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 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

Neighborhood Entry

The BOC as viewed from an airplane window

The Oculus

Prayer Room

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

The BOC as viewed from the highway

Super-Roof Concept Animation

an architectural sketch
an architectural sketch
A site context diagram
A site context diagram
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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 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