User:Mina S. Saleh

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Who say there is a container for creativity?

Who Think Inspiration and Creativity depend on age?

Here we have an ordinary Group who decide to hit the limits of being just student and create a shining idea about rebuild the slums and helping people in need.

Gina, Mariam, Mayar, Ranem, Mohamed, Menna and Rana have decided to shine; They create an Egyptian Community that called "WOJOUD" with a primary goal to make a difference and provide direct help to people in need. They are using used shipping containers and transform it to be suitable for people to use it as homes instead of the slums, they will move from the slums to the containers that will be located at Batn Al-Baraa and other districts in Cairo and probable ones in Egypt.

Conceptual Idea:
WOJOUD decide to use shipping container 40ft as a project module; then plan to make a piece of art at this area with this can according to an architecture wise to make everything beautiful to make users satisfied not forced to be there. The versatility of system makes it possible to create the broadest array of designs to meet all kinds of needs, and to expand existing works, stands, mobile spaces and spaces for seasonal use.

They propose a proyectual experiment with discarded 40’ ISO shipping containers as a special-technological-expresive resource applied to generate a Strip of 4 story buildings.

In this way the proposition consist in developing a prototype block of 330x330 ft. linked to a central vehicular circulation artery.

This Block is organized in 3 modules of perimetral buildings enclosing a Community green space. Said space becomes the green social/activity area, a center with commercial, recreational and sports equipment. The strips are generated from juxtaposition of shipping containers and the addition in one or both sides of exterior circulation footbridges.

According to the position of said footbridges, the building is then halved with units facing both side and one only unit using the whole dimension of the shipping container in both corners the building.

This constructive proposal contributes to reduce CO2 emissions incorporating different sustainable criteria.

Recycling:
Generating habitats reusing shipping containers, as floors, insulation and coating. Energy saving: isolating the shell with low thermal transmittance coefficients materials, like projected cellulose, PVC carpentry Insulating glass (IG), led lighting with high CRI values that guarantee a high energy use reduction.

Renewable energy:
Use of CdTe solar that have superior energy production benefits, and its superior environmental performance. It has less temperature-related loss than crystalline silicon due to a lower temperature coefficient. It also provides superior energy output in low, indirect, and diffuse light conditions, producing more electricity on cloudy days. Because of these characteristics, solar systems with First Solar panels produce more energy in real-world conditions when compared to competing systems with the same power rating.

Planning
According to the population at "Batn Al-Bakra" and the average to family about "2-8 persons; so architects decided to make 3 prototypes according this ranges:



Prototype (01):

This prototype has designed due to families (6-8 persons) with 2 bed rooms, 2 bathrooms,

kitchen and living area "as shown"

- Total area = 45 m2

- Used 1.5 shipping container area 40ft

Prototype (02):

This prototype has designed due to families (4-6 persons) with bed room, bathroom, kitchen

and living area "as shown"

- Total area = 30 m2

- Used 1.0 shipping container area 40ft

Prototype (03):

This prototype has designed due to families (2-4 persons) with bed room, bathroom, kitchen

and living area "as shown"

- Total area = 15 m2

- Used 0.5 shipping container area 40ft 'Finally, They really create path out of nothing, They Decide to unleash their helpful soul to make the Egyptian community better. They believe that no one could be life alone; all of us need the rest and they help people to install that in thier souls. Really Egypt will be proud that it have youth people like this team.'