Riyadh - School of Architecture

ARCH 3424 l BUILDING TECHNOLOGY III l Gary, Yeung Ho Yin l 1155011552Fathy have shown that traditional techniques have the potential as genuine solutions to some contemporaryproblems. All the building built in New Gourna Village are built by local material, inmost case building in New Gourna Village baked mud bricks are being produce in a huge brickproduction yard that setup on site to supply the build with adjacent water supply, using the holesgenerated by the excavation of mud for bricks.The project have applied the ancient Nubian Vault technique, the ancient Nubian vault techniqueallow the vaulted roofs able to be built without timber framework and only used standard mud brickunlike usual. In New Gourna, it is location where wood is not an plentiful resource, in many casewhere arid regions harvesting timber can cause erosion, so in arid area using mud roof and will justnaturally solve the problem.The building technology used here is very simple, building vertical wall, brick position in angledarch, two ends of the arches connected to the vertical wall. Using this traditional way to constructbuilding in New Gourna Village, allow the local repair their own building, so since the last brick islaid the building is self-support.New Gourna is located in Upper Egypt, in the southern side of the country, in that region water is plentiful,but water cannot be transport directly from Nile. As form a water system have been taken centuries to carrywater to local. Although the water system have been developed but, but due to the local climate, the temperateheat up to 50 degrees in the summer and very little rainfall, so the building that are very appropriate tobuild with mud bricks.In the 20th century disease was a big problem, these diseases are passing on via water supplies, so one of theaims for New Gourna Village is to improve the water system, Fathy have put in feature like elaborate systemof canals and lakes, attempted to improve the condition.The hot climate and New Gourna is located in Upper Egypt, in the southern side of the country, in that regionwater is plentiful, but water cannot be transport directly from Nile. As form a water system have beentaken centuries to carry water to local. Although the water system have been developed but, but due to thelocal climate, the temperate heat up to 50 degrees in the summer and very little rainfall, so the building thatare very appropriate to build with mud bricks.In the 20th century disease was a big problem, these diseases are passing on via water supplies, so one of theaims for New Gourna Village is to improve the water system, Fathy have put in feature like elaborate systemof canals and lakes, attempted to improve the condition.The hot climate and plentiful of water benefit from the water system, sun- baked bricks become a perfectsolution to produces, so this become a key to material for the construction, also an improvement on themud brick are not need to fire with the traditional kiln, the fuel consumption and carbon dioxide outputhave been remove from the brick making process, so it is not a concern in the sustainability of the material.plentiful of water benefit from the water system, sun- baked bricks become a perfect solution to produces,so this become a key to material for the construction, also an improvement on the mud brick are not needto fire with the traditional kiln, the fuel consumption and carbon dioxide output have been remove from thebrick making process, so it is not a concern in the sustainability of the material.