Dissertation_Dr Faisal Almubarak

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A. B
Figure 7.6
The Tapline planners utilized a
gridiron pattern to subdivide the Arab
community, that is the Tapline
Houses, instead of attempting to
forge a socially pertinent physical
plan that adheres to the local culture
and physical context. (A) represents
a layout of typical traditional built
form in northern Saudi Arabia.
Arar's inhabitants built mud houses
upon their arrival to Arar during the
1960s (B&C), and then substituted
the mud houses with the modified
version, post-mud house o the same
lot, i.e. forming one of the ah'iyaa
ashshaa'biyah communities (D). The
Tapline Houses (E) were platted and
built by the Tapline company using
modern building materials. Source:
Doxiadis, Arar, Present Conditions
(1974).
A STREET WITH
MUO HOUSES