The Foldable Roof Parade

Project Location: Paseo de Castellana, Madrid, Spain
Project type: Academic Construction Workshop at  IE University, Spain
Supervisor: Manuel Perez Romero
Project Status: Submitted Spring 2013

What happens when you want to pack your pitched-roof off to a parade? An Origami inspired fold system is developed and operated by a cable structure system. Designed to adapt when a light parade is beneath along the walkway or over bazaar booths aside the walkway, the structure is one-sidedly supported. The materials of the coated wood for the roofing and corrugated fiberglass packaging and structural support helps leverage the light weight of the structure for ease of transport and assembly. The challenge lies to rethink roofing elements of a parade or circus by identifying the elements of structure in relation to the functionality of the the object as a whole and defining the process of its assembly thought development of it technical details.

The D-Lab: The View From the Sky to the View From the Ground

Project type:  Voluntary Research and Design Collaboration at IE University
Supervisor: Romina Canna
Project Status: Completed and Compiled Spring 2013
Team: Lara Waked, Natalie Lagard, Deiene Gonzalez, Yixin Qi, Michelle Ying Yin Lai
Atlas Link:  http://issuu.com/rominacanna/docs/atlas/1

Segovia is undergoing a process of decentralization. Our research compromised of a wide map out the cities urban condition. The maps are part of a series of researches done by IE University covering the case of Segovia, with the aim of investigating what can leveraged or act as addition to the city’s improvement. The research is approached in such a way as to identify measurable factors that are experienced from the the human scale (the ground) consequentially in the greater zoning and urban fabric conditions seen from above (the Sky).

Responsibilities included The collection of empirical data for urban analysis of the old City, recognizing its strengths in its commercial logistical and cultural front. Also, The documentation and Photography of the local life and community urban patterns. The design of an Atlas and non jargon-ful brochures for the local residents as well as tourists.

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Revolutionist Spirit Memorial

Project Location: Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt
Project type: Academic Design Project at Misr International University, Cairo, Egypt
Supervisor: Heba Safey El Deen
Project Status: Submitted Spring 2011

At the peak of the revolution, we are challenged to capture the revolution spirit to conceive a simple and meaningful memorial.The project is to be guided by defined aspects relating to its situation and ideologies.

The driving aspects for this project were to represent the intention, culture and lost lives yet ever-lasting spirit of the revolution. The intent is reflected in the location of the site selected; it is at the heart of the square in front of the Tahrir Government Complex, as if it is marking territory. The culture being peaceful and collaborative, peacefulness represented by the neutrality of the white color cladding, and the collaborativeness represented in its circular walls depicting unity between people. The lost lives, yet ever-lasting spirit, was reflected by wall silhouettes and shadows. On the inner surface of the walls, the names of the martyrs are engraved.