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Idrees Rasouli

Design and Urban Innovation


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  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
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  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

Lusail Marine
Pedestrian and Commerce Bridge Design





— Crossings Rooted in the Traditions of the Region —

Site Location.

Location Dynamics.


> Situated on the harbour of a newly formed town near the city of Doha, tow pedestrian and two commerce bridges are designed based on the synthesis of two structural types: a free-form shell canopy and a stress ribbon deck. The form shares an economy of material and is a dramatic expression of the structural forces at work resulting in a true fusion. The canopy is only 100mm thick at the apex whilst lifted at four evenly spaced points by saddles and supported by cables; the deck is just 200mm thick along its whole length.


Cultural References.
Structural References.


Initial Ideas.

Structural Concept.

Pedestrian Bridge Roof Plan.

Pedestrian Bridge Plan.

Pedestrian Bridge Elevation.

View from Harbour.

View from Road.
Interior View.
View from Harbour

Aerial View (Night).
View from Harbour (Night).

Commerce Bridge Roof Plan.

Commerce Bridge Plan.

Commerce Bridge Elevation.

View from Harbour.

View from Road.
Interior View.

Aerial View (Night).
View from River (Night).


Organisation + [Credits]
Ramboll Group, [Ramboll]
Role + [Team Size]
Design Lead, [8]
Date + [Duration of Involvement]
2009, [2 months]
Client + [Project Location]
Lusail Development Company, [Doha, Qatar]
Status + [Project Type]
Competition, [Design Concept]
Brief + [Challenge]
Crossings that Integrates Leisure and Commerce,
[Incorporating Local Practices in a Modern Setting]


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