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Dr.-Ing. Moamen elSoudani

Principle Architect and Expert in Building Technology in Egypt and Germany, CO-Founder, THINK-BIG Architects, Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt.



  • Senior researcher, Dept. of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Mansoura University,
  • Senior researcher, Chair of Building Technology and Architectural Design, Department of Architecture, School of Planning Building Environment, Berlin Institute of Technology,
  • CO-Founder, THINK-BIG Architects, (elSoudani, Karim +Partners), Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt.

Dr. elSoudani is specialist in Interdisciplinary research topics in the field of Building Technology, Urban-technical development, Energy Optimization, and water-energy-Food (Nexus). His PhD topic on ´Cooling Techniques for Building-Greenhouse interconnections in hot-arid climates´. Nevertheless, he is working on the educational development of the architectural and urban curriculum in Egypt by means of research and education-oriented-applications.

Dr. elSoudani is a project coordinator of two funds from DAAD projects.  He is the principal investigator of two ongoing Egyptian-German academic cooperation projects for developing Centers of Excellence COE in the Egyptian Universities located in the Nile-Delta. 1st project titled ´Delta-TU Partnership´, Delta Technical-Urban Partnership for Environmental, Social, and Urban Quality. 2nd project titled ´Understanding the German-Egyptian Cities by Machine Intelligence´ a cooperation between Technical University Berlin TUB, HafenCity University HCU, University College London UCL, and three Egyptian Universities in the Nile-Delta.

Dr. elSoudani is a professional architect and planner, with work experience in the biggest and prestigious architecture companies in Germany such as gmp Architects International (Architekten von Gerkan, Marg and Partner), and Eike-Becker Architects, Berlin. He has work experience in more than 15 international architecture and infrastructure projects in Germany (Berlin, Hamburg, Frankfurt), Egypt (New Administrative Capital), Iran (Tehran) and India. He is currently with BIG-THINK architects the façade designer and manager of the LEED Certification of ‘Cairo Business Plaza’ a Class A office building with an area of (90,000m2) in the new administration Capital, Egypt. 

Selected Projects

Sky Mall, New Capital

Mixed use mall with residential flours, attached to SKY private compound designed with high living and social environment. Located in the new Administrative Capital, Cairo, Egypt. Midtown Sky Mall is located directly on The New Capital’s Ring Road in front of Expo City. The commercial area is divided into 432,90 sqm indoor area and 10,920 sqm outdoor; which will include a variety of popular retail stores, dining options and coffee shops. It is a part of Midtown Sky; our gated residential compound.