Sep 4

Sep 4 344 / Wael Marawi: Hoyamal, A Marine Cultural City

Submission #344 | Wael Marawi: Hoyamal, A Marine Cultural City — “The project is a marine cultural city which includes different sea related functions and activities inspired by the long history of the UAE with the marine life. The main components of the project are a maritime museum, an aquarium, a research center, an edutainment center, and a fishing academy. It also includes an auditorium, laboratories, classrooms, and workshops. The project is designed to have five different buildings for different functions.”

Aug 10

Aug 10 341 / Esraa Abu El Rub: INVASION

Maria Flores

students

Submission #341 | Esraa Abu El Rub: INVASION — “Invasion is a mixed used development above E11 highway that bridges the gap in the city that occurred due to the highway. Hence, the concept approach of the project is to enhance walkability in the neighborhood by following the Flow of pedestrians traveling between the different gathering points. However, the Flow is simulated using Swarm Technology, and the form of the project has followed its lines. Invasion aims to create an urban hub in the city with a dense program that attracts people with different interests.”

Jul 31

Jul 31 336 / Samira Chahine: Design Before Decline

Maria Flores

students

Submission #336 | Samira Chahine: Design Before Decline — “Throughout years, education has always been considered as one of the most crucial stages of human’s life cycle. Good schools and education environment would be the key to the social and economic development of a place through preparing the future human resources. In other words, how can we expand our society and improve it if we cannot dilate our own minds?”

Jul 17

Jul 17 332_Rana El Dakkak: Soul Treat

Maria Flores

Submission #332 | Rana El Dakkak: Soul Treat — “The design concept of the project was mainly inspired by a natural element as nature has a strong relationship with the human’s well-being. The natural inspiration for Soul Treat design concept was the tree leaves. The project’s site has different types of trees and each tree has different leaves shape; this triggered the idea of the natural inspiration for this project.”

Jul 13

Jul 13 331_Malak Ali: As Productive As It Gets

Maria Flores

students

Submission #331 | Malak Ali: As Productive As It Gets — “The project aims towards a self-sufficient community coming from a new approach to urban agriculture and housing which seeks to shift the idea of the isolation between them and unite them. The main targets will be the community and the public. Creating forms and placing functions in a sustainable way to encourage the users to expand their knowledge and skills in farming using latest technologies in order to overcome the problem in the decrease of local food production and control of wasted water.”

Jun 2

Jun 2 185_Eman Mohammed: Mixed Use High-rise

Maria Flores

students

Submission #185 | Eman Mohammed: Mixed Use High-rise — A tower is an element that rises vertically accentuating its horizontal elements of floor levels while concealing its true vertical identity. So why not highlight a tower’s vertical identity and lessen its horizontal one.

Jan 26

Jan 26 86_Maram T.R Kassab: The High Life

Maria Flores

students

Maram T.R Kassab: The High Life — "Using the evolutionary futuristic visions of the science-fiction movies as a language to design the mixed use tower which consists of: Retail, Offices and Residential units, in order to create different spaces and different experiences based on the environmental/ functional and visual order of each part of the mixed use."