TREND MICRO SIGNATURE OFFICE EDUCATIONAL HUB 2من

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DESIGN AS A MOTIVATING ENVIRONMENT FOR CREATIVITY
Encapsulating the broken lines all across the design evokes the feel of
connection to the space elements as you move along.
The ancient history of the American University and the fact that the
building itself is industrial was a bit challenging at first but Dalia has
successfully capitalised on it. Apart from incorporating the busy islamic
pattern on the inside, the clear islamic inspiration was obvious in the cast
decorative iron on the front of the building. Moreover Dalia was keen on
reflecting the pharaonic culture in the design through the use of titled doors
like in the temples and playing around with lighting which added
sophistication to the place resulting in a more energetic creative layout.
The way the space was originally built has posed many challenges for
Dalia where the place had to be reconstructed from scratch in many areas
to be safe architecture wise and add a lot of previously unaccounted areas
to the end space calculations. The real challenge was not only to trick the
eye to make the place look bigger but rather to create as much space as
possible to smooth the maneuvering of big numbers of students / workers
in the space and facilitate the flow of the inhabitants. Accordingly the
furniture choice was all made to give the freedom of playing around with
the setting every single day. Dalia was attentive to the foreseen use of the
furniture were she came up with the tilting podium, which moves 180
degrees, where the teacher can change the entire class setting if needed.