Mostafa Rabea Khalifa

Mostafa Rabea Khalifa
Beirut Arab University | BAU · Faculty of Architecture, Design and Built Environment

PhD

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Introduction
Mostafa Rabea Khalifa currently works at the Faculty of Architecture, Design and Built Environment , Beirut Arab University. Mostafa does research in Architectural Engineering, Architecture education, parametric design, digital fabrication and bio-mimic Architecture . Their current project is 'Smart Kinetic building Facades for hot climate zones'.
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Within the last few decades, many digital technologies have been integrated to the field of architecture. This in turn has developed a number of architectural trends based on these revolutionary changes. Kinetic skin is one of these trends that is directly related to visual performance and comfort, an important aspect. The feeling of comfort is rel...
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This paper describes the abilities of parametric iterative design with collaboration of robotic fabrication workflow in structural optimization of the nodes (joints) of special grid-based structure. Experimental structure built in robotic fabrication workshop – (the Dynamo-BUILD workshop at the 2016 International Conference on Robotic Fabrication i...
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Energy performance of a building is one of the main features to be assessed and optimized in sustainable building designs. While progress in reducing the operating energy is being achieved, the embodied energy remains somewhat high. The building industry is currently using around 40-50% of global raw material that is responsible for the 40-45% of t...

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hello __ i am very interested in your work and i wonder if you need any help or collaboration from the Arab region , just let me know ?
as we have a new digital fabrication lab with Kuka robot arm. we have established new production and educational line in Lebanon and in Meddle East.
please let me know if you need any help or collaboration
Good Luck in your project and best regards

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