Nada Nafeh Arch. Portfolio 2017

ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO NADA NAFEH

[IN]FORMAL PATTERN LANGUAGE a guide to Handmade ImprovitectureŠ in Cairo [in]formal Pattern Language proposes a process and a guide that mediates between bottom-up community-based efforts and top-down expertise in a way that is open, flexible, replicable and transferable.

The project introduces a new typology Improvitecture (improvisation + improvement + architecture) as the architecture from, and for, informality. Improvitecture redefines traditional borders between architect and user, planned and improvised, complete and incomplete and, finally, formal and informal.

sessions, a geo-tagging and mapping workshop with children and an exhibition on site, community members, architecture students and experts collaboratively broke down the complexity of informal settlements into patterns. Patterns were then combined with tools and in-situ design interventions. Participants also optimized a rooftop by installing prototypes and a micro urban farm.

The [in]formal Pattern Language acts as a guide to operate within the introduced Improvitecture model.

To further document and compile patterns for the manual, the wider community is encouraged to take part in this on-going process by completing a pattern template and or posting geo-tagged images of patterns on the website which will then appear on an interactive map and catalogue that communicate the identify of informal areas.

Through an open-source website, collaborative

www.informalpatternlanguage.com

MAPPING + GEOTAGGING WORKSHOP

INSTALLING A MICRO URBAN FARM

CONSTRUCTION OF PROTOTYPES

STREET EXHIBITION ON SITE

PROPOSED OPTIMIZATION OF REMAINING AGRICULTURAL LAND

EXISTING PATTERN

Classroom / studio space

Exhibition Space

Added Platform

NEW PATTERN AFTER OPTIMIZATION

STRUCTURE 1 GROUND FLOOR

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SIDE ELEVATION

FRONT ELEVATION

NIGHT

The building envelope changes to adapt to altering climate and sunlight conditions. Day: Panels open to allow for solar gain. Night: daylight sensing insulated panels close to minimize heat loss

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Typical Floor Plan

Offices: Typical Floor Plan

LYCHEE FRUITBAR

Lychee‘s colour burst interior and strikingly vibrant atmosphere resembles a fruit market gone wild through fruit colour splashes on the walls and floors, fruit boxes and planting pots. Raw wooden fruit boxes covered in a polychromatic paint explosion create the furniture, the ceiling and the store‘s facade. This artsy creation elevates simple fruit into an art form, coming to life through a mix of colourful architectural tectonics. The ordering process is designed to be an interactive expercience through an ipad application and test tubes to mix fruit shots surrounded by a setting of colour splashes.

LOGO DESIGN

PROCESS

THE CEILING

CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS

MARMI ZEITOUN - MARBLE SHOWROOM