a t a l e o f a n a r c h i t e c t - a h m e d h a m m a d

A H M E D H A M M A D P O R T 20 FOLIO 19

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THE POWER OF ARCHITECTURE It’s all about those visceral emotional connections that we feel to the places we occupy Mark Kushner

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Who am i and what i do

DE S I GN S TORI E S

Where the magic happens

P R O FE S S I O N AL P R AC TICE Telling of stories

T U RN I N G P O I N T

A dramatic change

AC ADE M I C P R AC TICE

Master Studies and some extras

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Various designs and passion

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My Creative Studio

FU T U RE P L AN S Coming next

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H Ahmed Hammad is an architect and conceptual designer born and raised in Alexandria the beautiful coastal city of Egypt.

A pencil, rubber and a sharpener; those were the essential tools which followed him around as a child whilst he imagined, designed and drew his perfect dream house. So it was inevitable that he would pursue a career in design. However, it was only until recent experiences that choices were narrowed down to becoming an architect. Ahmed studied architecture at Alexandria University and graduated in 2007 and later on 2013 he obtained a master degree in Architecture from the unique school of the BAUHAUS in Germany with an exchange semester within the walls of the ell known Politecnico Di Milano University in Italy. The 33 years old architect was lucky enough to work in three different countires Egypt, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates. It helped him to have further and deeper understanding of the different aspects of architecture and exposed him to different cultures which allowed to build an adaptability to any environment.

Ahmed’s design philosophy centres around creation of architectural projects inspired by local culture , heritage and identity , with an approach that combines technology with the natural environment and strong integration of architecture with landscape, he was able to implement these aspects in residential buildings, public spaces, hotel complexes, cultural buildings and educational buildings in the GCC region and Egypt, his continuous passion for the culture and identity reflects on his architectural designs and drawings.

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A H M E D H A M MA D DESIGN ARCHITECT FOUNDER OF METAPHOR -X

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EDUCATION a.hammad@ metaphor-x.com

TEACHING 22 JUNE 1985

MA. ARCH DIA BAUHAUS

TEACHER ASSISTANT/STUDENT

LECTURES & JURY MEMBER

As one of the architects, Ahmed is an ambitious young architect who is hoping to carve his name on the region’s architecture stones not only through his lines and ideas but also through his work ethics and dedication towards making the world a better place.

Design, Architecture and their powers are in direct communication with the inhabitants of our planet, this fact is one of the main factors that drives Ahmed to keep on learning, updating and developing his skills

ARCHITECTURE

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Anhalt University DIA/BAUHAUS, Dessau, Germany

MA. ARCH POLIMI

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Politecnico Di Milano, Milan, Italy

B.SC. IN ARCH

2002-2007

Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt

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PART TIME-CAD LOGIC ELECTIVE Anhalt University DIA/BAUHAUS, Dessau, Germany 2018

FOR HUMANITY

Lecture-Anhalt University DIA/BAUHAUS, Dessau, Germany

ARCHITECTURE

2017

THROUGH A SWING OF A PENDULUM

Lecture-Al Gurair University Dubai, UAE

CITY COMMONS

2017

MASTER THESIS STUDIO

JURY @ Anhalt University DIA/BAUHAUS, Dessau, Germany

REFURBISHMENT

2019

DESIGN STUDIO 8

JURY @ Al Gurair University\ Dubai, UAE

Windows Word Excell PowerPoint After-Effect

Arabic Mother Tongue

3Ds Max Revit Sketchup AutoCAD Lumion

Rhino V-ray Photoshop InDesign Lightroom

English

French Italian Russian

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PROFICIENCY

Dubai, UAE VIRTUAL REALITY-PROF. NEIL LEACH

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A CHAIR- LUCIO ROSSI

2015

ADVANCED ARCHITECTURE DESIGNGONCALO BYRNE

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Anhalt University DIA/BAUHAUS, Dessau, Germany Anhalt University DIA/BAUHAUS, Dessau, Germany

Anhalt University DIA/BAUHAUS, Dessau, Germany

COSMOPOLITAN ALEXANDRIA

POLITECNICO DE MILANO/ALEXANDRIA LIBRARY Alexanria, Egypt

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Architecture visualizatio/Marketing management Middle east regional Director-2018 Bergen Norway - Dubai UAE

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Architecture consultatnt Project Architect/Head of Design committee Dubai UAE

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2010-2013

SHABOURY & ASSOCIATES

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Museufication consultant Design Architect 2009 Alexandria, Egypt

GULF REAL-ESTATE DEVELOPMENT Architecture developer Design Architect Sharm El-Shiekh, Egypt

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INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATE MEMEBR AT THE AMERICAN INSTITUE OF ARCHITECTS. ACREDITED PROFESSIONAL MEMBER OF THE EGYPTIAN SOCIETY OF ENGINEERS.

GAMAL ABDEL NASSER HOUSE MUSEUM

Museum Cairo, Egypt-Ministry of culture

BAUHAUS MUSEUM

Museum Dessau, Germany-Geverment

SHELTAINER-Where humanity meets hope Micro Housing Dubai,UAE-Archdaily

Ahmed was honored to Wrote an Article at the ME Architect magazing about the Blancing between technology and concept design:

As a co-founder at the Sheltainer project, Ahmed was featured in some of the articles at well known worldwide magazines and websites:

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ZUHAIR FAYEZ PARTNERSHIP Architecture consultatnt Design Architect 2010-2013 Jeddah-Riyadh-Abha SaudiArabia

PUBLICATIONS

2019-Present

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Architecture visualization & Marketing FOUNDER & Creative Director Dubai UAE

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I N T E R N A T I O N A L AWARDS

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MEMBERSHIPS

P R O F E S S I O N A L E X P E R I E N C E

DESIGN ARCHITECT FOUNDER OF METAPHOR -X

-Sheltainer Won the WAF-X, ethics and Values - WORLD ARCHITECTURE FESTIVAL -Sheltainer, a housing project Proposed for cairo-DEZEEN -UAE based architects propose housing solutions - ARCHDAILY -3 Egyptian architects propose housing solutions - DESIGN BOOM -Egyptian architects design shipping container housing - CAIROSCENE -Sheltainer, a housing project for hope and humanity-HERSKHAZEEN

WORLD ARCHITECTURE FESTIVAL

Sheltainer-WAFX-Ethics & VALUES-2018

CONCEPT PROJECT OF THE YEAR-ME ARCHITECT AWARDS Sheltainer-Highly commended-2018

CAIRO DESIGN AWARDS

Sheltainer-Highly commended-2018

SUSTAINABLE PROJECT OF THE YEAR-ME ARCHITECT AWARDS Sheltainer-Hghly commended-2017

SHELTAINER-WHERE HUMANITY MEETS HOPE

2nd place prize-Fiture Micro House-2017

YOUNG ARCHITECT OF THE YEAR

Short Listed-ME Architect awards-2016

IVAN KUCINA

Prof. at the DIA-BAUHAUS Dessau International Architecture Graduate School, Anhalt University kucinakucina@gmail.com

KARIM SOLIMAN

Tutor atthe DIA-BAUHAUS Dessau International Architecture Graduate School, Anhalt University contact@karimsoliman.com +4915211488270

“ Architecture is the learned game correct and magnificent of forms assembled in the light “

PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES

MAJOR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES ACADEMIC REFERENCES

-Lead team in planning work and developing solutions to technical and design detail problems.

-Responsible for establishing maintaining and adherence to project budget and schedule.

-Supervise preparation of technical drawings by other team members.

-Prepare client presentations and present design concepts and drawings.

-Incorporates integrated Sustainable Design solutions into projects.

-Mentor and manage the work of junior team members and guide them hrough the professional development.

-Maintain a collaborative professional working relationship with the Project Leader ship Team.

-Assure the overall strategy for producing documents and organizing data will be followed.

-Assure office document standards are met and archives documents appropriately.

MARTIN DUFRESNE Design principle U+A ARCHITECTS m.dufresne@ua-intl.com +971502538787

ALEXANDRE KLACHEV Senior associate UN STUDIO a.kalachev@unstudio.com +31614419385

AHMED GHOBARA

Senior associate CalisonRTKL ahmed.ghobara@crtkl.com +971569576445

ALEXANDRIA

B A C H E L O R I N A R C H

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SHABOURY & ASSOCIATES

STARTED AS A FOOTBALL PLAYER

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1ST D E S I G N WORKSHPOP POLITECNICO DI MILANO & LIBRARY OF ALEXANDRIA

1ST WIN IN DESIGN COMPETETION

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YOUNG ARCHI TECT OF THE YEAR

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WHERE HUMANITY MEETS HOPE

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SHELT AINER RECOGNITION YEAR

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FOUNDER & C R E AT I V E DIREC TOR DUBAI, UAE

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Due to his travellings between places, cultures, and companies, Ahmed Managed to add his design values and principles to several projects either during his professional career, Academic studies or Design competetions and those were located in various cities around the Middle east and Europe.

In the next Few slides Ahmed selected some of his design stories through his careers to go into more depth explaining his ideas nehind them. A variety of types starting with his master thesis and Academic projects to others during his professional experiences and not only related to the architectural world.

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“Travel is never a matter of money but of courage” Paolo Coelho

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The goal of the project was to design iconic residential towers which represent the dynamic movements and free lines of cars since DAMAC Properties was so curious to develop a new series of residential towers with new service which is allow its residence to live along with their precious cars which it will be your daily view from your living across the new Dubai creek canal. Ferrari is one of the most famous sportive and luxurious car manufacturer will be the branding of those towers and based on that the lines and curves used in the design were inspired and captured from the Ferrari famous series of sportive cars which can be noticed easily in the curves and balconies and the over all views of the towers.

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A VIEW TO THE CITY ACROSS YOUR F E R R A R I

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F E R R A R I L I N E S Understanding the connections between the different parts of different ferrari car inorder to be inspired while we reated the lines of our design

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ZONNING STUDY

The site is bounded in the rear by the Gowanus Canal; tidal wetlands protected by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and was home to an abandoned auto repair shop, former petroleum bulk storage tanks, and masonry yard when Monad purchased it in 2003.

The goal is to create a vibrant walkable and sustainable gathering place for residents

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We wanted to show different ways of seeing and doing architecture, getting an Inspiration out of some cars lines and translating them into an architecture language was a fun yet tough mission.

“Architecture is the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in the light.�

Le Corbusier

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CONCEPT S TA G E PROJECT ARCHITECT

Our vision for the DIFC Omniyat project is to create a live / work/ play environment emphasized by values of culture and heritage through innovative design.

The design calls for a careful study of all programmatic conditions to ensure a unique approach with exceptional character to achieve maximum efficiency without compromising on quality. The architecture is unique, modern, geometric and pure.

Our target is to create an environment and architectural language that is of contemporary image, scale and character.

It should promote a stimulating and dynamic sense of place for its inhabitants and become a new destination in DIFC.

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A TWIST TOWARDS THE FUTURE

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DIFC Tower stems from Dubai’s rich heritage of its early settlements to the rapidly growing new society recognized by its now world-class status.

The architecture embodies this dialogue of the old with the new, emerging from the ground up, vertically expressing growth.

The ground, the foundation of any development, supports the structures above. Similarly, a culture exists historically from its heritage and its past.

Here in DIFC Tower, the ground reminds us of an early settlement, with its small structures organically arranged together. The podium levels, elevated on stilts, is the unity of the diverse cultures of Dubai, forming the new city. The towers above, almost reaching the sky, represent the new and dynamic city. All these elements are unified by the honeycomb pattern, derived from a traditional mashrabiya, is carried throughout, expressing the values of its people which live on.

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G R O W T H

Growth for any city is the driving force for success and survival. Not only is growth necessary for an expanding city’s population, but it is a symbol of hope and pride. DIFC Towers exemplifies growth through the tectonics of its elements emerging from the ground up. The base which carries many more historical characteristics of an ancient town, sets the tone of the rest of the tower above. As a second tier, the podium exemplifies Unity, where Dubai more specially embraces diversity and new cultures. The Tower above look towards the future, resting on it its history and rich heritage.

Heritage plays an important pat in any community, no matter the culture. It binds itself into the identity of a nation, reflecting its rich history and ultimately giving purpose for the current landscape of a city.

Dubai is proud of its rich heritage which stem from early settlements eventually transforming its shores in the early century as one of the important ports of the region.

Architecture has traditionally celebrated the heritage. DIFC towers not only recognizes the importance of this history through an understanding of early architectural elements, such as the courtyard but also the influences of Persian heritage form its early settlements.

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DESG IN TheBluePlanetisEurope’slargestandmostsignificantaquariumwithanoutstandinglocationontheshoresoOr f esund,onlyeightkilometresfromtheCopenhagen CityHalSquare. l Moreoverthe , aquariuminTaarnbyMunicipalityisideallylocated withmotorways,CopenhagenAirport,theOresundBridge,Metroandinternational trains within few hundred meters.

TheBluePlanetwilbeoneofDenmark’sfivemostprominenttouristattractions.

Atthetourismconference“ANewWaytoGrow”2012,theBluePlanetwaschosenasDenmark’sbestlighthouseprojectwithinexperienceeconomybecause , of itspotentiafor l growth,influenceonregionaldevelopment,innovation,realization as well as its uniqueness and ‘reason to go’.

Itopenedforthepublicin1939justfourmonths beforethebreakoutofWorldWarIIandseven monthsbeforetheoccupationofDenmark.

Theconsequencewasclosedbordersandconsiderableproblemsingettingholdof exoticanimalstotheaquarium.Throughanimpressiveeffortwithhomerearedfish theaquariumwaskeptopenandactive.Duringthenextdecadesthebuildingwent throughseveralmodernizationsandenlargements.

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CONCEPT S TA G E PROJECT ARCHITECT

Our vision for the SHUAA Tower is to create a live / leisure / play environment emphasize by values of culture and heritage through innovative design.

The design calls for a careful study of all programmatic conditions to ensure a unique approach with exceptional character to achieve maximum efficiency without compromising on quality. The architecture is unique, modern, geometric and pure.

Our target is to create an environment and architectural language that is of contemporary image, scale and character. It should promote a stimulating and dynamic sense of place for its inhabitants and become a new destination in Business Bay.

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“ F O R M FOLLOWS FUNCTION”

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As the tower has different kinds of functions we had an idea to play with the massing of each function to make it signeficat, each mass represents a different function shifts in an opposite direction rovides a dramatic look from the 4 different angle.

The challenge was mainly towards the structure however we worked with well knwn engineers who developed several systems to help us achive our design vision.

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As the tower is located in one of the prominante areas within Dubai with very interesting views of the city horizons we wanted to secure a floor to celling windows to ensure the most amount of views and at the same time a generous amount of sun light, however we wanted to reduce the direct sun light and the amount of heat as well as adding some privacy to the residence therefore we created these sun-light breakers with a slight inclination on the glass-

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Since the tower mass is divided into 5-4 different masses which diffrentiate the different functions of the tower, the vertical circulation is also been designed to segregate and confirm these different functions , this segregation provides privacy to each and every function .

The vertical lifts are divided and segrogated at the ground floor, Set of lifts that goes all the way to the hotel lobby, hotel rooms passing by the Podium and parking and another set of lifts dedicated only to the residence of the tower starts from the ground floor as well all the way to the pent house floors at the very top of the tower.

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LEVEL 13 - HOTEL LOBBY & CONFERENCE

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The Blue Planet is Europe’s largest and most significant aquarium with an outstanding location on the shores of Oresund, only eight kilometres from the Copenhagen City Hall Square. Moreover, the aquarium The Blue Planet will be one of Denmark’s five most prominent tourist attractions.

At the tourism conference “A New Way to Grow” 2012, the Blue Planet was chosen as Denmark’s best lighthouse project within

It opened for the public in 1939 just four months The consequence was closed borders and considerable problems in getting hold of exotic animals to the aquarium. Through an impressive effort with home reared fish

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The firist winning of the Ministry of Culture national architectural competition for the museumification of the President Gamal Abdel Nasser house in Cairo.

The project mainly aims to conserve the house of the former president and reuse of some spaces for museum display and exhibition purpose. The museum scenario treated three different aspects of Abdel Nasser life through the reuse of the different spaces of the house. Some spaces where conserved for their highly historical values, while other where reused as museum galleries. The central courtyard was transformed into a museum foyer around which all services and itineraries were organized. project are devided into 3 visit paths: 1-st path leads to the “Guest Area” which consists of the main saloon and another saloon beside the winter saloon beside that there is the main office of the former president where he used to meet his visitors and leaders at that time.

2-nd path leads to an area we used to call “He made history” where visitor can witness different eras and main events and decesions during the period of his presidency.

3-rd path leads to the “collectibles hall” where visitor can take a close look on the private belongings of the former president of medals,decorations,letters and others.

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The Idea was to reuse the spaces of the house to be a living museum, therefore we changed the main entrance of the house and we used another entrance for the museum which was the kitchen area,it was very big as marked with the blue colour and it would be reused in any case. we wanted to create and wise reception area for entrance and exit and waiting plus a gift shop and security arches which wasn’t not available if we used the main entrance,beside the foyer is the start and the end pint of the project so we wanted to make the next step after the reception is to be the foyer.

The foyer is the main spot in this project. Musemification has some options and rules to follow,like giving the visitor a walkthrough that he must follow till the end if he want to see all sections of the museum.In this case we gave the visitor a chance of making his choice according to the tour he reserved and where he want to start his tour .

The foyer is the gathering point after the reception and the check in points.

At the foyer the journey will start, Visitors have 3 choices,3 paths to follow,all of them start and end at the foyer.

In the house there are some places with a quite small area which can’t take big numbers of visitors at the same time like the private office of the president and the saloons area, therefore during the design process in addition to create a waiting area, we thought about how the tours will be organised?,the Foyer has solved this problem by avoiding the full areas by starting another path of the other 2 which is not going to affect on the visit scenario, for example the area of the president office and the saloons are full which are in the visit path 1,in that case visitors can be advised by the reception that instead of wasting time waiting for the path visit 1 to be available they can start their tour with the 2nd path and then go to the 1st one if it was available,if not they can finish up the 3rd path and then gather in the foyer which is already the end point of all paths and then wait for the 1st path to be free it sit was still not available.

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H After 10 years of practicing architecture and design, swinging the pendulum back and forth between the architecture of the symbolism and its theories and pushing the pendulum back to the needs for innovation, technology and free forms of today’s world, Ahmed decided to take a step back and over look his work and focus at the present architecture and technology with a look towards the future, and the conclusion settled down in his mind was the Lack of humanity within the architecture of today and tomorrow.

When people hear the word “Architecture of Future” thoughts are defined by technology usage to create more free form, more high rise towers, more robotic architecture, Architecture of outer space and so on but not much of what’s really addresing going to happen based on today’s conflicts and events.

No. of refugees and asylum seekers are increasing day by day, Global warming and climate changes are affecting the globe, creating more natural catasrophics leaving millions without shelters or places to stay, and from here Ahmed felt the need of focusing more on the term of “Architecture for Humanity”, Practical ways to design spaces and places to live, sustainable spaces with less consumptions to building materials and thermal loads and recycled materials for establishing houses and places to live.

Human Scale buildings and shapes with cummunity spaces for people to get back and cummunicate with each other.

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Sheltainer is a project which has a deep vision that targets an important human aspect, solving a problem specifically for low-income families, students and refugees with simple yet accurate design for better humanity using shipping containers. Achieving such principle is one of the highest success in our professional career. After winning the 2nd prize in Future House: MICRO HOUSE and being highly commended in MEAA in 2017, we decided not to stop and move forward with the idea to complete the project’s vision.

We are proud to say that Sheltainer was nominated in the world architecture festival “Future Project-Competition & won the WAFx Ethics & value” which highlights the value behind our goal.

The concept is based on Micro-housing solution which targets the less fortunate. Last year we focused on the micro-scale challenge by analyzing the simple human needs that can solve the crisis in the 3rd world countries. This year we took it to the next step with a new hope where we looked at the big picture and shifted from Micro to Macro challenge. We choose to provide new hope for the people living amongst the dead in Cairo and focus on Egyptian life at cemeteries – Where Life and death are side by side. The cemetery housing phenomenon in Egypt is just one manifestation of the larger problem in Egypt and we found that it is our professional and moral duty to spare part of our time and effort and think for solutions that are potentially right or wrong.

This is a real story with events derived from everyday life where the heroes of this story are children, women, and men with Egyptian features. The events of the story portray a painful reality that goes beyond the problems of the random living situation of a poor man. Imagine a place that embraces the living dead in larges spaces that are spread apart in Cairo.

HOME IS NOT A PLACE… IT’S A FEELING...

People are connected to their homeland. Growing in an environment with family and friends fuels their souls with promising future. Unfortunately, not everyone is being that lucky. Being forced out due to starvation, economy or even politics started to create phenomena of insecurity. 20 people are newly displaced every minute of the day which became a challenge of providing a stable community that copes with rapid changes

THE GLOBAL REFUGEE POPULATION STOOD AT 22.5 MILLION AT THE END OF 2016 20 NEW DISPLACEMENTS EVERY MINUTE Furthermore, cities are growing vertically more than horizontally, losing the human scale aspect. The uncomfortable feeling that follows people when walking against massive walls or fences tends to individuality and lacks the social connectivity. That’s why our aim is to create a more Human Scale community easy to be built and cheap to be constructed. Taking in consideration an expandable home which handles the family needs and not limiting their future. We are not targeting only the .asylums but also the low-income families, having a flexible design that fulfills all requirements

WHY SHIPPING CONTAINERS?

10+ MILLION UNUSED CONTAINERS The Standard 20ft shipping container is a popular pick for many people who decided to build a home out of shipping container. They are easier to maneuver and due to their size can be easily combined and modified to create exceptional living spaces. In our design we used the 10ft, 20ft and 40ft to create a unique design yet within the smallest area possible

CONNECTIVITY ADAPTABILITY FLEXIBILITY MOBILITY CONTAINER LIFE CYCLE

NEW SKIN THE URBAN SURFACE

we can envision the city taking the rooftops into account in its planning process, exploring the various options of connectivity that could be implemented and the networks they create. “It becomes a new way of looking at the city one in which space that is unused is a wasted opportunity and an asset that is being denied to the well being of the community.

2,500 APARTMENTS 12,000 TOTAL POPULATION 60,000 SQ.M RETAILS/ WORKSHOPS

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Any community is dependent upon some combination of living, working, and community space. The proportions of each, how they interact, as well as the architectural character, are what make each community unique. we have developed a variety of prototypes that could be deployed to form the city. Some of the prototypes are meant to stand alone, and others can be aggregated and expanded to create neighborhoods. Questions of social contract, scale, proximity to work, any community is dependent upon some combination of living, working, and community space. The proportions of each, how they interact, as well as the architectural character, are what makes each community unique. We have developed a variety of prototypes that could be deployed to form the city. Some of the prototypes are meant to stand alone, and others can be aggregated and expanded to create neighborhoods. Questions of social contract, scale, proximity to work, and green space have all been considered to create varied typologies. and green space have all been considered to create varied typologies.

CONNECTED ROOFTOPS BECOME A NEW PUBLIC REALM IN THE CITY A NEW SKIN UPON THE URBAN SURFACE

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Legalize the informal markets status, and include them in the system of the national economy, also facilitate the licensing procedures, reducing the fees for existing set ups of the informal sector en route to including them within the formal economy.

The informal economy is an impulsive autonomous system that grows more rapidly than any other economic system. This system, from a superficial view, seems to be random and chaotic, but is governed by unwritten rules. Predominantly based on self-help and characterized by autonomy, it is at the same time closely linked to the formal economy. It has contributed to the growth of many cities over time. It is literally a global economy that is not limited to a country or a particular political system. It is primarily considered an important alternative that provides income for classes whose interests the state has failed to care for.

UNITS AND BUILDING TYPOLOGIES

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PARTICIPATORY DESIGN What Kind of City do you want ?

Rethinking the city of the dead through public participation.

Involving the community

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Sheltainer is a project which has a deep vision that targets an important human aspect, solving a problem specifically for low-income families, students and refugees with simple yet accurate design for better humanity using shipping containers. Achieving such principle is one of the highest success in our professional career. After winning the 2nd prize in Future House: MICRO HOUSE and being highly commended in MEAA in 2017, we decided not to stop and move forward with the idea to complete the project’s vision.

We are proud to say that Sheltainer is nominated in the world architecture festival “Future Project-Competition & won the WAFx Ethics & value” which highlights the value behind our goal.

The concept is based on Micro-housing solution which targets the less fortunate. Last year we focused on the micro-scale challenge by analyzing the simple human needs that can solve the crisis in the 3rd world countries. This year we took it to the next step with a new hope where we looked at the big picture and shifted from Micro to Macro challenge. We choose to provide new hope for the people living amongst the dead in Cairo and focus on Egyptian life at cemeteries – Where Life and death are side by side. The cemetery housing phenomenon in Egypt is just one manifestation of the larger problem in Egypt and we found that it is our professional and moral duty to spare part of our time and effort and think for solutions that are potentially right or wrong.

This is a real story with events derived from everyday life where the heroes of this story are children, women, and men with Egyptian features. The events of the story portray a painful reality that goes beyond the problems of the random living situation of a poor man. Imagine a place that embraces the living dead in larges spaces that are spread apart in Cairo.

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The regularity and richness of the annual Nile River flood, coupled with semi-isolation provided by deserts to the east and west, allowed for the development of one of the world’s great civilizations. A unified kingdom arose circa 3200 B.C., and a series of dynasties ruled in Egypt for the next three millennia. The last native dynasty fell to the Persians in 341 B.C., who in turn were replaced by the Greeks, Romans, and Byzantines. It was the Arabs who introduced Islam and the Arabic language in the 7th century and who ruled for the next six centuries.

EGYPTIAN PARADIGM OF LIFE AND DEATH: There was life after death in Egypt.

From the pharaoh to his humblest servant, every Egyptian believed in the afterlife. The need for scientific evidence of life after death was unheard of.Ahmed Wants to Regenrate this paradigm and look for a brighter vision and a new after life for the Future of his home Country.

TIMELINE VS. LIVING GRID The accumulation of time has made architecture and people live in a concrete form.

Winding alleys and houses, air conditional devices, TV satellites, drainage and waterpipes, signboard-filled building facades .... etc, the repetition of this kind of architeture makes urban fabric loses our remaining architecture fundamentals waves , and in the other hand you can find another example of simple communities like Gourna , they built their urban environment and left vestiges of their daily life to be imprinted and remembered.

With an estimated one million inhabitants, Cairo’s huge slum, Manshiet Nasser, sits on the rocks where Egypt’s Eastern Desert plateau meets the Nilevalley. In Cairo and other megacities that are home to millions of urban poor.slums typically develop on wasteland or the most precarious environmental zones. Unstable, sub-standard housing in areas that lack any formal provision of services

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MOTIVATION

From the Egyptian perspective sustainable development is a multidimensional concept, involving no less than seven dimensions.

Sustainable development is viewed as the mutually beneficial interaction between the legitimate interests of business and the economy, government and the politics, and civil society and culture.

However, these societal interactions do not exist in a vacuum. On the physical and material side, society is bounded by the carrying capacity of the varied ecosystems, landscape ecology, and ultimately the biosphere of the earth, of Nature.

On the psychological and spirtual side, the threefold functional differentiation of society is contextualized by the caring capacity of individuals .

How?

Q.S.T. =Qattara Science Town

The creation of new cities is the most ambi­tious response to the urban revolution. Ideally, new master-planned cities can offer the benefits and opportunities of city living without the pollution, traffic and inefficiencies of many existing cities.

New cities offer the unique possibility to learn from the wisdom and functionality of existing cities and to avoid mistakes of the past, while allowing us to re-invent the way we use cities. Ambitious city-scale projects are vulnerable to multiple risks related to economic feasibil­ity, livability and a lack of dynamism, as has been demonstrated by many post- World War II and post-colonial new cities.

New cities offer unparalleled opportunities to experiment with innovative ideas, learn from past mistakes, reproduce the beauty and energy of established cities and integrate technologies from the earliest stages.

VISION

As a start.the selected part of the proposed master plan is the Research facility.and the goal is to build a world class research institute from scratch on the edge of the deseret that would contain a state-ofthe-art facilities and to be an ex­ample of sustainable design.

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The goal is to build a world class research institute from scratch on the edge of the desert that would contain state-of-art facilities and would act as an example of sustainable design. The University shall be one of the most attractive and outstanding scientific centres in the world that excel in creativity, innovation, and scientific research in specific strategic fields to support development and the national economy.

After the evaluation of several zones in Egypt, Qattara Depression was selected based on the potentials of this zone Such as Connectivity, Climate, natural resources, ease of access, topography and traffic distance to the main two capitals beside the site Potentials as a new source of water and energy in order to develop this Zone and to create a node/point of attraction to act as an iconic urban development that can lead Egypt to a new era of quality, sustainability ,development and civilization.ÂťNew EgyptÂť.

The Qattara Depression is a Desert Basin Within The Libyan Desert of North-Western Desert of Egypt. The Depression is at l 33m Below Sea Level contains the 2nd lowest point in Africa and 3rd in the world .Area is 20000sq km ,80 Km length and l20 km Width ,and its bottom consists of salt Pan. Filling the Depression with water by digging a 73 km Canal from the Mediterranean sea to form an artificial lake which will be able to act as a new source of water parallel to the Nile which will give an opportunity to start a new community and use the vast desert spaces and exit the narrow corridor of the Nile.

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The concept based on designing the spaces to be in shade most of the time and try to avoid the direct sun rays to the buildings.

STATE OF THE ART INSTITUTE The most important thing in designing in such environment is the sun and and its direct rays and temperature and that›s why I get back to the old Arabic traditions of getting ultimate use of the environment.

Design lines for the project were inspired by the surrounding environment and its criteria since nature is the mother of inspiration. The surrounding areas are deserted areas with a spacious space of rocks and sand dunes. Out of those marvellous creative lines, My design lines were inspired, since lines can have several functions in forming the buildings and its landscape. A line can start as a landscape and passing by to be a structure of a certain ramp ending by

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They allow minimal sun-exposure and therefore compactness and shade are the main principals for building in hot-arid zones. They receive minimum radiation, break stormy winds, but allow through ventilation and adequate natural lighting. A new approach has been developed, ÂŤTraditional Neighbourhood Development (TND)Âť, featuring a pattern of narrow streets that encourage pedestrian and bicycle travel, and produce less storm-water run-off.

Courtyards essentially promote airflow within and around buildings. It was a simple design to enhance daylight availability in every room. Daylight, being a cool source of Light, further reduces the cooling load. The central courtyard provides more energy efficient and environmentally suitable buildings . Also, they reduce solar radiation and at night, trees work against natural cooling by blocking long-wave radiation.

Wind Catchers catch cold air from the higher elevation of the atmosphere and direct it through vertical passages into the interior spaces. It is a necessity to lower the internal building temperature. Water evaporation can be deployed to lower air temperature through the passages. In dry climates, water-filled pottery is places in the passage, to assist in enhancing the climate. They decrease the noise levels in the interior spaces.

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for those who seek perfection and uniqueness Vacation yacht,For Family and friends gathering : Imagine your self with your family among ur best friends, spending all day on board of a luxurious yacht chilling and having fun , then parking on a marine, taking your luxurious car, driving around a city you desire, continue your happy time among your company ,then you have a choice either to spend the rest of the night within the city or come back and spend it on your yacht enjoying the sea view...

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O R A N G E S H A D E S IC! BERLIN SUN GLASSES

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The time of fashion is over, people tired of the always new, the rotations of consumption. We fall back into our seat tired from the noise of our time, to shut our eyes and ears. Before fashion there was crafts. ‘’Old is Gold’’, regular words on people mouth despite technology and time travelling thoughts through the future, Fashion is always related to the past. Sunglasses and its classic basic shapes are my target through this product to ensure for the customer a design inspired from the letters of the firm name ‘’ic’’ forming the main continuous line which is shaping the frame of the glasses.

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H There is nothing more delightful in one’s career than having the opportunity to start his own studio and produce the outcomes that he is more passionate about.

For Ahmed, architecture is always a piece of art that needs to be felt and expressed in certain ways, working within offices and cooperates didn’t give him a big chance to express his deep passion. on another note he noticed how the importance of the architecture marketing and visualization sides, they were an inspritation for him, an intresting way for a better communication between the architects, clients and more importantly the end user.

At the 1st quarter of 2019 Ahmed decided to establish his own studio “METAPHOR-X” under the slogan of “A tale of art beyond creativity” focusing on creating and communicating different stories behind the architecture designs .

Dealing with architects, designers, landscapers, interior designers and clients to ensure there stories are being well interpreted in the shape of images and animated film for .

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Architecture Visulaization & marketing management.

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samples of the artwork stories

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#METAPHOR-X Was adream came true, and after practicing and creating some amazing stories, images, animations and brandings i’m aiming for the next step of an expansion and upgrade to tackle more markets such as Autralia and USA. #SHELTAINER, As Architecture for Humanity is the message Ahmed is keen to deliver through his work, He and his Mates are moving forward with the #SHELTAINER project, as they might have the 1st prototype to be done in Bergen, Norway and to be rented for Low income students who study there. Next phase is to create a solid connection with The UN and understand how can this product help replace the refugees Camps. #BIMBOOM, Our mission is to motivate and inspire architects and engineers all over the globe.

BIMBOOM is proud to be a space for some well known BIM managers from across the world who will contribute articles to express their ideas and thoughts with articles being made especially for BIMBOOM. The first web magazine in the middle east covering the fields of BIM & Technology.

Developing this online portal adding more live interactive workshops with several experst and tutors from Bauhaus and other wellknown icons to inlight and help students and architects here in the region develop their skills and thoughts. #PHD, Music is one of Ahmed’s biggest Passion, After his Master degree the idea of obtaining his PHD doesn’t leave his mind, Ahmed wants to have a strong relationship between his Passion and his Architecture theories, However he doesn’t look for another research to the pHD’s Library, He wants to come out from his PHD with a design Product that connect his music rhythm and mixes with architecture lines and theories. It’s a side project and an ongoing

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www.metaphor-x.com

www.sheltainer.com

Finding a chance to buildt Sheltainer CLuster

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www.bimboom.org LEARN SOMETHING NEW EVERYDAY

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