Tahrir Workshop in Italy

Date of Workshop: 7th - 28th of Janurary 2012

TAHRIR ‌ THE PEOPLE’S SQUARE Based on a workshop between 7 Egyptian Architecture Students studying in the American University in Cairo and 21 Italian Architecture Student studying in University of Rome La Sapienza. Forming 7 teams, each with one Egyptian and three Italian students, where each team is supposed to com up with an archiectural solution to sustain the role of the Tahrir Square in the light of the 25 th of January Revolution.

BRIEFING Prepared by a group of architecture students in the American University in Cairo in order to brief University of Rome La Sapienza Italian Students on the history, architecture and the general behaviors in the square.

The team members are: Ahmed Tarek Zaky, Aya Fayez, Salma El- Lakany, Hassan Safwat, Nagla El- Koreiby, Mariam El-Ibyari and Shahd Omar.

El Ahram weekly once wrote about el Tahrir Square:

"Tahrir Square is not only the hub of Cairo, it is home to some of the city's most important buildings and a constant headline-maker in the local press. Whatever happens in Tahrir immediately becomes a national concern."

THE HISTORY OF THE SQUARE

THE HISTORY OF THE SQUARE

KHEDIVE ISMAIL ERA 1874

MASTER PLAN

SIMILARITIES TO PARISIAN PLANNING

THE HISTORY OF THE SQUARE

KHEDIVE ISMAIL ERA 1874

MASTER PLAN

SIMILARITIES TO PARISIAN PLANNING

THE SQUARES

THE HISTORY OF THE SQUARE

KHEDIVE ISMAIL ERA 1874

MASTER PLAN

SIMILARITIES TO PARISIAN PLANNING

URBAN FABRIC

“Once the rather exclusive domain of the colonial foreigners and franc phonic Egyptian elite, this zone has obviously undergone a dramatic transformation since the revolution of 1952“ Janet abo Lughod

THE HISTORY OF THE SQUARE

GAMAL ABD EL NASSER ERA 1952

THE HISTORY OF THE SQUARE

EL SADAT ERA 1970

ARCHITECTURAL

ANALYSIS

ARCHITECTURAL ANALYSIS

ARCHITECTURAL ANALYSIS

BEHAVIOURAL

ANALYSIS

BEHAVIOURAL ANALYSIS

BEHAVIOURAL ANALYSIS

BEHAVIOURAL ANALYSIS

POLITICAL IMPACT

ON SQUARE

POLITICAL IMPACT ON SQUARE

Political impact of the Square

Functions Changed

Architects ‌ What Now ?

CONCEPT PRESENTATION Prepared by one of the seven teams in the workshop; Group Members being: Aya Fayez Federica Frangipane Vittoria Spizzichino Stefano Trovato

What kind of square is El- Tahrir ??

Piazza Venezia

Piazza Del Popolo

New Circulation

Back to the People

Square Park Relation

The Square

By Night

A Memorial

New Proposal

The different Areas

FINAL POSTER After a 10 days workshop, a schematic design was produced.

Final Poster The final idea of the design is to create the maximum open area for the pedestrian’s use. In addition to having the total area without any vehicle circulation inside as a park, the ground floor of the buildings were designed to be demolished such that a totally opened area is created.

Thank You Grazie

‫شكرا‬ ‫و‬