Architecture And Urban Design Portfolio

PORFOLIO’19 Abdelrahman Nour Architecture And Urban Design

ABDELRAHMAN AHMED NOUR 08.10.1996 103,20,32 Al-Rehab City New Cairo, Egypt abdelrahmanour@gmail.com +201151059496

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND .....................................................................................................................................................

Nefertari British International School IGCSE Student With Final Grade 95.5%

2011-2014

Bachelor In Architecture and urban design (ETSAB) Barcelona, Spain Studied semester abroad for Five month at Escola Tècnica su-perior d’Arquitectura Bachelor Project with final Grade A+ (Excellent)

2018

Faculty Of Architecture And Urban Design German University In Cairo Graduated From Architecture Engineering With Accumulative GPA (2.1) B+, Very Good

2014-2019

WORK EXPERIENCES .....................................................................................................................................................

American University In Egypt Certified Mapping Workshop For AUC Campuses At Tahrir Square

2016

Tarek Waly Center Architecture And Heritage Center Worked As A Trainee For One Month, Mapping Old Cairo Districts

2016

Zaro Architects Architecture And Interior Design Office Worked As A Trainee For Two Month, Designing Some Apartment’s Interior First Time To Work On An Urban Project (Proposal For Guinea Bissau Government

2017

Orascom Constructions Worked In Site As A Trainee For One Month At New Metro Line Construction (Phase 3)

2017

Arturo Ferdiane Office Barcelona, Spain Worked As A Trainee For One Month With The Architect Arturo Ferdiane

2018

Blue Rock Real-Estate Worked At Blue Rock As a Sales Agent For Six Month

2019-2020

SKILLS .....................................................................................................................................................

Software Skills

Languages

Other Skills

Auto-cad Photoshop 3ds Max V-Ray Rhinoceros

Arabic Native English Fluent German Fair

Model Making Sketching Communication Skills Multi-tasking

Sketch Up InDesign illustrator Primavera Microsoft Office

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CONTENTS STUDENT WORK ................................................................................................

01 HIERARCHY ALONG GRIDS BARCELONA l SPAIN

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02 KERNEL OF YULIN YULIN l CHINA

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03 EDUCATIONAL AND PRODUCTIVE CITY MANIAL l EGYPT

20-27

04 HYDRO-POLIS CITY YULIN l INDIA

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05 ALEXANDRIA’S NEW TOWER ALEXANDRIA l EGYPT

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06 AZBAKEYA MARKET HALL EL-ATTABA l EGYPT

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07 CAD CAM RHINOCEROS l PHOTOSHOP

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HIERARCHY ALONG GRIDS BACHELOR PROJECT URBAN PLANNING AND DESIGN

In the center of Barcelona exist ‘The Three Hills’ that act as an obstacle in the city, Where either citizens or tourists rarely visit, As if those hills truly disconnects the city and the whole area lose it’s urban public life despite of having many qualities. The main aim of the project is to create an urban strategy that will bring the connection of the three hills back to the city. Since the maps of Barcelona have difference in the built tissue and division of grids, So the Map was divided into three zones; Regular, Less developed area and Topography. The design proposal was about having the ‘Less Developed Area’ as a transitional zone and a buffer area to the Hills defining it with ‘Ronda Del Guinardo’ Main street and the proposed Contour line of the three hills. A proposal of three main doors for the Hills defining each door with a dual axis as an urban strip from the city to the hills and from the hills to the city to reduce the shock of the urban experience and also as an inviting connection to the three doors.

MODEL SHOWING DIVISION OF GRIDS

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TOPOGRPHY/NATURE TRANSITIONAL ZONE REGULAR BUILT TISSUE

PROPOSED STRATEGY 8

DOOR SPATIAL STRUCTURE 9

MASTER-PLAN 10

COLLAGE SHOWING STRATEGY OF THE URBAN STRIPS 11

Intensity Of Greens Increase In The Hills Direction To Support The Hierarchy Concept Of Greens

DOOR PROGRAM

TREES INTENSITY PROPOSED AND EXISTING TREES

Changed Typologies Reshaped Buildings Proposed Buildings Demolished Buildings

CITY BUILT TISSUE

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Urban Parks Agriculture Plots

GREEN OPEN SPACES

AGRICULTURAL MARKET HYBRID ROOFED STRUCTURE MARKET IN ‘PARK DE LES AIGUES’

Guinardo Hill Contour Line Translated Into The Urban Roof

Connection Of The Roof With The Agricultural Housing To State And Emphasize The Agricultural Cycle

The Roof Is Walkable In Some Parts, It is A Set Of Plank Where It Gets Narrower In The Walkable Parts

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KERNEL OF YULIN DESIGN STUDIO VIII EDUCATIOAL URBAN PLANNING AND DESIGN

Yulin, Shaanxi was a major trading point between China and Mongolia. The old city Yulin is almost disappearing during the rapid modern Urban developments of chaotic high-rise compounds and low quality open spaces, A campus is to be considered as a part of this expansion projects. The design proposal was to resist the poor experiences that the modern projects brought to this area and to revive the lost qualities of the Chinese typologies while dealing with the huge topography levels. Considering this educational campus as the resistant nuclease within the modern expansion, The design started with studding the topography levels and dividing it. Allocating the main roads and entrances to the campus and also designing an Ecological corridor by the use of the topography levels so the part inside it is all pedestrian friendly and car free. Also designing transportation system and trum stations. Then allocating the campus facilities on the different clusters starting with the public facilities on the boarders of the site reaching to private facilities for students.

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Topography Levels

Clusters

Ecological Corridor

Transportation Points

Main Roads

Zones

Ecological Corridor Open Spaces Secondary Open Spaces Landmarks Pedestrian Promenade Transportation Trum Line Horizontal Axis

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SOLID AND VOID

STREET NETWORK

ECOLOGICAL CORRIDOR

MASTER PLAN 17

Innovation Sector and Recycling

Public Spaces

Labs, Research

Colleges and Schools

Dorms and Housing

Offices and Industrial

Recreational and Entertainment

Library, Meeting Hall, Administration

Ecological Corridor, Desert Park

MASTER PLAN 18

DETAILED MASTER PLAN

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EDUCATIONAL AND PRODUCTIVE CITY DESIGN STUDIO V URBAN PLANNING AND DESIGN

Education shapes a Metropolitan and an educational city works best when its being fund with productivity of its own people. Cairo is one of the most populated cities in the world and also it suffers from the lack of urban spaces for public activities, The design aims for developing a strategy that would help to generate public life in the area of Cairo University and it’s connection to El-Manial through Cairo university bridge. The design proposal was about having an educational side with the Cairo university as an open campus to the botanical garden and the Giza zoo with adding some anchors like Cultural hub, Library and a stadium that will make students spend more time on campus and attract the public to take the experience of the educational part. While Transforming and reviving El-Manial to a productive district with productive housing, Educational center and a Market Hall that serve the productive housing. Also designing a promenade on the shore of the Nile both sides. In a way the both sides depends on each other and make the area the vital area of the Metropolitan.

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Metro Nodes Shuttle Bus Stop Public Spaces Greens Pedestrian Flow Anchors Connection People Flow Food Stalls Book Market Shuttle Bus Route Pedestrian Bridges

STRATEGY PROGRAM

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MASTER PLAN

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STREET NETWORK Productive Housing Pix-elated Market Water Front Library Green Culture Hub

GREEN SPRAWL Green Public Spaces Productive Greens

CAIRO UNIVERSITY PUBLIC STADIUM

PUBLIC SPACES Water Front Promenade Pedestrian Bridge Pedestrian Path PEDESTRIAN HEADING TO CAIRO UNIVERSITY

SHUTTLE BUS Route On Campus Route On bridge Mixed Use Residential Area

METROPOLITAN Educational Premises Productive Revival

CONNECTION BETWEEN BOTANICAL GARDEN AND GIZA ZOO

HABITAT PRODUCTIVE HOUSING EXPERIMENTAL AREA

PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE

Orman Garden Giza Zoo Agricultural

DELAYER

PUBLIC OPEN SPACE

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PROMENADE AND BOATS STOP

PRODUCTIVE HOUSING FUTURE EXTENSION

Greens

Bridges

Pathways

Buildings

MASTER PLAN Diagram

PROGRAM

Private Farm Public Greens Shared Farms Public Spaces

Major Pathways Loop Connection Farming Path

PRODUCTIVE HOUSING SHOT

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HYDRO-POLIS CITY DESIGN STUDIO VII URBAN DESIGN

As the second largest city in the world, Mumbai presents many challenges and problems in spatial, social and strategic topics. Mumbai is the capital city of the state of Maharashtra. It’s Eastern waterfront stretches around 16 Kilometres from Wadala in the North to Colaba in the South. The design aim was urban transforming in Mumbai while focusing on Four main aspects;Housing, Public spaces, Mobility and infrastructure. Looking through Mumbai maps and problems the Main issue was that it rains in Mumbai 80% of the year, And rain water flows into the Arabian sea through the drain system and when high-tide in the sea reached 4.5 Meters Sea water start to enter Mumbai through the drain pipes, Which increases the probability of flooding in Mumbai especially in the Slums areas which are 60% of Mumbai, The design proposal was to transform Mumbai into a world-class educated city and make use of rain water in agricultural and green towers instead of losing 2.1 Million Liters per day.

THE EASTERN WATERFRONT ROADS MANGROV RAILWAY RAILWAY STATIONS SLUMS SUSTAINABLE HOUSING GREEN WATER PARKS EXISTING GREEN VERTICLE FARM OPEN SPACES

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PROBLEM DEFINITIONMISSED OPPORTUNITIES

CURRENT SITUATION

58.000 HOUSES IN CENTRAL MUMBAI

5480 HECTARES OF UNUSED ROOFTOPS

1300 HECTARES ARE AFFECTED BY FLOODS

Flooding Areas Existing Buildings Existing Slums

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BLUE DESTINY

LACK OF SANITATION/ EDUCATION

RAPID GROWTH BY 2030, MUMBAI WILL HAVE ESTIMATED POPULATION OF 28 MILLION

AROUND 2.100 MILLION LITERS A DAY OF WASTED WATER RELEASED INTO THE ARABIAN SEA

200 GREEN TOWERS ALONG EASTERN WATERFRONT

40% HORIZONTAL PUBLIC SPACES (120 HECTARES )

60% VERTICAL PUBLIC SPACES GREEN TOWERS (8-10) FLOORS/ 30% OF WATERFRONT PUBLIC SPACES

Mangroves

Connection of Outfalls & Pumping Stations

Existing Greens

Connection of Pumping Stations

Existing Outfalls

Existing Of Solar Ponds

Railway

Proposed Open Spaces

Railway Stations

Proposed Vertical Green Towers Proposed Green Roofs

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Sustainable Energy Collecting Packing Commercial Storage

Filtering Water Comming From Outfalls

Sustainable

Food Production

Residential Hydroponic System Outfall

Also Used In Houses Mopping, Laundry

The Flow Of Some Outfalls Travels to a Pumping station

Self Sufficient Agriculture

Dispatch +2000 Users No Rains Sustainable Productive

Monsoon Season

Educational Green Tower 4500m2 Farms

Rain Water Collector In An Underground Tank Under Public Space To Be Used

Green Towers Warka Water Towers Smart Housing Existing Buildings Railway Railway Station Open Spaces

MASTER PLAN

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ALEXANDRIA’S NEW TOWER

(BRANDING THE CITY) DESIGN STUDIO IV ARCHITECTURE DESIGN (INDIVIDUAL PROJECT)

Alexandria is the second largest city in Egypt and also the largest city on the Mediterranean with population around 5 Million people and a lot of tourists visit it every-year. The city extends about 40 km at the northern coast of Egypt along the Mediterranean Sea. One of the most historical and important areas in Alexandria is ‘BAHARY’ Where the castle of Qaitbay is located. The design aim to Design a hotel tower in this area to act as a landmark for the area, And also start to attract the Citizens and Tourists to discover more about this area. The design Proposal was to design a Geometrical tower and try to design all the sides overlooking the sea. Also try to design some Luxurious rooms with Cantilevered balconies and roof-tops. So the user can have a 180 view for the sea and the castle, Also having a huge entrance to the hotel with a landscape and seating areas connected to the shore with some kiosks.

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Started With A Rectangular form

Changing The Masses Levels To Maximize The Sides Overlooking The Sea

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Rotating The Form To Maximize the view to The Sea

Dividing The Form Into Three Masses

Designing A Path Cutting Through The Tower Creating An Inviting Entrance

Extruding And Intruding Some Masses To Create Cantilevered Balconies And Rooftops

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

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NORTH ELEVATION

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AZBAKEYA MARKET HALL DESIGN STUDIO III ARCHITECTURE DESIGN

Al-azbakeya is an old historical district in Downtown Cairo where most of city activities take place there. Next to the existing old bookstore in El-Opera Square is a vacant land which was previously a park.

The Vacant land act as a transition point from El Attaba to Downtown. The design aim was to design a market hall which servers all the needs of construction and sustainability. The market should-not be only for selling food but also has some additional functions such as exhibition space, food court and book market. The design proposal was to have the Market as a sort of cultural hub and can help to improve the current urban situation. Also the Azbakeya garden has to be re-connected to the new outdoor areas. Also by extending two axes; The 26 of july street to El-Attaba and connecting the metro station exit to the main street. The orientation of the market was around these downtown like pathways to make it a social space were people meet and take the experience of the walk-able roof and the market under a Hybrid structured roof.

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GROUND FLOOR PLAN

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

ROOF PLAN

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MASTER PLAN

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CAD CAM RHINOCEROS/ PHOTOSHOP DIGITAL DESIGN (GROUP PROJECT)

The project aim was to learn digital design by using Rhinoceros as a modelling tool.

By transforming a photo to a 3d model and adding abstract details by searching similar references. Then learning to add Textures, lighting and rendering on V-ray.

Next step was Photoshop to add some post production to give atmosphere to the image. The same 3d model was used to create different atmosphere and different themes.

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abdelrahmanour@gmail.com +201151059496 103,20,32 Al-Rehab City New Cairo, Egypt

All projects presented in this portfolio are selected contents out of my work and are not showing it in completeness THANK YOU.