The Paradise in the city, Rem Koolhaus

 Paradise?? 

Panoramic of the Fez Medina

I took this Panoramic photograph of the Fez Median on a recent study trip to Morocco, we spent four days in the medina, recording the inhabitants lives and analysing the problems and challenges the medieval faces in these modern times.

COURTYARD HOUSING AS AN URBAN CATALYST_A Report by Rob Rostron and Benjamin Hale

Introduction


Courtyard housing was one of the first types of any domestic architectural development, first seen between 6400-6000BC in Neolithic settlements. The most traditional layout arrangement of a courtyard house is where the spaces are disposed around a central courtyard.

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