Aly Elsayed portfolio& CV- 2015

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Table of content Curriculum Vitae

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Architectural projects City View Hotel Network Courtyard Houses

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I. Courtyard house 1: RED VILLA .............................................................................. 22 II. Courtyard house 2: MULTI-STOREY TWIN HOUSE ........................................... 32 III. Courtyard house 3: WHITE VILLA ..................................................................... 40 KAFTAN RESTAURANT

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TOURISTIC ECO-TOURISTIC VILLAGE SINAI HOUSING PROJECT

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Development projects and Studies The Revival of the Egyptian Museum

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Saqqara Archaeological Site management and Visitation plans ............................. 66 Urban Acupuncture project for Cairo’s Zabbaleen Garbage collectors community .................. 74 Environmental and Social Impact Assessment of the Greater Cairo Metro

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Visual Study for land proposed for museum project ..................................................................... 77

Academic research projects and Studies SAC werk 8, Spatial Art Conversation .....................................................................................

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Bunkers Network, The Unknown Story of Bad Cannstatt ............................................. 88 Rooting a Local Cooperative Body LCB, ISTABL ANTAR ...................................................... 95

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Curriculum Vitae Aly Samir Elsayed

Lives in Cairo - Egypt 04.02.1990,Cairo - Egypt contact ali.s.elsayed@gmail.com skype: ali.s.elsayed 38 Omar Ibn El Khattab st.

El Dokki - Gizah - Egypt +200 100 579 9200 zip: 11231 residency German student residency uptill 30.09.2015, with possibility for extension for job-searching visa up to 18 monhs.

Knowledge AutoCad 2014 | Sketchup pro | Adobe CS (Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign ) | Manual watercolor rendering and pencil/ ink sketching.

Education (2013-ongoing) Integrated Urbanism and Sustainable Design IUSD masters program (double degree from Stuttgart university-Germany, Ain Shams university-Egypt) | www.iusd.uni-stuttgart.de | ends in Oct.2015 (2007-2011) Bachelor of Arts BA, Faculty of Fine Arts - Helwan university - Cairo Egypt Professional Experience (2014-ongoing) Part-time Architect at EQI (Environmental Quality International)| www.eqi.com.eg | Cairo - Egypt The Revival of the Egyptian museum, Cairo /Egypt, www. egyptianmuseumrevival.org Egypt Infrastructure project 2014-2015, JETRO, Cairo /Egypt.

(2011-2013) Full-time Architect at EQI (Environmental Quality International)| Cairo - Egypt The Revival of the Egyptian museum,Cairo/ Egypt.

Saqqara Archaeological Site management and Visitation plans, Giza/ Egypt.

Urban Acupuncture project for Cairo’s Zabbaleen Garbage collectors community, Cairo/ Egypt.

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Kaftan restaurant proposal in Cairo Capital Club CCC,Cairo /Egypt.

Environmental and Social Impact Assessment of the Greater Cairo Metro Line 3 – Phase 3, Cairo/ Egypt.

Trainee-ship & courses (2009-2010) Architecture trainee at EQI | Cairo - Egypt workshops & courses Workshop “Jeux d’adobes” at the "Grands Ateliers de Villefontaine", mud brick building workshop, 2013 | LEED GA [Green associate] introduction workshop | Zero Energy building Design Charette | “Designing courtyards, Sustainable measures” course Language Arabic Native language English Proficient language - TOEFL ibt certificate, score (104/120) German Beginner-level language

Recommendations Jana Revedin | ARCH PHD professor of Architecture and Design | UNESCO delegate to the UNESCO UIA education commission | revedin@revedin.com | www.revedin.com | www.locus-foundation.org | www.bth.se

Serge Santelli | Architect D.P.L.G. | serge.b.santelli@gmail.com | 72 rue de Turenne | 75003 Paris | 003(0)677992083 | www.sergesantelli.wix.com/ architecte Mounir S. Neamatalla | Founder of Environmental Quality International (EQI) | neamatalla@siwa.com | www.eqi.com.eg

Ahmad Hamid | Architect & founder of Ahmad Hamid Architects | ahmdhamid@hotmail.com | www.ahmadhamid.com

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Production Skills

Adobe Photoshop

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City View Hotel Network

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Cairo, a metropolis of an estimated 20 million inhabitants, offers a diverse variety of urban environments. As an urban landscape, Cairo is dense in population and activities. The intimate and close urban environment offers a unique and an over-whelming experience for the city's visitors. Inspired from the pigeon towers placed on top of the city’s houses, City view hotels are a series of lodging and recreational facilities installed over the city’s residential buildings and Integrated within the city’s diverse urban environments.

Illustration of the typically dense urban environemnt of Cairo

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Pigeon Tower

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City view hotels target adventurous youth, travelers & locals, seeking new and urban integrated living experience on the top of the city’s buildings. A network of cultural, recreational and dining facilities each offering accommodation services for adventurous Cairo travelers and locals in different areas of the city.

From historical Cairo, informal Cairo and the city’s agricultural suburbs and the Nile river islands, City view hotels can be installed on the roof of any residential building. The hotel network serves as urban oases of green roofs

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and plant nurseries in the heart of the crowded city, not to mention the income generation functions for local community and building owners/ residents who can be potential partners and staff.

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City View Hotel Network Inspired from within the city

"Its a hobby, a very popular hobby in Egypt... the greatest pleasure is to see them fly... It's not about making money... they are a national treasure..." from interview by eNCA with a 65 year 0ld Egyptian pigeon breeder.

"When I'm very depressed I come up here, I keep busy with the pegions, feeding them, lying them and even talking to them. This is how I forget my problems..." from interview by DNE with an Egyptian pigeon breeder in his forties.

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Pigeon breeding is claimed to be an ancient tradition in Egypt, since the times of the ancient Egyptian 7000 years ago. This famous hobby is an obsession for many Egyptians breeders; one could see that in the many wooden towers situated on top of Cairo's buildings. The towers are built high so they can provide a healthy environment for the pigeons away from the pollution of the congested city. As a passion, breeders raise a vast variety of pigeons types from all around the globe and build their wooden high towers is different designs and decorations. One could claim that a pigeon tower is a dominant element in most of the city's buildings roofs. Thus, they provide an excellent inspiration and starting point for the new hotel network in both building form and structure.

The structures allow for a variety of functions in the small spaces and are light weighted which best suits the city's buildings. Not to mention that local pigeons are one the main dishes in Egyptian cousin, which provides good material for the restaurant facilities.

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City View Hotel Network A. Pigeon Restaurant and Hostel

Pigeon Tower

This facility mainly includes a restaurant specializing in local pigeon dishes. With foldable fabric shading, the restaurant space is converted to a multi-propose area for media projection and events. The pigeon tower will act as a belvedere with viewpoints over-looking the city urban landscape as well as a facility for growing pigeons needed for the supply of the restaurant and for breeding special pigeon breeds for exhibition. The facility includes a

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small hostel consisting of three rooms with shared services including bathroom, kitchen and shared outdoor living space. The rooms are situated on the first floor under which the shared living spaces and services are located and connected together via an external staircase.

The entire structure is built using wooden beams and posts except for the wet facilties and kitchens situation on the roof floor.

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A night shot showing the building A from the side of the hostel rooms.

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City View Hotel Network C. Vertical Garden, Exhibition and Hostel

Travellers and visitors can relax and enjoy a sunny day in the garden courtyard of the facility, along with the pigeon tower with multiple view points. The pigeon tower is equipped with an internal staircase.

Accommodation facility containing four rooms overlooking a courtyard surrounded by an elevated corridor. The rooms are situated in the upper floor while facilities and outdoor living spaces are located on the roof level underneath. The internal walls of the Garden courtyard are used for exhibition of works of local artists, while court can be used for urban gardening.

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COURTYARD 1.i Entrance courtyard Entrance courtyard is an open space that offers a welcoming atmosphere for the reception of the house's guests. Within a series of courtyards and open spaces, the entrance courtyard is the first. Cut-outs from ancient Farsi manuscripts are used to illustrate the use of the courtyard spaces.

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COURTYARD 1.II Reception & family courtyard The reception and family courtyard is a central space in the house. It offers the family an open space for gathering and a space for children to play. An external staircase that connects the ground floor with the first floor is situated within the courtyard. Also, the courtyard offers an open space for receiving guests.

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COURTYARD 1.III Private pool yard The private pool yard is a space situated lower than the ground level, in the level of the basement. The lower courtyard is connected with the upper central one via an external staircase. The yard contains a swimming pool that is located partially in the open air and stretches under the building. The yard is connected with the English backyard through an extended living space.

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COURTYARD 1.IV Exclusive english courtyard The English backyard offers an exclusive and shaded space for gardening and relaxation. The back-yard is situated in the basement level of the house, lower than the rest of the house and is connected with the other yard containing a swimming pool.

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COURTYARD 2.i Entrance courtyard The entrance courtyard combines two entrance yards of the two houses. They are entered using a common entrance space elevated via a staircase. The entrance yards are open for the visitors of the two houses and as a seating area for its residents.

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COURTYARD 2.II Private family courtyard The private family courtyard offers an exclusive space for the family, overolooked by a number of bedrooms. The space contains an open kitchen and an open seating area. The space is stricktly private in order to offer a comforting and private space for the family members.

The cooking space includes a grilling device connected with a chimeny.

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COURTYARD 3.I Entrance courtyard The entrance courtyard of the house contains more than one function. Besides offering a welcoming space for the house's visitors, it houses a seating open loggia for the hot summer times and can act as an extended seating for the guest area situated inside the house. The house kitchen is directly connected to the open courtyard. The upper courtyard over-looks the courtyard through a set of ‘mashrabeya’ windows.

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COURTYARD 3.II Inner guest courtyard & area The inner guest area is constituted of multiple seating spaces and a 'Iwan', a central area that acts as a covered courtyard. The spaces accommodate a large number of guests and visitors with a variety of different seating possibilities. The space is lighted by an upper lighting device along with high glass windows over-looking both the entrance courtyard and the swimming pool. A private living area overlooks the 'Iwan' and is separated by a set of 'mashrabeya's.

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COURTYARD 3.III Upper private courtyard The upper private courtyard is situated within the living quarter in the first floor; it is located between the bedroom, living room, and bathroom. The private courtyard offers a shaded seating area that overlooks both the entrance courtyard through a set of 'mashrabeya' windows and the inner guest area.

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Kaftan Restaurant Proposal for a roof restaurant in the Cairo Capital Club CCC

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Kaftan restaurant is a proposed restaurant its internal spaces. The restaurant will be to be located on the roof of the Cairo Capital characterized by its light wooden structure that Club in Cairo, Egypt. The restaurant includes enables the sight of a panoramic view of the city. an open terrace that overlooks the city's urban landscape. The design is highlighted by two vaults that intersect and cover most of the restaurant's shaded seating area and lights

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Gourna Eco-touristic Village Revival of a lost heritage

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Environmental Quality International

The project is a proposal for a touristic ecovillage situated in the city of Luxor, south of Egypt. The project's land is situated next to the famous Gourna village designed and built by the architect Hassan Fathy. The original village is built following the traditional nubian architectural style belonging to the region and is built using traditional sun dried mud-brick building techniques. Thus, the project act as an extension for the original village and houses various facilities such as several small hotels, restaurants, expositions, theater buildings‌etc.

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Sinai Housing Project

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Multi-Family housing project The project consists of a number of housing units for the bedioun commnities living in the Sinai desert of Egypt. The residential units are connected through a series of courtyards and terraces. The housing units are designed following a certain typology in respect to the livelihood of its desert communities; as they are constituted from a number of families belonging to different clans. Courtyards are used for family gatherings, shaded front-door terraces for daily gatherings after sunset, and roof terraces for sleeping in summer nights.

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FACULTY OF FINE ARTS HELWAN UNIVERSITY CAIRO

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The Revival of the Egyptian Museum

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Phase I: Study of the mueum and re-habilitation proposals The aim of the project is to revitalize the former splendor of the Egyptian Museum located in Cairo, Egypt. The project takes place in close partnership with the Ministry of state of antiquities (MSA) and funded by the German center for Immigration and development office (CIM) through a set of proposed actions including, photographic Survey and preparation of Renovation and re-habitation work plan, curatorial Training and related publication. This phase also included the renovation of one original skylight as a pilot project, which required its architectural survey and a proposal for the renovation of some of its exhibition halls.

Tasks preformed by author are: - Participation in the physical survey and the data collection concerning the current state of the museum and its surroundings.

- Participation in the preparation of architectural drawings describing the current state of the building and its surroundings and its rehabilitation proposal.

- Participation of the renovation scheme for the original skylights located on the building’s roof and renovation works on one of them as a pilot project.

- Participation in the renovation proposal for two of the exhibition halls (32-37).

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Center for International Immigration and development

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General site plan

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Sections through the museum's main building

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Site plan of the museum and proposed extensions

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Arial view of the museum and proposed extensions

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Renderings of the proposed renovations of museum halls

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Technical drawings of skylight

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The Revival of the Egyptian Museum www.egyptianmuseumrevival.org

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Phase II: Implementation The renovation of a number of halls began under the supervision of EQI and funded by different national and international sponsors.

Tasks preformed by author are: - Participation in the physical survey and documentation of the exhibition halls under renovation.

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Saqqara Archaeological Site management and Visitation plans

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The project aims for enhancing the value and attraction of the Saqqara archaeological site located in Giza, Egypt, which allows for the site’s conservation in harmony with its surrounding environments and increasing the capacity of the (MSA) to implement and administer site management and visitation plans, as well as providing high quality site management tools, facilities and interpretation panels.

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French Egyptian development Ministry of State Agency of Antiquities

architectural drawings, watercolor renderings and sketches describing both existing situation and actions proposed by the project.

- Worked with the archaeologist of the project on the risk analysis, a task which required physical survey of monuments on site.

Tasks preformed by author are: - Worked within a team of both national and international experts responsible for data collection and physical survey of the site as well as its boundaries and surrounding villages.

- Worked on the generation of a set of maps,

Plan of the proposed modifications on the Imhotep strip located on the entrance of the archaeological site. (produced by

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The project includes the documentation and physical survey of a number of houses situated inside the Saqqara archaeological site.

Upon the survey of a number of buildings, plans for its rehabilitation and renovation are proposed.

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Plan of the rehabilitated house

Sections through the rehabilitated house.

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Sketchup 3D modeling program is used for building models necessary for producing shots, which are later used as a bases for production of manually drawn and watercolor rendered shots.

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Shots taken within the proposed rehabilitation on the Imhotep strip

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Sketches by author of the houses and structures present within the archaeological site.

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Sketches describing the landscape of the surrounding villages and site.

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Site plan of the museum and proposed extensions

Urban Acupuncture project for Cairo’s Zabbaleen Garbage collectors community

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Locus Foundation

The project activity consists of a lighting system for the main road in the Zabbaleen area which is designed by Indian architect Bijoy Jean from Studio Mumbai, and powered by solar energy.

Tasks preformed by author are: - Participated in co-ordination with Locus assistant in Cairo, assist in field work including field trips and manufactory process.

Installed solar energy unit on choosen roof.

Installation of solar panel modules with author From left to right, Eleonore Fallot, project assistant standing on far right. at Locus, Aly Elsayed, author, and Jana Revedin, president and founder of Locus.

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Environmental and Social Impact Assessment of the Greater Cairo Metro Line 3 – Phase 3 In accordance with the legal requirements of the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA), (AFD) and (EIB), EQI carried out the environmental and social impact assessment of the Greater Cairo Metro Line 3 – Phase 3, which transects through Cairo’s central areas and westwards into the informal settlements, as well as agricultural areas.

Tasks preformed by author are: - Worked on field survey for the residents of the 15 different areas proposed for the Metro Line’s stations. The survey aimed for collecting their feedback on the proposed Metro project as well as information identifying their economical and social status.

- Generated a set of maps, illustrations and sections.

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French European Egyptian development International Environmental Agency Bank Affairs Agency

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Visual Study for land proposed for museum project

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View of the proposed land from nearby hotel

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Site plan of the proposed land within its context.

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Bunkers Network: The Unknown Story of Bad Cannstatt

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'Integrated Urbanism and Sustainable Design' Masters Program

Chp.I: Unfolding the Bunkers The task of the research is to look for the unknown stories and explore the un-used metro zones of an urban area "Bad Cannstatt" located in Stuttgart, an area known for its diversity and the presence of multi-cultural minorities; Turkish Muslims among others. The search for the "unknown story" provoked the team to look into the area's darkest chapters of history and beneath what first appears to one's eyes to reveal what’s hidden from its daily user and by passers. The research took three months of condense work as the multi-cultural research team consists of four members; one Egyptian (the author), one Jordanian and two Germans. by the end of the research phase, a booklet is produced which exhibits the team's work.

Locations of different bunkers within Stuttgart

Background In the course of the first and second world wars, a number of defensive structures were developed by the republic of Germany, some of which were later rehabilitated during the cold war. In 2007, these structures were officially decommissioned by the German government where only very few were to be maintained and opened for visitation. In the case of Stuttgart, the city faces the challenge to what to do with these structures as they are expensive and un beneficial to deconstruct. The general aim of the research is to revive the bunkers and adapt them to the community's spatial and cultural needs to develop a narrative of an experimental network of bunkers where they are perceived as a part of the city's urban environment. While preserving the special values behind such spaces, New activities would offer opportunities for meeting and income generation for the surrounding communities based on participatory approach for establishing the feeling of “local ownership".

This encouraged the initiation of a complete urban diagnosis with various stakeholders inspired by the "Bad Cannstatt" area's diverse community and high concentration of bunker

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structures that are both un-used and unknown suitable for initial research, others to postpone, for the community. and others to exclude. Rosenstein, Cannstatter, Sick and Raitelsberg bunkers are selected to Initial Analysis and Selection constitute the first stage of the bunker network.

Bunkers are analysed according to their typology, surrounding context, current function, physical condition, owners and users, and accessibility and liability. This process guides the team for the selection of bunkers

Collage of selected bunkers showing their context and current function

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Bunkers Network The Unknown Story of Bad Cannstatt Chp.II: Reading the Community An urban diagnosis is held for the surrounding community in order to detect the comprehensive needs of its different groups and parties. Several tools are used for the urban diagnosis that includes interviews, testimonies, surveys, physical mapping and focus groups. These tools enabled the investigation of the contextual problems that included cultural conflicts, lack of services and marginalization.

The assessment of community needs and physical potentials of bunkers led consequently to the formation of the vision of the bunkers network. By the end of this chapter, the research team reaches two scenarios in order to achieve development of the network with various Collage of the selected bunkers and surrounding problems partners and users.

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Photos showing different meetings with actors and interested groups

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Bunkers Network The Unknown Story of Bad Cannstatt Chp.III: Developing the Bunker Network Formerly used to shelter large groups of people from air raids, Bunkers could be now reused to gather people again thus unfolding the bunker.

The abandoned spaces could be awakened, and filled with multiple and experimental functions.

Direct surrounded communities are integrated and invited to implement their ideas and benefit from the offered and reworked space. A network of bunkers is to be developed incrementally over the whole city.

The outer shells and the inner spaces of the different bunkers offer a variety of possibilities for diverse functions through a toolbox of interventions developed by the research team.

A special language of signage and logos is also developed by the team to connect the different bunkers within the city. According to the stakeholders and potential users for each bunker, a vision that includes adequate functions and interventions is visualized.

Signage language for bunker network (produced by other memeber of the team)

Collage showing the different functions proposed for the bunker network

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Proposed rehabilitation scheme for a selected bunker (produced by author)

Two proposed rehabilitation schemes for selected bunkers (produced by other team members)

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SAC werk 8 Spatial Art Conversation WERK 8, a recently opened artistic hub in a former factory in the ever-changing industrial area of Feuerbach in Stuttgart, Germany.

Surrounded by migration minorities, it is a site of negotiation over identity. Western Europe‘s continued dependence on millions of migrant workers especially during the worst economic crisis since the Second World War shows that the economic system can no longer exist without their labor.

The aim is to highlight the importance of migrant workers in a contemporary society.

The vision is to create a place that opens up the experience of migration for the German society to know and experience more about. The vision is to create a place that opens up the experience of migration for the German society to know and experience more about. The strategy is to

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start a conversation with the social and physical surrounding of Werk 8 socially using Dialogical art or community-based art and physically through opening up the envelope of Werk 8 inside out.

Several social and physical tools are developed by the research team; beginning with participatory art project. The first project was a street gallery initiated by the research team in co-operation with INSIDE OUT project. The project includes the collecting of 56 portraits for people of migration backgrounds, reminding us that behind the numbers are real human stories.

All hanged on the outside wall of Werk8 on the 25th of July 2014, catching the attention of people who are not typical museum or galleries visitors.

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Photos showing the team members during the installation of the exhibition gallery.

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Vision Talking about the lived experience of migrant worker by giving him a human face, the objective is to investigate and intrigue a unique DNA for W8 as a place that opens up the experience of migration for the German society to know and experience more about.

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Strategy strategy is to start a conversation with the social and physical surrounding of Werk 8 by; Opening up the envelope of Werk 8 inside out and using Dialogical art or community-based art to interact with the local community where they come together to express concerns or issues through artistic processes.

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Social Tools

Participatory art project: Street Gallery

Photo-Booth: Continued Gallery

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Creative Industry: Souvenir Shop

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Rooting a Local Cooperative Body LCB

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"Istabl Antar" - Cairo, Egypt The research project is part of ICS (Integrated Case Study) module which is a part of the third semester of the IUSD (Integrated Urbanism and Sustainable Design) Masters program taking place in Cairo. The course aims to guide its students through a ‘hands on’ experience regarding one of the biggest challenges facing Cairo as a megacity in particular. The research team is composed of six members of different nationalities and cultural backgrounds.

The primary analysis was done on Istable Antar which is an informal area situated in Cairo, Egypt. Phase I included the understanding of the actors within the area; while Phase II provided a specific analysis for the socioeconomic, infrastructure, land and building issues of the area. This had resulted in a closer understanding of the needs and problems that have to be tackled in the area. In Phase III Nine interventions, covering the previously identified needs, were suggested. One of which is rooting a Local Cooperative Body (LCB). LCB is a body that works on residents’ representation, empowerment, and enablement for self urban management. Results are based on various brain storming sessions within the group about the suggested project. At the same time, a Log Frame was developed by the team members to structure and detail the idea of the LCB. The idea was presented to local public during a festival held by the IUSD program in the area where the team discussed the formation of LCB in a round table with members from the local community. The team had to provide some visual informative material to facilitate the presentation of the idea. A catalogue and a comic book were produced which include information on the importance and details on the LCB formation, steps were shown using pictograms and staked together in one comic book.

Catalogue and Comic Book - developed for the Explanation of the LCB

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Local cooperative body

Illustrations for the steps to create LCB

1 Securing funds

8 Preparing & conducting local trainings

2 Formulating the techni- 3 Knocking door-to door in A2 cal team of the facilitator

9 Planning the area social

mapping with the locals

10 Developing surveys and conducting them

Renting a space and

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Acknowledging of the

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29 Meetings between all

30 Renting a space and

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32 Training local volunteer

equipping

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Initiating a meeting

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13 Electing representatives of the cell locally

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14 Knocking door-to door

in other cells in the area

19 Preparing & conducting 20 Planning the area social

21 Collecting data (map-

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