Tahrir Square
Cairo, Egypt
Jury Statement: “…the project seizes a vital feature of the site: a connection that transcends symbolic geometries and designed boundaries. It is a landscape proposal rooted in a rich botanical narrative, evoking the earthly garden — the ultimate space of reconciliation. The tree is the unit; democracy, a garden to be nurtured.”
Our vision for Tahrir Square is to give shape to what it has become — a powerful civic symbol — and what it can still grow to be: a place of unity, memory, and democratic rebirth.
The design introduces a "museum" of trees tied to Egyptian cultural heritage. Each species reflects a fragment of the collective history, echoing the diversity of people who gathered in the square.
To transform Tahrir into a true public space, we address a basic necessity: shade. Climate comfort becomes infrastructure of equality — enabling people to gather, linger, and engage in the life of the square.
