LOCAL APPLICATION OF THE TECHNIQUE AUTOPOIETIC COMMUNITIES 20

LOCAL APPLICATION OF THE TECHNIQUE

Technique: AUTOPOIETIC COMMUNITIES Local name: Shibam and Wadi Hadramaut Site: Shibam and Wadi Hadramaut Location Click the globe to see the techinique on Google Map Continent: Asia Country: Yemen Site: Shibam and Wadi Hadramaut Coordinates: Lat: 15.93 Long: 48.68 Description of the local variant of the technique The city of Shibam is built in flood plain bed of the wadi. The city and the oasis comes from the accumulated knowledge of a people who for the need of cooperation for the water supply expressed a strong united social and a planned control of the space. Thanks to the works of retention of flood waters that since ancient times have been kept and handed down. The integrated system of traditional knowledge that contributes to the survival of the oasis involves every aspect of this community. The town is indispensable to the fertilization of the fields and interacts with them in an unbreakable cycle of proper use of resources. From the type of lavatory to the structure of the homes until the full plan, the city responds to the needs of collecting human waste. These wastes, indispensible to render the desert cultivatable, are left to dry on the sands. With the source of the flood waters, controlled by deviation dams, the excrements are transformed into humus for the cultivation and colloidal material that is dug and used for construction and periodically for renovation, the high houses in raw clay of the city. Depressions encircled by dams and canals are created and are shaded by the palm groves which have the function of producing the agricultural foods and to protect the habitation from floods by absorbing the quantities of water. In the dry season the water conserved in the sediment can be tapped using wells.  Survival prospects 60% preserved and functional  Images Deepening TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUE DATA Technique AUTOPOIETIC COMMUNITIES Icon Cathegory G - Social organization, art and spirituality Identification code G14 Other Local applications of the technique RELATED TECHNIQUES F5 ARCHITECTURE FOR PROTECTING FROM EXTREME CLIMATES B9a DEVICES FOR THE CREATION OF HUMUS C1 DIVERSION SYSTEMS ON A LARGE SCALE AND USE OF FLOODS B7a DOMESTICATION AND DISSEMINATION OF PALM TREE C12 EXCAVATION AND DRAINAGE SYSTEMS E7c EXTRAORDINARY FEATURES OF DWELLING ARCHITECTURE G9 FORMS OF SOCIAL SOLIDARITY B6b GARDENS IN CRATERS B8 HORTICULTURE COMBINED WITH HIGH-TRUNK PLANTS B9g INTEGRATED CYCLE OF ORGANIC WASTE G8 KNOWLEDGE PASSED ON DOWN THE GENERATIONS E8e RAW CLAY STRUCTURES F6c SYSTEMS OF HOUSEHOLD WASTE MANAGEMENT E8m TOWER HOUSE E8 TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE FOR SETTLEMENTS E8c TRADITIONAL TECHNOLOGIES AND USE OF LOCAL MATERIAL F7 URBAN LAYOUT FOR RESOURCES MANAGEMENT B6 VEGETABLE GARDENS G13 WATER CORPORATION AND HYDRAULIC LAW C2 WATER HARVESTING IN POOLS AND CISTERNS B10f WATER INTAKES AND CHANNELS Author: IPOGEA, www.ipogea.org Other authors: Reference: