TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE RURAL HOUSE FOR THE DESERT EDGE VILLAGES OF QENA GOVERNORATE | ||
| JES. Journal of Engineering Sciences | ||
| Article 11, Volume 43, No 1, January and February 2015, Pages 156-182 PDF (979.7 K) | ||
| Document Type: Research Paper | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jesaun.2015.115163 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Aly Abdallah Aly; Reda Mahmoud Hamada; Mohammed Abdelhady Ahmed | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The viewer of desert edge villages in Egypt in its various stages generally and in Qena particularly، believes that these villages suffer from isolation and lack of population compared to the planned، and this in spite of what was acheid in these villages of large investments in land، buildings and infrastructure. At a time when urban development wheel is moving very quickly، overlooked with the relationship between the building and the surrounding environment، so it was necessary to reach an ecological balance between the building and the environment، through the link between the building and its natural environment، reflecting the principles of sustainable architectural thought. This study was a confirmation of the importance of taking advantage of natural phenomena (sun، wind)، the capabilities and resources available in the building environment and the compliant techniques to strengthen the concept of sustainable architecture through crystallization of a model for dwelling rustic sustained a desert edge of Qena based on the application of the principles of sustainable architecture and construction design، friendly to environment، compatible with nature and climate conditions، based on exploitation of natural and renewable energies in ventilation and cooling processes. | ||
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