Tahrir Workshop in Italy

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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


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