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Reinterpreting the Vernacular I Graduation Project 2017

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This project, which is located in the Bahariya Oasis in Egypt, addresses the country’s threatened vernacular architectural heritage. The project aim is to bridge the gap between this heritage and contemporary architectural approaches through the design of in-fills and additions to existing structures in the oasis.
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The project has won the tenth cycle of OMRANIA I CSBE student award for architectural design among 47 universities in the Arab world. the first graduation project that has won this competition since its first cycle.
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The Mexican Javier Senosiain on Vernacular Architecture.
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Bernand Rudofsky was the first to use term "Vernacular" in architectural context. 
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Egypt at night (NASA, international space station science 2017
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The geographical location of Bahariya Oasis in the western desert of Egypt. 
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Site related urban studies. 
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Bawiti, Bahariya Oasis - the western desert of Egypt , source: visualized by the researcher 2017. 
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The project site in relationship with the vernacular context. Source: Google Earth 2017
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The project site in relationship with the vernacular context. 
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Glimpses from the field research, captured by the research, March 2017
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Glimpses from the field research, captured by the research, March 2017
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Glimpses from the field research, captured by the research, March 2017
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Glimpses from the field research, captured by the research, March 2017
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Morphological Analysis showing the difference of urban patterns between Vernacular context and Urban sprawl.    
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Introducing a dialogue between the old and the new, between the past and the present. 
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The focus was also on how to adjust contemporary desert vernacular housing to contemporary life-style demands while still preserving the beneficial aspects of traditional vernacular techniques. The Project applied a practical case study methodology in investigating Bahariya oasis in the Western Desert of Egypt
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Physical study model , JUNE 2017
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Conceptual process. Source: drawn and visualized by the researcher June 2017.
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Conceptual process. Source: drawn and visualized by the researcher June 2017.
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Crack philosophy
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Conceptual process. Source: drawn and visualized by the researcher June 2017.
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Reinterpreting the Vernacular. 
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Sections showing the relationship between the added structures and the vernacular settlements. 
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Sections showing the relationship between the added structures and the vernacular settlements. 
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Project Architectural drawings. Source: drawn and visualized by the researcher, June 2017.
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Project Architectural drawings. Source: drawn and visualized by the researcher, June 2017.
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Project Architectural drawings. Source: drawn and visualized by the researcher, June 2017.
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OMRANIA CSBE 2017 (10th cycle), competition board. 
Reinterpreting the Vernacular I Graduation Project 2017
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