PORTFOLIO Architectural Engineering Awrad AlMunayea awradalmunayea@gmail.com + 9 6 5 5 5 8 3 9 9 23 /2025-2026 Selected works
Designing spaces that become feelings.
Contents 01 HAYY A 37-story luxury hotel tower inspired by biomimicry, integrating architecture, structure, and building systems into a unified vertical design. 02 CAF Redesign An interior transformation of a campus café, focused on enhancing functionality, user experience, and spatial identity. 03 Al Nahj A heritage riding park that reinterprets Kuwait's traditional desert trails through architecture, landscape, and cultural storytelling. About My work combines architectural design with technical precision, integrating structural systems, building services, façade engineering, lighting, interior design, and sustainability into a cohesive process. I strive to create spaces that are creative, functional, and technically resolved, delivering efficient, user-centered solutions I believe architecture is most successful when technical performance and human experience work together. By combining analytical thinking with creative design, I strive to create spaces that are functional, expressive, and responsive to their context, creating meaningful experiences that leave a lasting impression.
Education Bachelor of Architectural Engineering American University of the Middle East Oct 2021 – May 2026 GPA 3.919 / 4.00 Certifications & Trainings Dayyem Program Kuwait Green Building Council × bp Kuwait · 2025 Training in sustainability, green building practices, and energy awareness. Architectural & Interior Design Training Dar Maha Bouqammaz & Partners Engineering Consultants · 2025 Hands-on training in architectural design concepts, 2D drafting, schematic plans, 3D modeling, rendering, and interior design. Interior Design Internship — Manpower Program Rawasm Office · 2026 Internship focused on interior design development, space planning, and technical design support within a professional consultancy environment. 3rd Place — ReDesign CAF Competition AUM, College of Engineering and Technology · 2026 Awarded for developing an innovative redesign proposal recognized for creativity, design excellence, and technical quality. University Art Exhibition Participant American University of the Middle East · 2022–2026 Recognized with exhibition certificates for participation in multiple annual AUM art exhibitions. Microsoft Project Management Fundamentals Coursera · 2025 Loyac Green Volunteer — Shamiya Greenhouse Loyac · 2025 Sustainability volunteering and community initiatives. Active Member – Kuwait Green Building Council Participated in sustainability activities, including LEED preparation workshops and site visits focused on green building practices.
Softwares Revit AutoCAD Navisworks HAP Dialux V-Ray Adobe Photoshop Insight Design & Technical Skills Architectural & Interior Design Space Planning Sustainable & Façade Design Structural Design Parametric & 3D Modeling Technical Drawing & Detailing BOQ Preparation HVAC Modeling Languages Arabic English RESUME
ﻲَّ ﺣ01 Hayy Hotel · 2025 A Building That Lives Hayy is a 37-story luxury five-star hotel tower developed on a 14,000 m² site. Designed as a premier hospitality destination, the project integrates premium accommodation, retail, fine dining, wellness facilities, sky lounges, rooftop experiences, and an infinity pool with panoramic views. Inspired by the responsive movement of Mimosa pudica, whose leaves gently open and close in response to touch and light, the façade embodies a living architectural expression that reflects adaptability and elegance. These elements create a seamless experience of comfort, leisure, and luxury while establishing a distinctive architectural landmark. Location Kuwait City, Kuwait
Layered Podium Landscape Design
Inspiration Mimosa pudica — The Sensitive Plant Mimosa pudica expresses a delicate intelligence through its natural response to touch and light, folding inward in a protective gesture and reopening with time in a rhythmic cycle of sensitivity, withdrawal, and renewal. This continuous movement reflects a deeper biological awareness, where reaction becomes instinct and rhythm becomes memory. More than a biological response, it becomes a metaphor for emotional sensitivity and spatial awareness, where nature is constantly interacting with its surroundings in a quiet, living dialogue of adaptation and transformation. PROJECT 01 · HAYY HOTEL · 2025
Concept Designing Through Response and Adaptation The design draws from the thigmotactic behaviour of Mimosa pudica, where the plant responds instantly to external stimuli and returns to its open state through a natural nyctinastic rhythm. This biological intelligence—responsive, adaptive, and cyclical—becomes the core architectural strategy of the project. The building is not treated as a static object, but as a living system that reacts, transforms, and behaves in relation to its environment. PROJECT 01 · HAYY HOTEL · 2025
Design Strategy Dynamic Kinetic Façade A PTFE-coated shading system that opens and folds in response to sunlight, reducing heat gain, improving energy efficiency, and transforming the building’s appearance throughout the day. PROJECT 01 · HAYY HOTEL · 2025
Double-Skin Façade System
Design Strategy Podium Strategy – Leaf-Inspired Green Oasis A series of overlapping leaf-shaped podium levels create natural shading, outdoor terraces, and elevated gardens. Integrated greenery forms a multi-layered oasis, anchoring the tower while seamlessly blending landscape and architecture. PROJECT 01 · HAYY HOTEL · 2025
Elevations
Floor Plans From Structure to Spatial Hierarchy The tower spans 37 floors — two basement levels for back-of-house operations and parking, a ground floor lobby with restaurants and retail, a mezzanine, and a stacked programme of guest floors escalating in scale and luxury from Standard through Presidential.All plans were developed in Revit at 1:100, complete with structural grids, zoning diagrams, and fully annotated architectural drawings. PROJECT 01 · HAYY HOTEL · 2025
Deluxe suite layout
Second floor wellness zone
Vertical Section Analysis The building section illustrates the hotel's vertical organization, showcasing the underground parking levels, vehicle ramps, podium facilities, guest accommodation floors, and rooftop amenities. It highlights circulation, structural continuity, and the connection between functional spaces throughout the tower. Building Section PROJECT 01 · HAYY HOTEL · 2025
Rooftop leisure space
Identity embedded in the pool experience
02 CAF Coffee Redesign· 2026 Redefining the Campus Café Experience The redesign of CAF Coffee Shop addresses an inefficient layout, wasted space, and a lack of visual identity by introducing a concept centered on material contrast and spatial clarity. Through the interplay of solid and void, the design strengthens brand recognition while improving functionality. A recessed black counter establishes a strong focal point, and circular cut-outs with backlit perforated steel panels create rhythm, depth, and visual continuity, resulting in a cohesive, memorable, and engaging café experience. Location AUM, Egaila
CAF Coffee Shop Redesign — Exterior Perspective
Material Selection Counter & Bar Seating PROJECT 02 · CAF COFFEE REDESIGN · 2026
PROJECT 02 · CAF COFFEE REDESIGN · 2026 Mood Board Industrial Colour Palette · Dark, Warm, ConsideredDark walnutBottle greenSteel greyivoryMatte blackWarm brown
ﺞﮫﻨﻟا03 Al Nahj · 2026 Heritage Riding Park Spanning 135,000 m² in Al Mutlaa, Kuwait, Al Nahj is a large-scale heritage riding park that combines equestrian facilities, cultural attractions, and recreational landscapes into a unified destination. The project accommodates riding trails, stables, training arenas, public gathering spaces, and visitor amenities, creating an engaging environment that celebrates Kuwait's equestrian heritage while supporting community recreation, cultural events, and tourism. Location Al Mutlaa, Kuwait
Concept Al Nahj — The Traditional Path Inspired by the organic movement of historic desert trails, the concept reinterprets traditional routes as a contemporary heritage experience. A continuous network of riding paths, cultural spaces, and landscapes guides visitors through the site, expressing the themes of connection, movement, and the evolution of Kuwait's equestrian heritage. PROJECT 03 · AL NAHJ · 2026
Master Plan Overview Eleven destinations PROJECT 03 · AL NAHJ · 2026 Camel Zone & Workshops Storytelling Theatre Heritage Library 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 Show Arena Heritage Museum Polo & Golf Club Restaurants & Dining Heritage Souk Desert Hotel Horse Stables Riding SchoolRiding SchoolCamel ZoneMuseumLibraryShow arenaPolo & GolfSoukRestaurantsHotelStorytellingHorse Stables
Floor Plans Space Planning The project is organized through a series of interconnected floor plans that translate the master plan into functional architectural spaces. A continuous circulation strategy reinforces the project's spatial sequence, creating seamless connections between hospitality, cultural, and equestrian functions. All plans were developed in Revit at 1:100, complete with structural grids, zoning, and fully annotated architectural drawings. PROJECT 03 · AL NAHJ · 2026
Riding school & Stables zone
Structural Concept & System Post-Tensioned Flat Plate System Al Nahj uses a post-tensioned flat plate system developed through span and load calculations, enabling longer spans and thinner slabs. The column grid was optimized based on load distribution to ensure structural efficiency and stability throughout the design. PROJECT 03 · AL NAHJ · 2026
Hotel HVAC System Design Mechanical Systems Design & BIM Coordination Designed a complete HVAC system for a hotel, including cooling load calculations, equipment selection, duct sizing, air distribution, piping design, and coordinated 3D BIM modeling. The project also involved multidisciplinary clash detection and resolution, ensuring seamless integration between architectural, structural, and mechanical systems for improved constructability and system performance. PROJECT 03 · AL NAHJ · 2026Mechanical Systems Engineering
Construction Drawings Sustainable Mashrabiya Façade Inspired by Arab architectural heritage, the ventilated double-skin mashrabiya façade reduces solar heat gain, enhances daylight, and improves energy efficiency. PROJECT 03 · AL NAHJ · 2026
Layered skin system
Top Anchorage Plate Breathing Brick Façade Breathable Clay Cooling System A breathable porous brick façade inspired by nature that promotes evaporative cooling, reduces solar heat gain, filters daylight, and recirculates water to enhance thermal comfort and sustainability. PROJECT 03 · AL NAHJ · 2026 Iron D12 Rod Integrated Structural Support System Clay Absorption System Natural Evaporative Cooling Process Water Recovery System Drilled Reinforcement Holes Red brick Crossed Adhesive Pads
Naturally cooled stable environment
A vibrant destination for live performances
Preserving the art of traditional Sadu weaving
Where tradition meets experience
Luxury Recreation: Golf Simulation & Polo
Contemporary comfort with a local identity
"Every great architect is—necessarily—a great poet. He must be a great original interpreter of his time, his day, his age." — Frank Lloyd Wright