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SARAH MEOUCHE (MEUSH)PORTFOLIO
A1: Beirut, Lebanon A2: Sofia, BulgariaT: +96170984094 E1: [email protected] E2: [email protected]
OBJECTIVE: University Undergraduate
EDUCATION: Bachelor of Landscape Architecture and Diploma of Engenieur Agricole
American University of Beirut (AUB), Lebanon. Sept 2010- Jun 2014
PRINCIPLE STUDIES INCLUDED: Landscape management, water management, horticulture, ecology,geology, technical and descriptive drawing, design, site engineering, GIS, SustainableDevelopment and Professional Practice during the semester spent in AUB’s Advancing ResearchEnabling Communities Centre (AREC) in the Bekaa Valley of, Lebanon.
Final Year Project (FYP): Converting Beirut’s east - west axis into a linear park whereas the designfocused on one stretch that can act as a demo to the whole park taking into consideration the context.
Lebanese Baccalaureate Degree in General SciencesBeirut Baptist School, Lebanon. Jun 2010
EXPERIENCE:Designer and Site Project Manager, CES’ FEA Camp in South of LebanonCivil Engineering Society, the American University of Beirut (AUB), Lebanon. Aug 2013
Designed with a colleague, 3 terraces in the Lebanese Southern village of Tiri. That included apublic children’s playground, a public garden with seating areas and a public space that includeda stage for the locals to celebrate different events and parking space.My role during the implementation phase was that of Site Project Manager (SPM). Thechildren’s playground project space was implemented in 9 days.
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Landscape Architect, Professional InternshipDar al-Handasah (Shair and Partners), Lebanonhttp://dar.dargroup.com May 2013-Jul 2013
Worked in the design and development phase of project Agostino-Neto University in Angola.The tasks assigned to me included; Drawing detailed sections and constructive diagrams,inspecting work for conformance with approved plans, specifications, and standards; including -grading, irrigation systems, water lines, curbs and gutters, sidewalks, turf, landscape materials, treesand shrubs, and filling out BOQs. Attended project related meetings with the design team to ensure that changes were captured and plans were updated.
Student work in greenhousesFaculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences (FAFS), AUB, Lebanon. Feb 2012- May 2012The tasks assigned to me included; Photographer of the AUB plants data base
Skills:Software Skills: AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator and Adobe InDesign,Google Sketchup,Rhinoceros 3D , ArcGIS,Microsoft Office, and Windows and Mac Operating Systems.
Communication Skills: Excellent communication skills with fellow colleagues and clients. StrongNegotiation skills especially where contracts are concerned. Able to motivate, lead and workwithin teams proven through successful university group assignments and professional projects.
Mother tongue; Arabic and Bulgarian while fluent in English with basic French.
Other Skills & Competence: Disciplined Sports player: Taekwondo Black belt holder. PlayedBasketball and participated in high school tournaments. Played football professionally for Al-Ansarwomen’s team first category and participated in local and regional tournaments.
Basic Business Accounting proficiency, and Advanced calculus.
Holder of a Lebanese Driver’s License and European Passport.
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EXECUTED PROJECTS
TEERE PLAYGROUND
LAND ART
STREET-ESCAPE: BEIRUT EAST - WEST AXIS (FYP)
BOURJ HAMOUD | MASTERPLAN & DESIGN
FARMER’S MARKET
THEORETICAL PROJECTS
EXECUTED PROJECTS
This project was done in collaboration with CES (Civil Engineering Society of AUB) and CCECS (Center for Civic Engagement and Community Service). 3 lots were designed around the munici-pality of Tiri; village in south Lebanon. First lot was designed to be a public playground, the second lot was designed to be a seating area with some out-door games in between and the third lot was de-signed to be as a space for different celebrations to happen such as graduation and performances and a parking on the lower level. However only the first lot was implemented.
Designers / Landscape Architects: Sarah Meouche and Dana Ali
Concept: Playful and colorful using Vegetation, ground material and paint and geomorphic geom-etry
Materials Used: Paint, Rope, Concrete, gravel, benches, outdoor toys, plastic edging, sand, wood-en mulch, wooden pallets, ball.
Location: South Lebanon, Teere
Date of execution: August 29, 2013
TEERE PLAYGROUND
| TEERE PLAYGROUND
DESIGN PLAN
| TEERE PLAYGROUND
PLAYGROUND PLAN
SECTION LINES
SECTION AA
SECTION BB
EXECUTION PICTURES | TEERE PLAYGROUND
LAND ART
Landscape Architect: Sarah Meouche (Myself)
Concept: Stiching the ground since this place is falling appart and its location being hidden on the side of the road people tend to throw undesired objects there and weak/fallen people of the society seek this place to hide and do drugs. The concep-tual idea of the installation can go beyond the idea of literally stiching the ground since it is cracked, it can be interperated in way that these cracked peo-ple of the society that seek these cracked places can be stiched and restored. The interpretation of the installation is meant to be very subjective and open.
Materials Used: Red floss strips
Location: Beirut, Ashrafiyeh
Date of execution:
| HANGING RED
GENERAL PLAN
WATER COLOUR PAINTINGS- DEPICTING THE MOOD OF THE PLACE IN DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY
| HANGING REDEXECUTION PICTURES
THEORETICAL PROJECTS
STREET-ESCAPE: BEIRUT EAST-WEST AXIS (FYP) Landscape Architect: Sarah Meouche (Myself)
Concept: To revitalize the whole street that starts as Saeb Salam boulevard and finishes as Pierre Jemayel street and change it into an linear park, an avenue in specific where it would attract many people from Beirut since it is considered as the backbone of Beirut city and it connects the city from one end to the other. In this scale, the street is studied and planned together with its periphery and further with it surroundings, respecting the historical urban patterns but giving it new design ideas in dealing with contemporary problems.The design focuses on one stretch of Saeb Salam Boulevard , transforming the parking spaces be-tween buildings into available green open spaces for people taking into consideration the context..Street photography was used as a design tool in the design phase.
Location: Beirut, Saeb Salam Boulevard, Abdallah Yafi Street and Pierre Jmayel streetv
MASTER PLAN | STREET-ESCAPE: BEIRUT EAST-WEST AXIS
URBAN AGRICULTURENATIVE SPECIES PINE FORESTMAINTAINED PRIVATE GARDENS
OUTDOOR SPORT FACILITIES
RECREATIONAL PARK
AGRICULTURAL TERRACESGARDENS
POCKET GARDENS
OUTDOOR COFFEE SHOPS, RESTAURANTS AND BARS
4.6 KM BIKE LANE PLAZA OPEN HYPODRUM ALL WEEK
| STREET-ESCAPE: BEIRUT EAST-WEST AXIS
TYPOLOGY OF THE LINEAR PARK; A MAIN ELEMENT THAT CONNECTS TO OTHER ENTITIES
CONCEPT GOING FROM THE LINEAR PARK INTO THE OPEN SPACES AND TURNING THEM INTO GREEN PUBLICS SPACES
MAINTAINED PRIVATE GARDENS URBAN AGRICULTURENATIVE SPECIES PINE FOREST
FOCUS AREA | STREET-ESCAPE: BEIRUT EAST-WEST AXIS
JACARANDA GARDEN
PLAZA
CAR FREE ALLEYWAY
PLAYGROUNDENTRANCE COURT
AGRICULTURAL GARDEN
STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
| STREET-ESCAPE: BEIRUT EAST-WEST AXIS
CONCEPT
HARDSCAPE AND WATER MANAGEMENT STRATEGY
COMPLETE DRAWING
SECTION AA
VEGETATION IN SUMMER VEGETATION IN SPRING
VEGETATION IN AUTUMN VEGETATION IN WINTER
| STREET-ESCAPE: BEIRUT EAST-WEST AXIS
SECTION BB
PLAZA
| STREET-ESCAPE: BEIRUT EAST-WEST AXIS
ENTRANCE COURT OF THE BLOCK
CAR FREE ALLEYWAYLINEAR PARK - SIDEWALK
JACARANDA GARDEN
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INDUSTRYSTORAGE COMBUSTABLES
BUILT BUT NOT USED
TANK FARMCOMMERCIAL
TRUCK DRIVERS (TEMPORARILY)
WORKERS (TEMPORARILY)
FISHERMEN
FAMILIES
PERMANENT
TRUCK DRIVERS
WORKERS
FISHERMEN
KIDS
STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION TRADE
EMPTY LANDBEIRUT HARBORWASTE DUMP
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St. George Port
AUBCampus
Borj Hammoud
Beirut Harbor
Beirut Rivier
GATHERINGS
LAND USE AND GATHERING SPACES LOCATION MAPDIFFERENT FORMS OF GATHERING AREAS
RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND SOURCES OF TOXIC GASES
CLASSIFICATIONS OF RESIDENTS
SOURCE: “INDUSTRIES IN BOURJ HAMMOUD” GROUP
SOURCE: GOOGLE EARTH IMAGE
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DIFFERENT FORMS OF INHABITATIONS
RESIDENTIAL ZONE BEIRUT PORT INDUSTRIAL ZONE FISHERMEN’S PORT
People’s History
They come and go out of the harbor to deliver shipments to different places. But at any given time there are many truck drivers resting around the port area. They live in their cars and rest in the open areas of the harbor.
Truck Drivers
settled after burj hammoud became an occupied Armenian area. There are two kinds of people big boat owners and workers. The boat owners do not live in the fishermen village but the workers do.
Fishermen Different Families were living in the area before the war but were forced to move away during the war so they moved to different places and established jobs there but they came back after the war. Now the families live in one area & their income from another.
Residential
Workers of the industrial strip that have migrated to Lebanon from their poorer countries (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh) in search of employment
Industrial Workers
SCALE :1:100
BOURJ HAMOUD Master Plan |
Landscape Architect: Sarah Meouche (Myself), Dana Ali, Nour Khoury & Tala Tabbakh
Concept: Studying the vehicular nodes and circu-lation that connects Bourj Hamoud city to the Trash Mountain taking into consideration the different resultant patterns. The vision is for the mound to become a node where all connections meet and a public green space for people.
Location: Bourj Hamoud, Trash Mountian
Design |
Landscape Architect: Sarah Meouche (Myself)
Concept: Taking 1 connection from the connec-tions between Bourj Hamoud city and the trash mound and revilatizing an empty neglected piece of land next to the multipurpose center for various types of events (Forum De Beyrouth) and trans-forming it into and outdoor green public space for outdoor events to happen with an outdoor bar and skateboarding arena.
| BOURJ HAMOUD -MASTER PLAN
Stairs and Beirut
Used as open public spaces, due to thelack of them
Creativeat times
Establish different moods
Necessary shortcutsin most areas
Integrated into out history, landscape and architecture
CIRCULATION
NODE PATTERNS
EXISTING LIMITATIONS CIRCULATION VEGETATION ON THE MOUNDRESULTANTS CIRCULATION
THE MOUND BECOMES A NODE WHERE CONNECTIONS MEET VISION - TO EMPHASIZE THE SCALE DIFFERNECE
CIRCULATION & NODES NODES & DANGER ZONES NODES & PATCHES SIGNIFICANT NODES
| BOURJ HAMOUD -MASTER PLAN
MASTER PLAN
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+22.00 m
+9.50 m
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+3.40 m
+4.30 m
+6.48 m
| BOURJ HAMOUD -MASTER PLAN
PLANTING SCHEME
| BOURJ HAMOUD -DESIGN
MASTER PLAN CONNECTIONS
| BOURJ HAMOUD -DESIGN
GREEN OVAL
FORUM DE BEYROUTH
AA
BBCC
SKATEBOARDING ARENA
OUTDOOR BAR SECTION AA
SECTION BB
SECTION CCSECTION LINES
FARMER’S MARKET
Landscape Architects: Sarah Meouche (Myself) and Mahmoud Bou Kanaan
Concept: The existing linear shape of the corniche inspired the design approach of the market, it follows the concept of being tight and narrow at certain points then it opens up and creates a space that has a po-tential to host different activities. The layout of the market follows the notion of a loop, which gives equal importance to all the programs in the market and it gives the feel of continuity and dynamics and it allows the visitor to go through the whole market and be engaged with all the available activities.
Location: Dbaye Marina
| FARMER’S MARKET
ZONE BZONE C
ZONE D
ZONE AFARMER’S MARKET
PARKING SPACE CAPACITY
ZONE A 27 CARS
ZONE B 56 CARS
ZONE C 30 CARS
ZONE D 28 CARS
TOTAL 141 CARS
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CIRCULATION DIAGRAM
CONCEPT DIAGRAM SHOWING THE LINEARITY OF THE SITE AND HOW IT OPENS UP CREATING A SPACE FOR ACTIVITIES AND AT THE END THERE IS A STAGE THAT ACTS ALSO AS A VIEWING PLATFORM
3-DIMENSIONAL DRAWINGS
KIOSK DETAILS
VEGETATION DIAGRAM
KIOSK’S FUNCTION DIAGRAM SHOWING THE DIFFERENT THEMES AND PRODUCTS THAT EACH KIOSK OFFER.
ALUMINUM TUBESCOTTON CLOTH
METAL JOINT
METAL TUBE
| FARMER’S MARKET
SECTION LINES
SECTION AA
SECTION BB
SECTION CC
INFORMATION DESK PARKINGCORNICHEFOOD HERITAGE
BEDOUEN TENT
SEATING AREA
SEATING AREA
AA
BB
CC
SERVICEAREA
STORAGEAREA
CHILDREN’SAREA
LIVE KITCHEN
