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Cosy days
Finally, I tried Canterbury's famous punting. Spending some time in Folkstone is such a therapy.

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Vacation mood on!
After submitting the portfolio, I started my holiday by finding unique, attractive spots in Canterbury.

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Context and methods pin-up
We had a few lectures to expand our earlier critical review, here, I did a historical and contemporary mapping with referencing for my...

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Final review
I was really satisfied after this presentation, however, I was worried a bit that we had the final portfolio submission after a few days.

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Materials
In this project, the primary materials used are concrete and glass, but I researched the material we can use underwater, thus, I used...

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Some final touches
I finished this axonometric drawing for the whole building with numbers for all zones and rooms to clarify all areas excellently....

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Sacred zone design indications
These are the latest renders, for now, I will work more on the design for this zone in the later semester, with two sections that show...

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Extra details
As I mentioned, I am using the ancient architectural elements that used to receive sunlight in Palestine. One of them is the Taqa', which...

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Final lighting calculation
After challenging attempts to use the Dialux program, I did a detailed lighting analysis for the corridor zone, I will summarise some of...

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Mashrabya final design
I conceived the design by abstracting the Palestinian embroidery. Also, I added the same design on the prominent upper parts of the zone,...

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Final corridor interior renders
After several renders, I settled on this design, for the general environment lights, I chose a mix of blue in the north direction as it...

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Final exterior renders
I am absolutely delighted that I managed to finalise these renders. Each render had a particular lighting condition with a scientific...

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Exploration trip
I went to London to the British Museum and the Wallace Collection to see some lighting technics that my project is a contemporary art...

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Lighting test on materials
I tried here to do a concrete material using plaster and watercolours as the primary material used in my project is substantial. It was...

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Real lighting experiences
I enjoyed shooting these unique rainbow colours that came out of the white colour because of the dispersion phenomenon. I may use these...

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More drawings!
This is an artistic interior drawings to show the cave with the ceiling. Likewise, these are the project elevations with the ceiling.

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Final AutoCAD drawings
Meanwhile, working on the 3D design and the lighting calculations, I finalized the project drawing as I felt bored working on the same...

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