KEMET TOWER
INFO & SUMMARY
Type: Administration Building
Design Date: 2019
Location: New Administrative Capital Cairo, Egypt
Plot Area: 5,836.3 m2 / 1.38 FD
Project Description:
“Kemet” Tower is in the New Administrative Capital, alongside several governmental embassies, overlooking the central bank. The main goal behind the design was to provide the administrative building with a powerful and symbolic message that represents the essence of ancient Egypt. This message was delivered by drawing inspiration from the distinctive features of the Nile Delta and the Great Pyramid applying their characteristics to the design in a contemporary manner. The design process was done in accordance with TUTERA style, which aims to emulate ancient Egypt’s sophistication and forward-thinking into modern designs.
The tower’s structure is split down the middle, allowing sunlight to penetrate through the golden pyramid and illuminate the reflective dark walls that resemble the steepness of the Grand Gallery’s passage. The sunlight that passes through the structure embodies the connection between the sky and ground. Kemet Tower’s entrance resembles the interior space of King Khufu’s golden pyramid by drawing inspiration from its shape and proportions.
The tower’s striking figure is designed to attract visitors towards the main lobby, which is a grand atrium at a height of 35 meters. It also includes a fully furnished rooftop and terraces on both sides of the building in order for employees to enjoy the spectacular view of the New Administrative Capital.
Concept:
– The Land of “Egypt”: The general formation of the building was done in an abstract form representing the land of Egypt since the time of its civilizational cradle, which in turn is a physical embodiment of the name of the project “Kemet”, which is the first name that Egypt was called in its ancient time.
– The Nile River and the Delta: the main center of the building was formed through a vertical axis that does halve the whole building in two symmetrical shapes, creating a path, through which the main foyer of the building is illuminated by natural lighting. This is a metaphor for goodness and civilization, the cradle of the land of “Egypt”.
– The Great Pyramid: The design of the main lobby appears as an architectural void inspired by the shape of the Great Pyramid as the greatest civilizational symbol in ancient Egypt, which is a symbolic metaphor that confirms with it the personality of the project in its name “Kamet”.
Program:
- Offices and universal spaces
- Smart Offices
- Meeting Rooms
- Restaurants and Cafes
- Green Courts
