Emaar design studio
International design teamwork
Marrasi, Mivida, New Cairo,
As Senior Manager of Interior Design, I had the awesome opportunity to work with some stellar teams in the USA, Cairo, and Dubai. Working from offices in Newport Beach, CA, among a 1000+ member staff, with projects in 17 countries around the world, this was fundamentally an exercise in international teamwork. Representing the owner, managing outsourced interior design contracts for Middle East projects, daily interactions with architecture, interior design, and landscape architecture team members across the USA, and engineering and construction teams in Egypt, Turkey, and Dubai was an amazing experience. Directed / interfaced with project teams including Leo A Daly (Dallas), Gensler (LA), HMC (Ontario and LA), Land Studio 360, RGA Landscape Architecture, Perkowitz + Ruth, DiLeonardo Associates, Hirsch Bednar Associates (Santa Monica) and Gary Lee Partners (Chicago). Ultimately, the 2008 mortgage crisis caused relocation of the Emaar Design Studio to Dubai, UAE. Offered continued employment there, and inspired by my colleagues, I instead enrolled at Newschool of Architecture + Design, in San Diego, and obtained my Bachelor of Architecture Degree.
Plan room in Emaar Mivida Sales Office, New Cairo, ARE
Consultation area
Refreshments area
Conceptual image for private school interior elements
Typical furniture plan used for furnishing cost estimates
Conceptual image for private school common areas
Example of concepts developed for pre-sale of homes
Materials available in Egypt were carefully coordinated
Design concepts represented a new International style