On Wind Catcher Integration in Contemporary Buildings in Jeddah

Mady Ahmed Mohamed; Aida Nayer

doi:10.6092/issn.2281-4485/8240

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Mady Ahmed Mohamed Associate Professor at Effat University, KSA, Zagazig University, Egypt http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6831-176X

Mady Mohamed, Associate Professor of Architecture, joined Effat University in Fall-2014. He received his PhD degree at Dundee School of Architecture, UK on July/2009. He has more than 20 years of academic and practice experience. Through his private firm, Mady participated in the design and construction for several projects and he was the sole architect and the main architectural/LEED consultant for different residential, office, medical and educational buildings. Mady became an authorized architectural consultant by the Egyptian Syndicate for Engineering in 2013 and a LEED Green Associate by the USGBC in 2014 and. He became an authorized trainer for Education for Sustainable development ESD by the European Union/Egyptian Ministry of Education in 2014. He is a CO-Editor of EEER, IBPSA-Egypt; Editor Team Member of (EEEJ), USA; Novelty Journals, India, and a reviewer at (JEE), Canada. Also, he is a member of (SESG, Scotland), (IACSIT, Singapore), (GESTW, Egypt), (ISDS, Japan), and (AASCIT, America).
Aida Nayer Assistant Professor at Effat University, KSA, Zagazig University, Egypt

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.2281-4485/8240

Keywords:

Wind catcher, passive strategies and measures, heritage interventions, subjective assessment

Abstract

Jeddah City is a hot, arid zone and is characterized by high air temperatures and humidity. New architecture shall be undertaken by attempting to achieve the paradigm of natural ventilation and initiatives should be aimed at minimizing the harmful effects of a harsh environment on city inhabitants (Mohamed, M. and Fekry, M. 2018). This paper focuses on finding reasons behind the negligence of wind catcher use, in contemporary residential buildings, in the city of Jeddah– it employs both semi-structured interviews and questionnaires with residents and professionals, to illustrate their opinions. Results show a relative lack of awareness among residents regarding passive strategies overall and wind catchers, in particular. Results also show, however, tangible potential among professionals to adapt passive strategies and tools. Most importantly, this paper attempts to illustrate how the survey’s results are contrary to conventional belief: that high levels of humidity, temperature, dust and safety issues are primary reasons for the negligence of natural ventilation strategies in Jeddah.

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