Data Gathering Urban Project - Down Town

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Group Members: Asser El-Kady - Ahmed Hussein - Ahmed Sultan - Assem Shafik - Mohamed Gad - Mostafa Hisham

Urban Design I '14

Final Maquette Of The Project - Downtown Cairo

Project Info.:

This Project Is A Macro Scale Urban Research In Wust El-Balad Area. It Consists Of A General Data Gathering Of Kevin Lynch’s ‘The Elements Of The City’, General Land Uses And A Maquette Showing Building Heights And The Previously Collected Data

The Project Involves 8 Pieces Of Land And Is An Overview Of Some Of The
Land Which Are To Be Studied By Other Groups

Aerial View Showing The Integration Between The Downtown And The Surronding Regions

Aerial View Showing The Integration Between The Downtown And The Project's Land Lot

Road Hierarchy Map

Our Region Is Surrounded With Many Important Main Roads Which Connect

Downtown Region With Each Other And Connect Downtown With Other Regions Like 26th Of July Corridor Which Connect Downtown With 6th October City

There Are Some Secondary Roads Connect The Main Roads They Are Between Roads They Are Not As Essential As Main Roads In Eltawfiqya Region .

There Are Some Streets For Pedestrian Purpose Only In Cafeszone

Road Networks Maps

Solid And Void Map

The Governmental Buildings Affect The Urban Tissue Greatly Due To Huge Scale

In The Micro Scale The Urban Tissue Has A Linear Form But In The Macro Scale The Urban Tissue Has A Radial Form , Almost All Streets Leads To A Large Square

Solid And Void Map

Almost All The Large Buildings Have A Court In The Middle Of The Building For Ventilation And Light

There Are Small Paths Between Buildings To Make Movement Easy In Downtown And Everybody Can Reach Any Part In The Building Easily.

Landuse Map

Almost All The Land Uses Are Mixed Uses , They Are Commercial In The Ground Floor And Residential In The Upper Floors . There Are Some Explicitly Commercial , Residential And Entertainment Lands

Some Lands Are For Administrative Purpose Like Court , Embassy And Syndicate , They Are Collected At The Southwest Of The Region

Other Uses For Lands Like Private Garages And Public Garages , They Are Separated From Each Other In Different Regions

Elements Of The City Map

This Is A Map Of Kevin Lynch’s The ‘Elements Of The City’ Which Are Composed Of 5 Elements: Edges, Nodes, Landmarks, Paths, and Districts

This Is A Combined Map That Shows 4 Of The Elements, Excluding The Districts Due To Crowdedness And Clarity Of Map

The Elements Are Generally Deductions Of The Group Rather Than Specific Sets Of Rules About The Lands

Districts Map

Each District From The Ones Shown Had A Special Characteristic. One Of Them Was The Tawfiqeya Souq, Which Is A Market For Selling Cars’ Spare Parts

The Second District Is For Pedestrians Only; No Cars Are Allowed To Pass Through

The Third District Has A Different Style From The Other Districts, It’s Art D'eco

Finally, The Two Districts In The Southwestern Region Are Very Important Districts (The Courts & Banks District).

Paths Map

Paths Are Ranging Between Regular Streets And Roads, And In Other Areas They Were Just Small Paths Between Buildings That Lead To Open Spaces Shared Between Them

Nodes Map

The Nodes That Were Very Important Were:

-Orabi Sq.

-Souq El-Tawfikeya

-The Intersection Infront Of Americaine

-The Intersection OF 26th Of July And Ramsis St.

Edges Map

We Acknowledge The Existence Of An Architecture Inhabits An Edge Condition, Which We Define As A Boundary, A Border Contained Within A system Of Multivalent Relationships.

-Ramses St.: Which Is A Very Crowded Street; Pedestrians Often Find It Hard To Cross This Street

-Garage's Fence: The Fence Is a General Barrier From Reaching The Othe Side, One Has To Cross Theough The Garage

Landmarks Map

Landmarks Are Buildings Which Are Clearly Know Amongst General Inhabitants Of The Area. They May Be Known For Their Architecture, Building/Landuse, History, Importance, .... Etc

-Courts

-Americaine Building

-Cinema Cosmos