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New Gourna near Luxor, Egypt
New Gourna

1946-1952 · Luxor, Luxor Governorate, Egypt

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New Gourna

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1946-1952 · Luxor, Luxor Governorate, Egypt

ELEMENTAL

Iquique, Tarapacá, Chile

Typeworkbureau
Year / years1946-1952Unrecorded
PlaceLuxor, Luxor Governorate, EgyptIquique, Tarapacá, Chile
Place contextLuxor, Luxor Governorate, EgyptRepresentative site: Iquique, Tarapaca Region, Chile
Climate30°C · 12.9h daylight · 13 km/h wind21°C · 11.5h daylight · 8 km/h wind · via Quinta Monroy
FocusVillage and housing settlement3 works in corpus
Architects
  • Hassan Fathy
  • Alejandro Aravena
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Hassan Fathy

Notable works

  • Quinta Monroy
  • Quinta Monroy / ELEMENTAL
  • Monterrey Housing
Typologies
  • housing
  • settlement
  • village
  • masterplan
  • housing
  • social housing
  • residential
  • pritzker prize
  • top100
  • dabas
  • 3d modeling
Materials
  • adobe
  • mud brick
  • earth
  • concrete
  • masonry
Carbon signals

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

  • Adobe
  • Brick
  • Earth

Concrete and Brick look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Concrete
  • Brick
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.
  • Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
  • Review masonry extent, reuse opportunities, and alternate assemblies where the design language allows it.
AccessibilityPublicly accessibleAccess not recorded across linked works
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