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Working at the nexus of #design and #technology

Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Joined August 2011
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- ๐— ๐—˜๐—”๐—ก*/๐— ๐—˜๐—”๐—Ÿ* Websites launch! The cross-platform, adaptable, interactive websites, designed and developed in-house with the objective to the objective to showcase our projects ๐Ÿ”ต m-e-a-n.design ๐Ÿ”ด m-e-a-l.build Check it out on your ๐Ÿ–ฅ+๐Ÿ“ฑ
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MEAN* Middle East Architecture Network and Nagami on ArchDaily by Valeria Montjoy shorturl.at/fgKVY
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Le Mondeย D'Hermรจs Kioskย arrived in the Middle East with this quirky, sustainable pop-up we built in @d3dubai Dubai Design District. For #hermes, we created the pattern for the 3d printed panels with concepts of recycling, reuse, and communal gathering. Design: MEAN* Middle Ea
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๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐—–๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—™๐—œ๐—™๐—” ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—–๐˜‚๐—ฝ - ๐——๐—ผ๐—ต๐—ฎ (๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ) Video simulation of the clocktower faces. Client: โ€จFIFA World Cup + Brag @brag.world Design:โ€จ MEAN* Middle East A
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๐—–๐—ผ๐˜€๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€ ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ - ๐—”๐—น ๐—จ๐—น๐—ฎ (๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ) Take in the views at the rooftop of the house in its natural setting of Al Ula, Dadan Village. Terraces and balconies open toward the neighboring village buildings and the views, connecting
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๐—–๐—ผ๐˜€๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€ ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ - ๐—”๐—น ๐—จ๐—น๐—ฎ (๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ) โ€œ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜บ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜น๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๏ฟฝ
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๐—”. ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ & ๐—ฆรถ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐——๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ถ, ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ถ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น The material palette of the kiosk combines the raw texture of 3D printed concrete with the elegance of a matte black finish.
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๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ž๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿณ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—”๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ. - ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ (๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ) Looking toward the facade through the arched portals of the millwork. Client: โ€จThe Migrant K
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๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ž๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿณ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—”๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ. - ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ (๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ) Detail of the interlocking millwork. Client: โ€จThe Migrant Kitchen @themigrantkitchen Design:๏ฟฝ
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๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ž๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿณ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—”๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ. - ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ (๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ) Millwork close-up detail shot - looking up to the ceiling. Client: โ€จThe Migrant Kitchen @them
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๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ž๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿณ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—”๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ. - ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ (๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ) At the 157 Columbus restaurant, The design of The Migrant Kitchen location in the Upper West Side
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๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ž๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿณ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—”๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ. - ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ (๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ) The design of the restaurants makes the best use of the indoor/outdoor spaces by providing versat
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๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ž๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿณ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—”๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ. - ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ (๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ) At the 157 Columbus restaurant, The design of The Migrant Kitchen location in the Upper West Side
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๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€ - ๐—”๐—ฏ๐˜‚ ๐——๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ (๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿญ)โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹ โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹ Innovation and Sustainability โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹ โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹ Within the structure, we propose that each module is digitally fabr
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๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€ - ๐—”๐—ฏ๐˜‚ ๐——๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ (๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿญ) Innovation and Sustainability Within the structure, we propose that each module is digitally fabricated using sustainable methods that are fast and effective. We propose 3D printing the modules
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๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ž๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฏ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—”๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฒ - ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ (๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ) The Migrant Kitchen location at 1433 First Avenue in the Upper East Side utilizes a linear, si
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