NOURAN ZAKARIA
Rehab City 02, Group 126 First Settlement, 11841 Cairo, Egypt +2 01066 704 712 nouran.zakaria@gmail.com nouran.mohammed@guc.edu.eg
Architect | Instructor | Interior Designer
NOURAN ZAKARIA MOHAMED DATE OF BIRTH IS 04/09/1993 [27] EGYPTIAN NATIONALITY
ED UCAT I ON GERMAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO
Masters Degree
2016 - 2019
Got my masters degree on the topic “Pop-ups in No Man’s Land Pop-up architecture and its role in revitalizing urban voids”
2012 - 2016
Bachelor Degree of Science Granted the Bachelor Degree in Architecture and Urban Design
Semester Abroad [Berlin]
2014
Studied a semester in the GUC in Berlin campus as an exchange student FUTURE EXPERIMENTAL LANGUAGE SCHOOL 2005 - 2011
Cairo, Egypt
EL ORUBA INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE SCHOOL 1998 - 2004
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Secondary School Finished Secondary school [Thanaweya Amma]
Primary School
Took my primary school degree in Riyadh
PRO F E SSI ON A L E X P E R I E N C E GERMAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO
Instructor
2021 [Current]
Promoted to Instructor at the Architecture and Urban Design Program
Shahira Fahmy Architects
Part-Time Architect
2021
Working as a part time Architect at Shahira Fahmy Architects
New Vision Company
Part-Time Junior Architect
2021
Worked as a part time Architect at New Vision Company
GERMAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO [Berlin/Cairo] Lecturer Assistant 2019 Currently working as a Lecturer assistant at GUC in Cairo GERMAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO [Berlin] 2019
Lecturer Assistant Worked as a lecturer assistant at GUC in Berlin for a semester
GERMAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO
Teaching Assistant
2016-2019
Worked as a Teaching assistant at the faculty of Architecture and Urban Design department
OKOPLAN COMPANY
Internship
2014
Interned for a month at Okoplan company in the Urban Design department
PGESCO COMPANY
Internship
2014
Interned for a month at Pgesco company
ARCHPLAN COMPANY
Internship
2013
Interned for a month at Archplan company
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FRE E L ANCE E X P E R I E N C E
LANDSCAPE DESIGN
Landscape Design for Zia commercial complex
July/August 2022
Landscape pitched design for a high end commercial complex in New Cairo.
BOOK DESIGN
Book and Cover Design
July 2022 [Current]
Book Design for “Heritage and the City: Values and Beyond”
ARCHITECTURE JOURNAL DESIGN
Cover Design for Journal of Mediterranian cities
July 2022
Journal of Mediterranean Cities Cover Designer
ORGANIZATION TEAM LEADER AT AGORA CAUMME 2020
AGORA CAUMME 2020 Organization Team Leader
Oct 2020 – Nov 2020
Organization team leader for the joint conference AGORA CAUMME 2020: Mediterranean: Between Expansion and Regeneration was held in the German University in Cairo in November 2020.
PRIVATE VILLA
Landscape and Facade design
December 2020
Currently working on a VIlla’s facade design and landscape in 6th October.
MOHAMED ZOGHBI CAR SHOWROOM
Interior Designer
April 2018
Submitted a design for a car showroom in Heliopolis
SHAHEEN OFFICE
Interior Designer
April 2018
Submitted a preliminary design for a coffee company’s new head office
PALA HUB OFFICE
Interior Conceptual Designer
October 2017
Submitted a conceptual design and a design proposal for the interior and exterior of the office space in Maadi
TPAY MOBILE HEADQUARTERS OFFICE
Interior Designer and Design Implementor
October 2016 - June 2017
Submitted an interior design and implemented the design completely for TPay office headquarters located in Fifth Settlement
INSTABUG OFFICE
Interior Designer
June 2016
Submitted an interior design and conceptual design for Instabug office in Mohandesin
CHAMELEON COWORKING SPACE
Interior Designer and Implementation Supervision
January 2016 - March 2016
A competition that we won the first place in. Our design proposal was implemented and we supervised on the implementation of the design. 01
NOURAN ZAKARIA
Rehab City 02, Group 126 First Settlement, 11841 Cairo, Egypt +2 01066 704 712 nouran.zakaria@gmail.com nouran.mohammed@guc.edu.eg
Architect | Instructor | Interior Designer
NOURAN ZAKARIA MOHAMED DATE OF BIRTH IS 04/09/1993 [27] EGYPTIAN NATIONALITY
C OMPE T I T I O N S ASWAN DOWNTOWN
Participation
January 2022
Currently working on regenrating an area to be the new Aswan’s Downtown.
EARTH COMPETITION
Participation
November 2021
Participated on the EARTH Competition | International
SODIC TOWN CENTER
Participation
September 2020 - October 2020
Participated in the SODIC VYE townhouse competiton.
SCIENCE CITY
Participation
May 2016 - August 2016
CHAMELEON COWORKING SPACE January 2016 - March 2016
Participated in the Science city competition done for 6th of October in Alexandria, Egypt.
1st Place
Won 1st place in an interior design competition for a coworking space in 1st settlement, Egypt.
PUB L I CAT I ON S AGORA CAUMMA PAUMMA 2020
Published a paper in AGORA CAUMMA 2020 conference
November 2020
Paper published with the title “The Role of Pop-Up Architecture in Urban Void Regeneration”
GERMAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO
Masters Thesis Research
September 2019
Pop-ups in No Man’s Land Pop-up architecture and its role in revitalizing urban voids
PORTFOLIO
Link for online portfolio
September 2019
https://issuu.com/nouranmohammed/docs/portfolio_nouran_zakaria_2021_hg
ADMI N. WOR K GERMAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO 2019-2021
Advising supervisor in GUC
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S KI L L S Software Skills
AutoCad, 3ds max, RhinoCeros, Sketchup, Photoshop, Indesign Illustrator, V-ray, Cinema 4D Archicad, Revit, Grasshopper
Other Skills Photography, Organization, Physical modeling, Team player
Languages
Fluent in: Arabic | English Roughly: French | German
TA UGHT COU R S E S [ As s i s t a n t L e c t u r e r ] ARCH 104
Architecture Drawing
ARCH 206
3D Model- Making Studio
ARCH 204
Introduction to Architectural Design
ARCH 301
History of Architecture II
ARCH 302
CAAD/ CAM I
ARCH 403
Introduction to Urban Design
ARCH 305
Design Studio I
ARCH 505
Design Studio II
ARCH 1000
Elective Seminar
UP 602 ARCH 602 ARCH 404 ARCH 202 ARCH 902 ARCH 503
Housing Design Studio IV Building Technology III History of Architecture I Design Studio VI – Working Drawings Theory of Architecture II
TA UGHT COU R S E S [ I ns t ru c t o r] ARCH 702 UP 701 ARCH 901 ARCH 204 ARCH 504 ARCH 505 ARCH 305 BTECH 1001
Legislation, Professional Practice and Contracts [GUC Berlin] Introduction to Urban Economics [GUC Berlin] Design Studio VI – Urban Design and Landscaping [GUC Berlin] Introduction to Architectural Design Building Technology IV Design Studio II Design Studio I Design Studio VII 02