Link to online walk-through video
MOSQUE REMINISCENCE | The Architecture of The Return A Nubian Story | Formulating A Contemporary Expression of Nubian Architecture The NILE | LAKE NUBIA
GRAND
AMPHITHEATRE CULTURAL CENTER
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Robert B Church III Graduate Award
Master of Architecture Project
Honorable Mention
Pictures from the site, old and contemporary.
The site is at incredible “thick edge” where desert hillside and dune, meet the glorious Nile. A moment of contrast and harmony.
SITE
SHAIKHOUN M SULIMAN HOUSE
My grandfather’s house, in the old Nubia before the displacement, sketch is based on my father’s verbal description. I produced a number of sketches and documented key information as part of the research process for this project
Pictures and handwritten descriptions (In Arabic) courtesy of Dr. Abdallah Sabbar, RIBA
Pictures of Ishkait village, near the old city of Wadi-Halfa, prior to the displacement. 1963
Above, the minaret of Al-Hussien Mosque, the last part that remained visible after the valley had been compeletely overwhelmed by the reservoir’s waters (Lake Nubia). 1965
Rammed Earth Experiments
EXPERIENTAL PERSPECTIVE SKETCH
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Visual Expression of Design Intentions
