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Yusuf Fahmy Architects is an architecture studio based in Cairo, Egypt specializing in: - Architecture & Urban Design. - Computational Design & Digital Fabrication - Developing New Materials. - Product Design. ​ Our office is currently involved in a number of projects throughout Asia and MENA. YFA’s Architecture is a product of learning from natural systems and applying it to architectural space and products optimizing social lifestyle evolution, economy and providing a high standard of accuracy by adding coding and machine learning to architecture. We believe that the closer design to nature the more we get to be structurally optimized & adaptive with its environment. Turning from top down design process to computational digital formalism with bottom up approach where every form finds it’s own function and living becomes more like exploring.
Manial Palma Restaurants CAIRO, EGYPT.
Located on the Nile in Manial in Cairo the capital of Egypt. Palma International Trading and Contracting seeked to build restaurants situated on the Nile. The restaurants places a total area of 3831 m2 of area . The site is situated directly on the Nile which gives it a huge advantage in terms of view. the main restaurants are all overlooking the Nile. Also a new composite roof was added to the form ensuring covering and more clean spans.
The process started with a cylindrical form to get view from all side and maximize the view for users getting the views of the Nile and the street at the same time in a 360 manner and without any blockages To use the view even further two rift like open space restaurants were added next the cylindrical restaurant guarantying more user get to views without blockages. The new composite roof provided clean spans for the whole restaurant building
and used less material compared to a conventional roof which would need columns and beams. The roof also is lightweight and thus less load on the structure without need to add foundation to roofing.
Immersive Technology Center, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia
Located in Kuala Lampur, Malaysia. We are to design an Immersive Center with special features and assets that go beyond the highest standards and use the highest tech in teaching and in spaces.
The ITC places 2818 m2 on a land of 7310 m2 in the middle of a forest, 2 lakes from each sides that make great views and on a high land. With its open space classes users are allowed to move in an urban open space instead of a closed one which is very convenient in tropical areas. Also the whole center is roofed with a vault with porosity that protects the open spaces from sun radiations, protects them from rains and provides excellent ventilation which gives the users best of both worlds, the benefits of the open spaces and the closed spaces combined in one place. The school is designed to meet the highest standards and the highest tech available now for education including 3D classes where users have computers that work in 3D instead of 2d images, VR classes where students would VR goggles to experience learning in real-time, 7D theaters where student experience all aspects of nature within their space and the spherical projection sky dome that projects 360 pictures in for all to see.
To design the open spaces were laid out in the environment having the landscape as the corridors and the spaces in between which give the users the relaxing feeling of being in nature also provide much better weather overall. For the roof it was made in a way that panels are closed over the corridors to protect from rain. At the same time, the panels are transparent so they let sunlight in. On the other hand, the panels over plants are open which lets air get in the space much better.
Templer Park Pool Kuala Lampur, Malaysia Located in Kuala Lampur, Malaysia. Templer park school invested in making a swimming pool with a roof for its students. Templer Park pool places around 2000 m2 surrounded by a forest. The main goals were providing shelter from the weather conditions, provides some privacy with a lightweight material and large spans. The space consists of Swimming pool, Changing rooms, WCs and showers. To accomplish goals for our design we went back and forth between design, Coding and Analysis.
We planned out our space then physical
challenging and very costly. Instead we
simulation and structural analysis. The re-
used vaults to cover these span with less
sulting solution relies on vaults which uses
columns.
much less material.
As for the weight, we used a new material that is very strong while being lightweight.
Getting the roof to cover big spans was
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Templer Park Pool Kuala Lampur, Malaysia
Located in the Alexandria, Egypt. Within a zone consisting of
provided space itself like a facade inside the building. The design
hangars used as sports facilities. An indoor space designed to
was inspired by the beauty of nature by adding greens and wood
hold an indoor swimming pool with a sitting area.
within the internal facade. Also the shape of wood was designed
The goal of the project was to create an attractive interior space
to flow like the flow of water waves which makes beautiful har-
out of a hangar. It was achieve by making a new space inside the
mony with water in the swimming pool.
North Coast Restaurant, Alamein, Egypt
Located in the North Coast, Egypt. Within a zone of restaurants and entertainment consisting of one story restaurants and cafeterias. A restaurant designed as an indoor space holding the kitchen and its facilities and an outdoor dining area. The idea behind the project was to create an attractive facade for the kitchen and an open buffet table within the restaurant zone to attract users to it. While infusing nature with architecture using a simple yet cutting edge tech structure made out of the YFA composite and covered with a translucent material while having ivy climb the structure.
ITC
Bio Table As a part of the John Kassar Project Located in King mariout, Alexendria, Egypt, a sample of a table was made to fit with the exterior of the workshops. The table is part of nature learning learned from the patterns of animal scales and how they extend or shrink according to their needs.
The table was then fabricated using CNC machines on wood to precisely carve the table out of wood.
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John Kassar County Alexandria, EGYPT. BBQ near the lake, restaurants, clubhouses Located in King mariout, Alexendria, John Kassar county is a bio county with activities Chalets are made with vaults having a free form mass saving us the extra material in and leisure. structure, foundation and material usage. They also have water going beneath its JK County located on a 79269 m2 of land. terraces and ivy over the roof which gives The project is about a county with many different and attractive leisure activities. It them a great blend with the surrounding nature. contains chalets, gym, spas, clubhouses, swimming pools, soccer pitches, tennis Workshops were inspired by the clusterizacourts and other activities. Surrounding a zone of chalets engulfed by water features. tion of snake scales and how they come together and form one object using bio JK County has many activities for kids that learning from nature. includes workshops where kids would learn carpentry, drawing, sculpting and sciences. The seafood restaurant was made of wood and open on all façade yet it’s solar carved Also playgrounds equipped with the most to not let direct sunlight in despite being interesting new games for kids. open using calculation with the sun. For sport there are various activities includThe rural area restaurant was created by ing swimming pool, squash,Diving, soccer, physics to support itself as a vault withTennis, Horse riding, gyms, Calisthenics. out the need of columns and beams with water features going through the middle There are also many leisure activities: Swimming pools for families, bowling cent- proving good experience for the users. ers, mazes, trampolines, Zorbing, paintball, The camp units are inspired by the famous SPAs, stargazing and skytrex. 3d nesting problem where it was found out Then there are the social activities that are that tetra-decahedrons were the best in
saving space in 3d environments and thus the camp was designed on that concept with fireplaces in the middle. The cafeteria is designed to be a landmark and house a plaza in front of it. It was also optimized and carved according to sun angles and radiation. Squash and diving center were design with steps for people to sit in and watch the matches going inside the squash areas. It was solar carved to reduce radiation to the minimum. The business center was made after using the sunangles to make the form itself with the least radiation. Also the form was made into struts of wood to reduce radiation even further with space itself inside the struts of wood. The gym spas and vernacular chalets are design environmentally inspired by the infamous Hassan fathy design with vernacular domes and arches to get the best weather out of nature.
John Kassar County
John Kassar County
John Kassar County
FUTURE RESIDENCE BEHAIRA, EGYPT Located in the Kafr El Dawar, Egypt. Within a Residential zone. Consisting of six story residential building Containing different facilities: Shopping mall, Parking, Rooftop club with: Swimming pool, Cafeterias, Library, Spa, Soccer pitch, Multi Purpose hall, Gym and Outdoor Cinema. The project is also unique with modern facades seeing streets from all four sides with luxurious entrances made from marble, glass and containing exported high quality elevators. The project was founded in the intention of creating a full community with all its services while respecting privacy and culture of the residents.
Land area: 4468 m2.
Four residential floors.
No. of Apartments: 36 Apartments per floor.
The net area of the apartments without cores, stairs and corridors
No. of floors: Ground + Five. Apartments net areas vary from 94 m2 to 121 m2
is: 3856 m2. It means that the apartments without facilities are
Ground floor: Shopping mall.
around 86.3% of the land.
First floor: Offices.
The 100 m2 apartment will be 110 m2 with facilities.
Jeddah Restaurant jeddah, Saudi-arabia.
Located in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, The restaurant places 3360 m2 of plot area overlooking 2 roads which gives it site advantages and more potential at becoming a landmark. The purpose was to make new restaurants with an innovative façade the would look like it’s made from cutting edge tech while having minimum radiation during summer. To make this building possible, we had to bring together coding, Environment and architecture. So, we made an algorithm that follows the sun path in the area to avoid direct sunlight during summer so the less AC is used and more people are comfortable. To get the final form of the façade, with using the algorithm we created we had the sun move the façade elements to reduce the radiation on the surfaces of the building. Given the intensity of the solar heat in the area and additional roof was added and relaxed using physics engines and structure analysis.
FUTURE RESIDENCE BEHAIRA, EGYPT
Located in Maadi, Cairo, Egypt. As a part of our research and as we moved to our new HQ YFA decided to shade its roof. The YFA HQ roof covers an area of 38 m2 on an 82 m2 roof on one of Maadi’s Main streets surrounded by residential buildings. A pavilion was designed to cover the roof of our building using vaulting technique
to make the pavilion withstand its own weight. To get a pavilion that would lift its own weight without a collapsing on itself we used coding and simulations and physics engines to optimize the pavilion to have the least support and minimal use of material.
Swimming Pool Shade Alexandria, EGYPT Located in King Marriott, Alexendria, Egypt. We designed a shade for an outdoor pool and an outdoor sitting area. The Villa Places 318 m2 of land surrounded by residential units (mostly Villas). The project is about a shading pavilion for the pool and the outdoor sitting area of a villa in the outdoor garden containing the swimming pool and its surrounding lounge while conforming with the surrounding wind and using the least amount of material and still being innovative. By combining Vault technics with wind a successful result yielded a roof that can withstand its own weight with least material while conforming with the surrounding wind. To achieve satisfying results, a roof was designed using physical engines that would compute loads and determine how to make roofs with least amount of supports and material use. It was then combined with a wind flow algorithm to simulate the effect of the wind on the roof resulting in roof that lifts its own weights with the least support and material and conforms wind and has less loads caused by it.
Al Orouba, CAIRO, EGYPT
Located in Badr City, Cairo, Egypt. We
designed a low cost residential building.
The projects is of a design of a residential buildings using low cost materials.
The building places 318 m2 of land
The building consists of a garage, a
surrounded by residential units (mostly
ground floor and a typical floor for the
midrise residential units).
next four stories.
Al Morouj, Yalova city, Turkey
Located in the heart of Yalova city, Turkey. in 2016 We designed a a clubhouse an outdoor pool and an outdoor sitting area. El Murooj Yelwa consists of 54 residential units ranging from separate villas, duplexes and duplex apartments. Construction started in early 2017 and is currently in the delivery stage. located in a compound with the land area of 12000 m2 and built up area of 3300 m2 to serve 23 residential buildings. inside the closed compound such as 24 h safety and security, the project is about a clubhouse with indoor an outdoor pool and lounge. The clubhouse also contains an indoor swimming pool, a spa and a gym.
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Aqua City & Yacht Club, west coast of Saudi Arabia
Located on an island on the upper west coast of Saudi Arabia. The Saudi government seeks to invest in islands along the west coastline to increase its tourism.
The Saudi Island places 298136 m2 of dry land surrounded by water from all sides. The project was about building a pavilion on an isolated island with least modification the land of the island. Using vaulted structures and special composite materials The Saudi Island was allowed to have a greener environment. The Saudi island consists of amusement zones for kids and adults that involve water games. In order to accomplish the process, we had to make collaboration between design and coding. An algorithm of AI swarm was created in order to find the best spot to place our building. Where slopes are not too steep and where water can flow freely for water games without the need of digging. To reduce material use in the structure, physical relaxation and optimization were used to minimize the loads using structure analyzers and physics engines. The resulting structure requires much Less reinforcement and thus much less material. Solid and Void were designed according to environment where is solid is most at high radiation areas during summer and void is in the least radiated areas to provide enough daylight and use less artificialLighting.
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