Tourism and hospitality
Alfanar Cliffside
- Location
- Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
- Year
- 2026
- Project type
- Tourism and hospitality
- Scope
- Concept, vision and preliminary design
- Client
- Private developer
- Images
- Visual simulations of the concept, for illustration only
Concept, vision and preliminary design for a tourist destination in a steep coastal setting.
The context
On the Red Sea coast in Sharm El Sheikh, the Alfanar site descends to the sea in cliffs and steep slopes. The program brings together dining, pools and lounge areas for a tourist destination.
The challenges
On a slope this steep, the design has to work with the terrain rather than against it: limit cut, keep a sea view from every terrace and create a landscape that can withstand heat, wind and a lack of water.
Our work
Scaliance Studio led the concept, vision and preliminary design. Dry-stone terraces follow the contour lines and hold the restaurant, pools and lounge areas. The planting palette brings together cacti, agaves and arid-climate plants for a water-wise landscape that carries the desert down to the sea.
At a glance
- Tourist destination on a coastal cliff
- Dry-stone terraces that follow the terrain
- Water-wise, arid-climate planting
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