About Program
The Architecture and Urban Design (ARUD) program is a 149-credit hour undergraduate program towards a B.Sc. in Architecture and Urban Design within the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Nile University. The program started in 2018 and was developed through an EU Commission co-funded project engaging 4 European and 4 Egyptian universities in addition to research and industry non-academic partners.
ARUD Objectives
- To develop an architectural undergraduate program that is “different” and innovative utilizing technology yet closely connected to the real everyday dynamics to address the challenges facing the building of human settlements that support and sustain the wellbeing, prosperity and fulfilment of human values.
- To graduate architects and urban designers that are equipped to face the challenges of the contemporary city worldwide, understanding its complexity and bringing back people to the forefront of their considerations.
- To fulfil the designers’ role from the design of a single room to the design of city extensions, revitalization of heritage areas, or rehabilitation and upgrading of existing neighbourhoods.
- To graduate architects and urban designers that are equipped to face the challenges of mega cities and bring back people to the forefront of their considerations.
Skills & Career Path
The set of skills that ARUD will acquire are the following:
- Sustainable and user-sensitive architecture design
- Architecture Brief / Program development
- Scenario planning and design of adaptive re-use of buildings
- Design and execution of culture-specific public buildings and services
- Urban design of public space
- Housing, neighbourhood and city extension design
- Rehabilitation, regeneration and upgrading of existing areas
- Sustainable heritage conservation
- People-centred smart cities.
Facilities
VR Lab
The virtual reality lab accommodates all features and requirements to integrate stereoscopic virtual space and digital media technologies to compliment the human architecture design talents and expertise acquired during the studio sessions in the program. This lab includes VR headsets equipped with design tools for the students integrated in a virtual environment allowing students to communicate
Visualization & Simulation Lab
Given the multidisciplinary nature of the developed program, VSL will play an essential role in integrating the multiple disciplines in the curriculum. It enables hands-on teaching of courses such as Building Information Modelling (BIM), Building Performance evaluation and runs simulation programs, as well as tools for architects in several aspects including design, analysis, simulation, sketching