School portfolio

1. PORTFOLIO
2014-2017
TALA JAZZY
M.ARCH OF PARSONS_THE SCHOOL OF DESIGN, NY.
BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS OF BERKELEY COLLEGE.
School Work

2. CO N T E N T S
MALLTOPIA BURBOPOLIS
A Combined Utopia Self-cycle
QUARDANGLE 3.0
Multiple House Design
REWEDDENTIAL TOWER
Skyscraper Design
REAL FICTION
Egyptian Architectural Pavilion at the 2016 Venice Biennial
BAOTOU HOSPITAL
New Tertiary General Hospital
THE GRAND THEATER DESIGN
Professional Projects
PHOTOGRAPHY

3. MALLTOPIA
BURBOPOLIS
A Combined Utopia Self-cycle
SELECTED PROGRAMS
INSPIRATION
THINKING of LEGO
10 ft
10 ft
30 ft
400 ft2
800 ft2
800 ft2
One-Floor Height
One-Floor Height
Three-Foors Height
20 ft
40 ft
40 ft
20 ft
20 ft
20 ft
Biosphere 2 is a re-creation of the natural climates, life
cycles, and ecosystems of the Planet Earth (Biosphere 1).
Earth (Biosphere 1) How to make a mixe-use (living, museum, livestock,mall) area
self-cycled?
Director: Dan Wood
Individual Work
Time: 2016.12
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•Supermarket
•Entertainment Space(GYM etc.)
•Catering Area
MALLLIVING
•Live-Work: Famrmer
•Lofts: Artist work in Museum / the
Young who like to live here
•Micro-Units: Workers working nearby
(Museum/Mall)
MUSEUM
•Art •Cattle
•Horse
•Chicken(feeding at hign level spaces ,
part of living spaces)
LIVESTOCK
On a mall area in Pheonix, we will be locating 20,000 new Phoenicians looking for a new way of living–more urban, more
green, more radica .That will be a high density self-cycle area consist of living unit, one ecological infrastructure and a major
element of mixed-use program.

4. SITE PLAN
SECTION

5. 1. DRIPPING EAVE INTEGRATED IN FACADE PANEL
2. THIN-FILM SILICON SOLAR CELLS INTEGRATED IN
SEALING LAYER
ADHESIVE FIXED 75MM THERMAL INSULATION
LIQUID MEMBRANE
200MM REINFORCED-CONCRETE HOLLOW-CORE SLAB
160MM PERMEABLE THERMAL INSULATION
LIQUID MEMBRANE
3. 20-75MM LOCAL STONE SHEET
20MM VENTILATED CAVITY
175MM WATER-REPELLENT THERMAL INSULATION
4. 15MM PLASTER
200MM REINFORCED-CONCRETE
5. 30MM VEGETATION
25MM DRAINAGE MAT
SOIL
DRAINAGE BOARD WITH BOTH DIRECTION 2% GRADIENT
GROUT
CEMENT BOARD
LIQUID MEMBRANE
160MM PERMEABLE THERMAL INSULATION
LIQUID MEMBRANE
200MM REINFORCED-CONCRETE HOLLOW-CORE
SLAB WITH STEEL I-BEAM
6. RAILING: 60/15MM STEEL RHS POST
SILVER-GREY STOVE-ENAMEL FINISH
60/10MM STEEL RHS HANDRAIL
16MM STEEL CHS
7. 150/450 STEEL-PROFILE SUPPORTING STRUCTURE
2*12.5MM PLASTERBOARD
8. 2*12.5MM PLASTERBOARD
1OOMM REINFORCED-CONCRETE
9. 15MM PLASTER
LIQUID MEMBRANE
ADHESIVE FIXED 75MM THERMAL INSULATION
200MM REINFORCED-CONCRETE HOLLOW-CORE
SLAB WITH STEEL I-BEAM
10. 11MM LAMINATED SAFETY GLASS
DOUBLE GLAZING IN PLASTIC FRAME
11. DRAINAGE GAP WITH GRAVEL
HYDROCONE TYPE WATER DRAIN CONSTRUCTION DETAIL
MUSEUM and LIVESTOCK
RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN EACH PROGRAM
LIVESTOCK and MALL
MUSEUM and RESIDENCE MUSEUM and RESIDENCE
RESIDENCE and MALLLIVESTOCK and RESIDENCE

7. QUADRANGLE 3.0
Multiple House Design in Hutong
Individual Work
"Hutongs" are a type of narrow streets or alleys, commonly associated with northern Chinese cities, most prominently Beijing.
Throughout Chinese history, the quadrangle composition was the basic pattern used for residences, palaces, temples, monasteries, family
businesses and government offices. The traditional quadrangles are usually occupied by a single, usually large and extended family,
signifying wealth and prosperity. Along with the development of Beijing, the population composition also changed from old natives to mega-
families and now most quadrangle are occupied by foreigners and rich people.
JU'ER hutong is located in the northwest of Beijing Dongcheng district, east bounded by Jiaodaokou north street, west by Nanluoguxiang.
QUADRANGLE 1.0
QUADRANGLE 2.0
QUADRANGLE 3.0
Population Composition: Mega-families
Low income workers
Old natives of Beijing
Population Composition: Old natives of Beijing
STRATEGY
Based on traditional spatial form, use new concept and
material to improve current habitat environment.
"BASE YARDs" consisted by well equipped living
units are the essential elements of Quadragnle 3.0.
Traditional single family quadrangle.
1700s QING DYNASTY 1965 MAO ERA
1977 POST-MAO ERA 2010
Private ownership of land is abolished. Original family
forced to leave. Quadrangle is subdivided into housing
for at least 8 families.
Building restrictions relaxed in the aftermath of the
Tangshan earthquake. Each family builds illegal
additions.
6 households sell to government.
2 households remain and correlsting illegal additions and
subdivisions are moved.
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Population Composition:
Foreigners+Rich people
Low income workers
Old natives of Beijing

8. PLAN LEVEL 1
PLAN LEVEL 2

9. SECTION ANALYSIS

10. DIFFERENT TYPE OF SPACES ANALYSIS
PRIVATE
SEMI PRIVATE-PUBLIC
PUBLIC
OTHER ACTIVITY

11. SECTION ANALYSIS

12. REWEDDENTIAL
TOWER
Skyscraper Design for
New York 432 Park Avenue
Director: Ali Rahim
Group Work
Time: 2015.9
432 Park Avenue is a super expensive luxuary apartment which located in central Manhattan. But in the future,
this building will become a so-called 'Zombie Tower' because it is a kind of asset building for rich people means
there is few resident live in these apartment for most of the year. In our project, we redefine the asset for this
tower to shift the asset definition in the city and use a crazy non-linear shape to explore the new possibility of new
urbanism.
The basic idea for this project is to build a mega upper level network container for the thousands of millionaires from all around the
world. Extra atrium for social ceremony as wedding is brought into this project, besides designing the residential skyscraper just
luxurious, trying to be the peak of the Manhattan skyline, which would be risky for investment because technique is always ready to
build taller and more expensive skyscraper leaving the existing ones soon losing its value. Millionaires choose Manhattan not just
because it is the largest capital market in the world. The other reason is for the upper level social capital, defined as the networks of
relationships among upper level people, enlarge their financial or political influence around the world. This project will not only give
them the experience of high level residential units but a chance to build their network in the 1% really rich levels, which would be more
appealing for investors as the extra values that other properties will never have.
432 PARK AVENUE
WEDDING
LIBRARY
RESTAURANT
BRIDAL
BOUTIQUE
SAKS FIFTH AVE
BRIDAL
BOUTIQUE
RESTAURANT
CHURCH
CHURCH
CHURCH
REWEDDENTIAL=RESIDENTIAL+WEDDING

13. TOP-DETAIL
MIDDLE-DETAIL
BOTTOM-DETAIL
SKY TEMPLE
Pure 5 stories high wedding space without apartments,
dozens of windows creating the most romantic and
luxury wedding space for the newly-wed couple.
BUD HALL
Concentric space with a well-hole on the top of the
stage. Has a views of 360 degree of NYC.
STANDARD FLOOR2 (auxiliary function of
wedding Hotel)
STANDARD FLOOR1 (auxiliary function of
wedding)
restaurant ; equipment rooms; storeroom;auxiliary
function of the wedding,
PETAL HALL
15 petal-like platforms provides the privacy for the VIP
guests. Also the background of the stage is south NY
which has the views of Empire State Building and the
new World Trade Centre.
COMMON WEDDING HALL
The pointed arch creating the sense of church, it also
divide the space into 2 parts —— wedding ceremony
space and watching space. Apartments on two sides
are also the private box of the ceremony space. The
residences can directly watch the wedding in their
apartments. But due to the pointed arch, the audience
on the wedding floor and the couples would not see the
apartments when they face to the stage.
STANDARD FLOOR 3 (auxiliary function of
residence)
bars, restaurant; chamber,recreation funtions
SEPERATE HALL
Provide two separate space in the wedding hall. Very
suitable for the Islam culture that needs to separate the
male and female guest into different space.
PODIUM
shopping mall of wedding:
enterainment;wedding consult; decoration; catering;
wedding basics. etc

14. PLAN

15. Many people consider wedding as the most important thing in their life. A Wedding is one of the most expensive events in people's lives and has a tremendous social and
financial value. In order to have their dream wedding, they will spend a lot of money on it. Among all the different aspects of a wedding, the wedding venue is the most
important one. According to research, New York City is the most expensive wedding place, it takes 30,000 dollars on average to rent a wedding place in NYC. Despite
potentially high revenues, there is - due to high maintainance cost and long idles times - no specific wedding venue in the world as of now. Most of the weddings are held in a
church or some public spaces. But the location of the wedding ceremony ia always different from the place that people choose for their dinner, and it is very inconvenient for the
guests. Meanwhile, newlyweds should also arrange the accommodations for their guest.
For those reasons, we decided to design a wedding tower at 432 park avenue Manhattan. Specifically designed spaces will meet the romantic needs of different type of
wedding and the combination of different events in one sequenced and orchestrated series of spaces will make the wedding more convenient efficient. Meanwhile, getting
married in this iconic landmark will draw the attention of the whole city!
In this tower, we creatively combine residence and wedding spaces with some special interlinked audience spaces that are designed to smoothly accommodate a day full of
exclusive wedding events. It means the the residents can witness the wedding from their windows or balconies of their apartments or some specific places in the tower. We hope
this can provide a special experience for the residents and bring the blessing to the newlyweds.
Because large concentric space are needed as wedding and event spaces, we place 4 small cores in the 4 corners of the tower instead of one large core. There are 5 main
programs in the tower: wedding spaces, a hotel, a wedding industry mall, apartments, and auxiliary functions. The wedding mall is located at the bottom of the building.
We hope that this new kind of asset architecture can provide a new possibility and a new model of investment for the high-rise today.

16. REAL FICTION
Selected Paticipated Parts From A Group Work
Participate in the Egyptian Architectural Pavilion at the
2016 VENICE BIENNIAL
Director: Ferda Kolatan
Time: 2016.5
This luxury condominium in the heart of Manshiet Nasr offers sweeping panoramic views over Muqattam and the Citadel. Each apartment is
equipped with a large outdoors terrace, which accumulate to form the elegant exterior facade of this apartment building.
A large part of the Egyptian population currently lives in so-
called informal settlements. Having grown mostly without any
regulatory measures or government control, these neighborhoods
often lack the necessary infrastructure to sustain their inhabitants'
basic needs for hygiene, comfort, and safety. On the flip side,
informality is also an expression of proactivity in an effort to
overcome enormous practical and economical obstacles. This
attitude manifests itself in the energetic street-life as well as in the
often ingenuous tactics of the inhabitants to improve their lives and
circumstances.
The cave church of the Zabbaleen and the emergent trash
ecology around Mokattam hills clearly demonstrate successes of
a pro-active, bottom-up, guerilla urban organization. But even the
decrepit and seemingly mundane, informal apartment buildings
reflect in their designs many particularities that should not be
generally discarded just because of the bad shape they are in. At
the very least, these buildings, and the urbanism they form, if given
a closer look, unveil an unmistakable character as well as a unique
aesthetic. Thus, if one examines the informal city through a lens of
material realism - that is to say free of moral, economical, logistical,
political, and idealist judgements - the city and its buildings
potentially emerge in a new light.
Within the boundaries of the informal city, new and exclusive apartment buildings have begun to emerge. What
was formerly known as an undesirable and dangerous residential neighborhood has reinvented itself through a
focused rebranding of its existing housing stock. Acting as their own real estate developers and agents, a group
of homeowners have formed a collective, and started to renovate and rebuild select buildings to demonstrate the
specific architectural qualities resulting from the dynamic circumstances of informal building manufacturing.
The outcome is a variety of unprecedented housing typologies with features and properties, which are both common
to the neighborhood, yet strange if viewed outside their presumptive context. By highlighting these typologies
through prototypes, the collective was able to slowly trigger a rise in the popularity of these buildings, even attracting
outside investors and clientele who hope to partake in what many predict to be a new real estate boom in Cairo. To
further these efforts, the collective created a “Realist Estate” catalog advertising their most successful models such
as the The Terrace, The Lofts, The Modern Villa, and more.
As a consequence of the unexpected success of the Realist Estates, larger building complexes have developed into
what can only be described as the informal response to the affluent gated communities outside the inner city limits of
Cairo. These complexes, also known as “Conglomerate Urbanism,” combine various individual building prototypes
into often spectacular vertical environments, challenging in the process many conventional notions of urbanism, both
formal and informal.
REALIST ESTATE AND CONGLOMERATE URBANISM
SPECULATION 1
INFORMAL CITY
THE TERRACE
Conglomerate Balcony

17. The Maspero triangle is located in downtown Cairo. One side of it runs along the Nile Corniche and is lined with
large institutional buildings like the Broadcast & TV Building and the Foreign Ministry, as well as an upscale hotel
tower. The Corniche reflects the representational (and politically controversial) face of Maspero, while its backside
is populated by small-scale residential buildings in varying states of decay. These two sides stand in stark conflict
with each other and prevent the much desired rejuvenation of this part of downtown.
An important part of the problem is a seemingly absurd law, which prohibits the owners of decaying housing
stock from restoring or even maintaining their buildings. The intention of this law is to let undesired buildings in the
neighborhood “naturally” fall apart and then replace them at once rather than integrating them into a new scheme.
This would also allow for an “easier” displacement strategy as owners and tenants would literally have no place left
to stay. As a result, the triangle remains deeply divided and undeveloped, with its inhabitants kept hostage inside
their unsafe homes unable to benefit or participate in the bustling city life surrounding the triangle.
Floating Infrastructure
The shaded alleyways and the fresh infrastructural supply have encouraged many homeowners in Maspero to open businesses on
the ground floors of their buildings and attract customers from nearby business districts. While most owners operate smaller cafes
and convenience stores, more unconventional endeavors can also be seen. Tapping water from the new piping system has allowed
for the cultivation of small gardens on rooftops and back-alleys. In other instances miniature squares with fountains were built, finally
addressing the much desired need for communal gathering space. Some neighbors have partnered up to combine the interstitial
spaces between their buildings to create larger and more upscale establishments to lure in more affluent customers from other parts
of downtown.
The inversion of building envelope to building systems coupled with the prohibition to renovate old housing stock, has motivated some
owners to expand from their property into open areas of the street itself. This unique phenomenon of “constructed voids” is a direct
consequence of the constraints imposed on the building owners and has been widely celebrated as a new form of informal urban
resistance.
Existing Buildings with Newly Configured Street Level
Street Level Development of Existing Building
Fronts with New Street Level
Courtyard Garden
SPECULATION 2
MASPERO TRIANGLE
INVERTED BAZAAR OF MASPERO
Along the small streets of Maspero, workers have begun to install a new infrastructural system to support the
derelict housing stock. While this infrastructure does not directly intervene with the existing buildings, it does provide
a new lifeline for the neighborhood. A simple elevated grid system delivers water, electricity, and scaffolding to the
disconnected areas of Maspero, reaching into buildings from the top without having to break through foundations
or dig up roads. This “inversion” of infrastructure to building creates all sorts of unprecedented opportunities for the
neighborhood. In addition, this system also doubles as a shading device, which transforms the narrow streets into
bazaar-like alleyways.

18. BAOTOU HOSPITAL
New Tertiary General Hospital in Xin Du Shi Distric of
Baotou Architecture Design
Professional Projects
Director: Wang Shan
Time:2014
The project is about 9 kilometers from the downtown area of Baotou. The establishment of the New District
Hospital will become a public service facility in the new urban area and will fully support the development of
medical and health services in Baotou City.
The design captures the intention of the traditional Mongolian yurts scattered on the grassland in Inner
Mongolia and forms a small community space layout in the outpatient department.
OUTPATIENT BUILDING
MEDICAL TECH-
NOLOGY BUILDING
INPATIENT BUILDING
OUTPATIENT BUILDING
MEDICAL TECH-
NOLOGY BUILDING
INPATIENT BUILDING
DEVELOPMENT SPACE
DEVELOPMENT SPACE
DEVELOPMENT SPACE
DEVELOPMENT SPACE
DEVELOPMENT SPACE
DEVELOPMENT SPACE
SUSTAINABLE GROWTH PATTERN

20. THE GRAND THEATER DESIGN
Professional Project
Grand theater building design for Mongolian Autonomous
Prefecture of Bayingolin, XINJIANG
Time: 2013.9
The Concept of this project coms from the site location - an OASIS in the center of a desert. Just like a green gem laying
by the bank of swan river, we expect the theater to be an imporatant element of the river landsacpe, not only enhance the
river front activities, but also becomes a landmark of the whole area.
PLANS
GROUND FLOOR PLAN LEVEL 2 PLAN
A
LEVEL 2 PLAN LEVEL 2 PLAN
A
A-A SECTION
PROGRAM DIAGRAM
Commercial Entrance Theater Entrance
Theater(1450 Seats)
Multiple Purpose Room
Commercial
Service
Cinema
Dressing Room
Rehearsal Room
VIP Entrance
Service Entrance
Cinema Entrance
SECTION

21. PHOTOGRAPHY
Selected Works from 2016 to 2018
Grand Teton National Park and Yellow Stone National Park Grand Teton National Park / Yellow Stone National Park / Antelope Canyon

22. Grace Farms Izbit Khayrallah, Maspero Triangle and Slum in Egypt, Cairo

23. COVER PHOTOGRAPHED AT
THE BARNES FOUNDATION MUSEUM
(PHILADELPHIA)