Foundation 23 - Re-materializing Construction

58 Mobile Workshop: Desert cities The mobile workshop led by Amr Abdel Kawi and Momen El- Husseiny took the participants directly into the desert. The objec- tive of the excursion was to gain insight into the four generations of Egyptian desert cities. The first stop was the New Administrative Capital. This megaproject was launched in 2015 by Egyptian Presi- dent Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, and construction began in April 2016. The