Design
Landscape architecture and urban design studio.
A design and advisory practice in landscape architecture, urban design, climate adaptation and engineering, serving public and private clients across North America and the MENA region.
North America · Gulf · Africa
Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt
Alfanar Cliffside
Marsa Alam, Egypt
Coastal Masterplan
New Administrative Capital, Egypt
ACUD New Capital
The founder
We read the land before we draw.
Every project begins as a landscape system, topography, water, climate, movement, memory and living structure, and only then becomes an object of design. Vision and delivery are never separated: each idea is tested against grading, hydrology, accessibility and construction, from the first reading to the built ground.
Youssef El Saai, founder
What we do
Our services.
01
Landscape design
Parks, public spaces and outdoor environments, from concept to built reality.
02
Urban strategy
District and city-scale planning, in collaboration with public authorities.
03
Climate resilience
Climate adaptation built into the design of outdoor spaces.
Method
One continuous line from first reading to built outcome, in five phases.
01
Reading the site
Topography, hydrology, climate, movement and memory, the ground understood as a system.
02
Concept
A single, legible idea that sets structure, character and experience.
03
Design development
Form, material and planting resolved against use, phasing and budget.
04
Technical resolution
Grading, drainage, documentation and coordination, buildable and precise.
05
Construction
Design intent carried through to the built outcome, on site.
What we shape
What we shape.
Destinations
Plazas, waterfronts and signature public spaces that draw and hold public life.
Districts & parks
Large-scale public-realm frameworks, from new districts to multi-hectare urban parks.
Neighbourhoods
Daily-life landscape at human scale: courtyards, institutional grounds, shared open space.
Streets & public realm
Main streets, boulevards and civic corridors, regenerated around people.
Climate & resilience
Stormwater, shade and planting strategies that make places durable.
Begin the conversation.
Thirty minutes to find the right approach and a confident first step.