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C O N T E N T S

[alfarab]CITY thesis

conceptual model | drawing | model

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This project utilizes the nature of a city as a cyborg machine which contrasts with the complexity of the human sys-tem. Drawing collages and conceptual models were inspired from the idea of a human as a landscape as well as using the political philosophy of Al-Farabi. Cy-IVYN�HZ�HU�HY[PÄJPHS�^VYK�[OH[�JVTIPULZ�the words Cybernetic and Organism. It is ‘a person whose physical tolerances or capabilities are extend beyond normal human limitation by a machine or other L_[LYUHS�HNLUJ`�[OH[�TVKPÄLZ�[OL�IVK`»Z�functioning: an integrated man-machine system. This project would evolve into a inhabited city that is vital, self-sup-porting, independent and owned by its inhabitants. A cyborg or biomorphic device[city] that ultimately enhances and exaggerates our ability to input sensory information from the environment and/or increase its dynamic range.

ĚŤć �ĚŭŻİŨ �Ěőżėň �ŏŴĴĽũŤē �ēĲű �ŧİĭĝĹŻŴ�ŧĔōŭŤē �İżŝőĜ �ŒŨ �ņŜĔŭĝŻ �źĲŤē �œĳŵėŻĔĸ�źĴŻŵŁĝŤē�ŮřŤē�Ūĸĳ�ęĔĨŵĝĹŨ�ĞŬĔŠ��źĴĽėŤē�ůĳĔėĝŐĔĖ �ūĔĹŬǞē�ęĴšŘ�ŮŨ�ĚżũżűĔřŨ�ģıĔũŬ�Ŵ�ŮŨ �ĚżĸĔżĸ �ĚřĹťŘ �ŮŐ �Ŵ �ĚżőżėŉŤē �ĴŌĔŭũŤē�

ŽĖēĳĔřŤē�ŒũĥĜ�ŽĝŤē�ĚżŐĔŭŉŀǘē�ĚũťŠ�ĔűĳĔėĝŐĔĖ�œĳŵėŻĔĸ�łĭĽŤē �´ �ĔŲŬē ��ŽĩŤē �Ŵ �ŽŘĴőŨ�ěĔũťšŤē �ŮżĖ�źįĔőŤē �ūĔĹŬǞē �įŴİĨ�ģĳĔĬ �ųőżĸŵĜ �ŪĝŻ �źĲŤē�ţİőŻ �ūĊĖ �ŶĴĬĉ �ĚżĤĳĔĬ �ĚŤĔŠŴ �Ŵĉ �ĚŤć �ĚŉĸēŵĖ�ŽšŤ�ĚżŬİėŤē�ųĜēĳİŜ�Ŵ�ŦũĩĝŤē�ŽŘ�ŪĹĥŤē�ŦũŐ��ūĊļ�ŮŨŴ��ŦŨĔšĝŨ�ĚŤǚēŴ�ūĔĹŬǘē�ŧĔōŬ�ūŵšŻ�ĚŤŵűĊŨ �ĚŭŻİŨ �ŹŤč �ĳŵŉĝĝżĸ � �ŏŴĴĽũŤē �ēĲű�ȕ �ŦŝĝĹŨŴ �ŪŐį �ĺřŭŤēŴ �ȕ �ĚŻŵżĨ �ĴėĝőĜ �ŽĝŤē�Ŵĉ�œĳŵėŻĔĸ�ūŵšĜ��ĔŲŬĔšĸ�ŦėŜ�ŮŨ�ĚŠŵťũŨ�Ŵ�ŖŤĔėŻ�Ŵ�ŗĔŉũŤē�ĚŻĔŲŬ�ŽŘ�ĵĶőŻ�ūĉ�Ŵ�ŽŤǚ�ĵĔŲĤ�ĚđżėŤē�ŮŨ�ĚżĹĩŤē�ěĔŨŵťőũŤē�ţĔĬįč�ŹťŐ�ĔŭĜĳİŜ�

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Held under the royal patronage of Her Highness Sheikha Manal bint Moham-med bin Rashid Al Maktoum, President of Dubai Women Establishment, wife of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Za-yed Al Nayhan, Deputy Prime Minister HUK�4PUPZ[LY�VM�7YLZPKLU[PHS�(ќHPYZ��<(,��The Sheikha Manal Young Artist Award supports, recognizes and promotes tal-LU[LK� PUKP]PK\HSZ�VM�<(,�IV[O�UH[PVUHSZ�and residents who have demonstrated exceptional artistic promise.The competition aims to enrich the lo-cal cultural environment by providing opportunities of creative expression and thereby contributing to the artistic move-TLU[�PU�[OL�<(,��

The award is juried by a distinguished panel of industry professionals and sen-ior practicing artists. All entries are sub-mitted online and 50 art works are short SPZ[LK�MVY�[OL�L_OPIP[PVU�HUK�ÄUHS�Q\KNPUN�process followed by the declaration of the winners at the Gala Awards Night ceremony.

;VKH �̀�;OL�:OLPROH�4HUHS»Z�@V\UN�(Y[-PZ[�(^HYK�OHZ�LTLYNLK�HZ�<(,»Z�TVZ[�important award competition for young emerging artists.

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This aspect of revival or re-purposing in H�̂ H`�YLÅLJ[Z�IHJR�[V�OV^�KPќLYLU[�ZVJP-eties re-appropriate the artifacts of older cultures in new and creative ways. In es-ZLUJL�[OL�WYPU[LY�^HZ�[YHUZÄN\YLK�[V�HU�object expressing architectural aspects and ideas, a sculpture to a tower or even to a city with a series of spaces. The transformation and redeployment of a single use printer to an alternative use of values that is associated with an archi-tectonic phenomenon exhibiting ideas of formation and performance RE-pur-posed what was intended by the origi-nal tool maker. The beauty of the model will result from the form and the corre-spondence of the whole, with respect to the several parts and to the parts with regard to each other, where each ele-ment compliments the other and all are necessary to compose what is intended [V� MVYT��,ZZLU[PHSS �̀� PM�L]LY`[OPUN�Ä[Z�[V-gether, everything has a purpose.

The following piece was one of the 50 short-listed pieces in the sheikha Manal award out of thousands applicants from [OL�<(,�

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short-listed piece

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(� ZJYHW� WYPU[LY� ^HZ� [YHUZÄN\YLK� [V� HU�object expressing architectural aspects and ideas, a sculpture to a tower or even to a city with a series of spaces. The transformation and redeployment of a single use printer to an alternative use of values that is associated with an architectonic phenomenon. The beauty of the model will result from the form and the correspondence of the whole, with respect to the several parts and to the parts with regard to each other, where each element compliments the other and all are necessary to compose what is intended to form.

ĘŬēŵĥŤē�ŮŐ�ĔĖĴőŨ�ŮĐĔŠ�ŹŤč�ęįĴĭŤē�ĚőĖĔň�ŹťĥĜ�ŹĝĨ�Ŵĉ�ģĴĖ�Ŵĉ�ĞĩŭŤē�ŹŤč�ȕ�ĚŻĳĔũőũŤē�ĳĔšŘǜē�Ŵ�ţŵĩĝŤē ��ěĔĨĔĹŨ �ŮŨ �ĚťĹťĹĖ �ĚŭŻİŨ �ŹŤč�İĨēŴ �ŃĴŕŤ �ŧİĭĝĹĜ �ĚőĖĔň �ĴĽŬ �ęįĔŐč �Ŵ�ŒŨ �ŊėĜĴĜ �ŽĝŤē �ŪżŝŤē �ŮŨ �ŦŻİĖ �ŧēİĭĝĸǘ�ĵēĴň�ŮŨ��ģıŵũŭŤē�ţĔũĤ�ūĎŘ��ĚŻĳĔũőŨ�ęĴűĔŌ�ĔũżŘ�ȕŧŵũőŤē�ŮŨ�ěǙĸēĴũŤē�Ŵ�Ŧšļ�ŮŐ�ŪĥŭŻ�ĔŲŅőĖ �ŞťőĝĜ �ĆēĶĤǜē �Ŵ �ĆēĶĤĉ �ęİŐ �ŮŨ �ūŵšĝŻ�ĔŲťŠ �Ŵ �ĴĬǚē �ŦũšĜ �ĴŁŭŐ �ŦŠ �ĢżĨ �ȕņőėŤē�

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model detail

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model detail

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;OL�WYPU[LY�^HZ� [YHUZÄN\YLK� [V�HS[LYUH-tive uses that is associated with an ar-chitectonic phenomenon. These images were altered in way with cyborgs and humans to get a sense of space withing the city.

ęİĨēŴ�ęĴŨ�ŧİĭĝĹĜ�ĚőĖĔň�ĴĽŬ�ęįĔŐč�Ŵ�ţŵĩĝŤē�ęĴűĔŌ�ŒŨ�ŊėĜĴĜ�ŽĝŤē�ŪżŝŤē�ŮŨ�ŦŻİĖ�ŧēİĭĝĸǘ�ŒńŴ�ŞŻĴň�ŮŐ�ĳŵŁŤē�ůĲű�ĴżżŕĜ�ŪĜ��ĚŻĳĔũőŨ�ŦĬēį��ĳŵőĽŤē�ŹťŐ�ţŵŁĩťŤ�ĴĽėŤēŴ�ģĳŵėżĹŤē�

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imagined view within the centre of the city.

means of transformation within the city

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housing units showing that they would be placed high up looking down

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image showing how the city is to be layered

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Image shows how the cyborgs and the machine (the city) as well as the auto-mobile would coexist in one entity.

C O E X I S T E N C E

This was imagined as power source of the city due to the power of this image.

P O W E R S O U R C E

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This drawing utilizes the Farabi philo-sophical views on a virtuous city and [OL�PKLH�VM�ÄYZ[�KPTLUZPVU��>OLYL�H[�[OL�bottom is the red circle representing the [heart] A perfect or a virtuous city was com-pared by Al-Farabi to a perfect and OLHS[O`� IVK`� ^OVZL� VYNHUZ� KPќLYLK� PU�their natural functions. The heart is the THZ[LY� VYNHU� HUK� PZ� PU� [OL� ÄYZ[� YHUR��while the lower organs or in the second rank [the linear elements of the draw-ing], functions according to the aim of WLYMLJ[PUN� [OL� ÄYZ[� YHUR"� HUK� [OL� SV^LY�organs being served by much lower or-gans perform their functions for the per-fection of the second rank.

ĴōŬ �ěĔŲĤŴ �ŦżťĩĝŤ �ŪĸĴŤē �ēĲű �ŧİĭĝĹŻŴ�ęĴšŘŴ�ĚťńĔřŤē�ĚŭŻİũŤē�ŹťŐ�ĚżřĹťřŤē��ŽĖēĳĔřŤē�ĆēĴũĨ�ęĴĐēį �ŵű�Ŧřĸē�ŽŘ�ĢżĨ�� ţŴǜē �İőėŤē�

ĘťŝŤē@�ŦġũĜ@�ŪĹĥŤĔĖ �ĚŲżėļª �ƸŘ �ȕĚťńĔřŤē �ĚŭŻİũŤē �ĔŨĉ�ŞżŝĩĝŤ �ůċĔŅŐĉ �ūŴĔőĝĜ �źĲŤē �ȕŧĔĝŤē �ŦŨĔšŤē�ŚťĝĭŨª �ūē �ĔũŠŴ �ȕ©ĔŲżťŐ �ĚōŘĔĩũŤēŴ �ęĔżĩŤē�ȕņőėŤ �ĔŲŅőĖ �Ę ǁĜĴŨ �İĨēŵŤē �ŪĹĥŤē �ĆēĶĤĉ�ĘĥŻ�ŢŤĲŠ�ȕĘťŝŤē �ŵű�ȕİĨēŴ�ĺżĐĴŤ �ŒŅĭĜŴ�ĘťŝŤēª�ūē�ĔũŠŴ��©ĚŭŻİũŤē �ŽŘ�ţĔĩŤē �ūŵšĜ�ūĉ�ū ǁŵšĝĜ�ŪĠ�ŮŨŴ�ȕŪĹĥŤē�ŽŘ�ū ǁŵšĝŻ�ĔŨ�ţŴĉ�ŵű�>ŪĸĴŤē �ŮŨ �ĚżŉĭŤē �ĴŀĔŭőŤē@ �ĆĔŅŐǜē �ĚżŝĖ�

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conceptual sketch of the city. courtesy to Professor Mohammed Bilbeisi

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Future virtuous cities exhibit their na-ture as amalgams of built environments and specialized people. This interaction is what constitutes the daily rituals and transforms our colonies as human be-ings into memorials to our struggles, successes, failures and glory. Designed cities…their origin, birthplace, form, KLZPNULYZ� HUK� I\PSKLYZ�� \Z\HSS`� YLÅLJ[�that and try to conform to cosmic rules and ideals. In general, cities are formal clusters that maintain a certain concen-tration of power and culture. They tend to be large, dense and exhibit physical circumscription of materiality and sym-bolic living.Note that wealth is equally distributed among the inhabitants in a virtuous set-ting and there is a strong reliance on symbolism to record to maintain the JP[`»Z� SPULHNL�� OPZ[VY`� HUK� HѝYT� P[Z� PT-portance and path towards the future.

The site for this massive visionary devel-opment is a space between two steep surfaces, a gorge in the southern part of the state of Arizona [hot and dry]. It is almost halfway between two major met-ropolitan areas that are connected via a high speed Maglev system and a 14 m four lane highway. You may intercept these two elements and take advantage of them through integration. However, you may not terminate them or com-promise their integrity. Determine the exact location and arrangement of these transportation lanes on your site.

T H E P R O P S A L[ C O L L A G E ]

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Humans are to be perceived as a living and breathing landscape. A landscape of interaction, movement, comfort and KPZJVTMVY[�� :PTWSL� Z[YPWZ� VM� KPќLYLU[�sizes were mapped over these humans landscapes in attempt of trying to map and understand their surfaces before challenging their complex systems

ĚżőżėŉťŤ �ĴŌĔŭŨ �ŪŲŬĉ �ŹťŐ �ŪŲżŤč �ĴōŭŻ �ĴĽėŤē�Ŵ �ĚŠĴĩŤēŴ �ŦŐĔřĝťŤ �ĴōŭŨ �� ĺřŭĝŤē �Ŵ �ĚżĩŤē�ŮŨ�ĚŉżĹĖ�ŊĐēĴļ�ŮżżőĜ�ŪĜ��ģĔŐĶŬǘēŴ�ĚĨēĴŤē�ĚżőżėŉŤē �ĴŌĔŭũŤē �ůĲű �ŹťŐ �ŧĔĥĨǜē �ŚťĝĭŨ�ĚŉŻĴĭŤē �ŒńŵŤ �ĚŤŴĔĩŨ�ŮŨ�ĚŤŴĔĩŨ�ŽŘ�ĴĽėŤē�ęİŝőũŤē�ĔŲĝũōŬĉ�źİĩĜ�ŦėŜ�ĔŲĨŵŉĸ�ŪŲŘŴ

Human body as landscapeŃĳǙŠ�źĴĽėŤē�ŪĹĥŤē

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Conceiving the human surface as the mere perspective of a site. Its undula-tions needed to be understood as a TLHU�VM�JVTWYLOLUKPUN�P[Z�ÄYZ[�SH`LY�VM�systems, its topography. Due to the dynamic and mobile nature of the human landscape, the strip units Z[HY[LK�[V�MVYT\SH[L�P[ZLSM�PU�THU`�KPќLY-LU[�JVUÄN\YH[PVUZ�PU�VYKLY�[V�HKHW[�^P[O�that mobile sub-hybrid body. as the strip units dispense the landscape they start to embody a nature of their own as they no longer become entities of mapping but rather unit hybrids that an span onto [OL� V[OLY� JSPќ�� YV[H[L� HUK� TV]L� ^P[OPU�space and capture space along vari-ous entities thus: escaping the human landscape

ĴōŬ �ĚŲĤ �įĴĥŨ �ůĳĔėĝŐĔĖ �źĴĽėŤē �Īŉĸ �ĳŵŁĜ�ŪŲřĜ �ūĉ �ŹŤč �ģĔĝĩĜ �ŽĝŤē �ěĔĤŵũĝŤē ��ŒŜŵũŤē�Ŵ �ŪōŭŤē �ŮŨ �Ěŝėň �ţŴĉ �ŪŲŘ �ţ �ĚťżĸŵŠ�

ĔŲĹŻĳĔŅĜ��İŲĽũťŤ �ĚŠĴĩĝŨŴ �ĚżšżŨĔŭŻį �ĚőżėŉŤ �ēĴōŬŴ�ĔŲĹřŬ�ĚŔĔżŁŤ�ŊŻĴĽŤē�ěēİĨŴ�ěĉİĖ�ȕ�źĴĽėŤē�ŚżšĝŤē�ŦĤĉ�ŮŨ�ĚřťĝĭŨ�ěĔŭŻŵšĜ�ŮŨ�İŻİőŤē�ŽŘ�ĔũĖŴ��ţŵũĩũŤē�ŮżĥŲŤē�ĚżŐĴřŤē�ĚđżŲŤē�ŢťĜ�ŒŨ�ŒŜŵũŤē�ŮŐ�ĆĔŭŕĝĸǘē�ěēİĖ�ŊŻĴĽŤē�ěēİĨŴ�ūĉ�ĔŲŬĉ�ĔũŠ�ŪŲĖ�ĚŀĔĬ�Ěőżėň�İĹĥĝŤ�ĚŻēİĖ�ūŵšĝŤ�ĚŭżĥŲŤē�ŦĖ�ŊĐēĴĭŤē�Ūĸĳ�ěĔŬĔżŠ�ĪėŁĜ�İőĜ�ŪŤ�Ŵ �ĕŴĔŭĜŴ �ȕ �ŮŻĴĬǚē �ŗĴĤ�ŹťŐ�İĝũĜ �ūĉ �ęİĨŴ�ņėŝŤē �ěĔŘĔĹŨŴ �ěĔĨĔĹŨ �ŦĬēį �şĴĩĝŤē��ŽŤĔĝŤē�ŵĩŭŤē�ŹťŐ�ĚřťĝĭũŤē�ěĔŬĔżšŤē�ţŵň�ŹťŐ�

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Perspective view from the top of the housing cliff overlooking the centre of the city.

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[alfarab]CITYPERSPECTIVE

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Perspective view from the heart of the city looking back up at the housing units.

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[alfarab]CITYPHYSICAL MODEL

Model 1:800 scale of the whole city showing how the landscape was perceived from the human using card-IVHYK�J\[�H[�KPќLYLU[S`�MVY�L]LY`�JVU[V\Y��YL^VYRPUN�[V�the physicality of the city [MACHINE]

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[alfarab]CITYPHYSICAL MODEL

The brain [the operating module] was priecved as the entity that would control the city, hence its position is high up overlooking the city and driving everything below.

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