Adaptive Re-use of Heritage Buildings
(Al-amasili & Hassiba Ghazal Houses)
Rashid, Egypt
(Al-amasili & Hassiba Ghazal Houses)
Rashid, Egypt
A proposal to reuse a building in the city of Rashid in Egypt, which is one of the Ottoman heritage threatened with collapse due to neglect and non-exploitation.
The proposal was to use it as hotel rooms of different sizes and contains methods of exploitation that preserve the structure of the building and give it the largest possible division to reduce the cost for tenants and guests and make an additional floor in the rooms as the net height in the floor is 5.5 meters.
The proposal was to use it as hotel rooms of different sizes and contains methods of exploitation that preserve the structure of the building and give it the largest possible division to reduce the cost for tenants and guests and make an additional floor in the rooms as the net height in the floor is 5.5 meters.