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SSSARAH SHAER

PERSONAL INFO :July 11

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Beirut, Lebanon.604140-70 -00961+shaersarah@gmail.com

REFERENCES :AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

OBJECTIVE :• PURSUE A CAREER IN THE FIELD OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN IN A CREATIVE ENVIRONMENT THAT WILL FOSTER MY DESIGN SKILLS AND PUSH ME TO GROW AS A PROFESSIONAL.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE :• SUMMER 2014 : PARTICIPATED IN AN INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP IN NEWYORK CITY TACKLING THE ISSUE OF THE INCREASED URBAN DENSITY AND PROPOSED DESIGNING MICRO UNITS WITHIN THE ALREADY EXISTING MEGA TOWERS IN A WAY TO ACCOMODATE THIS BIG POPULATION, THUS DECREASING THE CITY'S ARCHITECTURAL CONDENSATION• FALL 2015 : PARTICIPATED IN RESILIENT CITY CONFERENCE IN LAU• SPRING 2015 : -1 PARTICIPATED IN OISTAT 9TH THEATER ARCHITECTURE COMPETITION : DESIGNING A FLOATING THEATER IN BERLIN, AND THE WORK WAS PUBLISHED IN THEIR MAGAZINE.-2 PARTICIPATED IN YOUNG ARCHITECTS COMPETITION, SPONSORED BY EATALY : DESIGNING FOOD & WELLNESS SPA IN BOLOGNA, ITALY, AND THE WORK WAS DISPLAYED IN THEIR PUBLICATION.• SUMMER 2015 :100 -1 HOURS INTERNSHIP AT ETEC, AN ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURAL CONSULTING COMPANY IN CLÉMENCEAU, WHERE WE WORKED ON "THE PALACE OF JUSTICE",NABATIEH.( FACADE DESIGN PROPOSALS - RENDERING - DETAILING)100 -2 HOURS INTERNSHIP AT PLUS PROPERTIES, WHERE WE WORKED ON SITE, ON THE "PLUS TOWERS", DOWNTOWN, IN COOPERATION WITH ERGA, ABNIYAH, AND ZEROCK.• SPRING 2016 :FINAL YEAR PROJECT EXHIBITED AT THE LEBANESE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY'S EXPO 2016.• SUMMER 2016 :-1 FINAL YEAR PROJECT SELECTED FOR AN EXHIBITION FOR CRACOW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, POLAND.-2 FINAL YEAR PROJECT SELECTED FOR THE OMRANIA COMPETITION, HONORING DISTINGUISHED PROJECTS BY STUDENTS FROM UNIVERSITIES THROUGH THE ARAB WORLD.

EDUCATION :• BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN | JUNE 2016 |LEBANESE AMERICAN UNIVERSITYAWARDS: DISTINCTION HONOR STUDENT (2011 TILL 2016)

• LEBANESE BACCALAUREATE (LIFE SCIENCE) | JUNE 2011 | LE LYCEE NATIONAL - CHOUEIFATAWARDS: 20TH PLACE IN LEBANON IN THE BACCALAUREATE & 4TH PLACE IN THE BREVET OFFICIAL EXAMS

TECHNICAL PROFICIENCY :• AUTOCAD ( 2D/3D MODELLING )• REVIT ( BIM CERTIFIED - 2015 )• RHINOCEROS • GOOGLE SKETCHUP• ADOBE PHOTOSHOP• ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR• ECOTECT• DIALUX• APPLICATIONS: MICROSOFT OFFICE (WORD – EXCEL – POWERPOINT)

COMMUNICATION SKILLS :• EXCELLENT SPEAKING AND WRITING SKILLS IN ENGLISH AND ARABIC

SOCIAL LEADERSHIP :• PARTICIPATED IN ORGANIZING THE ARCHITECTURE GALA DINNER - 2016

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TYRE, LEBANON MAR MEKHAEL, LEBANON

JOUNIEH, LEBANON

BOLOGNA, ITALY

BERLIN, GERMANY

BLAT-BYBLOS, LEBANON

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1- SALLE OF CONVERSATIONS2- TEPIDARIUM3- CALIDARIUM4- PRIVATE TREATMENT AREAS5- STEAM STONE6- SAUNA7- SWEAT STONE / EXFOLIATION8- HAMMAM9- FRIGIDARIUM

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As a result of its history and expansion from the Eastern part, Tyre is characterized by urban corridors leading from the Northern part to the Southern beach.

My goal is to stress on the cultural tourism, encouraging people to understand the city through its spirit and history, using three different sensations: physical, mental and visual.

The approach is to create a promenade through the corridors of the old city, making it a live outdoor exhibition space, which like a story, will vividly describe the complete historical image and climax in a «New Centrality» or more specifically a tripod of activities: aHammam, an Archeological Museum, and finally an observation tower which will freeze the city`s moments through its openings on one hand, and act as a monumental light house on the other hand.

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On an urban level, this masterplan shows the relation ofthe project with the city,and the transformation ofthe western coastal lineinto a public park.

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The interior partions of the masses break up through their roofs, creating public street furniture

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HAMMAM`S INTERNAL COURTYARD & FRIGIDARIUM

OBSERVATORY TOWER

THE INTERIOR PARTITIONS OF THE UNDERGROUND HAMMAM PENETRATING ITS TERRACE IN A WAY CREATING PUBLIC STREET FURNITURE

07 JOUNIEH : TRAMSPORT

Unfortunately, Jounieh is suffering from an apparent failure of the communal infrastructural system that calls out for a new strategic plan which would tackle the current problematics in an efficient manner.

on a regional level, the proposal was to create an intermediate elevated tramway in the middle of the highway. this tramway would be elevated about 8 meters from the highway and will have some pedestrians piazzas integrated at an intermediate level of 5 meters.

In addition to these piazzas, this pedestrian activity will be further accentuated through shuffling the pedestrians from the highway peripheries towards the adjacent neighborhoods by extruding the commercial highway shops towards them.

On a local level, a bus transportation system was implemented in the city.

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Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of a bike ride!

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TRANSIT HUBHighwayFloating PiazzasGhadeer -Souks

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TOTAL NUMBER OF BUS STOPS IN JOUNIEH OLD SOUKS & GHADEER:- 25 J-BUS STOPS

BENEFITS:

- ODOUR : FLOWER SCENTS- VISUAL : CHANGING COLORS THROUGH SEASONS- PLEASURE : BIRDS CHANTING- ENVIRONMENT : - INCREASING GREENARY - ENHANCING BIODIVERSITY - SELF SUSTAINABILITY- HEALTH : CLEANER AIR

CHARACTERISTICS :- NEWS PAPERS STAND- PHONE RECHARGING STAND- PUBLIC PHONE - DRINKING WATER- BIKE STANDS- GREENARY

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FOOD & WELLNESS SPA

CIRCULATIONFLOWING & ENGULFING THE SPA

Structural grid pattern bringing back the ghostof the old hangar

an atrium creating anintroverted space inspired by roman bath

receptionFUNCTIONS STRUCTURE INTROVERSION SUSTAINABILITY

aqua zone & foodgym - cafevip suite spa & food

natural ventilationgravelatrium poolwater channelssolar panels

EXISTING HANGAR

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CIRCULATION STAIRS ENGULFING THE FACADEground floor plan

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The design is based upon the spirit of the roman bath which involves socializing in a common open space. The context which happens to be an industrial zone, lead to an introverted approach which plays on the elements of surprise between the exterior and the interior on one hand, and between the circulation and functions of spaces on the other hand.

The central element of the atrium is an aqua zone around which the functions and continuos circulation are distributed. As for the Light, it is filtered to the interior through perforated brick walls and vertical wooden louvers, thus creating a dramatic environment that pulls the project from its context, yet reviving the ghost of the previous hangar.

11 BOLOGNA : FOOD & WELLNESS SPA

13 BERLIN : THE BIOMORPHIC DREAM

The floating theater and its performances, aim to embody Leonardo Da Vinci`s dissection of the fetus, where its central position in the womb represents man at the center of the universe. This enduces an «egocentric» unity between people at the state of creation, where they are all equal, hence eradicating the site`s divisive history. this fetus emerging to life from the womb is emulated by the spherical structure of the theater, with a skylight at its top, inspired by the Pantheon. the light emerging from the atrium is directed upon a massive transparent rubber platform filled with water, which is set in motion by performers mounting it, creating dancing like silhouettes above a standing audience. This audience experience rebirth simultaneously by transcending from darkness at the bottom of the sphere, along the rising earth, on a ramp reaching the translucent platform, with the performance above them is coupled with musicians incrusted inside the double skin of the sphere. This biomorphic dream is enhanced further upon exiting the theater to the deck overlooking the washing water and light on the spherical facade.

RENAISSANCE APPROACHLEONARDO DA VINCI`S FETUS MAN ATTHE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE

PLAN LEVEL -3.00 M

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THE JOURNEY OF REBIRTHSILHOUETTES OF AUDIENCE ON THE TRANSLUCENT GLASS PLATFORM AS VIEWED FROM THE RAMP

entrance tunnel

PANTHEON`S INSPIRATIONTHE SPHERICAL STRUCTURE WITH A SKYLIGHT AT ITS TOP

REBIRTH WATER PERFORMANCEMIMICING THE FETUS PERFORMANCE AS VIEWEDFROM THE AUDIENCE LOOKING UPWARD

DARK EMBRYONICENTRANCE TUNNELTUNNEL LEADING TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SPHERE

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15 BLAT, BYBLOS : BLATFORMS

With the expansion of the Lebanese American University in Blat, Byblos, the city began to expand as well as its needs. So, based on the citizens needs in general, and the students needs in particular the program was decided which mainly consists of a mall, commercial shops, gym, library, and finally a dormatory.

Since the site is a very steep slope terrain, Blatforms was designed in a way to connect to the adjacent street through public horizontal platforms that would enhance the public activity in the area, making the accessibility fluent and welcoming.

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SECTION

MALL PUBLIC PIAZZA WITH PERGOLAS INCLINED FACADES

MASS PLANTHE MASS WAS PLACED AT THE PERIPHERY OFTHE SITE CREATING A PUBLIC BUFFER ZONE BETWEEN IT & THE STREET

THROUGH THE MALL SHOWING THE DORMATORY

INCLINED SOUTH FACADESTHE FACADES WERE INCLINED INORDER TO CREATE A SELF-SHADING SYSTEM FROM THE SUN

PUBLIC PIZZASTHEY CONNECT AT DIFFERENT LEVELS TO THEADJACENT INCLINED STREET

17 MAR-MEKHAEL : THE MULTIPLEX

Mar Mikhael, the residential and commercial neighborhood in Beirut, has become the new hub for art, creativity, social interaction, and nightlife... Whilst exploring the contemporary evolution of urban living in this area, different degrees of materialized envelope designs were filtered, regarding them as an interface where culture and history meet both in social arrangement and stylistic expression.

Mar Mikhael, the residential and commercial neighborhood in Beirut, has become the new hub for art, creativity, social interaction, and nightlife... Whilst exploring the contemporary evolution of urban living in this area, different degrees of materialized envelope designs were filtered, regarding them as an interface where culture and history meet both in social arrangement and stylistic expression.

This lead to a noble insertion, « The Multiplex», in reference to the complexity of combining different functions including commercial shops, offices, exhibition spaces, hotel, and low cost residential units in a single 500m2 plot, yet managing to have sensitive connections between these private versus public areas.

This lead to a noble insertion, « The Multiplex», in reference to the complexity of combining different functions including commercial shops, offices, exhibition spaces, hotel, and low cost residential units in a single 500m2 plot, yet managing to have sensitive connections between these private versus public areas.

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THIS DESIGN EXPLORES THE BOUNDARY OF CARDBOARD FURNITURE DESIGN.

THE CHALLENGE WAS TO HAVE THE CHAIR CARRY A MAXIMUM WEIGHT OF 100KG, KNOWING THAT IT WAS PURELY MADE OF ONLY TWO SHEETS OF 5MM THICKNESS CARDBOARDS, EACH 2MX1M, WITHOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ANY OTHER MATERIAL SUCH AS GLUE, METAL HINGES, ETC...

SO, THE STRUCTURE WAS BASICALLY A GRID SYSTEM OF INTERLOCKING CARDBOARDS WHICH IS ALSO FULLY INTERLOCKING WITH THE OUTER CONTINOUS SKIN.

WHEN YOU SIT DOWN, THE STRENGTH OF THE HIDDEN STRUCTURE WILL HOLD YOU COMFORTABLY, WHERE YOU CAN ALSO ENJOY READING NEWSPAPERS OR MAGAZINES ROLLED UP INSIDE THE UNDERNEATH STRUCTURE THAT ACTS AS SHELVES.

19 THE CARDBOARD CHAIR

«DON`T BE AFRAID, JUST TAKE A SEAT.»

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