恢复Mar Girgis教堂和罗马塔
Cairo
优点奖
所有者亚历山大和整个非洲的主教
首席设计公司和结构工程师Penelis Consulting Engineers SA
建筑师和修复程序Awad Associates
承包商阿拉伯承包商
MEP EngineersEESCO, MAKTE
Mar Girgis教堂圆形圆形大厅的结构修复和加强使未加固的砌体结构防止了静态负荷和地震。圆形大厅坐落在20世纪初的一座教堂的废墟上，坐落在三层楼，近2,000年历史的罗马塔上。维修的塔楼被转换为教会博物馆。
The $6.5-million project also included architectural restoration and new MEP installations. Developed to assess the masonry walls, advanced, nonlinear analysis software helped to restore the “genuineness and texture” of the historic building and monument. For example, the rotunda’s external post-tensioning accounted for the dome’s thrusting outward forces. The Greek Ministry of Culture trained the team to refurbish wall paintings by the 19th-century artist Parthenis.
Breaking ground two years after the Arab Spring began, the project was affected by two different regime changes but ultimately finished on time and on budget. Much of the project team was from Greece, a country that has good relations with Egypt. As a result, the Orthodox Patriarchate trusted the Egyptian contractor, resulting in Christians and Muslims peacefully working side by side, notes the project team.
