CURRICULLUM
VITAE
WORK EXPERIENCE current
Architect/Urban Designer (Full-time) Hampikian Architects, Cairo, Egypt
Adaptive re-use, rehabilitation and emergency conservation of Bab Al-Azab area (the lower citadel).
2018
Participatory Design Architect (Full-time) Hand Over, Dahab, Sinai, Egypt
Rehabilitation and development of the diving sites (Blue Hole) in the protectorate Abu Galloum in Sinai, Egypt.
S A L M A N A S S A R
2014 – current
Teaching Assistant, Design Studio II (Part-time) The American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
Individual and group student tutoring during studio. Customarily lecturing certain topics. Managing six other teaching assistants for the same course.
2016
Architect (Full-time) Community Design Collaborative, Giza, Egypt
Preliminary design submissions for a 4000 m2, mosque in East Cairo.
2015 – 2016
SALMA NASSAR
24 Beirut St, Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt snassar92@aucegypt.edu salma.nassar.16@ucl.ac.uk (+20) 1009411126
SKILLS Autodesk AutoCAD
Design landscape projects using company’s ready mix solutions.
2014 – 2015
EDUCATION 2016 – Current
2009 – 2014
BSc. Architectural Engineering The American University in Cairo, Egypt. Honors: Magna Cum Laude | GPA 3.761 | Major GPA: 3.81 | Dean’s List
Adobe Illustrator 2012
Environmental Design (Exchange Program) University of California, Berkeley, USA.
Grade: B Project: Urban Think Tank, Ashbey Station, Berkeley, California.
AutoDesk 3D Max Rhinoceros
MSc. Building and Urban Design in Development University College London Graduated with Merit: September 2017
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe InDesign
Urban Researcher CLUSTER, Cairo, Egypt
Research and documentation of Street Vendors’ Initiative Mapping project. Construction site supervision. Deliver construction drawings. Intern supervison.
Autodesk Revit Google SketchUp
Architect (Full-time) LafargeHolcim Egypt, Cairo, Egypt
2006 – 2009
IGCSE The Egyptian British International School, Cairo, Egypt. A Level Maths (A), A Level Biology (A), A Level Arabic (A)
Sketching Graphic Design Photography
INVOLVEMENTS 2017
Entry title: Transit Modes and the Reincarnation of Urban Spaces into Markets
2017
LINKS issuu: issuu.com/salmanassar
Yangon: Transformation in time of Transition Workshop Township Development, Yangon, Myanmar
Working with local communities to develop slum upgrading schemes using participatory design methods prepared by a team from UCL.
2015
LinkedIn: salma-nassar Instagram: snassarblog
Venice Architectural Biennale Participant Egyptian Pavilion, Venice, Italy
2014
Volunteer Urban Homelessness Initiative, Leeds, UK
Volunteering in St. Anne’s Organization to help homeless clients and alcholics
UIA Student Competition Architecture Otherwhere Durban, South Africa
Submitting a three scale intervention proposal for Durban Railway Station and adjacent market.