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New Gourna near Luxor, Egypt

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New Gourna

1946-1952 · Luxor, Luxor Governorate, Egypt

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Luxor, Luxor Governorate, Egypt · Exact work coordinates

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New GournaNew Gourna

1946-1952 · Luxor, Luxor Governorate, Egypt

Renzo Piano Building WorkshopRenzo Piano Building Workshop

San Francisco, California, United States

Typeworkbureau
Year / years1946-1952Unrecorded
PlaceLuxor, Luxor Governorate, EgyptSan Francisco, California, United States
Place contextLuxor, Luxor Governorate, EgyptRepresentative site: Chicago, Chicago, United States
Climate26°C · 12.9h daylight · 14 km/h wind3°C · 13.6h daylight · 10 km/h wind · via Art Institute of Chicago
FocusVillage and housing settlement52 works in corpus
Architects
  • Hassan Fathy
  • Renzo Piano
  • Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Hassan Fathy

Notable works

  • Art Institute of Chicago
  • Harvard Art Museums
  • High Museum of Art
  • NEMO (museum)
Typologies
  • housing
  • settlement
  • village
  • masterplan
  • museum
  • landscape
  • education
  • campus building
  • house
  • cultural
  • cultural center
  • infrastructures
Materials
  • adobe
  • mud brick
  • earth
  • aluminum
  • stone
  • timber
  • steel
  • glass
  • concrete
Carbon signals

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

  • Adobe
  • Brick
  • Earth

Aluminum, Concrete, and Steel look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Aluminum
  • Concrete
  • Steel
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.
  • Focus on recycled content, lighter assemblies, and careful facade-specification choices.
  • Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
  • Prioritize recycled content, efficient sections, and procurement-specific EPD comparisons.
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible27 of 27 recorded works are publicly accessible
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