© Abdallah Tariq

Indeed, Cairo will not find a better opportunity than this location to create it’s free space, free space is not just a pedestrian bridge. However, it is a case that can be applied in every crowded city.

People of Cairo are always thirsty for open spaces where festivals, weddings, and occasion can take a place. They do not need more closed or narrow places to visit. They already have many. They desperately need a quiet space that is far from the dispersion and congestion in Cairo.

Transforming the pedestrian bridge in this privileged location into an open space is what the dense city needs, which provides an opportunity to create new uses, functions, spaces and invite more users to communicate and share.

In addition to that, the tourist side of the city rich with landmarks and activities, the free space in this location allows users and visitors to get to know the city from a new angle and access many of its features.

Egyptians with different classes, religions, and ideas are well connected to the Nile; a living space in the middle of the Nile gives a million reasons for Egyptians to visit this space.

The Nile is the best witness to all those civilizations and the periods of time that passed through Cairo, it can be the source for documenting what happened in this place of civilizations, cultures and revolutions.