Traditional domestic architecture of the Arab Region / Friedrich Ragette
By: Ragette, Friedrich.
©2003Description: 296 p. : ill., maps ; 30 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9783932565304.Subject(s): Dwellings -- Arab countries | Architecture, Domestic -- Arab countries | Islamic architecture -- Arab countriesGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | NA7418 .R33 2003 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000015229 |
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Includes floor plans, site plans, elevations and renderings
Includes bibliographical references (p. 292) and index
1. Introduction: Tradition, domestic, architecture, natural and human context, Arab religion -- 2. The Arab Religion; Physical determinants: geography, climate, materials. Cultural determinants: history and tradition, socio-economics, values and ideology -- 3. The origins of architecture; Human needs: physical and psychological. Comfort conditions. Macro and micro climates -- 4. Traditional materials for construction; Organic materials: animal and vegetal. Inorganic materials: mud, brick, stone, coral, auxiliary materials -- 5. Traditional structures: Foundations, bearing walls, suspended slabs, posts and beams, cantilevers and corbelling, arches, vaulting -- 6. Shelter in the Arab Region; Informal and formal settlements. Traditional towns: organization, growth, community facilities -- 7. The planning elements: Closed cell, transverse space, colonnade and arcade, porch, veranda and loggia, gallery, iwan, inverted T-arrangement, courtyard house, central hall, qa'a, roof, basement -- 8. Water and Waste Management: Water sources, water mining, water features. Waste Management. Human sanitation -- 9. Traditional design strategies: Designing for privacy and segregation of genders, for variable space needs and expansion, for a severe climate, for beauty -- 10. Exception to the rule: Mountains of the Maghreb, the Lebanon, building tall, building for defense -- 11. Case studies: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan/Palestine, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Yemen -- 12. Western vs. Eastern ways; Western vs. Eastern principles of planning and design. The Western experience: Industial Revolution, romantic and rational reactions. The Eastern experience: old restrictions, new freedoms. From masterbuilder to professional architect. The challenge of adaptation and integration, a choice of concepts. Can future learn from the past? Rescuing the built heritage -- 13. Appendix: Hassan Fathy. The Aga Khan Program for Architecture. West learns from East. West vs East: comparison of two university designs in the Arab Gulf. Planning recommendations for Jubail and Yanbu, Saudi Arabia -- Glossary of Arabic terms