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Thursday, 3 March 2022

French-Egyptian consortium awarded the design of the French University in Egypt’s new campus

New French University in Egypt campus to be designed by Jakob + Macfarlane-led consortium: The design of a new campus for the French University in Egypt has been awarded to a consortium comprising French architecture firm Jakob + Macfarlane, engineering firm Artelia, landscape architects Sempervirens, and Cairo-based Raafat Miller Consulting, according to a press release (pdf) from Jakob + Makfarlane. The university chose the consortium after a competitive bidding process it launched for French-Egyptian joint ventures.

About the campus: The Shorouk City campus will accommodate up to 7k students. Sustainable and energy-saving elements include an overhead solar panel shade roof and a filtration system that captures water from accommodation and repurposes it for landscape irrigation.

Background: The House of Representatives in October approved the agreement signed between Egypt and the French Development Agency (AFD) to build a new campus for the French University in Egypt. The agreement consists of a EUR 12 mn loan and a EUR 2 mn grant from the AFD to help finance the project. The Egyptian state will bear the EGP 700 mn (EUR 40 mn) construction costs, president Denis Darpy said previously, adding that the new campus would allow the university to increase enrolment from a current 600 students to 3k by 2027.

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