Imtisal Elmalih


Where is the
entrance?
The elevations
The floorplans
The sections
The constructions
The ventilation

Lucia Wright

Upgrading Dharavi - Folder

Improvement of Sanitation and solid Waste Management in Dharavi, Mumbai
DRY COMPOST TOILETS

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Indigenous villages – ideas for future living?

Dr. Renate Bornberg
Visiting Professor for Comparative Urbanism
Institut für Entwerfen und Städtebau
Leibniz Universität Hannover

Introduction:

In recent years, cities and villages appear all over the world more or less similar. From North to South, from West to East, the built environment appears in similar patterns, with similar architectural features, exchangeable, built in a so called international style. Such an international style has its roots in Europe, where it is the consequent continuance of building traditions of its cities and towns. Since this “steel-glass-glossy stone” built environment is identified with modern life, with fortune, international architecture is nowadays found all over the world.

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 Fig 1: typical Rundling villages
 Fig 2: A typical Niederdeutsches Hallenhaus
 Fig 3: the constructive development of the hall house
 Fig 4: A “Schlaflucht”, the typical beds in hallhouses.
                                 Since they are closets they are invisible over the day
 Fig 5: The open fire place as the centre of social and economic life as well
                                  as the centre of the house from a constructive point of view