Ahmed Alaa El Dien Hegazy
Building Technology Department
Email: Ahmed.rashid-hegazy@guc.edu.eg
Arwa Essam El-Din Mohammed Owies
Architecture & Urban Design Department
Email: Arwa.owies@guc.edu.eg
Arwa graduated from the Architecture and Urban design program in 2017. Arwa received her master’s degree from the GUC in 2021. Arwa started her career as an academic just after her graduation in 2017. Her research interests is in the human aspect in the urban design. Her master’s thesis topic discussed the interaction of humans with gated communities’ walls. Arwa is now pursuing her PHD in Cairo University in Faculty of Urban and regional planning, under the topic of “Humanization of Cities”. read more
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Master Thesis:
The obscure implication of the walls of gated communities
The case of new Cairo
Eman Ahmed Farouk Hassan
Building Technology Department
Email: Eman.farouk@guc.edu.eg
Eman Farouk started working at the GUC in 2017. She has teaching experience in design studios and foundation courses including building technology courses and architecture drawing. Research interests include desert city developments, Landscape history and creative economy. She was also part of organizing teams for several workshops and exhibitions. She has previously worked as an architect and researcher at CLUSTER Cairo for two Years. read more
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Master Thesis:
Exploring Egyptian cultural landscapes: from symbiotic landscapes to their commodification
Publications:
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Farouk, E. and Redeker, C. (2021) ‘Landscaping Practices – from symbiosis to Commmodification’ in Jüttner, M. and Redeker, C. (eds) Landscaping Egypt: From Aesthetic to the Productive. Berlin: JOVIS.
Fatma Mohamed Elmowalled
Architecture & Urban Design Department
Email: Fatma.el-mowalled@guc.edu.eg
Fatma has been working in GUC since 2016. She received her Master degree in 2019 from GUC. She teaches various courses such as Design studios, Housing, & Working drawing courses. She is acting as Instructor in the CADCAM courses including different software. She is a PhD candidate, focusing on Smart & Walkable Cities. In addition, her research interest is urban branding, new urban communities & urban intervention. She participated in AGORA CAUMME conference with a research paper & presentation. read more
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Master Thesis:
Dimensions of Urban Branding
Investigating the Case of the New Administrative Capital of Egypt
Heba Ezzat Dewedar
Architecture & Urban Design Department
Email: Heba.ezzat@guc.edu.eg
Heba’s research focuses on phenomenological studies of the integration of nature in urban and architectural settings and its effect on the affective experience of space. Her master’s thesis focused on extracting tools to activate residential green public spaces in Cairo through a grounded theory methodology. She has an extensive teaching experience for bachelor and pre-master’s students that spans design studios, visual design, technical design and project management, theory and history. read more
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Master Thesis:
Cairo’s Forgotten Promises; the Gardens of Nasr City, Activating Cairo’s Residential Green Public Spaces
Hebatulla Hamdy Elsharawy
Building Technology Department
Email: Hebatulla.elsharawy@guc.edu.eg
Hebatulla graduated and worked as a teaching assistant in GUC since 2018. She gained her master degree in 2021. Her main work scope is Building Technology, dealing with multiple design projects having different typologies, topography, & scale. Her research interests are: Sustainability, Simulation, AI, Renewable Energy, BIM, 3D models, & Software programs. In 2022, Hebatulla earned “Climate Ambassador” title, dealing with climate change mitigation. She is also a “DGNB Registered Professional”. read more
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Master Thesis:
The Role and Integration of Simulation Models in achieving Sustainable Architectural Design
Publications:
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M. J. Eichner & H. H. Elsharawy, SBE19 Thessaloniki Conference: “Life cycle assessment (LCA) based concept design method for potential zero emission residential building” (IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Volume 410, Issue 1, pp. 012031 (2020), doi:10.1088/1755)/impact factor 0.45.
Joy Samuel Labib Maher
Building Technology Department
Email: Joy.labib@guc.edu.eg
Joy has been working in GUC since 2019 and currently pursuing her PhD degree at Universitat Politècnica de València. Her main research topic is upgrading the tectonics of appropriate/ natural building materials. She worked as an architect in national and international architecture offices in Europe and Egypt. She has organized several design studios, elective courses and hands-on workshops focusing on Earth architecture and participatory design approach. read more
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Master Thesis:
Earth Architecture in Rural Egypt
Publications:
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Maher, J. & Madrigal, J. (2021). Earth Architecture in Rural Egypt: challenges of the context and the material. A+Arch Design International Journal of Architecture and Design, 7 (2), 99-112. Retrieved from https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/aarch/issue/67707/949711
Maha Atef
Building Technology Department
Email: Maha.hussin@guc.edu.eg
Maha has been working in GUC since 2015. She is experienced in teaching all building technology foundation courses that covers construction with Bricks, Concrete, and Steel, recently teaches Integrated design studios for 3rd year and seniors, in addition to Renewable energy and sustainable building core courses for seniors. read more
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Master Thesis:
Implication of Building integrated Photovoltaic Thermal in Different Climates
Manar Karam Aly
Architecture & Urban Design Department
Email: Manar.aly@guc.edu.eg
Manar has been working in GUC since September 2017. Her teaching & research interest: senior design studios with focus on urban design, architectural details and materiality, as well as the human scale and ecological footprint as essential dimensions. She is currently a PHD candidate, researching on environmental urban planning policies and their applications in Egypt. read more
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Master Thesis:
Cairo Nile pedestrian network
A megapolitan waterfront regeneration approach
Marwa Mostafa
Building Technology Department
Email: Marwa.mostafa@guc.edu.eg
Marwa is interested in the revival of earth architecture in Egypt and the influence of Egyptian heritage on this revival. She is currently pursuing her PhD in the field of rehabilitation of earthen traditional architecture and their sustainability. In addition, Marwa is interested in the fields of virtual reality and augmented reality tools. She has been teaching courses at the Building Technology Department at the GUC such as Integrated Design Project, Design Studios and Renewable Energies. read more
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Master Thesis:
Vers le Regain d’Architecture de Terre En Égypte – De la Tradition jusqu’au contemporain
Mona Abdelaziz
Visual Design & Presentation Department
Email: Mona.abdelaziz@guc.edu.eg
Mona has been working in GUC since Feb. 2015. During her time at the GUC, Mona has been involved in all fundamental architecture courses, design studios (I, II, IV), housing, history and theory of architecture, and various electives such as ‘LEED to Lead’ and Choreography of Space. However, her interests range from environment-behavior studies to visual art + design. read more
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Master Thesis:
The Influence of Sustainable Design on Pro-Environmental Behaviors: Exploring Workplace Settings in Cairo
Neveen Farag Ayoub
Architecture & Urban Design Department
Email: Neveen.ayoub@guc.edu.eg
Neveen has been working in GUC since 2017. She usually teaches design courses and bachelor since she joined the university, aside from the design course she also teaches theoretical courses related to the department of Architecture and Urban design and foundation courses related to visual department. She was in the advising Committee since 2018 for 3 years and now she is one of the control team. read more
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Master Thesis:
Pillars of Community Development
A study of “Al-Asmarat District”
Pillara Mohamed Mouftah
Architecture and Urban Design Program
Email: Pillara.mohamed@guc.edu.eg
Reem Ashraf Soliman
Architecture & Urban Design Department
Email: Reem.ashraf-soliman@guc.edu.eg
Reem has been working in GUC since 2018. Her main interests are: Architectural and Urban Design, as well as Interior Design. As for the research Topics, she is interested in the Transformations of Urban Public Spaces and the concepts related to their sense of place and use through different times. Some of the courses that are taught by her are: Bachelor Design Course, Interior Design Course, Introduction to Urban Design, Introduction to Architecture Design and Architecture Drawing. read more
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Master Thesis:
Cairene Urban Squares as Public Spaces between Placeness and Placelessness
Case Study: Midan El Tahrir
Sarah Mansour
Architecture and Urban Design Program
Email: Sarah.ashrafmansour@guc.edu.eg
Sarah has been working in the GUC since 2017. Her current research topic is University Campus Planning and interest topics are affordable housing, urban planning and development and room programming. Her teaching experience includes design studio and bachelor projects focusing on waterfront urban design and developments and functional-diverse architectural designs. read more
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Master Thesis:
Housing Affordability in Egypt
A Comprehensive Criteria for Successful Housing Development
Yomna Alaaeldin Elgendy
Architecture & Urban Design Department
Email: Youma.elgendy@guc.edu.eg
Yomna has been working in GUC since 2015. Her Research interest mainly center around the architecture scale and specifically the aesthetics of architecture and their importance & effect on people. Thus, the courses usually involve the architecture scale going up till urban design & planning, which are tackled through the various design studios. read more
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Master Thesis:
Indicators of aesthetics in residential buildings : is it a mere luxury or a shear necessity?
A study into social sustainability in Egypt
Mohamed Ahmed Adel Kamal Elsharkawy
Architecture and Urban Design Program
Email: Mohamed.adel-kamal@guc.edu.eg