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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

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