"Urban Regeneration of Soor Magra El-Ayon " - Presentation in Darb Ellabbana Culture center

Urban Regeneration of Soor Magra El-Ayon

- Content: - Heritage Area - Cultural and Social Resilience - Magra El-Ayon District

- City Branding

Heritage Area What are the heritage areas?

- Places: Past

Future

Pyramids

Tahrir Square

- Building: Past

Future

Egypt Khedive

Egyptian Museum

- Memorial statue: Past

Future

Ramses II

Ibrahem Basha

- Nature reserve:

Whale Valley

Valley of the camel

Saint Catherine

- Culture of people:

- Urban Fabric:

Egypt Khedive El-Moizz St.

- Type Building and life style :

- Handcraft:

What are the roots of Cultural Resilience in historic towns of Egypt?

-Resilience that has allowed communities to maintain their life-ways and historic built environment in the face of change over the centuries :

Resilience of “Social Town� encoded in the links from private to increasingly public spaces in the built environment

House

Street leading to Souq

Front Door

Souq

sitting platform

gate to neighborhood

Souq court

Resilience of traditional street markets reflected in micro-level street design and commercial interaction Overhanging elements create a sense of enclosure and control the perspective of the market customers, channeling their attention on to the items being sold

Shops and their extensions almost block the entire fronts of the buildings, making the secondary profile more readable then the primary profile

Direct dialogue between shopper and shopkeeper takes place not inside a shop but at its entrance where shopkeepers sit Transactions are community “theatre�

Resilience of the historic town reflected in macro-level morphology: neighbourhoods, bazaars and religious places Seen in the formal pattern of spaces which reflects social structure and relations; not a random pattern, on the contrary, it is rich with meaning A pattern of concealed entry points, vistas, clusters and “invisible� spatial divisions

Sacred spaces which form a “web” or “net” of inter-visible religious structures piercing the skyline and serving as way-finding markers through the maze of the city streets below

Cultural Resilience comes from: • The maintenance of these Urban Fabric and linkages of private and community space •Continuity of use and footprint – maintaining the spatial patterns that position people and places within a mutually understood context •Social Capital made tangible

•Maintenance of the traditional customer-shopkeeper interface, both physical and social •Core cultural values of community, communication and sharing of activities and space reflected in market plan and use •The interplay of fixed, semi-fixed and unfixed elements on the street which creates an “intimate” space that is confined, visually directed and human scale

Multi-sensory environment that provides users with valued Sense of Place

Maintaining existing usage as a priority over change of use, even when reuse is more economically attractive

Protecting core cultural values of community, communication and sharing of activities and space reflected in market plan and use

Religious buildings, cultural diversity and archeological buildings are characteristic of historic cities

Magra El-Ayon District From our site investigation we found the most problems in Magra El-ayon are summarized in the problem of economy,tourism, infrastructure and deterioration of culture heritage . In this research, we will attempt to develop the basic ways to revive the area and how to restore the culture of the people and provide all the comforts

- Mission The project aims Reviving the region historically and culturally, attracting tourists to the place, and raising the value of the region.

- Vision - Marketing Magra El-ayon on both local and global scale.

- Connect between tourists and local life of Maga El-ayon.

- Raising the economic value of the place.

-The revival of culture and history between the people of the region.

- Objectives - Flexibility and multi-use area.

- Centralization and connectivity.

-Public spaces and green area.

-Creating Visual historical path.

-Try to provide all the needs of the people.

-SWOT Analysis:

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1 - Historical places in the region is important and a major tourist attraction 2 - The area is in a privileged location next to the Nile River.

3- The area is considered in the heart of the ancient Egyptian capital 4. Available services 5- Transportation available 6- The area has suitable spaces

-Site Selection:

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1- Developing the informal places and 1. Buildings are at providing suitable opportunities risk of collapse 2 - Development of 2. Infrastructure is tourist places to bad stimulate tourism 3 - Informal grow 3- Development of 4. Roads are not handicrafts paved 4- Developing the area 5 - places of workshops in places in front of the Nile not suitable for them River

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1. Collapse of archaeological sites 2 - the spread of garbage and diseases 3. People's culture 4. Poor infrastructure 5. Lack of safety

“We want a better life for a better generation.�

-Public Space User:

-Concept: Dr. Rasem Badran is interested in preserving the human architecture, respecting the nature of the place, and at every point in the project there is a story that tells part of the project. From the beginning of this point we started thinking about preserving the nature of the place so that the place is not strange to the people of the region.

And be a local center leads to global.

-Master Plan:

Before

After

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After

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After

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After

Before

After

-Social Road: The Social Road is a path in heart of project and this road is renewal of a material located at area of Magara El-ayon . the area will be transformed in an independent culture centre through a process which aims to exploit the energy of spontaneous and informal uses,pursuing an extremely low financial budget available. We believe that this would be good attempt to face the state of depression,crisis and lack of resources for which our cities are suffering. The project proposes a free space for creativity, experimentation and social interaction of users.

-Elevation:

-Design Issue:

-Mobility:

-Sustainability:

-City Branding - ZEYTÄ°NBURNU (Tek YĂźrek): From a real story about the Kuhe ice team coming out of a suburb of Istanbul, ice hockey managers (Khalid) see a hockey team of some young people living in a simple neighborhood , making them a professional team.

This coach has a little sad story, His wife lives with his two children in Canada. He works as coach for one of the teams there. Hallett has problems with the players in Canada. He decides to return to Turkey and will have the opportunity to train a new team from a team that chooses his own player.

Until the team reaches the World Cup in the name of their country Turkey.

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Thank You Mohammed Zaki Email : arch.mohammedzaki@gmail.com

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