Architect Portfolio-Omar Abozekry-Jan 2013

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ARCHITECTURE SEIL DESIGN HOTEL MARSA ALAM, RED SEA, J AN 2013

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SHOPPING ON A BIKE ATLANTA, USA, JULY 2011

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OPERA SQUARE REHABILITATION CAIRO, JANUARY 2011

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NAMAA STUDENT COMPETITION NEW CAIRO, APRIL 2010 11 COURTHOUSE ASWAN, FEBRUARY 2010

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WORKSHOPS PARA-MOIRÉ ALEXANDRIA, JULY 2011

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GLOBAL HOME PLATTE DESSAU, GERMANY, JULY2010

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ZERO-ENERGY BUILDING DESIGN CAIRO, FEBRUARY 2011 21

January 2013 Printed in Cairo, Egypt

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Name

Omar MOUNIR ABOZEKRY AHMED AKL

Nationality

Egyptian

Address

8 Taha El-Dinary street, 7th district, Nasr city, Cairo, Egypt.

Phone

002 0100 40 44 106

E-mail

o_akl_zekry@hotmail.com

EDUCATION

EXPERIENCE 2012 August-current

BSC Architectural Engineering (Ain Shams University).

CAIRO, EGYPT.

Tasmimat by Jenan Azmi - Architect.

BAUHAUS DESSAU SUMMER SCHOOL.

Cairo, Egypt

2012 August-Nov.

Beirut, Lebanon

DW5 Bernard Khoury Architects - Intern.

2012 July

Cairo, Egypt

Tasmimat by Jenan Azmi - Architect.

ARABIC

Fluent

ENGLISH Fluent

2012 March - June

Giza, Egypt

Shahira Fahmy Architects - Architect.

FRENCH Semi-fluent

2011September - current Cairo, Egypt Magaz Magazine - Contributor.

CAD SKILLS BIM: ARCHICAD, REVIT ARCHITECTURE DRAFTING: AUTOCAD GRAPHIC DESIGN: ADOBE PHOTOSHOP

2011August- current

Cairo, Egypt

2011April - December

2010July

Dessau, Germany

Bauhaus Summer School 2010 SEE THE PROJECT VIDEO ONLINE

2010April

New Cairo, Egypt

1st prize winner - Namaa architecture design contest (Office building design)

2009August

Cairo, Egypt

UNION MEDITERRANENNE DES ARCHITECTES - workshop

2009July, August

Cairo, Egypt

Art Line Group (Design Office) - Intern

Cairo, Egypt

Megawra - Founding member.

2008July, August

Doha, Qatar

Ashghal Schools - On site training Giza, Egypt

SUSTAINABLE BUILDING DESIGN SOFTWARE: DESIGN BUILDER, ECOTECT ANALYSIS

Human Nature LLC - (Interior and Furniture Design Firm) Junior designer/drafter.

3D SOFTWARE: 3DS MAX, GOOGLE S K E T CH U P , GR AS S H O P P E R ( R H I N O ), RHINOCEROS, VRAY MAX, VRAY SKETCHUP.

2011July

Alexandria, Egypt

Para-moiré (Parametric moiré) - workshop

2011July

2010 September

Sednawi Rehabilitation competition Assisted professional Architect.

DESSAU, GERMANY.

LANGUAGES

Cairo, Egypt

Zero Energy Building Design - workshop

2011 2010

2011February

Atlanta, GA, USA

2007July, August

Doha, Qatar

Al-Reem complex - On site training.

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SEIL DESIGN HOTEL Client: HCH SUPPLY CO. INC. Goal: ECO-DESIGN HOTEL BUILT ON THE ROCK FACE .

Project type: HOTEL Area: — Location: MARSA ALAM, RED SEA, EGYPT Project Year: 2013 Design: TASMIMAT by Jenan Azmi illustrations: Omar Abozekry

Seil was inspired by the drainage pattern created by the floods that flow through its lands (Seil stands for flash floods in Arabic).

These floods have left an imprint of empty streams, Tributaries and rivers that shape the contour of the land and create natural pathways for human flow.

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|MARSA ALAM, RED SEA, EGYPT

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The approach of the project was to take as much inspiration as possible from the surrounding nature while being true and realistic to the fact that Seil is a building as it will never become the hill that surrounds it.

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The articulation of the elevations was inspired by the nearby rock formations and the fact that even though their predominant feel is horizontal, many small vertical lines aid in emphasizing the overall horizontality

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SHOPPING ON A BIKE Client: Atlanta Beltline project under the Cross cultural exchange program (Ainshams & Clemson universities) .

Goal: Shopping center for the active lifestyle.

Project type: Commercial Area: 15,000 m2 Location: Atlanta, GA, United States Project Year: 2011 Design: Omar Abozekry illustrations: Omar Abozekry

Designed with the active person in-mind, this mall takes Atlanta’s temperamental weather to mind, and creates a fun and comfortable outdoor walking and cycling environment for its clientele.

The building consists of 4 shopping floors surrounding a public space for outdoor cafĂŠs and park for joggers, skaters and bikers

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Bike Parking places are in each floor.

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GROUND FLOOR PLAN

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

THIRD FLOOR PLAN

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The building is divided into four sections that form a closed continuous shopping corridor. Between each section, ramps are available for visitors to move to the next level, +/- 1meter. For those with less time, elevators are available for both shoppers and their bicycles.

Vertical bicycle parking slots are available in shop faรงades giving cyclists peace of mind.

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OPERA SQUARE conceptual university project

Client: University project Project type: Cultural Goal: Redesigning the historical Opera square in the heart of colonial Cairo.

Area: 35,000 m2 Location: Cairo, Egypt Project Year: 2011 Design: Omar Abozekry illustrations: Omar Abozekry

The building is designed to provide the users a special experience, As they start their visit from the “Opera square” when the sloped passage takes them to the underground theater entrance, bookshops and other cultural products as a contemporary vision for the renowned “soor el azbakeya”. The road takes you up again to Attaba square, where you find the museums combined together:

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We were asked to redesign the linking area between the Islamic old city of Cairo and the colonial part built in the 19th century, more than 100 years ago a magnificent opera house was built in what is called today “opera square”. This opera house was burnt as a result of a massive fire in the 70s, replaced by an ugly garage building to overcome the increasing traffic in this busy part of the Egyptian capital. Now the city has decided to convert the area again to a cultural area.

An open theater is designed as an addition to the “National theater” already existing. Also an underground theater accessed by two buildings at the Opera square, and the Post museum plaza.

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NAMAA STUDENT COMPETITION FIRST PRIZE

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|FIRST PRIZE

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1ST PRIZE WINNER Client: Student competition Project type: Office building Goal: Designing an office building ergonomically to reach the maximum comfort standards inside the work space.

Area: Location: Cairo, Egypt Project Year: 2010 Design: Omar Abozekry Ahmed Eid, Mohamed Hassan, Karim Wahba Illustrations: Ahmed Eid COMPETITION WEBSITE

A key feature of the building is a nexus of green planters as an ecological corridor connecting all spaces of the building. Also facilitating fire escape .

Terraces for the offices

-2 parking floor entry Parking ventilation

-1 parking floor entry

Meeting rooms

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Naturally ventilated meeting room Food outlet

Plaza for mid-day breaks.

Extra 1056 m2 of offices to the basement

140 car parking places

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The building Façades are facing south which causes extra heat gain during working times

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Subtraction of form in the southern façade would minimize heat gain.

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A Café place has been inserted between the building floors, and a place for long breaks in the ground floor.

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TYPICAL FLOOR - Uniform work spaces.

- 85% plan efficiency.

GROUND FLOOR

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Further subtraction of forms to allow natural ventilation from the North-west to reach the building. Green terraces have been added to capture the breeze.

BASEMENT

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Beams which define the space and work as a shading device, The screen enclosure creating the green void protects it from southern sun during working hours, and it doesn’t block the street view. The pictures so the effect of the addition of the beams on the space and the shade.

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|ASWAN, EGYPT

COURTHOUSE

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UNIVERSITY PROJECT

Client: University Project Project type: Governmental, Courthouse Goal: Ancient Egyptian inspired courthouse Area: Location: Aswan, Egypt Project Year: 2009 Design: Omar Abozekry Illustrations: Omar Abozekry

Ground Floor

First Floor

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Second Floor

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Third Floor

Fourth Floor

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WORKSHOPS

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PARA-MOIRÉ

Workshop tutor: Encode studio Goal: Parametric design (designing a shading device based on the light analysis) Programs used: Rhinoceros, Ecotect Analysis, Grasshopper plug-in (Rhino) Location: Alexandria, Egypt Date: July 2011 Team members: Omar Abozekry Akl, Basem Samir, Omar Wanas, Shady A.Azeem

theoretical and functional understanding of graphical algorithm editor Making algorithmic definitions for forms integrated with performance evaluation (Shadow range-Solar Radiation-Daylight Performance-Visual Access…). to construct a relation between building performance and building geometry.

Designing a shading device for a room at encode studio using the learned method.

Graphical algorithms editor: linking light analysis using ecotect with the shading device form.

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GLOBAL HOME PLATTE Bauhaus summer school 2010

Workshop Organizer: Bauhaus Dessau institute.

Workshop Tutor: Adam Page (UK) Goal: 30 minutes video production analysing the effects of the “IBA” Urban Redevelopment program on a Plattenbau estate in Dessau-Süd .

Location: Dessau, Germany Date: July 2010 Video Producers: Omar Abozekry Akl, Robert Grabczan, Danny Holland, G. M. Gómez Iglesias, Nicole Keußel, Paul-Hervé Lavessière, Brygida Michon, Adam Page, Shruti Subramanian, Deniz Yílmaz and Silvia Zheleva.

www.youtube.com/globalhomeplatte

The short film Global Home Platte looks at the effects of the “IBA” Urban Redevelopment program on a Plattenbau estate in DessauSüd. It reflects on conversations with local residents about the themes of demolition, shrinkage, commuting and the role of the Dessaubased Federal Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt) in the town’s north-south prosperity gap. It combines local people’s ideas with artists’ and architects’ visions.

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Platte stands for "Plattenbau" referring to the prefabricated social housing buildings whose use was widespread during the GDR reign for years. They over-exist in eastern cities (Dessau in this case) due to the massive exodus of the inhabitants to western German cities.

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IBA 2010 DESSAU : A governmental project in Dessau was particularly demolishing a huge number of the plattenbau buildings which was empty during the past few years. To replace these demolished buildings (prejudged as useless), They searched for different social participation concepts, with parts of the landscapes claimed to the people consisting largely of families of unemployed workers.

Pictures before and after demolishing a plattenbau building

In the video project we were critical about was the misuse of the land. As a few hundred meters away where there’s most of the demolition towards east, there’s a UNESCO biosphere reserve, a magnificent river. Why making a complicated project of social participation with rules limiting ownership when everything is just in hand?

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ZERO-ENERGY

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BUILDING DESIGN

Workshop tutor: Shady Attia Goal: Using Simulation tools for decision making Programs used: Design builder Location: Cairo, Egypt Date: February 2011 Team members: Omar Abozekry Akl, Mohamed Hassan, Mariam Hamdy, Mohamed Mostafa, Afaf Badran In this workshop we: 1-Identified the technical requirements for zero-energy building design.

2-Utilized simulation and decision making tools, to validate passive and active design strategies into a project.

3-Designed a case Zero-energy apartment block complying with the Egyptian energy standards.

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Printed in Cairo, Egypt Jan 2013