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Haitham Abdelrehim

NEWGIZA, Giza, Egypt · Offices · 2019 — 2020 · Alchemy Design Studio

G-Town Offices

Phase 2A of G-Town: brick volumes over glazed showrooms, terraced courts between the buildings and one basement tying four plates to a single parking level.

Stacked brick volumes over the glazed showroom — the G-Office entrance
Location
NEWGIZA, Giza, Egypt
Year
2019 — 2020
Sector
Commercial — Offices & Showrooms
Scope
Concept & schematic design
Status
Concept and schematic design completed, 2019–2020
Role
Senior Design Architect — design direction under the Design Director, with landscape and wayfinding

The project

Phase 2A of the G-Town quarter sits on a sloping edge of the NEWGIZA masterplan. Four office buildings step along it, joined below ground by shared parking platforms and above it by a pedestrian route — the office journey — that threads between them through terraced courts and a sunken circular courtyard.

Each building keeps the same section: a recessed, fully glazed showroom ground floor under four office floors, with brick volumes stacked above and deep vertical fins and dark metal screens shading the offices. The plates differ with the site — paired wings, a compact core, a curved corner, stacked boxes — and the overall ground and basement plans tie all four to one parking level.

Approach along the street
Building 002 from the street
Building 004 at the corner
The route into the terraced courts
The sunken circular courtyard
Entrance to Building 004
Terraced court between the buildings
Courtyard and stair
Ground-floor entrance canopy
Route between the office plates
The curved corner of Building 003

“Brick above, glass below, one street between.”

Pedestrian route with planting
The office street at dusk
Building 001 — showroom ground floor under four office floors
Entrance seen from the courtyard
Long elevation along the site

The buildings

Each building keeps the same section — a glazed showroom ground floor under four office floors — but takes its own plate from the site: paired wings, a compact core, a curved corner, and stacked brick boxes.

  • Building 001

    G + 4 · 4,086 m² BUA

    Two office wings either side of a shared lobby; showrooms at street level.

  • Building 002

    G + 4 · 4,688 m² BUA

    A compact plate with a single core; showroom and offices at ground.

  • Building 003

    G + 4 · 7,127 m² BUA

    The curved corner building — the largest plate, open to below at the entrance.

  • Building 004

    G + 4 · 4,930 m² BUA

    Stacked brick volumes over a recessed glazed ground floor.

Process

Where the offices sit: the phased NEWGIZA masterplan, the four buildings on their site, and the overall ground and basement plans that tie them to one parking level.

  • NEWGIZA masterplan — development phases; the G-Offices form Phase 2A

  • Phase 2A — the four office buildings on their sloping site

  • Overall ground floor plan

  • Overall basement plan — shared parking platforms

What I did

  • Directed the architectural design of the four office buildings under the design director
  • Developed the stacked brick-over-glazed-showroom section
  • Set the terraced courts and the pedestrian route between the buildings
  • Coordinated the shared basement and ground-level parking strategy
  • Directed landscape and wayfinding alongside the architecture

Colophon

Location
NEWGIZA, Giza, Egypt
Year
2019 — 2020
Sector
Commercial — Offices & Showrooms
Typology
Offices
Scope
Concept & schematic design
Status
Concept and schematic design completed, 2019–2020
Role
Senior Design Architect — design direction under the Design Director, with landscape and wayfinding
Client
G Developments
Built-up Area
≈ 20,800 m² above ground
Programme
4 office buildings, G + 4, over shared basement parking
Software
Revit, AutoCAD, Adobe CC