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Join us this Wednesday, 15 October at 14:30 in The Library Hall, Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University, for an inspiring talk by Prof. Dr. Ayman Assem — Professor of Computational Design and Director of the Design Experimentation Lab (DE-Lab).

Explore how AI is transforming design education and professional workflows, from conceptual thinking and generative design to real applications in architecture and engineering practice.

🚀 Graduation Project Reveal | DE-Lab – Architectural Engineering Department – Faculty of Engineering – Ain Shams University

VITALIS — City as a Living Organism
A self-sufficient desert city grown from slime-mold intelligence (Physarealm)

We are proud to present VITALIS, a new urban model for Moghra Oasis in Egypt’s Western Desert. The city’s structure is generated through agent-based slime-mold simulations that organize movement and program into a clear hierarchy, while an algae-driven circular economy links production, energy, water, and waste so every output becomes the next input. A triangular modular system stabilizes deconstructed forms and scales seamlessly from buildings to districts, with VR (Unreal Engine) used to evaluate massing and interior experience at real scale.
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🎯 Objective

Design a scalable, self-sufficient settlement where biological intelligence shapes circulation and closed-loop systems power a resilient, algae-centered economy.
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🏛 Key Features
🔹Generative Circulation Network (L0/L1/L2):
A three-tier system emerges from Physarealm: L0 Green Heart (ecological corridors and shaded public space), L1 Pedestrian Spine (human-scale connectivity and plazas), and L2 Service/Vehicle Network (logistics with minimal conflict). Nodes anchor civic, research, and production hubs.

🔹Triangular Modular System:
A robust triangular module delivers structural stability, clean spans, and flexible aggregation—supporting VITALIS’s expressive, deconstructed architecture.

🔹Circular Economy Engine:
Algae cultivation → processing → biomaterials/bio-fuel/nutrition → waste valorization → water & energy feedback. Interdependent loops reduce imports and lock resources into a citywide metabolism.

🔹Layered Urban Morphology:
Green corridors braid through plazas and paths; pedestrian routes stitch clusters; utilities and production loops run in protected belts; architectural canopies and courtyards temper microclimate and guide wayfinding.

🔹VR-Guided Design:
Unreal Engine (VR) tests walkability, sightlines, and interior comfort inside complex forms, refining both public realm and building layouts.
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💡 Design Journey

⿡ Criteria-led Site Selection:
Moghra Oasis chosen for algae biodiversity and its suitability to support a circular economy—prioritizing resource availability and closed-loop feasibility.

⿢ Simulation-Led Layout:
Physarealm generates and ranks paths, lengths, and nodes; this hierarchy seeds zoning, services, and public space.

⿣ Program & Structure Calibration:
Adjacency rules align living, research/production, logistics, and green/blue systems; the triangular module standardizes spans and fabrication logic.

⿤ Human-in-the-Loop Refinement:
Real-scale VR informs interior articulation and deconstructed envelopes, ensuring the algorithmic plan performs spatially.

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🌍 Why It Matters

VITALIS translates biology into urban logic and algae into economy, offering a pragmatic path for regenerative desert living where ecology, infrastructure, and community co-evolve.

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👏 Congratulations to the talented student team behind VITALIS for their groundbreaking work in parametric and urban generative design!

Mahmoud Ezzat

Sama Mohsen

Fatma Elboghdadi

Alaa Mohamed

Rana Medany

🏫 Architectural Engineering Department
Faculty of Engineering – Ain Shams University

📧 For more information, please contact:
Prof. Dr. Ayman Assem — DE-Lab Director
📩 [email protected]

📸 Attached: Images & videos showcasing the project journey and AI-driven workflow.

Graduation Project Reveal | DE-Lab – Architectural Engineering Department - Faculty of Engineering – Ain Shams University
🌐 WHITE NEXUS — An Architectural Vision Grown from Sand and Silicon
We are proud to present the graduation project WHITE NEXUS, a visionary city conceived for Wadi Ghazal, South Sinai, that explores a profound connection between the natural landscape, its material essence, and a new paradigm of digital design. This project moves beyond simple problem-solving to propose an architecture born from the very identity of its site: the journey of white sand. The vision is to create a settlement that merges with the desert as naturally as sand itself, with an urban form that is both organic and highly structured, echoing the crystalline lattice of silicon and aiming to become a future Global Center for Semiconductor Manufacturing.
The entire city is designed as a living system, where the fundamental building block is derived from the perfect rhombic dodecahedra—the space-filling geometry found in silicon’s crystalline structure. This creates a deeply symbolic and coherent architectural language, from the smallest unit to the complete urban fabric.
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🎯 Objective
The project's objective is to design and implement a scalable, integrated community through a strategic three-stage plan. The site in South Sinai was strategically selected for its rich local resources, including a White Sand Valley, underground water, and exceptional solar potential of over 2045+ kWh/KWp.
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🏗 Development Phases
1️⃣ Initial Stage
To establish the core industry by extracting and refining local white sand to manufacture Silicon Wafers. This energy-intensive process will be powered by the site's high PV potential, with resources transported by a new electric railway system.
2️⃣ Expansion Stage
To attract major technology companies and semiconductor designers, positioning the city to compete with global leaders like Taiwan in the semiconductor industry. This stage involves exporting silicon wafers and developing a large-scale solar farm.
3️⃣ Future Stage
To evolve into a leading global center for semiconductor manufacturing, hosting a diverse ecosystem of design firms, AI research labs, and data centers. A key long-term goal is to supply Egypt with surplus energy generated from the city's solar grid.
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🏛 Architectural Complexity & Key Features
Crystalline Form Language: The city’s core "Cell Building Unit" is derived from the geometry of silicon atoms. This primary cell is then strategically cut and divided into smaller "Building Units" to generate a diverse portfolio of possible forms, allowing for architectural variety while maintaining a cohesive underlying logic.
Hierarchical Urban Structure: The layout is organized with a clear hierarchy of spaces, from intimate clusters to large open parks. The urban form is designed as a clustered and layered system with denser buildings at the base and lighter structures on top, creating a varied skyline that mimics the natural settling of sand dunes.
Dynamic Pedestrian Network: The primary circulation is a sophisticated pedestrian path that weaves through the urban fabric. It is designed using an agent-based algorithm where a path is first projected onto the terrain. An "agent" then redraws this path, optimizing its route to maintain a maximum slope of 1/8, ensuring the network is both efficient and accessible while respecting the natural topography. This path, at times elevated on expressive V-shaped columns, serves as a vital social spine integrating greenery and community lounges.
Human-in-the-Loop VR Assembly: Instead of a rigid masterplan, the city is aggregated in an immersive Virtual Reality (VR) environment. This unique workflow empowers the designer to intuitively compose the urban massing, leveraging human experience and spatial perception to arrange the cellular components in a process that feels like crafting a physical model.
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💡 The Hybrid Design Journey
Automated Zoning & Optimization: The workflow begins with a computational site analysis in Grasshopper. An automated zoning process optimizes the placement of the city's diverse programs based on a complex relationship matrix and site-specific constraints, such as terrain slope and proximity to main roads.
Intuitive VR Aggregation: The designed 3D cells are imported into Unreal Engine, where the city is assembled in VR. This critical stage leverages the designer’s direct experience, allowing for the grasping, snapping, and scaling of building units. The ability to see the aggregation from a bird's-eye view provides a unique understanding of the overall composition.
AI-Powered Visualization: In the final stage, the detailed digital model is brought to life using AI-driven workflows. The process generates controlled camera shots from the model and uses other presentation software to create detailed textures and compelling, realistic visualizations.
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🌍 Why It Matters
WHITE NEXUS champions a new paradigm for architectural design that blends a powerful conceptual vision with a fluid, human-centric digital workflow. By placing the designer's intuitive experience in VR at the heart of the city-making process, it moves beyond the rigidity of pure automation. This project presents a robust system for creating dynamic, evolving organisms rather than static masterplans.
The result is a highly optimized and resilient urban environment that is deeply connected to its material origins and assembled with human experience at its core. It is a model for a future where architecture is not just built upon the land, but is grown from its very essence.
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👏 Congratulations to the talented student group for this pioneering work!
Aya Mohamed
Mostafa Mohamed
Omar Ayman
Rahma Waleed
Rana Ehab
🏫 Architectural Engineering Department
Faculty of Engineering – Ain Shams University
📧 For more information, please contact:
Prof. Dr. Ayman Assem
DE-Lab Director
📩 [email protected]
📸 Attached: Images & videos showcasing the project's architectural details and the VR-driven workflow.
📢 Stay tuned for our next posts featuring both group projects and individual projects from the Class of 2025!

Graduation Project Reveal | DE-Lab – Architectural Engineering Department - Faculty of Engineering – Ain Shams University

QULIS — Mining City Based on Diversity of Counts

We are proud to present the graduation project QULIS, a forward-looking urban proposal envisioning a mining city that thrives through modularity, adaptability, and diversity. Rooted in the hexagonal crystalline logic of minerals, the project redefines how extractive cities can evolve into sustainable, interactive, and expandable living environments.

At its core, QULIS is inspired by the geometry of crystals, translating their parametric formations into a resilient urban fabric. The city is conceived as a flexible system, where units aggregate, adapt, and expand based on both environmental and social needs. By merging natural logic with computational design, QULIS emerges as a futuristic prototype for mining-based communities.

🎯 Objective
To design an extendible mining city that integrates economy, community, and environment into a balanced system. The goal is to provide a self-sustaining model for resource-based urbanism, where extraction is not just industrial but also cultural and social, shaping a city that is dynamic, inclusive, and sustainable.

🏛 Key Features
🔹 Crystalline Parametric Logic
The urban fabric is derived from crystal growth principles, where hexagonal and polygonal units interlock to form a scalable and adaptive layout.

🔹 Modular Urban Structure
The city evolves through clusters of modules that serve residential, administrative, and industrial functions, enabling flexible growth while preserving balance between zones.

🔹 Central Park & Interactive Layers
At the heart of QULIS lies a central park with commercial kiosks, fostering social life and cultural engagement. Urban zones are designed to be interactive, adapting in real-time with feedback loops to population needs.

🔹 Self-Sustaining Systems
QULIS integrates zones for plantations, renewable energy, and resource management, ensuring a closed-loop approach that minimizes environmental impact while supporting community self-reliance.

💡 The Algorithmic & Parametric Design Journey
⿡ Concept Development – Translating the crystalline geometry of minerals into an urban design framework.
⿢ Parametric Studies – Defining scalable units and testing aggregation rules through Grasshopper-based simulations.
⿣ Urban & Extension Studies – Mapping how the city evolves at different scales and scenarios, from initial settlement to long-term growth.
⿤ Interactive Planning – Introducing adaptability by allowing zones to adjust based on feedback, distance, and density.

🌍 Why It Matters
QULIS challenges conventional mining settlements by proposing a mineral-inspired, human-centered urbanism. It reimagines mining cities as places not of extraction alone but of innovation, culture, and resilience. By merging natural crystalline logic with computational urbanism, it introduces a blueprint for future-ready, adaptive cities capable of thriving in challenging environments.

👏 Congratulations to the talented student team behind QULIS for their groundbreaking work in parametric and urban generative design!

Nada Mohamed

Rodeen Ahmed El-Gendy

Mahmod Rashaawn

Manar Tarek

Ramez Raafat

📧 For more information, please contact:
Prof. Dr. Ayman Assem
DE-Lab Director
📩 [email protected]

📸 Attached: Images & videos showcasing the project journey and AI-driven workflow.
📢 Stay tuned for our next posts featuring both group projects and individual projects from the Class of 2025!

🏆 Genius Loci 5 – Winners Announcement

I am proud to announce the conclusion of the 5th edition of the Genius Loci Competition, organized by DE-Lab, Ain Shams University.

Five years ago, Prof. Dr. Doaa Kamal suggested the idea of Genius Loci — a competition focused on the built environment and how to develop and transform it. Since then, it has become a platform where students reimagine architecture and urban spaces through creative, thoughtful interventions.

✨ The theme of this year was “Reimagining the Ugly into Beauty by Chat.”
Students were challenged to identify buildings that disrupt their urban context and, through AI-driven design workflows, transform them into projects that resonate with their surroundings, enhance human experience, and create positive urban impact.

📌 Activities & Journey

Genius Loci 5 included:

Kick-off lecture & competition briefing

Thematic lectures on design theories, architectural aesthetics, and building photography

Practical training sessions on AI workflows (ChatGPT, Fooocus, ComfyUI)

Iterative submissions and feedback milestones

Final submissions reviewed by our esteemed jury

Special thanks to Dr. Mohamed Ezz Eldin and Dr. Manar Hassan for their insightful lectures, which guided students through the process.

🙏 Jury Committee

We extend our gratitude to the distinguished jury members:

Prof. Dr. Doaa Kamal

Prof. Dr. Ahmed Zakrya

Prof. Dr. Mohamed Ezz Eldin

Prof. Dr. Manar Hassan

🌍 Looking Ahead

As the Coordinator of Genius Loci 5 and Director of DE-Lab, I am happy to share that we are working and trying to expand Genius Loci into an international competition starting next year. Our vision is to open the platform to students worldwide to exchange cultures and ideas and to continue pushing the boundaries of architecture at the edge of technology.

👏 Congratulations to the winning teams, and thank you to all participants for your serious efforts, creativity, and your shared desire to see Egypt better. You are the essence of Genius Loci.

Prof. Dr. Ayman Assem
Coordinator – Genius Loci 5
Director – DE-Lab

🚀 Graduation Project Reveal | DE-Lab – Architectural Engineering Department - Faculty of Engineering – Ain Shams University

EON — A Self-Sufficient City Powered by Generative Design

We are proud to present the graduation project EON, a visionary blueprint for a scalable, self-sufficient community designed to thrive in Egypt’s desert landscapes.

This project showcases a sophisticated generative design workflow, using algorithmic principles to create a dynamic and infinitely expandable urban fabric. The entire city is conceived as a living system, where energy not only powers its functions but actively shapes its form.

At its core, EON is built on the concept of the Tesla coil, embodying its principles of energy amplification and transmission. The city's form is derived from the logic of an electric spark, creating a branching, interconnected network that is both efficient and organic.

🎯 Objective
To design a scalable, self-sufficient, and extendible community in the Egyptian desert at the Gilf el-Kebir plateau. The goal is to create a resilient living environment that is self-sufficient in energy, food, and industry, capable of thriving under harsh conditions while fostering a new hub for engineers, workers, and inhabitants.

🏛 Key Features

🔹 Generative Branching Logic
The city's layout is not pre-drawn but generated from an algorithm that mimics the formation of an electric spark. This creates a natural, hierarchical network connecting all zones and buildings.

🔹 Cellular Aggregation
The entire urban form is built from basic modular units that aggregate and combine based on a set of rules (WFC logic). This allows for complex, large-scale structures to emerge from simple components, ensuring scalability.

🔹 Layered Urban Infrastructure
The city is organized into six distinct vertical layers to optimize function and circulation:

Layer 1: Vehicle Movement

Layer 2: Main Branches (Pedestrian Network)

Layer 3: Levelled Plazas

Layer 4: Landscape from Branches Influenced Field

Layer 5: Aggregated Buildings

Layer 6: Hyperloop Rail

🔹 Complete Self-Sufficiency
The design integrates dedicated zones for power generation (solar & wind), food production, industry, and waste management, creating a closed-loop system that can operate independently.

💡 The Algorithmic Design Journey

⿡ Computational Site Selection
The optimal location was determined through a computational method in Grasshopper, which analyzed and weighted various criteria maps, including hydrogeology, terrain suitability, solar exposure, and wind patterns.

⿢ Form Generation
The project’s form was generated through a multi-step algorithmic process:

Interactive Modeling: Defining core relationships between zones based on proximity and separation rules.

Branching: Generating the primary circulation and layout network based on the "electric spark" logic.

Aggregation: Developing building masses and structures along the generated curves using procedural logic.

Field Creation: Generating the landscape and elevated plazas along the building paths for self-shading and public space.

⿣ Infinite Expansion
The design is fundamentally extendible. Every secondary zone in the city is designed with the potential to act as a primary zone for a new expansion, allowing the city to grow infinitely in all directions.

🌍 Why It Matters
EON is more than just a futuristic design; it is a new paradigm for creating adaptable communities. This project presents a robust generative system for urban planning, where cities are not static masterplans but dynamic, evolving organisms.

By merging a powerful conceptual vision with a data-driven algorithmic workflow, the system allows for the creation of a highly optimized and resilient urban environment. The result is a self-sufficient, adaptable community model that can dynamically respond to environmental conditions and human needs—proving that architecture can create living frameworks that are not only sustainable and scalable, but truly future-ready.

👏 Congratulations to the talented student group for this pioneering work in generative architectural design!

Arwa Ahmed

Mariam Mohamed

Martina Younan

Nour Hassan

Omar Magdy

🏫 Architectural Engineering Department
Faculty of Engineering – Ain Shams University

📧 For more information, please contact:
Prof. Dr. Ayman Assem
DE-Lab Director
📩 [email protected]

📸 Attached: Images & videos showcasing the project journey and AI-driven workflow.

📢 Stay tuned for our next posts featuring both group projects and individual projects from the Class of 2025!

🚀 Graduation Project Reveal | DE-Lab – Architectural Engineering Department - Faculty of Engineering – Ain Shams University
Ain Shams University
Independent Community for the Future — Cellular Desert Colony

We are proud to present the DE-Lab Class of 2025 Graduation Project — a future-forward vision for a scalable, self-sufficient community designed to thrive in Egypt’s desert landscapes.

This project pushes the boundaries of architectural innovation by integrating a full end-to-end AI-powered design workflow, transforming ideas into validated, detailed, and photorealistic visions with unprecedented speed and precision.

At its core, Cellular Desert Colony is built on modular, self-sustaining blocks, each functioning as an independent living or working unit. Through AI-driven space optimization, these units can adapt, reorganize, and evolve over time to ensure efficient resource use, resilient layouts, and sustainable growth.

🎯 Objective
Design a scalable, self-sufficient community in the Egyptian desert, utilizing AI for space layout optimization and functional adaptability — creating a resilient living environment capable of thriving under harsh conditions while remaining sustainable and responsive to its inhabitants’ needs.

🏛 Key Features

🔹 Cellular Design

Scalability: Modular blocks can be added, removed, or reorganized with ease.

Flexibility: Each block serves a specific function — residential, commercial, or agricultural — and can be reconfigured as needs change.

🔹 AI-Driven Space Optimization

Dynamic Planning: AI algorithms generate efficient, functional layouts.

Adaptive Systems: The layout automatically adjusts in response to real-time population or environmental data.

💡 The AI-Enhanced Design Journey

⿡ Interactive & VR-Driven Genesis
Two parallel concept creation systems:

Interactive Physical Model — Architects use physical modular blocks to plan zoning and circulation, with real-time validation ensuring compliance with functional and safety constraints.

Immersive VR Experience — A human-scale virtual design space where architects shape 3D forms, assess visibility, and refine spatial qualities from day one.

⿢ AI Architect – Plan & Interior Automation
Once validated, the concept is handed to AI:

ControlNet-powered plan generation produces detailed, optimized floor plans from simple outlines.

Automated furnishing models populate interiors with accurate layouts.

Intelligent vectorization converts AI outputs into precise, real-world-ready plans.

⿣ AI-Driven Exterior Alchemy

High-quality concept shots define the final style and materiality.

360° AI styling ensures visual consistency from every angle.

Multi-view AI reconstruction produces a fully textured, detailed 3D model, ready for photorealistic rendering.

🌍 Why It Matters
This project goes far beyond futuristic aesthetics — it represents a new paradigm in architectural practice. Cellular Desert Colony showcases how the AI-powered design workflow developed by the DE-Lab team can transform the way communities are conceived, planned, and realized.

By merging human creativity with a fully integrated AI pipeline, the system enables real-time optimization of layouts, functions, and resources, ensuring that every design decision is backed by data, adaptability, and efficiency.

The result is a self-sufficient, adaptable community model that can dynamically respond to environmental conditions, resource constraints, and shifting human needs — proving that architects and AI can collaborate to create living environments that are not only resilient and scalable, but truly future-ready.

👏 Congratulations to the DE-Lab 2025 Graduation Group for pioneering a new frontier in architectural design!

🏫 Architectural Engineering Department
Faculty of Engineering – Ain Shams University

📧 For more information, please contact:
Prof. Dr. Ayman Assem
DE-Lab Director
📩 [email protected]

📸 Attached: Images & videos showcasing the project journey and AI-driven workflow.

📢 Stay tuned for our next posts featuring both group projects and individual projects from the Class of 2025!

🎓 DE-Lab 2025 Graduation Project Closing Ceremony!

Cellular Desert Colony: Designing Independent Communities with AI-Enabled Space Optimization

Congratulations to the DE-Lab 2025 Graduation Group on the successful completion of their final project! Through creativity, dedication, and the integration of advanced AI-driven methodologies, they envisioned a scalable, self-sufficient desert community model—pushing the boundaries of design innovation in architecture.
🔹 Independent Community for the Future
🔹 AI-Enabled Space Layout Optimization

Special Thanks to Our Honored Guests & Jury Members:

Prof. Dr. Ahmed Al Sabbagh – Vice Dean For Education And Student Affairs
Prof. Dr. Akram Farouk – Vice Dean For Community Services And Environment
Prof. Dr. Hazem Eldaly – Head Of Architecture Department
Prof. Dr. Yasser Mansour – Architecture Engineering Department
Prof. Dr. Gamal Elkhouly – Architecture Engineering Department
Prof. Dr. Alaa Mandour– Faculty Of Engineering, Helwan University
Prof. Dr. Ali Elfaramawy – Architecture, Ain Shams University
Prof. Dr. Mohamed Gabr – Architecture Engineering Department
Prof. Dr. Mohamed El- Fayoumi - Urban Planning Department
Prof. Dr. Mohammed Elbanna – Ichep Vice Director Of Student Affairs
Dr. Mohamed Noeman - Architecture Engineering Department - Cairo University
Prof. Dr. Ihab El-Aghoury - Structure Engineering Department
Prof.Dr. Angie Eldamak – Electronics & Electrical Communication Engineering, Asu
Dr. Tamer Samir – Architecture, Ain Shams University
Dr. Mazin Abdul Karim – Arab Academy For Science And Technology
Eng. Taher Saeed – Ceo, Cad Masters
Arch. Waleed Arafa - Dar Arafa Architecture, Design Director
Arch. Waleed Gamal – Design Director, Mimar
Eng. Ayman Abdoh - Director of Architecture At Dar Elhandasa, Cairo
Dr. Ahmed Safwat – Architecture, Ain Shams University
Dr. Ayman Ramadan – Architecture, Ain Shams University
Dr. Manar Mohamed – Architecture, Ain Shams University
Dr. Hesham bahaa – Architecture, Ain Shams University

DE-Lab Academic Team:

Prof. Dr. Ayman Assem – DE-Lab Director
Prof. Dr. Doaa K. Hassan
Dr. Mohamed Ezz Eldin
Dr. Fatma Fathy
Dr. Abdurrahman Ayman
Eng. Ahmed Nady
Eng. Mohamed Darwish
Eng. Mohamed Alaa
Eng. Amgad Gwily
Eng. Nouran Elmahdy

Graduation Project Team:

NADA MOHAMED
RODEEN AHMED
RAMEZ RAAFAT
MANAR TAREK
MAHMOUD RASHWAN
ARWA AHMED
OMAR MAGDY
MARTINA YUNAN
NOUR HASAN
MARIAM MOHAMED
RAHMA WALEED
MUSTAFA MOHAMED
OMAR AYMAN
AYA MOHAMED
RANA EHAB
A’LAA MOHAMED
FATMA MAHMOUD
MAHMOUD EZZAT
RANA MEDANY
SAMA MUHSEN

👏 A Special Thanks to Our Students – your creativity, resilience, and vision made this year’s project truly exceptional.

🌟 Stay tuned as we begin sharing highlights and snapshots from the Cellular Desert Colony journey!

We are excited to share a major milestone for the CITY Pixels project at DE-Lab, Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University.

About the Project:
CITY Pixels is an interactive 3D physical model platform designed for smart, real-time management of urban environments. The system combines modular 3D-printed units, advanced electronics, and digital analytics to help planners and stakeholders visualize, analyze, and optimize city scenarios. It supports real-time evaluation of urban metrics, scenario simulation, and seamless integration with GIS and smart city systems, making it a powerful tool for urban planning, community engagement, and education.

Key Outcomes:
• Developed a scalable, interactive hardware-software system for urban analysis
• Enabled real-time feedback on urban metrics (density, walkability, land use, etc.)
• Published three international, Scopus-indexed papers
• Demonstrated the system in a real-world case study (Heliopolis)
• Enhanced team expertise in 3D modeling, electronics, and GIS integration

This achievement was made possible by the support of the Science, Technology & Innovation Funding Authority (STIFA) under the Applied Sciences Research Grants (Call 1).

Special thanks to our dedicated team:
• Dr. Ayman Assem (PI)
• Dr. Mohamed Ezzeldin (Co-PI)
• Eng. Ahmed Nady
• Eng. Mohamed Darwish
• Eng. Muhammed El-Alfy
And our consultants
• Dr. Mohamed Omar
• Dr. Ayat Naguib

🔗 Explore our research papers:
• City-Pixel: An Interactive Method for Architectural and Urban Design, Bridging Physical and Digital Realms (DOI: 10.13189/cea.2025.130319 )
• An Interactive 3D Physical Model for Real-Time Management of the Built Environment (DOI: 10.2478/aup-2025-0005 )
• CITY Pixels: An Integrated Hardware-Software Framework for Real-Time Interactive Urban Modelling

Stay tuned—upcoming posts will cover our technical achievements in detail!