AbdelRahman HashemA. Hashem

AbdelRahman Hashem,
design architect

I give every project its own palette, then carry it all the way into the built model. New Cairo.

See the work

In the letters, the palette of

Many options in, one clear concept out.

I make the options real enough to choose from, then make the choice hold all the way to Revit.

Three complete routes for the same Saada living room, so the client compares real rooms, not adjectives.

Deep Sea FlairCoastal CalmCurved Pop

One signature that the whole building can share. For Qatari Diar, a stone relief drawn from the square in their own logo.

The chosen concept becomes one complete model. Every render and clip of the BISC Nursery on this page was shot from it, and the same discipline carries through to coordinated Revit.

Selected work

BISC Cairo Nursery

A nursery for children from 18 months to 3 years, designed inside and out in one calm, child-scaled language.

Client
The British International School, Cairo
Building
367 m², on a 950 m² site
My role
Main designer: interiors, facade concept and exterior colour

Six colours, one calm language

Soft neutrals, pale oak and two quiet sages, chosen to stay restful for very young children. Pick a colour to see where it carries the design.

Corridor with ivory walls and oak portholes
Warm ivory walls along the classroom spine, broken only by oak portholes.

Three classrooms

One room for the youngest children and two for 2 to 3 year olds, all in the same calm language.

Classroom for the youngest children with low oak shelving and a play corner
Low oak shelving, a soft play corner and a full-height window onto the garden.

Moving through the rooms

Short clips from the nursery film. Hover a room to play it, or tap it on a phone.

Multi-purpose room

Oak storage built into the walls, open floor for play.

Reception

A curved oak desk and soft seating.

Arrival

A calm, daylit welcome.

Classroom spine

Portholes at child height.

Through the porthole

A round oak frame onto the room beyond.

Circle time

Story time on sage cushions.

Classroom

Play at floor level, garden beyond.

Dining

Low tables under a sage arched wall.

Snack time

Everything at child scale.

Outside

A low, sand-coloured building with teal frames and an oak canopy, set in a planted garden.

Front elevation with glazed openings and a timber canopy
Front elevation
Garden play under the shade sails

Citygate, Qatari Diar HQ

Interior concept for a headquarters at Citygate, New Cairo: one Pearl signature, expressed two ways.

Client
Qatari Diar
Spaces
Reception, lounge, meeting rooms, offices and breakout
My role
Interior concepts, presentation logic and the landscape model

From logo to reception

Built in mineral stone behind the reception desk, the relief greets every visitor with the client's own mark.

Mineral stone relief

The square in the Qatari Diar mark, repeated as a grid and built as stone tiles at three depths.

Plays through once when it comes into view. Pick a step to go back. In the room, tap the points to see what each surface is made of.

Reception: a curved stone desk before a wall of square stone relief tiles, framed by walnut panels

One signature, two expressions

Clarity for everyday work: a bright, composed setting for offices, meeting rooms and open work areas.

Warm ivoryLinenGreigeMuted elmDark greySatin silver

Meeting room
Meeting room
Open work area
Open work area
Closed office
Closed office

Outside, the landscape

Hover or tap a view to open it; click an open view to see it full screen.

Marassi Padel Court

A family padel, gym and spa clubhouse, moved away from a standard sports look toward warmth and resort hospitality.

Programme
Padel court, warm-up area, juice bar, gym, plunge pool, sauna and steam room
My role
Court-side mood directions, palette studies and interior materials

Clay courtTravertineWarm plasterSauna oakOlive slat

Indoor padel court with clay-red floor, timber slatted walls and a clerestory roof
The padel court: clay red, timber slats and clerestory light

Two ceilings for the gym

The gym was studied with an exposed ceiling and with a timber false ceiling. Drag across the image to compare them.

Gym with a timber false ceiling Gym with an exposed ceiling Exposed ceilingFalse ceiling
Juice bar with a round stone counter and a tree under the skylight
Juice bar
Warm-up area beside the court
Warm-up area
Plunge pool lined with travertine and soft lighting
Plunge pool
Timber sauna with stone wall
Sauna
Steam room with mosaic and warm cove lighting
Steam room

Saada, Ras El Hekma

Villa facades, colour plans and three interior routes for a coastal community on Egypt's north coast.

Types
Small, medium, large, twin and beachfront villas
My role
Facade models, AI-assisted renders, colour plans and interior routes
Large villa at dusk with arched windows and timber screens
Large villa, dusk
Large villa garden side with pool
Large villa, garden side
Twin villa at dusk
Twin villa, dusk
Two-storey beachfront villa with arched balcony
Beachfront villa

Three routes for the interiors

Each route was built out in full, palette and rooms, before narrowing to one.

Deep Sea Flair

Vibrant and eclectic. Deep oceanic teal and rich oxblood accents, balanced by natural woods and woven textures.

  • Deep teal#00555A
  • Oxblood#4A0404
  • Mai Tai#AB6832
  • Pearl white#F2F2EF
  • Warm satin brass#C9A24D
Living room
Living room
Master bedroom
Master bedroom
Dining room
Dining room

Colour plans

Delivered for developer presentations, so the final palette reads across every plan type. On a desktop, hover a plan to look closer.

Coloured ground floor plan of the small villa
Small villa, ground floor
Coloured ground floor plan of the large villa with pool, garden and furnished rooms
Large villa, ground floor
Coloured ground floor plan of a row of townhouses
Townhouses, ground floor

BIM and technical

13

buildings at Mall of Egypt, The Junction

  • Architectural Revit models built and coordinated across a multidisciplinary team
  • Stairs, cores and complex elements modelled and revised
  • Clashes worked through with structure and MEP
  • Take-offs, BOQ and design-change tracking for architecture and interiors

Schematic designDetailed designTender

Also: Zallal Parking, Diriyah. A focused tender-stage BIM scope for a four-level car park, with parameterised signage families and drafting packages.

About me

I work at the start of a project, when it is still undecided: concept options, facade and colour logic, interior atmosphere and material palettes, set out so a client can choose with confidence.

I also work as a BIM architect, so I stay with the concept into Revit and make sure it survives the drawings.

  1. Design and BIM Architect, Archimid ArchitectsConcept, interiors and facades; Revit modelling and coordination
  2. Military service
  3. Technical drawings intern, Hassan Allam HoldingAutoCAD drawings and ceiling plans for schools and universities
  4. Junior architect intern, AMD ArchitectsRevit villa models and interior moodboards
  5. B.Sc. Architectural Engineering, Cairo UniversityFaculty of Engineering
Tools
Revit, AutoCAD, Lumion, Photoshop, AI-assisted rendering
Languages
Arabic (native), English (fluent), French (basic)
Course
UIA-accredited workshop: acoustics, lighting and smart systems