I WATERFRONTS
Egypt’s first public commercial waterfront complex is located in new coastal city
The New Alamein CityEgypt’s New Future City on the Mediterranean Sea
By: Sarah Reda
Head of landscape department at YBA architect 12
The New Alamein City is located on Egypt’s North Coast and stretches for 48 kilometers along the International Alexandria – Matrouh Road. It’s been designed to accommodate millions of residents and has been described as a fourth-generation city with a new public waterfront at its core. A new 52-acre public waterfront will form the cornerstone of the city, representing a different approach by the government of “an open-to-the-public” city for Egyptians rather than investing solely in private resorts and hotels for foreigners. The public waterfront is considered a solution to improve the urban context of a coastal city that generally suffers from land uses poor distribution.
