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The Design Studio from Spring 1992, led by Fran\u00e7ois Vigier and Mona Serageldin, focused on urban regeneration in the Medieval sector of Cairo, Egypt<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Two reports used maps and photos to propose preservation solutions for buildings in the Darb Qirmiz area<\/strong>, the Darb al-Asfar area<\/strong>, and the northern Gamalia region<\/strong> of Medieval Cairo. Teaching scenarios included realistic issues as well as illustrative examples. Students modeled these detailed surveys of Cairo’s historic districts in a collaborative report based on their study. This topic was repeated for Design Studios from 1998, 1999, and 2000, hosted by the Unit for Housing and Urbanization at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Documents from 1992 include a full Report on “Cairo and the Medieval City”<\/strong> prepared by Vigier and Serageldin, followed by a student paper on “Medieval Cairo<\/strong>” by Eurico Francisco and Georg Schrom. Also included is a contextual overview titled “Urban Context: The Greater Cairo Region.”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nSee related I2UD projects below<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n