Helwan University

Faculty of Fine Arts

Department of Architecture

Graduation Project
2020-2021
GREEN ACADEMY
 HELWAN FACULTY
UNIVERSITY OF FINE
ARTS

Student Name: Omar Mohamed Zaki Ahmed

ID: 148
NOTE: - Please read the full name
- There is a similar name until the third name

Supervised by:
Prof. Yasser Elsayed

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1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................5
1.1 Purpose ..................................................................................................................................6
1. 2. Demographics and statistics that supports your selection ..............................................6
1.3. Scope .....................................................................................................................................6
2 Site Selection.............................................................................................................................7
2.1 The selected site (s) Location ................................................................................................7
2.2 SWOT Analysis for the sites ...................................................................................................9
2.3 SWOT analysis outcomes.......................................................................................................9
3 Site Analysis...............................................................................................................................10
Physical conditions (environmental & built environment)............................................................10
4. Precedents (Similar projects local and international) ..............................................................13
4.1. Project One: Title ..................................................................................................................13
4.1.1. Project Name: .....................................................................................................................13
4.1.2. Location: Country/City.........................................................................................................13
4.1.3. Architect: .............................................................................................................................13
4. Description of Project (Include architectural drawings and images) ..................................16
5. Advantages: (your analysis + original reference analysis)..................................................17
6. Disadvantages: (your analysis + original reference analysis) ............................................
4.2.Project Two: Title...................................................................................................................
4.2.1. Project Name: .....................................................................................................................
4.2.2. Location: Country/City.........................................................................................................
4.2.3. Architect: .............................................................................................................................
4. Description of Project (Include architectural drawings and images) ..................................
5. Advantages: (your analysis + original reference analysis)...............................................
6. Disadvantages: (your analysis + original reference analysis) ............................................
4.3. Project Three: Title................................................................................................................
4.3.1. Project Name: .....................................................................................................................
4.3.2. Location: Country/City.........................................................................................................
4.3.3. Architect: .............................................................................................................................
4. Description of Project (Include architectural drawings and images) ..................................
5. Advantages: (your analysis + original reference analysis).................................................
6. Disadvantages: (your analysis + original reference analysis) ............................................
5. Space Program and Zoning .....................................................................................................

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5.1. Space Standards and data ..................................................................................................

5.2. Space Program.....................................................................................................................
5.3. Zoning ..................................................................................................................................
6. Project Theme and Concept....................................................................................................
6.1. Primary themes/analogy ......................................................................................................
6.2. Design Concept ....................................................................................................................
7. Design project.........................................................................................................................
7.1. Plans ...................................................................................................................................
7.2. Sections and elevations......................................................................................................
7.3. 3D Images/models ..............................................................................................................
8. References .............................................................................................................................

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El Galal Plateau
1.Introduction
Egypt’s construction sector is currently ranked second in the MENA region, coming slightly behind the
UAE, According to an article by GlobalData, a data and analytics company. This came as a result of the
efforts made by the state in completing national projects from development of roads and infrastructure, through
the establishment of new cities (the new administrative capital, the new Galala, etc.) up to international projects
such as the Grand Egyptian Museum, which is being built to be the largest museum in the world of monuments.

With the increasing growth in the construction sector, greenhouse gases and carbon dioxide emissions
increase, which causes great harm to the environment. Cairo being the most polluted capital in the Middle
East, and according to the World Health Organization , the second most polluted large city in the world in 2018.
Furthermore, Egypt like many other several developing countries is facing a series of threats related to limited
access to natural resources in relation to the population size and economic growth and energy poverty.

Therefore, the Egyptian state must move towards improving energy efficiency in buildings and
addressing greenhouse gas emissions. This is what is known as GREEN ARCHITECTURE.

Green architecture, or green design, is an approach to building that minimizes the harmful effects of
construction projects on human health and the environment. The "green" architect or designer attempts to
safeguard air, water, and earth by choosing eco-friendly building materials and construction practices.

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1.1.Purpose
The main purpose of the Green Academy is to
establish a center dedicated to the study of environment
and sustainability especially in the fields of renewable
energy and reuse and treatment of waste in Egypt, in
which students and professionals are trained and
helped to become experts in this sector. To serve as an
educational center that represents the reference in
research, training and development of sustainable
specialties. This project will be the beginning of the
future of green architecture in Egypt

1.2.Demographics and statistics

The main purpose of the Green Academy is to establish a center dedicated to the study of environment and
sustainability especially in the fields of renewable energy and reuse and treatment of waste in Egypt, in which
students and professionals are trained and helped to become experts in this sector. To serve as an
educational center that represents the reference in research, training and development of sustainable
specialties. This project will be the beginning of the future of green architecture in Egypt

Fig.1:Growth of construction and building sector in Egypt from 2016 to 2019

Source: Student based on (Statista, a data and analytics website)

Fig.2: Number of latest projects in Egypt

3,330 331 259 397 595

Urban Construction Projects Industrial Projects Oil & Gas Projects Transport Projects Utilities Projects

Source: Student based on (Egypt’s Projects Map) https://egy-map.com/

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Fig.3: Global CO2 Emissions by Sectors

39% 32% 23% 6%

Buildings Industry Transport Others
Constructions
Source : Student based on (Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction 2018)

Fig.4: CO2 Emissions (metric tons per capita) - Egypt

Source : Student based on (The World Bank) https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EN.ATM.CO2E.PC?end=2016&locations=EG&most_recent_

value_desc=true&start=1960&view=chart

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1.3. Scope
The ambition of the Green Academy is to become a center for training and teaching the principles of
sustainable architecture in an effort to spread that culture throughout Egypt. The project aims to become an
example of a new urbanization with a heavy focus on sustainability. In addition to building functionality and
visual appeal, it encourages the promotion of sustainable design, renewable energies, and new green
building materials. The project includes many components (research institute - school - exhibition halls -
office spaces for startups - a small museum focused on ideas of sustainability and the environment)in
addition to open spaces for students, researchers, children, families and the general public. As each of
these components has an impact and a role in developing ideas about sustainability.

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2 .Site Selection

2.1.The selected site Location

Site

Fig.4:site location
Source: Student

New Galala, officially New Galala City, is part of 2030 Egypt

vision, the city in northwest Egypt. It lies on Northern Galala
Plateau on the western side of the Gulf of Suez representing
one of several ambitious urban development projects of the
government. (https://galalacity.net/)
The new city is one of the government’s national efforts to
develop the vast and empty eastern desert to solve Cairo’s
population congestion and create work and living opportunities for
the youth in addition to generating investment opportunities. City
of Galala is located on 17,000 acres on top of the highest mount
plateau in the area across the Gulf of Suez. The new city centers
on a balanced approach towards development and preservation of
the surrounding pristine environment.(https://galalacity.net/)
Fig.5:project land
Source: Student
The city includes luxury and medium and middle-income
housing, touristic resorts, a water park, a phosphate
fertilizers factory and Galala university, the city will also
include Egypt’s first Olympic village, the city construction was
started in 2015 connecting Galala city to Cairo and other
locations by the newly build highway.(https://galalacity.net/)

The project's land site is located

near Al-Galala Road and Galala
University, with an area of
25,350 m2

Fig.6:project land dimensions

Source: Student

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2.2. Accessibility

ROAD TO EL GALALA

A- BY CAR
- From Cairo
Ain El Sokhna Rd/Cairo - El Ain El
Sokhna/Hurghada – Cairo
(164KM around 1hr 49 min)
- From New Capital
Ain El Sokhna Rd/Cairo - El Ain El
Sokhna/Hurghada – Cairo
(136KM around 1hr 28 min)

B- BY PLANE
The nearest airport to Galala is in the
New Capital, 123 km away

C- BY TRAIN
In the near future, the Monorail of the
Administrative Capital, which
connects the New Capital and the 6
October city through Cairo, will be
operated. It is the nearest train
station to the new city of Galala.

Fig.7:Accessibility
Source: Student

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2.3. SWOT Analysis for the site

Strengths Weakness

- New Galala city is one of the most attractive areas

for internal and external tourism, and this is due to
the high level of the city above sea level, which
gives it a climatic advantage represented by a 10
degree drop in temperature compared to its
neighboring areas
- The site is characterized by easy accessibility as it is
located near Cairo and the New Administrative
Capital.
- Galala City is considered one of the new cities as it
is still under construction and few in number of
residence
- The city of Galala is located on an elevated plateau
of about 650 meters, which makes it difficult to
build on it.

- Educational facilities are available , such as Galala

university witch can cooperating with us

Opportunities
SW Threats

- Availability of local building

materials close to the site

Climate conducive to the use

of environmentally friendly
OT Heavy fall of rains in some times of winter, which
leads to flood
technologies

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3 Site Analysis
Physical conditions (environmental & built environment)

Climate Analysis

Fig .8 Sun path and wind analysis

Source: student

Temperature Range
Legend
The highest temperature that can
be reached is 40° in June, and
the lowest temperature can be
reached 5° in December

Fig .9 Temperature range

Source: Climate consultant

Legend
Radiation Range

The highest Radiation that can be

reached is 1000 WH/sq.m per
hour in January, and the lowest
temperature can be reached 50
WH/sq.m per hour in December

Fig .10 Radiation range

Source: Climate consultant

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Topography of New Galala City

contour lines

Fig .11Site contour lines Fig .12 Topography of New Galala City
Source : student Source: Integrating magnetic and stratigraphic data
todelineate the subsurface features in and
aroundnew Galala City, Northern Galala Plateau,
Egypt , report

The new City of Galala is located on the highest mount plateau in the Red Sea area between Ain
Sokhna and Zafarana. The plateau sits over 650 meters above sea level at its highest elevation.

Landmark near the site

The city includes luxury and medium and

middle-income housing, touristic resorts,
a water park, a phosphate fertilizers
factory and Galala university, the city will
also include Egypt’s first Olympic village,
the city construction was started in 2015
connecting Galala city to Cairo and other
locations by the newly build
highway.(https://galalacity.net/)

Fig .13 Landmark near the site

Source : student

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Land Use

Fig . 14Land Use

Source : student

Residential Services

Commercial - Residential Green areas

Educational Touristic

Medical

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4. Precedents (Similar projects local and international)

4.1.science center in Lund, Sweden

Architecture : COBE

Location: Lund, Sweden

Client: Science Village Scandinavia AB

Program: Museum for science

Year: First prize in competition 2019, completed 2024

The science center in Lund, Sweden, combines exhibition hall, gallery, workshops, museum
shop, restaurant, offices and an auditorium. The main purpose of the Science Center is to
promote general interest in natural science and research in an engaging and playful way and to
showcase existing and future technologies supporting sustainable and climate-friendly solutions.
The Science Center will be constructed in wood with a roof covered entirely in solar cells, which
generate enough electricity to cover the museum’s needs. Organized around a green circular
science park, the Science Center both explores and showcases the interconnected dependencies
between inside and outside – between building and nature.

Fig .15 Perspective of the building

Source : https://www.cobe.dk/idea/sciencecenter

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Location

The Science Center is located in Science Village Scandinavia,

where the plan is to build a dynamic, creative and sustainable city
district, intended for use by businesses, research and educational
facilities in the field of materials research and innovation. University
and university college campuses, guest accommodation, research
institutes, services, gyms, restaurants and cafés will also be part of
the Science Village.

The museum is uniquely situated in the middle of the new urban

district Science Village Scandinavia between the high-tech
institutions MAX IV and ESS, which are currently under
construction and will be the world’s most powerful and advanced
research facilities within neutron and X-ray research.

Making natural science accessible to all

Fig .16 Making natural science accessible to all

Source : https://www.cobe.dk/idea/sciencecenter

The Science Center is located at the very heart of Placing the planned green connection at the center
Science Village Scandinavia along a central green of the museum invites the public inside.
axis connecting parks to the north and the south.

All science is rooted in understanding nature. At the Science Center, nature has a central place in the middle
of the building in form of a public science park, where natural science can be experienced and showcased in
a scale of 1:1. Placing the planned green connection at the center of the museum invites the public inside
the building and helps dissolve the boundary between inside and outside.

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Ambitions for the design of the museum have been sky-high, and we feel that we have succeeded in
designing a unique and inviting building, whose open atrium and concave roof lend it a dramatic and elegant
profile that stands out and offers novel and innovative ways of using a museum

Dan Stubbergaard, architect and founder, Cobe

The well-defined circular atrium is an

attraction in its own right. The green
urban space acts as a corridor for
flora and fauna, boosting biodiversity,
and the gently sloping terrain further
acts as a water reservoir and an
overflow canal in case of extreme
rainfall.

Fig .17 The Atrium

Source : https://www.cobe.dk/idea/sciencecenter

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 Architectural drawings

1-Entrance
2- Public park
5 3- XS – Hall
4
4- Auditorium
6 5 – Restaurant
7 2 6- Office
A A 7- MPU

1
3

Ground Floor Plan

(The whole first floor

is a Science Gallery)

A A

First Floor Plan

1- Solar panels
2- Roof terrace

1
A 2 A

Roof Plan
Fig .18 Plans
Source : https://www.cobe.dk/idea/sciencecenter

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Architectural drawings

5
4 4

3 2 1

Section (A-A) 1 - Entrance

2 - Public park
3 - XS – Hall
4 - Science Gallery
5 - Roof terrace

Main Elevation

Fig .19 Elevation And Sections

Source : https://www.cobe.dk/idea/sciencecenter

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 Advantages of function distribution

Fig .20 Exhibition Public Function

Source : https://www.cobe.dk/idea/sciencecenter

- All public functions are placed on the building’s ground floor to promote an active and open atmosphere.

Fig .21 Visual contact

Source : https://www.cobe.dk/idea/sciencecenter

- The design creates visual contact between inside and outside and extends the exhibition into the public
space at the center of the building.

- The landscape is present and visible throughout

the building.

Fig .22 Landscape Visibility

Source : https://www.cobe.dk/idea/sciencecenter

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 Fig .23 Uses Of Atrium
Source : https://www.cobe.dk/idea/sciencecenter

The large, round atrium will be an open, inviting and flexible urban space, where a vast variety of
different activities and functions can take place. In this way, the exhibitions will become visible and
accessible for everyone – even before entering the museum.

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Sustainability

Fig .24 sustainable systems in the building

Source : https://www.cobe.dk/idea/sciencecenter

The curved roof is covered by a 1,600-m² energy park producing up to 1.6 million kWh a year: Enough to cover the
building’s energy use and keep it CO2 neutral. The roof also serves as a rooftop patio and viewing platform.

Fig .25 use wood in interior

Source : https://www.cobe.dk/idea/sciencecenter

Timber not only absorbs and stores CO₂ when produced, making it one of the
only building materials with a negative carbon footprint. It also has a proven
list of other positive performative abilities when measured on its impact on Fig .26 wooden structure
construction time, reuse, indoor climate and many other aspects. Source : https://www.cobe.dk/idea/sciencecenter

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4.2. CopenHill ,Copenhagen ,Denmark

Architecture : Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG)

Location: Lund, Sweden

Client: Amager Ressourcecenter

Program: waste-to-energy plant

Year: Completed in , 2017

Completed in 2017 by Bjarke Ingels Group, CopenHill is a 41,000m2 waste-to-energy plant with
an urban recreation center and environmental education hub. The building, which is now an
architectural landmark, embodies the concept of sustainability aligning with Copenhagen’s goal of
becoming the world’s first carbon-neutral city by 2025.

Fig .25 Perspective of the building

Source : https://big.dk/#projects-arc

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CopenHill is imagined as a public infrastructure with social side-effects from day one. CopenHill new
waste incineration facilities integrate the latest technologies in waste treatment and energy
production. Due to its location on the industrial waterfront of Amager , where raw industrial facilities
have become the site for extreme sports from wakeboarding to go-kart racing , the new power plant
adds skiing , hiking and rock climbing.
– BIG Architects

Fig .28 Doing skiing on the roof

Source : https://big.dk/#projects-arc

Fig .29 Roof activities Fig .30 Rock climb activity

Source : https://big.dk/#projects-arc Source : https://big.dk/#projects-arc
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Form Generation

PROGRAM FUN FACTORY Facade

The internal volumes of the new waste to energy
plant have been determined by engineering and
technical criteria . Due to sheer size and
requirements for precise positioning , the primary
structure of the building is to be integrated with
the machinery
We propose a new breed of waste to energy
plant , one that is economically , environmentally,
and socially profitable. Instead of considering the
building as an isolated architecture object , we
consider the assignment to design a façade as
an opportunity for the local context.
The building is gently wrapped
with a continuous façade made
out of stacked aluminum bricks.
The openings between the bricks
are letting cascades of daylight
into the deep process hall and
the administration space.

ALPINE SKIING IN COPENHAGEN SLOPE ACCESS

We propose to turn the roof of the new Amager Access to the ski paths is through an elevator
Resource into an artificial ski slope for the adjacent to the smokestack. The elevator has a
citizens of Copenhagen , where it will be possible glass wall facing the interior of the plant .
to ski all year round .

TAKE A WALK IN THE PARK

The roof is not only going to function as a ski slope , but like a real
mountain with a green forest areas , hike trail , climbing walls and maybe
even a mountain bike rail . On top of the slope there will be a viewing
plateau and a little café .
Fig .31 Form Generation
Source : https://big.dk/#projects-arc

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Schematic of Waste-to-Energy plant

Fig .32 Schematic of Waste-to-Energy plant showing the incineration

of municipal solid waste
Source : Valorization of Municipal Solid Waste
Incineration Bottom Ash

Waste to Energy : How it Works

Waste to energy uses trash as a fuel for generating power , just as other power plants use coal , oil , or natural gas . The burning fuel
heats water into steam that drives a turbine to create electricity. The process can reduce a community’s landfill volume by up to 90 % ,
and prevent one ton of CO2 release for every ton of waste bumed

Fig .33 The interior hall of the factory Fig .34 Material Process
Source : https://eumiesaward.com/work/4819 Source : https://eumiesaward.com/work/4819

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 Architectural drawings

A A

Ground Floor Plan

Section (A-A) Fig .35 Architecture Drawings

Source : https://www.cobe.dk/idea/sciencecenter

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CopenHill

- CopenHill replaces a neighboring waste-incineration plant that has produced district heat and electricity for 45 years.

- It is being constructed by Amager Resource Center (ARC), which is owned by five Danish municipalities. The combined
heat and power plant will produce 25 per cent more energy than the plant it replaces, so 3 kilos of incinerated waste
will light a bulb for five hours instead of four

- It is being constructed by Amager Resource Center (ARC), which is owned by five Danish municipalities. The combined
heat and power plant will produce 25 per cent more energy than the plant it replaces, so 3 kilos of incinerated waste
will light a bulb for five hours instead of four

- CopenHill is designed to utilize 100 per cent energy content of the waste. It will burn garbage from more than 500,000
residents and 46,000 companies in the greater Copenhagen area.

- It is expected to treat around 400,000 tons of waste annually to supply a minimum of 50,000 Copenhagen homes with
electricity and 120,000 households with district heating. And because it’s close to the city, it will provide hot water to
160,000 homes
- CopenHill will also produce recycled materials (Figure 6). The plant will reuse 90 per cent of Copenhagen’s metal
waste, recover 100 million liters of spare water through flue gas condensation, and reuse 100,000 tons of bottom ash
as road material.

Fig .36 CopenHill WTE plant

Source : Babcock & Wilcox Vølund A/S

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