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Based on a workshop between 7 Egyptian Architecture Students studying in the American University in Cairo and 21 Italian Architecture Student studying in University of Rome La Sapienza. Forming 7 teams, each with one Egyptian and three Italian students, where each team is supposed to com up with an archiectural solution to sustain the role of the Tahrir Square in the light of the 25 th of January Revolution.
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TAHRIR … THE
PEOPLE’S SQUARE Based on a workshop between 7 Egyptian Architecture Students studying in the American University in Cairo and 21 Italian Architecture Student studying in University of Rome La Sapienza. Forming 7 teams, each with one Egyptian and three Italian students, where each team is supposed to com up with an archiectural solution to sustain the role of the Tahrir Square in the light of the 25 th of January Revolution.
Date of Workshop: 7th - 28th of Janurary 2012
BRIEFING Prepared by a group of architecture students in the American University in Cairo in order to brief University of Rome La Sapienza Italian Students on the history, architecture and the general behaviors in the square.
The team members are: Ahmed Tarek Zaky, Aya Fayez, Salma El- Lakany, Hassan Safwat, Nagla El- Koreiby, Mariam El-Ibyari and Shahd Omar.
El Ahram weekly once wrote about el Tahrir
Square:
"Tahrir Square is not only the hub of Cairo, it is home to some of the city's most important buildings and a constant headline-maker in the local press. Whatever happens in Tahrir immediately becomes a national concern."
THE HISTORY OF THE SQUARE
THE HISTORY OF THE SQUARE
KHEDIVE ISMAIL ERA 1874
MASTER PLAN
SIMILARITIES TO PARISIAN PLANNING
THE HISTORY OF THE SQUARE
KHEDIVE ISMAIL ERA 1874
MASTER PLAN
SIMILARITIES TO PARISIAN PLANNING
THE SQUARES
THE HISTORY OF THE SQUARE
KHEDIVE ISMAIL ERA 1874
MASTER PLAN
SIMILARITIES TO PARISIAN PLANNING
URBAN FABRIC
“Once the rather exclusive domain of
the colonial foreigners and franc phonic
Egyptian elite, this zone has obviously
undergone a dramatic transformation
since the revolution of 1952“
Janet abo Lughod
GAMAL ABD EL NASSER ERA 1952
THE HISTORY OF THE SQUARE
THE HISTORY OF THE SQUARE
EL SADAT ERA 1970
ARCHITECTURAL
ANALYSIS
ARCHITECTURAL ANALYSIS
ARCHITECTURAL ANALYSIS
BEHAVIOURAL ANALYSIS
BEHAVIOURAL ANALYSIS
BEHAVIOURAL ANALYSIS
BEHAVIOURAL ANALYSIS
POLITICAL IMPACT
ON SQUARE
POLITICAL IMPACT ON SQUARE
Functions Changed
Political impact of the Square
Architects …
What Now ?
CONCEPT PRESENTATION Prepared by one of the seven teams in the workshop; Group Members being:
Aya Fayez
Federica Frangipane
Vittoria Spizzichino
Stefano Trovato
What kind of square is El- Tahrir ??
Piazza Del Popolo Piazza Venezia
New Circulation
Back to the People
Square Park Relation
The Square
By Night
A Memorial
New Proposal
The different Areas
FINAL POSTER After a 10 days workshop, a schematic design was
produced.
Final Poster
The final idea of the
design is to create the
maximum open area for
the pedestrian’s use. In
addition to having the
total area without any
vehicle circulation
inside as a park, the
ground floor of the
buildings were designed
to be demolished such
that a totally opened
area is created.
شكرا و
Thank You
Grazie
