Basant Abdelrahman, Disha Arora, Pradyumna Vikharankar and Raffaele Schiavello
MASTER IN ADVANCED ECOLOGICAL BUILDINGS AND BIOCITIES 2022-23, IAAC
CONCEPT
Inspired by the Nubian Architecture, we conducted in depth research on the characteristics and structural elements of Aswan Villages.
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ASSEMBLY
Assembly process highlighting the important elements in each step
STRUCTURAL GRID
CLUSTER PLAN 01
CLUSTER SECTION 01
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DETAILED STRUCTURE
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PHYSICAL MODEL STUDY
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CONSTRUCTION PROCESS
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