Mai El-Shenawy Architecture and Urban Design Portfolio
MAIL:
mai-96@live.com
PHONE:
01023995565
AGE:
JULY10th,1996
A graduate from the German University in Cairo, 2019. An organised and efficient individual, whose thorough, precise and committed approach to projects has yielded very good results. A highly ambitious designer with hopes of improving architecture and urban issues through design.
NATIONALITY: Egyptian
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.Academic Degree: .Faculty of Architecture and Urban Design, German University in Cairo. .Accumulative Grade: Very Good .Bachelor Project Grade: Excellent (A) Hosted by: Escola Tecnica Superior d’Arquitectura de Barcelona “ETSAB”. .Graduated from the Egyptian British International School,2014. IGCSE graduate with an overall A grade. .Went to the Choueifat International Schoo.
Pro Skills
Soft Skills
Advanced .AutoCAD .Photoshop .Rhino 3D .Lumion .Adobe InDesign .Microsoft Office .V-Ray .3D MAX Average .Revit .GrassHopper
.Commitment .Work under stress .creativity .Organization .Team work
Languages .Arabic .English .French .German
Experience .Internship .Internship .Internship .Internship
2015: 2016: 2017: 2018:
ECG Engineering Consultants Group. Material Market Research in GUC. PALM Construction Company. EMBT Miralles Tagliabue in Barcelona, Spain.
.Ushering in the SBE’16 conference .Won the 2nd place in the Engazat competition (New Oasis “AGRO ECO TOWN” project) Member in the Architecture Association (AA) in Fundraising Committee .
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Bachelor
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Urban Projects
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Architecture Projects
“Bridging Colserolla”
“Adapting To Topography” “Re-Exploring The Nile”
“Maspero Triangle” “Integrated Project”
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Visualisations
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.Bridging Colserolla.
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The main aim of the project is to connect the city to mountain Colserolla through an educational door and by introducing new infrastructure, by proposing a tram from the city to parc Guell continuing as a path to collserola. Moreover, proposing new public spaces, educational institutes. Also, injecting green along the educational spine. To activate our door we proposed four different interventions.
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LARGE SCALE PLAN
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PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE
AGRICULTURE INSTITUTE
VOCATIONAL SCHOOL
CULTURE COMPLEX
SECTION COLLAGE
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MASTER PLAN
Four designed nodes along the educational/ agricultural spine to activate the door and attract the targeted people, creating continuity between the city all the way to mountain colserolla passing by parc Guell which has the first project allocated on it, then continuing by the pedestrian bridge which is the second project then to parc Crueta Del Coll which has the other two anchors.
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LONGITUDINAL SECTION
PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE
The aim of the bridge is to create a pedestrian connection between the two hills and continuing as a padestrian path reaching to the mountain. The bridge has layers, one which connects to the green roofs and the other connects to the existing and proposed educational buildings.
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.Adapting To Topography.
MASTER PLAN
Based on the spatial program provided by the clients, we started designing.The main concept is how to adapt to the existing topography instead of demolishing it. After marking the highest points where the residential was allocated,we did some resculpturing to make the zones more connected
Terraced farming was introduced to create private farms yet they are not segregated.A gray water canal was proposed connecting all functions together and used for irrigation, creating pockets where the spatial program was distributed. 15
ZONNING DIAGRAM
STREET NETWORK ENTRANCE LABOUR HOUSING INDUSTRIAL
LABOUR HOUSING
CLUBHOUSE
WELL INSTITUTE
ANIMAL ZONE
TOURIST RESORT TOURIST RESORT STUDENT HOUSING
STUDENT HOUSING
MASS AND VOID
SOLAR PANELS 100 %
100 %
SOLAR ELECTRICITY
WHEAT
80 % WHEAT 80 % SOLAR ELECTRICITY
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80 % WHEAT 80 % SOLAR ELECTRICITY
100 % WHEAT 100 % SOLAR ELECTRICITY
160 % WHEAT 160 % SOLAR ELECTRICITY
LABOR HOUSING TYPOLOGY
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CLUB HOUSE/ INSTITUTE
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.Re-Exploring The Nile.
LARGE SCALE PLAN
UNFOLDED MASTERPLAN
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URBAN SECTIONS
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MASTER PLAN
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.Maspero Triangle.
SCHEMATIC MASTER PLAN
After the demolishing of the Maspero Triangle,we started working on a proposal for a schematic master plan for this area.Our vision resembeled this place as the Cairo’s new open inclusive cultural district.We worked on three scales,the schematic master plan scale for the whole triangle, the zoom in scale and the architecture scale. 29
HOUSING PROJECT
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RESIDENTIAL COURTYARD
The Residential units are designed to over look down town cairo and the maspero triangle, with a concept of having a heirarchy of public and private areas for residents. The block is designed to have a commercial podium in the ground and first floor. 31
TYPOLOGIES
3D SECTION 1:200
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.Integrated Project.
GROUND FLOOR PLAN 1:200
Al Azbakeya is an old historic district located in down town,cairo. The aim of this project was to design a new market hall replacing the old azbakeya market. Its has more than one entrance for easy accessibilty,with a public library and a public restaurant and a hexagonal mesh as a shading element. 35
FIRST FLOOR PLAN 1:200
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concrete tiles 2 cm Gap 9 cm water insulation 2cm Thermal insulation 5 cm concrete 10 cm corregated sheet 8 cm
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Skirting Tiles 10 cm Tiles 2 cm Mortar 2 cm Sand 4 cm O.C. slab 10 cm Water proofing 2 cm O.C.slab 15 cm Compact soil
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SECTION A-A' (1:50 )
Group 8.2 |
Integrated Design Project - 2016 | Market Hall | Final Presentation
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OMAR HAITHAM / NOURAN RAAFAT / REEM ASHRAF / MAI EL-SHENAWY
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
SECOND FLOOR PLAN 1:200
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concrete tiles 2 cm
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Gap 9 cm water insulation 2cm Thermal insulation 5 cm concrete 10 cm corregated sheet 8 cm
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PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
F.F.L
+11.15 2.000
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Skirting Tiles 10 cm Tiles 2 cm Mortar 2 cm Sand 4 cm O.C. slab 10 cm Water proofing 2 cm O.C.slab 15 cm Compact soil
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SECTION (1:50)
NORTH ELEVATION
SOUTH ELEVATION
RODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
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PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
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.Lumion Render Shots.
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.Rhino 3D/ Post Production.
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.Among Existence and Decease: Collateral Universe.
A person goes through the experience of being among existence and decease when being in a coma,it is a collateral unknown universe enclosed in one’s mind where we see and fragment our memories,according to Le Courbusier’s law of dividind the day to 8 hours of sleep,8 hours of leisure and 8 hours of work. 49
Described as an infinte world,thinking it is a never ending journey and getting confused whether it is the reality or not.Each one is in his own capsule thinking it is the only one out there, but at the end it is a parallel reality that lots of people face daily..
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.Grass Hopper.
Reskinning GUC D-Building
MAIN SKIN OPTIMIZATION ITTERATIONS
RESPONSIVE SKIN STEPS
we were assigned to design a shading element for the GUC D-Building using grasshopper program. so,the skin is divided into longitudinal strips and panels that moves random vertically and also, moves horizontally responding to the solar radiation.
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DAYLIGHT PERFORATION ITTERATION
FINAL SHOTS OF D-BUILDING
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