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tamer kamel | architecture portfolio 2014

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tamer kamel | architecture portfolio 2014|undergraduate work

27M3LIECHTENSTEIN PAVILION FOR THE WORLD EXPO 2010ARCHITECTURE MASTERS PROGRAMDESIGN THEORYHOCHSCHULE LIECHTENSTEIN, WINTER 2009

Under the theme “Better City, Better Life”, the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai called for innovative solutions to the problems cities are facing today and means to radically improve the energy performance of such cities.

The design for the Liechtenstein pavilion was mainly concerned with the concepts of animation and movement alongside defining and questioning the basic notion of housing and sustainability. What is a house? And how is adaptability sustainable? Such questions the project aims to answer.

The project re-proposed the idea of capsule living as an alternative form of housing which can be mass produced easily, while maintaining a high rate of adaptability and personalization. A prototype of such alternative was presented as the proposal for the Liechtenstein pavilion where visitors can walk through these capsules and experience living in a capsule house.

The Compendium of the Architectural Image

To kick-start the design studio, each student was asked to choose a magic/illusion machine from the Victorian age. After carefully studying the machine, its mechanism, how the visual illusion occurs, and building a digital 3d model, students were assigned to use the general principals and mechanism of the selected machine, and improvise and improve them creating a new device.

The Kinora is a small 19th century motion picture deviceIt functions like a flip book as pictures/films rapidly turn around a central core.

the kinora

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space altering lantern

The Space Altering Lantern is formed by the combination of 2 Kinora disks placed in opposite direction.

The Kinora disks are connected to the middle wheel which is fixed to the outer glass frame. As the frame turns around, the Kinora disks start spinning.

Using two half-silvered mirrors at the centre of the machine and a light source, the motion picture from produced by the Kinora disks are projected vertically in both directions. The projections then are received by two conical mirrors which distorts and reflects the projections back in almost every direction.

By controlling the distance between the central half-silvered mirrors and the conical mirrors, one can control the overall angle, sharpness and distortion of the projections.

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expo coresAeroplanes

“The aeroplane is the product of a close selection. The lesson of the aeroplane lies in the logic which governed the statement of the problem and its realization. The problem of the house has not yet been stated”

-Le Corbusier

Flying is highly complex and complicated concept. However, we –humans- were able to reach a solution that is almost perfect, and continue to improve and develop it.The high complexity of aircrafts and the need to fly resulted in a highly complicated question. However, the complexity of the question resulted in certain clearness. And with these two aspects, we were able to deeply understand and define the problem, which eventually led to finding a solution/realization.

However, we still do not quite know what is it exactly that we need form housing. It is as absurd as searching for an answer without knowing the actual question. Its no surprise that the answer does not make sense.

Maybe our understating of “housing” is wrong?Maybe housing was just a wrong turn humanity took millions of years ago?Maybe we were never meant to settle down?What is a house anyway?

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Process

Pavilion Name: | Student Name: Tamer Aly | Date: 4 th Jan. 2008

Hochschule Liechtenstein | Institute of Architecture and Planning | Design Theory WS 2008/2009 | Studio Staub | Designing the Liechtenstein Pavilion for Shanghai 2010





final submission on three A2 sheets

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HILTI VADUZTHE NEW HEADQUARTERS FOR THE HILTI COPRORATION IN DOWNTOWN VADUZMISR INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY, FALL 2009

The Hilti Corporation is a well-known multinational supplier and manufacturer of construction and building machineries. Although the corporation is Liechtenstein’s largest employer, little is known worldwide that the firm is from Liechtenstein.

Hilti Vaduz aims to establish an active presence for the Hilti Group in downtown Vaduz, the capital of Liechtenstein. The project is located right in the heart of Vaduz next to the central bus station where most of the principality’s visitors and tourists spend their time and vehicular traffic takes place.

Hilti is a strong believer in team work and social responsibility. The proposal reflects these believes by utilizing a central atrium and mezzanine floors. The space distribution offers a high rate of transparency, in addition to an open floor plan where workstations are overlooking the atrium to achieve a sense of community and promote team work.

As a gesture of social responsibility, the ground floor holds a restaurant which is open employees, locals and tourists where they can meet and communicate over a meal or a drink.

land use potential development zonessolid and void

bus routes vehicular traffic pedestrian traffic

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urban interventionexisting situation

locationresidentialcommercialofficegreenpublicexisting

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Kitchen

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ground floor plan

restaurant

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final model

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urban situation south facade skin detail

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DEVELOPING BROWNFIELD SULZERAREALOBERWINTERTHUR, ZÜRICHARCHITECTURE MASTERS PROGRAMURBANSCAPE STUDIOHOCHSCHULE LIECHTENSTEIN, SUMMER 2009Group work with Melanie Grill

The city of Winterthur is located in the Swiss canton of Zürich. It is known for its rich cultural background and industrial heritage. Isolated by railway tracks from the rest of the city, Sulzerareal which was once an industrial center is now left with only brownfields and deserted factories. The city of Winterthur plans to change these deserted portions of the city from post industrial remains to a residential mixed use center.

The development plan proposed is composed of three different phases, each with a different nature aims to start a catalytic reaction in a specified node.

PHASE ONE

In the first phase the focus in on developing and connecting networks and infrastructures.Eulachpark is to be extended southwards, and by connecting it to currently existing forests, a green layer network would be created. Several temporary and permanent events and activities would be introduced to this network to initiate and test people’s attraction.Already existing bike routes are to be extended and connected to go through Sulzerpark, and create a bike network.Along the process residential and office development would take place, so people would start settling there and integrate with the networks.

connecting green layers connecting bike routes residential and office mixtures

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PHASE TWO

The junction of Seenerstrasse and Sulzerallee is the main and only reliable vehicular access to Suzerpark from Winterthur. Yet, Seenerstrasse runs on a lower level, thus for the vehicle passengers and pedestrians there is no visual connection with the Sulzerpark. To resolve this issue, two landmark buildings –a community/culture center and a commercial/office tower- are to be introduced at the junction. The landmark character of these buildings would create a visual connection and eventually draw the traffic from Seenerstrasse up to Sulzerallee.

landmark buildings residential and office mixturesextending bus routes

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PHASE THREE

In this phase the focus is shifted on the development of Sulzeralee to give it a more urban quality. Two plans are suggested.

The first is adding more commercial zones along the boulevard, to give it a commercial character and to act as a magnet on the regional scale.The second plan is to add more public and semi public parks along the boulevard to increase the life quality of the residential areas. Finally and mix between the two alternatives is proposed.More residential/office development is to be introduced to increase the overall density of the area, and satisfy the need for such offerings.

developing boulevard adding parks residential and office mixtures

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development timeline

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phase one phase two phase three

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