selected works 2010- 2020
ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO
MAHMOUD ABDELWAHAB
MAHMOUD ABDELWAHAB Born in Cairo,12th Jan1989 Egyptian nationality Residing in Frankfurt, Germany
WORK EXPERIENCES / TRAINING KSP JĂźrgen Engel Architekten, FFM May 2019 - Present
www.ksp-architekten.de
Metrogramma, Milan Jul 2017 - Jan 2019
www.metrogramma.com
AquiliAlberg Architects, Milan May 2016 - Aug 2016
www.aquilialber.com
Engineering Consultants Group, Cairo Oct 2012 - Aug 2014
www.ecgsa.com
Dar Al Mimar Architects (DMA), Cairo Jul 2012 - Oct 2012
www.dma.com.eg
Integrated Development Group, Cairo Jul 2011 - Sep 2011
SNAP, Cairo
Jul 2010 - Sep 2010
www.snapegypt.com
BSc. Architect I International design team A member of the Frankfurt International design team; Tasked with sketch, concept design and design development to International competitions, as well as occasional local competitions and studies.
Design Architect I Design team Sketch design, concept development, visualization and project presentation. Projects ranging between interior, architecture and urban scales; involving collaboration with other design studios.
Junior Architect I Design team Involved in numerous projects tasked with the concept development and visualization, architectural competitions and updating the studio portfolio. Working directly with the chief architect, participated in five projects over the three month duration spent there.
Junior Architect I Design team Joined the architectural visualization department, then transfered to the design department, working directly with the Project architect and chief designer. Responsibilities extended but not limited to schematic design, conceptual design, concept development, facade design and 3D visualization. In addition, I was asked to develop a development strategy plan for both departments individually.
Junior Landscape Architect I Design team Working directly with the project architect, assigned to the design team, involved in the schematic design and concept visualization of Mountain view, a sires of major resorts developemt in Egypt.
Junior Architect I Trainee Involved in versitile project scales that ranged from Interior design to architecure to urban planning. tasked with design production drawings and project documentation.
3D Architectural Visualizer I Trainee A three month internship covering the basicis of advanced 3D modeling, visualization and post-porduction. Advancing my technical skills in 3Ds Max, Vray, Rhino and Photoshop.
AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS Aug - Sep 2015 Sep 2014 - Sep 2016
“Full Scholarship” Summer School course by Peter the Great st. Petersburg Polytechnic University, St, Petersburg (Russia) “Gold Scholarship” Master of Science by Politecnico di Milano, Milan (Italy)
Jun 2016
“Hortus Conclusus” AWR awards - Honorable mention, Rome (Italy)
May 2015
“Bosisio Parini” New connection between lakeside and city center competition - Special mention, Lecco (Italy)
Feb 2015
“Diocesan Museum” Desiging the new extension to the museum - Competition - First Place, Milan (Italy)
WORKSHOPS / ACTIVITES Aug - Sep 2015
March 2015
International Polytechnic Summer School Module “Graphic Design and Visual Communication” Peter the Great st. Petersburg Polytechnic University, St, Petersburg (Russia)
Development of the Farini region
working with the municipality of Piacenza and The IMM Design Lab, the aim of the workshop is to study and develop a strategy for the Farini Region, Farini (Italy)
April 2012
Students as a Part of democratic universities
May 2011
Terhal Project
13 day Student Exchange Program between Ain Shams University and TU Berlin, funded by the DAAD, Beriln - Hamburg (Germany) 10 day workshop about Architecture and Nomadism; learning about the native environment and how to design sustainable architecture, Siwa (Egypt)
EDUCATION Oct 2014 - Present Jun 2006 - Jun 2012
Masters in Building and Architectural Engineering Politecnico di Milano, Lecco (Italy)
BSc. in Architecture; Urban Planning and Design section Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University, Cairo (Egypt)
Jun 2005 - Jun 2006
American Diploma
Rajac american school, Cairo (Egypt)
DIGITAL COMPETENCE Programs I work with professionally Autodesk 3Ds MAX Vray (for 3Ds Max) Rhinoceros Grasshopper
Auto AutoCAD Autodesk Revit Google Sketchup Lumion
Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe After Effects Adobe Indesign
HORTUS CONCLUSUS May 2016 - April 2017
Politecnico di Milano I Italy
(Design (Team) - Modeling - Presentation) (2D AutoCad - Sefira - Rhino - Grasshopper - 3Ds Max - Photoshop)
Hortus Conclusus is a Master thesis based on scientific research and investigations in the field of Architecture and Building engineering. Focusing on the issue of food insecurity and the role of architecture in finding a sustainable solution through redefining the concept of our living spaces and introducing new means of food production that suits the present urban lifestyle. This thesis gathers methods and strategies that we have developed as independent researchers, designers and scholars some of which are not yet tested and are subject to further development. Having a long term goal to modify the habits of the city inhabitants towards viable nutrition, the aim is to reconnect the culture dating from historical archetype, “Hortus Conclusus” with our present busy urban life, establishing the future model of “CIVITATIS HORTI” that would set a new understanding of our overall lifestyle modification, towards the future of urban agriculture lifestyle, by aggregating, at the first glance the two incompatible processes of present urban residential use and urban agriculture. Link to Hortus Conclusus Publication: http://www.calameo.com/read/005048071b84d7120f9c4
The moment of seeding presents the very beginning of this process and it all starts with a single seed, placed in the right position at the right time, and after it’s being maintained properly, the plant will grow and provide food. In the same way, we are observing this architecture as a inception, as a seed that will set the way how we will grow our food in the future, spreading as the tree drops it seeds through fruits around it and so on, as a ripple effect. Establishing the analogy between the seed, as the main element of this process, and our design, the form of the seed has been used as a main design input. Dismantled into two main components, the shell and the seed core. Analogically, the shell became the building skin and envelope protecting what’s inside, while the internal part of the seed is what is the most valuable for us, the actual core of life process and a home for students and plants.
This thesis are proposing a new design methodology based on the concepts and principles if Hortus conclusus resulting in the development of a new architectural typology for urban architectural use, as a fusion between typical residential use and urban farming addressed as “Agritecture�. the sense of community is coming up from the interaction of the individuals through different activities and socialization levels, it is happening in common spaces or any type of shared space. In this case, the building layout will be developed in a way that it will contain numerous common spaces like study rooms, lounge, kitchens etc. But in this case the accent will be placed on farming spaces, introducing them as a common space typology, furthermore, different levels of interactions between students within a community is influenced by a building layout.
Studies on the analogy and interpretation of the seed crust into a building faรงade took place in order to optimize this architectural element, with particular attention to some of the environmental and sustainability aspects. The microfarming system is a clear interpretation of the design methodology Agritecture, where farming food and urban living are no longer considered two different functions but one. Having the skin of the building itself acting as the farming ground not only saves space and energy, but much more than that, It incepts the idea that we should be responsible for growing our own food in the city.
Composed by having Solar Photovoltaic panels (as Opaque panels) that harness and store electricity from the sun radiation, using storage batteries which are already available in the market today, later to be used to feed excessive thermal and light requirements to growing the plants during cold nights, or absence of sun . The second design aspect is the Micro farming cells, implementing the technology of hydroponic farming techniques, creating a prefabricated closed-loop network for water collection and nutrition of plant cultures. The system would have a much higher production and yielding rate than traditional farming, as well as fresh consumption of crops.
CORSICO MEDIATECA Feb - April 2016
Politecnico di Milano I Italy
(Design (Team) - Modeling - Presentation) (2D AutoCad - Sefira - Sketchup - Grasshopper - 3Ds Max - Photoshop)
Ex Stella Corsico� area, Corsico, Milan Located in the municipality of Corsico in Milan, it consists of a former industrial field, today completely dismissed and partially occupied by public parking. The aim of the project is to re-develop and refurbish the area by designing a new sustainable multi-use social commercial building that would serve the surrounding neighborhoods. Existing in a very strategic location, 7 km away from the center of Milano, along the Naviglio Grande just above the center of Corsico; The program of the project was determined by an integrated approach of studying the needs or Corsico and the surrounding neighborhoods of the site, deducing that the most suitable function that would serve the area is to have a Social Multimedia Center acting as a landmark and symbol to Corsico.
Exploring deep into the concept of the Library, as a space dedicated for sharing knowledge, studying the methods used for knowledge sharing over time. Defining also the principles of communities in term of social communication, focusing on the visual, audio and touch communication methods. As a result, the program emphasizes and encourage the use of interactive architecture, with a more digital approach that relay completely on the communication between the user and the building. Thus, the design concept is based on allowing maximum interaction and experience to users, acting as a social center but also while sharing knowledge in a modern way.
The structural solution chosen for the building consists of columns, bearing walls and horizontal slabs, all in cast concrete. The use of thick horizontal slabs made it possible for the 3 and 5 meters span of the cantilevered part that surrounds the main building on the first floor and some part of the second one. This soultion also allowed to have a continuous column-free facade.
South facade
North facade
The concept of the design is having a huge solid floating mass from the front (south facade) that attracts the attention and curiosity to what’s happening inside the building, while getting across to the other side (north facade), you then get a striking visual connection with the complete transparency through the curtain wall. Emphasizing the idea of visual communication and interactive relation between the building and the user, the arrangement of the panels represents a sound wave that changes the amplitude and intensity according to the usage of the space adjacent to it, through the use of different extrusion and intrusion depth, the facade becomes dynamic with shadow. Searching for the most suitable finishing material of the main mass; Combining Lightness, Flexibility, durability and dynamics, The optimum solution is to have an opaque / semi-opaque facade composed of standralized GFRC panels.
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PORTA FORLANINI Jan - Feb 2018
Metrogramma I Italy
(Design - Modeling - Presentation) (2D AutoCad - Sketchup - 3Ds Max - Photoshop)
Working with the Municipality of Milan, in line with the City planning strategy, the project aimed develope Forlanini Park south of the city. The design concept is simply creating a portal to the park from the dense urban fabric, inspired by the historical Milano city portals, Porta Forlanini is a modern portal re-imagined in a light structure with floating architecture to allow the visual connection to the park. The modular design allows ease of fabrication, mounting and decomposition of the building to be repupsed for different use.
Very well located on viale Forlanin, mid way between the city center and Linate airport. The plot houses the perfect location for a entry point to parco sud, parco forlanini, where it is closest to the city center, having great accessability and ampel opportunity to house the transformation from urban to natural settings. Approaching the site as a gateway, the transitional threshold between the dense hectic urban setting into a more tranquil and natural green space: Parco Forlanini The following strategies express the various architectural interpretation of a portal in terms of massing
DIOCESAN MUSEUM Feb - April 2015
Politecnico di Milano I Italy
(Design (Team) - Modeling - Presentation) (2D AutoCad - Sketchup - 3Ds Max - Photoshop)
A competition hosted by politecnico di Milano to design the new addition to the Diocesan museum We go awarded: First place The Project aim was to study and analyze the existing environment, and then develop an integrated design concept to the new addition of the Diocesan museum, using the IMM (Integrated Modification Methodology). The design emphasize the impact of social and environmental aspects, and how the architecture truly emerges from its context.
A draft animation movie: https://vimeo.com/120561642
Located in the heart of Milan, with a very rich and lively neighborhood, the design approach for having an integrated project must emerge from its context, in this case, the focus was on finding the catalyst that would be the basis for the design. Using the Integrated Modification Methodology, Both the horizontal and vertical Investigations were carried on the project site.
The result lead to the design concept using the Parco della basiliche as the main catalyst for the design, focusing on the people experience and journey in the surrounding context, acting as a gateway to the park from the city, and hence an extension to both sides. Active and passive stratgies have also been implemented in the design with the aim of having a low energy consumption building, taking into account the stingr northern wind, year round sun radiation ratio, and the natural daylight requirments for the exhibition and educational spaces, as well as the indoor thermal comfort for the users. The main integrative feature would be the Green roof which extends the park into the project, and provide a view point of the whole area. Stretching the park into the project: - Integration of the park / open spaces -Attracting park visitors to the museum -Maximizing the visual connectivity to the park.
OTHER SAMPLE PROJECTS
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PARCO FORLANINI by Metrogramma