Minarete_Less Mosque Design - Icon Magazine

Following the Swiss Ban to erect Minarets within the Swiss federation late 2009, Icon Magazine suggested that a handful of architects respond to such an act. And here was my two cents!

Link: http://www.iconeye.com/index.php?view=article&catid=440%3Aicon-081--march-2010&layout=default&id=4335%3Arethink-swiss-minarets&option=com_content

View of Mosque from women's entrance

          Interior view of Mosque 

Museum for the Baalbeck International Festival

Interactive display


Artifacts and Objects display


Projection display

Multimedia display

Volumetric study

Issam Fares Institute at the American University of Beirut

Link: http://www.aub.edu.lb/ifi/about/Pages/Facility.aspx

Physical model (Card board - 1/50)

Night view showing how the new IFI buildings integrates with the Lower Campus.

View showing the social space spill to the Oval - under a 17m span cantilever.

IFI Main Entrance (East)

Top view showing roof terrace.

Section though Atria and Auditorium at basement level

The Reading room at the fifth floor

The Auditorium lounge leading to the Auditorium.

Custom made table lamp

 

Building Under Construction - Basement Waterproofing. March 2011.

Sexuality and Space

Architecture always tend to be very subjective. and not all architects are at ease when approaching a design project. when we say design we mean architectural design in the "traditional" sense and not the age of coding.
Design has no sex; meaning that whether carried by a male/female architect the outcome is more or less undetectable vis-a-vis gender. That of course varies when the "client" is either male/female...

TBC