Meandering through Khartoum, the river Nile, much like the Thames in London or Seine in France, offers sweeping views of the city from its banks.

The Nile Hotel was an exercise in orchestrating the flow of spaces and shaping the environments that guarantee the maximum enjoyment of the views afforded from the hotel rooms and facilities. The design aims to reconstruct, reform and re-frame the views available from the northern banks of the Nile.

Given the prime location of the site it became imperative to take advantage of the beautiful views that can be obtained from such a privileged position on the nile front. The initial concept experimented with the idea of unobstructed views. This idea revolved around bringing the user to a position whereupon their view of the nile will not be obstructed but framed. To that end I proposed a method to emulate an effect of “soaring” whereupon the guest, from whatever room or function will be free to observe the Nile.