SHAMSAN MOUNTAIN GALLERY -ADEN

Sammanfattning: The project is located in Aden City. Aden is a city in the Yemeni Coastal Plains, on the Gulf of Aden just at the Southern End of the Red Sea. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The city has a desert climate. During the year, there is virtually no rainfall in Aden. The hot weather and the humidity is a big challenge in this kind of cities. The project is a kind of research and a design in climate adaptive building shells and how to modify the spaces in a way that creates comfortable areas for people. Middle Eastern cities developed through the years different shading systems from Mashrabias to the new double-facades. These systems offered effective protection against intense sunlight for several centuries. Nowadays designers transformed the basic shading systems into a high-tech responsive daylight system. Through my thesis, we will discover new opportunities by merging the cultural, visual and technical aspects and transforming local shading systems such as the (Barda) system into a totally new system enriched with a new technology. In addition to the climate challenges, another goal of this research is to solve and redesign the area making it more accessible and connected. To address the problems and solve them, I designed a project by studying and analyzing the site with the Grasshopper program, which was a valuable chance to improve my skills in such techniques. It can serve as a tool to enhance the new technology in a way to help create buildings or structures that help to reduce the effect of the sun and humidity in the hot areas. It will also be a useful reference in similar projects. The municipality announced the need for a seasonal museum or a gallery near the historical sites. The research can be a good starting tool for more studies and improvements.