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ALEXANDRIA
EGYPT
CHALLENGE
The Science City Project in Egypt represented for us a
big challenge for thetopic proposed, the architectural
language and the context.
INTENT
Egypt, being the project located in Egypt, it was a strong
motivation to think how to create a dominant architectural
form, expression and value that could achieve a
level of correspondence with the history of architectural
elements in Egypt. We thought it is an opportunity to
propose an architectural global landmark that Egypt,
with its extraordinary architectural heritage, could
inspire and express. In order to do so. a homogenous
model presented in the project, seen as one element
that expresses the idea of Densities that the local context
inspired us. As contemporary Egypt urban feature .
On the other hand looking at the hot dry climate we are
dealing with, we found
the necessity of creating a dialogue with the local environment.
The necessityof generating a microclimate
that could allow daily livable outdoor spaces for
users. These outdoor spaces are central to define a
collective, sharing and
joyful common ground where knowledge, science and
research interests can
be transferred to the public. Density is a moderator and
principle for urban
pattern definition.
Science, While looking at local specificities, we also tried
to find an architecture
language that could represent the city of science. It was
not for us a composition of objects but a complete environment;
with its specific design, our aim is to find a way
to express scientific principles and ideas into a space.
By this, we wish that the project could transfer scientific
ethics, potentiality to the public
and abilities of creating new realities, in a place where
scientific ideas could be spread and at the same time
peoples imagination could be strengthend.
17 GIUSEPPE CAROSINI
Site Plan -
Repetition and variation of a
singular element to generate
a complex whole.