The Impact of Chronological Evolution on The Development of Soliman Ezzat Hall and Its Annexes at The Egyptian Olympic Club in Alexandria according to the Principle of Multi-use Flexibility

The Olympic Club in Alexandria is one of Egypt's ancient clubs. It was founded in 1905 by Ali Mukhles Al-Bagouri, where its various sporting activities diversified until it was developed over the years to become a social and cultural sporting forum as well. Its spatial expansions increased and it became its own special place that necessitates its continued development. In memory of his achievements over the years.

The social building occupies a central space in the Olympic Club. The Lieutenant General Suleiman Ezzat Hall is the main social hall of the club, followed by its annexes, starting from the external entrance, reaching the internal entrance of the hall and the surrounding terrace space attached to the hall, consisting of three floors, reaching the roof of the building. The current construction and design status of the hall and its unused annexes made it necessary to present an applied development proposal for a design that suits the functional, spatial and aesthetic purpose by studying the construction, planning, cultural, social and entertainment requirements of the hall according to the needs of its visitors to achieve sufficient spatial and functional comfort and their exploitation of the space by applying the principle of flexibility in design to reach a multi-use space to achieve the maximum benefit from the internal space of the Suleiman Ezzat Hall and the external space of its annexes by presenting an applied idea inspired by the temporal development throughout history to match the antiquity of the Egyptian Olympic Club in Alexandria, whose name reflects an important historical era, which is the Olympic Games, which were held in the midst of Greek architecture inspired by the ancient planning of the city of Alexandria, reaching inspiration from the developments of the industrial era, then to apply the principles of sustainability and return to nature to present a proposal that reflects the result of merging ancient Greek and Roman architecture, industrial design and sustainable green design and presents features of development and achievement throughout history until the current era in the design of the hall and its annexes to achieve the aesthetic, planning and utilitarian purpose behind its development.