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Nationality
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Noha Ali

Chief Designer, Founder Of NAIA Design House
Cairo

Summary

Detail-oriented entrepreneur with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.

Overview

15
years of professional experience
19
years of post-secondary education
3
Languages

Work History

NAIA design house
Cairo

Founder/Chief Designer
10.2020 - Current

Job overview

  • Maintain Innovative and sustainable design solution.
  • Preserve the egyptian heritage in a way that accommodate the modern world.
  • Develop handcrafted piece of arts that are functional with high quality standards in Design & execution & prove that woodwork manufacturing can be lead and managed by a women.
  • Establish different business lines & collections (B2B & B2C) with a modern and trendy way that meets the clients needs.
  • Establish a strong plan for the brand through out media and social media platforms.
  • Social impact on by providing woodworking workshops & teaching young designers, women and housewives wood-inlay technique & offering them to be a part of NAIA's team.

Product designer/Researcher
Cairo

Member of the Egyptian Heritage Rescue Foundation
10.2021 - Current

Job overview

  • Participated in a team project in collaboration with Brighton university in UK. It was about preserving wood craft heritage through a documentation and a film about "Wood inlay techniques in Egypt".
  • Participated in the design hub as a designer & wood worker to produce a wood inlaid product inspired by Qijmas Al ishaqi mosque in Cairo. This project was in collaboration with the British Council in Cairo & it was presented to King Charles during his visit to Cairo in 2022.

French university in Egypt (UFE)
Cairo

Professor of Architecture
09.2019 - 08.2021

Job overview

Teaching to the last year's students: Methodology of projects & architectural projects analysis.

Engineering consultant group (ECG)
Cairo

Principal Architect/Project Coordinator
04.2014 - 12.2018

Job overview

  • Developed the design to detail and produce all detailed drawings, diagrams specifications and schedules.
  • Coordinated with consulting engineers on all matters for the implementation of the work program & schedule.
  • Managed, Organized & supervised the work engineers & provide support & advice to the project team.
  • Verified that of all drawings & documents are to current codes & standards, in accordance with the standards.

Silhouette design company
Cairo

Architectural Designer
09.2008 - 03.2014

Job overview

  • Engaged with clients to determine needs and requirements for different kinds of projects.
  • Coordinated all architectural construction documentation and drawings for each phase of fast-track projects.
  • Researched building codes and requirements and applied to design planning.
  • Managed & coordinated with all the disciplines (structural, electrical, mechanical & landscape) for the implementation of the work program of the project.
  • Created 3D visualization & presentation works using 3D max, AutoCAD & Photoshop programs.

Education

The Prince's Foundation of Traditional Arts
Cairo-Egypt

Diploma of Traditional Arts & Crafts from Traditional Arts & Crafts
10.2018 - 11.2020

Ain Shams University
Cairo-Egypt

Bachelor of Architecture from Architectural Engineering
09.2003 - 06.2008

College De Notre Dame De La Delivrande
Cairo-Egypt

High School Diploma
09.2000 - 06.2003

Ecole De Geisendorf
Geneva-Switzerland

Preparatory School
08.1990 - 06.2000

Skills

    Cultural development

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Nationality

Swiss-Egyptian

Awards

- The OLYMPIC VILLAGE (Entertaining & Sporting Village) Competition in Egypt:

Architectural Design Award "Third Place", Sponsored by Cairo Governorate, March 2010. Under Supervision of: SILHOUETTE DESIGN Engineering Consultant Office:

*Organizing and managing tasks.

*Layout Schematic Design, 3D modeling Design, Presentation of the final project. 

- Cairo Designathon (Design Marathon) in Egypt:

Product design award (Runner up), organized by Cairo designathon, April 2021:

*Eco-friendly product "UNICUL": Designing Multifunctional products that can be customized by customers as building their own set by using factories production waste materials.


Timeline

Member of the Egyptian Heritage Rescue Foundation

Product designer/Researcher
10.2021 - Current

Founder/Chief Designer

NAIA design house
10.2020 - Current

Professor of Architecture

French university in Egypt (UFE)
09.2019 - 08.2021

The Prince's Foundation of Traditional Arts

Diploma of Traditional Arts & Crafts from Traditional Arts & Crafts
10.2018 - 11.2020

Principal Architect/Project Coordinator

Engineering consultant group (ECG)
04.2014 - 12.2018

Architectural Designer

Silhouette design company
09.2008 - 03.2014

Ain Shams University

Bachelor of Architecture from Architectural Engineering
09.2003 - 06.2008

College De Notre Dame De La Delivrande

High School Diploma
09.2000 - 06.2003

Ecole De Geisendorf

Preparatory School
08.1990 - 06.2000
Noha AliChief Designer, Founder Of NAIA Design House