Karim Ezzat I Architecture and Urban Portfolio 2020 by Karim Ezzat

PORTFOLIO ARCHITECTURE I URBAN KARIM EZZAT 2020

CVCURRICULUM VITAE ARCHITECT . DESIGNER . CREATIVE SEEKER

Karim Abdelhameed Ezzat, M.Sc (Arch) +4915171360454 I karim.ezzat@hotmail.com August 20, 1992 I 70199 Stuttgart, Germany The journey towards my academic and professional career has just begun! I am a young architect who graduated from German University in Cairo – Architecture and Urban Design School – with highest honors and earned my Bachelor Thesis Degree from the University of Stuttgart. I participated in numerous international workshops and currently work as an AIP in Stuttgart. I’m passionate about architecture, creativity, and graphic design. Architecture has embedded itself in every form in our lives, from the largest scales of cities to the smallest products human beings could need. Suddenly architecture wouldn‘t only be a profession, but it becomes a way of life. I always believe to acquire new and different insights from cultures throughout the world to enhance my experience in the real world architecture community ... and even more.

EDUCATION 2016-2017 Master Degree I German University in Cairo I Architecture and Urban Design I Thesis Title: The Dilemma of Public Spaces in Cairo I GPAGerman System: 1.0 (A) 2014-2015 Pre-Master Degree I German University in Cairo I Building Technology and Integrated Design I Cumulative GPA-German System: 1.1 (A) 2014 Bachelor Thesis Degree I Universit채t Stuttgart I Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, St채dtebau-Institut I GPA: 1.7 (B+) 1997-2010 American Diploma High School Degree I Al-Oruba International School in Riyadh, KSA

WORK EXPERIENCE Lamott Lamott PartGmbB Stuttgart I AIP I 19 Months ASP Architekten GmbH Stuttgart I AIP I 9 Months German University in Cairo I Teaching Instructor I 24 Months German University in Cairo I Senior Visual Design TA I 6 Months Center of Planning and Architectural Studies (CPAS) I Intern in Architecture Design I 2 Month 2011-2012 German University in Cairo I Junior Freehand Drawing and 3D Modeling TA I 6 Months 2011 Center of Planning and Architectural Studies (CPAS) I Design Intern and Site Supervisor I 2 Months 2018-2020 2017-2018 2015-2017 2015 2012

COMPETITIONS AND EXHIBITIONS 2019 Neubau der Tiegelschule in Essen I Lamott Lamott Architekten PartGmbB I 3rd Price 2018 Neubau der Gesamtschule Sieglar in Troisdorf I Lamott Lamott Architekten PartGmbB I 1st Price 2018 Schwarzwaldstrasse Herrenberg I ASP Architekten GmbH I 3rd Price 2017 Neubau eines Gr체nen Betriebshof - St채dtbauliche Neuordnung Wingertsbuckel Mannheim I ASP Architekten GmbH I A 1st Price 2017 G.U.C Design Studio I Exhibition I Organizer 2016 La Biennale di Venezia - Egypt pavilion I Participant and Showcase 2016 Photopia Downtown Cairo Exhibition I Photography Showcase 2015 New Bremen-New Cairo Exhibition in Bremen I Showcase G.U.C Architecture Program Exhibition in Stuttgart I Bachelor Project 2015 Showcase Organized by Dr. Thomas Loeffler 2013-2014 Tamayouz Leadership Extracurricular Program I G.U.C Product Design I 3rd Price

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS Computer Microsoft Office Softwares AutoCAD

3Ds-Max Rhinoceros Grasshopper Adobe Photoshop Vectorworks

Languages English I C2

German I B2

Adobe Illustrator Adobe Indesign Sketchup Pro AfterEffects Cinema 4D Revit Professional Arabic I C2 French I A2

Interrests Competitions I Photoshop and Graphic Design I Model Making Research and Analysis I Sustainable Design I Urban Design Academics A Student I 5 Sem. Scholarships for Excellence I Cumulative GPA: 1.1

RELEVANT EXPERIENCES / WORKSHOPS 2017 SDBE Conference in London - Sustainable Design of the Built Environment I Author and Speaker 2016 SBE16 Conference in Cairo - Integrte People Process Technology I Organizer 2016 Megawra-Maping Urban Water Flow (UMIS) in Cairo I Intern I 1 Week 2015 Revit Architecture Certified Professional 2015 Studio 39 Improving Downtown Cairo Passages I Intern I 2 Weeks 2014 Learn-Move-Play-Ground Summer School Workshop 2 I Improving Playgrounds of Public Primary Cairene Schools I DAAD Funnded Organized by the G.U.C and the Technical University in Berlin I 2 Weeks 2013 DAAD Specialization Design Workshop in Stuttgart I DAAD Funded Organized by the G.U.C I 2 Weeks 2013 Discovering Downtown Cairo Workshop I DAAD Funded I 2 Weeks 2012 Learn-Move-Play-Ground DAAD Summer Workshop I 2 Weeks

PUBLICATIONS 2017 The Dilemma of Public Spaces in Cairo - M.Sc Thesis I SDBE Conference in London 2017 Designing Cycles Series I G.U.C Sustainable Design Course I Supervised by Dr. Cornelia Redeker 2014-2015 Discovering Downtown Cairo I Supervised by Dr. Vittoria Capresi and Dr. Barbara Pampe 2014 Learn Move Play Ground I Supervised by Dr. Vittoria Capresi and Dr. Barbara Pampe 2013 DAAD Specialized Course in Stuttgart I DAAD

C0 CONTENTS SELECTED WORKS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 01 02 03 04

Troisdorf Gesamtschule ................................................................. Grüner Betriebshof ........................................................................ Herrenberg Wohnquartier ............................................................. Supervised Academic Courses .......................................................

06 12 16 18

ACADEMIC PROJECTS 05 06 07 08

Master Degree: The Dilemma of Public Spaces in Cairo ............... Serpentine Gallery ......................................................................... Bachelor Thesis: Stuttgart Stöckach .............................................. G.U.C Bibliothek ............................................................................

20 24 30 40

EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES 09 10 11 12 13 14

Para-cupine ..................................................................................... Theory of Public Spaces .................................................................. Learn-Move-Play-Ground ............................................................... Stuttgart 22 .................................................................................... Golden Permutations ..................................................................... Photography ...................................................................................

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01 TROISDORF GESAMTSCHULE NEW CONSTRUCTION OF SIEGLAR SCHOOL Competition 12/2018 I 1st Prize I Comprehensive School I Troisdorf, Germany Lamott.Lamott Architekten PartGmbB, Stuttgart

The challenging task is to redesign the existing Sieglar School Center as an important linkage node in the Rotter See districts. The existing urban situation impedes a pedestrian free movement; consecutively, the design offers a more functional networking quality in the outdoor space ranging from public, semi-public, to private in an exemplary manner. The new urban design proposes a sustainable multi-generational park in the north-west of the school and a city boulevard that act as a strong east-west axis and a healthy public space in the district. All outdoor system designs follow a consistent design approach: in different surfaces (hard / soft, green, paved). Furthermore, the concept is characterized by a sensitive handling of the room program that expands upon a 10,200 m 2 usable interior spaces. The school is divided into 2 edifices: the main building that contains of different classes and scientific halls, and a solitary building that contains the library and the auditorium / cafeteria which can be reached via a public square located on the boulevard. The new building’s design is composed of nested clusters with internal direct circulations. The classroom clusters are connected to each other via a checkerboard structure in such a way to create interesting relationships with the outside space and the inner courtyards of the building. The facade speaks a contemporary language by implementing continuous horizontal solid elements with a total glazed in between floors, thus creating new spatial situations and interesting, unimpeded views from inside towards outside and vise versa. Overall, the work is of high quality with clear structures and distinctions between the „inside“ and the „outside“. Path relationships and open spaces are accentuated in the right places and form a good dialogue with the new development.

This sample work presented is owned by Lamott.Lamott Architekten PartGmbB. Link for the complete project: http://www.lamott.de/projekte/wettbewerbe.

First Floor Plan

Kulturforum Public Space / School Entrance

East Elevation

Redesigned Public Square

02 GRÜNER BETRIEBSHOF STÄDT-NEUORDNUNG WINGERTSBUCKEL

Metal/Machine Warehouse

Competition 12/2017 I A 1st Prize I Betriebshof, Housing I Mannheim, Germany ASP Architekten GmbH, Stuttgart

Carpentry/Wood Warehouse

The main task was to redevelop the Wingertsbuckel Barracks District in Mannheim with two focuses: a new residential quarter, and a green depot (Betriebshof). Working in a team of 3, I was responsible to develop a new, greener Betriebshof. The concept is to lower the depot by approximately 2m with sloping green bevel running along the North, West and East, thus the depot disappears and integrates into the park found in the North. At the same time, a natural view, better airflow, and noise protection is created for the neighboring residential area. All the company vehicles are then housed under the green slope edge. The depot’s workshops are thematically grouped in three free-standing individual buildings (wood, metal processing, paint shop in combination with central warehouse) in the courtyard; as a result, the free space of the depot is zoned and sensibly structured. All parking spaces of vehicles are directly connected to a circumferential ring access road for feasibility. The southern end of the depot marks an iconic four-story operating building. It shields the depot from the residential development in the South and houses all offices and social rooms. In terms of both climate and economy, the design offers an almost ideal arrangement. The facades are planned with wooden slats made of solid squared timber in different depths (10-20 cm) to underline the sustainable but robust character of the building.

Central Storage Warehouse

Betriebshof Central Building: Adminstrative Region Multipurpose/Men‘s Changingrooms Breakrooms/Women‘s Changingrooms

Garage: LKW, Heavyequipments, Trucks

This sample work presented is owned by ASP Architekten GmbH. Link for the complete project: https://www.asp-stuttgart.de/portfolio-items/ gruener-betriebshof.

Longitudinal Section

03 HERRENBERG WOHNQUARTIER NÖRDLICH DER SCHWARZWALDSTRASSE Competition 2/2018 I 3rd Prize I Housing District I Herrenberg, Germany ASP Architekten GmbH, Stuttgart

The new living quarter is located on the outer edge of the Herrenberg city center. The surrounding residential area is mainly characterized by single-family and smaller semi-detached houses. It is located near an industrial area which highlights the bad quality of the surrounding noise emissions. As a result, the urban planning seeks an approach of creating three green courtyard typologies for a new, independent residential area. These typologies forms a quiet enclosed atmosphere for future residents in which all of the housing units are orientated. Furthermore, a “foyer” is developed in the eastern side that serves as an address to the whole quarter and a strong public space binder; arrival, accessibility and orientation are clearly structured. Inside, the diversity of the different types of residential units is reflected. The selected materials and facade design support the concept of diverse qualities in a uniform overall identity. On the inside, the courtyards receive wooden cladding on facades and outstanding balconies, which break the uniformity and give the courtyards a lively and natural atmosphere with a high, homely character. By slightly varying the themes of wood and balcony, each building also has its own character without disturbing the overall impression of the ensemble.

This sample work presented is owned by ASP Architekten GmbH. Link for the complete project: https://www.asp-stuttgart.de/3-preis-wettbewerbwohnbebauung-noerdlich-der-schwarzwaldstrasse-herrenberg.

04 SUPERVISED ACADEMIC COURSES TEACHING INSTRUCTOR Sep. 2015 - Sep. 2017 German University in Cairo, Egypt

Parallel with continuing my post-graduate studies, I have earned the pleasure to pursue the start of my professional career as an instructor in the G.U.C, Cairo. My work not only expanded my insights to develop new ideas and concepts, but also gave me an expanded knowledge regarding my architectural perspective and focus. I have taught many courses the include: - Sustainable Urban Development - Design Studio 1 (Housing 3rd Semester) - Design Studio 4 (Housing 6th Semester) - Design Studio 5 (Urban Design 7th Semester) - BAC Bachelor Project between Cairo and Buenos Aires - Politics of Form (Venice Biennale Egyptian Pavilion Showcase).

Design Studio 1 // Exhibition Designer

Politics Politics of Politics Form of Form of Elevtive Form Elevtive Elevtive

Design Design Studio Design Studio 1Studio 1 1

Design Design Studio Design Studio 4Studio 4 4

Politics Politics of Form of Form Elevtive Elevtive Politics of Form Elevtive

Design Design Studio Studio 1 1 Design Studio 1

Design Design Studio Studio 4 4 Design Studio 4

Sustainable Sustainable Sustainable Urban Urban Development Urban Development Development

Design Design Studio Design Studio 5Studio 5 5

BACBAC Bachelor Bachelor BAC Bachelor Project, Project, Buenos Project, Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Aires

What is the essence of a “public space“? A public place is a space made meaningful and it is governed by the specific social norms that produce it. L enabled people to exercise marketing and social activities freely. Nowadays, the definition for a public space has changed! The squares and open sp THE DILEMMA PUBLIC SPACES CAIRO zation and liberal values. CairoOF exhibits an ample amountIN of forms of public places: extending from the physical places as large gardens and open spac People now utilize their own spaces under the notion of „privatizing“ for their own benefaction; consequently, different comparisons of spaces were MASTER THESIS : A DISCOURSE ON THE PARADIGM OF PUBLIC SPACES freedom, public spaces, and resources by the people. In the end, what are the same re-occurring patterns of spaces in all extremes? Will they “infect” Feb. 2016 - Aug. 2017 evaluation method that would help architects and the construction sector to make public space once again “public” and usable? The first purpose of German University in Cairo, Egypt BLICNESS have been presented, and differentiated for the purpose of this theoretical endeavour into five meta-themes: ownership, physical configura Supervisor: ration of the five broader urban themes of politics, law, economics, urban design, and sociology, they create the publicness of public space. The secon Dr. Hussam Hussein Salama studies throughout Cairo will be introduced to differentiate how the five factors are governing them. The thesis will discover the apparent patterns o Head of Departement I Architecture “of and Urban Design how to redefine the “publicness a space. Square, Agora, Forum, Place, Parvis, Zocalo, Plaza, Piazza, Campo, Green, Open Space. At least one na German University in Cairo I Hussam.salama@guc.edu.eg where people gather, interact, exercise business and market, and improve relationships in an informal and unfathomable ways. In Urban Space: A B quality of life enjoyed by its people.” He elaborates, pointing out that certain spaces are “clearly the result of democratic usage”. Civic public space Examiners: example, while others provide only for listening or exchange. Yet the importance of a public space is found simply in the space itself—breathing roo Prof. Attilio Petruccioli open spaces, accessible to all and maintained with pride, represent the ideal, if not the reality of, urban life at its best. The public square has played Former Dean I Polytechnic University of Bari, Italy such as the square have taken on a variety of functions, ranging from security and trade to relaxation and entertainment, in every society. In the 20th Prof. Haitham Selim thesis is to provide a historical and theoretical examination of the role of urban public spaces (such as squares and plazas) in political countries such a Al Azhar University in Cairo I Faculty of Engineering, Egypt ficacy of the country’s revolution, and even hypothesize as to the nature or direction of the country’s future. The classification and usage of a public sp patterns throughout extremes of old sectors of the city, such as Downtown and Heliopolis, to the new developed cities, such as New Cairo. Forms of once the different patterns are identified, it will then be analyzed with a set of illustration tools from an architect’s point-of-view. This process should li and “privatization” of urban spaces and in turn allowing solutions for a more sustainable built-environment. What is the underlying meaning of the te to the current situation in Egypt and its evolution and intangibility of its public spaces, a basic inquiry into this field of research starts with defining th major research topic. This chapter will also elaborate on a rich and diverse multi-disciplinary literature which is analyzed in order to find out what are spatial dimensions of this study in which are then analyzed and synthesized in order to document and identify certain public spaces. This chapter is o research. This part collectively analyzes some relic and recent literary reviews regarding the topic at hand. It not only covers the “western” ideology o in the various attempts of defining public space. Slippery terms such as “public”, “place” and “space” are intangible and it is intended to clarify these ring public space: ownership, control, physical configuration, animation and civility. Based upon these formal dimensions distinction and on the discu space and will add additional terms bounded basically to the key focus of public spaces in Egypt, specifically in Cairo.By defining the basic blocks of rately, in reality, there are slippery boundaries between; the five lateral dissociation has therefore mainly a structural purpose, aiming to clarify the com sibility and the complex notion of power. In the conclusion, it is acknowledged that despite the existence of a wide range of multi-disciplinary studies

Long ago, urban spaces, such as the Agora, emphasized a unique affinity for a society’s state of well-being. It represented a democratic situation that paces have become inherently political and a window to show a nation’s political state and government that was influenced by the concept of globalices to the nonphysical ones as social medias. Nevertheless, the same outcome is always achieved: space is privatized and the possibilities are endless! e made to highlight the similarities of the activities. A change of state is now occurring from once unusable spaces to spaces that are contested over ” the new cities being developed? What will be solutions to rectify such apace utilizations and will the role of an architect still change? And is there an f the thesis is to develop a solid theoretical standard of publicness as a practical tool: a model for assessing public places. Five key dimensions of PUation, animation, civility, and control. Through their synergic interaction, where the sum of all is greater than the parts added together and in considend aim is to translate the theoretical model of publicness into to a practical methodological tool to define and understand public space. Different case of spaces found on the macro and micro scale of the city of Cairo and will evoke a productive understanding as a connective procedure to approach ame exists for it in nearly every know language around the world, but all of them refer to a similar thing: an open space in the center of cities or towns Brief History of the City Square, Jere Stuart French states, “Urban spaces, from any time in history or any society on earth, can tell us much about the es even play crucial roles in people’s lives that they may never consciously acknowledge: some spaces give people the opportunity to talk and sit for om in the crowded city and they represent a window that highlights the state and well-being of a nations and societies as a whole. Ultimately, public d a central role in the evolution of all societies. From the ancient Greek agora to its modern-day manifestations across the world, urban public spaces h century, however, the function of the square has been transformed and the concept of the square has become inherently political. The goal of this as Egypt, and, using the history as well as the daily experience of each public space, evaluate each country level of individual freedom, assess the efpace exhibit an interesting phenomenon. This research aims to redevelop the meaning of public spaces in Cairo and to study the apparent “informal” public spaces will be compared and studied to know similarities and differences of how people utilize their spaces for their own needs; consequently, ink people’s needs and different urban variables to complex environmental and urban concerns, thus helping to optimize and justify the “informality” erm “Public Space”? This chapter aims to identify and understand how public spaces has been conceptualized and defined.Before getting introduced he concepts at this hand; therefore, chapter 2 will aim to introduce the definition of a public space in general and will highlight on its evolution as a e the key traits of “publicness”. Those literary elements that make up a public space are heterogeneous yet interrelated. They represent the primary organized into five basic parts in addition to the introduction and conclusion. First, there is a short inquiry about the recent evolution of public space of a public space but also introduces complementary studies and works related to Cairo.The second part shows the high level of ambiguity that exits e terminologies.The main part of this chapter identifies five main dimensions themes of “publicness” that act as keys for defining and possibly measuussion of each meta-theme as a discrete entity, the fourth section of the chapter gives the author’s own definition of what an ideal meaning of a public public spaces, a standard model against which to measure the publicness of a public place is given. Even though the meta-themes are treated sepamplex nature of publicness. However, two areas of interaction among the themes are discussed, in the last part of the chapter: a public place’s access on public space, five common themes can be identified and used to define the ‘publicness’ of public space.

06 SERPENTINE GALLERY NEW ELEPHENTINE MUSEUM Spring 2015 I 5th Year Undergraduate I Archeological Museum I Aswan,Egypt Pre-Masters Supervised By: Prof. Thomas Loeffler

The Island of Elephantine is located on the Nile River along the city of Aswan in Upper Egypt, some 850 km South of Cairo. Elephantine is one of the biggest islands of the cataract and stretches about 2 km opposite the Aswan corniche form North to South, its biggest east-west extension is ca. 750m wide. Since the 1960s, the island is home to important archaeological sites that have been excavated by the German Archaeological Institute and the Swiss Institute of Architectural Studies. Amongst the existing important edifices are two excavation houses, one that host archaeologists and other researchers coming from abroad during the excavation and an existing old villa that is recreated as an old museum for the excavation site. In addition, a village exists along the design site that represents the Nubian way of life. The new design is intended to promote the Nubian quality of the island and an interesting voyage that users would experience while visiting the historical site. It adds modern touristic and research facilities that were missing and enhances the entrance situation. Series of public spaces and urban platforms are designed to direct visitors from the landing point on the island to the former, old museum and eventually to the archaeological sites. The new museum building is a series of interchangeable floors on different heights and dimensions to allow a changeable interesting experience. Building materials include local bricks provided by the Nubian village nearby.

Ground Floor Plan

East Elevation

Second Floor Plan

New Museum: Exhibition Plateaus, Offices and Adminstrative Sectors

Existing Old Museum and Restauration Lab

Existing Nubian Village

Urban Platforms and Museum Public Spaces

Project Site: Elephantine Island Archaeological Museum

Showcase Project I the Deutsches Archaologishes Institut ( DAI ) Cairo 2015

07 STUTTGART STร CKACH SUSTAINABLE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE PARKWAY DISTRICT BACHELOR THESIS Summer 2014 I 4th Year Undergrade I Housing,Mixed-Use I Stuttgart,Germany Supervised By: Prof. Dr.Eng. Helmut Bott

The project, Stuttgart Stรถckach-sustainable redevelopment of the parkway district, aims to develop sustainable urban and landscape concepts to remodel and reactivate the current Stรถckach parkway district. Nowadays, the area, located close to the city center in the east of Stuttgart, faces severe housing and environmental problems such as poor air quality, noise pollution, and inefficient energy-consumption buildings. In addition, it lacks a strong urban identity and therefore is secluded from the existing urban context. The aim of the project is to approach the broad topic of sustainable urban planning with a holistic view. The redesigned urban area attempts to re-establish the important connection to the Schlossgarten, an important park that borders the design area, and the new Rosenstein Quarter that is developed nearby. It attempts to create a strong essence that reconnects the surrounding urban fabric, while introducing sustainable designing methods through the urban and architecture design in a series of courtyard buildings and interlocking public spaces. The focus area was selected to include an interesting mixture of block activities that encompasses working, residential, and mixeduse functions and to keep some of the existing urban fabric. The newly formed blocks allow a better sense of community, providing accommodation to diversity of users.

Architectural Focus: Mixed-use, Residential, and Office Typologies

Plazas and Public Spaces along Important Axes Connections

Housing Courtyard Typologies with Rythmic Offsets of Different Experiences

A longitudonal strip of offices and mixed-use typologies to block noise polution and to foster the site commercial activities

Site: Main axes are extended to reinforce the connection to the Schlossgarten. Furthermore, iconic buildings are kept

Architecture Focus Area

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Longitudinal Urban Section

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Urban Block Concept: Courtyad and Linear Typologies

Core Placement according to Safe Distances

Mixeduse, Residential, and Office Functions

Second Floor Plan

Tiling the block to maximize Solar and Visual Gains

Cutting Voids and Introducing Terraces and Communal Spaces Section A / A

08 G.U.C BIBLIOTHEK THE NEW G.U.C LIBRARY Winter 2012 I 3rd Year Undergraduate I University Library I Cairo,Egypt Integrated Project Supervised By: Prof. Thomas Loeffler and Prof. Hanno Ertel

Libraries are what define the essence of universities. They are the center of the knowledge for all students and teachers. The current situation of the G.U.C library is not satisfying. It is located in a “hidden” room at the basement floor of one of the university‘s main buildings and its atmosphere is not very inspiring. This situation evoked an idea to establish a new prominent library that will be a learning beacon and the focal point for the university. The design strategy is to introduce a new, interesting building typology. It houses new administrative offices, reading halls, shelving areas for 15,000 books, study and conference rooms, and a cafeteria. Its new location at the heart of the campus was one of the important tasks to take into consideration in the designing phase. The Integrated Project considers different focuses: architectural design, building technology, and structural design. The main concept is to introduce the new building in the heart of the university to make it the physical presence. It is a U-typology oriented toward the main communal/ open mensa area. The design integrates a complex urban retrofitting and a smart stagnant facade system that considers sustainable approaches such as shading and lighting.

Conceptual Facade Sketch

Facade Design Pin-up

Section B / B

South Elevation

Ground Floor Plan

First Floor Plan

Structural Model

Facade Section Model

Site Model

09 PARA-CUPINE PARA-MODULAR EXPO Spring 2013 I 3rd Year Undergraduate I Pavilion I G.U.C,Egypt Supervised By: Prof. M.Raafat, Prof. Maha El-Gawely, Prof. Hossam El-Kady

For quite long, the GUC architects are seeking a place where both academic and social activities can take place in which students and staff need to set up meetings, discussions, sociable events, and annual exhibitions; an iconic image to represents the Architecture and Urban Planning Department in the university. The course aimed to focus on the investigation and designing of a standalone, module-based Pavilion of 15 square meter area. The form of the pavilion is requested to emerge out of the constitution of single modules connected together as a 3D mesh system. Their designs should simultaneously work on the three main subsystems of a building (Form, Structure, and Interface) together in order to achieve the main idea of associative and parametric design. Softwares used were Rhinocerous with the Grasshopper plugin.

10 THEORY OF PUBLIC SPACES A THEORETICAL DISCOURSE OF SPACE Winter 2014 I 5th Year Undergraduate I Elective I Cairo,Egypt Supervised By: Prof. Vlatka Seremet

A public space, by the default definition, is any space that should be accessible to all the public for them to interact. Throughout my journey in New Cairo, I faced a dilemma in identifying such spaces. Nowadays, the definition of public space has changed! Spaces extend from being gated to being privatized by the specific people and entities which occupy them. These „public spaces“ extend from the less to the most developed areas. These areas may differ in New Cairo, yet their spaces are used in similar ways. People utilize their own spaces under the notion of „privatizing“ for their own benefaction; consequently, different comparisons of spaces were made to highlight the similarities of the activities. For example, a famous restaurant may extend seatings outside its premises to attract more customers. Similarly, but on a more different level, those managing shops in the less developed areas may need extra space to live by. Nevertheless, the same outcome is always achieved: space is privatized and the possibilities are endless! The project consists of a series of cubical animations with certain illustrations done by Cinema 4D and Adobe After Effects.

Videoanimation link: https://vimeo.com/116382987.

11 LEARN-MOVE-PLAY-GROUND IMPROVING PLAYGROUNDS THROUGH PARTICIPATION Summer 2012 I 3rd Year Undergraduate I Participatory Design I Cairo,Egypt Supervised By: Prof. Vittoria Capresi, Prof. Barbara Pampe

The playground design of public, primary schools in Egypt, are too often neglected and sometimes lacks the necessary quality that children and students need. The workshopâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s idea is to realize friendly and motivating schoolyards through participatory design with children. It is required to improve the quality of playgrounds, where children could spend time, playing, moving around, relaxing, learning together. The methodology is to work together with the children all the way to involve them to do their own products, while only we, adults, act as mediators and facilitators to produce their own designs. First the children were asked to produce abstract models of their imagination and far beyond! The models represented their dreams of the world and places they would love to be in. Second, we took their results and creative models to transform them into implementable architecture that would represent the hidden mechanisms that ruled the childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s creations. Finally, during the implementation stage, we let the children to engage with us to involve them further in the process and to experience their own creations.

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12 STUTTGART 22 A MODERN BEACON Summer 2013 I 3rd Year Undergraduate I Hotel I Stuttgart,Germany Supervised By: Dipl. Eng. Kai Beck, Dr. Rowaida Rashed

The theme was to investigate and explore different dimensions of the architectural design process for a Hotel. The site area is around 2500 meter square of three existing buildings which are not used anymore, and we were allowed to reuse the buildings or demolish them for their project. The project took into consideration the new Stuttgart 21, with the site overlooking the new station design. The proposed solution was to design a hotel replacing two archaic buildings to cope with the upgrades that ‘Stuttgart 21’ will bring. After completing the urban analysis, we realized the significance of this plot of land and its demand for an iconic building. Disliking the idea of designing a common high-rise, dense hotel building, we took the initiative of experimenting with a new typology; consequently, we decided to keep the two existing buildings and to start the designing phase on them. The new structures will be held up in the air overlooking the city by tall interconnected and branched columns which penetrate the existing buildings’ shells. This would add unique spatial qualities to the hotel rooms, preserving the heritage of the city and achieving the demanded iconic essence.

13 GOLDEN PERMUTATIONS A REFERENCE MANUAL Winter 2016 I 6th Year Postgraduated I International Competition Jurry: C.Kerez, M.Giudici, B.Holmebakk, N.Fuchs, M.Montresor

Old is Gold. Nature is the primary drive. No matter who designs a building, it is constructed from a blueprint. No matter what an edifice looks like once it’s finished, it’s still assembled from a mixture of natural materials. No matter what the building’s purpose is, the golden ratio was most likely used to determine its proportions. This ratio, 1:1.61, occurs over and over again in nature. It is founded in everything from the shape of our universe, the structure of objects, and even the proportions of the human body. Humans have incorporated it into everything from mathematics, to artwork, music, and eventually it is rooted in architecture’s fundamental principles. A Reference Manual. The intervention is to abstract the idea of spatial formation to its most basic terms to construct responsive spatial frames with dimensions according to the golden ratio. The network of frames will be made of the building industry leftover materials, as metal poles and wood, and will be connected together to create a strong entity. Together they form a visual dictionary, decoding the syntax of spatial experiences as containers for artwork and events. The manual fosters the idea of modularity, sustainability, connectivity, and flexibility.

Project Link: https://www.120hours.no/theentries/golden-permutations.

14 PHOTOGRAPHY MORE THAN A HOBBY . A PASSION A great architect is a great observer. To me, photography is an art of observation and learning. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about finding interesting possibilities in any place. My mission is to travel around the world to document different cultures, norms, and cities. I always believe that architecture is the thoughtful meaning of special times and spaces ... and so does photography.

M.Sc.(Arch) Karim Ezzat Email: karim.ezzat@hotmail.com Mobile: (+49)15171360454 Stuttgart, Germany Thanks for your Consideration!