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ARCH 473/3522 - DIGITAL DESIGN STUDIO AND WORKSHOP Youssef Hassabo Fall 2021

The American University in Cairo (AUC) School of Sciences and Engineering - Department of Architecture ARCH 473/3522 - Digital Design Studio and Workshop (Spring 2019) Student portfolio documenting samples of work submitted along the course, including research, experimentation, 3D modeling, digital fabrication, parametric design and modeling, physical model realisation and analysis.

Student name: Youssef Hassabo Student ID: 900170261

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YOUSSEF HASSABO Architecture Student

TA for 3 Design Courses (Intro to design, Design Studio 1, and Design Studio 2). My Love for being a TA is not about the love of teaching but of the love of learning, when I TA, I feel I get more insights, more ideas on how to work and what I could be missing out on.

I believe architecture is all about learning and experimenting creating new forms designing new ideas, and outuputting everything you know to create something meaning ful in the end.

My name is Youssef Hassabo I am currently a 21 year old student at the American University in Cairo. My Passion and Love belongs to this major in hopes of becomming a future architect who sets standards for other architects to follow. I believe that design itself is a language that touches on many levels, whether good or bad. However, This major is not my only passion, I also enjoy reading and experimenting, my favorite book was the winner stands alone, it tells the story of a man who gave up everything to succeed love, and all. which is the truth to succeed there is an optimum level of sacrafice to be done. As well as my second love goes to my dog, the purest love I have, sometimes in this major it is hard to make time for him; however, I try my best to create time for his love. I also am a student

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01 Learning From Materialitity: Images of Nature

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3 Gypsum Model Trial a Test of Fluidity with Fabric.

The Purposed of This Assignment is exploring Materiality while using Gypsum, or any other flexible materials that can offer dynamic forms.

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01 Learning From Materialitity: Images of Nature Part:2

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01 Learning From Materialitity: Images of Nature Part:3

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23 The materiality Expermentation has taught me the power of using porous materials to create models that are durable, and flexible.

In that I have used it other courses to show the power of this material not just in model construction but concept revealing as well as shown below.

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02 Outdoor Pavilion SSE Gateway: An Eagle’s story

The main idea of the project involves a gateway to the SSE building from the Bartlett Plaza that allows for interaction among students from SSE and possibly other students on campus. Its sensitive location at the SSE plaza entrance, beside the student union booth, and leading to a variety of spaces, corridors and courts within SSE all give the pavilion a unique character as well as a challenging role. The (in)visibility of the pavilion is one of its main challenges, where both an iconic element and a sensitive approach are coupled to accommodate the multitude if activities and dynamic flow of students within this significant location on campus, allowing for behavioral patterns of both quick unobstructed pass-by circulation and slow-paced dwelling within a hub of student expression and interaction. required to design and model a 2.0m X 2.0m X 3.0m pavilion that captures state-of-the-art innovation in parametric design, and represents a feature on campus that allows for social interaction among students. Working in groups, you are to propose design alternatives for the pavilion based on a specific inspiration from nature as a design driver and a relevant generative strategy. More specifically, you are required to observe the phenomenon of growth in nature as a source of inspiration. Proposals should take into consideration a variety of aspects such as functionality, spatial allocation and site compliance, visibility, circulation, and formal expression.

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References: - https://cbop.audubon.org/conservation/bald-eagle-biology - https://www.eagles.org/what-we-do/educate/learn-about-eagles/bald-eagle-biology/ - https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/american-eagle-bald-eagles-evolutionary-ancestors/4274/ - https://meridian.allenpress.com/jfwm/article/8/2/596/204382/Identifying-Bald-Versus-Golden-Eagle-Bones-A

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02 The Power of Aviation.

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02 THE Mountain as a Facade: Parametric Skins

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The Purposed of This Assignment is exploring Materiality while using Gypsum, or any other flexible materials that can offer dynamic forms.

The Assignment was done in 3 trials, Over the trials the time it takes to make a model is shortened, and the amount effort required is decreased while, the proffessionality increases

In this project, the objective is to explore and parametrically generate a prototype for a building façade skin that takes into consideration issues of environmental comfort, spatial relations and human aspects using a passive approach.You are required to develop a paramet-

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Reflections: Project 1 and 2 have allowed me to explore Grasshopper not just in this course, but other courses, to create newer and more dynamic forms, with ease, by creating a parametric component that can easily be edited and reapplied at different forms. While also testing new Tectonic ideas, and experimenting, as well as to experiment in structure to create more meaningful compositions.

Biblography

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• Aranda, B. and Lasch, C. (2006). Tooling, Princeton Architectural Press, New York, USA. • Balmond, C. (2007). Informal, Prestel.

• Dunn, N. (2012). Digital Fabrication in Architecture, Laurence King Publishing.

• Frederick, M. (2007). 101 Things I learned in architecture school, MIT Press.

• Freyer, C., Noel, S., Rucki, E. & Antonelli, P. (2011). Digital by Design: Crafting Technology for Products and Environments, Thames and Hudson.

• Hensel, M., Menges, A. & Weinstock, M. (2010). Emergent Technologies and Design: Towards a Biological Paradigm for Architecture, Routledge.

• Iwamoto, L. (2009). Digital Fabrications: Architectural and Material Techniques, Princeton Architectural Press.

• Jabi, W. (2013). Parametric Design for Architecture, Laurence King Publishing.

• Kolarevic, B. (2005). Architecture in the Digital Age: Design and Manufacturing, Taylor and Francis.

• Segaran, T. & Hammerbacher, J. (2009). Beautiful Data: The Stories Behind Elegant Data Solutions, O’Reilly Media.

• Spiller, N. (2009). Digital Architecture Now: A Global Survey of Emerging Talent, Thames and Hudson.

• Tedeschi, A. (2014). AAD – Algorithms-Aided Design, Le Penseur Publisher.

• Terzidis, K. (2006). Algorithmic Architecture, Routledge.

• Vysivoti, S. (2012). Folding Architecture: Spatial, Structural and Organizational Diagrams, Bis Publishers

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