م.داليا ابو زيد
07-10-2007, 04:19 PM
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<span style="color:#A0522D">Cultural Park for Children</span>
Street Address === Sayyida Zeina
Location ===Cairo, Egypt
Architect/Planner === Abdelhalim I. Abdelhalim
Client ===Ministry of Culture
Date=== 1990
Century === 20th
Decade === 1990
Building Type ===landscap
Building Usage ===park
Keywords === Aga Khan Award for Architecture Winner
http://archnet.org/library/imgdownloader/jpg/13583/big/IAA0267.jpg
Exterior, showing angular and curved shapes as abstractions of historical architecture
http://archnet.org/library/imgdownloader/jpg/13584/big/IAA0268.jpg
Aerial view showing the park with an older residential neighborhood
http://archnet.org/library/imgdownloader/jpg/13585/big/IAA0269.jpg
Aerial view
http://archnet.org/library/imgdownloader/jpg/14026/big/IAA0776.jpg
B&W drawing, plan
http://archnet.org/library/imgdownloader/jpg/14027/big/IAA0777.jpg
B&W drawing, elevation
http://archnet.org/library/imgdownloader/jpg/14304/big/IAA1067.jpg
View into the main fountain
http://archnet.org/library/imgdownloader/jpg/14306/big/IAA1069.jpg
Exterior, woodwork has been custom fitted by craftsmen on site to fit final dimensions
Notes
The Cultural Park for Children is located in Sayyida Zeinab, a poor and derelict, although historically significant neighbourhood in the centre of medieval Cairo. Built on the one hectare site of a former garden, existing trees and shrubs, including an avenue of palms, have been preserved within an engagingly complicated geometric scheme, based in part upon the geometries of the nearby Ibn Tulun Mosque and other important Mamluk and Ottoman monuments in the district. The park includes libraries, studios, rooms with computer and video games, playgrounds, fountains and several settings for the performing arts. The park's boundaries are particularly well designed. Low walls penetrated by arched openings and an entrance gate border a principal thoroughfare. This avenue intersects a secondary street lined with facilities built along the park wall, including an outdoor cafe, street fountain, small shops, seats, a community room and library, a prayer space, a large festival plaza, a clinic and other community services. The jury noted that "the insertion of the park into this congested urban fabric has gone far beyond the original brief. It has generated a renewed sense of community by extending its presence into the surrounding streets. The residents take pride in their neighbourhood as well as their park."
Recipient of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, 1992.</div></span>
<span style="color:#A0522D">Cultural Park for Children</span>
Street Address === Sayyida Zeina
Location ===Cairo, Egypt
Architect/Planner === Abdelhalim I. Abdelhalim
Client ===Ministry of Culture
Date=== 1990
Century === 20th
Decade === 1990
Building Type ===landscap
Building Usage ===park
Keywords === Aga Khan Award for Architecture Winner
http://archnet.org/library/imgdownloader/jpg/13583/big/IAA0267.jpg
Exterior, showing angular and curved shapes as abstractions of historical architecture
http://archnet.org/library/imgdownloader/jpg/13584/big/IAA0268.jpg
Aerial view showing the park with an older residential neighborhood
http://archnet.org/library/imgdownloader/jpg/13585/big/IAA0269.jpg
Aerial view
http://archnet.org/library/imgdownloader/jpg/14026/big/IAA0776.jpg
B&W drawing, plan
http://archnet.org/library/imgdownloader/jpg/14027/big/IAA0777.jpg
B&W drawing, elevation
http://archnet.org/library/imgdownloader/jpg/14304/big/IAA1067.jpg
View into the main fountain
http://archnet.org/library/imgdownloader/jpg/14306/big/IAA1069.jpg
Exterior, woodwork has been custom fitted by craftsmen on site to fit final dimensions
Notes
The Cultural Park for Children is located in Sayyida Zeinab, a poor and derelict, although historically significant neighbourhood in the centre of medieval Cairo. Built on the one hectare site of a former garden, existing trees and shrubs, including an avenue of palms, have been preserved within an engagingly complicated geometric scheme, based in part upon the geometries of the nearby Ibn Tulun Mosque and other important Mamluk and Ottoman monuments in the district. The park includes libraries, studios, rooms with computer and video games, playgrounds, fountains and several settings for the performing arts. The park's boundaries are particularly well designed. Low walls penetrated by arched openings and an entrance gate border a principal thoroughfare. This avenue intersects a secondary street lined with facilities built along the park wall, including an outdoor cafe, street fountain, small shops, seats, a community room and library, a prayer space, a large festival plaza, a clinic and other community services. The jury noted that "the insertion of the park into this congested urban fabric has gone far beyond the original brief. It has generated a renewed sense of community by extending its presence into the surrounding streets. The residents take pride in their neighbourhood as well as their park."
Recipient of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, 1992.</div></span>