A friendly giant for rebalancing nature

An island is not alone. An island is the moment of accumulation and representation of a stellar geographical system that in a single fragment can trace and express the meaning of the whole, a condition that constitutes its design potential. For Sohag, the capital that Karaman Island represents can guide future development towards a horizon of sustainability declined in an inclusive way on ecological, social, and economic levels. The program, a cultural and research centre, has been interpreted holding together nature and man work in a virtuous relationship. The proposal is a large agri-food technology park. The imagination has gone so far as to prefigure a new reality based on agricultural production, cultures, and traditions, focusing on the fertility of the earth. The result is a large ecological infrastructure capable of giving strength and incisiveness to the renewed role that the island assumes on a territorial scale. The project takes on an experimental and provocative character and is aimed at stimulating a renewed environmental awareness.