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1998
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Winner: Ashraf Salama, architect (Egypt), for his project in Queseir, Egypt, which takes care of an area close to the traditional town centre.
The idea is based on the results of a community survey and workshops and suggests a housing programme conceived with the participation of the users. Two types of houses can be developped in a convincing growth process and make use of locally available materials and traditional building techniques.
The layout of the proposed clusters is in conformity with the existing urban fabric and results from the participation of groups of families, the future inhabitants.
The scheme is highly convincing in several ways, mainly because the users form a productive community deeply involved in design decisions and because the architectural expression is highly satisfactory.