The Toshka Project: Colossal Water Infrastructures, Biopolitics and Territory in Egypt. (July 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Malterre‐Barthes, Charlotte
• Other Names: Bolchover Joshua guestEditor.; Lin John guestEditor.; Lange Christiane guestEditor.
• Is Part Of: Architectural design. Volume 86:Number 4(2016)
• Page Start: 98
• Page End: 105
• Publication Date: 2016-07
• Subjects: Gamal Abdel Nasser -- President Hosni Mubarak -- 'New Nile Valley' -- Toshka, Oweinat and New Valley oases -- Western Desert -- Lake Nasser -- High Aswan Dam -- Delta Barrages -- Assiut Barrage -- Low Aswan Dam -- Century Storage Scheme -- Western Oasis Project -- Grands Plans -- Michel Foucault -- Sudan -- Ethiopia -- Khedive Muhammad Ali Pasha -- Napoleon -- Rosetta -- Damietta -- Suez Canal -- Cold War -- Mubarak Pumping Station -- Toshka Spillway -- Sheik Zayed Canal -- Timothy Mitchell -- Rule of Experts; 729
• DOI: 10.1002/ad.2074
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0003-8504

Abstract

Abstract : Incorporating the world's largest ever pumping station, the Toshka Project sets out to make a vast area of Egypt's Western Desert suitable for agriculture, industry and habitation, both assisting national food security and relieving pressure on cities to accommodate a growing population. Architect and urban designerCharlotte Malterre‐Barthes evaluates the project and sets it in the context of a long line of ambitious territorial transformation and irrigation schemes centred around the Nile.