Mohamed Derzawi - Architect - Portfolio (Selective Works)

portfolio mohamed derzawi

Selective Work 2008-2017

B-Delmon Residence

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SZ Residence

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Infinity City

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Formavimas Fashion House 40 Insomaniac's Dreamcatcher 54

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SSC Park

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B Delmon Residence

20 km2 NBH (National Bin Hamed Competition) Bahrain, Manama 2014 Residential

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The Living Room is in the empty space.

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The empty space provides private green zones.

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Using the mezzanine for bed rooms.

The reflectio from the fron The backyar and a green Although the

As a citizen of Bahrain, which ancestry is sought?

Delmon’s ancestry? The Persian civilization’s ancestry? Or perhaps the Ancient Arabic’s ancestry Proceeding from the belief in this truth, the designer deliberately tracked this authenticity, this a in utmost sensational manner. There had been reliance on modernist thought- with its scientific the aspect of the originality and ancestry of the citizen.

That being said, the proposed design has not only become a mere planned and intended quarrel strongly demands its right to impose its influence on its epoch, but it has rather summoned the a shades.

The proposed design summons the ancient spirit with all its advantages and characteristics; it ne intellectual modernity to produce a past, a present and a future that does not leave a feeling of a

on of using the variety of levels inside the buildings can be easily identified from the 360 degrees simulation. Still the backyard is a little bit unpredictable ntal elevations. rd is almost a whole story below the street level, emphasizing its importance in the design concept. The lowness of the backyard works as a wind catcher paradise (protected by the building itself) within the desert environment. e pool is indoor, it has a visual direct connection to the garden.

y? Or is it a combination product of the mixing of all those on this shimmering island. ancestry to its uppermost sources, where all these elements are blended in a special Bahraini crucible and logical manner - in filling up the gaps with meticulous functional standards that do not disturb

l between an ancient past that requests its presence wholeheartedly and an enlightened future that authentic Bahraini spirit which if dispensed with, Bahrain becomes a rootless Palm without dates or

ever existed and will never exist except with it and for it. Thus, implanting the soul within the body of alienation or backwardness.

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SZ Residence

20 km2 CONCEPTUAL Egypt, Cairo 2014 Residential

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“You say to a brick, ‘What do you want, brick?’ And brick says to you, ‘I like an arch.’ And you say to brick, ‘Look, I want one, too, but arches are expensive and I can use a concrete lintel.’

And then you say: ‘What do you think of that, brick?’ Brick says: ‘I like an arch.’ “ Louis Kahn SZ Residence is an experimental project which tries to answer the questions related to the arches, vaults and domes. It tries to figure out how these elements could be applicable in this century. The aim of this project is also not to copy the ancestors’ trials and experiments, but to follow in their footsteps and go into the next chapter using their methods. It is about understanding their methods and absorbing the current reality, where the project takes place.

Theoretically, the methods could be easily applied, but the design must be sufficient to satisfy the needs of the present and the future not the past.

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g (an open source environmental plugin for Grasshopper) was used to study the impact of the sun southern wall. The location was set to Cairo, Egypt, and the time zones were set to the days of the and lowest temperatures in the location. udy was to generate the charts and diagrams to understand and comprehend the state of the mental case.

The solar radiation effect on the studied wall.

The wall before modification.

The first layer of bricks to be elevated 3 cm.

The second layer of bricks to be elevated 5 cm.

The third layer of bricks to be elevated 7 cm.

cision taken (after the environmental analysis) was to re-modify the wall by moving the bricks ng to the charts. By the extrusion of the bricks, more void (Air isolation) takes place within the wall, re generating more shadows. lation and the shadows are one of many defense mechanisms against the unpleasant weather.

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Infinity City

20 km2 CONCEPTUAL Egypt, Cairo 2009 Cultural/R&D

Egyptians, nowadays, have a lot of problems, and they are not the same as they were in the past, they all need to have a common inspired project to work together towards a new Phase. In this project, the aim is to transfer new Cairo into an environmental educational society...

This miniature piece of area could be the 1st environmental educational society in Egypt, meaning, it could also be the first fallen brick from the wall of backwardness and unawareness.

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690 m2 CONCEPTUAL Egypt, Cairo 2008 Cultural/Commercial/Experimental

Formavimas Fashion House

The fashionistas's Building plot

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The Administration's Building plot

The Extrude of the Administration's Building plot

The Extruded mass of the Administration's Building plot

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The main Concept and Challenge in this Project was "How to introduce the world of fashion within the era of capitalism?" Should we separate the design process apart from the management?

In this project, the clash between the fashion design creative process and the market demand (sometimes its unbearable authority) was neglected, the design approach tried to build a "bridge" of trust between the creative part and the commercial Tycoons.

The project represents and imagines a new world where both (the fashion design creative process and the market demand) can work for humanity's benefit not only for their EGO and PROFIT. The previous concept is reflected on merging with detaching both sides, the fashion design creative process and the market demand.

The meeting point was designed to be the CATWALK, where the designers' dreams become the businessmen’s money...

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20 km2 ARCH OUT LOUD COMPETITION UNIVERSE 2016 Experimental

Insomaniac's Dream Catcher

La JetĂŠe - Chris Marker 1962

Insomniac's Dreamcatcher Something to REM-emeber

Waking up in the dark, trying to REM-ember where you were? Trying to REM-ember whether you were sleeping or living another secret life. Are you just a sleeping beauty or are you Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde?! Where is the reality? What are you trying to REM-ember!!?

To dream is to live another parallel reality that you are not aware of until you are awake.

But who could say surely that one is fully awake? Maybe we are all still dreaming in another parallel reality!

Dreaming is another manifestation of reality, you can't be exposed to two (three, four...or even more in some cases) realities except when in the medium between them. This medium is the stage between REM-embering (the dreams are taking place in the REM period) and remembering (the other reality is the case of remembering the every day's incidents that creates the intellectual cognitive) What if you are an insomniac? And you don't have the luxury of REM-embering?

The REM state is the mechanism that connects us with reality; it is constantly running in the background, searching for the codes at lightning speed to metaphorically match to whatever is meaningful in the environment, and thus creating our perception of reality.

It is a reality generator, accessing the templates that are the basis of meaning. (This is easily seen when people access memories that evoke strong emotions: rapid eye movements occur even when their eyes are open. We have much evidence of this on film.)

It is active when we dream but also when we daydream. It is seen when people go into focused states of attention (trance) and when strong instincts are aroused. It is associated with hallucinations and hearing voices. Why do we dream?- The expectation fulfillment theory of dreaming.

The design approach is to make an architectural intervention for these insomniacs, which collects dreams from sleepers who volunteer to share their dreams, to the main mind/heart of the intervention (virtual memory). The mind/heart feeds back the insomniacs with the collective dreams, to help them REM-embering some real memories.

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The nest was morphed to contain the body as the brain/soul is always being re/morphed to simulate the reality.

The sphere is a sufficient start for the non-morphed to take the most suitable shape according to the circumstances.

During the morphological process the nest and the affected object are always merging and regenerating new possibilities.

The final attempt is a ne according to all the tran happened to both the n pre-morphed seed.

The merging of many seeds should generate a whole crucible that would contain all the sleepers’ dreams. The dreams refed back into the insomniac’s’ brain to create an unusual reality.

Every seed/cell would contain one body -the sleeper body- and each cell has a recording device that can transfer the its own reality into electronical/magnetic waves, the unseen waves are a manifestation of the other side’s reality into ou Those waves would be added into the insomniac’s brains as mentioned above.

Their brains should re-create another new reality that we have not been able to reach till now, where the reality should renewable. These new interpretations of reality would be reused to generate new forms/meanings of Architecture.

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34.500 m2 CONCEPTUAL Egypt, Cairo 2008 Cultural/R&D/Experimental

Space & Science Park

The main concept was to follow the movement of the Halley’s comet (Halley’s Comet is arguably the m it possible for a human to see it twice in his or her lifetime. The last time it was here was in 1986, and The Comet is moving and generating the forms according to its merging with the other factors. The m

most famous comet. It is a “periodic� comet and returns to Earth’s vicinity about every 75 years, making d it is projected to return in 2061.) mentioned movement is still very abstract, which would be remodified when it comes to a specific site.

The site was chosen in the heart of one of the largest districts in Cairo, and next to one of the bigges

st and most famous commercial shopping malls in Egypt to attract more users to get involved.

As a citizen of Bahrain, which ancestry is sought? Delmonos ancestry? The Persian civilizations ance cestry? Or is it a combination product of the mixing of all those on this shimmering island. Proceeding deliberately tracked this authenticity, this ancestry to its uppermost sources, where all these element in utmost sensational manner.

There had been reliance on modernist thought- with its scientific and logical manner in filling up the that do not disturb the aspect of the originality and ancestry of the citizen.

Zero Gravity Zone

observatore Tower and Academy

Discover the Space Panorama

Conference Halls Exhibitions

estry? Or perhaps the Ancient Arabic’s ang from the belief in this truth, the designer ts are blended in a special Bahraini crucible gaps with meticulous functional standards

The target of the project is to define new function/s to be added to the park/activities. Egypt is one of the developed countries that needs many driven forces to grasp it from its current state into the next era. The design approach is to merge the green spaces (which Egypt, especially Cairo, is suffering from its lackness) with the science and its manifestation; Technology.

The main function is to develop the first Egyptian National Aeronautics and Space Administration, to be the first Middle Eastern hub for spaces sciences.

Not only labs and research offices would be in the projects’ program, it will also contain a museum and interactive simulations for adults and kids as well.

A huge part of the project revolves around Nano technology; it created a new branch of science which is a little bit new and unknown for the Egyptian’s Science Community.

All these activities take place within the park/ public spaces, as one of the projects’ aims is to encourage Egyptians to interact and live within the research/science community.

The program was distributed in zones according to the site attributes and analysis.

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The Bodhi of Ashes

162 Tatami 267.77 m2 ARCH OUT LOUD COMPETITION (HONORABLE MENTIONED) Japan, Tokyo 2016 Rituals/Cultural/Experimental

Death is another cycle of Life

ム ニ カエル ミゾ ユキ シモ ノ イトイ ナシ “Mu ni kaeru Mi zo yuki shimo no itoi nashi” “Returning to the void This body!

No longer bothered by the snow and frost” Tojaku, November 8, 1799 Japanese Death Poems (JISEI)

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Death is a life, another reflection of it; there is no need to separate the deceased away from th mysterious manner.

The first challenge was the conception of versatility of the graveyard; Versatility is not the necessity of being a some irrelevant meaningless elements which serve no purpose except being labeled as "Ver tical". The idea co some kind of space that could also conserve the meaning of versatility, while simply placing a meaningful landm

The flipping within itself is not a symbol of death and life per say, as they are both one and the same, but abou in a new light. On the sur face, the ashes are there as a representation of humanity on the other side, in the ot Beneath the ashes lies humanity, sobbing and consoling itself in the world of the living. The celebration of the of this project.

he living. There is no need to deal with it in such a fear ful

a tower or a skyscraper, nor is it the penetration of the sky with uld easily be justifiable by digging into the land itself to create mark above ground as an indicator to what is beneath.

ut the users dealing with the entire concept behind life and death ther world beyond. rituals of death and its manifestation of being alive is the essence

The Bodhi Tree Space

The Maha Maya

The Crematorium

The Sui Space

The Funeral

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The womb (Maha Maya); The Bodhi tree’s roots are protected by the Maha Maya, who is the Gautama Buddha’s’ mother, the name represents the “wombing”.

People move from the main entrance, which is within the plaza, to this sacred space, and then they rotate around the cone (a womb) within the space itself (which reflects another layer of wombness). Around the cone, people transcend the stairs until they arrive at the grand presence of the holy Bodhi.

The cremation; Starting with the Sui space, the space is protected with the water from the four corners against the evil spirits. With a centered transcendent staircase, Sui is the main atrium of the cremation stage. The cremation will take place in the skin of the floors as the crematoriums are buried in the walls and will be witnessed through panoramic glass windows by the deceased’s family members and friends.

Moh am e d D e r zawi

Architect

Education

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Mohamed.Derzawi@Gmail.Com

2009 Bachelor Degree - Urban Planning and Architecture design Departm

2016 Worked as a teaching assistant at the Urban and Architecture desig 2013 in Cairo

Assist in Studio X, a conceptually studio running by Naga Studio Arc Prof.Tarek Naga for 4 semesters.

Tutor and mentor students, help professors and assistants to develop Assist faculty members with classroom instruction, exams, record kee projects.

Assist in exam proctoring, assist in evaluation, grading of student work Obtain materials needed for classes, including texts, maps and other m Hand out assignments and grade papers.

Arrange for teaching observations.

2016 Worked as a part timer architect at Dar Arafa Architecture.

2014 Visualize 2D/3D preventative drawings for several projects.

Assist in Landscape Design for a residential project.

Work on 3D Models for interior/exterior design Projects.

Establish some researchers according to the necessity of the work.

2011 Worked as a teaching assistant at the Architecture Department - Mis 2013

Participate in preparing manuals under supervision of professors.

Provide instruction to students in discussion periods, tutorials or lectur Prepare exams and assist professors in correcting and marking exam students.

2010 Working for the National Mega Projects department - Engineering Au 2011 Forces.

Responsible for shop/working drawings for several projects in multi sca Design and supervise several public projects.

Document and write the official letters and presentations.

Cooperate with other departments, i.e. Civil, electrical and mechanical‌

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course plans. eping, and other miscellaneous

k, perform weekly. materials.

SKILLS Photoshop Indesign Illustrator Sketchup Autocad 2D/3D MS Office

Language Skills Arabic English German

Personal SKILLS Communication TeamWork Creativity Leadership Management Hard Working

Also familiar with Revit, 3D Max, Rhino and Grasshoper.

Learning new Softwares is one of the abilities and passion they I have. Plus the ability of sketching and manual drafting.

Arabic is the mother tongue, Excellent in English writting and Speaking. German is basic level.

I am very didecated to Architecture, I do believe that with a lot of patience and focusing on work I will make some different in the Architectural world.

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Cairo-Egypt Manama-Bahrain Tokyo-Japan Others Conceptual

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