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An Approach For Sustainable Affordable Housesdesign In Egypt, Sherif Khashaba Associate Professor, Department Of Architectural Engineering Faculty Of Engineering Sep 2020

An Approach For Sustainable Affordable Housesdesign In Egypt, Sherif Khashaba Associate Professor, Department Of Architectural Engineering Faculty Of Engineering

BAU Journal - Health and Wellbeing

Achieving sustainability is an important factor to be considered in the architectural design process, there is an important need to consider sustainability in affordable houses design. The research problem is the presence of many affordable houses in Egypt without considering the terms of sustainability, and also the increasing the numbers of these projects in Egypt. By studying the current situation of most affordable houses projects in Egypt, a lack of achieving sustainability requirements appear , which led to the need for an approach to meet these requirements in affordable houses design. The research includes a theoretical study of the sustainability …