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PortfolioBy: Abdurrahman Almatroudi

Uqair Development ProjectSenior Year Project P.5

Exeter Library ReconstructionJunior Year Project P.7

8 Cubes HouseSophomore Year Project P.9

Khobar’s Corniche MosqueFreshman Year Project P.10

Photography

P.11

Sketches & Drawings

P.13

KFUPM Fine Arts CollegeSenior Year Project

KFUPM Fine Arts CollegeSenior Year Project

The project is about the proposal of building a college of �ne arts in King

Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM). The college will o�er

degrees in the �elds of arts, and will o�er two main majors, painting, and

sculpting. And will be relatively small, with an estimated occupancy total

of 200.

P.3

KFUPM Fine Arts CollegeSenior Year Project

Direcr sun rays Shading device

To block direct sun light

Light shelve

Helps in redirectign sun deeper into the building

Indirect sun light

P.4

Uqair Development ProjectSenior Year Project

A proposal to redevelop Al-Uqair area to become a cultural and heritage

center in the Eastern Province.

P.5

Uqair Development ProjectSenior Year Project

Basement 1 level

Ground level

Basement 2 level

Above ground L1 @ 0.0m• Heritage souq

• Heritage exibition

• Cargo lift/Mechanical room

• Small cafeteria

• Cafes

• The cultural center

• Tickets sale

• O�cies

• Boat tickets

Underground B1 @ 0.0m• Museum

• Corridor and main horizontal circulation

• Temporary waiting area

• Overlook to level below

• Library

• Reception/waiting area

• Toilets

• Overlook to level below

• Art gallery

Underground B2 @ 0.0m• Storage/Artifact research

• Storage

• Restoration workshop

• Temporary/Large scale exibition

• Toilets

• Tech center/Multimedia room

• Workshop/Multifunction room

• Relaxation/Refreshments

• Lecture halls/TheatreP.6

Cross beams

• Cross braces the four diagonal columns supporting the atrium.

• Di�use the light entering the building from the clerestory above it.

Atrium

• Spans 21 meters tall, and is 9.8 x 9.8 meters wide.

• The circular forms brace the tall corner columns, and create a strong image of space.

• Contains the periodicals on the !rst two levels.

Facade

• Designed as plates.

• Houses the reading carrels.

Core

• Contains the categorized book/novels.

• Area of !rst two "oors: 950 m2 each.

• Area of the "oors on top are 850 m2 each.

Exeter Library ReconstructionJunior Year Project

The purpose of this project was to study and analyse L.Khan’s library, and

reconstruct it in a 3D modeling program.

Book-stackReading

Area

Vertical

Circulation

O#ce

P.7

Glass windows

These glass windows span two �oors, and provides ample direct light to the reading carrels located under it

Reading carrels

The reading carrels, made out of wood, are positioned right above the lentils and between the columns, this gives the user of the carrels a sense of privacy, and isolation

Lentils

Extensions of the �oors, that alternate in extending to the exterior facade’s structure to:

1. Stabilize the exterior brick wall, and

2. Create double-heighted reading areas for the carrels

Columns

The exterior brick columns are tapered, to re�ect the structural properties of masonry, as there is less weight on the upper part of the columns than on the lower end of it, due to the bricks own self weight.

Arcade

The exterior openings at the bottom serve:

1. Penetrate the brick-wall facade at the level of the ground, to give the structure an approachable feel.

2. Separate the exterior brick structure from the interior, to detach the facade to form plates surrounding the building.

Exeter Library ReconstructionJunior Year Project

Typical

Floor

Book-stack

1220 m2

Reading

415 m2

Horizontal circulation

2055 m2

Vertical circulation

530 m2

Multi purpose

795 m2

Atrium

88 m2

Area PercentagesTotal Area: 5110 m2

Roof

Typical �oor

Service

Storage

Window Di!using element Direct sunlight Di!used sun light

P.8

8 Cubes HouseSophomore Year Project

The Project was about desining a house made only out of 8 cubes for an

imaginative family.

P.9

Khobar’s Corniche MosqueFreshman Year Project

A design for a “great mosque” on the corniche of Al-Khobar by reimaging

typical mosques’ elements in a modern way.

P.10

Photography

P.11

Photography

P.12

Sketches & Drawings

P.13

Sketches & Drawings

P.14