How Does Human-Centric Design Shape the Way We Experience Interiors?
Human-centric design goes beyond aesthetics and layout to focus on how people actually interact with a space in their daily lives. In this Expert Insight, SKETCHURE’s architect and interior designer, Salma Shalaby, sheds light on how inclusive design responds to different needs, routines, abilities, and sensory experiences, from mobility and comfort to lighting, materials, and spatial flexibility.
The core idea is simple: when interiors are designed around real human behaviour, they become more intuitive, more comfortable, and more meaningful for the people who use them every day.
This July, SKETCHURE welcomed interns from New Giza University as part of the Summer Internship Program, giving them a closer look at how interior design moves from learning into real practice.
The program included a technical workshop delivered by Knauf, where the interns explored material knowledge, construction systems, and practical product insights that support stronger design understanding.
Featured Project
Mountain View Villa
iCity, 6th of October
This home is designed around two distinct yet cohesive atmospheres. The ground floor expresses refined, modern luxury through rich materials, neutral tones, layered lighting, and updated neoclassical furniture, shaping elegant reception and social spaces.
The first floor transitions into a softer, more intimate environment for daily living, using light colors, warm textures, natural materials, and gentle lighting to create a calm family retreat while maintaining overall harmony and elegance.
SKETCHURE’s Behance portfolio brings together projects where ideas are developed through materials, sketches, and spatial thinking. Each work shows the progression from early concept to completed space, revealing how a vision is shaped, tested, and refined into something tangible and lived in.
A selection of residential and commercial projects highlights how we approach design as a process, how decisions are refined until they serve both function and character.
This month, we are catching up with one of our summer interns from NGU, Salma Mahmoud, as they reflect on their internship experience, what stood out to them most, and how the program affected the way she sees interior design in practice.
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How would you describe your SKETCHURE Summer Internship journey? Did it match your expectations?
It was great and exceeded my expectations. It showed me how to apply university theory to the real corporate world, turning a conceptual idea into a functional, large scaled design.
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What skill or mindset shift will stay with you after the internship?
I learned how to design more integrally, balancing structural mechanics and systems right alongside aesthetics. On the technical side, my precision on Revit and 3ds Max got a major update.
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Which moment during your experience here challenged you most, and what did it teach you?
Seeing how real projects actually come together was a big challenge, but it taught me that architecture isn’t just about the design itself. There are so many other things you have to consider.
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What’s your favorite part of the design process so far: concept, research, or execution, and why?
Execution and modeling, I loved taking a space and furnishing it in 3ds Max and bringing it to life visually. Working on the final details to make a space feel real and functional is my favorite part.
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What advice would you give future SKETCHURE interns?
Ask a ton of questions and learn, learn as much as you can because the team really knows their stuff, and write notes because you will forget.
