PORTFOLIO BSc. Arch. Habiba Y. Abdelfattah Selected Work 2015 - 2017
EDUCATION
WORKSHOPS
BSc. Architectural Engineering German University in Cairo Oct 2011 – July 2016’
Building Trust International & Terraepaglia Sustainable Architecture - Todi, Italy August 2015
MSc. Architectural Engineering German University in Cairo Feb 2017 – Expected July 2018
Edrak Egypt with Dar El-Memar Group Interior Design – Cairo, Egypt April 2012
WORKING EXPERIENCES TEACHING ASSISTANT German University in Cairo Egypt Sep 2016 – till now
JUNIOR ARCHITECT (PART TIME) Idee Architects Interior Design Studio in New Cairo Egypt Dec 2016 – till now
ARCHITECTURE INTERN Idee Architects Interior Design Studio in New Cairo Egypt June 2016 – August 2016 JUNIOR TEACHING ASSISTANT (PART TIME) German University in Cairo Egypt Sep 2015 – May 2016
CONTENT ACADEMIC PROJECTS • • •
Pre-Masters II – Spring 2016 Pre-Masters I – Winter 2015 Bachelor Project – Spring 2015
WORKSHOPS •
Building Trust International Italy – August 2015
TEACHING WORK • • • •
DSIV – Spring 2017 BTIII – Spring 2017 Steel Bridges Workshop – Spring 2017 BTII – Winter 2016
ACADEMIC PROJECTS
WATERFRONT MIXED-USE COMPLEX Nile Corniche, Maadi Pre Masters – Spring 2016 Site Area Construction Area Inside Gross Floor Area Density Green Area Maximum Floors Bicycle Parking Places
WATERSIDE PERSPECTIVE
4100 sqm 2070 sqm 16,510 sqm 0.224 915 sqm 12 Floors 65 Bikes
LOCATION
HOTEL APARTMENTS TYPOLOGIES
Double room 20 sqm
Twin room 28 sqm
One-Bedroom Apartment 50 sqm
Double -Bedroom Apartment 70 sqm
110 sqm
120 sqm
3-Bedrooms Apartments Restaurants
Hotel Co-Working Space
70 sqm
95 sqm
4-Bedrooms Apartments
Bookshop
Dancing Studio
Exhibition Studio
110 sqm
130 sqm
125 sqm
5-Bedrooms Apartments
GROUND FLOOR PLAN 130 sqm
TYPICAL FLOOR PLAN
COMMON FLOOR PLAN
MAIN ELEVATION
CROSS SECTION
SUSTAINABLE ASPECTS FUNCTIONALITY OF APARTMENTS
USE OF NATURAL DAYLIGHT IN ALL AREAS
• The building complex renferms different apartment typologies with 2, 3, 4-bedrooms, with areas between 80 and 150 sqm • Buildings are shifted and rotated providing all apartments with Nile view from at least 2 sides • Bathrooms are distributed around inner cores, no services on the main facade
• All rooms have windows from ground to ceiling, although it’s shifted to the back and shaded with the vertical louvers, it provides day light with operable intensity
Communication Spaces inside and Outside
SUN PROTECTION CONCEPT
• The ground floor is not totally occupying the whole built up area, providing communication spaces between the different courtyards, as well as providing back courtyards with direct access to the Nile • The Hotel building is connected to one of the residential buildings forming common commercial services such as spa, gym..
• The openings are half meter shifted to the back covered with manually operable louvers that could be totally open, semi-open or totally closed • The louvers allows Nile view, but at the same time prevents direct sun light from entering the building
PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE HOUSING COMPLEX
INTEGRATION OF PHOTOVOLTAIC
• The Access of the residential buildings is separate from the hotel • All Entrances are situated at the back, toward the main street system • Each Commercial function of the ground floor has its own entrance and in some of the functions, they have more than one entrance serving different zones
• The totally glazed façade of the hotel building facing South-West is shaded by external vertical shading elements combined with photovoltaic panels, providing the building with a renewable source of energy
PASSIVE ENERGETIC SOLUTIONS
HEAT ABSORPTION REDUCTION
• The building’s orientation is open to the west, almost all the main facades are facing west and north directions, allowing natural ventilation to circulate within and around the buildings • The buildings are located near each others providing almost totally shaded courtyards that helps cooling down the air coming from the Nile side.
• The openings are half meter shifted to the back covered with manually operable louvers that could be totally open, semi-open or totally closed • The louvers allows Nile view, but at the same time prevents direct sun light from entering the building
PRODUCTIVE HOMES: THE FAMILY TREE Tora, Cairo Pre Masters – Winter 2015
The Productive Homes project ams to study the daily routines, need and habits of the residents of Tora settlements. Although Tora is considered part of Maadi, people there don’t have the same life style of the residents of other parts of maadi. Designing a building at this location is considered the seed that will lead people to design functional sustainable buildings that are not considered poor.
SITE ANALYSIS AND OBSERVATIONS STACKING CONCEPT It’s the recently used case in almost all the buildings of Tora. It’s basically a stack of floors, all connected with a core staircase. Each apartment occupies a whole floor separate from the other apartments. The disadvantage of this arrangement are : Lack of communal spaces, limitation, typicality and indistinctiveness and the impossibility of future expansions
GrandChildren’s Apartment Children’s Apartments Parents’ Apartment Workshops
Phase 1 FIRST GENERATION
20 years later SECOND GENERATION
40 years later THIRD GENERATION
SITE ANALYSIS AND OBSERVATIONS
CONCEPT
VERTICAL USE OF THE BUILDING The Parents’ apartment is the main HUB of the whole building
THE FAMILY TREE This concept is basically defined as melting all the different apartments of parents, children and grand-children into one connected mass, where the circulation goes from the parents apartment to each of the children’s apartments, and each apartment of each child is directly connected to their children’s apartments “the grand-children’s apartments”
Low Density
Average Density
High Density Grand-Children’s Apartment Children’s Apartments Parents’ Apartment
SITE PLAN _ Working Grid
Workshops
During the Night
During the Day
In the Evening Grand-Children’s Apartment
HORIZONTAL USE OF THE BUILDING Living room as the main HUB of the house
Children’s Apartments (1,2,3,4) Parents’ Apartment Workshops
In the Night • Guest Room • Kids Sleeping Area
During the Day Working Space • Kids Playing Area • Kids Studying Area • Food Preparation •
In the Afternoon • Dinning Area
In the Evening • Living Area • TV Zone • Guest Hosting
Conceptual Section explaining “THE FAMILY TREE” Concept
Conceptual Section explaining the currently used case of “STACKING CONCEPT”
DESIGN PROCESS_GROWING TREE GROUND FLOOR
SECOND FLOOR FIRST ATTEMPT
FIRST FLOOR
SECOND FLOOR FIRST EXPANSION
Second Floor Further Expansion
Second Floor Expansion
Second Floor Second Attempt
Second Floor Further Expansion
DESIGN PROCESS_GROWING TREE
SECTION
Time and Personal preferences are the main factors affecting this process
Detailed cross-section through the whole building showing the final result (Last generation)
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Elephantine Archeological Center Aswan, Egypt Bachelor Thesis – Spring 2015 RESURGENCE
The project is about creating a new research accompanied with an exhibition space, considered as a new significant entrance island. It’s mainly gathering all the entities island in one building “The Resurgence”
center to be of the of the LOCATION
SITE LAYOUT
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
MAIN FACADE
SIDE FACADE
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
SECOND FLOOR PLAN
LONGITUDINAL SECTION
THIRD FLOOR PLAN
PHYSICAL MODEL
WORKSHOPS
ITALY 2015 DESIGN + BUILD
building trust
International
Building Trust is a non-profit charity founded in 2010. " We believe in good design for all and that design at its core is about developing skills for problem solving and creating better solutions. We use these skills in tackling real world issues and in the delivery and design of our projects, having a positive impact upon people, wildlife and the planet. In only a few years our team has grown to include architects, engineers, planners, contractors and many other professionals that have a role to play in shaping our environment.“ www.buildingtrustinternational.org
“Terraepaglia�,
are a group of artisan handicraft experts who specialize in natural construction methods. Along with creating innovative buildings from earth and straw, Terraepaglia aim to publicize and educate on the use of natural materials and local techniques, that are often considered obsolete and less efficient than modern techniques. Istituto agrario Ciuffelli Todi
Specialized in the tradition and innovation in the agricultural education in Italy.
DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PROCESS Wattle and daub wall Storage
Warehouse
Rammed earth benches Lab
SOIL TESTING AND MUD-MIXING
MUD BRICKS PRODUCTION
LAKE REEDS STRUCTURE
WATTLE AND DAUB WALL
ADOBE BRICK WALL CONSTRUCTION
RAMMED EARTH PRODUCTION
Adobe Bricks wall Entrance
Out-door bench
Rammed earth benches
\Glass wall
SOIL TESTING AND MUD MIXING
MUD BRICKS PRODUCTION
LAKE REEDS STRUCTURE
WATTLE AND DAUB WALL
ADOBE BRICK WALL CONSTRUCTION
RAMMED EARTHE PRODUCTION
TEACHING WORK ALL WORK IN THIS SECTION WAS CONDUCTED BY THE STUDENTS
Design Studio IV BSc. Arch Spring’17
GENERATIVE HOUSING
From Interpretation… to Realization DSIV is a studio taken by 6th semester students at the German University in Cairo as part of their Bachelor degree curriculum During this studio, students were introduced to flexible and modular design systems while exploring the different building adaptability for future changes and uses. The more a building allows for future changes and adaptations of use, the more it’s allowing for different future utilizations. The more the structure and the initial concept are allowing for program changes, the longer the building will last and be utilized.
THE GERMAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO Faculty Member Assoc. Prof. Dr. Wafaa Nadim Guest Jury Jeroen Van Ameijde Unit Master, Architectural Association, London, UK
The Eco-lizer
“When I see Architecture that moves me I hear music in my inner ear.” Frank Wright “When we hear music we usually feel a mix of emotions that can’t be expressed by words.
However, those feelings may differ from one person to another; in the same way different people could experience a space and develop different feelings. “ Designed by: Menna AbdelGawwad
Youssef Ramadane
Nada Ashraf
(6th semester students)
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
SECTION SHOWING THE DIFFERENT LEVELS & THE UNDERGROUND MARKET
Under Ground Market
Building Technology III BSc. Arch – 4th Semester Spring’17 Youth Sports Facility Building Technology III is a taught course to the 4th semester students at the German University in Cairo as part of their Bachelor degree curriculum. The Course focuses on Steel structural systems introducing a new system to the students to explore openness of designs and lightness. The course project encompasses the design of an innovative shell to cover a provisional plan of a youth sports facility. It was developed within three phases; conceptual design, basic structural implications, advanced application of the design including steel profiles and connections detailing. The main aim of the course was to understand the different structural elements and the various connections needed to allow materialization and stabilization of complex structures. Furthermore, students were introduced to the different technical installations where they were required to apply Plumbing, HVAC and lighting systems to their project as appropriate.
THE GERMAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO Faculty Member Assoc. Prof. Dr. Wafaa Nadim
STAGE 1
STAGE 2
STAGE 3 STAGE 1: CONCEPTUAL DESIGN
PROJECTS DEVELOPMENT
STAGE 1
STAGE 2
STAGE 1
STAGE 3 PROJECTS DEVELOPMENT
STAGE 2
STAGE 3 FINAL STAGE: ADVANCED APPLICATIONS
STAGE 2
MEZZANINE DETAIL (Partial Model)
MAIN AND SECONDARY BEAMS CONNECTION
STEEL TRUSS DETAIL
GLASS FAÇADE CONNECTION WITH TRUSS
STEEL TRUSS DETAILED DRAWING
STEEL COLUMN WITH FOUNDATION DETAIL
MAIN AND SECONDARY BEAMS CONNECTION
STAGE 3 MEZZANINE SECTION DRAWINGS
MEZZANINE SECTION DRAWINGS
Building Technology III BSc. Arch – 4th Semester Spring’17 Steel Bridges Workshop A collaboration between the 4th semester students from the Architectural Engineering department (Building Technology III course) and the 6th semester students from the Civil Engineering department (Hydraulics course) Teams were gathered up from Architecture and Civil departments where they were required to select an internationally wellknown steel bridge, build a replica and test its stability and the different abutment scour in the hydraulics lab. The aim of the workshop was to appreciate that a project’s success is not about aesthetics and functionality only, but it’s more about the overall performance counts as well
THE GERMAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO Faculty Member (Architecture) Assoc. Prof. Dr. Wafaa Nadim Faculty Member (Civil) Assist. Prof. Dr. Ahmed Barakat
SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE
RION-ANTIRION BRIDGE
PASCO KENNEWICK BRIDGE
Building Technology II BSc. Arch – 3rd Semester Winter’16 Future Housing in Egypt Building Technology II is a taught course to the 3rd semester students at the German University in Cairo as part of their Bachelor degree curriculum . The Course focuses on reinforced concrete structural systems which are the main systems used in Egypt. The course project encompasses a preliminary design phase, where students were asked to design a multistory residential building with the ground reserved for commercial activities. Students were asked to design the upper floors with various apartment compositions (Studio, onebedroom, two-bedroom and three-bedroom apartments) to allow flexibility and variation. The second phase focuses on the structural applications. The aim was to appreciate the complexity of integrating and coordinating the different structural systems with the variability of designs. Furthermore, thermal comfort and acoustics were investigated to respectively define the building’s envelope’s composition.
THE GERMAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO Faculty Member Assoc. Prof. Dr. Wafaa Nadim
DESIGN PHASE
CONSTRUCTION PHASE
SITE MODEL PREPARATION
FINAL MODELS
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