Located in the city of Dammam, KSA, the Disconnect-to-Connect proposal for Retal Mosque Design Competition which has been selected among the shortlisted projects, emerges as an icon, which intends to continue the symbolic power that the mosque represents with the pretention of expressing new modernity, a new concept of mosque architecture.
Project name
Disconnect to Connect Mosque
Architecture firm
Elshareef Kabbashi
Location
Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshopper, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Elshareef Kabbashi
Visualization
Elshareef Kabbashi
Client
Abdullatif Al Fozan Award for Mosque Architecture, AIA - Retal Mosque Design Competition - RMDC
Typology
Religious › Mosque
What is a mosque? For a Muslim to pray, all he needs is a clean place and a direction toward the Kaaba. But the function of the mosque has a much more significant role, a space that reframes the spaces to encourage community use alongside its purpose as a sacred worship space.
Project name
Riyadh Mosque
Location
Riyadh Village, Abu Kabir, Sharqia Governorate, Egypt
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Autodesk 3ds Max, Autodesk Revit, V-ray, Enscape, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Nik Collection
Principal architect
Abdallah Mekkawi, Abdelrahman Adel
Design team
Abdallah Mekkawi, Abdelrahman Adel, Tarek Wagih
Collaborators
Ahmed Marie
Visualization
Abdallah Mekkawi, Abdelrahman Adel
Client
Riyadh Village Community
Typology
Religious › Mosque
The innovative Czech company So Concrete, which is successfully developing the field of robotic construction technologies, designed and realized the project of the unique Výstaviště tram stop in Holešovice, Prague.
Project name
3D-Printed UHPC Tram Stop
Location
Výstaviště tram stop, Prague, Czech Republic
Photography
Tomáš Hejzlar www.tomashejzlar.cz
Design team
So Concrete www.so-concrete.com
Collaborators
Placement and technology support: Prague City, www.praha.eu. Placement and energy supply connection: Prague Public Transit Company, www.dpp.cz. Independent structural analysis: Stráský, Hustý a partneři, www.shp.eu. Preparatory excavation work and asphalt surface: Premio Invest, www.premioinvest.cz. E-ink display supplier: TechnoCast, www.technocast.cz. Electrical installations: Elektroline, www.elektroline.cz.
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshopper
Material
UHPC C130. UHPCFRC. LED lighting
Typology
Transportation › Tram Station
The sand dunes are the inspiration for the silhouette of the droneport camouflaging its shape among the landscape with a strategic location for the air communication network between cities.
Architecture firm
GAS Architectures
Location
United Arab Emirates
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshoper, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere
Principal architect
Germán Sandoval
Design team
Kesia Devallentier, Germán Sandoval
Collaborators
Interior Design: Kesia Devallentier
This project was based on the concept of dynamics and its local origins- Michelangelo on his search for dynamics and his highest form of expression in the Painting of the "universal justice" where two fingers (of God and man) both in motion, come together but never touch, the maintain the small void between them as the "moment", the instant of what...
Project name
The monument of all motions - Florence Rifredi train station
Architecture firm
Moshe Katz Architect
Tools used
AutoCAD, Rhinoceros 3D, Autodesk 3ds Max, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Moshe Katz
Visualization
Moshe Katz Architect
Status
Unbuilt, preliminary design, proposal
Typology
Transportation › Train Station,
Our new design and development for a private investor- a beach hotel resort & spa for nudist tourism in the southern beach of the Crete island, where architecture "peels its layers off" , revealing its pure, naked spaces. A radial Resort complex of independent 50sqm villas, with shade skin surfaces, pools, hanging restaurants, overlooking the infin...
Project name
Nudist Beach Resort & Spa, Crete
Architecture firm
Moshe Katz Architect
Location
Diskos Beach, South Crete Island
Tools used
AutoCAD, Rhinoceros 3D, Autodesk 3ds Max, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Moshe Katz
Visualization
Moshe Katz Architect
Status
Preliminary design/ Permits
Typology
Hospitality › Hotel, Resort, Spa
As Therapinterior, we approach the space with a comprehensive and special approach, far beyond decoration. We believe that the most enjoyable environments are a reflection of nature. Peaceful spaces are the result of a study of balance, symmetry and perfect proportions.
Project name
Urla Stone House Project
Architecture firm
Therapinterior Architecture & Interior Design
Tools used
Autodesk Revit, Rhinoceros 3D, SketchUp, V-ray
Visualization
Therapinterior Architecture & Interior Design
Typology
Residential › House
The vision is to imagine a house of the future - compact and sustainable, that would introduce the use of Rammed Earth as a building material in Slovenia. Envisioned with the intention to create a space that is close to nature, the house has a strong visual as well as physical connection with the environment.
Project name
House for humans and a tree
Architecture firm
Sneha Dhanuka + Dhruv Shah
Location
Dobrava, Slovenia
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp, Rhinoceros 3D, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Sneha Dhanuka, Dhruv Shah
Design team
Sneha Dhanuka, Dhruv Shah
Visualization
Sneha Dhanuka + Dhruv Shah
Typology
Residential › House
