NOURAN ZAKARIA Architecture Portfolio
SELECTED WORKS | 2022
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
CONTENT 1.0
Competitions
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VYE Sodic Towncenter
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Aswan Downtown Regeneration
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Zia Landscape Project
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Al Ula Villa
2.0
Selected to enter VYE towncenter competition in New Giza
Regeneration for a location in Aswan to be the new Aswan Downtown
Landscape Design for a strip at the entrance of Zia comeercial space.
Regeneration for a location in Aswan to be the new Aswan Downtown
F r e e l a n c e p r o j ects
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Tpay Mobile office
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Pala Hub office
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Chameleon co-working space
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El Zoghbi Car Showroom
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Private Villa
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Instabug office
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Exhibition space
Design and implementation for the office
Design proposal for the office space
Design and implementation of the space after winning 1st prize in a competition
Conceptual design for a showroom in Heliopolis
Design of the landscape and Facade of a residential Villa in Sheikh Zayed
Design proposal for Instabug office
Supervision on exhibition design and implementation for an elective course.
3 .0
Und e r g r a d p r o j e c t s
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The Hipster Zone
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Portugal Pavilion
A mixed use area in a cultural zone in the New Capital in Cairo
A pavilion in 6th of October in Egypt
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Factory Transformation
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Research Center
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Cairo Rio Project
An existing factory in Berlin that was regenerated and transformed
A research center as an integrated design project
Overlapping of two cities’ populations using different parameters on Grasshopper
4 .0 Se l e c t e d S t u d e n t s w o r k
5 .0 M a s t e r s r e s e a r c h
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Masters research Abstract
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Catalogue for Pop-up Architeecture
Abstract of my completeted masters research on Pop-up Architecture
Catalogue as a continuation of my study of pop-ups as temporary architecture
6 .0 Ph ot o g r a p h y
PROJECTING FROM DIVERSE SCALES
01 COMPETITIONS
ARCHITECTURE
TACKLES DIFFERENT SCALES
1.1 VYE SODIC COMPETITION
PROJECT TEAM Lamis Abdullah Nouran Zakaria
LOCATION New Zayed, Egypt
SCALE VYE Town Center | Architecture Design
DESCRIPTION The design of the town center aimed at achieving a continuation and adaptation within the design with the idea of having core connecting spaces that has a public interaction as well as visual interaction while connecting the fragmented buildings. The idea was then translated to combining the different environments that occur within the day into a flexible space that doesn’t have such differentiation but in contrary it aims at formulating a unified space that is dynamic and allows constant visual connections on different functions. In order to achieve such dynamism and atmosphere within a town center, “a transitional space” became the catalyst in forming such environment as it acts as the main connector between different functions and the buffer before transition.
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Mass orientation driven by the north direction and Nova Pa
FORM FINDING DIAGRAMS
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Mass orientation driven by the north direction and Nova Park
Mass 2 orientation driven by the north direction and Nova park.
Transition spaces act as connectors to complement functio
Transition spaces act as connectors to complement the functions. 3
FLOOR PLANS
Transition spaces act as connectors to complement functions
Conceptual Diagram V Transition spaces act as multi purpose areas along the verti and horizontal axis
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Transition spaces act as multi purpose areas along the vertical and horizontal axis
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
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FIRST FLOOR PLAN
The main office axis were oriented to opt for the maximum visual connection and environmental factors
LONGITUDINAL SECTION 1
Potential Boo
The main office axis were oriented to opt for the maximum visual connection and environmental factors
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Potential Boo
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Potential Booth areas in Landscape area
SECOND FLOOR PLAN
ova Park
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1.2 ASWAN DOWNTOWN COMPETITION FIRST PROPOSAL
DESCRIPTION The proposal was for regenerating a central space in Aswan to become the new toursitic hub and Aswan’s downtown. Through urban and architecture design, and integrating the local and touristic needs; we desinged a space that is accessible to everyone with se4rvices distributed in all nodes yet each node has a dominant function that dominates whether educational, touristic, swevices or commercial. 3 main axis have been extracted from the sit to creat the main circualtion routes in side the urban area . For the purpose of activating the space more, an idea of having a commercial belt in the ground floor in all functions as well as on the main streets was to attract people and invite them inside the space and accordingly in a mina commercial axis that follows cto a main commercial par leading top the old Aswan souq already existing in the area and then straight to the Nile for a 13 to 15 minutes walking distance.
PROJECT TEAM Nouran Zakaria Mohamed ElSharkawy
LOCATION Aswan, Egypt
SCALE Urban Design
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VISUALIZATION | CONNECTIVITY | SPACE ACTIVATION
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AXIS DIAGRAM
GROUND FLOOR COMMERCIAL STRIP
THREE GENERATED NODES
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ZONING DIAGRAM HOTEL COMMERCIAL | SHOPS DORMS WORKSHOPS COMMERCIAL | RESTAURANTS GUC TRAINING BUILDING
PRELIMINARY 3D OF ASWAN DOWNTOWN
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PRELIMINARY MASTER PLAN
SITE ANALYSIS_MAIN AXIS
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1.2 ASWAN DOWNTOWN COMPETITION SECOND PROPOSAL
DESCRIPTION The proposal was for regenerating a central space in Aswan to become the new toursitic hub and Aswan’s downtown. Through urban and architecture design, and integrating the local and touristic needs; we desinged a space that is accessible to everyone with se4rvices distributed in all nodes yet each node has a dominant function that dominates whether educational, touristic, swevices or commercial. 3 main axis have been extracted from the sit to creat the main circualtion routes in side the urban area . For the purpose of activating the space more, an idea of having a commercial belt in the ground floor in all functions as well as on the main streets was to attract people and invite them inside the space and accordingly in a mina commercial axis that follows cto a main commercial par leading top the old Aswan souq already existing in the area and then straight to the Nile for a 13 to 15 minutes walking distance.
PROJECT TEAM Omar Emad Bassant Keshta Nouran Zakaria
LOCATION Aswan, Egypt
SCALE Urban Design
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ARIEL SHOT OF URBAN SPACE
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2.6 ZIA LANDSCAPE DESIGN
PROJECT TEAM Nouran Zakaria Studio Figurati Salma Mondy
LOCATION New Cairo, Egypt
SCALE Commercial Space| Landscape Design
DESCRIPTION Designing a landscape area in front of the commercial space with the entrance situations and circulation. The idea of the design was inspired by Roberto Burle Marx and how he managed to transform art into landscape design.
1.3 AL AULA PRIVATE RESIDENT
PROJECT TEAM SHAHIRA FAHMY ARCHITECTS
LOCATION Al Ula, Saudi Arabia
SCALE REsidential Villa
DESCRIPTION A Proposal for a Residential Villa deisng in Al Ula historical area located in Saudi Arabia. Challenges of the area beng historical and buildiing on existing fabrics and ruins. As well as repsecting the cultural charactersitics and integrating it in the design.
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PROJECTING FROM MY OWN PRACTICAL WORK
02 FREELANCE PROJECTS
ARCHITECTURE IS
WAY OF EXPRESSION THROUGH DIFFERENT METHODS CREATING BUILDINGS AND SPACES RELATING A BUILDING TO A CONTEXT
2.1 TPAY MOBILE OFFICE
PROJECT TEAM Hassan Elwan Omar Kassab Yomna Hossam Nouran Zakaria
LOCATION New Cairo, Egypt
SCALE Five-Floors Villa | Interior Design
DESCRIPTION A company was going to occupy a Villa that was initially designed for housing. We were challenged within our concept to find solutions for the existing old-fashioned ornaments, the residential atmosphere in terms of the aesthetics factor while also from the functional perspective it had limited capacity and the space distribution discouraged interactivity and had no work strategy. The team designed the space with reflecting the idea of superimposition using a certain grid allowing a change in the identity of the space and moreover black ceilings were a huge part of the solution aesthetically.
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WHITE THEME The white theme was used excessively in this floor as it occupied the biggest number of technical employees in one place and accordingly needed the sense of order and creativity to be in place.
2nd Level
BLACK THEME The black theme was used excessively in this floor as the ornaments were excessive in a working space. The floor was mainly for the CEO’s office as well as other managers and accountants. It also had soe spots for individual seating spaces. The black theme was also used in the ground floor which is the image of the company. Accordingly black ceilings and super imposed design transferred the focus of visitors and employees upon entering a suposedly residental villa.
1st Level
Ground Level
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WHITE THEME
BLACK THEME
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BLACK THEME BLACK PART OF THE OFFICE In addition to the black color being part of Tpay’s identity, the color helped balance the atmosphere of the place and helped in a smooth transition from a residential villa to an actual office without the sense of discomfort or mis-belonging. It also added depth to the working spaces and along that, the use of wood as the main material in the space. The images show the different spaces that were completely painted in black from the column with the seating around it (top left image), the break area with the swings (top right image) to the image at the bottom which was meant to be solo working spaces , brainstorming areas or even Skype interview spaces.
LEFT DETAILS, DESIGNED CHAIR IN INTERVIEW SPACE
TOP RIGHT RECEPTION DESK IN ENTRANCE AREA
BOTTOM RIGHT
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INTERVIEW AREA IN GROUND FLOOR
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BLACK THEME
WHITE PART OF THE OFFICE Since the technical team of the company were the largest groups and occupied the second floor, we decided to paint their space in white. In order to allow in such condensed space with almost 30 employees a space for creativity, growth and efficiency. So in addition to using the white as the main theme, we also (later on) added greenery in the space as it is known that green increases the productivity by 15% as well as improves the concentration. situated on the third floor. The design tried to suit the maximum capacity of employees within a limited space following the idea of superimpositioning modern on old apparent ornaments. So a beehive like steel grid was made as structures for the desks’ tops as well as the shelves needed. It also contained the wiring of the whole place whether networks or electricity so that the space is free and everything works from these steel rods. We made sure that the privacy of each employee is met so the plan achieved that almost no screens are exposed.
T-STEEL PARTITION
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RED Lighting bulbs GREEN Network circulation YELLOW Electrical circulation
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WHITE THEME
BEEHIVE STEAL WORKSPACE Technical team of the company situated on the third floor. The design tried to suit the maximum capacity of employees within a limited space following the idea of superimpositioning modern on old apparent ornaments. So a beehive like steel grid was made as structures for the desks’ tops as well as the shelves needed. It also contained the wiring of the whole place whether networks or electricity so that the space is free and everything works from these steel rods. We made sure that the privacy of each employee is met so the plan achieved that almost no screens are exposed.
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2.2 PALA HUB OFFICE
PROJECT TEAM Seif AbdelAziz Yomna Hossam Nouran Zakaria
LOCATION Maadi, Egypt
SCALE Three-Floors Villa | Interior Design
DESCRIPTION Pala Hub is an innovation hub that mainly supports technology startups in developing societies. So the design had to reflect their goals and direction. Flexibility and uniqueness in design were a main goal in addition to achieving an Eco-friendly and environmentally responsible place. This goal set focus on the The flexibility wasn’t just in the movable furniture and open space but it was also in the small details and even the working desks. The space was completely flexible inside and outside. Everyone communicates and works as a team in a transparent working environment with no separations between desks and open plan as much as possible.
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STAGE DESIGN IN OUTDOOR AREA The stage is designed to include four parts with different functions Blue: Acts either as filled sides for the stage, stored seating units or individually movable seating to form different sized clusters for diverse users. Yellow: Collected cubes to form a stage for ultiuse. Each cube could also function as a seating that could be used individually or clustered. Black: The front black row should act as the fixed illuminated boxes to illuminate when needed.
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OUTDOOR FLEXIBLE DESIGN The two sides and the base od the stage are movable, to allow Flexible use of space, furniture and an organized storage space allowing multi-use applications. The stage base could be used as a platform for events while the sides could serve as seating for this event, The three sides could also be arranged differently to form different seating proposals for the diverse users of the space. It also allows the use of the furniture for multiple functions/ workshops happening at the same time, etc .. These seats could also be arrayed beside each other to serve a screening or a presentation setting.
MATRESS STOCKED INSIDE THE WOODEN STEP
SEATING STEPS | PLAYSTATION | MEETING | SCREENING THIS AREA IS CONSIDERED THE TRANSITION ZONE FOR THE FIRST FLOOR OPEN PLAN. IT CONTAINS 2 STEPS TO BE USED AS CASUAL/ ALTERNATIVE SEATIN, CASUAL MEETING SPACE, OR EVEN A SEATING PLATFORM TO PROJECT OR USE HTE PLAYSTATION. THAT CAN BE DONE BY PROJECTING ON THE ACRILIC SHEET IN FRONT OF IT. THIS ACRILIC SHEET ACTS AS A SEMI PRIVATE PARTITION, A WRITING BOARD AND A SCREENING SURFACE. IN TERMS OF THE ATMOSPHERE, THE SURROUNDING WALLS AND CEILING ARE TO BE DONE IN GREEN WHILE THE FLOORING REMAINS GREYISH VINYL AS ILLUSTRATED IN THE PICTURE.
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MATRESS IS REMOVED FROM THE STORAGE AREA
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
MATRESS SLIDED ON THE 2ND STEP TP FORM A SLEEPING AREA
Collective Working / Meeting
Exhibition
Exhibition
Presentation
Presentation
Separate Working Stations
Separate Working Stations
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2.3 CHAMELEON COWORKING SPACE
PROJECT TEAM Alia Aboelgheit Yomna Hossam Nouran Zakaria
LOCATION New Cairo, Egypt
SCALE Five-Floors Villa | Interior Design
DESCRIPTION When designing the space, our goal was to achieve maximum variations and flexibility of space economically yet creatively. We wanted to provide different themes and atmospheres to satisfy the community with its different fields and views. In order to achieve an ever evolving space, we designed each space to be themed differently. Using one main element in furnishing the space; a wooden palette This wooden palettes is sort of the branding material of the Chameleon co-working space.
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BLACK PART OF THE OFFICE These wooden palattes were characterized by being economic, functional, and allow flexibility needed in the use of spaces. It could be adjusted by adding layers of palettes or removing it serving the needs of the required space from the user. These palettes are used as seating areas, tables, shelves, mug holders and wall decorations. It is also used as stepping to unify a certain space and creates the sense of isolation without it being surrounded by four walls. It was also used as sound insulators in some parts of the Villa. In addition it was designed in spaces to be fixed to the ceiling allowing light and plants to hang from it. The section below shows the complete space.
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SPACE AFTER IMPLEMENTATION These images shows the different areas in the villa after implemntation and how the wooden palletes resembled the identity of the space as well as its diverse uses and different organizations to fit each space and accommodate the users’ need. Even though it is movable, it was also used to structure a more static elements within the space such as the bar counter, the reception desk as well as the fixed ceiling part. Black walls were part of the identity of the space as they inspire and trigger creativty so that the working groups nd users can brainstorm and use the blackboard walls whenever and visualize their ideas in an encouraging way. This was also implemented along the staircase abd people interacted really well with that and started making it colorful with their drawings and ideas.
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2.4 EL ZOGHBI CAR SHOWROOM
PROJECT TEAM Mohamed El Sharkawy Nouran Zakaria
LOCATION Heliopolis, Egypt
SCALE Two storey show room | Interior and Exterior Design
DESCRIPTION The team was required to design an innovative and modern design for El Zoghbi company for their showroom in Heliopolis. The design focused on the irregularities and mainly tranigulations as the main theme and accordingly that was reflected on the facade as well as the interior of the space. The space had a focal point that is the part shown once you enter the space an accordingly the main design direction was towards that. The space was small and its irregularity was a huge challenge specially that it was required to accomudate 2 cars in that space as well as a manager’s office and a receiveing space in the above floor. Other challenges were the irregular beams that went though the space.
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GROUND FLOOR SPACE Technical team of the company situated on the third floor. The design tried to suit the maximum capacity of employees within a limited space following the idea of superimpositioning modern on old apparent ornaments. So a beehive like steel grid was made as structures for the desks’ tops as well as the shelves needed. It also contained the wiring of the whole place whether networks or electricity so that the space is free and everything works from these steel rods. We made sure that the privacy of each employee is met so the plan achieved that almost no screens are exposed.
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FIRST FLOOR SPACE This space includes the manager’s desk as well as a meeting space to receive and accommodate people in. It follows the design theme in which the triangulation extended to the beams on the walls allowing it to become part of the identity of the space and uniting it all together. It also shows a wall with letter Z in which this wall is facing the stairs so that who ever is coming up sees that fist. In addition, it can be seen that the facade design integrated the concept of triangulation to a whole new level allowing also a reflection between the inside and outside through the tilted glass with different angles. Below is a space diagram showing the main elements following the conceptual idea that was added to the space.
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2.5 PRIVATE VILLA
PROJECT TEAM Lamis Abdullah Yomna Hossam Nouran Zakaria
LOCATION Sheikh Zayed, Egypt
SCALE Residential Villa | Landscape and Facade Design
DESCRIPTION The client needed design for the landscape as well as redesiginng the whole facade in a more modern way. Design’s approach was intended to be a modernistic, sleek and minimal. We had to take into consideration the existing design of the interior space and play around with minimal adjustment for the zones corresponding to the landcape.
CIRCULATION DIAGRAM ON 2ND LEVEL A Secondary circulation was added to increase the interaction, visual connections and ease the circulation between different functions so that bridges and ramps encourage public circulation creating an interesting network of pedestrian friendly spaces. These secondary circulation structures also connects different functions to roof terraces.
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PROJECT TEAM Hassan Elwan Omar Kassab Yomna Hossam Nouran Zakaria
LOCATION New Cairo, Egypt
SCALE Flat in a building | Interior Design
DESCRIPTION The GIT system was the theme of the design since Instabug was an office that worked with that system and accordingly some the data strctures were integrated in the design. The design tried to engage the atmosphere of the place with the purpose of the office in a delicate and gentle way so that employees feel they belong to it and that its theirs. Each room had a certain structure that was then design accordingiy whether iti is push and thus all the furniture in the space was on one level and nothing was elevated or pull where everything in this room hanged from the ceiling and so on. Others were Merge, Branch and lastly the contributers. This theme and specified design let to customization of furniture in that office.
CUSTOMIZED FURNITURE As part of the design, these customized furnitures were made to suit the design and the space it occupies. The materiallity differes as well as the functions as seen in the diagrams.
01 NET STRUCTURE
02 ELEVATED BENCH
03 ELEVATED STEO WITH STORAGE UNITS
04 BRANCHED BENCH
Above Figure: GIT concept
Above Figure: Plan of the space
TOP LEFT Merge Room; which is a break room.
MIDDLE Branch Room, Desk branches from the wall to vreat a horizontal platform for meetings
BOTTOM LEFT Push Room; all furniture are from the ground up.
TOP RIGHT Pull Room, All furniture goes down from the ceiling
BOTTOM RIGHT Entrance with a green wall and the logo of the office
ELECTIVE COURSE EXHIBITION DESIGN
PROJECT TEAM Team: 5th year Architecture students Supervision:
SUPERVISION Prof. Dunja Karcher Msc. Nouran Zakaria
LOCATION [GUC] New Cairo, Egypt
DESCRIPTION This project is a result of an Eective course conducted in the German Universtiy in Cairo for 5th year Architecture students. The aim was to use a space inside the campus and turn it into a temporary exhibition in wich each group is assigned to a certain area within that space. I am presenting the part of the implementation of the design with the supervision of the professor as well as myself; the teaching assistant of the course. The choice of materials and structures were taken the factor of temporality into consideration as not to waste time and effort.
IMPLEMENTATION PHASE The space during the implementation showing the limited use of materials for an efficient and productive exhibition. It was built in 3 days and the exhibition stayed there for 2 other days before it was disassembled.
THROUGH MY PERSONAL WORK
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ARCHITECTURE IS FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION CREATING DIALOGUES BETWEEN DIFFERENT AMITIES GENERATING ACTIVITIES WITH THE LIVELINESS OF PEOPLE IN IT STORIES PRODUCE CULTURE THAT PRODUCE SPACE THAT PRODUCE CITIES A MEAN OF COMMUNICATION UNDERSTANDING OF OUR SURROUNDING THROUGH STORIES
3.1 HIPSTER DISTRICT
PROJECT TEAM Nouran Zakaria
SUPERVISION Dr. Hussam Hussein Salama
LOCATION 6th of October, Egypt
DESCRIPTION The project is a mixed use hipster zone that targets youth and artists with its network of artistic functions and small scale activities. It is located in a bigger network in a cultural zone yet considered the most significant and important in such zone. It differs from its surrounding by its small scale of buildings and limited heights surrounded by huge cultural complexes like the main station, the opera and a huge urban museum at its borders. The functions it includes varies from cafes, dance studios, art galleries, hubs, intellectual spaces, recording studios, and designers shops to workshops, live-work spaces, offices, studios and other small scale residential units. There is also an open space area that acts as a stage for underground small scale art and music performances within the community. The concept behind the design was to have a journey through this artistic zone that is enriched with different kind of cultural knowledge so the elements of transparency and visual connections were the main focus of the urban design.
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AND HOW A BUILDING EXISTS WITHIN A CONTEXT
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CULTURAL ZONE IN CAIRO’S NEW CAPITAL
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CULTURAL ZONE IN CAIRO’S NEW CAPITAL
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CIRCULATION DIAGRAM ON 2ND LEVEL A Secondary circulation was added to increase the interaction, visual connections and ease the circulation between different functions so that bridges and ramps encourage public circulation creating an interesting network of pedestrian friendly spaces. These secondary circulation structures also connects different functions to roof terraces.
CIRCULATION DIAGRAM OF PATHS’ FLOW In addition, the whole zone is pedestrian friendly and no cars allowed thus intentionally the narrow alleys that provides shade and decrease heat gain thus offering comfortable journey for pedestrians. Controversy of placing traditional zone in a modern designer’s location.
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A number of building prototypes, that were crucial in their functions and locations to the community, were chosen to show the architecture style and scale in the area. These prototypes are small art gallery, office building, small scale theatre, communal building and a transparent cinema building that allows the outside pedestrians to view the screening from the outside. The whole area is located on a green spine which has different activities reflecting the hipster and artistic zone. It contains mural-ed brick walls, outdoor screening area, skate boarding area and other activities.
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The forms located on the main spine are meant to grab the attention of pedestrians inviting them through the buildings and from the secondary circulation to take a journey leading to inside zone and other visually accessible spaces. So it is an artistic network providing a mixed-use community the possibility to be connected, functionally interesting and dynamic. The visualization above is one of the prototypes from inside overlooking the zone.
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PROJECT TEAM Nouran Zakaria
SUPERVISOR Dr. Hussam Hussein Salama
LOCATION 6th of October, Egypt
DESCRIPTION Portugal is well known for the age of discoveries in which several explorations have been made that lead to a remarkable role in discovering different trade routes around the world; three of which played an effective role in history and inspired this design. The pavilion’s concept was driven from the desire to explore the unknown. Accordingly, the approach to the museum is through a choice of exploration of one of three designed routes at the entrance so visitors choose which way to explore driven by the idea of trying to explore their path trying to reach the end point to reveal whats there. Through there path they know more about Portugal through different exhibits. The three routes lead visitors inside the museum reaching at the end to the same huge space that has the main exhibition for this pavilion.
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THREE ROUTE JOURNEY DIAGRAM The diagram shows the three routes that leads the visitors from different points outside the museum to reach one huge hall where they all meet and view the main exhibition in this hall at the end of the route. The entrance approach drives them to explore by choosing the path they want but also within the design an intention of routes crossing were made so that they have the sense of still exploring and making there choice along their journey inside as well.
DIAGRAM OF MAIN EXHIBITION HALL The diagram shows the main exhibition hall that is at the end of the exhibition when visitors finish there journey. It also shows how each route arrives in the same hall yet in different levels to give the sense of each being different in their explored route yet the end allows them to all reach a common place where the main exhibition of Portugal’s history is showcased.
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PROJECT TEAM Rana Amr Rowaa Ibrahim Nouran Zakaria
SUPERVISION Prof. Dr Bernard Bess
LOCATION Berlin, Germany
DESCRIPTION DESIGN STUDIO V | The task was to make a creative intervention aiming to transform old factory buildings in “Borsigwerke” into a coherent univeristy campus. The design followed the atmosphere of the site in terms of being industrial as well as making use of the vast open spaces in a different approach. Prefabricated modules were added in a steel grid to taking into consideration the flexibility measuresas well as the transparency within the space. This open grid also allowed the sense of inside-outside for the user so that you are not enclosed in a building but rather being able to move inside and outside. This grid doesnt just fill the void in between the buildings but also connecting those on site the as dorms and adminstrative building to make it an accessible and united campus.
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PROJECT TEAM Alia Aboulgheit Hala Lotfy Nouran Zakaria
SUPERVISION Assoc. Prof. Thomas Loeffler
LOCATION New Cairo, Germany
DESCRIPTION The project was a 5th semester integrated project that tackled construction along with building physics and theory of architecture to design a research center in the middle of New Cairo in Egypt. The design is a research center and the aim was to integrate the functionality of the building with a sustainable factor that is in harmony with the building typology. Accordingly, the fields or research and scientific departments from solar energy, wind and hydro energy were also the guide for designing this project. That was achieved by providing natural light to all spaces and ventilation through a central atrium. The building is approached from the Nile on Elephantine island and facing Aswan shore.
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3.5 CAIRO RIO PROJECT
PROJECT TEAM Alia Aboulgheit Injy Hassan Rowaa Ibrahim Nouran Zakaria
LOCATION Berlin, Germany
DESCRIPTION The project aimed to explore the difference between the population distributions of two mega-cities (Cairo and Rio De Janeiro) by overlapping two datascapes using Grasshopper plug-in in Rhino and production of physical model with different materials. The concept behind the model lies in overlapping (and hence comparing) the population distributions within the two cities. Cairo was designated a cylindrical geometry. Rio De Janeiro was designated a triangulated geometry. After extrusion, the two geometries were placed over each other and the intersections split and removed, creating holes in the triangulations where the fabricated cylinders are to be inserted.
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PROJECT SUPERVISORS Professor: Dr. Christian Shmitt Instructer: Nouran Zakaria STUDENTS: S1. Engy Fares S2. Sarah Abo Eldahab S3.Farah Abo Elsoud S4. Rana El Walily S5. Reem Saad
LOCATION Elephanitine Island, Aswan, Egypt
DESCRIPTION Theobjective of the design studio was to achieve an architecture narration of space that is special with a unique perception of function subjected to each group in which they had to design a Special space that is spiritual with other suplementry functions around. To add to their exploration journey, they had to choose between two given sites in Aswan whether on the Elephantine island or on land site near the nubian museum. So the context was part of their narration. The outcome was then produced in a movies as well as using panels and physical models.
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PROJECT SUPERVISORS Professor: Dr. Christian Shmitt Instructer: Nouran Zakaria STUDENTS: S1. Ahmed Hazem S2. Sofian Bendardaf S3. Amer Hamad S4. Youssef Alaa S5. Abdullah Adham
LOCATION [Land site] Aswan, Egypt
DESCRIPTION Theobjective of the design studio was to achieve an architecture narration of space that is special with a unique perception of function subjected to each group in which they had to design a Special space that is spiritual with other suplementry functions around. To add to their exploration journey, they had to choose between two given sites in Aswan whether on the Elephantine island or on land site near the nubian museum. So the context was part of their narration. The outcome was then produced in a movies as well as using panels and physical models.
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4.4 DESIGN VI THE URBAN TECH REPUBLIC
PROJECT SUPERVISORS Professor: Dr. Quim Rosell Asistant Lecturer: Nouran Zakaria STUDENTS: G1. Hana Osama, Doha Mohamed, Mennatallah Ayman, Salma El Toukhy G2. Ismail Mohamed, Bassant Saleh, Menna Turk, Noura Osama G3. Abdelrahman Ahmed, Mahmoud Rashad, Omar Kamal, Shady Kamal
LOCATION [Tegel airport] Berlin, Germany
DESCRIPTION The target was to design a MAT building typology with the focus on creative industries and new industries based on interchange of knowledge, uses of NNTT and production of non-polluting devices. This MATT building was to be located in the former Tegel Airport urban space as an urban tech republic conveying the already proposed future function to the space which is to be the biggest creative industry area in Berlin. The students aware required to analyze the site, do a background research on similar projects, develop a program for there project as well as physical models.
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4.5 DESIGN STUDIO IV ON-TOWN CITY REGENERATION DOWNTOWN-CAIRO
PROJECT SUPERVISORS Professor: Dr. Jose Madriguel Asistant Lecturer: Nouran Zakaria STUDENTS: S1. Miriam Fares S2. Amy Iskander
LOCATION Downtown Cairo, Egypt
DESCRIPTION After a thorough urban analysis on the area of Ministries in Downtown Cairo, students worked on the existing ministires building that are about to be voided from their functions as they are moving to a new area. The buildings are then left unoccupied and the target was for the students to find a proper function after doing a well designed materplan applying their research and knowledge of urban analysis as well as working on an existing urban fabric and existing typologies whether demolishing, leaving it as it is or adjusting but the goal was to adapt and respect the context.
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4.5 DESIGN STUDIO IV ON-TOWN CITY REGENERATION DOWNTOWN-CAIRO
PROJECT SUPERVISORS Professor: Dr. Jose Madriguel Asistant Lecturer: Nouran Zakaria STUDENTS: S1. Mihnora Hafez
LOCATION Downtown Cairo, Egypt
DESCRIPTION After a thorough urban analysis on the area of Ministries in Downtown Cairo, students worked on the existing ministires building that are about to be voided from their functions as they are moving to a new area. The buildings are then left unoccupied and the target was for the students to find a proper function after doing a well designed materplan applying their research and knowledge of urban analysis as well as working on an existing urban fabric and existing typologies whether demolishing, leaving it as it is or adjusting but the goal was to adapt and respect the context.
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4.5 DESIGN STUDIO IV ON-TOWN CITY REGENERATION DOWNTOWN-CAIRO
PROJECT SUPERVISORS Professor: Dr. Jose Madriguel Asistant Lecturer: Nouran Zakaria STUDENTS: S1. Mihnora Hafez
LOCATION Downtown Cairo, Egypt
DESCRIPTION After a thorough urban analysis on the area of Ministries in Downtown Cairo, students worked on the existing ministires building that are about to be voided from their functions as they are moving to a new area. The buildings are then left unoccupied and the target was for the students to find a proper function after doing a well designed materplan applying their research and knowledge of urban analysis as well as working on an existing urban fabric and existing typologies whether demolishing, leaving it as it is or adjusting but the goal was to adapt and respect the context.
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4.6 DESIGN STUDIO VII WORKING DRAWINGS
PROJECT SUPERVISORS Instructor: Ibrahim Samy Asistant Lecturer: Nouran Zakaria STUDENTS: S1. Salma Magd S2. Jolie Amin S3. Maya ElHusseiny
LOCATION Office Building, El Sherouk city
DESCRIPTION The course aimed at allowing the students to know and execute working drawings panels ready for implementation for an office building with all the possible drawings. They learnt and executed drawings in 1:50, 1:20, 1:10 and even 1:5 detailed ones. Stair details have been taught as well as the water supply and drainage systems. They also learnt the electrical plans as well as the ceiling plans all following the Egyptian codes to help them envision the Egyptian market later on in their careers.
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ARCHITECTURE IS FUTURISTIC SCALE ARCHITECTURE CAN PROTOTYPE POSSIBLE FUTURES VISIONARY TOWARDS FUTURISITIC CITIES ALLOWS IMAGINING AND PROJECTING TRANSIENT SCENARIOS CREATING NEW STORIES WITHIN THE SPACE TIME FACTOR IS AN ESSENCE CREATES SEQUENTIAL EXISTANCE OF STORIES WITHIN SPACE CONTINUES CHANGE OF STORIES SHAPES THE CITY
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TOPIC NAME Pop-ups in No Man’s Land Pop-up Architecture and its role in regenerating urban voids.
YEAR September 2019
SUPERVISORS Professor Doctor Rita Pinto De Freitas Doctor Hussam Hussien Samir Salama
EXAMINERS Professor Doctor Ernest Ferre i Ricart Associate Professor Heba Abou El Fadl
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Catalogue | Pop-ups A catalogue of diverse selected projects was made as a first approach towards selecting proper case studies to further analyze and investigate through this research. However it also became a tool in which the developed three classifications from the urban void typology they occupy, the spatial state of the pop-up to their strategy of use and development within the short span of time, to understand the nature of the pop-ups beyond the selected six case studies. This catalogue contains 51 projects from diverse locations and executed in different geographical locations all around the world. Accordingly showing the main tendencies of these pop-ups within the cities that already started implementing the pop-up as an approach within their context. Moreover, the catalogue helps show a clear understanding on the intended duration of each of the presented projects. The catalogue has been organized based on the year the pop-ups were constructed to show the evolution of these pop-up forms respectively in terms of design and context as well as showing the time in which the pop-ups started emerging with a huge measures. In this case it showed how they started to appear after the economic crisis that occurred in 2008.
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06 Photography My Personal escape and exploration of the world through photographying. Not just for the exploration of the vast world of architecture but taking photos of life around me and stills giving them a different meaning. It helps me see things differently. Narrate different stories through my lens. Its a passion along architecture yet is not solely divoted for it. My travels have been mostly devoted for my self exploration journey. Selected photos are in my portolio.
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Instructor MSc. NOURAN ZAKARIA nouran.zakaria@gmail.com +2 010 6670 4712