Studying environmental architecture trends to development environmental Building

Document Type : scientific articles

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1 PhD researcher, Department of Interior Design, College of Applied Arts

2 Formerly Professor of Interior Design and Dean of Applied Arts, Helwan University

Abstract

Currently, due to the separation of facilities from the surrounding environment, we need a contemplative look by architects and designers centered on the concept of environmental architecture. Environmental architecture appeared in ancient civilizations in the form of human attempt to adapt and coexist in its environment. The images of this adaptation varied from the use of materials available in the local environment in Urbanism, passing through the ways of using them and ending with the methods that followed to deal with the elements of the environment and their determinants such as rain, wind, heat, sunlight, etc. For example, in the ancient Egyptian civilizations, people used local materials, which are mud bricks, papyrus, and wood in their own architectural systems, such as workers’ housing, while they used natural stones and carved In the mountains, their sacred architectural systems such as temples, and environmental architecture is the creation of environmental design that exploits the different natural conditions in the site that depend on the overall health and comfort of the residents within the place "the spatial space" using raw materials and systems that cause minimal pollution and damage to the surrounding environment, and environmental design refers to Specific branches of architectural design activities, interior design. This concept includes weather factors, surrounding space and the nature of the place in order to reach the best design solutions. We can divide environmental architecture in this research into mud environmental architecture, stone environmental architecture, sculptural environmental architecture, global environmental architecture, and Environmental architecture technology.

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Journal of Heritage and Design

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 17 July 2023

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