The New Administrative Capital, An investigation into the triggers of the construction of new capital cities in Egypt and the evolution of the discourse around their development: The Construction and Discourse of New Capital Cities in Egypt

The New Administrative Capital of Egypt is a city from scratch located in the desert, 60 km east from Cairo, set in motion in 2015 and already visible on site. Egypt’s government promotes the new capital as the key to reducing Cairo’s urban load due its explosive overpopulation. The main strategy is to relocate the government buildings from...