Cairo, Egypt
Dawar El Ezba Cultural Center
Located at the heart of Cairo, the Dawar El Ezba Cultural Center aims to bring recreational and educational activities to the people of Ez`bet Khairallah. The Center consists of a kitchen that offers vocational training for women, an art studio for kids, and a theatre space for multi-purpose activities. The building makes use of energy efficient materials such as corrugated metal on the elevations as well as wood in the interiors and lime finish for the walls. Moreover, strategies include the development of a living wall that is fabricated from recycled advertisement banners and UV-resistant tarp. The living wall would later work as an air-purifying, sound insulating, and heat reducing element. The living wall incorporates a water circulation system for sustainable water use.
Project info
- Construction phase
- Mixed of new construction or refurbishment
- Building type
- Non-residential building
- Detailed building type
- Community Centre
- Net floor area
- 318 m2
- Land plot size
- 78 m2
- Stories
- 4 stories
- Original construction year of the building
- 2019
- Project contact
- Dawar For Arts and Development
- Contact email address
- menna@dawararts.com
Project team
- Developer(s)/owner(s)
- Ben Rivers
- Architect(s)
- Ahmed Hossam Saafan
- Construction contractor(s)
- Hossam Araby
- Energy efficiency consultant(s)
- Carsten Reichelmann
Building Rating and Certifications systems
- Rating and certifications systems
- Not applicable
Building Envelope
External walls
- Description of construction
- External Walls (southern): U value: 1.09 W/(m²*K), 2cm lime finish, 25cm masonry red brick, 10cm air gap, 10cm sandwich panels. External Walls (northern): U value :3.29 W/(m²*K) , 2cm lime finish, 12cm masonry red brick, 1mm corrugated metal sheet
- U-Value
- 1.09 W/(m²*K)
Roof
- Roof type
- Double Pitch Roof
- Description of construction
- 10cm econ sandwich panels, 5cm recycled wood (pending)
Openings and windows
- Glazing type
- Single glazed
- G-Value glass
- 0.7
- Frame material / description
- Massive wood
- Overall u-value window
- 5.8 W/(m²*K)
- Description of construction
- Wooden frame single glazed window
Basement floor
- Description of construction
- N/A
Technical Building Systems
Ventilation system
- Type of ventilation
- Free ventilation (windows)
Lighting system
- Primary lighting system
- LED (Light emitting diode lamps)
- Efficiency
- 100
Shading devices
- Type of shading system installed
- Static (fix) shading systems as part of the building architecture (e.g. Maschrabiyya, porch roofs, pergolas)
- Description
- Protruded wooden window frames
Final Energy Demand
- Energy carrier (1)
- Electricity
- Total specific final energy demand
- N/A kWh/(m²*a)
Financial Aspects
- Project construction cost
- 32000 EUR
- Estimated costs of energy efficiency and renewable energy measures
- 10000 EUR
- Financing sources
- Fund
- Financing/funding institution
- Medico International
