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New Gourna near Luxor, Egypt
New Gourna

1946-1952 · Luxor, Luxor Governorate, Egypt

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New Gourna

Luxor, Luxor Governorate, Egypt · Exact work coordinates

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1946-1952 · Luxor, Luxor Governorate, Egypt

Dimitris Pikionis

1925-1968 · Athens, Attica, Greece

Typeworkbureau
Year / years1946-19521925-1968
PlaceLuxor, Luxor Governorate, EgyptAthens, Attica, Greece
Place contextLuxor, Luxor Governorate, EgyptRepresentative site: Athens, Attica, Greece
Climate34°C · 13.0h daylight · 2 km/h wind20°C · 13.6h daylight · 15 km/h wind · via Landscaping of the Acropolis of Athens
FocusVillage and housing settlement1 works in corpus
Architects
  • Hassan Fathy
  • Dimitris Pikionis
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Hassan Fathy

Notable works

  • Landscaping of the Acropolis of Athens
Typologies
  • housing
  • settlement
  • village
  • masterplan
  • landscape
  • public space
  • pedestrian infrastructure
Materials
  • adobe
  • mud brick
  • earth
  • stone
  • paving
  • salvaged fragments
Carbon signals

Adobe, Brick, and Earth look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Adobe
  • Brick
  • Earth

Paving, Salvaged Fragments, and Stone look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Paving
  • Salvaged Fragments
  • Stone
Lower-carbon levers
  • Use classification and product-level EPD research to place this material more precisely.
  • Review masonry extent, reuse opportunities, and alternate assemblies where the design language allows it.
  • Use classification and product-level EPD research to place this material more precisely.
  • Check source geography, fabrication intensity, and whether stone is structural, cladding, or finish-only.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible1 of 1 recorded works are publicly accessible
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