The Bouazizi Opportunity Center is a net-positive energy powerhouse that provides resources for creative skill development, as well as a local and digital marketplace to directly sell goods and services. Located between a busy airport highway and a residential neighborhood, the design addresses two disparate scales with an oversized photovoltaic super-roof and a series of smaller scaled pavilions.

This design project was completed in 2021 by Bryan Samuel and Francisco Hernandez, with guidance from Professor Scott Murray.

UIUC Graduate Design Award - 1st Place
AIA Student Design Award - Nomination

A woman looking at a solar panel covered roof through an oculus
A woman looking at a solar panel covered roof through an oculus
A woman looking out from a balcony at a large plaza underneath a triangulated concrete roof
A woman looking out from a balcony at a large plaza underneath a triangulated concrete roof
A woman walking down an outdoor path under a triangulated concrete roof
A woman walking down an outdoor path under a triangulated concrete roof
A photo of a child looking through an airplane window at a giant solar roof
A photo of a child looking through an airplane window at a giant solar roof
a motorcycle rider riding down a road with a large building in the background.
a motorcycle rider riding down a road with a large building in the background.

Neighborhood Entry

The BOC as viewed from the highway

The BOC as viewed from an airplane window

The oculus as viewed from the balcony

The Oculus

Prayer Room

A man praying in a solemn space
A man praying in a solemn space

Super-Roof Concept Animation

an architectural sketch
an architectural sketch
A site context diagram
A site context diagram
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A site sun and climate analysis diagram
A site sun and climate analysis diagram
An axonometric drawing of a solar panel covered roof
An axonometric drawing of a solar panel covered roof
A section drawing with a grasshopper script
A section drawing with a grasshopper script
A series of white clay images investigating different roof structures
A series of white clay images investigating different roof structures
An elevation and wall section drawing of a building
An elevation and wall section drawing of a building
an architectural sketch
an architectural sketch
an architectural sketch
an architectural sketch
an architectural sketch
an architectural sketch
an architectural sketch
an architectural sketch

Context Map

Site Exposure and Climate

Site Axon - Pavilions

Site Axon - Roof

Site Section

Roof Explorations

Pavilion Elevation / Wall Section

Pavilion Concept Sketches

An axonometric drawing of a building
An axonometric drawing of a building
a sketch of a man looking through an oculus
a sketch of a man looking through an oculus
a sketch of a car and a building
a sketch of a car and a building
an architectural sketch
an architectural sketch

Concept Sketches