Typo logy :
Gallery house (Riwaq house)
Coun try :
Palestine
CON TEN TS OF THE FI LE Synthesis
Analytical group of the typology
Forms of the typology
Inventory of the country’s typologies
Current state of vitality and preservation
T ransformation process
Capacity for rehabilitation
Lexicon
SYNTHESIS
The word riwaq in Arabic refers to a cov ered space which opens to the outside through a series of colonnades. The gallery is often located on the front elev ation and f unctions as an entrance terrace. Unlike the loggia, which is central in location, the gallery is located to one side. This ty pology is usually greater in length than in depth.
ANALYTICA L GR OUP OF THE TYPOL OGY
Urban
Grouped
Fixed
Def initive
Permanent
«Seated»
High
Compact
(Environment)
(Implantation)
(Character)
(Origin)
(Use)
(Cultural)
(Economic level)
(Morphology)
FOR MS OF THE TYPOL OGY
INVENTORY OF THE COUN TRY’S TYPOLOGIES Black tent: the Bedouin tent
Qaser farmhouse
Cave
Saqeefeh
Peasant house
Single rectangular house
T hree-arch house (Loggia house)
Gallery house (Riwaq house)
Courtyard house (by design)
Composite courtyard house (housh)
Compound house
Jerico mud house
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Gal lery ho use (Ri waq h ouse)
FOR MS OF THE TYPOL OGY
Implantation Urban fabric
This ty pology is grouped and implanted in urban env ironments. Use/asso ciated activit y
Permanent use as a dwelling. Dating
Elevation
Altitude
Orientation
Ground surface cover ed 2
Section
150 m
Surface ar ea of housing
180 m
2
Number of floors
One. Number of families
One. Averag e number of m ember s per family
Roof
+1
Six.
The gallery is often located on the front elev ation and f unctions as an entrance terrace. The plan has three aisles (similar to both the closed square or rectangular house and the loggia house). The central aisle is a living area, and one side aisle contains the guestroom and bedrooms, and the other, the service areas. From the gallery there are usually two entrance doors; one opens into the central aisle and the other into the guestroom in the side aisle.
-1
Number of homes
Functional outline
±0
GF or GF+1 (in this case a staircase leads to the gallery on the first floor).
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Gal lery ho use (Ri waq h ouse)
W alls
Rough-dressed stone.
Framewor k
Roof
.
Flat roof, red tiles.
Rendering
Openings and projections in the f acad e
A gallery located on the front elev ation, to one side.
Traditional syst ems of air-conditioning
Drinking water supply system s
.
W aste wat er drainage systems
.
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Gal lery ho use (Ri waq h ouse)
CURRENT S TA TE OF VI TALI TY AND PRESERVATION
TRANSF OR MA TION PR OCESS
Effect / Cause Typological transformation s
Volume •
•
Usually covered by cement plaster or by structural additions.
Structure •
Enlarged either by horizontal or vertical additions or both.
Facad es and clo sings
Not usually affected, but sometimes reinf orced to support the new additions.
Organisation of space •
The organisation of space is changeable, depending on the users.
Change in use
No specif ic elements or spaces are being demolished or converted to new uses.
Change in use of construction m aterials and techniques
In use, living •
•
Little used, in decline •
•
Dry quarry stone (rubble or dabbesh), quarry stone with lime, sun-dried mud blocks, fired mud bricks. Rough laid dry-stone wall, unf ired mud-brick wall, groined v ault and barrel v ault for the spanning structure, and groined vault, barrel v ault and dome in superstructures.
No longer used •
•
Hewn stone, roughly or f inely dressed, lime mortar, lime plaster, red tiles for roofs (Roman tiles). Double stone wall, regular pointed stone wall, stacked f rame for the superstructure, Roman tile roof ing and flagstone roofing.
Light-weight quarry stone (khuffash), stone stairs (cantilev ered), stone posts and lintels, lime mix f or f looring, lime mix and mud mix f or roof ceiling, mud mix f or flooring, mud elements used in groined v aults as light-weight inf illing or f or building walls, tree elements. Timber f loor and f loor arch in spanning structure, stacked f rame in superstructure, mud roofing.
Recent incorpor ations •
Cement and reinforced concrete are mostly used in new constructions and frequently interfere with all traditional typologies. They are comparatively inexpensive and easy to handle.
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Gal lery ho use (Ri waq h ouse)
CAPACITY FOR REHABILI TA TION
Asp ects of the t ypolog y Score from 0 (very poor) to 10 (excellent) • • •
Capacity for sale or rental on the property market Capacity for adaptation to present-day f amily and social requirements Capacity for adaptation to present-day comf ort requirements
6 7 7
Score from 0 (insignificant) to 10 ( major) • • •
Technical difficulty of rehabilitation Administrativ e difficulty of rehabilitation Financial difficulty (very high cost) of rehabilitation
6 0 8
Obstacles pr eventing rehab ilitation/causing the user to decide not to reh abilitate Score from 0 (does not repres ent an obstacl e) to 10 (represents a major obstacle) • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Administrativ e difficulties Major technical difficulties Irrev ersible deterioration of the structure Listed/protected building High cost of rehabilitation Absence of aid/subsidies Cost of the project and permits Status of building/lease Inf lation of property prices Social decline (delinquency, …) Poor env ironmental conditions (absence of minimum inf rastructures, …) Desire to change the building f or a modern one Lack of sensitisation/appreciation on the part of the users Not considered necessary (by the user)
0 4 3 0 8 8 2 7 9 6 6 10 8 5
Comments
LEXICON
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