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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

Joseph PoelaertJoseph Poelaert

1850 · Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium

Typeworkbureau
Year / years1946-19521850
PlaceLuxor, Luxor Governorate, EgyptBrussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Place contextLuxor, Luxor Governorate, EgyptRepresentative site: Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
Climate20°C · 12.9h daylight · 1 km/h wind7°C · 14.3h daylight · 11 km/h wind · via Church of Our Lady of Laeken
FocusVillage and housing settlement5 works in corpus
Architects
  • Hassan Fathy
  • Joseph Poelaert
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Hassan Fathy

Notable works

  • Church of Our Lady of Laeken
  • Palace of Justice, Brussels
  • Church of St. Catherine, Brussels
  • La Monnaie
Typologies
  • housing
  • settlement
  • village
  • masterplan
  • church
  • sacred space
  • courthouse
  • civic building
  • monumental architecture
  • house
  • performance venue
Materials
  • adobe
  • mud brick
  • earth
  • stone
Carbon signals

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

  • Adobe
  • Brick
  • Earth

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

  • 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.
  • Check source geography, fabrication intensity, and whether stone is structural, cladding, or finish-only.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible5 of 5 recorded works are publicly accessible
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