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Functional suitability of the residential towers in low income housing projects for the Saudi society. "Sharafia Housing in Jeddah Case study" الملائمة الوظيفية لنمط الأبراج السكنية في مشروعات |
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Functional suitability of the residential towers in low income housing projects for the Saudi society. "Sharafia Housing in Jeddah Case study" |
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Arabic |
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The Saudi society has unique characteristics that make him different from other societies with respect to housing properties. The Saudi House has different internal spatial organization and different outdoor space than the house in other countries, even the Islamic ones. Among the characteristics of the Saudi house is the almost complete separation of spaces assigned for guest entertainment and these assigned for everyday activities performed by family members, as well as the separation of male spaces from female spaces. At the level of the house unit, detached houses are favored over all other housing types.
There apartment building type has been recently introduced with heights ranging from 2 to 5 floors, having a limited number of units, most of which lie on networks of street grids. Al-Sharafia public housing scheme is quite different from the norm, as it consists of 32 towers, grouped into groups of 4 towers, surrounding a small open space, all grouped around a larger open space in the middle. This type of housing deserves special attention and in depth study, since studies in the west indicated many problems associated with such a housing type.
The study aims at scientifically evaluating this experiment to find out the extent to which the project is considered to be a success or failure, to pinpoint its advantages and disadvantages from its resident's point of view. The factors that contributed to the current situation are to be identified, particularly those related to architectural and urban design. Recommendations and guidelines are suggested, aiming at improving the quality of the project’s built environment as well as similar projects. |
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1428 AH
2007 AD |
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Sunday, July 4, 2010 |
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Researchers
| هشام على مرتضي | Mortada, Hesham Ali | Investigator | Doctorate | |
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