Journal of Engineering Research
Abstract
Architecture reflects a nation’s cultural, social, and environmental characteristics. As a result of the recent globalization, countries have lost their distinctive architectural identities; due to this, it is difficult to identify A country’s unique identity locally and regionally. Specifically, in Egypt, houses in the traditional style are considered one of the most iconic architectural styles. There is an amazing local identity and a unique spatial quality in the region that characterizes Egypt. On the other hand, Western influences have caused many of the values and attributes of houses to fade. One of the most prominent values is the home’s loss of visual privacy. Architectural openings were limited to ventilation and lighting only, without considering privacy and meeting the human needs of that society. Therefore, the research paper aims to extract a method for designing treatments to regain the visual privacy of residential homes in Egypt. Depending on the architectural elements of traditional houses in Egypt that helped achieve privacy in the past, such as the Mashrabiya. The research presented several experiments with sequential steps for different perforation percentages (PP) for a perforated screen in front of the room window, coinciding with the study of the mechanism of vision of the human eye and the extent of its accuracy in seeing objects and its field of vision, to determine the maximum perforation percentage that maintains visual privacy. The experiment was conducted on the street with a width of 6m the most common width in Egypt. The research paper found that a PP of 1% to 5% for perforated screens achieves privacy for private and intimate rooms. In comparison, a PP of 10% to 15% is suitable for semi-private places such as reception and living rooms, and finally, a PP of 20% to 25% is suitable for semi-public places such as gardens overlooking the outside.
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Ibrahim, Inas Samir; Nour, Walaa; and Alwan, Mustafa
(2023)
"Visual privacy as an approach to improve human needs in residential buildings in Egypt,"
Journal of Engineering Research: Vol. 7:
Iss.
6, Article 13.
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