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I’m a fourth-year architecture student at Kennesaw State University. Dedicated to creating innovative and sustainable designs, I strive to enhance the users’ well-being in space. As a KSU Honors Ambassador, I am passionate about learning, engaging with the community, and upholding the values of academic excellence and leadership.
Skills
• Communication, Leadership.
• Teamwork.
• Adaptability, Creativity.
• Problem-solving, Critical thinking.
Trilingual
• English - Fluent.
• Arabic - Native.
• French - Intermediate.
Software
• Revit, Lumion
About Volunteering
• Rhinoceros, Grasshopper,
• Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator
• InDesign, Procreate
• AutoCAD, Sketchup, Cove.Tool
• Climate Consultant, Autodesk Forma
• Grasshopper Python, C++
• Midjourney, ChatGPT, LookX
• Silhouette Studio
• Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• MLK OwlsServe Day
• “Volunteers in Action Club” Orphans’ Development, EG. Aug 2022- May 2023
• “Mashro3 Kheir” Childrens’ Development, EG.
The Pulse
Office and Social Hub
Client: Architecture Firm
Finalist Project at 4th Year
Integrated Studio competition at KSU
“Pulse of Peachtree” is a vibrant architectural space that merges the energy of the city with the flow of nature. By connecting seamlessly to the natural topography, it serves as a dynamic social hub, where the community gathers, interacts, and moves through layered spaces. The ascending performative steps and open atrium invite imagination and exploration, while the building’s transparent design fosters a sense of openness and connection, making it the beating heart of Peachtree Street.
Circulation Diagram
Site Section
Concept Sketch
Site Plan
Massing oriented towards North and South for maximum natural light and sun exposure.
Massing Development
Site Plan
Landscape layed out, connection with topography. Large Atrium to minimize building’s footprint. Central atrium allowing natural light and ventilation in most buildings.
Program layed out, emphasizing on concept.
Addition of cantilevers that allow Northern and Southern winter sun. They are particuraly extruded in the East and West to minimze harmful glazing from sunrays.
Parti Model
The ground floor serves as a dynamic social hub with a street cafe, community lounges, children’s play area, gallery, makers’ space, and a multi-purpose lecture room.
The second & third floors are performative stepped offices emphasizing on the concept of connection and transparency between the employees.
The fourth floor is for the imagination of the designers and seasonal achitects.
Third Floor
Fourth Floor
Ground Floor
Axon Section Detail
Roof Detail
The section demonstrates the feeling of space inside the building. The building connects to the natural topography with a green central atrium. It has a socializing area on the ground floor, performative stepped offices on the 2nd and 3rd floors. Imagination offices in the fourth floor. It also has a shaded roof with the mechanical systems, cooling towers, and photovoltaics.
Solar Analysis - June 21
Solar Analysis - Dec. 21
The western façade addresses challenges of excessive solar exposure and harmful radiation through a multi-layered approach. Large cantilevers minimize direct sunlight on windows, tilted partially-reflective windows that are parallel to sunrays, louvres and strategically placed summer foliage provide additional shading. Solar analysis confirms minimal direct sun impact during both summer and winter, enhancing occupant comfort and energy efficiency. Shadow analysis further demonstrates that the adjacent western building casts shade on the site, while the gas station to the south partially shades the southern façade, reducing overall solar load on the building.
Winter Shadow Analysis
Summer Shadow Analysis
Solar Panelled - Motorised Louvre Systems allow the blades to be adjusted automatically by either a simple switch or the push of a button on a remote control. The blades are also fully automated via integration into a building façade management system to maintain light and shade levels based on predetermined programs. The transparent solar panels enhance sustainability by generating renewable energy, reducing reliance on external power. They also improve energy efficiency by dynamically shading to minimize cooling loads, regulate indoor temperatures, and provide comfortable lighting, reducing overall energy consumption.
Insulated Steel Columns
Western Facade Entrance Perspective
Interior Rendering of Stepped Offices
Street Cafe Rendering
South Elevation
Street Perspective
Section
Exterior Model
Section Detail
Furcate
Major Site Plan & Nine Biophilic Residential Houses
Client: Art Farm at Serenbe
Presented at The Biophilic Institute at Serenbe, Georgia
“Furcate” represents a harmonious blend of biophilic design seamlessly integrated into the serene landscape of Serenbe, Georgia. This project was developed with a strong focus on connecting inhabitants with nature, following the visionary biophilic patterns of Dr. Philip Tabb.
The project was divided into phase 1, phase 2, then a specific buildings to be fully developed.This axon shows the initial massing model for Phase 1 of the project. During our two-days site visit, we analyzed the location over there. There were two existings cottages and an office. The client wanted studios for artists, dorms for the artists, and a theater. With team collaboration, I created this axon to present our first phase and give a feeling of space emphasizing on Biophilia.
For the second phase, the client wanted a maker’s space, a workshop, dorms, and houses for artists. After modelling the inital massings for the buildings, my task then was to further develop the 9 biophilic houses of the inital massing I created.
Inspired from Frank Lloyd’s Wright Usonian houses, the houses are facing the North, optimizing natural ventilation and daylight. The development includes three distinct types of single-story houses three-bedroom, two-bedroom, and one-bedroom units, each positioned to offer expansive views of a picturesque lake with sustainability at its core, featuring a rainwater collection system that captures and recycles water from the hillside, reducing runoff and promoting water conservation.
Parti Drawing of Furcate
The site plan for Furcate integrates community and nature, connecting each home with pathways lined with native Georgia flora and communal green spaces. Wooden bridges span across streams, leading to a central socializing area, fostering interaction among residents and enhancing the site’s biophilic design.
Section Detail
Physical Model Respresnting the 3-Bedroom House
South Facade Allowing Low Winter Sun
North Facade
Site Hand Sketch
“Peachtree Arcadia” is a visionary architectural endeavor that draws its inspiration from the timeless elegance of Rhodes Hall, an iconic historical museum on Peachtree Street. Amidst the towering modern structures, Rhodes Hall’s magnificent arcade, with its striking arches, captivated me. This inspiration fueled the creation of Peachtree Arcadia, where the fluid curves of the arch shape the design, subtly echoing the rich heritage while inviting a new generation of visitors.
Digital Sketch of The Office
Plan Sketch for Upper Level of The Office
Bird’s-Eye View of Northern facades
Bird’s-Eye View of Site Entrance
Massings in Rhino Before Exporting to Revit
Sketch of The Market
Site Plan
South Elevation
Section Looking West
Section Looking South
West Elevation
Ground Floor
South Facade of The Market
North Facade of The Market
Office Entrance - Peachtree St. View
Feeling of Space Rendering
Al Bayt Al Masry
Cultural Center for Foreigners.
Downtown Cairo, Egypt.
“Al Bayt Al Masry - “The Egyptian House” is a vibrant gathering place that echoes the dynamic layout of Cairo’s Midan Al Tahrir. Its design uses roundabouts and nodes, strategically integrating various cultural functions that offer visitors a sense of belonging and community. This concept is vital in fostering connections and encouraging the exploration of Egyptian culture among foreigners living in Egypt.
Positioned next to the Egyptian National Museum, The Project’s plan aligns with the concept of connectivity. The layout features cooking school, gardening areas, amphitheater, library arranged in an accessible circular flow that encourages cultural exchange. This strategic placement enhances the visitors’ cultural exchange.
Midjourney Inspiration
Massing Development
Digital Sketches
Axon
Midjourney Nile View
Site Plan
Ground Floor Plan
Section 2
Section 1
North Elevation
West Entrance Elevation
Orchestrating Nature
Control Systems & Sustainable Design of Twinhouse Aswan, Egypt.
Orchestrating nature is a twin-house reinovation project located in the dry climate of Aswan, Egypt. The project was create by a team of four, were we studied 4 precedents, gathered countless environmental techniques, filtered the most suitable for our project, and started incoporating them in the project.
Ground Floor
First Floor
Natural ventilation
North Facade
South Facade
Sun shaft and reflective dome
Nisser Micro Cabin
Design Communication II
Nissedal, Norway
This project was an exploration of modelling on Revit then rendered using Photoshop and Lumion.
Ground Plan
Light Bulb Modelling and Rendering
Section
Interior Rendering
Branching out: Azbakeya
Library and Reading Center
Manual Studio Course
Azbakeya Garden, Egypt
A-A Section
Ground Floor 1:50
“Branching out: Azbakeya” is a library and reading center located at the historical garden wit numerous trees that are centuries old. There are also historical fountains and plants carvings. Using up a minimal space of 20*15*12 meters, I decided to create a well-ventilated dynamic building, environmentally friendly, with easy accessibility to users of all ages, and various activities that attract the target users to read and sustain the surrounding environment.
First Floor
Second Floor North Elevation
Flip-flop Display
Foundations of 3-Dimensional
Design
The aim of this project was to create a flip-flop display. There area of the model was limited to a 200x50x50 cm wooden box. The model was firstly modelled on Rhino and Grasshopper. Then exported and laser printed on blue acrylic sheets. The box was painted white, and I installed light bulb fixtures. It was then collected to create this solid/transparent effect. The project represents a gliding flip-flop over the waves with seagulls and a toy duck.
Abstracted 3D models
Foundations of 3-Dimensional Design
Self-Portrait Using Recycled Paper.
Fragmented Dying Tree Representing a Broken-HArt.
Roots (heart) outside the soil
Narrow branches escaping eachother Dried leaves representing the dying hope
Freehand Drawings
Freehand Representation Tools for Architects
Sultan Hassan Mosque Exterior and Interior Hand-Drawing in Cairo, Egypt
Abstracted Buildings at The American University in Cairo
Interior Kitchen Rendering
Ahmed Ibn Tulun Mosque in Cairo, Egypt
Thank you
“One of the great beauties of architecture is that each time, it is like life starting all over again.”
