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8/6/2019 Urban Final 10

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Urban Proposal & DevelopmentTahrir Square , Downtown Cairo , Egypt


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Urban IdeologyTahrir square is a landmark that preserved the identity of the Egyptian Public for thelast fifty years , each of the rulers came had an impact on the surroundings of thesquare each era had its visions and ideologies that behaved and lived by , the squareis a witness on the Modern Egyptian History , Eventually the public finds the squareas the location where its voice could be heard and where its actions could beeffective , But should the public have the idea that only the circular space that liesbetween the square is the only part they own from the context .

The Public uses the surrounding buildings everyday with a capacity that reaches21,000 users per-day in addition that the square is in the Centre of the downtownvehicular and pedestrian circulations which makes it a legible space for most of thecitizens but is it enough for the buildings to stand on their introverted functions eachacts as an island separated from the other although they all exist on the samecontext, Our main objective as urbanists is to emphasis the role of historical

collaborations (Eras Vision Collaborations) the idea is to demolish minor conflictsbetween different directions and Ethnic Groups and political parties and torelinquish the hopes of our enemies in splitting our unity , therefore our vision is tocreate a relation between the governors and the governed which is the public arelation of trust and collaboration that depends on the government reaching out toits public and the public reaching out to its government .


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Reach-out is a concept used To increase connectivity and Collaborations between certainDomains , For Urabanists and Architects the Term is used in creating a strong relation betweenthe existing Precious element with the building or the city , through different concepts and adiversity of ideologies Architects responded to the precious elements that existed on site.

Dubai Palm City

Falling waters Villa by Frank Lloyd Wright

CULTURAL CENTRE, LUCERNE, SWITZERLAND ,by Jean Nouvel


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Magnitude of the Existing buildings in Tahrir square offers a great deal of reaching out to thePublic through functional expansion, The Ritz Hotel is considered the most introverted buildingalthough it has a great Entrance plaza, Therefore We recommended to put down westernoffice building and exposing the plaza to the rest of the space, The objective of reaching out tothe space users would me achieved if a frontier space of each building carried out Functions

that relate to the building type and that would offer something to the set building users ,eventually The intermediate zone would be a collaboration of diverse functions .


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Nile Deck Extension , with staggering steps of concrete textures and staggering greeneries to Enhance layers of activities on Nile Deck , Inaddition that it Reach's out to the Andalusian Gardens on the other side of the River Stream

Cross Tunnel Approach to simplify crossing between context and Nile.

Main Connective Axis Which penetrates the intermediate plazas reaching out to the Centre of the Square.

Nile Hilton Expansion Plaza With Entertaining Functions Like Cafes ,Restaurants and Cinemas

Arab League Plaza which will contain Booths for political parties and institutes that manage Donations for suffering Arab Countries

Egyptian Museum Expansion Plaza Holding Exhibition Functions for the museum and Bazars .

Pedestrian Cross Strip , A Concrete Paneled strip from the street higher than the street by 15 cm has two Edged lines of cat eyes to stop cars if the Height difference didnt do.

Omar Makrams Plaza Which will Hold an Educative Cultural Activity which is the Azhar Ancient Method of Education (Sheikh El Amood) whichmeans that the Sheikh Stands beside a Column and the students are gathered around him to listen to the Knowledge He is teaching them , Theexisting approach will be different as we will use Shading Trees instead of Columns and a 4 stepped square podium that decreases than zerolevel to centralize the tree where the Sheikh can stand beside , though therefore we achieve comfort and Reach out.

Mogammaa El Tahrir Plaza Which will Contain Extensional Co. Governmental Functions to Further Simplify The Paper Work Processes on theCitizens in addition that it will be Tent Covered with seating areas for the public around a water element .

Down Town Fair Space , A vacant Location that we used in Having a universal Light structured Kiosks to be used daily in different types of fairsweather Single type Fairs or mixed fairs .

Unity Memorial , A Sculpture that stand above a 7 wide steps podium with carvings of memorial sufferings in pervious Revolutions andwars(Expressive Public Arts)reaching to the sculpture which Represents The Collaboration and Unity that always Over came the Obstacles thatfaced the Egyptian Nation , The Sculpture will be A Landmark Local Competition For all Artists In the Country to contribute in and a voting will beheld by the Media to involve the public in the choice of the Sculpture that represents Them .

Color Key For New Urban Elements :


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Arab League Extension ZoneThe Space will be designed to overlook the central plaza and reaches outto it through pathways of hardscapealong with seating areas in between ,the booths are different and yetsimilar , the design with be linear tocreate a common base between allparties which is the prosperity of theEgyptian Nation and yet they will bedifferent in dimensions and volumes .

The booths will allow the public tocontributes in Arabs foundations , inaddition that it will vitalize thepolitical awareness of the EgyptianPublic and it will offer a sense of Education to the illiterate.

Arab League Plaza which will contain Booths for political parties and institutes that manage Donations for suffering Arab Countries


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Down Town Fair Space , A vacant Location that we used in Having a universal Light structured Easily assembled anddissembled Partitions design and structure to be used daily in different types of fairs weather Single type Fairs or mixed fairs .

Nile Deck Extension , with staggering steps of concrete textures and staggeringgreeneries to Enhance layers of activities on Nile Deck , In addition that itReach's out to the Andalusian Gardens on the other side of the River Stream

Down Town Fair Space , A vacant Location that we used in Having a universal Light structured Kiosks to be used daily in different types of fairsweather Single type Fairs or mixed fairs .


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The main spine between Our site and the Square center ishighly emphasized by Formal Royal Palms that offer directionto users, The spine will be the intermediate link betweenwhat happened in 25 th of January Revolution and our projectwhich responds to That , a new spirit would be employeddefining the ideologies of the Egyptian Youth and theCollaboration of Diverse Civic Fabrics

Landscape Ideologies :Outdoor Landscape will and important approach to achieve Comfort for users to use the spaces henceachieving Collaboration , the podiums will be filled with shading trees that offers shade for users , thepodiums exist infront of each building , the Egyptian Museum podium will contain Casia Nidosa Trees onlyto maintain one blooming color which is light pink , the Ritz Hotel Podium will have the Tecoma stansYellowish trees mixed with Ficus benjamina , as for Omar Makrams Plaza which requires a lot of shade forthe Students Education that will take place in small 5*5 meters plazas stepped down with a Royalponessiyana Red trees to offer until 8 meters of shade For the students and Their Sheikh(Teacher) ,Mogamaa El tahrir Plaza will be filled with date palms and seating under them.

Egyptian Museum landscape will be Monumental in asense of celebration , staggering Caprissius trees nextto stairs and ramps to offer an outdoor Entrance for theMuseum Reaching to the podium were the Casia NidosaTrees start clustering to form shade and pathways tothe Museum , the blooming color is pink whichharmonize with the faade of the Museum Color

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