Architectural Engineering and Environmental Design Dept., Smart Village

Grounds of Arrival | Studio D4

A collection of projects exploring arrival as more than a destination—reframing it as a journey shaped by displacement, memory, and emotional transition.

Across the studio, students engaged with diverse contexts and narratives, translating complex human experiences into spatial sequences. From fragmentation and disorientation to grounding and healing, each project proposes architecture as an active participant in how we process loss, movement, and belonging.

Together, these works reflect a shared inquiry: how can architecture move beyond function to become a medium for emotional resonance, cultural continuity, and meaningful connection?

Studio Instructors
With the assistance of .caa .hisham.fa .kakaji

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From Brand to Space | Interior Design Studio

In this studio, students explored the relationship between branding and interior architecture by developing complete brand identities before translating them into spatial experiences. Beginning with logo design, visual language, color palettes, and conceptual branding posters, students then transformed their ideas into interior environments that reflect the character and identity of each brand.

The projects demonstrate how graphic identity and spatial design can work together to create cohesive, immersive user experiences where every interior detail becomes an extension of the brand itself.

Stay tuned for the upcoming interior projects and final spatial outcomes.

Interior Design Studio
Studio Instructors .awny
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Ex*****on Design | Smart Facade Workshop

As part of the Ex*****on Design studio, students explored the relationship between environmental performance and responsive architectural systems through the design and ex*****on of smart moving facades. The workshop focused on developing adaptive facade mechanisms capable of addressing multiple environmental treatments including shading, daylight control, ventilation, heat reduction, and user comfort.

Through experimentation, fabrication, and hands-on ex*****on, students translated conceptual environmental strategies into dynamic architectural systems that respond to changing conditions while integrating technical detailing and material considerations.

Studio Instructors:
Dr. Omar El Ruby
Dr. Sally ElDeeb

With the assistance of:
Arch. Mahmoud Amgad
Arch. Haidy Abdelaziz
Arch. Aya Salah
Arch. Hania Yasser

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Behind the scenes of our Architectural Cinematography course so far.

In this studio, we’re thinking beyond blueprints—using cinema as a critical tool to read the city, capture urban memory, and turn narrative into spatial method. From storyboarding the invisible to framing Cairo as a sequence of lived scenes, we’re asking: How does cinema help us see what architecture usually hides?

Not just watching films. Thinking like filmmakers. Designing like storytellers.

Course lead: Omar Zahran
Teaching Assistant: Sohair El-Geziry

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