Egyptian authorities announced the start of the construction of the new Garden City in the New Administrative Capital’s R5 district. The announcement, made today by Prime Minister Madbouly, was reported on the New Administrative Capital’s official Facebook page. The New Garden City will be a residential area built on a 1000-feddans and will house 23,000 residential units, including villas and apartments, according to the Ministry of Housing. https://youtu.be/R_VN6xni4Tc A video issued by the Ministry of Housing presented how it expects the residential area to be like. The would-be architecture is to be inspired by the old French style which was put in place by Haussmann. This style also exists in Downtown Cairo. New Garden City will also house a five-star hotel, and, according to the statement, it will cater to resident’s social, sport, religious, commercial, recreational, health and educational needs. What is the new capital? The first phase of construction of Egypt’s new capital city, which is expected to be almost as big as Singapore at 700 sq km, kicked off in 2016. The new and highly anticipated capital is expected to house a population of 5 million which contrasts strongly…
