Gezira Sports Club
Aerial view of Lido swimming pool
Location: 6th October City, Egypt Designer: HJA Design Studio (Albert Jacob) Photographer: HJA Design Studio Design Date: 2008 Site Area: 202,340 sqm
HJA has been contracted to prepare the master plan for the exclusive New Gezira Sports Club located in 6th October City, an emerging metropolitan area just 20 minutes outside of the city of Cairo, Egypt. The new recreational facility will house a members-only Social Building, Lido Building, Children’s Area, Sports Hall, Tennis Centre, and Water Sports Complex, as well as numerous sporting facilities and fields. Due to the linear nature of the site the main pedestrian connection that linked the different site elements was located in the centre of the site. At a level four metres below the pedestrian walkway a road was designed for golf carts to serve the facilities on site. Vehicular entrances to the site were provided from the longer edges of the property that culminated in vehicular turnarounds that acted as drop offs for the main buildings. Parking on site was primarily achieved with one five-storey parking structure and one parking area at ground level and two levels below the ground.
View of arrival plaza to Lido and Social building
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