Undergraduate Portfolio - Saif Horani

Revit 2016
Photoshop CC
third year
2015
AQABA RESORT AND
WELLNESS CENTER
THE CONCEPT
The sun can be the ultimate healing element and a great
architectural parameter.
arrange the
administration functions
along a big wall to
divide the two zones
giving more privacy, and
creating shade for the
public beach.
define the site boundaries.
bend the wall along with
the sun path to optimize
the largest availbe
amount of sun light at the
area of the resort.
since we are building on
a beachwhich used to be
public,
the site should be
divided to keep fullfilling
the public needs, the
southern side will be
the site of the resort to
maximize the use of sun
light.
extending lines from the
large wall to create the
guest rooms, unifying
form and maxmizing sun
use in the whole area of
the resort.
after dividing the site,
the public area will be
landscaped to inrich the
area with greenery, the
functions of the resort will
be placed on the southern
side with the pools and
the outdoors area.
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