CA R L FA R H A T A r c h ite c tu r e P o r tfo lio S e le c te d W o r k s
CONTENTS 01.
Housing Project
02.
Icelandic Museum
03.
Culinary Art School
04.
University Of Florence Extension
05.
Sanctuary
05.
Renders
01. HOUSING PROJECT SPRING 2021
SUSTAINABLE SOCIAL HOUSING Low-rise, high-density housing combines the best elements of both urban and suburban development schemes: a multitude of public transportation options, access to urban services, moderate scale, public open space and individualized dwellings.
It can therefore reduce sprawl and efficiently use the limited space found in the urban environment, while also maintaining the street grid and pedestrian pathways.
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Interior Perspectives
02. ICELANDIC MUSEUM FALL 2019
AXONOMETRIC VIEW Scale 1:100 SPC:C2.C3
THE DUG OUT Iceland’s dynamic landscapes and diverse natural sceneries have long defined the country’s tourism, in order to grab hold of this landscape in terms of settling within, the built environment is intended to be formed as it clings to the world; being in relation with the landscape, anchoring itself within the limit of our visual perception of the world. The architecture of the museum is attempting to hide the buildings altogether, placing total focus on the existing natural surroundings the environment becomes the essence of architectural production.
The museum is imitating natural formations around it. Partly dug into the earth, with its slanted roof profiles echoes the shape of the vicinity. In addition, carving the spaces in the land serves as protective means, and preserves the surrounding nature while further strengthening the dialogue between man and nature. This architectural approach is the result of the fusion of landscape and architecture.
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The implantation of a dug out intends on ‘feeling the place’ and not just looking at it, there is no longer classic interaction between building and topography .There is no longer passive ground but instead there is an active constructed plane giving birth to the conception of ‘operative topography’.
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03. CULINARY ART SCHOOL SPRING 2019
THE ANACHRONISM Anachronism is a large multi-functional structure located in the heart of the trendy mar mikhael area. The shape of the building is depicted by the presence of an old arcaded house dating back to the 1800s.
The main concern in designing such a project was to build over the old building to create a contemporary function at the same location but without compromisingthe old one.
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04. UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE EXTENSION FALL 2018
A WALK IN THE CLOUDS The city of Florence attracts millions of tourists each year, it is noted for its culture, Renaissance art, architecture and monuments. But due to Florence›s artistic and architectural heritage, it has overlooked other aspects of life in this city.
The new extension to the university of Florence is the perfect opportunity to call for action towards new beginnings to ensure a better quality of life for the coming generations. Because of Florence’s tight urban fabric and parcel structure, facades are built from one party wall to the other and all the way to the edge of the street line, forming a relatively flat vertical plane that rejects the street space in front of it.
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“A walk in the clouds” is an active gesture inspired by the cities’ past with a contemporary approach where asymmetry and irregular shapes dominate, it was shaped by respectful integration into the surrounding historic buildings, reaching out onto the piazza to create a new presence and reawaken the city through architecture.
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Ground Floor Plan
First Floor Plan Scale 1:200
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Second Floor Plan Scale 1:200
Vertical Circulation
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Third Floor Plan Scale 1:200
Fourth Floor Plan
Main Entrance
05. SANCTUARY FALL 2017
AN EXPLORATION IN WHAT DEFINES SPACE? We geometrize the world mentally through a grid system we imagine in our minds, this grid is translated to a physical and material entity through walls. But, walls are not just physical things they are also things of the mind. Walls can be spectacular as architectural structures but they can be even more fascinating as entities that inhabit our thinking and shape cultures. What is built is not a wall, but a state of mind.
Walls shield individuals not from savages, but rather from anxieties and fears, they are constructed not for the individuals who live outside them, debilitating as they might be, however for the individuals who abide inside. The presence of walls is a clear example that there is order and discipline in the world and shows the victory of geometrical reason over anarchic impulses. Walls make things look clear and distinct. They transform the universe to places we call home.
This project has been chosen for the Lebanese American University ’s annual exhibition
My sanctuary is a space where a person can place himself in a setting isolated from the outside world to meditate and relax. The areas created are a reflection of the grid system we imagine to help us understand the chaotic and endless nature of the universe and the safety that walls create both physically and mentally.
Grid System/ Chaos Study Model
Mass/Void Gypsum Study Model
Final Outcome Sketch
Sanctuary Sectional Model
06. RENDERS 2016 -2019