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A n U n d e r g r a d u a t e S t u d e n t P o r t f o l i o
Rakan Ayyoub
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A n U n d e r g r a d u a t e S t u d e n t P o r t f o l i o
Rakan Ayyoub
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Rakan AyyoubA n U n d e r g r a d u a t e S t u d e n t P o r t f o l i o
© Rakan Ayyoub Productions 2010
Copyright © 2010, Rakan Ayyoub Productions, All rights reserved
The right of Rakan Ayyoub to be identified as author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
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Permissions maybe sought directly from Rakan Ayyoub Productions in Chicago, IL, e-mail: [email protected].
Typeset, printed, and bound in the United States.
I like to thank, The University of Jordan, Department of Architecture, for the knowledge that they gave me throughout my undergraduate study, special thanks go to Prof. Salim El-Faqih, Dr. Firas Sharaf, Dr. Wael Al-Azhari, Dr. Nabil El-Kurdi, Dr. Ali Abu Ghanimeh, Prof. Kamil Mahadin, Dr. Salim Dahabreh, for there direct influence and guidance in my architectural education.
To my Family, Walid Ayyoub, Suhier Ayyoub, Faris Ayyoub, Yazan Ayyoub, and my friends.
Acknowledgments Copyright Information
Growing up in a boxed-in environment in the once suburban-now urban areas of Amman, I have over the years developed an affirmed consciousness vis-à-vis the issues of human habitats, the influence of certain environments on their behaviors, cultural aspects, and economic growth.
As I traveled from one location to another, crossing many countries, I became fanatical about drawing at a very young age, and gained an ability to express my ideas and visual understanding of the material oriented world with a pen. I henceforth was constantly searching for solutions to enhance the human living conditions – generally speaking about early childhood experimentation with engineering – and merely talking about my teenage curiosity in general design, I became increasingly interested in the search of life improving philosophies. A scarcity driven economy, and an education in some of the best schools in Jordan influenced a scientific-earthly, yet an economical approach to my design process, which during college years, thrived to combine my obsessive perfectionism in functionality with secular aestheticism.
Preface
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Rakan Walid Badie AyyoubMarch 22nd 1987
7619 West 162 Place Tinly Park, Illinois, 60477
+1 708 262 6347+1 708 444 1322
Educational Information
College De La Salle , Freres, Amman, Jordan
International General Certificate Of
Secondary Education IGCSE
Cambridge Examinations3A* 5 A 3 Bs
General Certificate Of Education
GCE A-Levels
London Edexel Examinations2As, 2Bs
The University of Jordan, Department of Architecture
Amman, Jordan
Bachelor of Science in
Architecture Engineering
B.Sc
Attended
1993 - 2005
Degrees Attained
2005
2010
2003
Attended
2005 - 2010
Degrees Attained
Name
Address
Phone Mobile
General Information
Miras Co. for Engineering Consultations. Amman, Jordan
Summer Architectural Intern
working on minor design assignments, construction documentation, and field
observation.
Attended
2010
Position Attained
2010
Architectural Experience
Birthday
Attended1999 -
Position Attained
1999 - 2010
Other Experience
Rakan Ayyoub Productions © Amman, Jordan
Freelance Designer
Design of major logos for various companies, brochures, dinning menus,
business cards, book covers, audio engineering and audio recording.
Attended1999 -
Position Attained
1999 -
AttendedMay 2002
Position Attained
May 2002
EU Day Exhibition, embassy of SpainAmman Jordan
First Prize Award
Design of poster on how you picture Europe.
Awards
AutoCAD / AutoCAD Architecture / AutoCAD Civil 3d
Revit Architecture
3ds MaxMicrosoft: Word, Excel, Outlook
Google SketchupV-ray Rendering , Maxwell Rendering
Adobe PhotoshopCorel Draw
Corel Photo-paintCorel Painter
Corel DesignerSony Vegas, Acid and Soundforge Pro
Cakewalk Sonar Pro.
Ecotect Analysis
Computer Software
Skills
Art & Production
Free Hand Drawing, Water - oil color painting and rendering.
Basic Architectural Photography
Composing Musical Tracks, playing Guitar, Keyboards, Drums , & audio production
Language
English, read, write, speak fluently
Arabic,
read, write, speak fluently
French, read, write, speak (passed the
French Proficiency Tests DELF A1, A2).
Phone Home
Table Of Contents
Pearl Play Area A C o n c e p t u a l A p p r a o c h
Public Library A s t h e c i v i c h e a r t o f a c i t y
Courtyard Renovation A s c h o o l r e n o v a t i o n p r o j e c t
Dabouq Luxury Hotel A t h i r d y e a r p r o j e c t
The Book place Cafe A t h i r d y e a r p r o j e c t
Project Abstract
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Project Abstract
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A Children’s play area was designed using a conceptual approach derived from a natural phenomena,
As a library is the civic heart of a city we can create an analogy based on a human’s heart anatomy, the human heart is a very complicated and a beautiful machine it is a perfectly assembled genius of function.
The project lies amidst the heart of the school of architecture in the university of Jordan, the central courtyard brings in light, and enables natural ventilation to the surrounding corridors, a major renovation was made.
A Hotel designed to fit in a very distinct area in the Jordanian capital Amman, a suburban district known as Dabouq. Dabouq is an area which is inhibited with upper class citizens and their luxurious mansions.
The Coffee place was chosen to have a very deconstructionist and provocative look in order to make it stand out from the crowed of traditional Jordanian architecture present in “Mount Waibdeh”
Rakan AyyoubA n U n d e r g r a d u a t e S t u d e n t P o r t f o l i o
Computer History Museum A t h i r d y e a r p r o j e c t
A f o u r t h y e a r p r o j e c tNational Commercial Bank
a f o u r t h y e a r p r o j e c tMadaba City Arena
a f o u r t h y e a r p r o j e c tCataract Surgery Center
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Located in one of Jordans most visited areas, Jabal Amman “Mount Amman” the area is a very rich cultural and urban space. The Computer History Museum was established as a non-profit organization in 1999 in the united states.
A bank project was intended to teach students the ways in which mid-rise buildings are built and designed, the project is located in an area stacked with mid-rise buildings, and is a very vital commercial and business district in the Jordanian Capital.
Madaba as a growing city required the building of a city arena for its youth. The arena was built in order for the city to enjoy further physical development of its youth, an was designed as a place to be used in musical concerts regarding the important annual Jordan Festival,
Chosen in the city of zarka, the functional requirements of the program were quite brutal and a lot of the concentration was on functional and structural accuracy and on healthcare conceptual design for eye centers in general.
Chosen to be erected in the northen parts of Jordan, the village of Shatana stands on its own right as a Jordanian Cultural , Religious, and Traditional Heritage. Chosen from a very few remaining all Christian villages in the country, a visionary architectural and a minor urban development project was implemented in order to capture and boldly expose the Genius Loci of the place.
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An oyster is an animal, a mollusc. the scientific classification of the most
famous pearl producing oysters is Pinctada imbricata, it is made of 2
valves.
The valves of an oyster are composed of 3 layers. The horny layer,
made of protein chonchiolin, protects against acids, the second is
composed of calcium carbonate (agronite) and know as the prismatic
layer it brings the oyster its strength, the third is the mother of pearl.
The wave motion of the sea or lake water waves has a special effect on
the adaptation of an oyster, each oyster shell has a specific shape to
cope with the waves of a specific area in the ocean.
Pearls are not necessarily regularly shaped as a sphere, some pearls
are totally irregular, this relies on the shape of a parasite.
An Intruder such as a fish may irritate the oyster, the formation of a pearl
biggins as the intruder is trapped between the shell and the mantle.
The Mantle cavity is the part of the oyster that is between the two valves.
I n t r u d e r s p a s s t h r o u g h t h e m a n t l e c a v i t y
after moving through thorn like obstacles.
The Mantle is the top layer of the oyster. It contains the cells producing
the mother of pearl. It is so flesh like and mucus
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The self concept of a child is a mental image that each child renders about him self.
by going through the pearl - oyster
like surfaces of our play area, feeling and sensing
those surfaces, the child can form a better mental image
about him/herself, plus gaining a mysterious self revealing
s u b c o n s c i o u s l e a r n i n g e x p e r i e n c e .
Project Objectives:
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Bivalve Stairs
The Water Bed
The Ball Pool
The Balancing See Saws The Trampoline and
the Rope Bridge
The Three levels of the game are connected using a funky stair likestructure. the point of connectiongives the game a bivalve similarappearance in an abstract way.When a child moves through the stairs he can feel the bivalve closureand hence feel the transition in the 3 shell levels and layers. each level contains di f ferent activities for the child resemblingthe levels in a normal shell.
The ball resembles the pearl formation p r o c e s s i n a n o y s t e rin an abstract way. The kids fall in the b a l l p o o l r e s e m b l i n gthe irritant intruders. The balls resembling the mother of pearlparticles of agronite, surround the kids i n t h e b a r o q u e p e a r l like container. The kids can reach the b a l l p o o l f r o m t h e s l i d e on the third floor.
By moving on the water bed the child can sense the reality of being on a mantle, from the water bed he can access the different floors of the game.
The Tunnel The na r row tunne l , c rea tedin the game resembles many features, the bars inside resemblethe thorn like structures in the mantle cavity. and as the tunnel is waved the chilled by turning his body will resemble a wave motion. The tunnelin its essence resembles the mantle cavity, the intruder (the child in the game) moves from one end to the other. The tunnel is padded and has mirrors on the inner surface, these may help him to create a better self image about him self.
These seesaws resemble the properties of the prismatic layerof the shell, as the prismatic layer has a b a l a n c e d c o m p o s i t i o nof agronite and protein, the child wa l k i n g o n t h e s e s ee saws and trying to balance himself makes him/her more sel f conscious and increases his attention span.
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A library is a place for getting unrestricted information in all media formats, and to provide the means for finding the required information.It is the interaction between the staff, the library system and the users them self. By a deep understanding of the various aspects of a library’s spacial program and the functional relationships between spaces and circulation patterns of users, staff, books and periodicals a concept can thus be developed.
As a library is the civic heart of a city we can create an analogy based on a human’s heart anatomy, the human heart is a very complicated and a beautiful machine it is a perfectly assembled genius of function.
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Lungs and air The world of knowledge
Internal Circulation Circulation ofbooks in the library
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The drawing clearly shows the b u i l d i n g ’ s e n t r a n c e s a n d e x i t s t o w a r d s t h e i r c o r r e s p o n d i n g l o b b i e s , two billboard areas were left empty a t t h e f r o n tso that any desired graphic or a n n o u n c e m e n t c a n be i n s t a l l e d . The hea r t ’ s transparency is clearly noticeable with the shiny metal trims.
Here the rear end of the library can be seen, this area is basically an integrated area for the technical services division. A service door with a loading dock door is visible, and the large scale of the library can be seen according to the man at the bottom. The transparent glass facades and partially opaque shields supply the basic needs of natural lightning within the library.
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The exit and entrance lobbies represent the pathways o f oxygenated blood to the heart and exit from the heart through the pulmonary vein Administrative services and technical services are separated by a common meeting room.
Administration Has its solitary entrance, and a wide entrance was created for storage, the lecture halls are separated near the common entrance lobby.
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Computers
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Archives
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Escalators represent the heart’s cardiac circulation, the circulation deck as the heart’s valves. Reviewing areas provide quick reviewing for on shelf material, indexes were spread around the books for a quick access to desired material. Rare books were isolated in a room with its special reading area. The librarian’s office was put near the books for quick help inquiries.
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The café was given a modern look with fancy seating and a relieving, revealing view to the open atrium bellow, this creates a state of mental interaction between people in the café and the visitors. Periodicals were placed near the café to create a visual interaction between magazines and café users.
The reading areas were isolated towards the northen end near the glass facade, this brings in natural daylight for reading.
The reading area reveals the book stacks on the first floor creating visual continuity between the readers and the book stacks.
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The project lies amidst the heart of the school of architecture in the university of Jordan, the central courtyard brings in light, and enables natural ventilation to the surrounding corridors, trees are present as means of shading and evaporative cooling by transpiration during hot summer days, making it a very beautiful and an attractive focal point in the school.
Due to the economic situations in the country the courtyard hasn’t received much attention since the early 80s, only some building workshop projects are found in it, and due to prevailing arid weather conditions they are almost unfunctional.
We Can’t Neglect the direct relationship between nature and architecture and how the direct relation lies somewhat hidden in the natural unobservable phenomena of the earth.
One phenomenon is earth’s magnificent magnetic field, the filed lines in the project are directly used as a grid system to produce the architecture and the landscaping forms.
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The courtyard can be separated into 4 main zones right and left, and the 2 zones in the center. Through the yard passes 2 circulation bridges for the upper zones of the school. As a basic step towards a useful way to use the courtyard is the satisfaction of lost vital functions in the school, such as a bookshop with printing and plotting services and a coffee shop, to serve sleep deprived architecture students! .
To start with placing a certain grid one of the trees was chosen to be the point on which the grid passes through, a central artistic structure was designed in order to be focal point, to elicit undesired circulation patterns, and reduce any student traffic congestion especially when moving project models from a studio to the other.
Grid lines where desired to be the earth main magnetic fields, and are determined by using a simple compass, the lines mainly pass through the tree towards the north, south magnetic, and geographic grids correspondingly.
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It was really easy to figure out new wall and ground treatments, and to use some order in a courtyard lacking noticeable architectural order.
First it was necessary to permit light to pass through in order to reveal more color when dealing with new wall decorative paintings, by reducing the size of the trees.
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Steel Panels
Water
Vegetation
Glass Brick
Magnetic Fields
Stone Pebbles
Symbolizes the use of steel in buildings
The Basic need for all life forms
No Building is complete without nature
One of the best inventions of all time
A direct relation with architecture
A Basic building material
The central structure in the project is composed mainly of two overlapping semi-ellipses. The ellipses symbolize the direction of the earth’s magnetic geographic and North/South and Magnetic North/South. The angle between both ellipses or arrows as I prefer to call them I about 20 degrees, which is the range of the ever-changing earth’s magnetic field. The structure takes the shapes of a high-rise building symbolizing the combination of the six elements in the structure overtime to develop the science and art of architecture.
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The perspective below shows the gallery area and how it is positioned near the stepped seating area. The walls act as exhibitions to exhibit any outstanding students work.
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the magnetic field grid distribution is evident in the plan view, landscaping, the central structure and thethe water stream.
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The Archibook division is a bookshop for generaly needed architectural books that cannot be found easily, university press releases and various architectural periodicals.
The bookshop may also offer architectural supplies and printing services such as plotting and scanning, laser cutting and other CNC related model making services.
The Archicafe is a quick snack cafeteria that offers quick access to light snacks. The café offers cold drinks, various types of coffee, and pastry for architectural students and staff.
The area in front of the café maybe used for studying or dinning.
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The project is located in a very distinct area in the Jordanian capital Amman, a suburban district known as Dabouq. Dabouq is an area which is inhibited with upper class citizens and their luxurious mansions.
In order to bring more urban appreciation
to the area, the hotel was chosen to be placed in this site. the site is known for its mediterranean climate and plant cover. the site contour is very steep.
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Dabough as lightly occupied area with a low population density seems to become more occupied over the years with
villas having no architectural roots in the original Jordanian heritage and traditions, most villas in that area seem to be a mix of a modern , post modern, Islamicist, classicist architectural styles forming and eclectic or indefinable style, witch can be called an
architectural acrobaticism or a kitch. In a survey the observations that were suggested and stated that:
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All the styles mentioned above indicate a high
degree of insensitivity and eccentricity among higher-income groups.
The styles mentioned above are usually encouraged
by the architects themselves.
The lack of a predominant style in this area reflects a
state of Stylistic Flux or an on-going evolutionary process.
In all styles there is some degree of eclecticism or
Kitch or the tend to mimic a western culture.
Municipal by-Laws and building regulations in the
Amman area regarding the compulsory stone facing have failed to create any type of urban homogeneity
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Getting frustrated from that situation and trying to find a solution we tried to search back into the pre-architectural boom in the Jordanian land.
Pre the early 1920s most of the Jordanian area was occupied by either agricultural peasants living in Jordanian villages such as Hmud, Samad, Tibneh and many others or by Bedouins occupying most of the desert land area.
Villages show an architectural trend similar in composition to houses belonging to the old Middle Eastern area especially in the western areas towards the Mediterranean and the housing is usually made of stone and wood and having ancient constructional methods such as ribbed vaults and beams. Bedouins, on the other hand, showed some undemanding and easy to fit building methods such as tents.
For me it was the tent that made it into my mind after having to think for a while.
Bayt char or the black Bedouin tents are traditionally woven from goats' hair. Nowadays the woven strips can be bought, but many women still weave their own. When it rains the weave contracts and doesn't let the water in. In the heat of the summer the outside of the tent feels very hot to the touch while the inside remains blissfully cool. In the winter when it is cold outside with a small fire inside the reverse is true, and the tent stays warm and cozy. In Bedouin traditions the unexpected visitor will be invited into the men's section, although subject to close scrutiny through any holes in the curtain dividing it from the women's section.
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Although the later part wont be able to provide a good hospitality concept option for both genders, though the former could. Tents of the ancient were the basis of larger tensile membrane structure invention.Tensile fabric structures are a dramatic and exciting method of construction, benefits of these structures lay in:
1. allowing curvature
2. Translucency and the ability to spectacularly light both
internal and external spaces.
3. enabling us to consider different methods of creating
environments - rather than boxing space in
4. fabric buildings can last generations, and conform to the
same structural codes as permanent buildings
5. architectural fabrics are capable of exceptional spans
6. And extraordinary illuminated effects. Lighting a structure
can conjure a glowing effect which brings a landmark quality to any building.
7.Metal fabric panels that can be woven in sizes up to 20'
wide by 200' long
8. Flat panels that are mounted vertically to a building
façade require structural support at the top and the bottom of each panel only. Intermediate locations require minimal support and are designed to maintain consistent distance between the metal fabric panels and the face of the building
9. Tension panels can be designed as fall protection systems,
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Located on a hill, the project required a very stable structure, this meant that a symmetrical form is to be chosen.
in order to comply with the chosen tensile structure curvilinear geometry was used, this allows for easy way finding and a better use of the available views.
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This plan of the First level mainly shows the relation between the restaurants and lounges and the route of access through the lobby, guests will have to either take the panoramic elevators or the stairs up to the level. It also shows the upper administrative areas and the hotels clinic.
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The elevation shows the indoor swimming pools, the panoramic elevators and the first floor leisure areas, notice how each elevator foyer has a view down on the swimming pools and other services, the large class facade frames the view on various levels towards the swimming pool areas to create a pleasant feeling of security and well being in the hotel, the view towards that facade also shows the stunning nature of the area through the foyer.
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This plan of the basement’s first level mainly shows the relations between the truck deck, the car park inclination, the loading areas, and the corresponding stores, it mainly represents the housekeeping department along with all its branches, notice the functional relationships between the spaces, and how they relate to guest and other areas.
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This section of the hotel clearly shows the relation between the lobby and the tent membrane structure, the columns can also be seen spanning the entire lobby from bottom to top. Notice the slab in the lobby holding the administrative areas and allowing pathways for guests hitting the upper restaurants. The section shows the service stairs and how they allow services to reach each subsequent hotel floor. You can also notice the relation between service areas such as the kitchens and the housekeeping department and how they relate to other areas, including the high ceiling ballroom in the lower level.
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This plan shows the main hotel kitchen, and its relation to the car park, employees will have to take the elevator up to the housekeeping department or the kitchen and thus must pass by the time keeper, this isolation of levels between the kitchens and the housekeeping department is to ensure maximum hygiene and reduce the risk of steeling by the employees.
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This plan shows a level that consists mainly of guest rooms, notice the royal suites at the end of the corridor, the ball rooms double volume overlaps this area, however there is a span between the rooms and the ball room area.
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This section taken from the side of the hotel clearly shows the relation between the lobby and the upper floor restaurants with the tent membrane structure, the mechanical shaft can also be seen spanning the entire building from bottom to top. Notice the stepping in the bottom hotel slab due to the difference in contour heights. The relationship between the truck deck, the car parks and the street levels can be easily understood from here. notice also how the upper restaurant has a high ceiling level due to the presence of the membrane structure.
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The drawing shows the hotel’s open lobby area, it is a very large double volume space allowing natural light to enter from both the glass facades and the membrane structure giving a very desert like ambience. Furniture with sandy colors were chosen for this purpose.
Double occupancy
this room comes as a standard room with 2 full sized beds, a flat LCD screen and a small setting area.
Mini Suite
this room comes as a stan-dard room with a king sized bed, a flat LCD screen, a small setting area a kitchenette and a small setting room.
Executive Suite
this room comes as a standard room with a king sized bed, a flat LCD screen, a small setting area a kitchenette and a small setting room and another double occupancy room.
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this room comes as a standard room with a king sized bed, a flat LCD screen, a small setting area a kitchenette and a small setting room and another double occupancy room, and the lower floor consists of a larger kitchenette a larger living room and a dinning area.
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The project sits on the hills showing a harmonious play with the topography, and allows for a shocking feeling upon arrival of guests, the materials to be used were low e spider hung curtain walls, 40 cm concrete slabs, mixed with a membrane tensile structure held by stainless steel columns.
Landscaping is supposed to be minimal, and there is an emphasis on Mediterranean trees and shrubs in order to better mix with the environment. The pool in the middle is sheltered from western and eastern winds and faces towards the south, allowing a wide view towards the whole Amman area, and also allows for southern sun to be used at its best for tanning and other purposes.
Various activities might take place in the area including ballooning, hiking and many others. Below the pool area an amphitheater may be installed for optimum use of the landscape, it may be used for music events, thus that all the rooms around the pool area may be able to enjoy the event.
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Located in a very distinct district in The Jordanian Capital, Jabal Al Waibdeh “Mount Waibdeh” is one of the oldest inhibited areas in the history of Amman, the Coffee place was chosen to have a very
deconstructionist and provocative look in order to make it stand out from the crowed of traditional Jordanian architecture present in the area
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Jabal al-Luweibdeh has emerged as the area in which a number of Amman’s important art centers are located. Darat al-Funun (House of Arts) / The Khalid Shoman Foundation was established during the early 1990’s in its older parts, and is only at a walking distance from the downtown area. The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts was established about a quarter of a century ago in the newer western parts of Jabal al-Luweibdeh. These two important cultural institutions incorporate the adaptive reuse of preexisting structures. Smaller galleries and art centers also recently have been established in Jabal al-Luweibdeh, and a number of artists have set up their studios there.
Jabal al-Luweibdeh has a number of very
Darat al-Funun, which incorporates the renovation of three of modern Amman’s earlier houses into an integrated complex, takes up a full city block, and provides a very positive example of both architectural and urban intervention in the city. It is a place where people can meet over a cup of coffee, view art, attend lectures and concerts, or read at the library. The Amman Municipality and the French Embassy cooperated on updating another important node of Jabal al-Luweibdeh, Duwwar al-Hawuz (the Water Tower Square, named after the water tower that previously used to be located there). The square has been rehabilitated as a landscaped urban square, and has been
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that is packed with people on summer evenings and nights.The site sits right on the street surrounding the Al-Hawuz Roundabout, thus it is a very strategic area to develop a cultural and social business in that area, hence it will be economically and culturally rewarding.
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The narrow voids linking between buildings are interlocking at different points, these points allow activity to transform and change so it is reflecting the motion of cars and pedestrians w i t h i n t h a t a r e a .
The buildings evolved over time in an arithmetic way in a series of 1 to 2 levels, the regulations changed to allow 3, or m o r e .
This growth in length is equal to the change in time, and the continuity and flawlessness of time induces us to think of 1 continuous structure such as a folded structure.
When observing the area's skyline of the nearby buildings, each level of the surroundings, can be combined and compressed into a multilevel structure, thus creating a folded sectional grid, jumping in and about 6 levels, each level represents a change in functionality.
The site is surrounded by various buildings of various cultural values, the building tend to be of various heights since they were built way before planning and building legislation and regulations were put. Due to this fact the site is wrapped by 3 one way streets in order to control traffic flow.
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A Basic slab folding technique was used in order to create exciting places in the interior, an a very provocative form from the exterior. Cardboard cut in many places was used and different parts were folded, the rest was filled with glass.
The folding resulted in a very angular form, which was favored over clean cuts for that it hints for some kind of motion when viewed from the one way streets it sits near.
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This plan shows the small entrance area, it was designed in this manner to allow for security measures, a ramp follows to take the users to another level hence a change of functionality towards an ordering counter and a setting area, the area views a gallery below from the void and a view towards the outside, the right part of the plan shows another setting area that leads to inclined book shelves.
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The ability to store more books on an inclined bended slab is of vital importance to the projects economical survival, angular walls allow for easy leveling, thus a ramp was created that crosses one level of bookshelves right onto another level, and up towards another ramp that leads to the outside terraces.
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Notice how the exhibition space is created by the void and the hanging artwork that can be seen from all around the building.
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This plan shows the Lower Level Gallery Space, the space may be used for many purposes, art exhibitions, musical performances, or maybe rented as a private party or lecture space. Staff have a small administrative space.
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The Back elevation faces a northen area were there is no direct lightning, northen areas may reduce favorable ambient conditions. This is the elevation used for the book shelves, it is mainly used as a folded slab that holds most of the building together.
T h e f r o n t elevation reveals the cantilevering structure of the b u i l d i n g t h e admin is t ra t i ve areas and the entrance
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The top level plan demonstrates the exact relation ship between the book shelves and the open terrace are above it, people can freely enjoy checking books and walking towards the top at the same time. The Shop area is available at the top to allow for movement continuity, an elevator can be used by disabled visitors.
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Walking in Jabal al-Luweibdeh is a beautiful experience. This district is one of the few places that contain and preserve memories of the history of Amman before its massive expansion during the 1970s. It presents so much that is positive in urban life. It allows for comfortable pedestrian movement, its urban fabric is delicately woven, its buildings have a human scale, and its mature trees provide shade, elegant vertical accents, and color. To me, Jabal al-Luweibdeh one of Amman’s most beautiful districts.
It is evident from the site plan how the project interacts with the surrounding streets and passage ways, passers can park their cars near street areas and walk towards the project to enter at street level.
The landscaping was kept minimal and preserved already existing trees and other features.
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Located in one of Jordan’s most visited areas, Jabal Amman “Mount Amman” the area is a very rich cultural and urban space. The Computer History Museum was established as a non-profit organization in
1999 in the united states. The Museum is dedicated to the
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Jabal Amman is renowned for its historic buildings and
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When politicians and entrepreneurs moved into the neighborhood during the same time, they began to build houses, many of the houses featuring a single story and a large front porch running the entire front exposure of the building.
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For Such plans the creation of a museum in such an area was a required thing. As a means of selecting a theme for the museum the computer history museum appeared to be the most appealing, since it is one of a kind and it was an excellent idea to visualize something analogous opening up in the country.
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The site is a sloping site that sits right on the Mountain, the sloping contours meant that some parts of the museum can be hidden below ground level, and other levels can rise high above it leaving a clear open space that can be used as transitional waiting and circulation area.
As a primary function that can be buried under ground an auditorium served as a perfect choice, people can pass above the auditorium and interact directly with the spectators below by means of openings in the roof area, from were people from the auditorium area and above can interact.
The Space above was ideal for the placement of the various exhibitions, however the exhibitions were supposed to run in a sequential manner.
After choosing the exhibitions required, the sequence of placement was a major player in the form creation process.The sequence of spaces is of great importance of the creation of a certain schemata in the visitors mind, hence it seemed that a direct distinction and separation of various functional spaces was vital to achieve such a result, and blocks or units of exhibition were employed.
The units or blocks of the building designed, include some of the main exhibitions of the original computer history museum, like the computer time line exhibition, the storage history exhibition, the silicone engine exhibition, the internet history exhibition, and the computer history of advertisement.
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To conceptualize the design; since the functional requirements of a museum are quite limited, it was easy to symbolize the conception to include chips each comprising an architectural program, thus being analogous to the machine language of a computer, with interconnecting paths forming an analogous circulation pattern, which introduces a sequential programming of the visitor as he passes through the so called units
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The Sketch shows the primary formation of the spaces in elevation form , it is clear how the auditorium space is buried underneath and the rest of the museum is composed of interconnected spaces that overlap each other and are connected.
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Units had their own program to encourage the formation of this schemata, many of the programs were composed of labyrinthine movements allowing the visitor to go around the unit to explore the possibility of understanding for example the history of microprocessors etc...
The sketch shows the formation of these labyrinthine movements, along the path of walking and exhibitions.
The geometrical patterns of the museum were designed according to microprocessor and electronic board wire formations giving a distinctive angular form to the project.
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The sketches show the basic formations of a grid of geometrical patterns that lead to the formation of the overall shape of the project, and the arrangement of exhibition spaces in elevation view.
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The ground level shows the entry towards a major lobby, from the lobby you can be either directed towards the stairs or elevator towards the top or, to the auditorium on the behind area.
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W h e n a p p r o p r i a t e , biographical sketches of the pioneers responsible for the advances are included, this is displayed via LCD screens in the first unit, you can see this is the first interior shot.
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Computer History Timeline Exhibition,
Notice the high-tech materials, showing great reflective properties , the screens can display videos or anything regarding the history of computers, notice also the ambient conditions created by the connection like opening in the cieling
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The brochures selected here show some of the more important technologies , companies and applications from the 1950s to the early 1990s.
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The silicone engine exhibition unit explores key highlights in the development of these extraordinary engines that power the computing and communications revolution of the information age, the display of these units is done via a glass box display aided by the illustrations on the screens above them, the visitor gets the history by observing this along the path line of his circulation.
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Microprocessor History Time Line, objects are viewed using screens and other interactive media, it is a very high tech feel in this exhibition.
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The mission of the Computer History Museum is to preserve and present for posterity the artefacts and stories of the information age. As such, the Museum plays a unique role in the history of the computing revolution and its worldwide impact on the human experience.
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preserve and present for posterity the artefacts and stories of the information age.
introducing the history of computing to
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A bank project was intended to
teach students the ways in which mid-rise buildings are built and designed, the project is located in an area stacked with mid-rise buildings, and is a very vital commercial and business district in the Jordanian Capital.
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Shmesani Mid-Rise, a phenomena amongst many that have been appearing in one of the oldest places in Amman, Shmesani is an area that has been renowned for its beautiful residential buildings and neighborhoods, However due to the demand of more retail and commercial buildings, the area’s
skyline is rapidly increasing in height, a banking corporations was to be introducing a project that would fulfill the demands of its corporate plans and the ever changing skyline
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The project was designed as a simple monolithic block that shape in plan as lines towards 90 degree angles parallel or perpendicular to the true north south, east and west collide with the building boundaries, leaving a very distinct shape of the building.
The project was designed as a simple monolithic block that shape in plan as lines towards 90 degree angles parallel or perpendicular to the true north south, east and west collide with the building boundaries, leaving a very distinct shape of the building.
Various sun studies were carried out in order to determine the sun exposure periods for the building. .
The requirements of the program were met by an extensive research on banking institutions and designs, the conclusions of the research were as follows:
TOTAL AREA AREA PERCENTAGE
FOOTPRINT AREA 1130 m2
BUILDABLE AREA 20,340m 2
PARKING 3390m 2 16.7%
OFFICES 4520m 2 22%
COMMERCIAL 3390m 2 16.7%
BANK 9040m 2 44%
It is preferable not to separate the bank’s branch from its headquarters so as to achieve the following:
• Better connection between employees as to ease bank’s transactions.
•Pleasant views are seen from upper floors, and are better used for commercial purposes.
•Separation of parking areas and vertical circulation cores between bank and commercial part of the building. For optimum security.
•Accordingly the security issue is taken into consideration specifically when it comes to special bank departments like archives, vault and server room that need private entrances and exits, and have their own standards when it comes to fire resistance and so on.
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The shmesani area is filled with voids between buildings, these voids can be used at a lower level in order to maintain some sort of visual continuity.
When looking at the area’s surroundings a lot of features can be noticed:
Two main factors were defined in determining the visual continuity of the project :
IVFC
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Internal visual framing continuity
External visual framing continuity
The external visual framing continuity EVFC aspect
will impact the users, and clients ability to interact with the outside, passers by and cars will be able to view the building from the outside, giving them a transparent and honest visual experience of what is going on inside the building. .
Building Transparency enhances honest client-dealer interaction and may promote a feeling of well being
The external visual framing continuity EVFC , will also insure a pleasant
working environment for the staff of the building, bringing in plenty of natural lightning.
The internal visual framing continuity IVFC , is a concept based on the
honesty of the interactions between the bank departments and other mixed used stories. For the purpose of delivering an efficient IVFC the building was first split into 2 main sections.
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Then in order to provide a more honest view instead of a building being composed of 1 floor slab, the floor slabs were to be shifted along the Z axis in order for the viewer to grasp a wider viewing frame of 2 stories instead of 1.
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Viewing two stories at once enables a more confident way finding ability, plus that it enables the client or building users to experience more of the building, thus that they are exposed more to the nature of the banking departments, and more to other retail stores and so on.
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Split levels were used in order to make a diversity in building uses also, a change in function from one department to another may enhance the users’ psychological state of mind.
Custom designed facade art and commercial for the bank.
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The western elevation is exposed to the incoming cars from the street, low e glazing spans the entire facade, and shading devices are present on each floor, due to the large nature of the facade it can be used as a large billboard to view large commercials.
The western elevation is exposed to the incoming cars from the street, low e glazing spans the entire facade, and shading devices are present on each floor, due to the large nature of the facade it can be used as a large billboards to view large commercials.
The areas built under ground are all dedicated to maximum security and safety, as they include all car parks, and mechanical equipment.
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The building is composed of low e-glazing curtain walls, on a spider based mullion system, the system is supported by the aluminum panels at the front of the building, the panels are in turn supported by the masts on each side, this specific design is to encourage a visual movement as cars and pedestrians move by.
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commercial institution, for that purpose Starbacks was chosen as the banks first .
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The Banks ground floor was intended to serve the banks clients in a novel way, instead of leaving them waiting in a boring situation , a coffee shop can be inserted instead as a waiting area, this makes people feel less tense, about the waiting situation, and a more enjoyed banking experience can be observed.
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The design emphasizes feelings of privacy by introducing more floors with a minimal clearance space between one another, lower ceilings tend to give a more cosy setting for people enjoying a cup of coffee and reduces the needs for global illumination within the entire space leaving a very ambient setting, which can be a characteristic feature of the bank at night.
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The second floor meets with the ramping area of the building, forming another entry space, or exiting space, a small space was left for the elevator here. The materials were given a cosy firy color scheme to promote feelings of warmth and well being, it can be also soothing from direct sunlight effect in the morning hours.
After taking the first stairs towards the top a small booth meets the user, and a terrace is formed that cantilevers from the core and creates the counter below .
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mezzanine flooring people can easily spot each other in the coffee shop.
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The furn i ture was chosen wi th a
contemporary nature in style, and private spot lightning was used extensively
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Madaba as a growing city required the building of a city arena for its youth. The arena was built in order for the city to enjoy further physical development of its youth, an was designed as a place to be used in musical concerts regarding the important annual Jordan Festival,
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Madaba which has a population of about 60,000, is the fifth
most populous town in Jordan. It is best known for
especially a large Byzantine-era mosaic map of The Holy Land. Madaba is located 30 kilometers south-west of the capital Amman.
Madaba has been chosen to house new universities and a new settlement operations, not far from the historic city, it will house over 600 villas. Kuwaiti corporations are now funding the construction of new office buildings to be built in Madaba.
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The grid in the blue area was mainly for the spectator seating and the stage area, the grid in the pink part was used as function support areas for the users, or players.
An organic form was chosen for the project to reflect upon the rigidity of the site, the form was a direct
depiction of the
The intention was to come up with a form that broke the rigid geometry of a structural system, and that was financially viable to build.
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2 crossing arched steel joist were thought of at first, with muscle like protrusions and an overall rounded shape, however the exterior skin would be very hard to construct and keep the inside and the cost for such construction was very high.
For that a simpler form was chosen comprising of simple open web steel joists sitting on concrete columns, and the exterior was to be made of concrete and aluminum decking in order to reflect sky colors especial on evenings when the environment has a red color.
In order to join the development process the arena was a good choice to help in urban development plans. The site analysis meant the construction of a medium sized arena capable of holding a few thousand spectators, and is of financial viability.
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The section shows the pitch area and the spectator seating around it, the level above the spectator seating was left to allow non direct lightning from entering through the curtain windows around the project.
The ability of the players to play flawlessly without the obstacles of lightning glare was provided by the light reflecting structure on the top of the building.
The materials that this structure is made of can reflect light in such a way that it is dispersed all around the pitch area and no reflections are seen on the grounds.
The economical open web steel joist can be seen clearly and the curvilinear form of the outdoor steel decking also can be seen in this section.
Notice how the space under the spectator seating is also used in order to come up with a compact economical structure.
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forms used, the area above the spectator seating which is the main concourse was surrounded by aluminum window framing to reduce the danger of injury by glass getting broken.
Flood exits can be seen from this elevation too and the emergency ambulance entrance on the right too.
The aluminum decking crown is also visible which may contain all the natural ventilation piping required for sustainable ventilation of the space.
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The concourse is surrounded by aluminum windows and is curvilinear to allow for smooth motion of the spectators within it.
There are 4 main gates that lead to stairs to spectator areas, 2 for home spectators and 2 for away spectators, the separations was necesary to avoid riots and fights.
Every side of the spectators lead to open terraces near concession areas, people usually go to buy stuff and stay standing to watch the game and usually socialize on the terraces, they are the means of escape towards the flood exits, notice the curvilinear smooth flow of the spectator on the end of a game or concert.
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Pitch Area Notice the quality of lightning created in the spectators seating vs the quality of light in the pitch area, the lightning comes indirectly from the concourse aluminum windows and how they reflect above to the reflecting material of the inside.
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financial and functional sustainability of the program, it includes VIP and players lounges, rest rooms, changing room, medical examination rooms, shortages, and press functions on the right, and many other managerial and user oriented functions on the left including a public café.
Users and spectators are guided through the lobby towards escalator that drive them towards the concourse level on the upper level.
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Showing the spectator entrance and the related structures
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A Medium Sized arena. CAPABLE OF HOLDING A FEW THOUSAND
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Chosen in the city of zarka, the functional requirements of the program were quite brutal and a l o t o f t h e c o n c e n t r a t i o n w a s o n
functional and s t r u c t u r a l accuracy and on healthcare
conceptual design for eye centers in general.
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Zarqa is Jordan's industrial centre, home to over 50%
of Jordanian factories. The growth of industry in the city is the result of low real estate costs and proximity to the capital, Amman. The city of Zarqa was established by immigrants from the Caspian Sea region at the beginning of the twentieth century, initially on the banks of the Zarqa River, the population grew steadily with the construction of the Hejaz railway by the ottomans. The bases of the Jordanian army called formerly the Arab Legion were located in Zarqa.
New developments for low
income people were being developed at the site near the project, an eye center within a medical city was required to fulfill the urban development program.
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A project like an eye surgery center meant a structure that should be very stable espically in the operation theaters, any few millimeters of vibration will reflect apon the accuracy of the working equipment. In order for a such an effect to be reduced a centroidal crucifix structure was chosen for the project.
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Reduction Of Sun Exposure Zarqa as a very hot area suffers from a long time overheat period annually, the project geometry was to be increased on the East-west axis in order to reduce southern sun exposure.
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Way Finding Facilitation Curvilinear geometry was chosen to intersect with cubic geometry for the fact that way finding without a signage system is facilitated with curvilinear rotation and formations when it comes to pedestrian circulation of both patients and staff.
Facilitation of way finding
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most of us do not go around touching buildings, yet without thinking about it we touch them all the time, celebration of eye sight is of vital importance in hospital design and construction, the idea of walking form darkness to light has been celebrated in all cultures, " All colors will agree in the dark ",
The Placebo Effect
The placebo effect is part of the human potential to react positively to a healer. A patient's distress may be relieved by something for which there is no medical basis. A familiar example is Band-Aid put on a child. It can make the child feel better by its soothing effect, though there is no medical reason it should make the child feel better.
The site has no challenging views to promote the placebo pill effect, creation of this placebo pill effect using architectural + environmental challenging aspects may contribute to produce an architectural concept.
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Evidence-Based Design:
1.social support (patients, family, staff);
2.control (privacy, choices, escape);
3.positive distractions (artwork, music, entertainment);
4.influence of nature (plants, flowers, water, wildlife, nature sounds).
1.treatment modalities (models of care, technology);
2.quality & safety (infections, errors, falls);
3.exercise (exertion, rehabilitation).
1.financial performance (margin, cost per patient day, nursing hours);
2.operational efficiency (transfers, utilization, resource conservation);
3.satisfaction (patient, staff, physician, turnover).
1.Work Measurement PDA (Time Study RN/MD);
2.Design for Efficiency (Layout-iQ);
3.Patient and Resource Workflow (Rapid Modeling).
·Environmental psychologists focus on stress reduction, which includes:
Clinicians focus on medical and scientific literature, which includes:
Administration refers to management literature:
Evidence-Based Metrics includes Research Tools and Methods for Practitioners:
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The project deals with many design aspects, focusing primarily on the subject of evidence based design EBD, the project included a variety of healthcare design ideas incorporated and integrated into this building to produce a fully functional, patient rewarding and visitor friendly experience.
In its essence the placebo pill effect and the interaction between the body and the mind was of major importance, hence this evidence based healing environment.
This healing environment must reflect a positive working environment for the doctors also, hence the creation of this
experience based economy overruns the service based economy.
This kind of economy (experienced based is now leading the market e.g branding), for that the creation of a memorable experience makes people place a higher value on it (this is known as scripting the experience), for an experience is basically the knowledge, occurrence and the feelings that takes place, and so making this project as a healing stage was the major concept.
Healing Environment to be created here (Stage)
Healing and Positive Working experience
The Curvilinear Shape enables patients to be spectators
All Patients on east sideto emphasis circadian rhythms.
A Healing Theater
In a sense a healing environment is an experiential environment, and so is a working environment, and so as the project is our healing stage there must be some sort of passive interaction "i,e viewing a garden , a window an art piece, etc, or an active participation like walking a labyrinth, or participating in pet therapy.
The level of awareness "uniting the patient with the activity is of prime importance, thus we must create a charming experience, most memorable experiences are ones which includes education, entertainment, escape, and aesthicism.
For example music can be played at the garden downstairs which encourages the people to heal in order to see what is going on quicker than ever.
Beauty also attracts the patient to the experience, so i designed to provide an escaper a positive distraction.
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Notice the quality of lightning created in the spectators seating vs the quality of light in the pitch area, the lightning comes indirectly from the concourse aluminum windows and how they reflect above to the reflecting material of the inside.
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The elevation shows the main entry and the emergency entrance towards the building, curtain walls predominate most of the elevation allowing natural daylight to enter towards various building areas,
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the curvilinear formation insures the maximization of views from and to the hospital, it has an interesting visual effect that can help promote detection by the passer by.
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The elevation shows the emergency entrance towards the building, as a southern facing elevation openings were kept to a minimum, and the walls were cladded with aluminum panels, which geometrically complies to the building’s dimension.
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Notice the relation ship between the vertical circulation and the patient rooms and the supporting functions.
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The elevation shows the large facade that houses the patient’s bedrooms, the facade is a north-east facing facade that receives direct lightning only in the early morning hours allowing the patients to fully benefit from their circadian rythems and gives them the chance to maintain a good sleeping hygiene during their stay.
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boldly expose the Genius Loci of the place.
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Shatana’s landscaping is mildly hilly with a very high water table, the contours indicate the ancient presence of a dry water stream; for that the authorities converted all piping work into plastic piping to keep a very clean flow of water to the other places in Irbid.
There is less clustering towards the northern areas
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the balad area shows clustering of buildings, due
to the building of the Greek Orthodox church in 1920, people first settled in this area, due to the flatness of the slope.
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sloping, one magnificent area sets on a southern slope towards the north eastern part is what attracted us, the area is extremely hilly and filled with stone.
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Courtyard houses are very typical of shatana’s village style of architecture, the formation of such houses was as a series of progressions in building periods.
the father builds a house has many children to work with him on the field the children grow up get married and settle down in a new house, it is very evident how
construction methods differ in a set of neighboring houses , the construction methods start with a simple rubble stone, hay, clay and straw building ,to vaulted houses, barrel vaults and so on,
to steel I beams concrete, more details and decorations, with more chamfered stone. All these houses are built around a simple pattern.
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Hewn stones with smooth straight sides to ensure the pressure’s distribution for the arches, Masonry stonework for the exterior Mud, hay, wooden beams
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Steel “I” beams seen from the inside and from outside as well, with cane on top of the beams and layers of earth on top of the cane
Stone, steel, cane, timber, clay, plaster
Doors: entrance is small with segmental arch and a projected keystoneWindows : almost square window s, no ornaments or artifacts , yet arched in the inside
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“Being away from my familiar environment in a small village far from home, without the
usual pressures, allowed me an openness to express myself personally “
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Due to many reasons Shatana as a village was quickly losing huge numbers of civilians, a large drop was seen in the early 1940s, many of the villages immigrates to the united states in search for a better life, more education, and more understanding. As a result of this immigrations Shatana now is a village of 153 civilians, were thousands of the descendants of the original families now live somewhere else and the small integrated culture that existed in the early days ceases to exist today. People living in shatana wished that immigrants and relatives would once more come an replenish the villages society.
This graph shows the percentages of age distribution in the village as of year 2009, 90 percent of the villagers are above 40 years old retired army men, and their husbands, many children live there too, and the only source for their groceries and education are far away cities such as
AL-HUSN or Central IRBID.
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There is more to a place than its physical
d i m e n s i o n s
the understanding of place, sensibility, due
respect to it’s nature and the courage to
design something new is probably an
approach to generate new meaningful
places. Places are complex systems and we
are still very weak in understanding and
dealing with complex systems and thier
phenomena.
Traces that represent the search of the traveler towards a place remind us that earth is not only a surface, but beneath it and beneath our feet the earth continues downwards. We feel the movement of the planet as we feel gravity .
– the project articulates on these motifs“elements”
Architecture confronts tradition and can reformulate memory in a way that points to the future. The goal is to bring traditional aesthetic qualities in a entirely novel and previously unforeseen way that discloses the philosophy of time and place, and world existence.
the building is not only an object to be viewed. It is formed merely by its relationship to everything that surrounds it ,
both from a very physical and environmentally significant way. This relationship creates a spiritual connection both with its place and with the people who enter that realm.
It's the movement within spaces which anticipates the form of the building. “ the sites energy creates a certain movement and rhythm” – 3 dimensional movement, underground. Sky direction and the movement horizontally.
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“ h e i g h t a n d d e p t h a r e n o t j u s t d i m e n s i o n s . T h e y a r e t h e w a y w e p e n e t r a t e i n t o t h e e a r t h a n d f e e l i t s e m b r a c e a r o u n d o u r b o d y a n d t h e w a y w e a s p i r e t o w a r d s h e a v e n s ”
T h e a p p r o a c h t o b u i l d i n g b y c r e a t i n g a n e n v i r o n m e n t a l l y s i g n i f i c a n t q u a l i t y . I . e . : a l o n g g a l l e r y , a C o r r i d o r , g o i n g u p , c o m i n g d o w n , C r o s s i n g a b r i d g e , w e a r e m a d e t o e x p e r i e n c e s d i f f e r e n t w a y s o f r e l a t i n g t o t h e e a r t h . m a d e t o e x p e r i e n c e d i s t a n c e a n d p r o x i m i t y a s a e s t h e t i c q u a l i t i e s . T h e u s e r i s d e t e r m i n e d t o p a s s t h r o u g h t h e f u n c t i o n s / b u i l d i n g s , a n d s t o p a t a b o u n d a r y w h e r e
w e a r e d i r e c t e d t o w a r d s o n e o f t h e e l e m e n t s .
t h r o u g h i t , w e b e g i n t o s e n s e t h e s p a t i a l q u a l i t y o f t h e b u i l d i n g , e v e n f r o m a d i s t a n c e , t h e m o v e m e n t i s i n t e n s e l y t h r e e d i m e n s i o n a l .
T h e q u a l i t y o f s p a c e m a k e s a p e r s o n c o n s t a n t l y b e a w a r e o f o n e ' s o w n p h y s i c a l b e i n g . A s w e m o v e w e
e m b o d y t h e c i rc u l a t o ry d ru mb e a t . W e a r e b o d i l y
a w a r e o f t h e w a y a w a l l o r a c o r r i d o r c o n f r o n t s u s o r h o w w e a r e s u r r o u n d e d b y s p a c e . – a t h e a t r i c a l c o n t e x t - w a t c h o u r s e l v e s a c t a n d m o v e a n d a s w e m o v e t h e s p a c e s u n f o l d i n f r o n t o f u s .
S u r r o u n d e d b y t h e i n v i s i b l e , r a t h e r t h a n a l w a y s p o i n t i n g t o a g o a l o n t h e h o r i z o n t o w h i c h w e a r e p r o v o k e d t o g o a s f a s t a s p o s s i b l e , t h e s p a c e a n d d i r e c t i o n a l i t y m a k e s y o u f e e l l i k e y o u a r e i n t h e m i d d l e o f t h a t s p a c e .
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MO V E ME NT , H E NCE B E CO ME S A MAJO R AE STH E T IC Q UAL I TY ,
T he s pace g r ows and g r ows a r ound i t a s i t e x pands . The way t h e o f t h e bu i l t f o rm c r ea t e s a d i a l o gue w i t h t h e s i l h oue t t e o f t h e moun t a i n - r a nge beh i n d . Be i n g awa r e o f t h e ho r i z on l i n e t h a t c r e a t e s a ba c kd r op t o t h e bu i l d i n g ' s s i l h oue t t e . A who l e nes s t h a t o ne f e e l s wh i c h makes t h e bu i l d i n g mo r e t h an wha t we s ee . They be come pene t r a t i n g p r e sences . t h e e xpe r i e n ce t h a t we a r e r e a l l y i n t o u ch w i t h t h e ea r t h , o n i t a nd be i n g pu l l e d b y i t s f o r c e s . wh i l e t h e s k y above u s be c kons u s - h en ce u s i n g pu r e f o rms .In contrast to this surreal regularity, the horizontal calm of the mountain silhouette behind the landscape. Giving an assurance and security Reminded of the countless forms of life, we become enriched both physically and SPIRITUALLY.
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between 4 main elements or site elements, the first being the religion, and can be symbolized in the natural rock formations in the site, and the old carvings in the old houses. rocks have a strong attachment in Christianity.
The next element is the architectural formations and topology explained earlier, various formations can give rise to site related but novel geometrical formations.
The third site element is the structural formations of the architecture already found in the site, they like the traditions of shatana hold a systemized way of living, for without the structure and traditions the genius loci of the place would not exist.
The Fourth Element is the characteristic vegetation and nature of the place, they show a Mediterranean appeal, reminiscent to those Greek or Italian villages, a thing that is hard to find in the middle east, apart from Lebanon or Syria.
The fifth element being the cultural element, a characteristic thing about shatana are the cultural events that take place, the events and festivals show a very hard connection to the sites own cultural values and tries to expose them to the world and region.
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g The concept works by creating a hybrid between the various elements, and trying to reveal other elements boldly by juxtapositioning them, to show an inversion of elements or a certain diversion in other places.
For example when designing the building we can focus on creating a hybrid between the already present stones in the site and the structural grid in some points, in other points we try to boldly expose the structure, hide is, or boldly expose the stones or hide them etc..
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The entrance lobby is composed of a traditional late 30s room toped with I beams, the broken roof has been fixed and modified by adding a skylight in order to compensate the lack of windows in the structure.
Entrance Lobby
Waiting and Bar area
Basic Services
Entrance
Built in the early 20th century this structure was renovated traditionally by only fixing the structure and opening a few windows.
Services include basics of ironing and clothes washing or any important stores.
Guest Room
Restaurant
Outdoor Seating
Private Courtyard
Private Courtyard
Private Courtyard
Private Courtyard
Kitchen Services
The kitchen may include any service associated with the production of local Jordanian Food Etc..
waiter’s passage way is will lit and reflections of moving waiters can bee seen from the street
Basically mediterranean Jordanian food is served here, mainly the setting of the restaurant is local and traditional
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entrance a minor plot with old destroyed houses was chooses in order to construct a traditional hotel, the hotel was designed in a manner to contradict the villages architectural element. The Juxtapositioning of the extremely high tech building materials and the very old stones, redefines the sites religious - and architectural elements and exposes them in a eccentric way, the allows the visitors that approach the site to start feeling and wondering about the place.
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Middle Corridor Guest Room Guest Room Kitchen Services
Rooms are separated from the main old building by means of a high tech glass box, although the box is not completely open to the outside the above skylight can bring enough light at all times of day
Courtyards bring enough intimacy with nature, forming a reasonable spirit of place feeling.
The middle corridor is completely interactive with the natural features of the site, the platform which it constitutes allows interaction with the sand below.
Kitchen services are close to the restaurant areas and the rooms for optimum service.
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minimal intervention with stone facadesonly basic renovationsregarding roof slabs and minor wall treatments
Rooms are separated from the main old building by means of a high tech glass box, light enters from between the stones and the glass and gives a strange ambience
Titanium Steel frame construction methods ensure a stable structure.
Middle courtyards reminds the user of the traditional courtyard.
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A major site intervention was also carried out to renovate a major pathway that are usually heavily used in festivals and marches, it is a direct leader to the site of the project, a small amphitheater was placed on a major road intersection, basic landscaping was implemented such as greenery, and other hard landscaping features. Free standing walls with various murals were attached to conceal or reveal some wanted and unwanted imagery and views, thus this would have been a direct contributor In the formation of the memory of place in the visitors mind, and thus the creation of a logical schemata based on the collected architecturally controlled imagery.
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up, one particular house had no roof, as it was destroyed due to weather and other natural conditions. The house was chosen to erect a minor village exhibition. The walls were left untouched, only minor changes to the doors and windows were made, and on the inside a smaller glass house was constructed with another concrete square wall was built as a room. The walls were used as exhibitions, and the placement of objects within the place was to enable self exploration and amazement and dwell a mixture of feelings for the visitor.
The new house’s roof top served as a terrace and a view point for the entire village, this juxtapositioning of stones, glass and metal, leaves the visitor with a strange feeling, and some kind of belonging or not belonging to the actual village, as he approaches the top, a memory of place is conserved in his brain, and this image contradicts the view of shatana that he gets to see on the roof top terrace. The resulting emotions created are a great motive for the visitors approach to the cultural center building to come.
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Site Intervention
1. Entrance 2. Foyer3. Library: Reading , Exploration4. Artificial lightning exhibition5. Penetration of Nature exhibition6. Contemporary Meets Past Gallery7. Amphitheater - the social reunion8. Restaurant 9. Transitional Tunnel10. Plaza - play with nature11. Audiovisuals exhibition
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working on the response to architectural spaces, of both interiors and exteriors, and just
the visual pleasures of the surface(glass geometric regularity), but the tactile, auditory and olfactory pleasures that the body responds to a whole, such as textured materials, hollowed acoustic spaces, coding smells to building areas etc and etc..
aesthetic embodied not“ “the project ideology is based upon the genius loci of a place the idea that each space is actually a place due to the fact that certain characteristics are present in that certain area that relate to a very intensified human experience based upon his tangible 5 senses that relate to a 3 dimensional experience and the intangible spiritual element that probably is a result of some degree of mixture between the 5 senses and the logical reasoning related with it.
This Mixture of senses and logical reasoning (genius loci) can be achieved by adjusting the proportion of senses to logical reasoning ratio via the application of various methods of architectural determinism and the modification of architectural elements present within the scope of the building.A mixture of elements is preferred to run in a sequential manner hence the formation of a general schemata of the whole project and hence Shatana as a whole.
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When height and depth are not Just dimensions
showing the direct relation between stairs and nature, the project meets nature in unsurpassed ways and allows for a direct interaction, this interaction encompasses our realization of height and depth. 96
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1. Entrance 2. Foyer3. Library: Reading , Exploration4. Artificial lightning exhibition5. Penetration of Nature exhibition6. Contemporary Meets Past Gallery7. Amphitheater - the social reunion8. Restaurant 9. Transitional Tunnel10. Plaza - play with nature11. Audiovisuals exhibition
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as one enters through the entrance he is surrounded by concrete walls, and a hint of site stone under the library area, and tree. He can either continue using ramps up to the library, or enter the lobby/foyer area. The transition from a concrete based environment into the foyer is of great importance, as lighting changes from sky to almost dim lightning in the foyer, the main light in the lobby area comes from a central stone exhibition that will attract the attention of the visitor.
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1. Entrance 2. Foyer3. Library: Reading , Exploration4. Artificial lightning exhibition5. Penetration of Nature exhibition6. Contemporary Meets Past Gallery7. Amphitheater - the social reunion8. Restaurant 9. Transitional Tunnel10. Plaza - play with nature11. Audiovisuals exhibition
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The figure on the right shows a hanmade model of the entire project, notice how the project dips into the site with a minimal excavation and hence maximum natural interaction.
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a sectional hanmade model of the entire project, notice the linearity of the circulation into the spaces, and the sequence of spacing to form some schemata and make the spirit of place bolder.
The section cuts the project in one of the main circulation areas that lead towards the play with nature exhibition from the artificial lightning exhibition.
The section cuts through the artificial lightning exhibition, notice how the trees surround the project.
t h e s e c t i o n displays a cut through the play with nature exhibition notice how the stairs lead towards the outside, how the rocks interact, and how trees grow within the courtyards that are created within the project
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a Simple economical solution the excavation costs and foundation costs in this project can be minimized to there maximum extent, the ability to use simple concrete makes the project very economical 102
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The amphitheater and restaurant Various Galleries
Exploded Isometricthe way the planes interacts and intersects forming a homogenous composition related to earth, light and the surrounding .
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Various Galleries Entrance, Library and Foyer
The user is to pass through the functions/ buildings,
and stop at a boundary where all are directed towards one of the elements. This movement, hence becomes a major aesthetic quality, through it, we begin to sense the spatial quality of the building.
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Total Integration With Nature the evident natural integration makes sure that the intervention stays as minimal as possible so as not to affect the skyline of the village, its traditional buildings, and its nature.105
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Penetration of Nature exhibition the space and directionality makes you feel like you are in the middle of that space. The space grows and grows around it as it expands.107
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integrating the past , the future , and the present with a wholeness of experience, the ambience created by the lightning provokes nostalgic feelings. 108
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A n U n d e r g r a d u a t e S t u d e n t P o r t f o l i oRakan Ayyoubportfolio
akan Ayyoub is an architecture engineering graduate from the University of Jordan, a graphic designer, Sound Engineer and Artist. The portifolio features a selection of 10 of the best undergraduate R
architectural works done by me from 2005 up to 2010. The projects included are the Preal Play Area, Public Library, Courtyard Renovation, Dabouq Luxuary Hotel, Book Place Café,Computer History Museum, National Commercial Bank, Starbucks Branding, Madaba City Arena, Catarct
Surgery Center, and the Archiprix featured project
Shatana Visionary Intervinsion.