The Main Concept was pillared on the possibility of creating an urban Museum that demonstrates the flourish of civilization where ideologies, religious believe and even individuals, living at this time are preserved in its essence. The Robust Nature of the site flourishes in a design that is structured around diverse activities that merge cohesively without interfering with the value of the historical site. Through this a vision of uniting vital nodes with important circulation axis (streets) to create a living a narrative that reflects the civilization of time and space, centered around that narrative lies a cultural node located near the textile museum and the makaad mamy region where cultural soiress and conferences are held, also a commercial node khan el khalili and finally the proposed recreational node at bab el nasrplaza. These nodes are connected on two main axis, AL moez and al gamaleya streets and the streets joining them.
PROJECT FACTS
Project completion: 2006
Cost USD: 8,000,000
Site area: 1km
Total built up area: N/A
No of stories: 2 stories
Building height: Average 10 m
Market: Housing, Commercial
Service: Planning, Urban, landscape, architecture, execution drawings (BIM).
Client: Culture minister office