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YARA GALAL yar angalal@gmail.com P.O . Box 9862 1 Dr. Sa y ed H a s a ba lla h S t . , A pt 5 Jeddah, Saudi Ar abia E l M o k a t t a m , Ca iro , E gypt (+966)55- 625- 0797 ( + 2 0 ) 1 1 1 -3 7 7 -0 5 5 6
O B JE CTIV E Fresh graduate seeking a position in the field of Architectural Design in an environment that allows for the enhancement of my current skills and abilities, and provides opportunities to gain the respect of my peers. E D U C AT ION The American University in Cairo Cairo, Egypt B.Sc. in Architectural Engineering ∙ Summa Cum Laude Jun 2015 Cumulative GPA: 3.83/4.0 AUC Academic Achievement Scholarship Senior Thesis: Providing livelihood and reviving the lost history of Sinai along the Suez Canal. Related Coursework: Digital Tools for Architects ∙ Environmental Control Systems and Sustainable Design ∙ Advanced CAD Design and Workshop ∙ Contextual Design Studio The British International School of Jeddah Jeddah, Saudi Arabia International Baccalaureate Diploma ∙ 39/45 points May 2010
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E X PE R IE N CE AUC Construction and Architectural Engineering Department Cairo, Egypt Undergraduate Teaching Assistant Feb 2015–May 2015 • Assisted in 2 courses: Design Studio II and Human Aspects in Architectural Design. • Mentored and provided feedback to classes of over 25 students on coursework and adhering to architectural standards, and assisted them with the use of modeling materials and AutoCAD. • Graded student work and mediated with the teaching team during juries. BOBART Cairo, Egypt Co-founder Apr 2012–Jul 2013 • Founded BobArt after reaching the final stage of The Hit, a product innovation competition, with a new idea: decorative lamps with stenciled pop-art designs. • Created designs for clients based on custom-made orders, and digitized them into AutoCAD files for manufacturing specifications in a digital fabrication lab. • Collaborated with business partner to form a cost- and time-efficient production scheme to guarantee clients a 4-day delivery period, minimize company budget and maintain high-quality output. • Catalogued and organized financial records, implemented an Instagram page to promote products to the target market, and investigated strategies to introduce new products and designs. Al-Mashfa Hospital Jeddah, Saudi Arabia On-Site Trainee Aug 2011 • Collaborated with a team of 8 engineers across all disciplines to oversee the finishing of the ER, ICU, and Pediatric department while training under the supervision of the site architect and project manager. • Prepared design proposals for the VIP elevators and ordered equipment for patient rooms. • Documented daily activities to assure accordance with the construction schedule set by the project manager. CO M P E TITIONS The Hit Product Innovation Competition, AUC Entrepreneurs’ Society Cairo, Egypt Finalist, Team BOBART Feb–May 2012 S K IL L S Advanced: Intermediate: Basic:
AutoCAD ∙ Revit ∙ Photoshop InDesign ∙ SketchUp ∙ V-Ray for SketchUp Rhinosceros
English Arabic
Fluent speaker + full profiency in reading/writing Native language
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INTERESTS Interior Design + Decoration ∙ Sketching ∙ Graphic Design ∙ Event Planning
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Still life observational drawings exploring different techniques and media to convey perspective, shade and shadow, and texture.
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Freehand still life pencil drawing. [Feb 2011]
Freehand still life pencil drawing. [Feb 2011]
Freehand still life pencil drawing. [Mar 2011]
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Freehand ink pen drawing using scribble strokes. [Feb 2011]
Freehand ink pen drawing using line and scribble strokes. [Mar 2011]
Freehand ink pen drawing using stipple technique. [Mar 2011]
Illustration of School of Performing and Visual Arts building facade using watercolor pencils. [Apr 2011]
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Freehand still life pencil drawing. [Mar 2011]
Freehand still life pencil drawing. [Mar 2011]
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Design of a summer youth camp promoting by a chosen political party and its ideologies inspired by the rise of the different parties that emerged in post-revolution Egypt. Having chosen the Liberal Egyptian party, the main statement of the camp is the focus on human rights and breaking the restrictions set by the previous regime through means of self-discovery and self-expression through different art forms. The concept is inspired by the expressionist movement, to reflect the camp’s statement of pushing boundaries. This expressionism is delivered through transparency and play of levels to reflect liberal politics. However, the defining component of the concept is the curving graffiti wall that winds through the camp, for students to freely release their inner artists.
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GROUND FLOOR PLAN
NORTH ELEVATION
WEST ELEVATION
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FIRST FLOOR PLAN
LAYOUT
SECTION I-I
SECTION II-II
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Design of a multifunction study and socialization pavilion in a court within the School of Sciences and Engineering building in the AUC campus. Criteria for the design included response to user needs and behavior patterns, environmental sustainability, and constructability.
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The design of the pavilion features a partially sunken area to maximize usable area and create a closed lounge suitable for work and study while the stepped roof of the lounge acts as an outdoor seating to allow for social interaction, inspired by the use of steps across the AUC campus social gathering spots.
As the steps curve towards the peak, the wooden risers are replaced by operable glass windows to allow for natural lighting and ventilation of the indoor lounge.
Left: Study of user behavior pattens and needs to be addressed by the pavilion. Below: Photo of the site.
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Design of a residential project in place of an existing government housing project in New Cairo to allow for a betterment of living standards and opportunities while also integrating users of all different income brackets to promote social sustainability to tackle the existing social segregation.
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Design of an elementary school and community center with a focus on both environmental and social sustainability in the historic area of Al-Fostat in Cairo.
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Design of a pavilion representing Saudi Arabia in the World Expo. The journey through the pavilion acts a timeline of the country, translating its slow and gradual development in social norms, culture and art through the path in terms of both form and structure.
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Beginning the design of a pavilion representing Saudi Arabia in the World Expo through story models (above) and conceptual models (below), translating the journey of development within the country through form and structure [Dec 2013].
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The next stage in the design process involved designing in section (above), followed by creating the plans (above), with structural details shown. Final digital model created using Rhinosceros showing the spiralling journey gradually opening up from a solid shear wall structure to a cantilevered Vierendeel frame structure.
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Design of an upscale residential compound in a non-specfic site with focus on creating an interesting landscape, optimum street and pedestrian networks, and abiding by preset restrictions regarding land budget, floor area ratio, & building footprint.
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Project 1: Proposals of a redesign of the facade of a delapitated building in Downtown Cairo. Contextually blending, contrasting, and intermediate alternatives were proposed, with the intermediate alternative ultimately being chosen as the optimal solution.
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The first alternative is inspired by the French and British colonialist architecture predominant in Downtown Cairo, aiming to blend with the historical context of the area, and simultaneously revive it. While it respects the historical context, this alternative does not respond to nor represent the current users of the building and surrounding street. Furthermore, it does not reflect the current time and therefore is not seen as the appropriate choice of facade redesign.
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While it is inspired by the original haphazard, undulating heights of the original building and street as a whole, the new facade proposes a tower with a bizarre steel and glass design featuring a much higher void to solid ratio than the original building.
While this maximizes the natural northern light entering the building, it does not take into consideration the needs of the users in terms of privacy, reflected in the mostly solid original facade.
Furthermore, the contrasting facade may be seen as imposing on the historical context of Downtown Cairo and non-representative of the social and cultural context of today.
The third alternative, presented on the next page, proposes an intermediate solution that is inspired by a combination of the original context, the blending alternative, and the contrasting alternative. It aims to maximize the use of natural northern light, while the screen is used to maintain privacy for the users.
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T O U R I S M & E N T E R T A I N M E N T Public node between the Community Hub, Museam and Ecotel featuring an amphitheater for cultural tourism and entertainment.
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Public node between the College & Research Center and the Residential Project featuring natural greenery and quieter outdoor seating for an educational environment.
S O C I A L I Z A T I O N & I N T E G R A T I O N Public node between the Welcome Center and Community Hub allowing for social interaction and integration with outdoor seating overlooking the waterfront acting as a social magnet.
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