KARNIG TOROYAN

Architecture Portfolio

Education

School: IB Bilingual Diploma

• ICARDA International School of Aleppo.

University: Bachelor of Sciences in Architecture

• Académie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts, University of Balamand.

Tripoli, Lebanon.(2011-2015)

Work Experience:

• Internship at an urban planner’s studio for two months.

• Drafting at a project manager’s office, for five months.

• Experience working at wood/steel workshop for two months.

• Site visits:(urban development, LEED certified green office building, retail).

Computer Skills:

• Autocad-Revit-Sketchup-3DsMax-Photoshop-Illustrator-Microsoft Office

Languages

• Arabic (Mother Tongue)

• English (Fluent)

• French (Fluent)

• Armenian (Conversation)

Activities:

• Scouts

• Swimming

• Painting

Trips:

• Barcelona

• Toronto

• Istanbul

• Cairo

• Dubai

Table of Content

Foundation Year:

o Visual Language

o Drawings and Sketches

First Year: Initiation to Architecture

o Khan of the Senses

o Poet’s Sanctuary

o Meeting the Modern

Second Year: Elementary

o Toll way

o Dream House

o A Loophole – Low Density

o Long Project – Municipality (Execution)

Third Year: Studio

o Mina Amphitheater

o Three Houses on a Slope

B.Sc. Final Project:

• Long Project II – Residential

(Execution)

• Interior – Altura

Other Projects:

o Analysis

o Shelter

Foundation Year

The first year at ALBA involved a foundation program. The program

revolved around basics: like drawing, sketching, clay modeling,

and visual language.

Visual Language

The aim of

these projects

is to create

shapes with

contrast. Each

composition

refers to a

certain sign

and meaning

Usage of Goache

Usage of China Ink

Drawings and Sketches

These

sketches and

drawings

were done

freshman

year.

They constitue

the basic

forms of

sketching.

Drawings and Sketches

First Year: Initiation to Architecture

The first year of Initiation, all of the projects were done by hand in

order to learn the basic application of rulers and Rotring pencils.

The core purpose was to learn how to design proper houses with

an innovative concept.

Khan of the Senses

A khan or

caravanserai

is a

traditional

souk in the

Arab world,

usually used

to sell soap

and perfume.

It is originally

an open air

market where

merchants

display their

goods for

sale.

The project is composed

of divided functions

connected with alleys.

All spaces are

surrounded with English

or French Gardens.

A Poet’s Sanctuary

The project

consists of a

villa for a

poet. The

house is

composed of

three floors

and blocked

by two

buildings on

two sides.I

divided the

volume into

cubes with

functions

isolated from

all sides.

Meeting the Modern

The project is

to choose an

architect of

the modern

era and

choose a

project he did

to understand

the design and

thinking

process. The

land was in

Niemeyer's

Tripoli fair,

and Eduardo

Souto de

Moura was my

choice. Museo

Paola Rego.

Second Year: Elementary

In the second year of architecture, projects are realized using programs

and graphic modeling. The projects were raised to challenge the

student into designing projects with steel structure and to create

futuristic buildings inspired by the architecture of today.

A Toll way

The project is

to design a

toll way on the

Beirut

Damascus

mountain

highway, using

tensioned or

trussed steel.

Dream House

My dream

house is a

project with a

theme of one’s

own dream

home. I chose

the Maserati

GranTurismo

as my source

of inspiration.

Low Density: A Tower

This project is

a multipurpose

tower. It is in

the Little

Armenia

Neighborhood

of Bourj

Hammoud.

Elevated

gardens

separate the

functions with

double height

openings.

Long Project: Municipality (Execution)

The long project

was the new

Beirut

Municipality on a

busy boulevard.

The building was

an ecology

center

Long Project: Municipality (Execution)

Details

Stair Details

Third Year: Studio

In the third Year of architecture projects are based on harmony between

functions and concept. Projects are judged from the technical point of view, in

addition to the functions and circulation.

Mina Amphitheater

The project is

an

amphitheater

on the coastal

neighborhood

in Mina,

Tripoli. The

design was

inspired by

the Tripoli

Souks design

and

Arabesque

carvings.

Mina Amphitheater

Three Houses on a Slope

This project is

about designing

villas for 3 member

of a family: the

mother- the

daughter who

happens to be an

artist and the son

an economist. The

execution of this

project was just

about making a

Model with an

open able ceiling

to take a look at

the inside walls and

partitions.

Long Project II – Residential (Execution)

The final project is composed of two parts: the Long Project II and the Interior

Architecture Project.

Long Project II – Residential (Execution)

The Second Long

Project was a

residential building

in the pine filled

neighborhood of

Badaro. The project

contained two

residential

buildings with three

types, and a

shopping center

below.

Long Project II – Residential (Execution)

Stair Details

Interior Project - Altura

The Interior

architecture was an

organic food

restaurant – field

to fork type. The

concept was flying

surfaces creating a

journey through

space on the 42nd

floor of the Low

Density Tower in

Bourj Hammoud.

Interior Project - Altura

Other Projects

Analysis of Five Projects

Shelter on an Island – Handmade

Analysis of Five Projects

A Shelter

The project was a

design of a shelter

for a family that

got stranded on an

island after a

plane crash.

The concept was

Buckminster Fuller’s

Geodesic Dome

made of three

materials locally

available. The Semi

dome is half dome

half cave.

Karnig Toroyan

ALBA, BALAMAND – B.ARCH