Seif Alhourani - Architecture graduate portfolio

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As an Architect you design for the
PRESENT
with an awareness of the
PAST
for a
FUTURE
which is essentially unknown.
Norman Foster
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Saif Horani
11.04.1995
+962 799229375
saifhorani95@gmail.com
Amman
Halim Aburahmeh 9
Jordan
INTERESTS
architecture
music
photography
cooking
photomanipulation
gaming
SOFT SKILLS
Team work
Quick adaptation
Productive
Quick learning
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academic journey
CURRICULUM
VITAE
Jul. 2013
Oct. 2013 - Jun. 2018
June. 2016 - July. 2016
Aug. 2016
Sep. 2016 - Feb.2017
Mar.2017 - Aug.2017
Aug. 2018
Passed TAWJIHI ministry of education exams
under the scientific stream with an avg. of 95.6%
German Jordanian University
Bachelors of architecture in the school of architecture and
built environment
Internship at alnasser+Partners (Amman-Jo)
Adobe Certified Associate (Photoshop CC)
Studied Raumplanung (Spatial planning) at TU-Dortmund
One semester as an exchange program
Internship at WES Landschaftsarchitektur (Hamburg-De)
Graduated school of Architecture with an Excellent 84.8 GPA
skills
software languages activities
Adobe
Photoshop CC
Illustrator CC
InDesign CC
ARABIC
basketball
Autodesk
table tennis
Autocad 2D
Autocad 3D
Revit Architecture
ENGLISH
swimming
Other
Sketchup
Rhino
Grasshopper
Sony vegas Pro
Microsoft office
Word
Powerpoint
Excel
GERMAN
FRENCH
hiking
food
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TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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22 - 25
26 - 29
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36 - 37
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THE ALTERNATIVE SPACE
fifth year | 2018
AMMAN CITYHALL
third year | 2016
ARTS ACADEMY
second year | 2015
JABAL AMMAN STREETSCAPE
third year | 2015
AHMAD OSNII PEI PAVILION
third year | 2015
AQABA RESORT &WELLNESS CENTER
third year | 2015
ADOBE CERTIFICATE
samples of work
INTERNSHIP ASSESMENT
samples of work
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Autocad 2016
Rhino/Grasshopper
Photoshop CC
THE ALTERNATIVE SPACE
reshaping pier 01
THE CONCEPT
Rigid to fluid - Maximizing public accessibility
The site is currently the main port in Aqaba, and it is directly related to formalities
and logistics, the image of the site was formed as a serious prohibited site.
The concept is to reshape the idea of the site through reshaping the site itself, using
the physical characteristics of sea and water, sun and light,
introducing new spaces and elements attached to non-formalities and
entertainment.
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ACCESSIBILITY
Accessibility diagram showcasing the difference
water-height makes between day and night.
Day
Night
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MASTER PLAN
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Public swimming pool
Amphitheatre
Fishery
Fish market
Fish grill and sell
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SITE DISASSEMBLED ISOMETRIC
Tensile shading acts as project circulation spine
Wooden louvres for sensitive shading
Aquarium structures
Fishing market
Pier platform
Part of the original structural piles
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Elevations
A fish market, treated also as an exhibition where the non-buyers
can also observe the process through a ramp around the market
leading to an urban coffee shop 10 meters high.
West elevation
East elevation
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A public stage for events, accessible when
at night and the tide is low, inaccessible at
day time win the tide is high.
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Sections
A-A
B-B
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Revit 2016
Rhino/Grasshopper
Photoshop CC
third year
2016
AMMAN CITYHALL
THE CONCEPT
Creating a form the would represent Ammans architecture. Growing from the Heart
of the capital and affected by the surroundings.
The site
Linear elements
from the site that
effect the form
Growing the form
out of the site
Enlarging the
form tto present
monumentality
The final form
with the vertical
movement elements
A cube that would
represent Ammans
architecture
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Site Plan
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DRAWINGS
scale to fit
B
A
C
B
A
Ground floor
B
A
B
C
C
Site Plan
B
A
Fourth floor
B
A
Fifth flo
Sections & Elevations
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B
A
B
B
A
A
C
C
C
B
A
First floor
B
A
Second floor
B
A
Third floor
B
B
B
A
A
A
A
C
C
C
or
B
A
Sixth floor
B
Seventh floor
B
Eighth floor
A
A
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PROJECT DISCRIPTION
second year
2015
The excercise was to design an
academy for the arts and crafts majors
in Amman, the site was also in the
Jabal Amman area, theprogram should
include multiple workshops, for wood
metal and other types of crafts, Studios,
exhibitions and Administration.
Revit 2016
Photoshop CC
ARTS ACADEMY
THE CONCEPT
On the east and west side of the site,there was two streets, the one on the west had yearly events which made it a known
street, on the other side, the eastern street was abandoned and dead, I wanted to both streets through my project which
might create an opportunity to
bring back the life to the street.
Also, I wanted to optimize the use
of the view and minimize the cut
and fill chances, by building on
mulitiple levels and creating an
courtyard.
create a enclosure by building walls
around the site.
accomodate the targeted
audience.
optimize the inner space as
a public park.
create entrances at multiple
vivid nodes in the area.
cut the walls to create significant
entrances.
adapt to the context by lowering the northern side to maximize view and lefting the
southern side to create shade
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DRAWINGS
scale to fit
Basement level
Site Plan
Ground level First level Second level Third level
Sections & Elevations
South elevation
North elevation
A-A
B-B
West elevation
East elevation
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Revit 2016
Photoshop CC
third year
2015
JABAL AMMAN
STREETSCAPE
l Amman Streetscape
aping A street in Jabal Amman.
THE CONCEPT
Inputs:
An Area full of Schools, Libraries, and A University.
An Area that Lacks Parks, But needs one.
An Area that is full of graffiti artists, who keep looking for new walls to paint
on.
l Amman Streetscape
a full of Schools, Libraries, and A University.
a that Lacks Parks, But needs one.
a
ping
that
A
is
street
full of
in
graffiti
Jabal
artists,
Amman.
who are craving the
ility, of free walls to Paint on.
full of Schools, Libraries, and A University.
that Lacks Parks, But needs one.
that is full of graffiti artists, who are craving the
lity,
s:
of free walls to Paint on.
Outputs:
Providing a Studying area for all the students in need,
Providing enough walls, for Grati artists to paint on,
Linking the area with the surroundings,
Providing a Park for the Locals.
ng a Studying area for all the students in need,
ng enough walls, for Graffiti artists to paint on,
the area with the surroundings,
ng a Park for the Locals.
Bazars
Graffiti
Kiosk
:
g a Studying area for all the students in need,
Higher Level
g enough walls, for Graffiti artists to paint on,
the area with the surroundings,
g a Park for the Locals.
Platforms
Bazars
Studying zones
Axis
Main Axis
Stairs
Graffiti
Kiosk
Plaza
Seatings
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Higher Level
Walls for Graffiti
Structural and
Lighting Elements
Studying zones
Axis
Plaza

A
Providing enough walls, for Graffiti artists to paint on,
Linking the area with the surroundings,
Providing a Park for the Locals.
DRAWINGS
scale to fit
Higher Level
Platforms
Studying zones
Axis
Main Axis
Stairs
Kiosk
Plaza
Walls for Graffiti
Structural and
Lighting Elements
Main Axis
Axis
Plaza
Seatings
Lower Level
Plans
B
0.00 ¤
A
2.40 ¤
Ground floor
Ground Floor
6.40 ¤
B
6.20 ¤
5.80 ¤
A
First floor
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Sections
B-B
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A-A
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PROJECT DISCRIPTION
third year
2016
Using the ruled surfaces method, we
had to design a pavilion that would be
inspired by an artist, this artist›s work
should be featured in the nationa
Jordanian museum of Modern Art in
Jabal alWeibdeh
AHMAD OSNII PEI
PAVILION
Rhino/Grasshopper
Photoshop CC
RULED SURFACES
THE CONCEPT
In geometry, a surface S is ruled (also called a scroll) if through every point of S there is a straight
line that lies on S. The most familiar examples (illustrated here in three-dimensional Euclidean
space) are the plane and the curved surface of a cylinder or cone. Other examples are a conical
surface with elliptical directrix, the right conoid, the helicoid, and the tangent developable
of a smooth curve in space. A ruled surface can always be described (at least locally) as the
set of points swept by a moving
straight line. For example, a cone
is formed by keeping one point
of a line fixed whilst moving
another point along a circle.
In this project we are to use one
type of the ruled surfaces, in
which the swept line, is meerly
Ahmad Osnii Pei, a visual
artist from Indonesia,
something special and
appealing about Ahmad`s
sculptures,
it is the unity and wholeness
that comes through so well.
"this intellectual sculptor
produces pieces which
challenge paintings
on canvas, with their
nonfigurative forms
symbolizing unity, joined in harmony with the idea of wholeness, a concept of gestalt"
Looking at one of Ahmad`s sculptures that was displayed in The Jordan National Gallery of fine Arts,
in the opposit location as the
original location.
Polanoor, It made me realize soothing and eye appealing his curves are, so i decided to use the way he draws line and creates
them to portray his style in this pavilion.
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And reacting to the site, it had to be adapting to the parameters of the location.
Visiting the site, the first to catch my eye, was the Bell tower of the Orthodox Church and the minaret of the Kind Abdullah I
Mosque.
And I had to frame those two great elements, that introduce the coexistence of religions in Jordan.

DRAWINGS
scale to fit
Site Plan
Sections & Elevations
Plan
East Elevation South Elevation Section
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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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DRAWINGS
scale to fit
Site Plan
Street level
-2 level (sea level) -1 level
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Sections & Elevations
East Elevation
North Elevation
A-A
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South Elevation
B-B
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PROUD ADOBE
CERTIFIED ASSOCIATE
https://www.youracclaim.com/badges/abc0d865-0697-4a04-bddb-fb85de628423
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SAMPLES OF WORK
Before
After
Before
After
Before
After
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LOCAL INTERNSHIP
ASSESSMENT BY HOST FIRM
alnasser + partners

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Owner
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recessed in false ceiling down light, 8 W led lamp, IP44
LED Strip light - IPX7
Down light / Niche - High power LED 3W warm white 24V
DC asymmetric
wall mounted lighting fixture, 2-60 watt type T
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ABOUT THE INTERNSHIP
In the time period from the 12th of June to the 16th of July 2016, I was an intern at the architectural
and engineering firm alnasser + partners. I was doing draft work using Revit 2016.
http://alnasserpartners.com
SAMPLES OF WORK
Toilet Fixtures, Fittings, and Accessories Legend
Tag
Description
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A602
FT07
FT04
FT05
FX01
AX03
FX02
FT03
80 900 90
235 435
650
4 5
A602 A602
1070 435 325 325 435 770
AX08
FT20
AX06
Shared
Bathroom
Type 01
2 153
3360
1400 180 400 430 100 670
180
FT02
FT20
FT01
FX07
6
A602
Fst01
170 450 450
Vertical Starting Point
450
FT06
Fst01
Fst01
Shared
Bathroom
Type 01
2 153
Fst01,Fst02
T: 20 mm
W: 100 mm
L: 450 mm
Horizontal Starting Point
670
170 2250 170 100
6
A602
4 5
A602 A602
LD01
Shared
Bathroom
Type 01
2 153
+2.30
Cgp02
LD01
773
1545
250
773
2970 120 20
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A602
AX02 Towel bar - Single
AX03 Toilet roll holder
AX06 Magnifying mirror - wall mounted with lighting
AX07 reserve toilet roll holder
AX08 Shower door handle
AX09 Robe hook handle
FT01 wash basin - mixer - single lever
FT02 Wash basin - waste trap cover
FT03 bidet - mixer - single lever
FT04 overhead shower
FT05 shower hand held set with bracket
FT06 Shower drain cover - Linear type
FT07 Shower control valve and diverter
FT08 bathtub mixer - single lever
FT09 bathtub spout
FT10 Bathtub waste trap cover
FT12 hand trigger spray
FT13 WC - flush actuator - dudi (low type)
FT20 towel warmer - 60 x 142 cm
FT22 towel warmer - 60 x 142 cm
FX01 WC - wall hung
FX02 bidet - wall hung
FX06 bath tub 160 x 70 cm
FX07 oval undermount to be fixed into vanity
ID03 wash basin - custom made
Floor Legend TOILETS
Tag Description
Fca1 floor description
Fca2 floor description
Fca3 floor description
Fst1 floor description
Fst01 2cm thick , polished cast stone , white color ,
reference - AR616 BIANCO PURO R POLISHED
Fst01,Fst0 2cm thick , polished cast stone , white color ,
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reference - AR616 BIANCO PURO R POLISHED
Fst02 2cm thick , polished cast stone , gray color , reference
- AR206 GRIGIO FURNATO
Fwd1 floor description
Wall & Base Legend -toilets
Tag Description
Bwd01 timber skirting ,20x330mm softwood skirting with
estate emulsion paint finish. (ref. all white 2005)
Wpp02 plaster with paint , estate emolsion , reference -
ammonite 274
Wst01
Wst02 2cm thick , polished cast stone , black color ,
reference - AR314 NERO EBANO POLISHED
Ceiling Legend-TOILETS
Tag
Description
Cgp01
suspended plasterboard ceiling , taped
and jointed, ready to receive smooth skim
plaster and paint finish
Cgp02
suspended plasterboard ceiling , taped
and jointed, ready to receive smooth skim
plaster and paint finish
4 5
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4 5
A602 A602
Lighting Fixture Legend
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LD02
LD03
LP01
LW03
Shared 01 - Fixtures & Partitions Layout
Shared 01 - Tiling Layout
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Shared 01 - Ceiling Layout
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Wst01
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Wst01
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architects and engineers
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INTERNATIONAL INTERNSHIP
ASSESSMENT BY HOST FIRM
WES Landschaftsarchitektur
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SAMPLES OF WORK
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