This presentation was conducted as a part of the enviromental studies course in Ain Shams University in Cairo The work presented is based on different workshops attended in Siwa through the IUSD program in Cairo in 2013 and 2014 https://iusd.asu.edu.eg/

1. Case of Siwa Oasis
MennatuAllah Hendawy
2016
This presentation is mainly based on IUSD III design module 2014
DESIGING FOR A
SENSTIVE COMMUNITY

2. AGENDA
My experience in Siwa
Understanding the context
What is happening in Siwa?
How to deal with a senstive Community?
Conclusion
What makes a good presentation
AGENDA

3. SIWA AND ME!
December 2007 April 2013 December 2014

4. “A place born of nature,
springing from the earth,
where all can experience
well-being, happiness and
joy.”
Mounir S. Neamatalla,
Founder and President
Environmental Quality International (EQI)

5. SITE ANALYSIS
In the western desert of Egypt (about 560 ki-
lometers from Cairo , and 70 kilometers from
Libya)
In the past, Siwa was a significant trade route
in the desert betwen the Nile valley and Libya
Source: Siwa Sustainable Development Initiative 2007 in IUSD III Design Module Cataloge (Hendawy M., Fawzy M., and Khairy, T) 2014
Photo: http://www.siwa.com/images/Map_1.jpg

6. SITE ANALYSIS
“Siwa was also home to the
Oracle of Amun, which led to
its being a religious center for
many rulers who flocked to
Siwa to consult the Oracle.
One renowned visitor was Al-
exander the Great. In 331 B.C.,
he visited Siwa, tempted by the
fame of the Oracle. One of the
mountains near Siwa, known
as “Gebel Sekundre,” or “Alex-
ander’s Mountain,” was named
after Alexander the Great. Be-
lief has it that, from this moun-
tain, Alexander observed the
ravens that guided him to the
temple”
Source: Siwa Sustainable Development Initiative 2007 in IUSD III Design Module Cataloge (Hendawy M., Fawzy M., and Khairy, T) 2014
Photo: http://www.touregypt.net/images/touregypt/templeoracle2.jpg

7. “Siwans adopted a unique tribal system that
allowed leaders to rule Siwa as an indepen-
dent territory.
It was only in 1977 that Egyptian President
Anwar El Sadat built several roads that al-
lowed access from Siwa to other parts of
Egypt, in an effort to open up the Oasis to the
rest of the World”
SITE ANALYSIS
Source: Siwa Sustainable Development Initiative 2007 in IUSD III Design Module Cataloge
(Hendawy M., Fawzy M., and Khairy, T) 2014

8. Agricultural land, palm trees
Urban Growth
Fortress of Shali
Mountain of the Dead
Electricity Lines
MarketM
Roads
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The old Shali Mosque
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Urban Process
‫املياه‬ ‫إدارة‬ ‫نظام‬
The urban
growth infront
of the fortress of
Shali, the con-
temporary urban
chracter.
The Mountain of
the Dead
The Fortress of
Shali made from
Karchip (natural
material out of
salt) presenting
the old urban
chracter of Siwa.
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Agricultural land
and palm trees.
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SITE ANALYSIS
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SITE ANALYSIS
Source: IUSD III Design Module Cataloge (Hendawy M., Fawzy M., and Khairy, T, 2014)

9. Palm trees in
Siwa.
Dates market in
Siwa.
People of siwa
working on Dates
production
SITE ANALYSIS
Source: IUSD III Design Module Cataloge (Hendawy M., Fawzy M., and Khairy, T, 2014)

10. WHAT IS HAPPENING
IN SIWA?
Source: IUSD III Design Module Cataloge (Hendawy M., Fawzy M., and Khairy, T, 2014)

11. WHAT IS HAPPENING
IN SIWA?
WHAT IS HAPPENING
IN SIWA?
WHAT IS HAPPENING
IN SIWA?
Source: IUSD III Design Module Cataloge (Hendawy M., Fawzy M., and Khairy, T, 2014)

12. WHAT IS HAPPENING
IN SIWA?
Source: IUSD III Design Module Cataloge (Hendawy M., Fawzy M., and Khairy, T, 2014)

13. WHAT IS HAPPENING
IN SIWA?
Source: IUSD III Design Module Cataloge (Hendawy M., Fawzy M., and Khairy, T, 2014)

14. Old kerchif buildings.
Side by side, Old and new
building materials.
Mitigating the new con-
crete buildings for the hot
climate in Siwa through the
use of air conditioners.
New experiments of com-
bining the old and new
techniques in the same
building.
Concrete buildings, the
new trend.
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In the old centre of shali,
old and new building ma-
terials interlink.
WHAT IS HAPPENING
IN SIWA?
Source: IUSD III Design Module Cataloge (Hendawy M., Fawzy M., and Khairy, T, 2014)

15. ‫واملحددات‬ ‫االمكانات‬
‫الطبيعى‬ ‫1-املكون‬
)‫(الدائم‬
‫جبل‬
‫اعة‬‫ر‬‫ز‬
‫املوىت‬ ‫جبل‬
‫اىن‬‫ر‬‫العم‬ ‫النمو‬ -2
)‫مخطط‬ ‫-الغري‬ ‫(املؤقت‬
‫مسجد‬ ‫اىن‬‫ر‬‫عم‬ ‫منو‬
‫اعة‬‫ر‬‫ز‬
‫شاىل‬
Source: IUSD III Design Module Cataloge (Hendawy M., Fawzy M., and Khairy, T, 2014)
WHAT IS HAPPENING
IN SIWA?

16. HOW TO DEAL WITH A SENSTIVE COMMUNITY?HOW TO DEAL WITH A SENSTIVE COMMUNITY?

17. ‫التنمية‬ ‫الحفاظ‬
DEVELEOPMENT CONSERVATION
HOW TO DEAL WITH A SENSTIVE COMMUNITY?
Source: IUSD III Design Module Cataloge (Hendawy M., Fawzy M., and Khairy, T, 2014)

18. Mountain
Agriculture
Land
Natural water
Natural SittingsCultural SittingsPhysical Sittings
Paved Roads
Infrastructure Mosque
Trade Practice
(Market)
HOW TO DEAL WITH A SENSTIVE COMMUNITY?
Source: IUSD III Design Module Cataloge (Hendawy M., Fawzy M., and Khairy, T, 2014)
‫التنمية‬ ‫الحفاظ‬
DEVELEOPMENT CONSERVATION

19. Past/ Future
The race that is recognised
in Siwa now between keep-
ing the old identity or going
along with the running and
the contemporary patterns
Between respecting the
natural context or destroy
it by lacking guidence for
new buildings need.
The local identity that ap-
pears in different small pat-
terns even when building
with contemporary materi-
als.
The power that is coming
from two different sides,
between the state and the
tribes and how this affect
the decision making in the
oasis.
Natural / Manufactured Modernity / Heritage
State/ Tribe
HOW TO DEAL WITH A SENSTIVE COMMUNITY?
Source: IUSD III Design Module Cataloge (Hendawy M., Fawzy M., and Khairy, T, 2014)

20. Palm trunk as a con-
struction element for
the roof.
Extension of palm
truncks from the in-
side to the outside of
the buildings.
Possibility to of
connecting buildings
through palm trun-
cks, or as an external
Palm leaves as a
fence.
Palm trunk as a con-
struction element for
the roof.
Combining the
modern brick con-
struction with palm
lintels.
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3
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Palm trunk in the
stairs. (Stuttgart
University project)
Palm trees as a main
construction element
(Tests carried out by
Sandra Piesik in Al
Use Palm Branch-
es and fronds as
external shading
elements. (Stuttgart
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2
5
HOW TO DEAL WITH A SENSTIVE COMMUNITY?
Source: IUSD III Design Module Cataloge (Hendawy M., Fawzy M., and Khairy, T, 2014)
HOW TO DEAL WITH A SENSTIVE COMMUNITY?
DEVELOPMENT / CONSERVATION
‫الحفاظ‬ / ‫التنميه‬
Concepts

21. Architecture Solutions
Source: IUSD III Spring School, 2013 ( Boris, Nader, Fouad M., and Mennatullah)
HOW TO DEAL WITH A SENSTIVE COMMUNITY?
DEVELOPMENT / CONSERVATION
‫الحفاظ‬ / ‫التنميه‬

22. CONCLUSION
Source: IUSD III Spring School, 2013 ( Boris, Nader, Fouad M., and Mennatullah)
Inspiration https://harvestforhope.wordpress.com/
Mountain
Agriculture
Land
Natural water
Paved Roads
Infrastructure Mosque
Trade Practice
(Market)
‫التنمية‬ ‫الحفاظ‬
DEVELEOPMENT CONSERVATION

23. CONCLUSION
Source: IUSD III Spring School, 2013 ( Boris, Nader, Fouad M., and Mennatullah)
Inspiration https://harvestforhope.wordpress.com/
Mountain
Agriculture
Land
Natural water
Paved Roads
Infrastructure Mosque
Trade Practice
(Market)
‫التنمية‬ ‫الحفاظ‬
DEVELEOPMENT CONSERVATION
ECOLOGYCULTUREECONOMY + +

24. WHAT MAKES A SENSTIVE COMMUNITIES?
CONCLUSION

25. THANK YOU

26. TIPS FOR GOOD
PRESENTATION