Villa Abdel Meguid Al-Kassas Bey
Location
Cairo
Cairo
Country
Egypt
Egypt
Architect/Engineer/Team
Sayed Karim (Korayem)
Sayed Karim (Korayem)
Construction
1940s
1940s
Address
Pyramids's Street, Giza
Pyramids's Street, Giza
Project Status
Built
Built
Building Type
House
House
Notes
The villa is part of a group of three villas, on Al Haram Street, all designed by Sayed Karim and belonging to the Al-Kassas family.
On the ground level, raised slightly above the street level and the garden, the entry hall leads to the reception room and, subsequently, to a semi-circular space. The latter includes a U-shaped staircase at its center surrounded by the living room and dining room. The entrance hall and reception room are flanked with the utilities area with a staircase on one side and a office room with a guests’ master bedroom on the other side. On the upper level, the semi-circular portion of the layout functions as a terrace linked to the family lounge. The latter is reached directly from the U-shaped staircase. The staircase next to the ground floor’s utilities area leads to the servants’ rooms on the upper floor. Besides, this floor level includes the bedroom spaces.
In terms of materiality, reinforced concrete is used for the structure, while partition walls are built of hollow sand stones.
Sayed Karim uses highly geometrical architectural language; the villa’s volume is conceived using basic geometric shapes like squares, rectangles, and circles. This geometrical character is further emphasized with the façade’s linear articulations.
Check also Villa Ibrahim Al-Kassas Bey and Villa El-Hag Mahmoud Al-Kassas.
On the ground level, raised slightly above the street level and the garden, the entry hall leads to the reception room and, subsequently, to a semi-circular space. The latter includes a U-shaped staircase at its center surrounded by the living room and dining room. The entrance hall and reception room are flanked with the utilities area with a staircase on one side and a office room with a guests’ master bedroom on the other side. On the upper level, the semi-circular portion of the layout functions as a terrace linked to the family lounge. The latter is reached directly from the U-shaped staircase. The staircase next to the ground floor’s utilities area leads to the servants’ rooms on the upper floor. Besides, this floor level includes the bedroom spaces.
In terms of materiality, reinforced concrete is used for the structure, while partition walls are built of hollow sand stones.
Sayed Karim uses highly geometrical architectural language; the villa’s volume is conceived using basic geometric shapes like squares, rectangles, and circles. This geometrical character is further emphasized with the façade’s linear articulations.
Check also Villa Ibrahim Al-Kassas Bey and Villa El-Hag Mahmoud Al-Kassas.
Sources
Majallat Al-Imarah,1950, Volume 10, (no.1-5)
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General View
Source: Majallat Al-Imarah,1950, Volume 10, (no.1-5)
© Majallat Al-Imarah
General Street View
Source: Majallat Al-Imarah,1950, Volume 10, (no.1-5)
© Majallat Al-Imarah
Ground Floor Plan
Source: Majallat Al-Imarah,1950, Volume 10, (no.1-5)
© Majallat Al-Imarah
First Floor Plan
Source: Majallat Al-Imarah,1950, Volume 10, (no.1-5)
© Majallat Al-Imarah