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“Wherever the dancer steps with his foot, a source of life springs from the dust.”
Dschalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi 1207 – 1273

Bachelor Thesis Project Spring 2019, seminar, workshops and excursion to Aswan and Elephantine. As the Egyptian education system is undergoing remarkable developments to improve technical and vocational education. The government is planning to promote a strong industrial sector through technical education and training that can compete globally. In this project, different approaches for a Vocational School in Aswan were examined and new concepts were developed, in which the relationships between architecture, nature, tradition, heritage, buildings, art and handicraft were emphasized.
Architecture and Urban Design Program, Faculty of Engineering and Materials Science, GUC - German Univerity in Cairo, Egypt
In collaboration with: Martin Sählhof, M.A. M.Sc. DAI Cairo, Egyptologist - German Archaeological Institute Cairo; Carina Beyer, Photography, Faculty of Applied Sciences and Arts, GUC; Prof. Dr. Hatem Mahmoud, Department of Architecture at Aswan University, Egypt; Prof. arch. Emanuele Palazzotto, Dipartimento Architettura, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy.

 ASWAN COLLEGE FOR ART AND BUILDING CRAFT