Student Name: Noor Abdelhamid
Project Name: Housing Networks and Subcentralities: The Self-Perpetuating Occupation of Space
Course: GD3 MFP Studio
Course Instructor: Jennnifer Yoos
ABOUT THE PROJECT
Informality grows within self-perpetuating networks; it spatially infiltrates inconsiderate city plans; it structurally increments over time; it economically challenges predetermined processes of construction; it politically stands against obstinate eviction plans; and it socially forms nodal communities that grow and protect its boundaries. The case of Al-Warraq Island, located in Cairo, Egypt serves as a vulnerable site for an informal housing settlement threatened to be wiped out by a state-led redevelopment plan. Learning from informal settlements, this design effort proposed a spectrum of networks forming spatial and social boundaries for incremental
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