ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO
ARCHITECT-URBAN RESEARCHER LOBNA A. GALAL
LOBNA A. GALAL
PHD STUDENT URBAN DESIGN AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE CAIRO UNIVERSITY lobnaagalal@gmail.com +2 01005549423 CAIRO, EGYPT.
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Cairo University and Brandenburg University of Technology-BTU Cottbus
A collaboration with Brandenburg University of Technology-BTU Cottbus. My team and I explored the challenges of urban mobility, agriculture, and water resources in one of the Nile Delta cities. proposed approaches of development regarding the expected scenarios of the sea level rise for 2050 and 2100. The output was also a contribution to the International competetion “Confronting informality, preserving communities and creating public goods in infromal settlements�, organized by TUDelft, BK Bouwkunde.
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Cairo University and Brandenburg University of Technology-BTU Cottbus
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Cairo University and Brandenburg University of Technology-BTU Cottbus
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NatGeo Mapmaker Interactive
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Cairo University and Brandenburg University of Technology-BTU Cottbus
7/30/2018
NatGeo Mapmaker Interactive
NatGeo Mapmaker Interactive
7/30/2018
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The Norman Foster Foundation Urban Mobility Workshop “The Norman Foster Foundation Urban Mobility Workshop took place on 17-21 September 2018, with the support of BYD. The workshop focused on new urban technologies and how these could open up an exciting range of opportunities in which the infrastructure of movement and the architecture of buildings can physically merge together” The workshop explored these and other possibilities in the context of three city typologies. The example chosen for study was San Francisco Bay Area”.
The Norman Foster Foundation Urban Mobility Workshop “SAN FRANCISCO BAY LOOPS” “URBAN MOBILITY CORRIDORS FOR .... INOVATION AND RESILIENCE” My team and I were exploring how the technology can change the new ways of transportatin in a low-density sprawling metropolis of San Francisco Bay area.
The Norman Foster Foundation Urban Mobility Workshop My team and I proposed integrated networks of transportation with monorail; communter rail, BRT, RRTS, MRTS.
The Norman Foster Foundation Urban Mobility Workshop Using Walkscore.com as a tool to examine the walkability score for San Francisco.
CONNECTIVITY INTERSECTION, ROUTE CHOICE. AVERAGE BLOCK SIZE 0.3 MILES PERFECT BLOCK SIZE 0.25 MILES
CHINATOWN, SAN FRANCISCO. 100% WALKABLE 1.THE USEFUL WALK, CONVENIENCE LANDUSE
Showing that Chinatown’s 100 walk paradise. Diverse land use within proximity to daily errands.
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As for the built environment, the short block sizes of ideal standards for route directness and more choices. Supporting modal integration between public transit, walking, by proposing a network of monorail with stations located in highly walkable centers.
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The Norman Foster Foundation Urban Mobility Workshop Encouraging modal integration between public transportation systems and walking.
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PEDESTRIAN CORRIDROS BETWEEN RESIDNTIAL BUILDINGS FOR PERMEABILITY
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Connecting San Francisco with San Jose by monorail whose stations are located within walkable catchment areas. Promoting walkability in San Jose, with mixing the use, shorening block sizes, and prioritizing pedestrians by providing more space for walking rather than streets, parking lots.
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MASTER OF SCIENCE
ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING AND URBAN DESIGN
“Assessing Walkability in New Cities in Egypt, 2017� Examining how walking can fill the service gap in using other modes of transportation in new cities in Egypt. Dealing with the objective measuring of the built environment attributes that are related to walking (Net residential density, intersection density, land-use mix, and retail-floor area ratio). Measuring and mapping the levels of walkability. Using the GIS-based walkability index, socres were measured per block group within a half mile radius area. Measures could be used to determine areas where priority should be given by urban planners for the enhancement and redevelopment of the built environment.