Héliopolis, ville nouvelle créée en 1906 à dix kilomètres du centre du Caire, à l’initiative du baron Edouard Empain et de son associé l’ingénieur Boghos Nubar pacha, a fait l’objet de 1997 à 2001 d’une étude de ses ressources patrimoniales conduite par le laboratoire URBAMA à Tours. L’étude s’est déroulée en deux temps, une première phase exploratoire visant à proposer des éléments de doctrine concernant la requalification de l’espace public en prenant en compte l’effet attendu sur la restauration des édifices privés et une phase d’approfondissement dont les résultats sont accessibles à partir d’un système d’information géographique (SIG), à l’échelle de la parcelle et du bâti. Le périmètre de l’étude s’étend sur 280 Ha environ et concerne 2000 édifices composant le noyau historique du quartier ancien. From 1997 to 2001, Heliopolis – a town situated ten kilometres from Cairo, founded in 1906, at the instigation of Baron Edouard Empain and his associate, an engineer named Boghos Nubar pacha – was at the centre of a study project dealing with the local heritage, and led by URBAMA laboratory in Tours. The survey took place in two stages: first a preliminary research phase concerned with providing outlines for the requalification of public spaces in view of the expected impact on the restoration of private buildings; then, a further study, the results of which will be available by means of a geographical information system (GIS), to the scale of each plot and building. The study will be concerned with a 280–hectare area comprising some 2 000 buildings which constitute the historical heart of the old town
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