SHOTS

from VA Final Presentation_Updated

by Salma Shoukry El-Zenouki

THE CIRCULATION

THE CONVERGENCE BETWEEN SPITIUALITY AND DENSITY

THE FUNCTIONAL PROGRAM AND ITS JUSTIFICATIONLS

ZONES LAYOUT

PRESPECTIVE

THE CONENCTIONS

Surrounding and Different Elements

Hay El Khalifa El Sayeda Zeinab

El Khalifa and Zenhoum Thats an Example of how cells can be joined horizontally or vertically.

Around our site el khalifa street grid is organic, yet has a straight main street and zenhoum is 45 degrees. Yet, I was inspired from a zoomed out area in Hay El khalifa. As in my opinion modularity helps to organize the space without limitations, can merge multiple together.

• Courtyards are designed spread around the project as nodes between different activities, some have specific usergroups, some are public use.

• All elements are as equally important. • Each has unqiue features. • Linking the different buildings together with different alleyways and functions.

THE CIRCULATION

The Question here is.. How do we move..

To the Site

• The site is both accessible from Zenhoum and El Khalifa. By either walking or vehicles, and there is a parking lot dedicated to the emergancy medical center.

Into the Site

Around the Site

• Multiple enterances are designed from different areas and for different uses and activities.

• The journey inside the project will be a loop, depending on the activities and almost all activities are connected by pathways (some are narrow, some are wide) to make the circulation easier around.

THE STRUCTURE SYSTEMS

3 different structural systems are used , Simple column & beam for most buildings, 2D truss for vocational learning for bigger spams and 3D Shell structure for the multipurpose hall as it represents ‘Spirituality’.

THE CHOICE OF STRUCTURAL SYSTEM IN RELATION TO THE USER EXPERIANCE

• The column and beam blends with the context. It also surves the modularity and highlights the main element which is the other structural system.

• Straight lines gives the feeling of organization, less spontanous than what they are used to. Residence of Zenhoum said that they felt a good change after things were more organized on their side.

• Some areas are isolated so that is reflected on the structure on • The Play of form, being much more spontaneous, play of light and penetrations as you go this complex structure.

• Creating a welcoming, controlled, self sufficent environment for multiple activites in the multipurpose area

• The whole project is meant to be fused with the world, even the shell is pulled from multiple sides which makes it more flowy, powerful and acts as a prime mover.

THE STRUCTURE SYSTEMS

The Vocational Workshops 2D Truss (For Larger Spams)

Simple 4*4 shops with a modular shading device Simple Column and beam structure

Simple column and beam with respect to the topography levels

Connection of Space truss

Grid-Shell Multipurpose area

Simple column and beam Elevated gallery with socializing space on top

Why Grid-Shell: Joints:

• Grid pattern replaces the shell material which enables the overall structure to benefit from the combined action of shell and arches and thus to achieve unique shapes.

• Same structural behavior as shells, gain their stability from their geometric shape

• Internal forces are carried by members and therefore have to follow a restricted number of paths.

• A plain, continuous shell can resist normal and shear forces while the lattice shell can only resist forces in the direction of the lath i.e. axial forces. • Intersetion of 4 members, with pinned connection to allow the rotation movement

• Increased member size also increase in the the initial bending stress Flat to curve:

Diagonals are used to strengthen the structure. The grid-shell starts as a flat surface then pulled by points to create this shape, which increases the bending force, which its joints are designed for.

THE IDEAS I HAVE FOR THE GRID SHELL

DETAILED SPACE PRGRAM

This space program is designed to benefit all users, respecting the function of the space also their culture and traditions. Some activities are interconnected together which will appear in the circulation diagrams later. In addition to some areas are used for multiple activities at different timing of the day and year. For instance, the most important time of the year in El Khalifa is El Mouled and for this the multipurpose area will all be dedicated to this function.