Reclaiming Cairo focuses on the future in the context of the climate crisis and the ongoing urban development in Cairo. Located in Heliopolis Square, the project is a sprawling urban park that proposes the reclamation of pedestrian spaces lost to cars due to road expansions, which has caused negative consequences for the city such as increased pedestrian deaths and worsening urban heat island effect. The park creates a symbiotic relationship between two characters who are marginalised by this ongoing urban development: the trees, acting a metaphor for the building’s form in providing environmental benefits, and the street vendors, their partners in the urban space who will act as their caretakers. The park features a vendor’s garden, providing formalised spaces for street vendors, and a community space for people to gather and enjoy the reclaimed space. The design creates liveable spaces for humans and non-humans in the dense and hot city of Cairo, focusing on the creation of microclimates through textured forms, sunken gardens, and sprawling canopies. The project hopes to explore a future Cairo not as a city for cars but for its inhabitants, both humans and non-humans alike.