Al-Azhar Park
Catching Winds and Views at Al-Azhar Park, Cairo was offered as a Winter School in December 2024 by the Master of Conservation programme at CEPT University, Ahmedabad, in collaboration with the AKTC Education Programme and Aga Khan Cultural Services, Egypt. Fifteen students from various programmes at the Faculty of Architecture, CEPT University, and seven students from Cairo University and Helwan University took part. The students were mentored by senior architects and architectural historians who have worked on AKTC conservation projects in Darb Al-Ahmar, Cairo.
The objective was to interpret traditional features of Egyptian architecture and incorporate these in a contemporary design framework with a view to producing a design for a 20-room boutique hotel at the nursery in the Al-Azhar Park. The Winter School took the form of an eight-day charette style workshop in which the participants undertook guided case studies of the Aga Khan Historic Cities Programme projects in Cairo. Expert architects oriented them to Fatimid architectural traditions of integrating wind and views of the landscapes, as well as other dimensions of integrated urban conservation in historic Cairo.
Students from CEPT University earned 4 credits, while students from Cairo University and Helwan University received a certificate of participation.
Catching Winds and Views at Al-Azhar Park. Faculty of Architecture, CEPT University: Ahmedabad. 2025.
Master of Conservation and Regeneration Program, Faculty of Architecture, CEPT University, Ahmedabad, and the Aga Khan Trust for Culture Education Programme
Catching Winds and Views at Al-Azhar Park, Cairo was offered as a Winter School in December 2024 by the Master of Conservation programme at CEPT University, Ahmedabad, in collaboration with the AKTC Education Programme and Aga Khan Cultural Services, Egypt. Fifteen students from various programmes at the Faculty of Architecture, CEPT University, and seven students from Cairo University and Helwan University took part. The students were mentored by senior architects and architectural historians who have worked on AKTC conservation projects in Darb Al-Ahmar, Cairo.
The objective was to interpret traditional features of Egyptian architecture and incorporate these in a contemporary design framework with a view to producing a design for a 20-room boutique hotel at the nursery in the Al-Azhar Park. The Winter School took the form of an eight-day charette style workshop in which the participants undertook guided case studies of the Aga Khan Historic Cities Programme projects in Cairo. Expert architects oriented them to Fatimid architectural traditions of integrating wind and views of the landscapes, as well as other dimensions of integrated urban conservation in historic Cairo.
Students from CEPT University earned 4 credits, while students from Cairo University and Helwan University received a certificate of participation.
Catching Winds and Views at Al-Azhar Park. Faculty of Architecture, CEPT University: Ahmedabad. 2025.
Master of Conservation and Regeneration Program, Faculty of Architecture, CEPT University, Ahmedabad, and the Aga Khan Trust for Culture Education Programme