The Gathering Lantern

I'm Mohamed Gamal, a junior architect and computational designer in the complex geometries team at Dar (Sidara), based in Egypt.

This project seeks to express the life of Vindstad as its residents feel it, not only as tourists see it, by building memories and shared moments that bring them together. Its form is integrated with nature, so that each day offers everyone a new and lovely moment. I imagined it as a place I would choose for a date, and a place I would always want to return to. These memories culminate in the return of the sun: at the exact spot where its first ray appears, residents and tourists gather together to welcome it.

I spent almost 75% of my time on the design thinking process, searching for the right idea, and left the remaining production phase to Gendo. For me, this is the most powerful and underrated advantage of AI: it allowed me to work as an individual on a project that would otherwise require a full production team. The concept was mine, and Gendo handled the rest.

I usually use Gendo for editing my renders.

I believe I made the right choices as an individual participant, though there is always room for improvement.

Thanks for the opportunity.