Campus of the new French University of Egypt
As with the Nile which irrigates Egypt, it all starts with water. At the heart of the university, inside the courtyard of the Learning center, we have created a bio-technological greenhouse in the center that allows the recycling and distillation of gray water from the university to create more than 100 m3 of water. every day. From this source, under a bioclimatic pergola, the water is dispersed and flows into several plant typologies of extraordinary gardens:
The lush, flower-bearing and fruit-bearing gardens in the center of the site are planted in a lowered planting bed (and wicking bed for the vegetable garden) for controlled irrigation to limit water consumption.
The alignments of endogenous trees which accompany the main circulation areas by reinforcing the shade and the comfort of the site;
The natural gardens are carved into the earth imitating the style of wadi and dune landscapes which offer more than 12 outdoor amphitheatres protected by acacias, dracaenas and palm trees.
The gardens of the new French university in Egypt reflect the new relationship between humans and their environment, which is also taught within the complex.
The gray water treatment greenhouse:
We propose to create a green water filtration system in order to minimize evapotranspiration during the phyto-purification cycle. This ecological and technical device will save very large amounts of water.