAL
[ 7.95 €/M2 ]
PRICE/SQM
SODIUM POLYACRYLATE ELASTIC FABRIC HYDROPHOBIC FABRIC RASCHELL CHANNELING TOTAL
[ 25% SAVING ]
€0.81 €0.14 €5.00 €2.00 €0.8 €7.95
[ ENERGY USE IN FACILITIES ] COOLING SYSTEM IN MODERATE AND WARM CLIMATES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MOST OF THE ENERGY CONSUMPTION IN BUILDINGS.
DESIGN PARAMETERS
GLOBAL GEOMETRY
PARAMETRIC MATERIAL SYSTEM DESIGN
PROGRAM
SYSTEM FUNCTION
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RADIATION ANALYSIS ON THE SURFACE INFORMS THE LOCATION OF THE DIFFERENT OPACITIES OF MEMBRANES, GOING FROM AN 80%, TO 40%, TO A 0%.
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PREDOMINANT WIND ANALYSIS IN CAPETOWN INFORMS THE LOCATION AND THE DENSITY OF THE BREATHING CELLS. HIGH DENSITY
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AIRFLOW ANALYSIS HELPS US UNDERSTAND AND OPTIMIZE THE POSITION OF THE BREATHING CELLS AND OPENINGS TO STRENGTHEN THE CROSS VENTILATION STRATEGY.
AS A RESULT, WATER-DRIVEN BREATHING SKIN IS DEVELOPED TO BE A SEMI-PASSIVE MATERIAL SYSTEM FOR OUTDOOR SPACES IN HOT CLIMATES WHERE PUBLIC SPACE IS LESS WELCOMED DUE TO THE SUMMER HEAT. WITH THIS MATERIAL SYSTEM, VENTILATION AND EVAPORATIVE COOLING ARE MADE POSSIBLE SEMI-PASSIVELY IN A TENSILESTRUCTURED FORM WHERE THE BREATHING SKIN COULD TAKE IN MULTIPLE USES AND FORMS. NOT ONLY IS IT COST-EFFECTIVE IN CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE, IT IS ALSO,ENERGY-EFFICIENT FOR AREAS IN WATER SHORTAGE BUT ALSO TENSILE AND PLIABLE FOR URBAN SPACES.
passive system zero carbon footprint light weight adjustuble to different geographical locations easy assembly self-powered low cost
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WE DECIDED TO TACKLE THIS PROBLEM IN THE SLOW CRISES SEMINAR. BY ADOPTING A STRATEGY THAT WILL BE SOLVING MUCH MORE THAN THE GARBAGE CRISIS. A DEFINING A STRATEGY, THAT IMPLIES DIFFERENT SCALES: STARTING FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE TERRITORIAL SCALE. THIS STRATEGY INVOLVES THE ELECTRICITY CRISIS THAT HAS BEEN AFFECTING THE COUNTRY AS A WHOLE SINCE 1990 (POST WAR ERA). OUR INTENTION IS TO FIND COMMON STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS, WHERE ONE PROBLEM CAN BECOME THE SOLUTION TO THE OTHER AND VICE-VERSA.
lack of green spaces informal settlements
AFTER THE “NAAMEH” LANDFILL WAS CLOSED BY THE RESIDENTS LIVING NEARBY, THE STREETS OF BEIRUT WERE DROWNED BY GARBAGE. THIS DRASTIC SITUATION REMAINED FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. THE GOVERNMENT STOOD AS AN OBSERVER UNTIL PEOPLE LOST THEIR PATIENCE, BEIRUT’S STREETS WERE THEN FILLED WITH PROTESTERS, STARTING RIOTS.
ECONOMICAL
BUT WHAT WAS THE STRAW THAT BROKE THE CAMEL’S BACK? THE TRASH CRISES.
political
TRAFFIC, POLLUTION, CONFLICTS, CORRUPTION…
GARBAGE/PERSON/DAY : 1.2 KG
waste to energy
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ORGANIC 52.5%%
PAPER/ CARD-
OTHERS 11.0%
PLAS- METALGLASS 5.5% 5.5% TICS
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29 recycling landfill
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BEIRUT borders dry beirut river port and airport, trash dump areas only existing green spaces in beirut (public unaccessible) beirut central district
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informal settlements
STARTING FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE TO THE TERRITORIAL, THE STRATEGY OF COMPOSTING, RECYCLING AND CONVERTING WASTE TO ENERGY ARE APPLIED IN A WAY, WHERE THE PROBLEM BECOMES THE SOLUTION. THE POWER PLANTS OF LEBANON BECOME A GATHERING POINT, AND THE SOURCE OF ENERGY GIVING BACK TO THE COUNTRY WHAT IT LACKS FROM A LONG TIME AGO, UNTIL THIS DAY, ELECTRICITY. AS WELL AS SOLVING THE PROBLEM OF THE LACK OF GREEN SPACES IN BEIRUT AND IN LEBANON.
digital fabrication
PATTERN ILLUSION MATERIAL: CORIAN 12MM (HI-MACS) MACHINE: CNC TIME: 45 MIN
WHAT SEEMS TO LOOK LIKE A HOMOGENOUS PATTERN IF VIEWED FROM THE TOP IS VISUALLY TRANSFORMED INTO AN OPTICAL ILLUSION OF VOLUMES, CREATED THROUGH THREE LEVELS OF DIFFERENT THICKNESSES, WHICH PORTRAY THREE SIDES OF A CUBE, WHICH START OFF AT A SPECIFIC SIZE AND GRADUALLY REDUCE, MANIPULATING THE AMOUNT OF LIGHT THAT IS PERCEIVED. WHAT WAS SEEN AS CLEAR CUBES GIVING THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF LIGHTPROGRESSIVELY DECREASE IN AMOUNT AND SIZE. BY POCKETING THREE DISTINCT LEVELS: 3.5MM, 6.5MM AND 9.0MM RESPECTIVELY, DIFFERENT LIGHT SHADES APPEAR GIVING THE ILLUSION OF THECUBESâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; VOLUMETRY.
TEAM: SAMARTH AGRAWEL, SEBASTIAN AMORELLI, ZINA ALKHANI
WILL IT BEND? MATERIAL: 2.5MM PLYWOOD MACHINE: LASER CUTTING TIME: 40 MINUTES
AN EXPLORATION OF THE KERFING TECHNIQUE, TESTING THE LIMITS OF BENDING WOOD THROUGH GENERATING VARIOUS LASER CUT PATTERNS. INSPIRED BY ORIGAMI, THE INITIAL QUESTION FOR THE CREATION OF THE LAMP WAS: CAN KERF FOLDING TURN INTO BENDING? BY APPLYING THE ORIGAMI CONCEPT THE LAMP WAS CONCEIVED AS ONE SINGLE PIECE OF PLYWOOD, WHERE DIFFERENT PATTERNS WERE APPLIED AT STRATEGIC PARTS TO ACHIEVE THE DESIRED BENDING. IN THIS WAY BY MANIPULATING THE STRATEGIC APPLICATION OF LASER CUT PATTERN IN ADDITION TO THE CAREFULLY PLACED JOINERY, WE WERE ABLE TO TRANSFORM A FLAT SHEET OF PLYWOOD INTO A FOLDED 3D-SHAPE.
BRANCHING MATERIAL: WHITE PLA (OPAQUE) MACHINE: 3D PRINTER TIME: 7HR 57MIN
EXPLORATION OF THE LIMITS OF EXTRUSION IN 3D PRINTING. INSPIRED BY NATURAL OCCURING L-SYSTEMS, A STRUCTURE OF EVER EXPANDING BRANCHES WAS CREATED, WITH BRANCHES OCCURING WITHIN THE ANGLE LIMITS THAT ARE PRINTABLE BY THE MACHINE. THE IDEA WAS TO START PRINTING FROM A COMMON POINT, IN THIS CASE WHERE THE BULB WOULD BE HELD, AND START BRANCHING OFF IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS WITH DIFFERENT DENSITIES: FROM THICK TO THIN, FROM SINGLE TO MULTIPLE. THE MAIN ASPECT OF THIS EXPLORATION WAS TO STUDY HOW EACH BRANCHING POINT CAN WITHSTAND THE WEIGHT OF THE BRANCHES THAT ARE OVERHANGING FROM IT DURING THE
PRINTING PROCESS.
[SOCIO-CULTURAL CENTER]
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LOCATED IN SIN EL FIL, LEBANON A CENTER WHERE PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT WALKS OF LIFE MEET. //LEVEL 0.00 CONTAINS A PUBLIC CLINIC, PUBLIC ADVISORY OFFICES AND A CAFETERIA FOR THE HOMELESS. //LEVEL 4.00 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 8.00 INCLUDE A CAFETERIA, EXHIBITION, GYM AND PLAYROOM. //LEVEL 12.00 INCLUDES OFFICES AND A PUBLIC LIBRARY. //LEVEL 16.00 INCLUDES A THEATRE AND A SPACE FOR WORKSHOPS THE EASE OF DIVERSE PUBLIC ACCESS FOR THIS MULTI-FUNCTONAL CENTER WAS A MAIN PILLAR OF THE DESIGN.
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[A **** HOTEL] //SECTION BB’
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A FOUR STAR HOTEL LOCATED IN THE MIDST OF CROWDED ASHRAFIEH, SODICO, LOT 804. THE CHALLENGE IN THIS PROJECT WAS TO FIT THE PROGRAM IN A LIMITED PLOT, AS WELL AS, TACKLING THE ORIENTATION OF THE ROOMS TO PROVIDE PLEASING VIEWS. THE **** HOTEL CONSISTS OF THREE TYPES OF ROOMS, THE BUILDIND ALSO INCLUDES, A GYM, A CAFE,A LOBBY LOUNGE, A RESERAUNT AND A ROOFTOP BAR.
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[JAZZ ROOFTOP]
FURNITURE Sea view
Street Area (Asphalt Floor) Entrance and Bar Area Terrace (Concrete Floor) Movement Area (Wooden Floor) Stage Area ( Wooden Floor)
Interruption of order to freedom, creating alternating movement as is in that of jazz.
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THIS PROJECT, IS AN EXTENSION TO THE PREVIOUS **** HOTEL PROJECT. DUE TO THE START OF JAZZ ON THE STREETS,THE SPACE HAS A STREETLIKE ZONE WITH DIFFERENT ELEMENTS FROM THE STREET. JAZZ IS ABOUT IMPROVISATION OR INTERRUPTION IN RHYTHM, THE REMAINING ZONE, IS A CONTRAST OF THE PREVIOUS, WHERE THE INTERRUPTION IS PORTRAYED IN THE CEILING AND LIGHT DESIGN, IN ADDITION TO MODERNIZED FURNITURE IN CONTRAST TO THE STREET-LIKE ZONE. SLIDING GLASS DOORS OPEN TO THE EXTERIOR TERRACE, EXTENDING THE INDOOR SPACE. A RELAXING LOUNGE ATMOSPHERE, WITH BREATHTAKING VIEWS ALONG WITH MODERN LOUNGE FURNITURE COMBINED WITH ASPECTS FROM THE STREET.
[MEDIA ART MUSEUM]
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KITCHEN
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MEDIA ART MUSEUM, LOCATED ACROSS OF FORUM DE BEYROUTH. A SPACE FOR PEOPLE TO GATHER, EXHIBITTING DIVERSE MEDIA ART, WITH A PARK OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. SURROUNDED BY OLD BUILDINGS AND TRAFFIC FILLED STREETS. THE CONCEPT IS FROM SYMMETRY TO FASCINATING CHAOS REFLECTING THE SURROUNDINGS.
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THE PROGRAM CONSISTS OF A SERIES OF SPACES EXHIBITING INSTALLATIONS AND DIGITAL WORK,THAT ARE TO BE SEEN ONE FOLLOWING THE OTHER. THE PROJECT ALSO INCLUDES A CAFETERIA, AN INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITION SPACE, A WORKSHOP, A LIBRARY, OFFICES AND A LARGE AREA FOR ARCHIVES.
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HALL +8.00
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