Omar Abou Nader - Education Portfolio 2020

Preformance Area
Open Plan Area
Seating and Lounge
Reception For
debate camp
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Media Center
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Observatory
Exhbition
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Library
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Observatory for staff
OBEY Social Parliament
11.1 Student Work | Marwa Abu Al Haija
Mass & Void Extractions
Protest Process
Shapes Demographics
Marwa’s project stems out of a rich research process that
studied the multiple dimensions of protest, democracy and
socio-politics in Dubai and the UAE.
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Her design not only underwent extensive typological iterations
but is also tailored to different user segments, programmatic
functions and contextual considerations.
The mass Represents the government &
the voids represent the people.
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She managed to combine through her design and research two
aspects of civil life: government and public space; morphing both
facets in a harmonious architectonic that encourages dialogue.
The people extract voids within the mass in
demand to be part of the government.
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Marwa’s project got awarded the first prize in the 2019 AUD
Architecture Senior Showcase.
South East Perspective
The forms of the voids are based on the study of
Urban squares where protest has occurred.
Parliament Process
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Nourth Elevation
Moreover, the voids are based on the human
activity occurring in public squares.
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The mass rational is based on the study of parliament
typologies and what each shape means.
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Examples: a circular parliament shows unity, while a
rectangular parliament shows hierarchy between each side.
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The program of the parliament is based on four main elements extracted from the comparison of protest and parliament: 1) Space of self-expression
such as exhibition halls. 2) Debate and discussion such as assembly chamber. 3) Research & data collection such as library & research labs. 4) Decision
making which is the main parliament hall. The shape of the parliament seating is based on a hybrid between the circular and the opposing benches typology
resulting in a U form. Moreover, the parliament as shown in the floor plan extends to an amphitheater so that it adapts to the governments requirement
to whenever it wants privacy, rotating glass panels are closed and whenever the public should be included the parliament merges with the amphitheater. As
well as shown in the plan, the ground floor is liberated to not block site existing pedestrian passages.
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Ground Floor Plan
The site is located between three main urban junctures in
Dubai, Baniyas square, Union square, & Fish round about.
The voids also take into consideration the site and its
surroundings and talks to each of the listed Urban juncture.
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The shapes diagram shows
the rules applied on the forms
which are later evolved to fit the
requirments discribed in the mass
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My thesis research topic was about protest. A word
that have had a great impact on the middle east for
the past decade. The idea of protest was molded to
house two main social elements in harmony, the
public and the government. The research conducted
provides an insight into signs of social maturity within
Dubai, and how it already maintains existing elements
to shape the social parliament. A social Parliament is
a hybrid between a governmental space and a public
space. It takes activities that happen in a parliament,
such as proposal of ideas, debate, voting ect. And
gives it to the public. This was the selected proposal
due to the close relationship between the process of
protest in comparison to the process of parliament as
expressed in the diagram above.
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Project Layout (work of student)
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