Manchester School of Architecture Portfolio: My Artwork

I used pen and water in the first layer to shade the bricks and Arabic writing. On the second layer, I used water colours to give it an abstract composition

This picture was taken during my visit to Singapore. I was attracted to the shape of the windows contrasting the curved with the straight. I intensified the photo with image-editing software, making it more dynamic. I used acrylics for accuracy in this painting and to make it stand out

This picture was also taken during my visit to Singapore. I did this painting using acrylics and I stylized it to make it look more colourful and appealing than the original photograph

This is a dhow (old boat) that was and still used for fishing in Qatar. I linked it to Van Gogh’s style of painting because I liked his simple yet impressionable style of brushwork.

This is an Islamic vase, Kashkul, made of brass with engravings of Arabic writing. I used chalk and charcoal for the shading and tone. I also used white pencil for the engraved writing.

I used water colours to paint the bricks and the door. Then I used ink to give the picture a three-dimensional effect

 I found the 'desert rose' an interesting form to look at because of its complicated shape and structure. It is formed naturally and the process of it is just sand and salt water mixed and then evaporated. I used charcoal and pencil to make this drawing

Then I became inspired to make it into an architectural form. So I produced sculptures of the desert rose with foam boards glued together in random positions and covered it with sheets of plaster to make it more firm and stable

 I developed this structure further by adding more foam boards above the structure to give it a tower-like effect

 This is another sculpture I made of the desert rose but made it horizontal instead of vertical

       These hexagonal-prism igneous rocks were also formed naturally. The shape was similar to building columns which is a vital part in architecture today. I used black and white pencil. I also made sculptures of them

I first made an empty 3-6 centimeter hexagonal-prism with tall plastic boards and then poured plaster into them. Then I experimented with different methods of pouring the plaster, for example, adding rocks and plaster, adding sand in the plaster mixture, and putting different shapes of clay inside the boards 

Manchester School of Architecture Portfolio: Essay

I have chosen this course because I had the most experience in construction and painting of structures. Every day a modern and inspiring structure is being added to the Doha skyline and I want to add more skyscrapers and buildings for this country; hopefully around the world as well. Therefore, I need a university like Manchester School of Architecture to help me achieve this. Manchester School of Architecture can satisfy and expand my imagination and will help me experience a more developed approach to building structures. It will also help me express the way I would like to design buildings based on their surroundings and I will hopefully become familiar with the architectural technology used in modern day engineering. It will also help me gain the confidence, experience and the knowledge I need to have in order to become a successful architect.

I have visited many places in Qatar and the most interesting was the Museum of Islamic Arts, designed by an architect named Ieoh Ming Pei. The Museum of Islamic Arts is now one of the most visited museums in Qatar because of its distinct ‘edgy’ and sandy exterior which links outstandingly with the desert environment, its luxurious and spatial interior and cost-effective quantities of artifacts as well as sculptures of ancient Islam. There is a combination between traditional and modern architecture which gives the impression of an integrated structure.

My favourite types of architecture are modern architecture and organic architecture. Frank Lloyd Wright ,the person that displays both in his work, is a great architect and my role model. He designed hundreds of houses throughout his long and distinguished career and has inspired me through his work to progress in architecture and motivated me to begin this career in architecture. My favourite building is also one of his innovations, the Falling Water. It combined many different aspects of organic architecture, for example, the walls and floor which are made of uneven stone left in its natural state, which made it seem as though the house grew out of the landscape around it. This is one of the buildings I would dream to see up close, learn from, and experience in reality or even create something like it or better. 
Studying in Manchester will strengthen my job opportunities and will enable me to discover cutting edge architecture. I look forward to create and conceive buildings at your university. This is one of my main reasons to join this university at Manchester.