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STANLEY SOCIAL INNOVATION CLUB

STANLEY BAY AS SOCIAL INNOVATION CLUB 
RECLAMING THE CULTURAL IMAGE OF THE WATERFRONT
ALEXADNRIA, EGYPT
Collage illustrates the vandalism of heritage buildings on the waterfront in the name of development. 
Formulating the Vision: Understanding Heritage as discursive practice. 
Research questions to be addressed. 
Tangible attributes within this context over the physical attribute of the natural bay of Stanley on the Mediterranean sea.  
Spahi family name was known for the local community for job opportunities, productivity and investing in the local economy.
The guideline map illustrates the strategy of urban weavings to ensure the longevity of Stanley bay. 
Collage illustrates the proposed vision that contextualize: Memory, Economic dynamic resilience and community productivity.     
Explicating the project main body for the rehabilitation process as Social Innovation club. 
The current condition of Stanley bay with Spahi villa and the beach cabins. 
Explicating the project strategies for short and long term interventions.
The proposed rehabilitation strategies based on Françoise Bollack.
The emphasis on the in-direct connection between the Villa and the beach cabins which is the pedestrian tunnel. 
Phase I : Emphasis on Connectivity - Spahi villa Adaptive reuse. 
Phase II : Reclaiming the public realm and the right to public space. 
Phase III : Future new extension for Spahi villa that ensure its longevity within its complex context.  
The beach cabins back to 1930s with the forgotten urban decks in front of the cabins. 
Photograph of the current beach cabins showing how these urban decks are no longer existing. 
How the beach cabins could look after restoring the urban decks. 
The main section showing the Rehabilitation process.  
The main elevation of Stanley bay. 
How this all could work as a continuum context contextualize Memory, Economic dynamic resilllance and community productivity.    
Interior perspectives within the future extension showing the ephemeral retailing approach and pop-up stores for recreational activities.     
Proposed plan for seasonal uses for Spahi Villa and the beach cabins. 
Explicating the plan of Economic dynamics for the rehabilitation project. 
The proposed project's flow chart. 
Indicating authenticity through the Nara grid. 
In favor of Continuum context. 
Main section showing the symbiotic relationship between Spahi villa and the beach public cabins.  
Main elevation of Stanley bay showing how the future extension is juxtaposition-wrapping Spahi villa.   
STANLEY SOCIAL INNOVATION CLUB
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Retheorizing Alexandrian architectural heritage as discursive practice that forge, maintain and perpetuate the economic dynamics of the waterfron Read More

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