Ta?et Nour Mixed-Use Development in Assiut
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Ta?et Nour Mixed-Use Development in Assiut, Egypt
21 Aug 2020
Ta?et Nour Mixed-Use Development
Design: Archilab, S+RK
Location: Assiut, Egypt
Ta?et Nour is a mixed use urban project on the outskirts of the Assiut governorate in Egypt. The project is designed as a humanitarian response to the needs of the residents of an informal settlement built under high voltage power lines near the village of Al Izayah, who have developed serious health problems resulting from their prolonged exposure to these power lines. As a result, this design proposes to move the residents to a nearby plot of empty land at a safe enough distance from the power lines.
The scheme began by identifying the residents? requirements in a series of site visits, and using this brief to create a simple division on the new site between the public and private uses; using a new green pedestrian friendly main road. From this simple starting point began the process of design that was built on studying the vernacular in its traditional form and in its informal form. Thus, by not discrediting the value of the architecture found in informal settlements and trying to marry this ?style?, its construction techniques, and materials to the Egyptian vernacular architecture. We were able to create a new design language that provides for sustainability, ease of construction, and aesthetic fulfillment for residents and vis...
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