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Creative Works

Bayt Faris

Chris Grimley 2006-05-01

This house is one of three located in a ten-acre family compound north of Cairo in an area known as Al-Thawra al-Khadra, or “The Green Revolution,” a district of reclaimed desert land near the Sixth of October City. Commissioned by an Egyptian businessman, the house is to be built as a retreat within a large olive grove. The house surrounds two formal courtyards that are carved from the larger masonry block. When viewed from the surrounding olive grove, the building appears as a solid, monolithic form, one that complements the language of the arid local landscape. A scrim with greenery wraps a portion of the exterior wall. This screen folds inward at the main entrance and forms the boundaries of the entrance courtyard. The rooms ringing this outdoor space will benefit from the lushness of the screened light provided by this green surface.

Research Topics:

• Vernacular Architecture