URBAN ANALYSIS

OF TAHRIR SQUARE
Principles Of Urban
Design
Presented by : Presented by :
Presented to :Dr : Yasmien Bakeer
Heba Salah 2016004 Khloud Talaat 20196094
Tahany Hamdy 20196124 Salma Mohamed 20196069
Yahya Islam 20196188 Doha Ibrahim20196126
Mohamed Ibrahim 20196054 Reem Mohamed 20196076
Hassan Ahmed 20196016 Evana Samir 20196060
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CONTENT
1. Perception Measuring Of Tahrir Square
2. Serial Vision
3. Components Of The Image Of The City Due To Kevin Lynch
4. Shape And Morphology
5. Types Of Urban Space
6. Furniture
1. PERCEPTION MEASURING
OF TAHRIR SQUARE
1. Imageability
2. Enclosure
3. Human Scale
4. Transparency
5. Complexity
6. Coherence
7. Legibility
8. Linkage
➢ IMAGEABILITY 4

According to Kevin Lynch:

1- Vitality: the square has the things that

always made it vital
An example: The Tahrir Complex
building, which people always flock to it
,which makes it always active and vital
2- Sense: All the buildings around the
square are tall and huge , making it easy
for users to reach and know them from
a distance
3- Fitness: the square is a gathering point
for people
There is sets and landsqabe
4- Access: Tahrir Square is easy to reach
because it is located from the far west to
the east
Also close to the Nile Corniche and
Qasr El Nil Bridge
5- Control: the people who attend in the
square are the ones who determine the
place and access not the square
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➢ ENCLOSURE

• Although the buildings surrounding

the square are tall buildings, we do
not feel contained within the square
because the streets between the
buildings are very wide and the
square is wide.
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➢ HUMAN
SCALE
• The scale of the buildings are too
big
• Wide streets
➢ TRANSPARENCY 7

1. Transparency: the buildings

around the square don't have
complete transparency so we
don't see the indoor human
activity
2. The use of landscaping and
glass for the building creates
transparency
• The reflection of the glass
makes the view bigger

1 2
➢ COMPLEXITY 8

1. Mixing buildings in colors

2. Diversity builds heights
• The mix between: beige and
white in the buildings
• Diversity builds heights 1 2
• The combination of: yellow and
white in the lights gives a
complexity bleed
• Easy street access to the square

1
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➢ COHERENCE
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• The buildings surrounding Tahrir

1
Square have the following points:-
• -proportions of windows/bays/
doorways.
2
• -massing of building form.
• -surface material and finish. 5
• -shadow patterns.
• -building scale. 3
• -style of architecture.
coherence 60% 4
5 4 3

2
➢ LEGIBILITY
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• legibility in Tahrir Square is high due to its ease of access through

5 main roads, and it is comfortable for the eye and the scale of
the buildings is suitable for people, not too huge

5
3

1 2 3
1
2

4 5 6
 ➢ LINKAGE
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• The square achieves connectivity 11

because it serves as a point to
bring the streets together It is
directly connected to Qasr El Nil
Bridge and October Bridge.

Major nodes

minor nodes
Tahrir square

edge

path

Pedestrian bath
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2. SERIAL VISION
 2. SERIAL VISION
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1. Galaa Bridge 4. ‫حديقة الحريه‬

5 6
4
3

2. Museum of Egyptian
2 6. Statue of Saad
Zaghloul
Civilization 1

3. Cairo Opera House 5. Qasr El Nil Bridge

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“ 3. THE COMPONENT OF THE

IMAGE DUE TO KEVIN LYNCH

”
3. THE COMPONENT OF THE IMAGE DUE TO KEVIN LYNCH

District Nodes Landmark Edge Path

Commercial district Minor nodes

Educational district Minor nodes

Residential district
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4. SHAPE & MORPHOLOGY

1. Section
2. Elevation
3. Street Intersection
4. Morphological Series
5. Morphology Concept
 4. SHAPE & MORPHOLOGY
FIRST SECOND
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0.1

Section 0.9

• The buildings are of different heights FRIST SECTION

The buildings are graded, but not a SECOND SECTION

frequent gradation

There are two

types, but the
proportions are
different, the
percentage of
the first 90% and
the second 10%
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Elevation 0.1

• The destination is frequent in

buildings The destination differs 0.9
in the buildings with the
presence of restaurants or SECOND
cafes FRIST ELEVATION
SECOND ELEVATION
FIRST
 4. SHAPE & MORPHOLOGY An irregular
shape has been
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added to it
Modulation of spatial type

The regular basic

shape of Tahrir
Square
 4. SHAPE & MORPHOLOGY
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Street Intersection
• From Tahrir Square, the
main streets are divided
into sub-streets
• The two streets
have a strong
relationship with
the square
because they are
perpendicular to
the center of the
square
 4. SHAPE & MORPHOLOGY
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Shape
• Tahrir Square expresses a combination of the circular
shape and the irregular shape that was formed from the
buildings around the square
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5. TYPES OF TAHRIR
URBAN SPACE
1. Function
2. Perception
3. Territoriality
 5. TYPES OF URBAN SPACE
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❖ Public Parks ❖ Square and plazas ❖ memorials

FUNCTION

Horia Park Abd Almenam Reyad Square Omar Makram Statue

Shot Inside Horia Park Tahrir Square Lion STATUE OF Qasr Al-nil
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❖ markets ❖ Streets ❖ Community open spaces

FUNCTION

Shops Border The Square Tahrir Street Open Space With Public Seats

Shops Border The Square Tahrir Street Green Open Area To Rest
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❖ Green ways and park ways ❖ Everyday spaces

FUNCTION

Park Way Along The Square A Place To Sell Books And Newspapers

Green Pedestrian Way Street Kiosk

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PERCEPTION
❖ Everyday places ❖ Places of meaning
A variety of nondescript neighborhood spaces serve as daily "Personal associations with spaces can be positive
public gathering places for social interaction." or negative."

Wheel rental books on the street

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PERCEPTION
❖ Social environments ❖ Places of retreat
"Designed for and used to encourage social interactions of "Spaces for solitude or small-group socializing."
varying degrees."

Public garden A quiet place

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PERCEPTION
❖ Negative spaces
Spaces with threatening antisocial behavior

Bus station
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TERRITORIALITY
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6. URBAN FURNITURE OF TAHRIR

SQUARE
1. Built On Site Furniture
2. Fixed Urban Furniture
3. Urban furniture (Fixed & Dynamic)
4. Urban Furniture Due To Human Activity
 6. URBAN FURNITURE OF TAHRIR SQUARE
Built on site furniture Fixed Urban Furniture
Seating areas Barriers Units like direction signs,
Ground coverings
information boards, and
billboards

Trees lawns

Statues
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➢ URBAN FURNITURE
FIXED FURNITURE DYNAMIC FURNITURE

MARBLE CONCRETE PLASTIC

CAST IRON
PLASTIC
WITH METAL

STONE
 6. URBAN FURNITURE OF TAHRIR SQUARE

➢ URBAN FURNITURE DUE TO HUMAN ACTIVITY

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1. DYNAMIC AREAS

An iron fence Traffic lights guidance signs Iron separator to

separates the highway regulate traffic separate the car
from the pedestrian between cars and lane from the
walkway pedestrians bike lane
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➢ URBAN FURNITURE DUE TO HUMAN ACTIVITY

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2. RELAXING AREAS

seats in the pedestrian paths Green areas to separate Green areas for Flower boxes
pedestrian walkways and a break or for
car lanes children
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➢ URBAN FURNITURE DUE TO HUMAN ACTIVITY

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2. RELAXING AREAS

Shaded seats ATM MACHINE status The Pharaonic

obelisk as a
sign of beauty
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➢ URBAN FURNITURE DUE TO HUMAN ACTIVITY

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3. RECREATIONAL AREAS

Direction signs Green areas for status Corridors suitable for

a break or for exercising
children
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