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Project GUC Motel
Date & Location
The German University in Cairo Campus
Scope Facade Design and Plans re-design
Challenges
The structure is already built as well as some of the interior walls, but when we examined the plans they were noncompliant with the code and they had some design problems, thus we advised the client to redeign them along with our main task which is the design of the faรงades. The project is currently on hold due to some financial problems.
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Cairo Festival City: Northern Business Ville Competition Stages 1 & 2
Date & Location December 2013, New Cairo.
Scope
Concepts Diagrams, Units design and presentation (including a printed publication and posters).
GENERIC SPACE
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Project Rehabilitation of the Historical Aqueduct of Cairo.
Date & Location
Fall 2012, Cairo Aqueduct, Egypt.
Concept
Restoration of the connection between the Nile and the aqueduct will promote tourism in the area, which, in return, can lead to some improvement in living standards when combined with several project that will serve both the locals and the visitors.
Project Description (Graduation Project, part 1, Team work of 5 students) Proposing a green spine that aims to revive the aqueduct area, keeping it socially, economically and environmentally sustainable through five proposed projects (3 nodes). Each project aims to respond to its direct and indirect surrounding.
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Rehabilitation of the Historical Aqueduct Tower of Cairo.
Date & Location
Fall 2012, Cairo Aqueduct, Egypt.
Concept Link, Expose and Develop.
Project Description (Graduation Project, part 2, individual work)
Creating a main cultural and entertainment node that would attract both the visitors and the locals helping them appreciate the historical site and connecting back to the Nile. The main key of this project that it is socially sustainable. 17
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Site Analysis
Project Urban Design in Weimar.
Date & Location
Summer 2012, Weimar, Germany.
Concept Connecting the social nodes of the city.
Project Description
The project was conducted in a team work for the first part which is the site analysis and the urban design, while the second part which is the design of the Weimar Public Library is individual work. The site is located in an area that is not very popular for the people because of its historical meaning (Hitler’s complex). Thus over the years this location has become a dead zone in the heart of the city. Therefore, the urban design project aims to connect the different social nodes of the city through this dead zone, transforming it to a large stepped urban park that houses functions within to keep it socially sustainable and attractive to different users.
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Project Weimar Public Library.
Date & Location Summer 2012, Weimar, Germany.
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Project Down Town Facades Analysis. Location Cairo, down town.
Scope Analysis of existing facades and skin/ facades design.
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Project Cardboard Pavilion
Date & Location
Spring 2012, The American University
Concept
Altering spaces to respond to the Architecture students needs.
Project Description
(Team work of 3 students) The project aims to display how the architecture students have changed the function of different spaces to alter it to their needs. Using cardboard only with no adhesives allowed, the project also relies on the knowledge of the theories of different construction systems.
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Project 6th of October Green Shopping Mall
Date & Location
Fall 2011, 6th of October City, Egypt.
Concept
Rasing environmental awareness through entertainment.
Project Description
The design of the mall is all about the experience of the user and their interaction with the outdoor and the natural light. The mall is also energy sufficient thanks to the roof mesh that is made out of cylindrical solar panels which allows maximum energy production while the exposed system is a direct way for the user to learn about energy sufficient solutions.
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Project 25th January Egyptian Revolution Pavilion
Date & Location
Spring 2011, The American University in Cairo New Campus
Concept
Hope through Unity
Project Description
The Egyptian revolution is represented by a prism that unites the different parties (colours of the light spectrum) in Egypt and creates the white light (hope) out of them (prism effect). The walls of the pavilion are made from coloured glass, representing the different parties, and transparent glass bringing white light in (hope) and uniting the colours (parties).
The Experience
The pavilion is divided into five display halls, each hall creating a different experience, and the one way circulation assures that the visitors will pass through these halls in the right order, so that the message of the pavilion and the exhibited objects is conveyed properly.
Inspiration pictures
Experimenting with different materials and forms
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Model making: Testing the material with the light.
Manual Drawings
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Project Girls Orphanage
Date Fall 2010
Concept Flexibility and adaptive re-use.
Project Description
An orphanage housing 12 girls of the age 7-12 years old. The aim of this project is to create a customized home to for these children to feel unique and to embrace their differences making each individual stand out, it also aims to create a flexible environment that would adapt to their changing needs over time.
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Ground Floor Plan
First Floor Plan
Second Floor Plan
Elevations
Sections
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Experimenting with Revit & Vasari
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Project Housing Project.
Date & Location Spring 2012, Cairo, Egypt.
Concept
Creating a community that revolves around a central urban farm. (Team work, 4 students).
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Dancing Cubes Side Tables
Re-cycling wood
CRAFTS Powered by passion and strong vision, “Crafts” is providing a wide range of authentic and sustainable designed products. We also seek to integrate art in all our designs, as well as creating artworks that would “wash away from the soul the dust of everyday life” (Pablo Picasso).
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Kitchen Stool Side Table Re-cycling wood
Coasters
Re-cycling paper/ tea-bag covers
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Corporate Identity Document Client Intellect, Doha, Qatar. Summer 2012.
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Sample pages from the Corporate Identity Document (Approved by the owners)
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Credits:
Cardboard Team: Salah Maged and Norhan Abd El Gawad. Weimar, Germany Team: Nagla Al Khoreiby, Shahd Omar and Rwayda Karim. Graduation Project Part 1 Team: Amr Samaha, Nagla Al Khoreiby, Shahd Omar and Rwayda Karim. Urban Design Project Team: Nagla Al Khoreiby, Shahd Omar and Rwayda Karim.
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