BIM-Based Metric for Sustainable Built Environment in Saudi Arabia

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatma Hasanain Mia ◽  
Nawari O. Nawari
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Built Environment

scholarly journals The Concept of Access and the Mechanisms of the Threshold Space in Arab Traditional Built Environment: The Case of Najd, Saudi Arabia

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Mohammed Mashary Alnaim
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Built Environment ◽  
Space Syntax ◽  
Built Environments ◽  
Cultural Issues ◽  
Crucial Aspect ◽  
Vast Number ◽  
Built Form ◽  
Number Of Factors ◽  
The Relationship

Contemporary built environments experience a vast number of factors due to globalization, which effected and influenced how the built form is generated and used. The relationship between the urban and the building levels is a crucial aspect that needs a thorough investigation to understand how these two levels can integrate and complement the built environment's overall identity. This paper examines the concept of access and its location within the urban fabric and how an access influenced the formation of physical and nonphysical threshold spaces to overcome the number of socio-cultural issues. Space Syntax convex map and justified access graphs were used to understand the connectivity, density, and integration of the access and the threshold space in relation to the overall built form.

Dwelling form and culture in the traditional Najdi built environment, Saudi Arabia

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed M. AlNaim
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Built Environment ◽  
Dimensional Space ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Space Syntax ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Architectural Analysis ◽  
Whole Process ◽  
New Findings ◽  
Physical Form

PurposeThis study examines the built environment in the preserved historic settlements of the Najd region of Saudi Arabia, providing insight into shared core concepts and forms that were commonly shared across the settlement's dwellings before the Kingdom's period of modernization.Design/methodology/approachSpace syntax convex mapping and the justified access graphing as the main techniques to examine several internal elements at the building level. The study created elements such as connectivity, access graphs and depth graphs to understand the integration and placement of these elements to overcome surrounding forces. Also, the author combined graphical architectural analysis with space syntax techniques to understand the spatial and physical integration in three-dimensional space. This helped to establish a link between what is two-dimensional (the building layout) with what is three-dimensional (the physical form).FindingsThe paper found that the hierarchical order of internal spaces and the order's role in shaping the physical form served to satisfy the social behavior and environmental conditions. As a result, all building elements generated with the guidance of the main culturally rooted in support with internal spaces order. This order of spaces inside the house led the urban spatial hierarchy to connect but not conflict, as the whole process of generating the physical forms is to complement each other and to produce a unified built environment.Research limitations/implicationsThis study is limited to Najdi dwelling form and culture, the author believes expanding the number of study samples in the five traditional settlements or expanding the scope of the study to examine other Saudi regions may result in new findings and insights.Originality/valueThe paper offers and discusses two mechanisms on how to enhance the process of designing modern houses in similar cultures or elsewhere in the world. Also, how traditional dwelling elements generated with the guidance of the main, culturally rooted values and beliefs, in support of the internal spatial order.

scholarly journals Are Historical Buildings More Adaptive to Minimize the Risks of Airborne Transmission of Viruses and Public Health? A Study of the Hazzazi House in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia)

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (7) ◽  
pp. 3601
Author(s):  
Alaa Alaidroos ◽  
Ayad Almaimani ◽  
Ahmed Baik ◽  
Mohamed Al-Amodi ◽  
Khan Rubayet Rahaman
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Built Environment ◽  
Disease Transmission ◽  
Natural Ventilation ◽  
Historical Building ◽  
Heritage Buildings ◽  
Spatial Configurations ◽  
Air Ventilation ◽  
Heritage Building ◽  
Airborne Disease

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has brought immense challenges to the natural and built environment to develop an antivirus-enabled model for reducing potential risks of spreading the virus at varied scales such as buildings, neighborhoods, and cities. Spatial configurations of structures may hinder or assist the spread of viruses in the built environment. In this study, we have hypothesized that suitable air ventilation in historic buildings may enhance the built environment to combat the spreading of infectious viruses. To provide such quantitative shreds of evidence, we have generated and estimated an integrated model to summarize obtained information by considering natural ventilation, wind speed, inflow and outflow, wind direction, and forecasting the associated risks of airborne disease transmission in a historical building (i.e., the Hazzazi House in particular). Intrinsically, the results have demonstrated that the effectiveness of natural ventilation has directly influenced reducing the risks of transmitting airborne infectious viruses for the selected heritage building in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia). The adopted methods in this research may be useful to understand the potentials of conserving old heritage buildings. Consequently, the results demonstrate that natural air ventilation systems are critical to combat the spread of infectious diseases in the pandemic.

scholarly journals Unplanned Settlements in Saudi Arabia. The Case of Al-Sabeel District, Jeddah

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-94
Author(s):  
Abdel-Moniem EL-SHORBAGY
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Built Environment ◽  
Physical Condition ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Major City ◽  
Social Fabric ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Physical Problems ◽  
Almost All ◽  
The City

"Unplanned settlements represent a twentieth-century phenomenon that has been steadily growing on the periphery of almost all cities in the world. These areas are usually overpopulated and characterized by inadequate housing, unpleasant living conditions. Jeddah, a second major city in Saudi Arabia, consists of many unplanned settlements and slums, which affect the future development of its urban and social fabric. This paper intends to explore some essential issues relating to the issues of unplanned settlements in Jeddah through the study, analysis, and assessment of the built environment of Al-Sabeel district, one of the oldest districts in Jeddah. The main objective of this research is to investigate the major physical problems of the deteriorated areas of the district. Thus, the primary purpose is to define a set of recommendations for the upgrading of future unplanned settlements, which will help these informal areas to improve and gradually integrate into the existing urban fabric of the city. Regarding methodology, a qualitative research approach was adopted, which included a literature review, a face-to-face interviews, and field visits to document the physical condition of the built environment of the district. The outcome of the study represents a set of recommendations that indicate the importance of community participation approach as a means of improving the physical condition of the urban environment of Al-Sabeel district."

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