The project coordinator, architect Agnieszka Dobrowolska, was a linchpin to the area's metamorphosis. She supervised the restorations of the monuments and the renovation of the workshop and their signage, as well as designed jewellery and leather products inspired by Mamluk motifs. "When we first came here, our main object was to conserve the monuments," she told AFP. "And we quickly realised that we cannot simply conserve the monuments, in disrespect to the people who live and work in the area," added Dobrowolska, founder of Archinos Architecture, which has worked on numerous conservation projects in Cairo.
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