Discovering Downtown Cairo : architecture ... and stories /

• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Capresi, Vittoria (επιμελήτρια.), Pampe, Barbara 1973- (επιμελήτρια.)
• Μορφή: Βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin : Jovis, 2015
• Θέματα: Αρχιτεκτονική > Αίγυπτος > Κάϊρο; Διαμερίσματα > Αίγυπτος > Κάϊρο > Σχέδια και πλάνα; Κάϊρο (Αίγυπτος) > Κτίρια, οικοδομήματα κλπ.

This scholarly guide presents a detailed survey of the plans and typologies of apartment buildings from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in downtown Cairo. It also maps the changes in use of these spaces over time and shares some of the inhabitants' stories.

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Foreword : Recording downtown Cairo / Mercedes Volait
• Talking about downtown / Vittoria Capresi, Barbara Pampe
• The making of Ismailiyya and the origins of downtown / Ralph Bodenstein
• Tawakul building (aka Café Riche building) / Karim El Sayed
• Wust el Balad and Nasser's policies / Ola Seif
• Cairo : city of books / Stefan Winkler
• Balconies into the city / Vittoria Capresi
• Emad el-Din Street / Galila El Kadi
• The unexpected : housing typology in downtown Cairo / Barbara Pampe
• Educational missions abroad and the affirmation of Egyptian architects in Egypt / Shayma' Samir 'Ashur
• Downtown as seen by a modernist / Mohamed El Shahed
• Antoine Selim Hahas (1901-1966) : creating a new scale and program for residential buildings / Shayma' Samir 'Ashur.