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Student Work | Msc.
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Promoting Eco Neighborhoods
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Prototyping Heliopolis
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Sandboxes for the outcasts
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Building with sun dried mud bricks
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Student Work | Bsc.
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27m3
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Brownfields Sulzerareal
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Academic Work
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Para-Modular Expo
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Learn-Move-Play-Ground 2
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Professional Practice
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Prototyping New Cairo
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Architecture | Misc
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Interior Design | Misc
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Graphic Design
Student work | MSc. Integrated Urbanism and Sustainable Design University and Stuttgart & Ain Shams University
Promoting an Eco-Neighborhood through public private Partnership Integrated Case Study Module Winter Semester 2015/2016 Ain Shams University Prof. Dr. Mohamed Salheen Assistant Prof. Marwa Abd Al Latif Group work with: Dina Al-Najjar, Jasmine Shata, JesĂşs MartĂnez and Mariana Lugo Task and Situation The studio aimed to develop an Eco-neighbourhood plan for a low income housing project in New Cairo City. However, any similar plan would face a few general and specific challenges in the local context. Firstly, the public sector is both unstable, and unqualified to roll out such a development project. Secondly, the specific project in question offers strictly residential units and/thus it suffers for a very low occupancy rate. Many sustainable development plans rely mainly on a collaboration between the public sector and the local community, this will simply not be appropriate because of the condition previously mentioned, and therefore a private sector model is introduced, this makes the proposed model more realistic and efficient.
TOTAL BUILT AREA: 24,000 m2 TOTAL PUBLIC AREA: 120,650 m2 Community Based Model COMMUNITY BASED MODEL
Approach With unutilized public spaces making 80% of the project, these surfaces can be handed over to a private developer to run a serious of ecological projects like solar energy, productive gardening and waste management. The proposed development plan starts with PV panels and a pilot waste separation project. The revenue from these projects is to be used to build public parks, and replace wastewater infrastructure. These parks would act as an infrastructure for additional sustainable solutions like productive gardening and waste separation. With the introduction of commercial units, not only will additional sustainable loops be introduced, but this will also provide jobs, reduce transportation and increase the overall life quality of the neighborhood which will eventually increase the occupancy rate.
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INVESTMENT
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Private Sector Based Model PRIVATE SECTOR BASED MODEL
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There is monumental potential for sustainable developments and ecological solutions which lies in the shear economics involved. By capitalizing on this and by involving the private sector, development plans can be drawn out which will provide win-win scenarios, ecologically and economically.
INVESTMENT
RETURN
SOLAR ENERGY
RISK
Total Area: 25,000 m2 Investment: EGP 36 Mil. Annual Return: EGP 5.10 Mil. PRODUCTIVE GARDENING Total Area: 54,300 m2 Investment: EGP 2.30Mil. Annual Return: EGP 2.5 Mil. WASTE MANAGMENT Annual Wast Recovered: 0.7-2.7 Mil. Kg Annual Profit: EGP 0.4-1.6 Mil. Kg
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Current Condition
Complete System Loop
GENERATE JOBS
RE-INVEST IN ECO INFRASTRUCTURE
TRASH FOR CASH
PRODUCTIVE GARDENING
COMPOST BIO WASTE
DESIGN YOUR PARK KIOSK
COFFEE SHOP
10m
WATERING PARKS
Action Plan
Preliminary Phase
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Detailed feasibility study Tendering Developer/s selection
Phase One Initial Implementation
Phase Two Park Infrastructure
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Official start Developer receives loan
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Phase Three Public Space
Participatory design workshop Build Parks Introduce commercial units
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PV panels on roofs
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PV in Public Space
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Trash for Cash program
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Waste Management
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Productive Gardening
Financial Support Wastewater Management Total Return Minus Loan installments Financial Return 7
Student Work | MSc. Integrated Urbanism and Sustainable Design
Prototyping Heliopolis Urban Ecology and Ecosystem Design Winter Semester 2014/2015 University of Stuttgart Prof. Dip. -Ing. Antje Stockman Dip. -Ing. Moritz Bellers Group work with Julia Schloz Situation
DECORATIVE GARDENS
Study Area The area chosen for this project is in the district of Heliopolis which spans a large section of the northwestern part of Cairo. The district is very close to the fringe of the desert where the climate is warm and dry. The location is characterized mainly by the presence of pocket gardens, and wide main streets.
DECORATIVE GARDENS
Abstract plan
MASSIVE HEAT GAIN
By introducing productive gardening irrigated by treated wastewater, there is a potential to reduce energy wasted in transportation, redirect the public sector’s efforts to reclaim the desert for agriculture, and improve the overall urbanecological performance of the city.
Satellite map
EXPOSED SOUTH FACADES
The greater urban metropolis of Cairo is facing several ecological problems. Green spaces are generally scarce, and so are water management and energy efficiency policies. In addition, the endless spread of concrete and asphalt creates a high urban heat island effect, which is only made worse by poor ventilation inside the built environment. Moreover, most farming grounds are located outside the city, which wastes energy in transportation and increases overall pollution.
Problem zones
LOW POLLUTION
HIGH POLLUTION
Traffic and Pollution
GG SIINN EESSS OOCC PPRR
PPRROOD DUUC CTTI IOONN
As is the case in post parks around Cairo, they are mainly used for decorative purposes and often not accessible to residents. The proposal starts with developing these parks to double function for productive gardening and usable public parks. By installing wastewater separating infrastructure, parks can also include treatment plants to recycle gray water and use it to directly water crops in the park. In return, the crops can be sold to residents directly, or to processing units like delis and coffee shops which can be located in the needles wide main-street. Those processing units are to also lose the loop by sending bio-waste back to the gardens.
LOW POLLUTION
Approach
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Main street treatment
Pocket park treatment
Waste water treatment facility
Waste water collection and treatment
Shading surfaces exposed to high heat gain from the sun 9
Student Work | MSc. Integrated Urbanism and Sustainable Design
Sandboxes for the outcasts Integrated Research and Design Project Winter Semester 2014/2015 University of Stuttgart Group work with Mohamed Al-Jabi
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Task
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Development of Kleiner Schlossplatz
Find and study informal learning assemblies in the city of Stuttgart, and propose development plans.
After the demolishing, authorities tried to relocate the previous usage and subculture by moving the graffiti scene to the Hall of Fame in Bad Cannstaatt, and later moving the skating scene to a newly built skate park in Nordbahnhof.
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In the heart of downtown Stuttgart, lies Kleiner Schlossplatz where the Kunstmuseum has been standing since 2005. However, back in the 90s, this plot had a different function and was used by a different subculture being a hotspot for graffiti and skateboarding, earning it the name “Die Gaskammer”. By 1999, Die Gaskammer was one of the most important sites for skateboarding world wide. Yet, it met its demise in 2002 after the building was demolished to build the museum.
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Assembly Background
Proposed modular structures
Proposal The subcultures in question are more accurately described as countercultures. They are byproducts of the over urbanization of cities, and tend to occupy existing spaces which exhibit potentials for their spatial needs where they occasionally introduce minimum intervention to adapt the space to their usage. To simplify, these cultures simply take over spaces, and thus, it is counterintuitive to design a space with a predetermined usage for them. In that context, it is illogical to build something like a skate-park, and the term itself is a borderline oxymoron.
Arrangement of structures for urban sports
Therefore, the proposed intervention had to be flexible and customizable so as to invite various subcultural groups to use the space, or take it over. Thus, a few modular structures are proposed. These structures can be moved and arranged to define space or crate seats and surfaces for various usages to accommodate the user group’s needs, and thus as the subculture or user group fluctuates, the space can be adapted
Arrangement of structures for socialization
Arrangement of structures for commercial units Tamer Kamel | Portfolio 2016 | tamer.alykamel@gmail.com
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1893 FIRST BRIDGE BUILT
1940 WORLD WAR II
1948 CONCRETE BRIDGE
1976 STEEL BRIDGE
HALL OF FAME 2003 GRAFFITI LEGALIZED 2002 CALL FOR LEGALIZATION
TEMPORARY PLANS FOR KUNST MUSEUM MOVING SUBCULTURE TO PFARRSTRAÃ&#x;E
POPULARITY
PLATZ PRIVATIZED TO FUND THE MUSEUM 1894 CROWN PRINCE CASTLE
1940 WORLD WAR II
1963 CASTLE DEMOLISHED TO BUILD THE CROSSING
1993 CROSSING CLOSED STAIRS BUILT
1999 DIE GASKAMMER
2005 2002 KUNSTMUSEUM PARK DEMOLISHED
2012 SKATE OF ART SKATE SESSION
2003 SKATEBOARD MUSEUM OPENS SKATEBOARD MUSEUM CLOSES
Development time line of the two sites
Current condition
Condition after interventions
Condition during Wasen 11
Student Work | MSc. Integrated Urbanism and Sustainable Design
Building with Sun dried mud bricks Aswan Module Design Projects | Architecture Track Winter Semester 2015 Prof. Dr. Carsten Vellguth Ain Shames University Task For the Design Projects course, the class moved to city of Aswan, south of Egypt, to repair a historic structure. As the team arrived, the structure was found to be mostly demolished. Only two out of four walls were still standing, and the vaulted roof was mostly demolished too. Process Over the next five days, the team took to rebuilt the structure. After with cleaning the site and surveying the structure, the team held a brief brainstorming session to decide the how we are going to rebuild the structure. The team then decided to rebuilt the missing walls in sundried mudbricks, and mud plastering, in addition to painting it while from outside using lime plaster, blue from inside by mixing ultramarine with lime. Moreover, the team also decided to frame the site by building an elevated border which can be used for sitting, and plan a few trees around. During the course of these five days, the team learned and applied local - Nubian- building technology, and used 100% organic, biodegradable and local materials. Personal Input During this course, I was personally involved in cleaning the site, sorting out usable waste, peeling off old plaster, digging and laying down infrastructure, laying bricks and building walls, mud and lime plastering, and finally, planting trees.
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Surveying
Building walls
Mud plastering
Building arch with false formwork
Planting trees
Plastering with lime and ultramarine
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Student Work | MSc. Integrated Urbanism and Sustainable Design
Student work | BSc. Architecture Misr International University and The University of Liechtenstein
27m3 Liechtenstein’s Pavilion for the World Expo 2010 Process
Design Theory Studio Winter Semester 2009 Prof. Peter Staub University of Liechtenstein Background and Task Under the theme “Better City, Better Life”, the World Expo 2010 called for innovative solutions to contemporary urban challenges. Students were to go through a specific research stage to develop an approach to these challenges. Process First, each student was tasked to chose a “Magic Machine” from the Victorian Age. After carefully studying the machine and its mechanism, a digital 3D model was developed and key principles were extracted. Students were then to improvise a development to selected machine using the principles extracted, which would dictate their approach to the expo theme. The Kinora is a small motion picture device, and it basically acts as a mechanical flipbook to create an illusion of animation, thus, the principals drawn out of this process were animation and movement. “The aeroplane is the product of a close selection. The lesson of the aeroplane lies in the logic which governed the statement of the problem and its realization. The problem of the house has not yet been stated” -Le Corbusier Maybe our understating of “housing” is wrong? Maybe housing was just a wrong turn humanity took millions of years ago? Maybe we were never meant to settle down? What is a house anyway? The project aimed to revisit the idea of capsule housing, while adding high level of adaptability to the units themselves. This was presented in the form of a pavilion where visitors can walk through structure holding flexible capsule housing units.
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Student Work | Bsc. Architecture
Brownfields Sulzerareal Urbanscape Studio Summer Semester 2008 University of Liechtenstein Prof. David Van Handel Group work with Melanie Gill Background Winterthur is a small city located in the Swiss canton of ZĂźrich. The district of Sulzerareal was once an industrial center, but as industry moved outside the city, the district was left with abandoned factories and brownfields locked between train tracks. The city of Winterthur planned to transform this district from its post industrial remains to a mixed use residential centre.
Initial Condition
Proposal A three steps development plan was proposed to address this change. Each step or phase with a different nature aiming to start a catalytic reaction in a different node. The first phase focused on developing and connection networks to develop an initial infrastructure. The central park was to be extended in addition to connecting it with forestries and bike routes to create a natural extension and access. In addition, a small pilot cluster of mixed used residential and commercial units was proposed in the main node. Moving to the second phase, the focus shifted to accessibility and visual connections. This was approached using landmark buildings in the main intersection and extending bus routes. Moreover, additional mixed use buildings were proposed to further densify the project.
Development Phase One
Finally, the third phase offered two two alternatives based on the performance of phase one and two. The district can be further developed by adding more mixed use buildings to further increase density and give the district a more commercial character to act as a regional magnet, or add more parks to improve the overall life quality. Naturally, a combined solution was also proposed.
Development Phase Two
Development Phase Three Tamer Kamel | Portfolio 2016 | tamer.alykamel@gmail.com
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Student Work | Bsc. Architecture
Academic Work | Selected Works German University in Cairo
para-Modular Expo CAAD/CAM IV German University in Cairo Spring 2013 With: Mohammed Raafat, Maha El-Gwaily and Hossam El-Kady
The young architecture and urban planning program at the GUC was in need of an outdoor space where both academic and social activities can take place. The space was to represent the program, hold exhibitions and encourage interaction and socializing between students, staff and other faculties. The CAD/CAAM course aimed to investigate, design and fabricate a test pavilion occupying a 10-15 square meters space next to the architecture building, and the design was to consider form, structure and interface. Over the course of 14 weeks, eight groups of students took the task of designing and delivering a 1:10 model of their proposed pavilions. Products ranged from surface based to unit based strategies, while paper, cardboard, liquid packaging board and wood were used for manufacturing the models. Rhino 3d and Grasshopper were used for the design of the pavilions, in addition to nesting and preparing files for CNC fabrications.
Brainstorming and test models Tamer Kamel | Portfolio 2016 | tamer.alykamel@gmail.com
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Para-Cupine: Hebba Ezzabt, Marco Michel, Aly Demerdash, Rehab Ayman, Hadeer Fouad, Sanaa Ahmed, Marwah Atef, Karim Abdul Hameed.
The Leaf: Mohhamed Allaa, Mohammed Arshad, Mark Iskandar, Nouran Adel, Karim El Mandoury, Ahmed Ghazy, Christine Rafik, and Sandra Hany.
Youmna Alla, Sandi Boulos, Ahmed Al Assily, Omar Ghandour, Sara Kessba, Youmna Ellebedy, Nada Adel, Marwa Adel.
The Triagedillo: Dina Hamammo, Maryam Fouda, Salma Aly, Ahmad Ades, Hesham Balbaa, Islam Tarek, Omar Abdelmageed, Mireille Ashmalla. 23
Academic Work
Learn-move-Play-ground 2 Design Build Studio Winter 2014 With: Assoc. Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Barbara Pampe Assoc. Prof. Vittoria Capresi Carla Schwarz
International winter school organized by the German University in Cairo (GUC) through baladilab, with the University of Siegen, Germany and the UNHCR. The workshop aimed at improving the courtyard playgrounds of public schools in Cairo. For twelve days, 36 students from Egypt and Germany worked together with pupils and teachers to translate their visions into spatial elements. The workshop started with theoretical input from various experts, then the students spent a couple of days in the schools brainstorming with teachers and pupils. Then, participants met at the GUC to develop their vision into design elements. During the last five days, participants moved back to schools to build their ideas with their own hands. Elements were built out of wood and bricks. The project was fully financed by the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs through the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). [Videos and Pictures] Call of application
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Brainstorming at the GUC
Presenting ideas at schools
Construction
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Professional Practice | Selected Works Independent Research, Architecture and Interior Design
House 42 Prototyping New Cairo Independent research project
Prototyping New Cairo is an independent research and design project. It aims to study the existing condition of New Cairo City pointing out planning, urban and architectural points of weaknesses, and propose alternatives to overcome them. House 42 is concerned with the housing condition in New Cairo City. The rapid turnover, and high financial profit from real estate development in Cairo has pushed the housing market to a state where all actor involved act as investors - looking to maximize potential financial profits. Therefore, the majority of houses are designed from the outside in. Occupying the maximum allowed footprint and number of floors are the main priorities, and once the outer shell is set, design process is reduced to a simple exercise of dividing the set space to form as much rooms as possible with no regards to order or spatial qualities. At the end, this outer shell is wrapped in “classic� casing using a sum of poorly designed and manufactured prefab gypsum ornaments. The final product is an entire town that is half vacant and filled with super-sized concrete aliens, which can only relate to other aliens standing next to them. Less structure, more space. House 42 aims to take back this space occupied by useless masses, and rediscover architecture without a real estate incentive. Operating under standard plot dimensions and setback laws, the project proposes an alternative way to build a house. The proposal illustrates how a single family house can be built using cornered and cantilevered masses to offer spatial qualities in outdoor areas.
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Professional Practice
Architecture Selected Projects
Al Qods Industries | Pavilion Design | 2010
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Al Khaleeg New HQ | 2014
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Interior Design Selected Projects
Urban Green | Retail | 2011
Marly’s Kitchen | Retail | 2012 | With Tarek Abdel-Kawi
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Graphic Design Infographics and Identity
Graphic Design Selected Projects
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"We need to take steps that aim at redistributing wealth in favor of the poor majority and at the same time increase wealth, because redistribution alone will not provide social justice. Complete development coupled with fair distribution is what is needed."
"We are threatened by the terrorists and by parties who seek the destruction of our life, safety and security. It is true that this is my last day in uniform but I will fight every day for Egypt to be free of fear and terror; not only Egypt but the whole region. I repeat what I have said before we would rather die, than Egyptians being terrorised."
Rais2014.net | Infographics | 2014 Tamer Kamel | Portfolio 2016 | tamer.alykamel@gmail.com
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Highend Design + Build | Identity and Stationary | WIP | 2016 | With Engy Aly
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