ABOUT ME
OBJECTIVES
SKILLS
Looking forward the optimum state of harmonization between human, Nature and space of having the utopian principles in to design. • Aiming to achieve the maximum interaction between students, staff and co staff members to generate the family realm in our community. • Hope to create my own ways of Design category of applying the energy of place and human. • Seeking for maximizing the interdisciplinary approach in research.
Basics: Microsoft Office 365 Windows CAD: AutoCAD (Excellent) CAM: Rhinoceros (good) Autodesk Project Monolith Grass Hopper Dynamo BIM: Autodesk Revit (General, MEP) Autodesk Advance Steel Tekla Structure Navisworks Visualization: Cinema 4D (Excellent) LUMION 3D Assets: Adobe Creative Suite Articulate Story Line Simulations: HAB Carrier Simulator EcoTect Autodesk Flow Deisgn Relux for lighting Simulation Behavior: Pathfinder, for emergency, evacuation and user’s behavior in spaces PyroSim, for fire and smoke hazards simulation inside buildings Numerical ANSYS Workbench • Design Assessment • Eigenvalue Buckling • Explicit Dynamics • Fluid Flow (CFX and Fluent) • Rigid Dynamics • Static Structural • Topology Optimization
EDUCATION
WESSAM HAMDY ABBAS ARCHITECT
PERSONAL DATA City: Alexandria, Egypt Date of birth: 11 August 1988 Phone: +2 01097343135 E-mail: Wessam.abbas@alexu.edu.eg
LANGUAGES Arabic: Mother Tongue English: Very Good Writing and speaking French: Good
• BSc Faculty of Engineering Architectural Engineering Department – Class 2010 - Very good with honor • MSc studies Faculty of Engineering Architectural Engineering Department – spring 2012 - Grade: CGPA (3.528) • MSc in Architecture Engineering January 2017 Grade: Honorable Mention • PhD Studies Architectural Engineering Department - Grade: CGPA (4.000)
PROFESSIONS AND POSITIONS • Demonstrator at Faculty of Engineering Architectural Engineering Department, Alexandria University. Duration: 2010 then Military then 2013 till May 2017 • Fellow of Wessex Institute of Technology, Southampton - UK - 2015 • Fellow of Pratt Institute - School of Architecture , Brooklyn - USA - 2020 • Teacher Assistant at Faculty of Engineering Architectural Engineering Department, Alexandria University. Duration: May 2017 till present • Sub senior and vice head of Technical office at Egyptian Armed Forces Department of Engineering, Corps of Engineers Duration: 2011 to 2013 • Founder of X Design Studio startup Duration: 2015 till present
COMPETITIONS • Upgrading Engineering Club (Honorable prize) 2012 • City Icon Workshop and Competition (FOE) 2014 – Master Design winning • Eco House for Energy and water saving (AAST) 3rd prize with my team 2014 • Lighting Installation of Admin Building in Faculty of Engineering, 2015-2016 • Fentress Global Challenge of Designing Futuristic Airport for 2075, 2017 • Black Taj Competition – India – 2018 • New Giza’s Cliff Boutique Hotel –3rd prize with my team - 2019 • Information Technology Campus – New Administrative Capital - 2020
PRIZES • IEEE CORD competition for Robotic Design 2nd place, 2008 • Engineering Syndicate in Alexandria ceremony for Excelling, 2010 • Merit of Military duty 2nd rank, 2011 • 25 January’s Medal for military service during revolution, 2011 • Special Forces Recruitment Medal, 2011 • Honorable prize for Engineering club upgrading project, 2012 • 3rd prize received for the ECO house competition, 2015 • 3rd prize received for Cliff Boutique Hotel Competition, 2019
CONFERENCES
• ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers) Alexandria University Branch 2015,2019, and 2020 – Speaker and Technical Advisor. • Participated and presented a research paper in Fourteenth international conference on design principles and practices 2020, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, USA • Participated and presented a research paper in Conference “Eco Architecture 2014” WIT, Sienna, Italy • SMU, Architectural Engineering Department placement for the fresh students, FOE, 2014 • TEDx GUC, Identity? , German University in Cairo 2014 • Students Union Conference for fresh students’ placement, FOE, 2010 • Many Conferences about Heritage, Conservation, and culture (Bibliotheca Alexandrina). • Hassan Fathy Award for Architecture & Agha Khan Award 2009 • Construction Team at FOE 2015, Student Orientation and recruitment
WORKSHOPS • Computer Graphics (CG) FOE 2010 • Photography outings Adasa Club 2010 • Human Resources and presentation skills (Del Carnegie) 2010 • HAB for HVAC simulation and calculations (Carrier) 2012 • City Icon 2014 (Dr Dina Nassar, Dr Mohamed Sobhy) FOE 2014 • Graphics Unit Workshop (Dr Mohamed Sobhy) FOE 2014 • Kom El Dekka Urban Development Program and Vision, Team Leader (Dr Dina Nassar – Arch Manar Talal) 2014-2015 • Façade lighting Workshop (Eng. Amir Elsobky) FOE 2015 • Design Tour Architectural design process Campus (Arch Mohamed Amin) 2016 – 2017 • ASCE BIM Competition V1 and V2 (Technical Advisor – Head of Jurors)2019,2020
PUBLICATIONS & RESEARCH • Graduation Project Report (FOE), 2010 • Research in Nano Architecture and materials (FOE), 2012 • Mohamed Korayem Mosque Documentation (FOE), 2013 • Research Paper “Spirituality enhancing in to green design” (Wessex institute of Technology,UK) ,2014 • Submitted Journal in “international journal of The International Journal of Design & Nature and Ecodynamics, 2015 • Eco architecture conference proceedings “Eco Architecture V” pgs. 173-185, 2015 • Kom el-Dikka Development: As part of the Support to Cultural Diversity and Creativity in Egypt https://www.bibalex.org/culture/en/theme/EventTheme.aspx?ID=5 https://www.bibalex.org/Culture/Attachment/CKfiles/files/Kom%20el%20Dikka%20 Report.pdf • MSc Thesis, entitled “Environmental Psychology as a Design Criterion for • Retrofitting the Extreme Spaces, An Approach of Enrolling Multidimensional Matrix of Behavioral, Built, and Extreme Environments Indicators” January 2017 • Themed Paper Presentation “Detection and monitoring of pyrotechnic event consequences analysis on non-blast resistant buildings” (Common Ground Research Network CGRN and Pratt Institute, USA) 2019 https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=NA3rzbCTkog&t=622s • On Reviewing - submitted Journal to CGRN entitled “Applying Building Information Re-Modeling (BIMr) and the Scientific Realm of Pyrotechnic Formulas” (CGRN, USA) 2020
PUBLICATIONS & RESEARCH • Prof. Dr. Mohamed A. Ibrahim • Prof. Dr. Tarek A. Faraghaly • Prof. Dr. Hassan K. Abd El Salam • Prof. Dr. Dina F. Nassar • Dr. Zeyad T. El Sayad • Dr. Mouhamed Soubhy • Dr. Samer A. El sayary • MR. Harald Fronzek, RDE • MR. Eugen Winchel, TKMS • MR. Christian Violet, MBDA
Competitions | Recherches 00
X_Studio | Competitions | Academic Projects | Recherches | Simulations
//// | /////////////// |
| Public Buildings and mixed use towers. | Renewable Energy and Architectural Design. | Advanced Computer Applications in Architectural Design.
Alexandria Business
Association
| 01 | MixedUse Building
Optimal use of simulation before construction. BIM ,Green building simualtions and Lighting calcualtions.
01
Alexandria Business Association Builiding Competitions
2019 | Competitions |
ABA BIM Architecture
Egypt | Alexandria
ABA Circulations
ABA Structure System
02
Study of the daylight simulation of a typical floor plane
Green Building Studio Simulations
03
2019 | Competitions |
Repetitive study of facades
Egypt | Alexandria
04
| 02 | AIRPORT
| Public Building. | Renewable Energy and Architectural Design. | Advanced Computer Applications in Architectural Design.
THE
TENGAI
The gate whrer infinite peoples’ asymptotes meet Haneda intl. airport
CONCEPT “KEN MA” the consciousness and cognition of the In-between spaces and joining the infinite asymptotes KEN, tends for kenchiku, is a term that describes the architecture of both space and place and reflects the enclosure MA is a term that describes the negative or in between spaces not for the traditional physical 3D Space.
Philoshphy It stems from the rules of life, complementary elements, sprit and body, tangible and intangible. The Japanese Culture is known to be based on the contradictions of (IN BETWEENS). Thus, such an identity will ever be present in their life, and the meaning of enriching the living experience in their beliefs and faith, those all are the meaning of infinite asymptotes. So, all the stated meanings refiect both of simplicity and depth in all aspects of the Japanese culture. That is why, the philosophy stemmed from the eternity of cultural beliefs and amenities. Architecture wise, those beliefs perform along the main three aspects: Symbolism, Revivalism, and Functionalism. Together, these aspects are re-framing and redefining the approach of the Minimalism.
05
Fentress Global Challenge of Designing Futuristic Airport for 2075
2017 | Competitions |
AirPort Cross Section
JAPAN | OTA City
06
Evolution Of Mass Referring to the philosophy of Minimalism, it can be architecturally represented by primitives. Whilst the Japanese architecture elements are much simple to be represented in a few lines, thus, Cuboid element will be chosen to be the mainstream of starting the design process of the terminal.
07
2017 | Competitions |
Mathematical advances representation of Minimal (IN BETWEEN) space: Following Schwarz D Surface / ‘diamond’ because it has two intertwined congruent labyrinths, each having the shape of an infiated tubular version of the diamond bond structure. It was represented and re-assembled from the elliptical integral representation form, and it can be approximated by the implicit surface. Furthermore, the following architectural meanings have been also interpreted mathematically via Formulas comparative topological transformation of the D surface such as; Rhythm, which is interpreted by modifying the range of formula frequency Datum, which is interpreted by modifying the main Curves Asymptotes and its frequent range Spatial Hierarchy, which is interpreted by Inversing the domains of equation parameters u,v,w Continuity and infinity ,which is interpreted by finding the Asymptotes values .
JAPAN | OTA City
08
| Urban Housing and Settlements. | Renewable Energy and Architectural Design. | Advanced Computer Applications in Architectural Design.
| 03 | Sustinable City
ECOn
Platonia
A stimulated SEED of compact city Generosity, more than an immersed object
CONCEPT Living inside a hyper-Space, through a set of infinite ecological realms above the existing city horizon. This statement guides the thoughts to think about the existing 2D modular Pixel grid of Alexandria, and the applicability of the 3D transformation in to Volume+Pixel (Voxel) where can be flexible through the 4D time. Subsequently, Creating a 5D Social Space, and achieving a new trend of Urban Morphology to be a ( Voxel of the city) rather than (Image of the City).
Project Hypothesis Nowadays, Alexandria is considered one of the most Egyptian crowded cities, it suffers from a continual increasing of population density. Eventually, the exponential rate of this increasing causes many harmful effects, and cuts pattern of the existing Alexandria’s Image of the city. Thus, the initiative approach of the theme “Alexandria as a Green City” aims at cutting edges of the overall breakthroughs of urban infill pattern, and THINKING THE UNTHINKABLE. Though, many proposed projects are provided to be feasible and reasonable, they are not able to face the invasion of the overpopulation. So, what about the image of the city by 2067, moreover, 2100? It is hypothesized that, keeping the existing image of the Alexandria city and the original pattern without any change, and looking for the nature – the sea, beyond the imprisoning inside the informal movement of slums, and over-height buildings, and too, the crowded city.
09
Faculty of Alexandria - PhD Project 2017
2017 | PhD Projects |
Visual Programming
[ShipGrammer-V1]
EGYPT | ALEXANDRIA City
[ShipGrammer-V2]
10
Diagrams and Illustrations
City Grid
Vertical Farms
Green Belts Grid and Buffers
Transportation Network
Following the concept of urban vectors representation City grid represented by a set of 3D Axis those are embodying cubical-platonical units of the Neighbourhoods
Unlike the original concept of city’s green belts, the vertical and spatial green belts are wrapping around each Cubical, that protect and enhance the overall built-environment and functional division
Structure Grid
Each Cubical mesh grid rests on a 4 massive core Piers, and each pier evolved circulation elements, energy barrels, MEP, and the vertical farms are wrapping around it. They can be released from their sinkers while fioatin
11
This practice is producing food and medicine in vertically stacked layers, Wrapped around the Cuboid Structural Piers. where all environmental factors can be controlled.
Transportation Networks are divided in to main 3 Categories: Cat. 1: Sonic jet around the Platonia to be connected to another Cat. 2: Internal Spatial Pods between the Cubicles Cat. 3: Grid Pods those can serve each cubical individually
Lighting Clefts
Lighting clefts are formed inside the cuboids by the margins around each cubical, those are allowing the maximum daylighting to enter into the cuboid depth. Enlightening the whole neighbourhoods.
2017 | PhD Projects |
Mathematical Representation
EGYPT | ALEXANDRIA City
12
| Grand Mosque and Islamic Icon. | Renewable Energy and Architectural Design. | Advanced Computer Applications in Architectural Design.
| 04 | Iconic Mosque
The
Creek Pearl A stimulated SEED of compact city Generosity, more than an immersed object
Breif The main objective is to design an Iconic mosque to meet the ambitious features of Dubai Creek City, such city –besides being an extension of Dubai as a cosmopolitan city- aims to achieve unprecedented goals in mixed use activities.
CONCEPT The design expresses the ambitious characteristics of the city in parallel with the values of Islamic religion, and to achieve such qualities the design embraces definite criteria which is unity, diversity, celebration, elegance and beauty.
Philosophy Such a sophisticated building must not make people feel averse. So maintaining a balance between sophistication and familiarity is a must in order to meet the characters of modern cities and the greatness of Islamic religion as well.
13
DUBAI - Competitions 2018
2018 | Competitions |
Main Pattern
ARAB EMIRATES | DUBAI
14
15
2018 | Competitions |
Functional Arrangement
ARAB EMIRATES | DUBAI
16
Under Construction Projects 00
X_Studio | Architecture | Interior | Landscape | Digital Simulation
//// | /////////////// |
Co-Ordination Projects 00
X_Studio | Architecture BIM | MEP Co-ordination |
//// | /////////////// |
CO ORD INATION We benefit greatly from the BIM technology by fully modeling the systems in terms of the generic shape and paths, as well as the complete data and providing models that can be used later to predict the attitude of the building and the systems inside it greatly.Also coordination of engineering works between different disciplins between HVAC systems, electrical pathways, ,firefighting systems, alarms, fluid feeding and drainage. Also, full coordination with the architectural and construction works and providing solutions for each department to resolve the clashes and overlap between the systems and each other
01
2019 | Coordination
EGYPT | ALEXANDRIA
02
03
2019 | Coordination
EGYPT | ALEXANDRIA
02