URBAN DESIGN &
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE THE URBANITY OF TOGETHERNESS
ARCH 468/4532 STUDENTS’ WORK FALL 2020
THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE ARCH 468/4532: URBAN DESIGN AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE FALL 2020 © AUC ARCHITECTURE 2021
CONTENTS
05 06 09
MEET THE TEAM
INTRO
STUDENTS’ WORK PART 1: TACTICAL URBANISM (My Urban Home) PART 2: MASTERPLAN (My Caring University)
TEAM
MEET THE
Urban Instructor Dr. Momen El-Husseiny TAs Fatima Abdelaziz Sara Seyam Shaza Ali Student TAs Laila Kouta Malak Abdel Naby
5
INTRO 6
FALL 2020
With the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, our cities today are facing a test of time for our preconceived assumptions in urban design of what constitutes home, and what constitutes a university. The lockdown is pushing our urban design tenets to rethink what is home, what is dwelling within the limitation of space. People use their extended balconies, roof spaces, entrance porches, people go out to jog and socialize at a social distance. A new norm of urban life is born. But also, a new conception to the bounds and territories of extension of what constitutes home. Home is becoming a territory of safety beyond the private property of a dwelling place. Home is epistemologically transformed to become more urban, and at the same time more nucleated.
Every citizen is constructing their own cognitive mapping of home based on safety as well as sociability. The urban common is becoming a home, a safe place to be there. This notion of reconfiguring the private and the public common of home is the aim of this semester’s studio. How can we imagine an urbanity of togetherness, spatial overlay, and an architecture of simultaneity? The way of learning is also changing, and so will the spatiality of universities. How will those spaces of enclosure transform with the new extended life, the urban common. How can the university’s spaces open up for better appropriation with the post-pandemic urban condition? For the extended new masterplan, how can we design buildings and connections with these new spatial assemblages of ‘to-
getherness’ and ‘caring’, of ‘safely connecting yet a distance’ for an exciting and enjoyable way of learning? What kind of hybrid departments and new schools can develop out of this ‘togetherness’? This semester is divided into two phases under the same theme of exploration – “the urbanity of togetherness.” During phase 1, we will explore its impact and re-imagine ‘my urban home’ and in phase 2, we will design the extended masterplan of AUC campus towards envisioning a different mode of urban-learning and urban collectivity.
7
8
FALL 2020
WORK
PART 2: MASTERPLAN My Caring University
STUDENTS’
PART 1: TACTICAL URBANISM My Urban Home
9
PART 1: TACTICAL URBANISM
GROUP 1 Alia Ghoneim Leila Ahmad Nouran El-Khattam Salma Ahmed Salma Halawa
10
FALL 2020
TACTICAL URBANISM
GROUP 1
11
TACTICAL URBANISM
URBAN HOME
12
FALL 2020
GROUP 1
TACTICAL URBANISM
GROUP 1
13
TACTICAL URBANISM
ACTIVITY MATRIX
14
FALL 2020
GROUP 1
TACTICAL URBANISM
GROUP 1
SLOW SPACES: SLOW LIFECYCLES
15
TACTICAL URBANISM
URBAN HISTORY
16
FALL 2020
GROUP 1
TACTICAL URBANISM
MACRO-SCALE ANALYSIS
GROUP 1
MICRO-SCALE ANALYSIS
17
TACTICAL URBANISM
TIME & PLACEMAKING
18
FALL 2020
GROUP 1
TACTICAL URBANISM
GROUP 1
AL REHAB CITY - LOCATION OF SITE
19
TACTICAL URBANISM
20
FALL 2020
GROUP 1
TACTICAL URBANISM
GROUP 1
NEEDS ASSESMENT
21
TACTICAL URBANISM
DESIGN INTERVENTION
22
FALL 2020
GROUP 1
TACTICAL URBANISM
DESIGN INTERVENTION ANALYSIS
GROUP 1
23
TACTICAL URBANISM
SITE POTENTIALS
24
FALL 2020
GROUP 1
TACTICAL URBANISM
DESIGN INTERVENTION
GROUP 1
25
TACTICAL URBANISM
DESIGN INTERVENTION
26
FALL 2020
GROUP 1
TACTICAL URBANISM
SITE POTENTIALS
GROUP 1
NEED ASSESMENT
27
TACTICAL URBANISM
DESIGN INTERVENTION
28
FALL 2020
GROUP 1
PART 2: MASTERPLAN
GROUP 1
29
MASTERPLAN
30
FALL 2020
GROUP 1
MASTERPLAN
THE HETEROTOPIAN JOURNEY
GROUP 1
THE STORY OF NETWORKS
31
MASTERPLAN
HISTORICAL TIMELINE
32
FALL 2020
GROUP 1
MASTERPLAN
SITE ANALYSIS
GROUP 1
33
MASTERPLAN
SITE POTENTIALS
34
FALL 2020
GROUP 1
MASTERPLAN
SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
GROUP 1
35
MASTERPLAN
PROPOSED MASTERPLAN
36
FALL 2020
GROUP 1
MASTERPLAN
SPACE PROGRAM
GROUP 1
37
MASTERPLAN
NETWORKS
38
FALL 2020
GROUP 1
MASTERPLAN
HISTORY / URBAN ECOLOGY
GROUP 1
39
MASTERPLAN
YOUTH ROOFTOP
40
FALL 2020
GROUP 1
MASTERPLAN
PROPOSED MASTERPLAN
GROUP 1
41
MASTERPLAN
AL-QATAI - THE QUARTERS
42
FALL 2020
GROUP 1
MASTERPLAN
ACTION AREA DESIGN B
GROUP 1
43
MASTERPLAN
PROPOSED MASTERPLAN PLOT C
44
FALL 2020
GROUP 1
MASTERPLAN
LANDSCAPE CONCEPT
GROUP 1
45
MASTERPLAN
THE SENSESCAPE
46
FALL 2020
GROUP 1
MASTERPLAN
DRAWINGS AND SHOTS
GROUP 1
47
48
FALL 2020
GROUP 2
49
PART 1: TACTICAL URBANISM
GROUP 2 Halla ElBishbishy Malak Fawzy Menna Khaled Salma ElZenouki Sohaila Zohiery
50
FALL 2020
TACTICAL URBANISM
EXTENSION OF OUR HOMES
GROUP 2
51
TACTICAL URBANISM
HISTORY OF NEW CAIRO
52
FALL 2020
GROUP 2
TACTICAL URBANISM
FIFTH SETTLEMENT ANALYSIS
GROUP 2
53
TACTICAL URBANISM
54
FALL 2020
GROUP 2
TACTICAL URBANISM
COGNITIVE MAP
GROUP 2
55
TACTICAL URBANISM
SWOT ANALYSIS
56
FALL 2020
GROUP 2
TACTICAL URBANISM
KATAMEYA HEIGHTS
GROUP 2
57
TACTICAL URBANISM
COGNITIVE MAP
58
FALL 2020
GROUP 2
TACTICAL URBANISM
GROUP 2
59
TACTICAL URBANISM
SWOT ANALYSIS
60
FALL 2020
GROUP 2
GROUP 2
TACTICAL URBANISM
ACTION AREA 1: INCLUSIVITY Action area 1 Action area 3 Action area 2
P
61
TACTICAL URBANISM
GENERAL ANALYSIS
62
FALL 2020
GROUP 2
TACTICAL URBANISM
LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS
GROUP 2
63
TACTICAL URBANISM
ACTION AREA 2: MOBILITY
64
FALL 2020
GROUP 2
TACTICAL URBANISM
OPPORTUNITY ROTARY
GROUP 2
65
TACTICAL URBANISM
OPPORTUNISM
66
FALL 2020
GROUP 2
TACTICAL URBANISM
ACTION AREA 3: GLOW GOLF
GROUP 2
67
PART 2: MASTERPLAN
STRATEGIZING DOMINOES
68
FALL 2020
GROUP 2
MASTERPLAN
GROUP 2
69
MASTERPLAN
IMAGE OF THE CITY
70
FALL 2020
GROUP 2
MASTERPLAN
SWOT ANALYSIS
GROUP 2
71
MASTERPLAN
INTERCONNECTIVITY IN A POST PANDEMIC WORLD
72
FALL 2020
GROUP 2
MASTERPLAN
ZONING
GROUP 2
73
MASTERPLAN
SECTION THROUGH EXTENSION A-A
SECTION THROUGH EXISTING VS EXTENSION B-B
74
FALL 2020
GROUP 2
MASTERPLAN
GROUP 2
75
MASTERPLAN
INTERDISCIPLINARY & VOCATIONAL LEARNING PROGRAMS
76
FALL 2020
GROUP 2
MASTERPLAN
SOFTSCAPE
GROUP 2
77
MASTERPLAN
APPLICATION OF SOFTSCAPE
78
FALL 2020
GROUP 2
MASTERPLAN
FURNITURE, HARDSCAPE, & ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS
GROUP 2
79
MASTERPLAN
NEW COMMUTE ALTERNATIVE: A BIKE FRIENDLY CAMPUS
80
FALL 2020
GROUP 2
MASTERPLAN
ACTION AREAS
GROUP 2
81
MASTERPLAN
82
FALL 2020
GROUP 2
MASTERPLAN
GROUP 2
CO-WORKING SPACES
83
MASTERPLAN
84
FALL 2020
GROUP 2
MASTERPLAN
GROUP 2
85
MASTERPLAN
3D SHOTS
86
FALL 2020
GROUP 2
MASTERPLAN
GROUP 2
87
88
FALL 2020
GROUP 3
89
PART 1: TACTICAL URBANISM
GROUP 3 Ezz Gomaa Mohab Khaled Nayer Ehab Rakan Attyeh Youmna Kotb
90
FALL 2020
TACTICAL URBANISM
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
GROUP 3
91
TACTICAL URBANISM
MATCHING THE GAP
92
FALL 2020
GROUP 3
TACTICAL URBANISM
GROUP 69, REHAB
GROUP 3
93
TACTICAL URBANISM
GROUP 69, REHAB
94
FALL 2020
GROUP 3
TACTICAL URBANISM
SOUQ EL REHAB
GROUP 3
95
TACTICAL URBANISM
SOUQ EL REHAB
96
FALL 2020
GROUP 3
TACTICAL URBANISM
STITCHING WASTE MANAGEMENT
GROUP 3
97
TACTICAL URBANISM
TAHRIR AXIS STREET
98
FALL 2020
GROUP 3
TACTICAL URBANISM
STITCHING THE SEGREGATION
GROUP 3
99
TACTICAL URBANISM
SWOT ANALYSIS
100
FALL 2020
GROUP 3
TACTICAL URBANISM
ACTION AREA: CONNECTING TWO COMMUNITIES
GROUP 3
101
TACTICAL URBANISM
ACTION AREA: BREAKING THE BOUNDARY
102
FALL 2020
GROUP 3
TACTICAL URBANISM
ACTION AREA: WORK, PLAY, LIVE
GROUP 3
103
TACTICAL URBANISM
STITCHING THE UNBALANCED
104
FALL 2020
GROUP 3
TACTICAL URBANISM
STITCHING THE SOCIAL SPONTANEITY
GROUP 3
105
TACTICAL URBANISM
ACTION AREA: CREATING A PUBLIC PLAYGROUND
106
FALL 2020
GROUP 3
PART 2: MASTERPLAN
GROUP 3
107
MASTERPLAN
108
FALL 2020
GROUP 3
MASTERPLAN
AUC MACRO ANALYSIS
GROUP 3
109
MASTERPLAN
THE BATTLE BETWEEN CONTEXTUALIZATION & PRIVITIZATION
110
FALL 2020
GROUP 3
MASTERPLAN
SPINE ANALYSIS
GROUP 3
111
MASTERPLAN
THE UNEXPLOITED BETWEEN SPACES
112
FALL 2020
GROUP 3
MASTERPLAN
GROUP 3
113
MASTERPLAN
FLOOR AREA RATIO
114
FALL 2020
GROUP 3
MASTERPLAN
NIGHT
DAY
WEEKDAY VS. WEEKEND WEEKDAY
GROUP 3
NIGHT
DAY
WEEKEND
115
MASTERPLAN
COGNITIVE MAP
116
FALL 2020
GROUP 3
MASTERPLAN
VEGETATION MAP
GROUP 3
117
MASTERPLAN
MASTERPLAN: INTERVENTION 1
118
FALL 2020
GROUP 3
MASTERPLAN
INTERVENTION 1: CONCEPT
GROUP 3
119
MASTERPLAN
TARGET USERS
120
FALL 2020
GROUP 3
MASTERPLAN
PROGRAM
GROUP 3
121
MASTERPLAN
MASTERPLAN AS A CATALYST
122
FALL 2020
GROUP 3
MASTERPLAN
ACTION AREA 1
GROUP 3
123
MASTERPLAN
ACTION AREA 2
124
FALL 2020
GROUP 3
MASTERPLAN
PERSPECTIVE SHOTS
GROUP 3
125
MASTERPLAN
MASTERPLAN PROPOSAL
126
FALL 2020
GROUP 3
MASTERPLAN
SPACE PROGRAM
GROUP 3
127
MASTERPLAN
ACTION AREAS
128
FALL 2020
GROUP 3
MASTERPLAN
ACTION AREA A
GROUP 3
129
MASTERPLAN
ACTION AREA B: EUPHORIAN JOURNEY
130
FALL 2020
GROUP 3
MASTERPLAN
EUPHORIAN WALK
GROUP 3
131
MASTERPLAN
LAYOUT & FEATURES SITE PLAN
3D PERSPECTIVE
132
FALL 2020
GROUP 3
MASTERPLAN
ACTION AREA C
GROUP 3
133
MASTERPLAN
SHOTS
134
FALL 2020
GROUP 3
MASTERPLAN
ACTION AREA D: REHABILITATION VILLAGE
GROUP 3
135
136
FALL 2020
THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE ARCH 468/4532: URBAN DESIGN AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE FALL 2020 © AUC ARCHITECTURE 2021