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This is a portfolio showing some of my architecture work during third and fourth year of my architecture study in the American University of Sharjah. I am a fifth year student now.
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Sulaf Aburas architecture student portfolio.american university of sharjah.fall 2009-spring 2011
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moving image to me is a record of a moment in time, thus a museum of the moving image to me is a museum of
a moving memory. The project is located in a previously children playground so i intended my museum to be
about childhood. a museum of the moving memory. the project covers structural, mechanical, electrical, and
plumping. the circulation is an important feature in my design because it all about the journey through the
museum, the journey through childhood. the museum has screens showing videos of childhood memories
as well as videos recording the memory of the visitors’ journey in the museum. the museum is located nearin
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SMEP_PLUMING____________________________________________________________________SOULAF ABURAS 26998_ARC402_S11
STRUCTURAL GRID
HEAVIER BEAMS (TRUSS)
FIRE ESCAPE STAIRS
SMEP_EGRESS_____________________________________________________________5-5-2011_SOULAF ABURAS 26998_ARC402_S11
2 OF THE 4 FIRE ESCAPE STAIRS CONTINUE TO THE BASEMENT
IBC CODE_OCCUPANCY TYPE R
Min. Ceiling Height 2.3 6 mCeiling Height 3.2-4.2 m
Min Door Width 0.812 mActaul Door Width 1m
Min Corridor Width 1.17mActual Coridor Width 1.5m
Columns and beams are fire rated by 2 hrs
the project is adressing the concept of having comfortable residential units in a congested urban area. the
site is located in the busy bor saed harbour dubai, in the old town dubai, uae. The project has three types of
residential units, two bedroom , one bedroom, and studio. The ground floor is used for commercial shops
and there is a children indoor play area serving the one bedroom and two bedroom units. i placed all the
studios in one end of the building and the one bedroom and two bedroom units in the other end close to
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two bedroom unitone bedroom unit
studio unit
The site is located in the heart of the city, ras alkhor lagoon dubai, uae, yet it is in a world of its own. After
collecting the information from the case study analysis and site analysis, I want to use the energies available
in the site such as the energy form the sun and wind. Moreover i am planning to use the wind for ventilation.
the project intention is to develop a center that has a combination of exceptional aesthetic value with a lev-
el of environmentally sustainable measures that assure as a model of how to build a unique place in the 21st
century, a sanctuary where the visitors to enter a remarkable, environmentally advanced building nestled
into the existing wetland form without projecting above the existing vegetation, except for a camouflaged
space for bird lookout and casual quiet setting area. Inside, visitors should be treated to an unfolding series
of panoramic views, delighting the eye in every season and drawing the imagination deeper into the lagoon,
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I noticed that everything in nature is built from modules that are repeated and connected to each other to
make up the structure of a plant cell or an atom, etc... So I took a simple module which is a rectangle, mass
produced it and interlocked it into each other. Then I introduced another module which is the circle
which is notched in all eight cardinal points. I created the structure using these modules plus the use of
long horizontal modules in the case of a span. The form of the structure is according to the circulation
and program, that is whenever the structure is tilted in a zigzag manner, there would be a stair case. The
spaces are attached to the tower and they are made using the same modules. The environmental contribution
of the tower is that it stores the cardboard boxes and goods of the sailors on site temporarily so the site
will remain clean and organized. Moreover the tower collects the cardboard remains and stores them for
the steward to prepare them for recycling. There is a bridge that comes out of the tower to transport the
cardboard boxes from the bay to the tower. the site is in the busy bor saed harbour in dubai, uae.[ex]c
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My billboard is a [re]cycle water bottle billboard that collects water bottles to prepare them for recycling.
The bottles are inserted in holes that have discs at their ends. Once a bottle is inserted, the disc, which is
silver in the default stage, flips to show its other side which is Colored either red or blue. As the billboard
is filling up, the message will gradually appear as more discs are flipped. This activity is fun and useful for
school children and adults to help clean the environment and create an awareness about recycling in a way
where nothing is wasted. the billboard is located on the 911 highway in sharjah, uae.[r
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