LUXOR CORNICHE DEVELOPMENT
تطوير كورنيش الأقصر
FACTS & INFO
Year: 2009
Client: Luxor Governorate
Main Consultant: ARCHPLAN
Location: Luxor, Egypt
Plot Area: 210,000 M2 – 50.0 FD
Scope: Architecture & Landscape
Project Summary
By the support of Dr.Samir Farag Luxor Governor 2009 was the vision of Developing the city’s cornish to represent Luxor with its great heritage for the Nile river visitors that meet the city at the cornice venue, however, this cornice acts as a city guest reception. On the other hand, it’s a solution to the problems of the inconvenient floating hotels and touristic boats that lie on the same cornice and to give the city residents a more uninterrupted view to the waterfront. Designing an astonishing landscape that gives joy to walkers, readers, and whoever wants to enjoy a weekend chilling The difference of cultures and ideologies of visitors vary kinds so many challenges were faced like; developing a convenient atmosphere alongside with many activities and multipurpose usage, solving the problems of the inconvenient floating hotels and touristic boats platforming, finding solutions for levels’ difference, between the Nile’s water level and street level, dedicating suitable area for every single usage purpose, including commercial area (retail shops) Design & planning the designers inspired by the nature of the place in a very simple folkloric architecture style. Sun, air, water, the valley, and the rocks, were the main design elements that form the space with scales that identify the culture. Every element of a project of location, environment, and the surrounding atmosphere, are defining the nature of the design, and this is the what we’re focusing on; to develop smart spaces and connections that inspire people to be part of the environment, however, humans are the main element among all, it was clear that we need to solve the challenges first then adding values, the reason we designed the marina on one end of the cornice is not to prevent visitors from enjoying the view, and to keep the coastline clean.
