/ARCHITECTURE
Year 2010
Location St Katherine, South Sinai
Project Center for Building Crafts
Role Project Architect
Courtesy Egyptian Earth Construction
Association
Status Built
Location St Katherine, South Sinai
Project Center for Building Crafts
Role Project Architect
Courtesy Egyptian Earth Construction
Association
Status Built
Description
The Center for Building Crafts (CBC) is a 220 sqm construction built with rammed earth, stone, palm reed roofing among other earthen material. Set in Zeitouna, St Katherine in the desert of South Sinai, the challenge was to devise along with local inhabitants strategies to adapt Bedouin modes of living through architecture. Appropriate building techniques were pursued, whereby the notion of sustainability held much more than just green building; one that incorporates economic, social and cultural factors within the building cycle. Among the outcomes of the project was the building guideline Appropriate Building Patterns for Saint Catherine, Egypt published in 2010.
The Center for Building Crafts (CBC) is a 220 sqm construction built with rammed earth, stone, palm reed roofing among other earthen material. Set in Zeitouna, St Katherine in the desert of South Sinai, the challenge was to devise along with local inhabitants strategies to adapt Bedouin modes of living through architecture. Appropriate building techniques were pursued, whereby the notion of sustainability held much more than just green building; one that incorporates economic, social and cultural factors within the building cycle. Among the outcomes of the project was the building guideline Appropriate Building Patterns for Saint Catherine, Egypt published in 2010.
Project Team Nashwa Ibrahim (Project Manager), Moushira El-Amrawy, Farhana Mousa, Hussein Khedr and Abdulrahman El-Taliawi
Master Builder Gmei’ Abu Farag
Master Builder Gmei’ Abu Farag