Idrees Rasouli

Design and Urban Innovation


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Projects
  1. SSE HQ
  2. Tate II
  3. Jebel al-Jais
  4. CCTV HQ
  5. Qatar Library
  6. The C
  7. Rotana
  8. Aspire Zone
  9. Eton Finish Line
  10. Hucknall Links
  11. Inner Harbour
  12. Lusail Marine
  13. River Soar


Research
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  1. GATEway 2030
  2. Child’s Playground
  3. World of Hope
  4. Ford Autonomous
  5. Peace Garden
  6. Celebrating Life
  7. Mangai
  8. Ghost
  9. Seoul Social Software
  10. Tokyo Social Software
  11. Microkinetics
  12. Beyond Grey
  13. Future Mill Road
  14. Digital Preparation
  15. Decolonised Innovation


Start-ups
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  1. Qaf 1.0
  2. Sealeaf 1.0
  3. Create Cambridge


Teaching
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  1. Artefacts
  2. Healthy Cities
  3. Future of Work
  4. Urban Interventions
  5. Care & Resilience
  6. Smart Workplace
  7. Design Ethics
  8. Critical Thinking + Doing
  9. Urban Justice
  10. Urban Innovation


Pedagogy
Education/Scholarship
  1. Rethinking Creativity
  2. Repositioning the Art School
  3. Multi-course Structure
  4. Cross-cultural Pedagogy & Practice


Publications
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  1. Post-Disaster Social Regeneration
  2. Disaster Recovery by Design
  3. Human-Connected Leadership
  4. Decolonised Innovation
  5. Rethinking Urban Partnership
  6. Designing Under Extreme Resource Constraints


Presentations
Talks/Workshops
  1. The Architecture of Money
  2. The Six Realities
  3. Reduced Inequalities
  4. Resilience Through Design
  5. Is the Future Inclusive?
  6. The Thinking City
  7. AI and Creativity
  8. Technology for Social Good
  9. Tradition vs. Innovation
  10. Rethinking Civic Engagement



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Mark

Eton Finish Line
Pedestrian and Vehicle Bridge Design





— A Rowing Lake Bridge for the 2012 Olympics Venue —

Site Location.

Location Dynamics.


> A structure with a 52m span, features two slender curved steel box girders. The box girders are interconnected with a series of steel plate cross beams which act compositely with the concrete deck. It brings the facilities up to the latest design standards and has helped to keep the venue at the forefront of hosting international events and encourage grass roots participation.


Sketch Plan.
Sketch Elevation.


Site Plan.


Foundation Plan.

Bridge Plan.


Elevation.

Section.

Fabrication Details.
Box Girder.

Fabrication.


Profile.

Positioning the Bridge.
Side View.


Organisation + [Credits]
Ramboll Group, [Ramboll]

Role + [Team Size]
Design Lead, [10]

Date + [Duration of Involvement]
2009-10, [9 months]

Client + [Project Location]
2012 London Olympic Authority, [Eton, UK]

Status + [Project Type]
Built, [Design Concept, Detail & Production]

Brief + [Challenge]
Intervening with Nature with Less Visual Impact,
[Aspirational and Distinctive to the Venue]



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