Info

Location: Cairo, Egypt
Year: 2007
Client: General Organization of Physical Planning
Required: Vision, Conceptual master plan

Project Elements

– Reorienting the bridge’s path to a distance of 1600 meters.
– Creating a number of houses to connect the tunnel with Ahmed Helmy street and also with public transportation parking with Shobra tunnel, and two streets of Al-galaa and Ramsis, and Ahmed Badawy tunnel.
– Adding a metro station in front of the garden to be the ending point for the metro station and Misr el Gedeeda.
– Developing the square area and all the leading streets, and creating a plaza for the station
– Creating a bridge connecting Al-fagala and Ramsis street to Ahmed Helmy tunnel in Shobra.
– Decreasing traffic density around Ramsis square by redirecting 50% of the movement to other streets around the square.
– Achieving ease of access to the square and better pedestrian flow, taking into consideration the need for separation between the movement of pedestrians and vehicles through platforms on higher levels.
– Creating a public park around the square that’s fully equipped with services needed for people passing by the area or that resident around the area.