BASMA EL BOUSSAKI

part I architecture portfolio

 hello!

My name is Basma El Boussaki and have recently graduated

with a First Class Honours degree in BA(Hons) Architecture at
Oxford Brookes University.

Presented here are a series of selected work from the past three
years at architecture school.

Thank you for taking the time to check out my work, please enjoy!
 year 3 semester 1 project the festive sanctuary
The Festive Sanctuary provides a space for the
Muslim majority refugee population to pray in Athens,
which is currently the only European capital that does
not have a government funded mosque.

Rhino + AutoCAD + Photoshop + Hand redering

The prayer space within the sanctuary is purposefully
exposed in the square to encourage inclusivity and
welcome people of all backgrounds to be a part of
this ritual, which the Muslim community observes five
times daily.

This project also seeks to collaborate with the City

Plaza, a hotel in Athens, which caters to refugees.
City Plaza and The Festive Sanctuary will host three
cookery classes each week, both for refugees and for
the wider public to participate in.

Inspired by the Iftar tradition of Ramadan, a cultural

feast will take place at The Festive Sanctuary every
Friday at sundown.
Rhino + V-ray
Rhino + AutoCAD + Photoshop + Hand redering

Rhino + AutoCAD + Photoshop + Hand redering

the empowerment facility year 3 semester 2 project

Over the course of the 20th century, questions about refugees, immigrants, and asylum seekers have been on top of the national
and international agendas of many developed and developing countries. This project focuses on youth refugees in Athens.
Nearly 40 percent of the new arrivals in Greece in 2016 were children, of whom 1,146 are registered as unaccompanied minors.
Provided with insufficient support by the sovereign due to the nation’s failing economic status, youth refugees haven fallen
victim to forced prostitution and drug abuse.

The Empowerment Facility is designed to provide psychological, medical and practical support for these youth refugees: from
offering free careers advice, to vaccinations, to accommodating safe housing for the most vulnerable.
This project hopes to raise awareness of this issue as well as becoming a beacon of empowerment and refuge for this
neglected community at the centre of this run-down capital.

Machinery used: bandsaw + lasercutter

Rhino + AutoCAD + Photoshop + Hand redering
the empowerment facility year 3 semester 2 project

Entirely photoshop

Rhino + AutoCAD + Photoshop + Hand redering

Catalyst Project - Therapy space for youth refugees in Athens suffering from forced prostitution whilst The Empower-
ment Facility is being constructed

Handrawn + Photoshop rendering

short section of the empowerment facility

Developing the understanding of the form and atmosphere within the Empowerment Facility
the empowerment facility judas tree entrance to facility
year 3 semester 2 project

Rhino + V-ray + Photoshop

mezzanine dining floor looking onto acropolis

Rhino + V-ray + AutoCAD + Photoshop

Rhino + V-ray + Photoshop

front elevation of the empowerment facility

the empowerment facility year 3 semester 2 project

exploded axonometric of the empowerment facility

Rhino + V-ray + Photoshop

Rhino + AutoCAD + Photoshop + Hand rendering

Mezzanine dining floor of the empowerment facility

photography + drawing the empowerment facility
Development sketch model of the Empowerment facility

Speculative drawing of the Empowerment facility and how it will sit on site

Drawing of Heygate Estate, London before demolition

Photograph taken at Victoria street, London

models
Concept model responding to architectural patterns and texture of site in Athens Model of the Naked House, Shigeru Ban (Year 1)

Development sketch model of the Festive Sanctuary nestled in Monastiraki Square

year 2 semester 2 project the brixyouth film club