Environmental Design Department

The study in the Department of Environmental Design is based on an interdisciplinary curriculum, where students study the areas of external and internal spatial design, through a single integrated and interrelated curriculum that combines the areas of specialization, which rely on design supported by technological and theoretical courses to form an integrated knowledge that combines aesthetic and functional experience in the light of addressing environmental standards in an interconnected and developed context. Each field focuses on the study of a set of practical courses (studio) comprehensive of the aspects of the specialization. Students address projects that study selected real-life cases within the scope of Greater Cairo including the New Administrative Capital and other cities, and new design solutions are developed for the aesthetic and functional problems, while also tackling projects that study the design of diverse topics in the field of specialization. Students also study supplementary courses such as building materials and methods, landscape, interior architecture, architectural design, technology, ecology, physical and digital communication skills, the history and theories of spatial design, scenography, and others. The specialization offers three core areas in environmental design: architecture and design of landscapes, interior architecture and furnishing, and scenography as the design of a spatial environment – for the theater, cinema, and television – whether external or internal, as well as the design of furniture, lighting, and other complementary elements to the formulation of the scene and the requirements of its human activities in the context of the residential and non-residential environment, theater arts, cinema, and television.
Graduates of the Environmental Design program work in architectural design, landscape, interior architecture, and the design of public spaces and squares and the artistic formations they include, in addition to working in the fields of scenography such as the design of theatrical, cinematic, and television scenes and their costumes, the design and preparation of exhibitions, museums, and lighting systems, and the design and creation of water entities and elements with their aesthetic dimensions within the general functional context of external and inter-spaces within the framework of addressing environmental standards.