DESIGN PORTFOLIO Ahmed Issa
https://issuu.com/itsahmedalaaitsahmedalaa@413644635outlook.com
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Table of Contents Table of Contents ........................................................................... 2 Resume 4 Architecture 5 Urban Design............................................................................... 7 Lake Mariout Financial District: A New Regional Anchor.. 7 Residential Urban Expansion: Matar Lake Area 11 Urban Renewal of Kom El Dekka 15 Public Buildings.......................................................................... 17 Community Centre in Borg El Arab.................................... 17 Business Headquarters Complex 21 Mini Shopping Mall 25 Housing....................................................................................... 29 Affordable Housing 29 Community Zero (part of a team) 33 Interior Design ........................................................................... 35 Hassan Jewelry Shop 35 Architecture Department’s Cafeteria 37 Graphic Design............................................................................. 39 Al Hadidi Financial Consulting 41 Dental Poly Clinic...................................................................... 43 Homos W Halawa Kelma....................................................... 45 Digital Fabrication ........................................................................ 47 Housing Units ............................................................................. 49 Lighthouse of Alexandria......................................................... 51 Parametric Bus Stop 52
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Volunteer Experience Growing Grassroots ‘17, Participant & Organizer Jun ‘17 Sep ‘18 A Berlin Cairo exchange program which raises awareness about global warming.
Alexandria University, Faculty of Engineering, Architecture Dept. Language Fluency Arabic English French Software Proficiencies OfficeESRISketchUpPhotoshop3dsAutoCARevitDMaxArcGISSuite Mt Rd MELBOURNE, VIC, 3032 AUSTRALIA (+61) linkedin.com/in/itsahmedalaaitsahmedalaa@outlook.com413644635
KarmSolar, Graduate Architect Nov ‘18 Jun ‘20
RaceCompetitionstoZero , USA Mar ‘18 Egyptian Universities Youth Week, Egypt Jul ‘16 References furnished upon request Profile A dynamic and self driven graduate architect who brings excellent work culture and willing to learn attitude. Working to uphold human and environment centered design approaches Education B.Sc. in EngineeringArchitectural (2018)
An in house interior design project of converting the existing office building’s open roof space into closed offices.
Designing sustainable solar solutions for existing or new buildings Supervising the construction on site & dealing with subcontractors.
Working in a hands on capacity in Revit families & building models.
Working on transforming design ideas into construction compatible drawings, such as my role on Re’ayit Misr Emergency ICU Hospital
Technical Skills Project management Leadership Organization Presentation Teamwork Communication Other Abilities Digital Graphicfabricationdesign Certifications/Training IELTS™ (8.0) British Council DOE Building Science for Race to Zero 2018 RDH Building Science Laboratories (online) Autodesk Revit Architecture Academy of Engineering Autodesk 3ds Max Graphitopia Adobe Photoshop Graphitopia HSE Courses KarmSolar 271B
Kelma Cultural Group, General Coordinator Feb ‘15 Jun ‘17
Alexander
Mimary Group, Intern Aug ‘16 Sep ‘16
Ahmed Issa Professional Experience (Self-employed), Revit Architect Oct ‘20 Feb ‘22
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Engineering Consultants Group S.A., Intern Jul ‘17 Jul ‘17
mother tongue fluent fair
Liaising and coordinating with clients, consultants, and key stakeholders. Being in direct contact with clients and handling all project aspects.
A multidisciplinary firm with an architectural focus on environmentally sustainable buildings My tasks were: Carry out site inspections, surveys, and attend client meetings.
A major architecture consultant with projects in multiple countries. My tasks were: Design process for the new Valeo building in Smart Village Producing technical drawings for the tallest hotel in Alexandria.
Preparing tender and architectural drawing documentation.
We had sessions on how to counteract climate change, what environment friendly habits we can adopt, and we had an insight on whether there are enough policies in the market that promote this or not.
A construction company with projects mainly in North Coast, Egypt. My tasks were: Producing architectural drawings for a residential project. Communicating tasks between different teams.
Kelma’s main objective is spreading cultures to people of all ages, which is achieved through its five distinctive projects I joined as a team member in ElShwarea Hwadeet project, it was about documenting stories of old streets & neighborhoods. Later on, I was elected to be the General Coordinator of the group. I was responsible for arranging proposals, camps for members, and updating internal workflow.
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Aerial shot
7 Designing Public Realm in Alexandria Lake Mariout Financial District: A New Regional Anchor Location: Alexandria, Egypt Year: 2018 Setting: Graduation project Area: 430 acres
DESIGNURBANARCHITECTURE:
The project’s aim was to create a modern financial district that would be an investments center for the Northern Egypt region. Also, to create a perfect mix between the office buildings and the to be surrounding urban spaces and residential areas in future expansions. Furthermore, to try to make the area as independent as possible and not just another dense neighborhood that’s dependent on old centers. It was thought that it should be outside of the old already dense centers, that’s why the location behind Carrefour City Centre was chosen.
of one of the offices blocks
Software used: Revit, AutoCAD, Lumion, Photoshop
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This project was planned according to the Strategic Planning Report of Alexandria for 2032. The plan was based on sustainable growth and economic development and aims for about 60,000 jobs in the financial intermediation sector. The 175 ha land was allocated for such knowledge based economy projects to be built in future. It’ll provide job opportunities for about 40,000 employees in the financial sector.
Design Scenarios: Different scenarios were tried out in the beginning as to reach the best possible one in the end; in terms of walkability, road network, spaces and the connections in between, and in terms of sustainability and maximum environment friendly ways. A mix between the environmental and social scenarios was carried out in the end.
URBANARCHITECTURE:DESIGN Location
Because of the clear border defined by the International Coastal Road, no direct relation could have been made with Lake Mariout, and it was thought that it’s best if the main collector in the district was designed this way. However, the buildings were distributed as such that the tall ones overlook the lake and the height gradually decreases so it integrates with the park in the end.
Zones were spread out this way to ensure a feeling of containment and enclosure for the offices, along with making sure that all zones overlook either a water surface or a green area, was it the central park or the inner courts of each block.Zoning
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DESIGNBANURARCHITECTURE:
URBANARCHITECTURE:DESIGN
Sustainability was taken into consideration in many aspects, one was the water in the park and between the different blocks, this water is easily extracted from the Lake Mariout, the water would also help with the vegetation of all the green areas. Another aspect was the used materials, they were chosen to be as light colored as possible in order to decrease the urban heat island effect.
Buildings distributedwerethis way so the highest would be facing Lake Mariout, and the
Heightstocentralshortuntilgraduallyheightdecreasesitbecomesveryoverlookingtheparkandcloserthehumanscale.
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DESIGNURBANARCHITECTURE:
Aerial shot for the designed area
The purpose of this project is to improve quality of life and community well being in Alexandria’s ‘urban edge’, and the approach was to design a self dependent residential compound, that has its own market, entertainment areas, a school, and a hospital, also to make use of the huge water front and making it pleasant and comfortable for the residents.
11 New Urban Development Residential Urban Expansion: Matar Lake Area Location: Alexandria, Egypt Year: 2017 Setting: University project Area: 220 acres Software used: Revit, AutoCAD, 3ds Max, Photoshop
12 URBANARCHITECTURE:DESIGN Location
Pictures of the view from the actual site
Shot of the water front promenade
Shot of the apartments area
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Road section showing the different lane usage Elevation of the twin villas Walkability: Services can be accessed within a 5 minute walking distance from each neighborhood. The whole compound can is within a 10 minute walking distance. Zoning: RecreationalServicesParksApartmentsVillas areas
14 URBANARCHITECTURE:DESIGN Masterplan
15 Restoring Identity in Downtown Alexandria Urban Renewal of Kom El Dekka Location: Alexandria, Egypt Year: 2017 Setting: University project Area: 56 acres Software used: ArcGIS, AutoCAD, 3ds Max, Photoshop
On surveying the area, it was found that the main problem was negligence, which led to economic and social deficiencies. My vision was to restore back the area’s historical place on Alexandria’s tourism map by suggesting a city tour through its alleys, which would then help the people with their economic, social, cultural, and built environment situations.
New land uses Mixed IndustrialCulturaluseRecreational
Intervention map RestoreReconstructDemolishAdaptivereuse
DESIGNURBANARCHITECTURE:
16 The Walk passes through most of the area’s historical parts, such as the cistern, Sayed Darwish’s house, some of the important cafés, and most of the Sufi tombs and mausoleums. URBANARCHITECTURE:DESIGNDetailed area I Detailed area II This is the plaza that people find first once they enter the area. It has a centeraswrittenhasmademonumentofmarblethatstoriesoftheareaoverit,actingapermanentinfoofthearea.Thisplazafocusesmoreonthepeopleandprovidesthemwithaspaceforrecreationalactivities.Itisalsosurroundedmainlybyrestaurantsandcafesforrestingofthetourists/visitors. Location
Location: Alexandria, Egypt Year: 2016 Setting: University project Type: Cultural Software used: Revit, Enscape, Photoshop
17 Community Centre in Borg El Arab
The aim was to design an ‘open’ plan that the community would gather around in, and where youth can share different ideas and have a safe place to stay. Later on, the elements were catered out especially according to the community of Borg El Arab. They needed libraries, meeting rooms, places where their children can play, and concert halls whether they were open or closed, and that’s what this project offers. This specific location was chosen for multiple reasons, many of which is how far it is from the bridge and the noise it produces, it lies in the center between the two neighborhoods and can easily be accessed wither by walking or by vehicle.
BUILDINGSPUBLICARCHITECTURE: Main shot
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Main entrance Patio
Inner atmosphere created by semi shed Playground area Reception Hallway Exhibition hall Library
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South
East SectionfaçadeI
20 BUILDINGSPUBLICARCHITECTURE: North West SectionfaçadeII
21 Business Headquarters Complex
The façade was designed this way according to calculations of the sun movement along with the height difference of each floor, and this is to cool off the offices, with the help of the atrium that absorbs al the hot air.
BUILDINGSPUBLICARCHITECTURE:
Location: Alexandria, Egypt Year: 2016 Setting: University project Type: Economic Software used: Revit, Enscape, Photoshop
It was required to design an office building in the very dense Abo Qir avenue, and the challenge was how to keep it off the cars noise and the burning sun rays. Which explains the dynamic looking façade.
Main shot
22 NGSBUILDIPUBLICARCHITECTURE: Atrium Open layout office space Dining hall
23 BUILDINGSPUBLICARCHITECTURE: Ground floor plan South façade East façade
in each floor
24 BUILDINGSPUBLICARCHITECTURE:First floor plan Section I Section IIFourth floor plan Seventh floor plan
fourth
The plans for the and floors indicate façade
the change in the south
seventh
floor
25 Mini Shopping Mall Location: Alexandria, Egypt Year: 2017 Setting: University project Type: Entertainment Software used: Revit, Photoshop BUILDINGSPUBLICARCHITECTURE: Main Outdoorsshotarea
26 BUILDINGSPUBLICARCHITECTURE: Indoors
ShadedCinemashotoutdoors area
27 BUILDINGSPUBLICARCHITECTURE: NorthSectionfaçadeI
28 BUILDINGSPUBLICARCHITECTURE: EastSectionfaçadeII
29 Affordable Housing Location: Alexandria, Egypt Year: 2016 Setting: University project Type: Twin and duplex units Software used: Revit, Enscape, Photoshop HOUSINGARCHITECTURE: Twin units’ façade Duplex units’ façade Main shot
30 HOUSINGARCHITECTURE: Twin units’ row Duplex units’ row Local street/space
31 HOUSINGARCHITECTURE: Twin units’ section Twin units' row façade Twin unit ground floor Twin units' row ground floor Twin units' row first floor
32 HOUSINGARCHITECTURE: Duplex units’ section Duplex units' row façade Duplex units' row first floor Duplex units' row ground floor Duplex unit ground floor Duplex unit first floor
Software
USA
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Location: Denver, CO, Year: 2018 Setting: Competition Race to Zero Type: Duplex units used: Revit, 3ds Max, Photoshop, multiple energy analysis apps (HERS, RSMeans, etc.)
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33 Community Zero (part of a team presenter)
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35 Hassan Jewelry Shop (part of a duo) Location: Alexandria, Egypt Year: 2017 Setting: Freelance job Software used: Revit, 3ds Max, Photoshop DESIGNINTERIORARCHITECTURE:
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37 Architecture Department’s Cafeteria (part of a team) Location: Alexandria, Egypt Year: 2017 Setting: University project Software used: Revit, 3ds Max, Photoshop This is an excerpt of the original file, to view it check the following link or scan the QR code: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iPKiE2Gpd1X8dlGcOVzT4db2fFKtu DG/view?usp=sharing DESIGNINTERIORARCHITECTURE:
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40 Graphic Design
41 Al Hadidi Financial Consulting Year: 2016 Setting: Freelance job Deliverables: Logo, business cards, envelopes, and stamps DESIGNGRAPHIC
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43 Dental Poly Clinic Year: 2016 Setting: Freelance job Deliverables: Business cards, paper bags, and stamps DESIGNGRAPHIC
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45 Homos W Halawa – Kelma Year: 2015 Setting: Internal competition between Kelma’s members Deliverables: Banner, posters, and flyers DESIGNGRAPHIC
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48 Digital Fabrication
49 Housing Unit (part of a team – leader) Year: 2015 Setting: University project Material: MDF wood Software used: AutoCAD, SketchUp FABRICATIONDIGITAL The bookcase under the stairs The kitchen
50 FABRICATIONDIGITAL LivingBathroomBedroomroom
51 Lighthouse of Alexandria (part of a team member) Year: 2015 Setting: Competition Egypt Universities Youth Week Second Place Material: MDF wood Software used: AutoCAD, SketchUp, 123D Make FABRICATIONDIGITAL
52 Parametric Bus Stop Year: 2015 Setting: Workshop Parametric Design at FOE 2015 Material: MDF wood Software used: Rhinoceros, Grasshopper, 123D Make FABRICATIONDIGITAL
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