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Al-Fustat: Revitalizing the Old Capital

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Location: Cairo, Egypt.
 
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Cairo is the largest city in North Africa and one of the most densely populated cities in the world. Cairo earned its nickname, “The City of a Thousand Minarets” for the multitude of mosques and minarets found on the city skyline. The city has been a center for Islamic architecture as well as serving an important role in regional political and cultural life.
  Cairo’s population nears 17 million people, with a spread of over 214 square kilometers (83 sq. miles). Cairo is rapidly expanding, and many problems haveresulted from it’s fast growth. Because of this uncontrolled growth, the city has taken steps to realize problems and present solutions; Cairo’s 2050 vision addressed several of the problems and challenges that the city is facing.
  So, in the spring of 2010 students from the Department of Architecture at Ain Shams University in Cairo collaborated with students from the  Landscape Architecture program at Clemson University in South Carolina to work on an urban design project for redevelopment and rehabilitation of Al-Fustat, Egypt. An infusion of different design views allows students to break out of the traditional molds of thought, creating original designs.
  Al-Fustat project is the fourth international collaborative, cross-cultural urban design studio completed by the students of Clemson and Ain Shams Universities addressing a complex urban design project in Egypt. 
 
  (NOTE: The following presentation is more concerned with the Egyptian part of studies which its main focus is the architectural design; skipping some of the data that was prepared for the given urban project). 
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The project also preceeds the following individual architectural project: "Preservation & Restoration Studies Centre".
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About the area:
•Located in the midway from Cairo Airport to Giza Pyramids nearly in the centre of Cairo city.
•Strongly connected to historic Cairo (Al-Mo'ez street, Citadel…etc) and downtown.
•Placed in the sequence of Sayeda Aisha, Sayeda Nafeesa, Al-Hussein (Prophet’s family mausoleums).
•Has a nice view on the Nile river.
•An arterial road (Salah Salem street) is passing through the site.
 
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cairo egypt cairo 2050 feda fustat clemson al-fustat ain shams university urban planning amr ibn-al-a'as slums Master Plan Cross-cultural Workshop مصر
  The project aims to find solutions for the slums problem, making new main roads, increasing the vegetation areas to create urban lungs needed for the overpopulated city of an area of 1700 Feddans (7.14 square km), and planning for an urban environment for grand-scale projects like the new Civilizations Museum; which is a main focus in the given proposals.
 
  Al-Fustat was established in 641 A.D, and was the first capital of Egypt. It is also the site of the first mosque built in Egypt, the Amr Ibn-Al-Aas mosque. Al Fustat is located on the banks of the Nile River, and has played a significant role in trade for the country. The city was one of the most prosperous in the world with lavish homes and buildings. In 750 A.D, the Abbasids overthrew the Umayyad empire and moved the capital to Al-Askar.
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cairo egypt cairo 2050 feda fustat clemson al-fustat ain shams university urban planning amr ibn-al-a'as slums Master Plan Cross-cultural Workshop مصر
cairo egypt cairo 2050 feda fustat clemson al-fustat ain shams university urban planning amr ibn-al-a'as slums Master Plan Cross-cultural Workshop مصر
cairo egypt cairo 2050 feda fustat clemson al-fustat ain shams university urban planning amr ibn-al-a'as slums Master Plan Cross-cultural Workshop مصر
cairo egypt cairo 2050 feda fustat clemson al-fustat ain shams university urban planning amr ibn-al-a'as slums Master Plan Cross-cultural Workshop مصر
Urban growth of Al-Fustat from 1888 to 2007.
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The are was divided into 6 sectors for 6 groups to survey.
Visual analysis of the 6 sectors:
 
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Visual analysis of Sector 1.
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Visual analysis of Sector 2.
cairo egypt cairo 2050 feda fustat clemson al-fustat ain shams university urban planning amr ibn-al-a'as slums Master Plan Cross-cultural Workshop مصر
Visual analysis of Sector 3.
cairo egypt cairo 2050 feda fustat clemson al-fustat ain shams university urban planning amr ibn-al-a'as slums Master Plan Cross-cultural Workshop مصر
Visual analysis of Sector 4.
cairo egypt cairo 2050 feda fustat clemson al-fustat ain shams university urban planning amr ibn-al-a'as slums Master Plan Cross-cultural Workshop مصر
Visual analysis of Sector 5.
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Visual analysis of Sector 6-I.
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Visual analysis of Sector 6-II.
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Visual analysis of Sector 6-III.
The following studies were produced:
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The result was the following studies:
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Two master zoning proposals were introduced: American (top) & Egyptian (bottom).
Each team used its zoning study to create a master plan for the area:
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The American proposal.
The Egyptian proposals (architectural projects integrated with the American proposal):
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cairo egypt cairo 2050 feda fustat clemson al-fustat ain shams university urban planning amr ibn-al-a'as slums Master Plan Cross-cultural Workshop مصر
cairo egypt cairo 2050 feda fustat clemson al-fustat ain shams university urban planning amr ibn-al-a'as slums Master Plan Cross-cultural Workshop مصر
1-Cultural Park, 2-Performing Arts Centre, 3-Civilizations Studies Centre, 4a-Museums Complex, 4b-Museum of Architecture, 5-Preservation & Restoration Studies Centre, 6-Human Resources Development Centre, 7-Art Crafts Centre, 8-House of Egyptian Arts & Culture, 9a-Therapeutic Research Centre, 9b-Hotel & Spa, 10-Therapeutic Resort.
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Figure ground.
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Vegetation spread.
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The Egyptian & American teams in Cairo, Egypt (above), & in Clemson, South Carolina, USA (below).
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"Fonoun Masreya" Magazine (="Egyptian Arts" Magazine); a magazine that is published by
the Egyptian Ministry of Culture. Issue 28, April 2011.
Click here to view the full article.
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The article's title: "The Future of Architecture, to Where?"; featuring the Egyptian proposals & many of the architectural projects in the proposals.
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