HAMZA BASHANDY
Portfolio
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The Live-in
Kiosk
Residential Studio
. In the concept of dwelling, people in our culture assume a number of stereotypes concerning how a home should look like, how wide it should be and how long it should accomodate its dwellers, in a trial to challenge these ideas, myself and my life partner decided to start our married lif in a twenty eight meter square home, by designing all the needed functions in a retravtable manner, the same space would transform into a bedroom or a dining room or even a reception without the need for extra space.
The Aim is to create varient places in one confined space
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The Live-in
Kiosk
Residential Studio
The Closet is Hidden behind the Curtains
Living/Dining space during Gathering
WorkspaCe during the day
Fig 1: Origami Lampshade Fig 2: The use of Wallpapers
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The Live-in
Kiosk
Residential Studio
Sleep/Rest space
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Fustat culture and community HUB GR ADUATIO N P R O J E C T
Situated on the edge of Ezbet Abu Qarn; a group of informal settlements right next to the ruins of the old city of Fustat.
THE MARKET
People from different believe tend to subscribe to a rigid understanding and failing to see but the differences in the other, the differences they disapprove. Therefore, they disprove the other. Although the similarities are more that we all think they are. For an example all religions -wither heavenly or earthly- answers to three main quests: Searching for a higher self : Acquiring virtue Regulating social relations.
The objective is : 1. Development opportunity for the surrounding community 2. Bring together people in a non-based space. 3. Create a satisfying special quality for all. 4. Help people communicate their differences.
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Fustat culture and community HUB The Project Consists: 1. Community Centre to offer social services and support groups for the society, which includes accommodation rooms to serve people in distress. 2. Knowledge centre to provide a portal for informations and activities reinforcing the mental development of the community.
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3. The panorama of the old fustat; is to teach about the history of the old city, and to create connection between the community and the old ruins. 4. Art centre with the goal of developing the vernacular art and performance in the area 5. Reuse Centre, and it is to make use of the garbage surrounding the area creating new job opportunities for the community and reducing the amount of pollution in the area. 6. Craft centre; to act as a supplement for the reuse center: teaching techniques for young men and women to produce young craftsmen, to arm them with a career for their future.
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Form Concept
By identified four form-defining local traces : Fustat historical street grid, Slums tissue, symbolic sign of the city of Fustat
Reused Bottles
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Viewed from a certain distance and under good light, even an ugly city can look like“ �the promised land
Leon Krier, The architecture of Community
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Nile
Residental Tower Layout
Form Generation
Duplex
The building Form is inspired from The Mamluk minaret proportions. The tower was divided to three sections: 1. The mall 2. Offices departments 3. House departments
Concept . People Behavior Before 25 Jan: Neighbors were busy in their work and no one knows each other. . People Behavior after 25 Jan: People had to defend for their homes by making committies and they begin to know each other. . My aim is to create a place that make neighbours able to see and discuss with each other.
Typical Plan
Section A-A
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Nile
Residental Tower
Archaeologists
Rest
Al Bagwat . Al-Bagawat, is an ancient Christian cemetery, one of the oldest in the world, which functioned at the Kharga Oasis in southern-central Egypt from the 3rd to the 7th century AD. It is one of the earliest and best preserved Christian cemeteries in the ancient world.
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Section A-A
Section B-B
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Archaeologists
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Nagaa
HammadiTower
This tower -now under construction- is situated in Nagaa Hammadi, upper Egypt, it is a residential building with the first two oor assigned for commercial use, the owner requested an economical design with the are of details inspired from islamic architrecture.
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Naga HamadiTower
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Residential Villa AL-DIWAN
The Design reects features of Moorish Architecture. In addition to using calligraphy as an element which is considered very important in the Muslim Architecture
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Residential Villa AL-DIWAN
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El Halawani Desserts Shop
A Commercial Design of a sweets shop named (Halawani) situated in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, The owner Requested an attractive Design yet very simple fpr the project is a start up and the funding availaible wont alow for an expensive finishing, therefore the design should contain attractive elements and elegence in its
simplest forms. The main idea is to rely on colors and visuals to create an effect, using maroon and greyscale photographs.
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Tahrir Square UPGRADING
Tahrir square is one of the biggest and most important squares in Egypt. Tahrir Complex Building (The Mogamma) receives itself more than 40 thousands people everyday. Also, Tahrir Square has seen many revolutions, most recently the 25 January Revolution which has not only affected the country’s political situation but also affected the social and cultural people behavior.
1. General Concept
3. Nile Corniche Sol.
So the design was focusing on 2 main ideas : 1. Creating a new layer above the street layer only used by pedesterian. 2. Take advandage of the increase awareness and culture by creating different activities.
5. Museum Plaza Sol.
2. Pedestrian Map
4. Mohamed Mahmoud st. Sol
6. Lighting Sol.
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