Architectural and Urban Design Portfolio

MOHAMED
SALEH
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2010.2018

CV & DesignPortfolio
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MO. SALEH
SPATIAL PLANNER & ARCHITECT

CONTACT INFO
Planetenlaan 116
9742JD Groningen, NL
mohamed.saleh@rug.nl
(+31) 647663138

“A


passionate designer and researcher who is eager to delve into the futurescapes of the city, by
imagining and exploring the possible trajectories of its co-evolution with the various human dimensions of everyday life. His fascination and inspiration emanate from the urban cultures that appear
through, both the habitual and novel, socio-spatial patterns in public spaces. His work instigates this
vision by trying to understand how spaces, people, machines, networks and affects are enmeshed together, producing both the local urban tapestry and the planetary urbanism on a higher level of complexity.



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SKILLS
Visual design
Conceptual thinking
Research & foresight
Teaching & mentoring
Digital illustration
Networking & organization

Qualities
Experiential innovation
Interdisciplinary knowledge

Eclectic imagination
Storytelling
Co-creation
Futurist mindset

EDUCATION
September 2013 - Present

PhD degree in Spatial Planning
University of Groningen
Finalizing a publications-based thesis, focusing on the interface between planning for orderly city and the users’ contingent practices and alternative arenas which resist order in
everyday life.

Awards
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PhD scholarship from Erasmus Mundus (3 years)

Research scholarship from Lutfia Rabbani
Foundation (1 year)
Shield of Excellence from Egyptian Syndicate of
Engineering (2010)

EXPERIENCES
2015 - 2017
Elected Committee Memeber
Young Academics of AESOP
I participated in organizing five international conferences within the field of spatial
planning and design; co-managed an academic blog; co-edited an international
peer-reviewed journal; and engaged in several committees and projects related to
research on public spaces and urban cultures.

2013 - Present

PhD Researcher
University of Groningen
Besides conducting my own research project, I participated in teaching and organizational tasks within the faculty. I taught an interactive course on planning theory, for
Master students, and courses on digital illustration for Bachelor students; plus being

part or several organisational committees.

2010 - 2013

September 2010 - July 2012
MSc degree in Urban Design
Alexandria University
I developed a 3D parametric model for assessing the impact of
urban design on the solar and wind distribution in the surrounding land plots. Total GPA = 4.0

Freelance Architect
Projects within the Middle East

September 2004 - July 2009

2010 - 2013
Assistant Lecturer
Alexandria University

BSc degree in Architecture

Alexandria University
I studied within the Housing Design porgamme. My graduation project: zero carbon city. I was ranked 1st on a class of 57
students, and awarded the Ideal student title in 2008.

Participating with design teams on delivering large scale projects and architectural
compititions for clients in Egypt and the Arab Gulf. The projects’ typologies varied between residential, recreational and cultural. Also, I individually undertook small scale
projects in Egypt.

Working as a studio instructor for architectural and urban design, as well as for teaching technical and excutional drawings to undergraduate students; besides teaching
BIM modelling and digital illustration using 3Ds Max. The job also included orgnising
annual and weekly events such as student art and design exhibitions.

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Museum Complex For Submerged Canobos Cities
Olympic Boat Center Alexandria
Spa and Healthcare Centre
Marsilia Land Resort
Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Chad
Sustainable Residential Neighborhood
Borg El-Arab Commercial Complex
Geno-Nano University Project
Terraced Green Residential Complex
Spaceless and Timeless Pavilion

Museum Complex For Submerged
Canobos Cities
Team Work Design Studio Project: Fourth year
Applicant Job : Architectural Design and 3D Visualizations

The challenge here is to simulate the live of three submerged
pharoanic cities through the circulation between a museum
complex in both indoor and outdoor spaces

Under Graduate Work Samples

Olympic Boat Center Alexandria
Team Work Design Studio Project: Two participants
Applicant Job: Architectural Design and 3D Visualizations
The concept is to maximize the integration between the built environment and the different activities by providing a harmonious mix of
closed, semi open and open spaces

Under Graduate Work Samples

Spa and Healthcare Centre
Team Work Design Studio Project: Two participants
Applicant Job: Architectural Design and 3D Visualizations
The main idea of this project is to create a healthcare centre
with a relaxing environment by producing a healing atmosphere through the natural shapes and landscape


Under Graduate Work Samples

Marsilia Land Resort
Team Work Design Studio Project: Four participants
Applicant Job: Architectural Design and 3D Visualizations
The concept is to produce a hierarchy of urban scapes ranging
from public to semi-public & private spaces to create a resort
represents the Arab cultural context

Professional Work Samples

Ministry for Foreign Affairs
of Chad
Team Work Design Studio Project: Four participants
Applicant Job: Architectural Design and 3D Visualizations
The concept of this project is to create a landmark in the heart of
N’Djamena, the capital of Chad. Besides creating a sustainable
building complex which depends on solar energy

Professional Work Samples


Sustainable Residential
Neighborhood
Team Work Design Studio Project: Four participants
Applicant Job: Architectural Design and 3D Visualizations
The concept is to provide a sustainable neighborhood
with the optimum use of solar and wind factors, and
achieve the maximum integration with the natural vegetation

Professional Work Samples

Borg El-Arab Commercial
Complex
Team Work Design Studio Project: Four participants
Applicant Job: Architectural Design and 3D Visualizations
The idea is to create a memorable shopping experience through the
interior and exterior spaces of the complex with an architectural
taste that fits within its surroundings

Professional Work Samples


Geno-Nano University Project
Team Work Design Studio Project: Four participants
Applicant Job: Architectural Design and 3D Visualizations
The concept is to simulate the human body system by
creating adaptive urban fabric to transform the built environment and landscape according to the occuring activities

Under Graduate Work Samples

Terraced Green Residential Complex
Design Studio Project / Fifth year
Individual Project
The main idea of the project is to propose an innovative
housing technique to generate a green urban morphology and create adaptive houses to absorb the future growth

Spaceless and Timeless
Pavilion
Team Work Competition Project: Three
participants
Applicant Job: Architectural Design and 3D

Visualizations
The main idea of this project is to represent
a “universal, timeless and spaceless building”. Similar to Mies van der Rohe’s pavilion
for the Exhibition in Barcelona

Thank You