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Raised walkways and cycling bands connect existing city squares, parks, and landmarks across the river Nile in central Cairo.
The four involved landmarks in this idea are Tahrir Square, The Egyptian Museum, Cairo Tower and the Cairo opera house. The bands connect humans, away from automobile traffic.
The concept ain’t too flashy in that it propagates agreeable, generic qualities that can be made site-specific in water cities anywhere:
1. water connections, human connections
2. shading and resting at exciting urban vantage points
4. pleasurable routes for cyclists
On the water, the bands converge and wrap a vibrant piazza on two levels, 24 m and 17 m above water level. Two asymmetrical crossed arches carry the structure with hanging cables, consoles and bracing, in a language between concrete and steel.
Wholes make level connections and to the water; a navigating light for passing boats, completing the internal connection.
At the public square in front of the Egyptian museum, water is celebrated at the fountain square and waterfall installation.
Rifat Chadirji Ideas Competition 2020
People’s Tentacle
Pedestrian Bridge and Public Square on the Nile in Cairo, Egypt
Program
two-story water piazza / 1800 sqm recreation and services
1150 sqm of public gardens
Team
Laura Maasry
Noha Elsayad
Reem Temerik
Facundo Hernandez