Madinaty Central Park
Madinaty Central Park
Location Cairo, Egypt Client Talaat Mustafa Group SWA Scope Landscape Schematic Design Size 29.4 acres / 11.9 hectares
The 11.9-hectare Madinaty Central Park was envisioned
The landscape is designed with areas of sun and shade
as a great community gathering place within the
to help accommodate a variety of activities within a
Madinaty community.
variety of environmental conditions. Strolling gardens
A region rich in both culture and history, the Madinaty
are either framed or shaded by bosques of trees helping
Central Park has borrowed Egyptian garden design
to define the gardens while simultaneously providing
principals and adapted them into a contemporary
shade to the spaces. These gardens are a mix of both
framework. The northern side of the park is designed
naturalized landscape and more refined formal gardens
as an active space for socializing and community
offering a variety of open space experiences. The four
events; including a Mosque plaza, succulent garden,
Sun Dune Gardens reflect the desert sand dunes of
maze garden, tea house, children water garden and play
Egypt, and provide more open and natural landscape
dunes. A large mosque terminates the northwest corner
strolling experiences, and places for children to climb
of the park, and serves as a visual landmark for the park
and play.
while providing an armature for family activities within the gardens surrounding the mosque. SWA designed the concept architecture for the Tea House, based on the ‘blooming’ of interior of exterior space, shaded by broad overhead planes. SWA Group: www.swagroup.com
Location Cairo, Egypt Client Talaat Mustafa Group SWA Scope Landscape Schematic Design Size 29.4 acres / 11.9 hectares
The 11.9-hectare Madinaty Central Park was envisioned
The landscape is designed with areas of sun and shade
as a great community gathering place within the
to help accommodate a variety of activities within a
Madinaty community.
variety of environmental conditions. Strolling gardens
A region rich in both culture and history, the Madinaty
are either framed or shaded by bosques of trees helping
Central Park has borrowed Egyptian garden design
to define the gardens while simultaneously providing
principals and adapted them into a contemporary
shade to the spaces. These gardens are a mix of both
framework. The northern side of the park is designed
naturalized landscape and more refined formal gardens
as an active space for socializing and community
offering a variety of open space experiences. The four
events; including a Mosque plaza, succulent garden,
Sun Dune Gardens reflect the desert sand dunes of
maze garden, tea house, children water garden and play
Egypt, and provide more open and natural landscape
dunes. A large mosque terminates the northwest corner
strolling experiences, and places for children to climb
of the park, and serves as a visual landmark for the park
and play.
while providing an armature for family activities within the gardens surrounding the mosque. SWA designed the concept architecture for the Tea House, based on the ‘blooming’ of interior of exterior space, shaded by broad overhead planes. SWA Group: www.swagroup.com
