Abstract
Regarding the fact that creation of sustainable human settlements through sustainable building is one of the integral processes of sustainable development that demonstrates the four aspects or dimensions of sustainable development: the economical, ecological, social and technical dimension, this paper highlight the social aspect in order to ensure applying of green architecture principles and creation of a sustainable community for the new region Toshka southwest dessert of Egypt.
The aim of this paper is to figure out the potential green architecture design strategies in Egyptian building culture in order to use them as a base to develop culturally accepted toolbox for green architecture design strategies for Toshka.
In order to outline a clear image for Egyptian building culture, two resources of building culture are investigated by field-based survey for selected local communities in Egypt. The first resource is the tradition building practices and the second is the current building practices.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | 21st PLEA international conference Passive and low energy architecture, Eindhoven, September 19-21, 2004 : vol. 1 |
| Editors | M.H. Wit, de |
| Place of Publication | Eindhoven |
| Publisher | Technische Universiteit Eindhoven |
| Pages | 373-378 |
| ISBN (Print) | 90-386-1636-8 |
| Publication status | Published - 2004 |
| Event | conference; 21st PLEA international conference Passive and low energy architecture; 2004-09-19; 2004-09-22 - Eindhoven Duration: 19 Sept 2004 → 22 Sept 2004 |
Conference
| Conference | conference; 21st PLEA international conference Passive and low energy architecture; 2004-09-19; 2004-09-22 |
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| Abbreviated title | PLEA 21 |
| City | Eindhoven |
| Period | 19/09/04 → 22/09/04 |
| Other | 21st PLEA international conference Passive and low energy architecture |
