The planning mandate was to develop an urban design scheme that would capitalize of the land value – one of the highest in Cairo – While engaging the informal neighbourhood of Dar Al-Salam (219 acres) within a mutual development framework. At a later stage of the project, the area of the old river port of Athar Al-Nabi (80 acres) was added to the development framework, while the two islands facing the site Al-Dahab Major and Minor (418 acres) were also requested to be incorporated within a broader vision of a city hub.

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