Egypt Solar Decathletes Need Our Help

Help Egypt’s Solar Decathlon Team Make it to the Madrid Solar Decathlon

11/21/2011

Egypt Solar Decathletes Need Our Help

This past Saturday a wave of <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-15818520">anti-military protests in Cairo</a> were met with violent crackdowns, leaving nearly 2,000 people injured and 30 dead. Given the country's numerous problems, it is understandable that the <a href="http://www.aucegypt.edu/Pages/default.aspx">American University of Cairo</a> lacks the funds to help their incredibly talented students make it to next year's 2012 Solar Decathlon in Madrid. Understandable, but deeply disappointing. The AUC Solar Decathlon team are the very first from the Middle East and North Africa to compete in an international solar decathlon design competition and their amazing <a href="http://www.slide-s.com/">SLIDES project</a>, which fuses ancient Egyptian design with cutting-edge modern technology to create a striking solar-powered home, is a homegrown project that addresses the country's specific environmental issues. Their success could usher in the first wave of solid green building since Egypt's most celebrated green architect <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hassan_Fathy">Hassan Fathy</a> passed away, and the 10-15 lead students are working very hard to see it to fruition, but there's a very strong possibility that they might fail because they don't have enough money. If ever there was a time for the international Architecture and Design community to come together and support a really good cause, it's now. Read on to learn more about the lovely AUC students we met in Egypt and for specific details about what they need to get to Madrid next Fall.

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Egypt Solar Decathletes Need Our Help

The Egyptian Solar Decathlon team are slated to compete in the international design competition in Madrid next year

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Egypt Solar Decathletes Need Our Help

Amidst dreadful violence and lawlessness, they continue to work hard to make this project a reality

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Egypt Solar Decathletes Need Our Help

Their SLIDES project fuses traditional Egyptian design with cutting-edge modern technology

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Egypt Solar Decathletes Need Our Help

SLIDES could usher in a new era of truly green building in Egypt - the first since Hassan Fathy died

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Egypt Solar Decathletes Need Our Help

Lack of funding puts this project in serious jeopardy and they need our help

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Egypt Solar Decathletes Need Our Help

Please contact Lamyaa El-Gabry, the students' advisor at the American University of Cairo, in order to show your support!

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This past Saturday a wave of anti-military protests in Cairo were met with violent crackdowns, leaving nearly 2,000 people injured and 30 dead. Given the country's numerous problems, it is understandable that the American University of Cairo lacks the funds to help their incredibly talented students make it to next year's 2012 Solar Decathlon in Madrid. Understandable, but deeply disappointing. The AUC Solar Decathlon team are the very first from the Middle East and North Africa to compete in an international solar decathlon design competition and their amazing SLIDES project, which fuses ancient Egyptian design with cutting-edge modern technology to create a striking solar-powered home, is a homegrown project that addresses the country's specific environmental issues. Their success could usher in the first wave of solid green building since Egypt's most celebrated green architect Hassan Fathy passed away, and the 10-15 lead students are working very hard to see it to fruition, but there's a very strong possibility that they might fail because they don't have enough money. If ever there was a time for the international Architecture and Design community to come together and support a really good cause, it's now. Read on to learn more about the lovely AUC students we met in Egypt and for specific details about what they need to get to Madrid next Fall.

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