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The Colonial Heritage of Tunis: Simple Collective Memory or an Environmental Resource?

  • Athar Chabchoub(author)
  • Fakher Kharrat(author)
Chapter of: Urban Heritage and Sustainability in the Age of Globalisation(pp. 163–182)
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Title The Colonial Heritage of Tunis
SubtitleSimple Collective Memory or an Environmental Resource?
ContributorAthar Chabchoub(author)
Fakher Kharrat(author)
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.11647/obp.0412.08
Landing pagehttps://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0412/chapters/10.11647/obp.0412.08
Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
CopyrightAthar Chabchoub; Fakher Kharrat;
PublisherOpen Book Publishers
Published on2024-09-26
Long abstract

Chapter Eight also concerns thermal comfort in the context of Tunis, evaluating its interior rather than exterior aspect. Athar Chabchoub and Fakher Kharrat analyse the city’s colonial heritage, offering a comparative study of indoor thermal comfort in two downtown buildings representing the colonial and contemporary periods. Focusing on the physical, psychological and physiological aspects of comfort, they investigate the thermal performance and energy consumption of these structures. The results of this analysis demonstrate that the preservation of both traditional and colonial buildings is imperative for the sustainable conservation of urban heritage given contemporary environmental concerns.

Page rangepp. 163–182
Print length20 pages
LanguageEnglish (Original)
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Athar Chabchoub

(author)
Co-ordinator of the PAE3C Research Unit at ENAU – Ecole Nationale d'Architecture et d'Urbanisme de Tunis
Researcher at ENAU – Ecole Nationale d'Architecture et d'Urbanisme de Tunis
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9295-9731

Athar Chabchoub is an architect pursuing an academic career path. After her master’s degree, obtained with honors in 2013, she joined in the same year, the teaching staff of the National School of Architecture and Urbanism of Tunis (ENAU) in parallel with her research career as a doctoral student. Holding a doctoral degree in architectural sciences since 2019, her dissertation explores thermal comfort and its impact on the energy consumption of colonial and contemporary buildings in Tunis. She is currently engaged as a Faculty lecturer, researcher and coordinator of the LaRPA research laboratory (PAE3C research team, ENAU).

Fakher Kharrat

(author)
Director at ENAU – Ecole Nationale d'Architecture et d'Urbanisme de Tunis
Head at Research Laboratory in Heritage and Architecturology (LaRPA)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1431-0523

Fakher Kharrat is a professor of architecture specialising in the study and restoration of historical monuments and cultural heritage conservation. Currently the director of the School of Architecture and Urbanism of Tunis and head of the Research Laboratory in Heritage and Architecturology (LaRPA), he has participated in various international projects related to architectural heritage as well as its conservation and enhancement.

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