A suggestion towards a new Morphology

The Shadow Earth Maze Trail is a shaded circulation route designed to enhance public gatherings and trade within a climate-controlled microclimate in response to the extremely hot Atlas Mountains climate in summer. This shaded circulation route serves as a shading device specific to this region, providing coverage all the time. The large vertical forms erected across the landscape were developed from on-site solar research and published as an architectural attraction. Because of the unique typography, solar geometry, and soil type of the site located in the Atlas Mountains, the thesis intent speaks exclusively to it.

Therefore, the shaded circulation route reflects these key attributes and the problem. Solar properties, including shade, led to the development of vertical architecture as an experiential phenomenon. This thesis uses grasshopper scripts to demonstrate an environmentally responsive narrative of the solar geometry of the site. Speculation 01: Even though the phenomenon of this thesis is embedded within the complexity of a small site, the scripts used in this research can be applied elsewhere. The Shadow Earth Maze Trail, for example, can be extended throughout the region. A series of shaded circulation routes connect the existing Berber trek trail.

Furthermore, tourists will be fascinated by this locally adapted architectural phenomenon, bringing in trade. Even during the hottest months, place-making will stimulate the local economy and mobilize the locals. Speculation 02: Additionally, the results of this study provide grounds for speculating about a reverse masterplan system that mimics high-density urban morphology. In Naples' master plan, small, shaded circulation routes serve as the skeleton of the city surrounded by high-density buildings. Due to the end of this research thesis, this study remains undeveloped. Further investigation could suggest that the site will shift from a low-density to a high-density populated area due to the need for extensive living spaces. Even though this thesis is grounded in the local adaptation of a small-scale site and the research is conducted in response to this small site's climate, the speculative studies propose large-scale interventions. Something locally fine-tuned and informed by the environment can act as a formulaic tool to solve problems elsewhere because of its versatility in scale. As a result, the research is within the realm of existing beneficial street pattern morphologies, and the tools identified within the research can be used to influence others.

Aims: This project aims to complete a comprehensive scope of research on the selected site and to successfully derive a phenomenon from it. Changing variables such as time, date, and location can be used to establish a universal tool. Furthermore, this thesis will provide an alternative approach to dealing with climate and architecture locally. Consider, for example, working with the variables of the environment rather than against them.