Research's IaaC - Mauritania: Dune City

An analysis of the existing dune patterns of the site, occurred due to the effects of the wind, showed linear dunes, located in three different angles and scales. The three angle patterns were translated to three types of densities, connected to the working activities, urban facilities and residential ,each one refering to each separate system of local and tourist people.The type and the intensity of the program activities were defined according to the social and economic developping strategy of the city, while their position on site was based on deformation tools, depending on the effects of the coast line, the port, the bus terminal and the airpot in the case of the locals\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' system, and of the coastline in the case of the tourists.Existing dune structures were analyzed in the aspect of their physical appearance, their wind behaviour and their tension of merging and creating complex types, in order to give to this natural element programmatic and density parameters.The hybrid units were chosen in the points of high density of activities and consist of a \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"hybrid tower\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"(a vertical transformation of the dune geometry) , an infrastructure dune applying the \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"foggara system\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" for the production of water and an accumulation of trees. These units are also the nodes of water(foggara system), waste (integrated circle of organic waste) and energy (wind mills) infrastructure. Team: Theodora Christoforidou, Karlo De Soto, Fani Natou, Fotios Vasilakis Directed by Vicente Guallart