portfolio of works | hadi madwar
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Collection of works completed at McGill SoA 2009-2013TRANSCRIPT
Center of Fine Arts | The Memory Organ | Tribute to Aleppo 2063 | Floating City, Inverted City
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PORTFOLIO CONTENTS
Center of Fine Arts for McGill University
Floating City, Inverted City
Tribute to Aleppo 2050*completed with Julia Chang
The Memory Organ*completed with Jack Bian
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McGill University School of Architecture | BSc Architecture | Montreal, Quebec | 2009 - 2013Marianopolis College | Pure and Applied Science | Montreal, Quebec | 2009Kells Academy | Montreal, Quebec | 2005 - 2007Damascus Community School | Damascus, Syria | 1994-2009
Avi Friedman Consultants | June - August 2012Professor Abraham FriedmanConvertible Housing for Sept-Iles | co-author of research preceeding housing proposal
Estudio Nomada | Barcelona, Spain | May - July 2011 Arnout Krediet, Iris Tonies, Kirsten Campbellassistant and artistic apprentice
LANGUAGES
Atelier Hani Moncef | Damascus, Syria | July - August 2009 Hani Moncefassistant
Fluent in English | Fluent in Arabic | Basic command of French
Arab Development Initiative | Montreal, Quebec | 2012 - 2013Dina al-Qaysi, Amina Samy, Nena AlvarengaMontreal Envision Arabia Summit 2012 | stage design coordinator New York City Envision Arabia Summit 2013 | summit organizer, speakers selection committee, stage design coordinator
Habitat for Humanity | Damascus, Syria | 2007 - 2009 Ewan Crouch chapter president and active member
International Conference on Geometry and Graphics (ICGG) 2012 | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | August 2013Professor Aaron Sprecher, Professor Paul Zsombor-MurrayICGG 2012 Montreal | Operations coordinator + technical support team
SURE Summer Undergraduate Research in Engineering (Architecture) | McGill University, Montreal, Quebec | May - September 2013Professor Ipek TüreliBuilding Architectural Networks: Missionary Schools in the Eastern Mediterranean | researcher
WORK EXPERIENCE
EDUCATION
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CONTACT INFORMATION
COMPETITIONS
Artists’ Housing in Boka | Boka, Herzegovina | May - July 2012with Jack Bian
1536 Avenue SummerhillH3H1B9Montreal, Quebec , CANADA
eVolo 2013 | Montreal, Quebec | January 2012with Jack Bian
Lyceum | Montreal, Quebec | February - March 2013
Canadian Centre of Architecture Charrette | Montreal, Quebec | February 2013with Caroline Voyer + Stephanie Vallieres + Robert Rabie + Paule Viau Hetu
Think Space | Zagreb, Croatia | May- July 2012with Mona al-Jadir
Digital Modeling | Rhinoceros, Grasshopper
Post-Processing | Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesignDrafting | Rhinoceros, AutoCAD
Rendering | Vray for Rhinoceros, Adobe PhotoshopAdvanced Physical Modeling | Laser cutting, 3D printing GIS Mapping | ArcMap
SKILLS
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(T) project axonometric
| Center of Fine Arts at McGill University
completed independentlyProfessor Pierina Saia
The proposed project for a Center of Fine Arts at McGill University derives from the planar projection
of building-street alignments onto the site located at the intersection of Peel Street and Sherbrooke Street.
It is moreover an extension to the adjacent Bron-fman Building belonging to the Desautels Faculty of
Managment. The resultant pattern formed by projec-tions - at times rationalized, at times not - comprises
the basis of a logic of formalism and transparency which articulates a programmatic procession weaving
through spaces dedicated to the storage, viewing, and production of fine art. This procession is topographical
in nature, hence emphasizing itself as an encapsu-lated concentration of the urban landscape set in an
envelope of concrete and translucent glass.
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(R) project site
(R) planar projections
(R) rationalized sequence
(R) conceptual model
(R) transparency simulation
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(T) process diagram
(1) rationalized grid (2) site perspective (3) transparent curtain wall (4) transparency sequence
(5) perforated concrete envelope
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(3) exhibition space (4) archival space
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(T) exterior perspective
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(T) interior perspective
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(T) presentation model
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1 Archives2 Lecture hall3 Exit ramp from Archives
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2 5 10 m1 Exhibition space2 Administration
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sectional perspective
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1 Workspaces2 Ramp to exhibition walls3 Corridor to Bronfman building
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(T) sherbrooke street elevation
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The Memory Organ is a data archive, programmati-cally dedicated to the recollection, storage, retrieval, reconstruction, and representation of public memory. Unlike the traditional bank and/or museum of a comparable program, its wealth is virtual. Unlike the conventional data server, it is not concealed from the public eye. On the contrary, The Memory Organ celebrates the success of the Information Age and - as such - embraces the ever increasing centrality of data to contemporary culture.
| The Memory Organ
completed with Jack BianProfessor Martin Bressani and Professor Aaron Sprecher
(T) rendered exterior perspective
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(T) photographic analysis of site(l) terranian atmosphere (r) subterranean atmosphere
The Memory Organ | completed with Jack Bian | Professor Martin Bressani and Professor Aaron Sprecher17
(T) three dimensional reconstruction of site atmospheres(l) anterior (r) posterior
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(T) Axonometric view of architectural intervention
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(l) digital archive (r) exhibition ramp(T) Interior perspectives
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(T) exterior perspectives(l) city square (r) exhibition ramp
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2 5 10 m
1 Plaza2 Reception area3 Exit from Mt. Royal metro station
(T) Plan +06.5 m
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2 5 10 m
1 Waiting area2 3D scanners3 Memory capsules4 Entrance to exhibition ramp
(T) Plan +33.7 m
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1 Exhibition ramp2 Bottom entrance to digital archives
(T) Plan E +100.5 m
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1 Library2 Upper entrance to digital archives 3 Exit ramp from The Organ
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Metal gratingTrapezoidal section ribbed metal sheetingI-Beam 100 mm deep 140 mm channel (forms drainage channel)10 mm steel sheet bracket2 x 50/7 steel flat ETFE membrane50 mm dia. steel galvanized handrail Curved I-beam IPE 20040 mm steel tension cable Diagonal steel bracing
10 mm aluminum extrusion40 mm diameter tensile steel cable Bird netting fixingContinuous flat along the external side of the spiral rampBolted ETFE extrusionDouble ETFE sheeting80 mm steel cap to hide 50 mm opening for steel tension cables puncturing the spiral rampBolted connection for ETFE joint to the side surface of the spiral ramp
Vertical support arm connected to hidden metal gasket bolted to curved I-beamSound-absorbing element, part-perforated sheet aluminum filled with insulation1
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A series of architectural interventions is derived from the reconstructed narrative of the Kurdiyeh family of
Aleppo, Syria, forced into hiding in 2013 to escape the atrocities of civil warfare. These interventions are set within the rebuilt half of their destroyed apartment building - envisioned in 2063 to be the last remaining
pre-war structure in their respective neighborhood. The physical reconstruction and chronicled decon-struction of their experience is approached through
a series of material treatments that emphasize casting as a process of both preserving and narrating
memory. In fifty years’ time, The Kurdiyeh’s home will become a defining landmark of a city undergoing
physical and psychological rehabilitation and will stand as a universal symbol of courage, resilience,
and public reconciliation.
| House by Memory: Tribute to Aleppo 2063
completed with Julia ChangProfessor Ipek Tureli and Professor Sinisha Brdar
(t) conceptual rendering
reconstructed house
restored house
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(R) client
the war will end within a few years
the neighborhood completely destroyedbut they will remain
whomever they knewwhomever had survived
at least partially, would have escaped
but in fifty years, the city will be repopulated
and they will be joinedby those of different memories
of other visions,of other dreams
what was once a place of tragedybecomes a space of spectacle
and the war story was not just their ownbut all of ours
disconnected from the war
and from the city it had destroyedtheir house is that remains
to tell of the past
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(T) Site analysis
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(1) exit (2) ascent (3) confrontation (4) look out (5) perforation (6) descent (7) hideout
(T) axonometric of architectural deconstruction
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Since their escape, the house has been occupied by snipers.
“I don’t want to send my children out. I dream every night that someone will kill
them”
“They came into the apartment and told us to leave`ìmmedi-ately’. We didn`t know who they were, they didn`t know us either - but they didn`t kill us. But they took our home as if it nothing to us.”
“The strikes were all around us. We just ran out with nothing. We just ran and ran until we got down here. The shrapnel was falling all over.....For a month we have been here, this is like a prison. When the bombs fall, we choke”
“We are poor, but proud. I will not go anywhere else: we will not be at the mercy of others. I send my son to scrape some money and buy us food. Otherwise, we will stay here until it is safe to go back home” The hideout used to be a carpenter’s workshop. Amongst the family’s belongings are chair parts.
“This place is a grave.”
“All of our neighbours left. We have not heard from some of them and others have been killed. The owner of this shop is a distant relative. He escap across the border to Turkey.
One of them could have been the son of our neighbors. Ever since they came, he has become one of them. He wore a mask so that we could not recognize him. I suspect he felt bad having done that.
“Only they [pointing at her parents] want to stay here. I just want to be able to feel the sun again. I want to go to Sweden. My friend went years ago and told me that she was very happy there.
“The regime promises us money and the fighters promise us protextion. So far, no one seems to show any concern for us. The government sol-diers kills us, the fighters do not help us. We are on our own.
“We are at the dangerous frontier between rebel occu-pied and government con-trolled sections of Aleppo. We have come here to speak to the Kurdiye family whom for the past three months have been hiding in a cellar underground. We have not disclosed any factual in-formation out of concern for the family’s security.
One enters their hideout by traveling down a staircase. The only way to navigate the staircase is through the aid of a flashlight.
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(T) material examination of glass facade
(T) scale model of restored and reconstructed house
(T) material examination of bullet-light shaft
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(T) material examination of latex cast
(T) material examination of concrete cast
(T) transfer mold
(T) inverse mold
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(L) rendered interior perspective
Though only open to the public from 06.00 to 22.00, the foodcourts of Montreal’s underground city are
constantly consuming light energy and producing solid wastes. They are untapped ecosystems in their own
right. Simultaneously, they are sociallty forbidding en-vironments, excluding a heterogenuous floating popu-lation of students, migrants, beggars, and commuters highly dependant on the use of its facilities. Through
the mapping of the social and functional operations of the Eaton Center foodcourt - the largest in Montre-
al - this project proposes the installation of a second ¨inverted¨ city running throughout the underground
network in an attempt at achieveing an overall social and energetic balance.
| Floating City, Inverted City
completed independentlyProfessor Ipek Türeli
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131,279 students totalThe underground foodcourts directly and/or indirectly feed into the campuses of McGill University, the Uni-versity of Quebec, and Concordia university. Many tend to socialize in these spaces, often pursuing other-wise controversial interactions. Pictured is an adoles-cent same-sex couple.
7,500,000 travellers per dayFor newcomers and travelers to the city, the under-ground foodcourts are landmark locations. Pictured is a recent immigrant from southeast Asia awaiting the ar-rival of a friend to assist him with legal documentation.
30,822 homeless totalMontreal’s homeless are banned from the underground city. As such, they are concentrated throughout various points in the immediate periphery of the food courts (usually in the metro stations).
1,111,700 commuters per dayThe metro trains arrive every 8.6 minutes. 95 exits feed into the underground city. Circulation is primarily facilitated through the metro network and pedestrian thoroughfares.
500,000 + conversers per dayFor newcomers and travelers to the city, the under-ground foodcourts are landmark locations. Conversing is their main social activity. Hence conversations were recorded and mapped.
x,000 custodians (cleaners + security)Cleaners and secuirty officers maintain consistent sureveillence over floaters and conversers - escorting them out of the mall whenever necessary.
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“floaters”
9,273,8019,273,8019,273,8019,273,801
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9,273,8019,273,8019,273,801
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(R) underground city map
surveilled hours/intervention/food courts
eaton centeroperating hours: 06.00 - 22.00
capacity: 2000 persons
(R) intervention map
surveilled hours/intervention/food courtscleaning cyclessecurity presencestore operationssources of conversersavailability of foodcirculation
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(T) operations frequency map
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surveilled hourscleaning operationsstore operationsrecorded conversationscirculation intervalssound levels