MOHAMED DAWOD
Architect and Computational designer, with multidisciplinary interests ranging from Generative Design, Digital Fabrication to Robotic Automation and Machine Learning.
Born: Oct 1991 Egypt
EDUCATION
2015 – 2016 | MSc Adaptive Architecture and Computation The Bartlett, University College London (UCL)
[Distinction]
2008 – 2013 | Bachelor of Architecture Alexandria University, Faculty of Fine Arts
[Excellent with honors ]
WORK EXPERIENCE
2022 – Present| Associate Foster+Partners, London
2020 – 2022| Architectural Assistant II/Computational Designer Foster+Partners, London
2018 – 2020| Research Associate University of Kassel, Germany
2016 – 2018| Assistant Lecturer Alexandria University, Egypt
2016 – 2018| Architect ENCODE Studio, Egypt
2014 – 2015 | Teaching Assistant Alexandria University, Egypt
2013 – 2015 | Junior Architect & Researcher ENCODE Studio, Egypt
2012 – 2013 | Internship ENCODE Studio, Egypt
PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
[J] Journal
[C] Conference
Dawod, M., & Hanna, S. (2019). BIM-assisted object recognition for the on-site autonomous robotic assembly of discrete structures. Construction Robotics, Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41693-019-00021-9 [J]
Dawod M. et al. (2020) Continuous Timber Fibre Placement – Towards the Design and Robotic Fabrication of High-Resolution Timber Structures. In Design Modelling Symposium Berlin (pp. 460-473). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29829-6_36[C]
Akbar Z., Deetman A., Dawod M., et al. (2018) Robotic Wood Printing: A Topology Optimized High-Resolution Monofilament Structure [Abstract]. InnoChain International Conference. [C]
HONOURS AND AWARDS
Scholarship 2015 | Qalaa Holdings Scholarship for Masters Studies 2015-2016
3rd Prize 2013 |Rialto Architectural Design Contest
1 st Prize 2013 | Bridge To The Future Competition FEDA Student’s National Competition
Scholarship 2012 | Hyber Space dB Workshop AA London Visiting School, Alexandria
Scholarship 2011 | Advanced Arcitectural Geometry Special School at Vienna TU, Austria
1 st Prize 2011 | How to Zellij a Lemon ARAB region Student’s Computational Competition
WORKSHOPS /ACTIVITES
[T] Tutor
[P] participant
[S] Speaker
[D] Designer
Design Modelling Symposium 2019 , University of the Arts Berlin | Berlin, 2019 [S]
Robotic Wood Printing Workshop, Design Modelling Symposium 2019 | Berlin, 2019 [T]
Construction-Aware Design Workshop, Visual Computing Center, KAUST | KSA, 2019 [S]
InnoChain International Conference, Danish Architecture Centre Blox | Copenhagen, 2018 [S]
Innochain Robotic Workshop, The Bartlett School of Architecture | London, 2016 [P]
Press & Play Workshop, The Bartlett School of Architecture | London, 2015 [P]
Archiprix International Workshop, The ETSAM | Madrid, 2015 [P]
SANDWORKS Workshop, ENSAPM(france)& AUC(Cairo)&FFAA(Alexandria) | AUC Cairo, 2015 [T]
/PARALLEL //Exhibition at Le Marché XXXV, ENCODE Studio | Cairo, 2014 [D]
CODE JAM; series of computational design workshops,ENCODE Studio | Alexandria, 2014 [T]
[We Aren’t Asking for MUCH] StartingUrban Community Page on Facebook | Alexandria, 2014 [D]
Modelling Urban Energy Flows Workshop, Bibliotheca Alexandrina | Alexandria, 2013 [P]
Urban Design Workshop 2, German- Middle East Cooperation in Urban Design- DAAD | Germany, 2013 [P]
Architectural Video Mapping Workshop, International Augmented Med[ IAM]. | Alexandria, 2013 [P]
Urban Minorities Workshop, German- Middle EastCooperation in Urban Design-DAAD | Alexandria, 2013 [P]
Urban Design Workshop 1, German- Middle EastCooperation in Urban Design-DAAD | Alexandria, 2012 [P]
AA London Visiting School-Hyber Space dB”, Bibliotheca Alexandrina. | Alexandria, 2012 [P]
ORNAMATICS* Exhibition, [Generative design, fabrication of designs and assembly] | Alexandria, 2012 [P]
New Urban Topologies Workshop, The Swedish Institute and Färgfabriken | Alexandria, 2012. [P]
Advanced Architectural Geometry Workshop, Vienna Technical University | Vienna, 2013 [P]
ConstructionAwareDesignWorkshop, the American University in Cairo | Cairo, 2011 [P]
ICE CUBE Workshop, [Generative design, fabrication of designs and assembly] | Alexandria, 2012 [P]
GenerativeArchitectureDesignWorkshop, Faculty of Finearts | Alexandria, 2009 [P]