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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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New GournaNew Gourna

1946-1952 · Luxor, Luxor Governorate, Egypt

Jean-Francois ZevacoJean-Francois Zevaco

1945-2003 · Casablanca, Casablanca-Settat, Morocco

Typeworkbureau
Year / years1946-19521945-2003
PlaceLuxor, Luxor Governorate, EgyptCasablanca, Casablanca-Settat, Morocco
Place contextLuxor, Luxor Governorate, EgyptRepresentative site: Casablanca, Casablanca, Morocco
Climate29°C · 12.9h daylight · 15 km/h wind18°C · 13.2h daylight · 4 km/h wind · via Vincent Timsit Workshop
FocusVillage and housing settlement3 works in corpus
Architects
  • Hassan Fathy
  • Jean-Francois Zevaco
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Hassan Fathy

Notable works

  • Vincent Timsit Workshop
  • Sidi Harazem Bath Complex
  • Assunna Mosque
Typologies
  • housing
  • settlement
  • village
  • masterplan
  • office
  • spa
  • leisure
  • landscape
  • civic complex
  • church
  • sacred space
  • mosque
Materials
  • adobe
  • mud brick
  • earth
  • concrete
Carbon signals

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

  • Adobe
  • Brick
  • Earth

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

  • Concrete
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.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible2 of 2 recorded works are publicly accessible
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