A DISTINCTIVE PRACTICE BUILT ON EXPERIENCE, CURIOSITY, AND COLLABORATION
WE WORK ACROSS URBAN DESIGN, LANDSCAPE, AND ARCHITECTURE, DEVELOPING THOUGHTFUL AND DISTINCTIVE DESIGN SOLUTIONS FOR CLIENTS ACROSS HOSPITALITY, RETAIL, EDUCATION, HIGH-END RESIDENTIAL, AND MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENTS.
OUR PRACTICE IS BUILT AROUND A DIVERSE TEAM OF URBAN PLANNERS, ARCHITECTS, AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS, BRINGING TOGETHER DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, PERSPECTIVES, AND AREAS OF EXPERTISE. THIS COLLECTIVE APPROACH ALLOWS US TO CONSIDER EACH PROJECT FROM MULTIPLE SCALES, FROM THE CHARACTER OF A PLACE TO THE EXPERIENCE OF THE INDIVIDUAL.
BASED IN THE HEART OF CAIRO, OUR WORK HAS EXTENDED ACROSS EGYPT AND INTO THE WIDER REGION, INCLUDING PROJECTS IN SAUDI ARABIA DEVELOPED IN COLLABORATION WITH DOVER, KOHL & PARTNERS OF MIAMI, FLORIDA. OUR INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS HAVE ALSO INCLUDED GENSLER, WITH DIE STADT SERVING AS LOCAL CONSULTANT FOR TWO PROJECTS IN EGYPT IN 2017.
TODAY, OUR PRACTICE CONTINUES TO GROW BEYOND ITS ROOTS, BRINGING OUR APPROACH TO NEW CONTEXTS AND CHALLENGES. OUR RECENT WORK IN EUROPE, INCLUDING THE REDESIGN OF A RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX IN COASTAL ATHENS, GREECE, MARKS ANOTHER STEP IN THE EVOLUTION OF THE PRACTICE.
DIE STADT
GERMAN FOR “THE CITY”.
LOOKING INTO THE HISTORY AND ORIGINS OF URBAN PLANNING, WE FOUND OURSELVES DRAWN TO ONE OF EGYPT’S EARLIEST PLANNED COMMUNITIES: DEIR EL MEDINA, THE ANCIENT PHARAONIC SETTLEMENT BUILT FOR THE ARTISANS WHO CREATED THE TOMBS OF THE KINGS AND QUEENS.
THE ORDER, DENSITY, AND GEOMETRY OF ITS STREETS FORM THE BASIS OF OUR LOGO. ITS LINES ARE DRAWN FROM THE PLAN OF DEIR EL MEDINA, AN URBAN FRAGMENT THAT HAS ENDURED FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS AND REMAINS VISIBLE TODAY IN MODERN DAY LUXOR.
FOR US, THE CONNECTION IS BOTH HISTORICAL AND PERSONAL. DEIR EL MEDINA REPRESENTS AN EARLY UNDERSTANDING OF PEOPLE, PLACE, AND COMMUNITY, PRINCIPLES THAT CONTINUE TO INFORM OUR WORK. LUXOR, WHERE THE ANCIENT PLAN STILL STANDS, IS ALSO THE HOMETOWN OF IBRAHIM MOHASSEB, FOUNDER OF DIE STADT.
OUR IDENTITY THEREFORE CONNECTS THE PAST WITH THE PRESENT, DRAWING FROM ONE OF EGYPT’S EARLIEST URBAN TRADITIONS TO SHAPE THE COMMUNITIES OF TOMORROW.
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