Maram Nazmy - AUC - ARCH 473/3522

Student Portfolio Corona Edition

ARCH 473/3522 - DIGITAL DESIGN STUDIO AND WORKSHOP Maram Nazmy Spring 2020

The American University in Cairo (AUC) School of Sciences and Engineering - Department of Architecture ARCH 473/3522 - Digital Design Studio and Workshop (Spring 2020) Student portfolio documenting samples of work submitted along the course, including research, experimentation, 3D modeling, digital fabrication, parametric design and modeling, physical model realisation and analysis.

Student name: Maram Nazmy Student ID: 900160119

Š The American University in Cairo (AUC), May 2019

Maram Nazmy Architecture Student & Entrepreneur

I think this course was an eyeopener to new tools and way of thinking and visualising designs. It tackled my design approaches starting from designing manually and then translating it ditally until experimenting with hands and then digitally modeling. 3d computational design has no limits and creativity in the field is limitless. Also, I learned in this course that is important to understand that the designer has the whole control over the design and the computer is just a tool to implement this design and computers shall never take the role of designers.

I really can’t express my endless love for storybooks.

Maybe because it’s the only place where I get to reflect my experience during the semester. I think I love storybooks because doing them means that it’s the THE END of the semester!

Let me first introduce myself. I am Maram Nazmy an architecture student and a newbie entrepreneur who loves to create and experiment. Always looking for challenges and new things to try. I like to do things my own way and add my signature to it. My motto in life is “KISS” which is (Keep It Simple Stupid). Life is too short to overcomplicate things and overthink.

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Project 1: Mobile Shelter for the Homeless

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Part I: The Blank Facade Canvas

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Part II: The Parametric Facelift

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This picture shows Maram as a student who is thirsty for knowledge and learning. I really started off the semester with so much energy. However, first project did really drain most of my energy because it involved a lot of new things to learn and also another reason is having the classes start at 8:30...

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Project Location: Minya, Egypt Minya governate is located in upper egypt in a prime location on the nile.

The governate maintains its dry and hot climate throughout the year. Most of the residents rely heavily on generating income from agriculture due to the fertile soil around the nile. Minya has a well known history that is related to ancient Egypt. During Ancient Egyptian time, Lotus flower resembled upper egypt which initiated the idea for our group to choose this plant in this project.

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The lotus effect refers to self-cleaning properties that are a result of ultrahydrophobicity. Dirt particles are picked up by water droplets due to the micro- and nanoscopic architecture on the surface, which minimizes the droplet’s adhesion to that surface.

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Concept

The lotus effect inspired the design of shelter by bringing in the flow of water on surface. The idea of water movement on facade creates many environmental benefits like cooling the facade hence enhancing internal temperature and also using this water in vegetation to act as a source of income to users. The form of the shelter needed to support this which eventually lead to the concept of fluidity to be derived! A series of curves are needed to allow the smooth flow of water by moving water from the nile to the surface by creating difference in pressure.

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Water Pressure Mechanism

The above diagram shows how water can be transfered uphill without using an electrical pump. It will works by changing water pressure to create the flow. The working process is explained in the following steps: 1 A pipe (inlet pipe) is connected from the nile river to the hydraulic ram pump digged in the soil. 2 The basic idea behind a ram pump is simple. The pump uses the momentum of a relatively large amount of moving water to pump a relatively small amount of water uphill. The pump has a valve that allows water to flow through this pipe and build up speed. Once the water reaches its maximum speed, this valve slams shut. 3 The water travels through the discharge pipe to reach the storage tank where then water starts flowing on the surface.

Note: Pipes and pump can be easily installed and unstalled by the user incase the shelter is relocated somewhere else.

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Design Guideline

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Reflection This was the first time to use Rhino and fabrication software which was very challenging. Translating a form from sketch in mind to 3d model on was not an easy task. However, I learned that to make my life easier aka following my “KISS” concept I had to to breakdown the form into simple parts and try to see to acheive each part using a series of commands. I am really glad with the first outcome of this project and hope it’s mutual between me and the instructors.

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This phase was focusing solely on the idea of experimentation and getting our hands on real material. I like to refer to this phase as the “473 cake� and this because the feeling I got when I I was mixing the concrete mixture which felt like whisking the cake mixture in kitchen.

I really did enjoy this phase because I like anything that involves the use of hand and physical creation. This project is divided into two phases mainly research and physcical experimentation.

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Area of Tile= a*b Void frequency= (Area of Tile)/10) Max Void Diameter: (Void Frequency) * 0.6 Min Void Diameter: (Void Frequency) Z Axis (Inactive)

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Area of Tile= a*b Thickness= t Min distance= t/2

Max Sweep Angle: 90 Min Sweep Angle: 30

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0 degrees Min Void 0 degress

Playing with extrusion sweepnes in X & Y axis

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This is the phase where everything gets very intense and you need full power but unfortunately it is the end of the semester and most of my energy is already drained. I really don’t get it, like how should I function while being in a global pandemic + very hot climate + fasting!

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Biblography

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Lloret et al (2014) “Complex Concrete Structures: Merging Existing Casting Techniques with Digital Pattnaik, S., Karunakar, D. B., & Jha, P. (2012). Developments in investment casting process—A review. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 212(11), 2332–2348. doi: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2012.06.003 Kontovourkis, O., Phocas, M. C., & Katsambas, C. (2019). Digital to physical development of a reconfigu- rable modular formwork for concrete casting and assembling of a shell structure. Automation in Con- struction, 106, 102855. doi: 10.1016/j.autcon.2019.102855 Different Types of Casting Processes used in Manufacturing. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www. thomas- net.com/articles/custom-manufacturing-fabricating/types-of-casting-processes/

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