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S I T U A T I O N : New El-Alamain city is considered the first smart city of the 4th generation of Egypt new cities. Its vision was to attract population outside the overpopulated cities, as well as being the first Egyptian center for high technology corporations, innovation, and social media. P R O J E C T : In my opinion, The global dilemma of technological singularity, increased the difficulty of the situation. Since 1980, a gap between Egypt and advances in the industrial world had emerged, Technological singularity is vastly amplifying the gap. El-Alamain should be a chance to get back in the game by Egyptian society not corporations. By creating a space that get normal individuals involved in the process of innovating technologies.
CREATIVITY HUB. • Location :New Al-alamein City, Egypt. • Type : Academic project. • Type : Graduation project. • Time : 10th semester, 2018 • Work Type : Individual work.
• Duration : 3 monthes • ROLE : Entire Work. • Supervisor: Arch.Mohsen Merdash. Mohsen_mohamed@alexu.edu. eg
DEVELOPED THREATS.
CRISIS OF OVERPOPULATION IN EGYPT?
The current population of Egypt is 100,926,788 as of Friday, October 11,
Due to the critical political situation in Egypt since 2011:
2019, based on Worldometers elabora-
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A significant increase in Gated communities, serving as shelters (for the rich) in case of conflicts.
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General distrust in the government as the country is divided into 2 opposing political powers.
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High stress on the government, therefore the government stress on stakeholders with the least authority: Displacement of poor families, with using violence to arrest the opposition. like in El-warraq island families displacement .
tion of the latest United Nations data. Egypt is the most populous country in the Arab World and the third-most populous on the African continent. About 95% of the country’s 97 million people (2017) live along the banks of the Nile and in the Nile Delta, which forms only Egypt 2010 estimated population density per square kilometer. 5% of the land.
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Overcrowded cities. • Urban sprawl over water resources. •
Urban sprawl over agricultural land. Drainage system failure.
Although Egypt had a low success with previous cities, new cities are being constructed with almost the same strategies and visions. Based on the changes happening to Egyptians, I tried to select the suitable city.
WHY NEW EL-ALAMAIN CITY?
GOVERMANT PLAN SINCE 70’s.
New Egyptian cities to be established in Egypt in the last 3 decades. Located away from the narrow strip of the Nile Valley.
WEAKNESSES IN THE GOVERMANTS PLAN. 1. Government misses practical execution plans with a timeline that considers future changes. 2. Inadequate transportation system.
3. Forcing poor families to settle in new cities . 4. Cultural conflict between different stakeholders: Newcomers and bedouin(desert natives).
Egypt.
Matrouh region.
City urban plan.
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New Al-alamain city had a vision of catching up with the rest of the world in technological growth.
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The city had special importance in the president program, hence more governmental marketing.
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Diverse stakeholders.
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Adequate transportation system.
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A high density of bedouin tribes, therefore the government can’t ignore them.
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Citizens now percept the role of new cities
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As the city is planned to be the first technologically smart city in Egypt. I believe it should respond to another phenomenon.
TECHNOLOGICAL SINGULARITY? “The hypothesis that the invention of artificial superintelligence (ASI) will abruptly trigger runaway technological growth, resulting in unfathomable changes to human civilization�.
PROPOSAL FOR SOCIAL CHALLENGE. In order to create space that meets the their needs, I studied the stakeholders of New El-alamain and their different needs. Rich cultural environment and beneficial activities will create the desired social coalition. To gain a deeper understanding of how different categories of people adapt to new conditions (moving to a new city), I tried to analyze the stakeholders based on the diffusion of Innovation Theory : The Adoption Curve.
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I bieleve World population is getting catagroizd into 3 groups:
Technology creators.
Consumers.
FUTURE
In my opinion, this category is the most capable one to minimize the negative effects of the phenomenon. Besides, aiming towards a safe future.
Future Majorty.
Off the grid. According to BBC & NBC reports, these communities are increasing, living a sustainable life. they consist of people with a variety of interests, education degrees ... etc. Therefore, I believe these communities will survive but for an unknown destiny.
According to the law, any new idea(product) should be marketed in a specific order. Successful ideas mange to cross the CHASM.
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PROPOSAL FOR INTELLECTUAL CHALLENGE.
Hence the advanced technologies made a revloution by making it is possible for everyone to 3d print and fabricate what is imagined, I think it is equily important to educate the Youth stakeholders, and engage them in CREATIVITY HUBS to increase the number of the creators cataogry. Upgrading the local crafting and create strong social bond to remove culture conflicts.
SITE ANALYSIS.
FORM DEVELOPMENT.
Elements of creativity.
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HOW TO PROVOKE CREATIVITY?
In my opinion it’s Negative space that provokes the creativity of users, as the designer blanks lot of details to the creative interpretations of users.
carel visser reinforced concrete sculpture in the hague 1966
Matteo Pugliese, Il Segreto (The Secret) (2007)
Matthew Simmonds: Miniature architecture
CONCLUSION IN DESIGN. Negative space : Less boundaries , means more Imaginative solutions, interpretations and more creative thinking to recognize the boundaries of the space one is interacting with it.
Negative space in the Sculpting workshop.
To achieve this, I dependent on the gestalt rules:
Inverting the ordinary.
Building Solids with one material, in the main spine, main form and workshops.
Negative space in open Expo.
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1- SHADED PLAZA CUBE . 2- LIBIRARY. 3- LECTURE ROOM. 4- CAFE. 5- SCIENCE EXHIBITION.
6- DESIGN EXHIBITION. 7- ARTS EXHIBITION. 8- TARCE. 9- OPEN EXHIBITION. 10-OPEN EXHIBITION.
11- ELECTRO-MECHANICS W ORKSHOP. 1 2- ROBOTICS WORKSHOP. 13- DESIGN WORKSHOP. 14- DRAWING WORKSHOP.
15- SCLUPTURE WORKSHOP. 16- ACTIVITIES AND SPORTS.
Open expo, as an approach to the spain for workshops + negtaive space experience which cuts changes with user movement.
Ground Level.
Underground Level. 1- SHADED PLAZA CUBE . 2- FOYER. 3- MULTI PURPOSE HALL . 4- VIP REST. 5- ADMINSTRATION. 6- DESIGN EXHIBITION.
7- ARTS EXHIBITION. 8- LAB . 9- ENGLISH COURT. 10-STORAGE ENTANCE. 11- ELECTRO-MECHANICS WORKSHOP.
12- ROBOTICS WORKSHOP. 13- DESIGN WORKSHOP. 14- DRAWING WORKSHOP. 15- SCLUPTURE WORKSHOP. 16- ACTIVITIES AND SPORTS. 17- CLASS ROOM.
18- SECURITY + STORAGE. 19- MAIN STORAGE ENTRANCE. 20- SECURITY/ INFORMATION.
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STRUCTURES.
- Beams holding the floating walls will be fixed to the roof and floor of the workshop
- GRC cladding of concrete texture will give the illusion of the flying wall.
Every zone of the main hub can be built using steel frames.
Curtain grid connection with the main structure system by space truss wires.
0.80 m shear wall to Beams & columns forming the sculpture which creates a sense hold the roof, creating of negative space. Cladding will hide the structure system. the negative space.
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THANK YOU.
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