Water Reuse, Urban Agriculture, and Heritage Preservation in Cairo's al-Khalifa Neighborhood
Spring 2024 Center Grant Recipients
Research by:
- Tessa Farmer (Anthropology)
- Majid Shafiee-Jood (Civil & Environmental Engineering)
- Phoebe Crisman
This is a collaboration with the Athar Lina Initiate to conduct research and create co- design strategies for socially and contextually aware modes of turning the water that is inundating historic buildings into a resource for improving the social and built environments of the Al-Khalifa neighborhood in Cairo, Egypt. This innovative project creatively intertwines the need for heritage conservation, urban agriculture, and green urban interventions that mitigate rising temperatures due to climate change. It draws on the expertise in anthropology by Tessa Farmer (A&S), urban design by Phoebe Crisman (School of Architecture) and systems modeling by Majid Shafiee-Jood (School of Engineering and Applied Science).
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Professors Tessa Farmer (Anthropology, Global Studies) and Phoebe Crisman (Architecture, Global Studies) spent the summer in Egypt where they worked on the collaborative research project “Water Reuse, Urban Agriculture, and Heritage Preservation in Cairo's al-Khalifa Neighborhood” in collaboration with Cairo-based Athar Lina Initiative. They spoke with UVA Global about how sustainability and cultural heritage preservation intertwine in this project and why the co-design process is essential to these goals.
