Sustainability

Environmental sustainability stands as a major concern for Masaken, a project of this size will surely have a big impact on its surrounding in terms of energy consumption. A study was made to reduce the amount of energy consumption and benefit from the natural resources (sun and wind). A further study was conducted on the use of water and waste generation.

Based on a specialist study, the direction and orientation of the buildings was decided as shown on map, as a result, the buildings will avoid direct sunlight during summer time and at the same time benefit from the natural ventilation that crosses through the buildings, reducing the amount of mechanical ventilation and energy consumption.

SHADING AND COOLING

Shading the buildings was also one aspect of reducing cooling loads, all buildings openings were shaded with the use of clustered panels.

This is an old technique used in Islamic architecture that proved to be effective when shading is needed as well as privacy to the interiors.