Architectural Department - Spring 2019 - Course Title: ENVORONMENTAL CONTROL

Course Code: AR 207 Course Instructor: Dr. Ahmed Zaki

Student Name : Ahmed waleed El-feky ID: 171135

Old islamic houses ROLE OF Bayt El-suhaymi IN THERMAL CONTROL

Case study cairo in El-darb Elasfar , Elmoaez st., built in 1648 by Abd elwahab eltablawy with additions
in 1796 by ismalie shalaby
Project Description
. it is a Cairene house from the Ottoman period
with strictly separated public (salamlik) and private
spaces (haramlik). In addition to the open spaces,
the
salamlik included the takhtabush (a large benched Tekhtabosh area
Fountain in qa Mashrabya description
area which opens onto the courtyard like an iwan SHOKHSHEKA from out side
aa
where business transactions were carried out in the
morning), the second-story maq'ad or loggia (an The open court that
informal reception area used usually in the they used for
evenings), and the qa'a (the formal reception hall). shading and to be a
The haramlik section, which includes a qa'a, or source for natural
reception hall, as well as private apartments and a ventlation
bath, is located above the ground floor and is
reached by a separate flight of stairs in the Shokhsheka from inside
courtyard. The different spaces of the haramlik
overlook the courtyard through openings concealed Longtudinal section
by mashrabiyyas, screens created from pieces of
turned wood, that allowed women of the
household to The not straight entrace
enjoy the view without being seen by the guests in for privacy
the courtyard.

How they used fontains

ROLE under the shokhshekha in
Ola made from One way malqaf one room to dublicate
They used a lot of things in the integrated pottery that they cooling Mashrabya in the court from
system to keep natural ventlation and some used in rhe out side and inside
places for summer and winter with islamic Sketch for tekhtabosh area masahrabya for
prencpels for privacy cooling

Main items :
Criticism (positive & negative)
Positive : they used integrated system that depends on nature for there ventelation , spacefif rooms for every season

Negative : they didn’t make rooms sutable in both steuations summer and winter and all most of all the sutable rooms have mashrabya which is not good in
winter
Mashrabya malqaf shokhsheka fountain