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THEJEDDAHPROJECT_2013

THETHIRDWORLD_2012

OCCUPYTHEBUFFERZONE_2012

COSMOGONYOFBURNINGMAN_2011

SHAPETOFABRICATION_2011

THESCHOOLOFNOSES_2011

RE-CONSTRUCTIVECONTAINER_2011

COMMUNICATIONCENTRE_2010

RESIDENCE_2010

WAYSOFSEEING_2009

* design workshop

** academic project

** practise project

ENTRANCE TO INTERNAL OASIS

PUBLIC PARK

RESIDENTIAL BLOCK

WATER CHANNEL AND STAR SKY-LIGHT

INTERNAL OASISSKYLIGHT

HOTEL ENTRANCE

ETRANCE TO PUBLIC SPACE

5 STAR HOTELFUNCTION HALLWATERFALL ON TOP

PUBLIC PARKINGHOTEL PARKING

THEJEDDAHPROJECT_2013

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5starHotel it will consist of approximately 180

units and 2 penthouses taking special care to detail

andelegance.thehotelwillincludealuxuriousspa,a

businesscentre,aconferenceroom,anindoor/outdoor

swimmingpoolandabovealltheWorldrestaurant.the

wellproportionedinteriordesignswillboasthighquality

decorationssatisfyingeventhedemandingclients.

CenteroftHePlot

i. the internal oasis will host all the public facilities

linkedwithwaterfallsandsetamongstlusciousgreen

landscape.

ii. therewill be 10 different restaurantswith outdoor/

indoorfacilities.

iii.theprojectwillalsocoverhighendboutiques.

nortHWestsiDe

thepart facingthewestwillberesidentialcomplex 1

and 2 bedroomswill accommodate all (size 80 120

sq. meter) services including indoor and outdoor

sports,spa,nurseryforChildren

soUtHWestsiDe

itwillfillthegapfortheexistingneedsinJeddah.itwill

beahightechmultipurposefunctionroomwhichcanbe

usedforvariouseventssuchas:conferences,meetings,

seminars,workshops, special government andprivate

events,marriagesandothersocialoccasions.

itwillalsoincludeanauditoriumstagewhichcanhost

300 people. it will provide a high tech cinema room

andspecial careandserviceswillbeprovided for the

celebrities.

SITE OF THE GAME: “The third World” :)

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MIXED ORIGINSPLURALITY

cuba, politics of fabrication_2012the third worldWinning 1st Prize

Design and Build an experimental proposal based on digital fabrications to change the relationship between architecture and public. The task was based to build a proposal out of any material brought from London to Cuba in the luggage or from found local objects.

oCCUPYtHeBUfferZone_2012

Cyprus 1974: The forced geographical separation of the two main communities of the island, the Turkish Cypriots and Greek Cypriots, today have been developed back to back, creating two realities separated but joined by the third space, the Buffer Zone. Because of the lack of a political solution to be given the Occupy movement of Cyprus, have joined forces to set up camp inside the buffer zone demanding reunification. A network from different types of people with different backgrounds from both communities co-operate on site to create an actual and symbolic bridge. The assembly components are made out of waste timber found around the surrounding timber workshops. It is an emergent system that comes to life through a bi-communal effort to make their own style of living , and in that way becomes symbolic. The project is based on a time based growth of occupation in order to adapt to the expansion of the occupation in the future.

http://wewanttolearn.wordpress.com/2012/06/17/occupy-the-buffer-zone-final-thesis-project/

[SHOPS/ WORKSHOPS][GOVERMENTAL][RESIDENTIAL][OFFICE][HISTORICAL][EMPTY]

CYPRUS SCALE 1 :100 000

BUFFER ZONE 180km

NICOSIA/CAPITAL SCALE 1 :1000

LEDRAS-STREET AREA SCALE 1 :500

LEDRAS-STREET PROPOSAL SCALE 1 :100

2008 Ledra Street recently opened on 3 April 2008 and now the most central of all crossings.

1974More than one quarter of the population of Cyprus was expelled from the occupied northern part of the island where Greek Cypriots constituted 80% of the population. There was also a flow of roughly 60,000 Turkish Cypriots from the south to the north after the conflict The Turkish inva-sion ended in the partition of Cyprus along the UN-monitored Green Line which still divides Cyprus today.

2012OCCUPY THE BUFFER ZONE -CYPRUS:Inspired by the global “Occupy” movement, youths from across the divide in Cyprus have joined forces to set up camp inside the buffer zone that has split the island since 1974, demanding reunification.The activists are expanding day by day.

Vs[DENSE TO SPARSE FOREST][SPARSE FOREST AND BUSH][BUFFER ZONE-UNITED NATIONS CONTROLED AREA]

[CROSSING POINTS]

[BUFFER ZONE-UNITED NATIONS CONTROLED AREA]

[GREEK CYPRIOT POPULATION]

[TURKISH CYPRIOT POPULATION]

CONTEXT/ CONCEPT/ PROPOSAL META-DIAGRAM

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BRIDGING

EXPANDING2050ACROSS THE WHOLE BUFFER ZONE

LEDRAS STREET

CENTRE OF THE CROSSING POINT

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2012

JOIINIG SYSTEM

construction in process physical model

phase 2: bridging plan level 1: scale : 1: 100

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S1 long section

short section

occupy social area

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south entrance of bridge greek side

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north entrance of bridge turkish side

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bridge joint high point

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connection to existing buildings

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potential occupa-tional spaces

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current vacant buildings

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greek check point8.

turkish check point9.

leadras street10.

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+5m

+5m

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S1

phase 2: bridging long section: scale : 1: 100

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greek cypriot

turkish cypriot

other

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S7

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PROPOSAL

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BUFFER ZONE

EXISTING BUILDINGS

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phase 2: bridging: perspective short section: scale 1:100

[experiments for new materiality]Waste Timber + Additives = New Bricks

[concept]Reconnecting the divided island of Cyprus

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BRIDGING

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JOIINIG SYSTEM

STRUCTURAL LOGIC

[digital analysis of structural geometry]Rhino+ Grasshopper+ Hoopsnake

INDEX

S1 long section

short section

occupy social area

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south entrance of bridge greek side

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north entrance of bridge turkish side

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bridge joint high point

4.

connection to existing buildings

5.

potential occupa-tional spaces

6.

current vacant buildings

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greek check point8.

turkish check point9.

leadras street10.

1.

+3m

+5m

+5m

METERS

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greek cypriot

turkish cypriot

other

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BUFFER ZONE

EXISTING BUILDINGS

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METERS

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S2

S1

1 2 3 4METERS

INDEX

S1 long section

short section

occupy social area

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+0m

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south entrance of bridge greek side

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north entrance of bridge turkish side

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bridge joint high point

4.

connection to existing buildings

5.

potential occupa-tional spaces

6.

current vacant buildings

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greek check point8.

turkish check point9.

leadras street10.

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+3m

+5m

+5m

METERS

S1

INDEX

greek cypriot

turkish cypriot

other

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INDEX

PROPOSAL

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BUFFER ZONE

EXISTING BUILDINGS

NORTH1 2 3 4

METERS

S2

S2

S1

1 2 3 4METERS

london_2011robofold factory shape to fabricationA new concept in architectural workshops. Experience the best in generative design software and digital fabrication techniques from the developers themselves. Four days of workshops that bring together software and hardware developers in 4 teams.Each team designs, fabricates and assembles compo-nents into a common structure.

Tutors: Rupert Maleczek (KOGE, Innsbruck)//Al Fisher (Buro Happold)/Sam Joyce (Buro Happold)

Element: CantileverLeaders: Rupert Maleczek (KOGE, Innsbruck) Sam Joyce / Al Fisher (Buro Happold)Material: Re-Claimed sheet materialsHardware: 3-axis CNC router (RoboFold equipment)Output: Profiled beamsPerformance: Load bearingSoftware: SMART (Rhino plugin)Computation: Hanging chain optimisationInterface: Cast foundations / Metal facade

[Form finding process]Rhino+ Grasshopper

The Cosmogony of Burn-ing man2011

Cosmogony, as in the coming into existence, is a network of collaboration and participation in the city of burning man. Cosmogony is based on 50 000 components (10 variations of them) which will be given to 50 000 burners and their interaction will enable the social phenomenon of participa-tion. People have their own freedom to make their own cre-ations. People receive one single component with their ticket to the festival. The project is enabled only when the people intermingle with each other. The assembly process can be interesting and fun. it also invites curiosity. The beauty of the potential structure(s) is that no one knows where it will ap-pear, it isn’t organized and it just grows. What is suggested is the direct interaction of humans. a manual of directions for possible structures to be made will be given to burners as a start point. a variety of scales, from a chair, to a bed, to a dancing platform to a mega structure. The aim of this pro-ject regardless of one’s physical capabilities, skills, interests or geographical location is to engage in the creation of a mega structure by adding their component to it. a structure made by everyone that belongs to everyone. When the fes-tival will be over, the burners will be able to disassemble the structure and take their components back home.for more info visit: http://burningmanproject.wordpress.com/

The aCaDemy for noses2010-2011 a redundant perfume factory set in a wasteland outside madrid is (re)adjusted as an academy for noses. once an immense gal factory produced favourite spanish scents. The one (huge) remaining building represents the last drop of this memory and skill base. in the whole world there are 500 noses … the gifted sniffers of the perfume industry. This extreme ratio is matched in perfume itself … 15,000 lavender plants yield a mere 10ml of lavender oil.The academy sits in a field of lavender representing this equation. The lavender flowers are ritualistically harvested and prepared for an annual distillation ceremony coincident with the graduation of 5 more noses. The thousands of oils arranged in tiny precious bottles and conjured by the noses into seductive smells therefore represent an immense acreage. The students cultivate their knowledge and practice in laboratories, libraries and studios arranged within the factory shell, buffered from the odours of the everyday.

THE G.C.P. CENTRE2008-2009 “There are three forms of visual art. Painting is the art to look at, sculpture is the art to walk around and architecture is the art to walk through”. The design explores the link be-tween the three forms of visual art and how they can be re-lated in terms of space and form. guernica of Picasso is the painting, Chicago Picasso is the sculpture and the guernica Chicago Picasso art Centre is the architecture. Like Painting, architecture arises out of political, social and cultural ideas that influenced my conception. Through a journey of visual perception influenced by material, space and light the rela-tionship between art and context is explored.