By Mazen Aziz
The goal of my thesis is to fix a large-scale slum area.
Research will be conducted by first researching the history of the City of
Cairo and all it has to offer. This will be done by looking at the historic
city plans and how did it changed by the years and comparing it to the plans of
the modern days. Historic plans show that designs were made with the intention
of providing space that caters to pedestrians more than to vehicles. Over the
years and especially in Manshiet Nasser, it became the opposite since people
who live there now work as trash collectors or garbage collector from all over
the city, So residents uses big trash trucks. Another important aspect to look
at is different places in which public transportation is located throughout the
City of Cairo in order to see how the city has expanded and how public transit
has evolved to accommodate it. When looking at transportation, this thesis will
have to address the methods available to connect this site directly to the
public transit system, as the residents are very poor and
has a really low income and public transportation is the main option for them
to go around. Along with the historical and transit research, a general study
of the surrounding area and the resident’s income will be necessary. Finding
out why this area became a large slum will help further its design. By doing
these different types of research will help figuring out what materials can be
used and what the residents can afford. Also the general traffic patterns
through and around the site will help find out where to locate and design the
commercial use areas and which areas will be better for residential use.
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