City for Palestinian Refugees
Project Title
City for Palestinian Refugees
Alternate Titles
Giza
Description
The city of Giza was a theoretical study for a high-density city, amidst the existing ancient pyramids, which could accommodate the resettlement of 250,000 Palestinian refugees. Giza illustrated a number of concepts which Moshe Safdie had been exploring prior to Habitat '67 such as workable high-density environments, three-dimensional reorganization of urban land uses, the organization of individual dwellings as spatial groupings, the hierarchical organization of transportation networks, and the utilization of mass-production construction techniques.

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Jizah, Egypt

Timeline
1962
Location
Jīzah (Egypt)
Status
Unbuilt
Major Project
Completion Date
1962
Theme
9 - Other Projects
Project Type
Master Plan
Image Types
Image.sketch.black and white
Subject
City planning
Architecture -- Specimens
Creator
Safdie Architects
Rights:
© Safdie Architects. Explicit permission to use images is required. Contact the Communications Director at Safdie Architects (617.629.2100) for more information.