Space, Kinship and Gender (ص 184)

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Space, Kinship and Gender (ص 184)

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he saha together with the guest-house var:
lage courthouse, thua aying an important role in social
The gue
fhe as figure 5.1 illustrates, had a strong visual impact, which
certainly matched its functional importance. It * acquired | a unique and
distinct spatial character by being
clustered compounds around it.
1 ly by the surrounding Barghouthi houses, contrastec
strongly with that of the fallaheen houses. The saha was contained
by the village mosque to the north, the Daher houses t« t and
the south, and the guest-house from the east (Fig. 5-2). The
buildings formed a circumscribed geometric form. This geometrized
form of its plan gave a sharp sense of limits and enhanced the sense
of enclosure.
undin ings operated as a
boundary which limited the place and at the same time created a clear
distinction between what was inside and what was outside. From the
the surface of the Barghouthi houses created a stronger
lary than that of the north. While the southern
the saha, the male publi )
south,
more continuous boun
boundary separatec
domain of women behind, the northern boundary integrated the mosque
space within the saha. The similar architectural articulation, same
ation, same distribution
mass-void of openings [no longer the
iding material - pink ar
und the same type of roofs (domes) adde
southern boundary.
ase], the use of the same bui id white stones
The clustering and concentration of masses - buildings - not only
defined the saha's limits, but also defined its relation to its
surrounding through its definition of access points. The three
! been discussed earlier (Barghouth
quarter, chapter 4). The formal entry, located to the east, was
d the main entry point. The architectura’
a have
access points
considere
treatment of
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