CASE STUDY
and included everywhere merely for compliance or appearance to tick the box of green architecture _ yet in this project and in many in Fahmy ’ s work , has been an integral part of her work , often a sense of urgency or obligation or even of the scarcity of means , to oblige in a way to be resourceful whether this has been an integral part of living in Cairo , which forces you to be resourceful , woven into the very fabric of each endeavor in a project conception or execution . if you were born , raised , and living in Cairo , you know how to be resourceful , you learned if wanted something you needed to create it and produce it , architects , and artist , if you drew an idea on paper and you wanted it physical , you often have to work with your hands in collaborate work to achieve , even though I was born in the 70 ’ s in the Sadat era of infitah , you have seen how parents and grandparents operate a whole generation of learning to do it themself if they want to make it happen , so somehow it is transcendent through generations . One ’ s relationship with the context , the ground , the city , both physical and conceptual , originates in one ’ s own lived experience .
Lucida Restaurant , lounge and bar rooftop , designed by Shahira Fahmy , is a physical form to the wistful symmetries of the architect ’ s language oeuvre , the place offers a range from intimate dinners to performances with 500 guests , deliberately and consistently refusing to be reduced to a nebulous ‘ hospitality .’
Architects : Shahira Fahmy Architects Area : 1250 m ² Photographs : Nour El Refai , Farida Bustani www . sfahmy . com
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