Misr International University

Faculty of Engineering and Applied Arts

Department of Architecture

Sustainable Building Design - DES 500

Project: Students Hostel and Working Hub
At the New Administrative Capital

INSTRUCTORS

DES 500 01 DES 500 02 DES 500 03

Dr. Tamer Awny Assoc. Prof. Ahmed Hosney Dr. Tamer Awny
Arch. Nourhan Adel Arch. Ayman Hany Arch. Ayman Hany
Arch. Ann Soliman Arch. Mirna Hussien Arch. Karim Fahmy
Arch. Yara Hisham Arch. Karim Fahmy Arch. Clara Ashraf

Course Coordinator: Dr. Tamer Awny Abd Elkader

1- Introduction

2- Project

3- Course Objective

4- Sustainability

6- Program

7- Location

8- Course Timeline

9- Bibliography
Currently, Egypt is constructing its new economic and
administrative capital on the Eastern borders of Cairo. The
new capital is designed to be a large-scale transformational
plan to mitigate Cairo’s increasing rates of densification and
establish a new and smart growth hub for future generations.

Since 2018, the Egyptian government adopt an ambition vision to reform the higher
educational system. It announced that there is an undergoing plan to construct
eight international universities in the New Administrative Capital. However, most of
the newly established scientific communities lack for accommodation and working
facilities for their students. Accordingly, our project will be directed to understand
and analyze the needs of both under and postgraduate students studying a specific
topic and try to elaborate their appropriate hostel and their creative working hub to
perform within their tasks at the New Administrative City.
Students Hostel and Working Hub:
Considering your knowledge from early design and environmental courses, Sustainable design studio (DES 500) focuses on
real-life practice. Each group of two students is required to design a complex comprised of a student’s hostel and working
hub for under and post graduate students studying a specific topic within a scientific community at the New Administrative
Capital. The conceptual philosophy and the design of the complex buildings and its spaces should be inspired from
analyzing the needs of the students and the impact of their specialization.

Linkage with Other Courses

In coordination with the Urban Design course (ARC 500), The complex will be designed on proposed site and will be
integrated within the urban project (Science City) that will be assigned in the urban design course. Accordingly, each group
of two students will chose a scientific specialty for their project and will work on both courses with the same names.
The sustainable Design Studio aims to:

▪ Subject the students to large scale project with more than one function.

▪ Develop the student's skills to integrating the complex components with each other from one side and

with the surrounding urban fabric from the other.

▪ Motivate the students to apply their knowledge in sustainability and environmental architecture concepts

within a comprehensive context.

▪ Apply the student's skills and knowledge in Integrating the indoor and outdoor spaces, where the

landscape areas should be designed and linked to the internal spaces.

What is Sustainability

Sustainability in Buildings
Sustainable building design is a philosophy that focus on reducing the
negative impacts of buildings on the environment and improves the
occupant’s health and comfort, thereby improving the overall building
performance through the usage of sustainable and environmental concepts
such as reducing the consumption of non-renewable resources, minimize
waste, create productive environments, the use of renewable resources. In
addition, integrating some sustainable strategies that improves the
environmental performance of buildings like energy efficiency, resource
efficiency, net zero energy buildings (NZEB), avoid sick buildings syndrome,
smart buildings, the use of recycled materials…etc.
Pillars of Sustainability
A- Student’s Residence (Hostel)
Residence (hostel) for almost 400 students. The hostel units
could be single or shared units that can occupy from 2 to 6
students with shared services. The accommodation should
enhance the student experience by delivering high quality living,
social and amenity space; thereby it will help to improve the
living and learning experience of students when in residence.
The residence should be split with control into boys and girls'
units each with capacity of 200 bed. The separation could be
either horizontally or vertically. In addition to the residence units Student Housing (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya)
the student’s hostel will include the following:
▪ Reception and waiting area
▪ Restaurant / dinning area
▪ Administrative and staff rooms
▪ Supervisor room in every floor
▪ Housekeeping and cleaning rooms
▪ sports facilities: indoor or outdoor (optional)
▪ Clinic
▪ Engineering and maintenance unit with storage space
▪ Services (laundry, kitchens, iron room… etc.) Student’s housing of architecture students in switzerland Students resedence
(Universidade de Coimbra
▪ parking area for 40 car – Portugal)
B- Student’s Working Hub
Working, studying and research place for 250 students.
The student’s working hub will focus on the idea of both
individual and collaborative working spaces. The required
spaces should be inspired from the specialization of the
students and their requirements. The hub will include the
following:
▪ Mini library for 150 student
▪ Conference hall for 200 auditors
▪ 2 Seminar rooms, each for 70 person
▪ 3 MPU units (closed working space) 40 m2 each
▪ 2 computer labs each for 30 students
▪ Printing and plotting facilities
▪ Stationary store
▪ Cafeteria / food court
According to the master plan of the New Administrative Capital, it will witness a great scientific as well academic
activities. The proposed site for the project will be located on the heart of these activities. It is located on area XO2
specified for “Smart City” and beside the proposed area to be an academic city.
The total area of the proposed
site will be 14000 m2. and you
are allowed to built on only 30%
of the area.
Week Date Submission Lecture Grade

1 10 October 2020 --- Brief + case studies ---

Sustainability and
2 17 October 2020 2 architectural case studies with analysis sustainable building design 5
+ Site analysis
Conceptual approach (vision + mission +
keywords + mood board + zoning) + site Form generation + Case
3 24 October 2020 10
analysis with SWOT analysis + Sustainable studies
approach + program
Conceptual model (1:400) or 3D shots + Layout
4 31 October 2020 DesignBuilder - Modelling 5
(1:400) + detailed program with areas
Conceptual Framework + developed
DesignBuilder – Data
5 7 November 2020 sustainable approach + Model 1/400 + Master 5
entery
plan 1/200
Developed studies + master plan 1/200 + first
6 14 November 2020 DesignBuilder – Simulation 5
floor plan 1/200
7 21 November 2020 Mid-term Exams
Mid-term Submission (Conceptual Framework + Sustainable approach +
8 28 November 2020 15
layout (1/400 + all floor plans 1/200) + detailed model 1/200
Week Date Submission Lecture Grade

Developed concept + sustainable details +

9 5 December 2020 Follow-up 5
plans + 2 sections
Developed concept + sustainable details +
10 12 December 2020 plans + 2 sections + 2 elevations + model Follow-up 5
1/200
11 19 December 2020 Pre-final Submission 10
12 26 December 2020 Drafting
13 2 January 2021 Final Jury
▪ Ulrich Pfammatter, 2014. Building for a Changing Culture and Climate world Atlas of Sustainable Architecture. 1st ed.
Berlin: DOM Publishers

▪ Williams Daniel E., 2007. Sustainable Design: Ecology, Architecture, and Planning. 1st ed. Hoboken, New Jersey: John
Wiley & Sons, Inc

▪ Givoni, B., 1994. Passive and Low cooling of Buildings. 1st ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

▪ Santamouris, M. & Asimakopoulos, D., 1996. Passive Cooling of Buildings. 1st ed. London: James & James (Science
Publishers) Ltd.

▪ Santamouris, M., 2007. Advances in Passive Cooling. 1st ed. London: Earthscan.

▪ https://www.archdaily.com › search › projects › categories › hostel

▪ Lechner, N., 2001. Heating, Cooling, Lighting: Sustainable Design Methods for Architects. 1st ed. Hoboken, New
Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc
- Chapter 2, Sustainable design, Pages 11-34
- Chapter 9, Shading, Pages 201-243
- Chapter 10, Passive Cooling, Pages 245-278
- Chapter 11, Daylighting, Pages 359-404
- Chapter 15, The Thermal Envelope, Pages 433-468

▪ Williams Daniel E., 2007. Sustainable Design: Ecology, Architecture, and Planning. 1st ed. Hoboken, New Jersey: John
Wiley & Sons, Inc
- Chapter 2, Sustainable Design, Page 13-20
- Chapter 5, Architectural Design, Page 103-126
- Part 2, Case studies, Page 129-248

▪ Christina J. Hopfe & Robert S. Mcleod, 2015. The Passivhaus Designer’s Manual: A Technical Guide to Low and Zero
Energy Buildings. 1st ed., New york: Routledge.
- Chapter 4, Lighting and daylighting for visual comfort and energy efficiency, Pages 89-104
- Chapter 8, Ventilation concepts, Page 159-222
- Part 2, Case studies, Page 129-248