Python Notes for mca i year students osmania university.docx
Architecture and Architects in Egypt a
1. Architecture and Urbanism in Egypt
Dr. Yasser Mahgoub
ARC 013 Introduction to Architecture and
Urbanism
T H E F U T U R E S T A R T S H E R E
S p r i n g 2 0 2 3
12. Cairo
Fustat arose after the Islamic conquest of Egypt
between the Nile River and Tel Mokattam as a
fortified military city with the river on one side,
the mountain on the other side, and the Upper
Egypt on the third side.
14. Cairo
Fatimid Cairo represented an important era in the
development of traditional Arab cities, with its
high walls, great gates, narrow streets, small
houses, large palaces, mosques, mosques,
commercial agencies, baths, and numerous
specialized markets, which became the
stereotype of the traditional Arab city.
26. Since the nineteenth century, Cairo, at
the hands of Muhammad Ali, began
to move away from Mokattam
towards the Nile, along with its
organs and institutions.
Muhammad Ali
29. This urban migration was accelerated by
Khedive Ismail, who wanted to make
"Egypt a piece of Europe" and established
many new areas on the new lands that
were exploited as a result of controlling
the Nile.
He moved the center of government from
the citadel to Abdeen Palace, and
established the Opera, Azbakia Park, the
Haram Road, the Ataba, and the modern
European-style commercial area known
today in Khedivial Cairo around Imad El-
Din Street.
Khedive Ismail
38. Cairo was affected by two main
factors in its development:
first is the control of the Nile and its
ability to exploit new lands adjacent
to it and cross the river by bridges to
reach the other bank.
Development of Cairo
39. Second, the emergence of modern
means of transportation and public
transport networks such as trains,
trams, wagons, and finally cars. New
areas away from the walled capital
were exploited to create new
residential, commercial and
governmental areas.
Development of Cairo
41. In 1894, the Belgian Baron Edward Empain
arrived in Cairo to implement his project to
establish a railway (tram) and a new city on its
two sides near the Pharaonic city of Heliopolis
named after her and later nicknamed
"Heliopolis".
"Empain's intention was to monopolize the
railway system and then build a city along its
tracks," says Khaled Adham. (Adham 2008)
Baron Edward Empain - Heliopolis
42.
43.
44.
45.
46.
47. Empain and his partner Nubar Pasha gave six
thousand acres and a permit to connect the
new city to Cairo through a railway (tram).
Heliopolis was designed on the pattern of
the Garden City proposed by the global
planner Ebenezer Howard in the late
nineteenth century, which aims at urban
decentralization by creating urban
communities away from large crowded cities
in a healthy, clean environment with low
population density and enjoying dense green
areas.
Baron Edward Empain - Heliopolis
48.
49.
50.
51. Nasr city– 1959 (est)
President Nasr
After the 1952 revolution and the socialist
political trend that it adopted, the state
established new cities such as Nasr City,
which was distinguished by its large
economic buildings and public buildings in a
modern style far from the Islamic or oriental
style.
The buildings of Nasr City were characterized
by simplicity and avoidance of decorations,
inscriptions and elements that suggest
belonging to the East or the West. It built
regular, perpendicular roads that allowed
cars and public transportation, government
buildings, huge apartment complexes for
civil servants, and regular small villas for
statesmen and the wealthy class.
Nasr city– 1959 (est)
53. After the 1952 revolution and the socialist
political trend that it adopted, the state
established new cities such as Nasr City,
which was distinguished by its large
economic buildings and public buildings in a
modern style far from the Islamic or oriental
style.
The buildings of Nasr City were characterized
by simplicity and avoidance of decorations,
inscriptions and elements that suggest
belonging to the East or the West. It built
regular, perpendicular roads that allowed
cars and public transportation, government
buildings, huge apartment complexes for
civil servants, and regular small villas for
statesmen and the wealthy class.
54.
55.
56. At the same time, the state imposed
restrictions on the rents of existing housing in
the state and prevented the eviction of its
residents in line with the policy of social
reform, as it did with the distribution of feudal
lands to the peasants. This policy led to the
reluctance of land owners and investors to
build houses due to the low return on them
and the state's control over their rents.
Rent Control
57. Egypt became involved in
many regional conflicts
during the end of the fifties
and the beginning of the
sixties, which exhausted its
budget and facilities.
After the 1967 defeat, the
Egyptian economy turned to
financing the military forces in
preparation for war, and the
private sector refrained from
building housing due to the
useless return from it.
1967 - 1973
58. With the increase in migration rates from the
countryside to the city, as a result of weak
agricultural land revenues and the lack of
services in the countryside, the need for
housing in the city increased. The new arrivals
only found shelter in the rural areas
surrounding the city, to create simple housing
that meets their basic needs. The State has
turned a blind eye to these random practices
due to its preoccupation with the war and its
inability to provide the necessary housing for
citizens.
Informal Housing
63. The phenomenon of construction spread in
villages on agricultural lands near Cairo and
major cities, and the prices of lands in them
rose to be sold by meters instead of acres.
The phenomenon of squatter housing, such
as cancer, has spread in and around the city,
and the majority of Cairo’s buildings have
become random, whether through squatter
building around them or as a result of
violating the laws and building permits
inside them.
Informal Housing
68. After Egypt's victory in the 1973 war, the
country moved to open up to the West
politically and economically. The state
encouraged local and international capital
to invest in Egypt through the
establishment of factories, real estate and
trade. For this, a number of new cities
were established around Cairo during the
seventies and eighties, such as 10th of
Ramadan City, 6th of October, El Obour
and 1st of May.
The new cities attracted factories,
companies, private universities, and
provided economic housing for workers,
plots of villas, palaces, sports clubs, and
large plots of land for large real estate
projects.
New Cities
70. New Cairo New Cairo was established in the nineties
as an extension in the eastern part of
Cairo, Nasr City and Heliopolis. New Cairo
has large plots of land for real estate
investors and the wealthy, in addition to
prestigious international schools and
universities. Housing spread in New Cairo
through walled residential compounds
(Gated Communities) that enjoy large
green areas, golf lands, and luxury hotels,
in addition to huge commercial markets
and branches of well-known international
stores. A percentage of economic housing
has also been established in New Cairo
for newly married couples and those with
limited incomes.
71. The state is currently moving to establish a
new administrative capital between the
cities of Cairo and Suez. It is hoped that
the new capital will contribute to
improving the deteriorating urban
environment in Cairo by moving many
government buildings, embassies and
administrative works to it and relieving the
burden of the old city.
العاصمة
اإلدارية
الجديدة
New Cairo