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GreenMinesCommunity(EgyptianDesert)Author: MoamenElSudany.
Partners:
Lecturer:MahmoudRamadan.
Architect:AhmedHelmy.
ProjectConcept:This concept discusses the development of the Egyptian desert by utilizing the potentials forreclamation regions on the Deltas borders and the fertile lands in the desert areas. The concept
built upon the following themes; 1- development in reclamation regions in the desert, 2- agricultural
based development, 3- combined utilization of renewable energy like bio-fuels and solar energy, 3-
adoption of VLS-PV systems in to account, 4- creation of new self-sufficient communityin the desert
with electrical export potentials by using VLS-PV systems.
Fig.ReclamationRegionsonDeltaborders.
Source:ElSudany.,Holcimaward,MiddleEast,region,http://www.holcimfoundation.org
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ProjectsproposedUnit,The proposed community unit Green Mine Unit the name inspired from the Mine unit - that was
used in Word war II in the desert- to work as wide-range dwelling in the center of agriculture pivotal
unit system that used in the new reclamation regions. The unit is considered as dwelling and initialstorage for the daily agricultural activities. It has storage, biomass sub-tank, cycle system, technical
room for PV batteries, and other services.
Fig. Theformoftheunitscomplexasacombinedcommunity. Source:
http://www.advancedarchitecturecontest.org/resultsSolar energy and bio-gas are the main energy sources for the unit, which using solar tracking
system shadows the units southern side, to decrease the direct incident solar radiation and convert
it into energy. In addition, utilizes the agriculture residues to draw bio-fuels, like methane fuels.
The author using (Earth Sheltered Building) techniques to keep the integration between the
dwell and hard climatic conditions in the desert, and create trained local inhabitants to make their
own materials and build their own buildings.
CommunityForm,By aggregate units in hundreds or thousand complex; it will create small self-sufficient community
that generates electrical energy and bio-fuels for the daily human and agricultural activities.
The uniform shapes caused by the specific urban planning, the irrigated agricultural
landscape with social structure provide this proposal with a special esthetic value. The planning is
neatly structured to assure the most efficient use of land, with using simple natural materials and the
earth sheltering technique to provide comfort in a thermal & physical sense, directs the project.
Fig.SolarStudiesofthe Unit Source:http://www.advancedarchitecturecontest.org/results
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ProjectStudiedIssues,
a.QuantumchanceandtransferabilityTheprojectsimplyshowsavisionofsustainabledevelopmentinthedesert,whichrepresents1/3ofthe
worldssurface.
New
forms
of
technology,
like
GIS,
have
given
us
the
opportunity
to
see
reality
from
new perspectives, hence to locate our environmental and urban issues. This vision concerns the
developmentofdesertlikeenvironmentswhichareimportantandtough.Besides,itappliestoanyarea
withsimilarcircumstances,wheresocietieshavetobeselfdependent.
b.EthicalstandardsandsocialqualityAtthepresenttimetherearelargesocialcontradictions,primarilyintheAfricanandArabworld.These
gapsdestabilizemanyofthesesocietiesbycausingurbanization,whileagriculturalcommunitieserode.
Theaimistocreateanagriculturalsocietythatcontributesinsolvingtheseissues.
The proposed project in the Egyptian desert is building new societies for present and future
generations;self
supplying
societies
that
can
be
afuture
source
of
crops
and
energy.
c. EcologicalqualityandenergyconservationTheproposalhasnooptionbuttoanswertothespecificneedsofadesertlikeenvironment.Thisimplies
it faces tough environmental circumstances. Creating the foundations of a sustainable development
insidethedesertrequireswisemanagementoftheresourcesasthesocietydevelops.Tostandstrongas
a self supplying society in the desert, priority lieswith the agricultural areaswhilewind and solar
energyarethemainsourceofenergyandrecycledmaterialsareusedforconstruction.Newtechniques
inwateringwillbeusedtopreservethelimitedwatersupplies.Theagriculturalcivilsocietywilldepend
onthehumanrecoursesavailableinthelocalcommunityinordertomaintainthevulnerableecological
structurethesocietyrelieson.
Thisaffectedtheplanning,maintenanceandconstructionofurbansociety.Moreover;solarenergy
cellscanbemadeofhighqualitysandsilicone which isabundant in thedesertand transferredto
newindustrialsocieties.
d.EconomicperformanceandcompatibilityTheideaofformingGminesocieties isbasedonmanystepsandprocedures.Themostimportantone
being its self sufficiency in small scale livingunits resulting in self sufficiencyat large,dependingon
renewable solarenergyandsustainableagriculture,andeachunitusing recyclableagriculturalwaste,
bio thermalandbiomassforenergy.
Phase1: governments and NGOs financing infrastructure and irrigation, Further, finding solar
collectorsfor
living
units.
Phase2:improvingtheagriculture,wateringandthemainservicesdependingonincomefromcrops.
Phase3: Improving solarenergyusageand locallyplantingnewcellsandelectricity fields for solar
energy,usingexcessiveenergyforexport.
Phase4:forminganindustrywhetherbasedonagricultureorsiliconsandsolarcells.
e.ContextualandaestheticimpactThe uniform shapes caused by the specific urban planning, the irrigated agricultural landscapewith
socialstructureprovidethisproposalwithaspecialestheticvalue.Theplanning isneatlystructuredto
assurethemostefficientuseof land.Thiscombinedwithusingsimplenaturalmaterialsandtheearth
shelteringtechniquetoprovidecomfortinathermal&physicalsense,directstheproject.
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BenefitsofchoosingtheDesert,BystudyingthearidDesertregionsallovertheworld,wefoundoutthatmostoftheseregions
are concentrated in North Africa and The Middle East. In which these regions are mostly
located
in
the
Developing
Countries,
Governments in these countrieshave various ideasondeveloping thesedeserts in termsof
lacking the strategies and technology needed. An example of thatwas: TheDevelopmentCorridor,elaboratedbyProf.FaroukElBaz.HisproposalfocusedonthedevelopmentoftheEgyptianWesternDesert.
Using conventional urban development ideas might be uneconomic for connecting these
desertstothemainservicenetworksintheircountries.
Ontheotherhandusingtheselfsufficiencystrategycouldbeoneofthemosteconomicand
availablesystemsfordevelopingtheseregions.
Abilitiesandobstacles:
Themostnotableabilitiesofthisdesertregionare:1 Highqualityandquantityofdailysolarradiations.2 Plentyofreclamationoflandinthesedesertsforagricultureactivities.3 Strategicgroundwaterstoragesforagricultureactivities.4 Highqualityairforcesinopenareasandmountains.5 Highpurityofsiliconsand,usedforsolartechnologymanufacturing.
Obstacles:
1 Aridand
hot
climate.
2 Newurbanismandarchitecturalideasneededtobeintegratedwiththesurroundings.3 Theisolationfromthemainservicesandnetworksintheircountries.4 Thelackofsocialcommunitiestocreatenotonlyindustriesandinvestmentsbutalso
creatingeconomicandsocialdevelopments.
5 Theinterferenceofusingrenewabletechnologicalsystemsforenergysources.
Agriculturalreclamationregionswasselectedtobetheareaofstudyanddesignproposal.
The location isconsideredthebestoftheseregionstoorganizenewagriculturalcommunities
dependingon
self
sufficient
housing
and
energy
resources.
Inothertermstherearesomereclamationdesertslandsthatsuffersfromthedangerofland
mineswhichdeposits from theWorldWAR .TheconceptofGreenMinescommunity is
suggestedtobethesymbolofdevelopmentidea.
However, therearemany samplesof theseagriculturaldesert regions incountries likeSaudi
Arabia, Egypt, Israel and Qatar. These samples were studied to approach the urban and
architecturalcommunity'sideaGreenMinescommunity(GMines).
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TheBuilding>>
HassanFathysbuildingconstructiontechniqueswereusedtocreatevernaculardwellingand
adaptingtotheenvironmentalresourcesandtheabilitiesofthedesert.
We
used
the
ancient
technique
of
construction
methods
and
materials
to
obtain
new
desert
dwellingarchitecturaltechniquewiththeuseof(EARTHSHELTREDBUILDING)
Thatcanpromoteintegrationbetweenthehousesandhardclimaticconditionsinthedeserts,
andcreatetrainedlocalinhabitantstomaketheirownmaterialsandbuildtheirownbuildings.
AbouttheEnergy>>
InsulatedDeserts>
EnergycanbeobtainedfromseveralwaysinGreenMinescommunity(GMines)
A SolarEnergy:PVCells+Collectors >Electricity Watertreatment Heatingwater.
BBiomass:
AlcoholFermentation >Fuelalcohol(Ethanolthatisusedininternalcombustion
enginesasalternativefuel).
C MethaneGas
>byusingMethaneGenerationTanks(Gasfromdailywastes
DUsing(4Rtheory)
For
control
wastes
>
ReductionReuserecyclingRecovery