What is the name of this place? [need help locating]

_BPS_ · April 12th, 2010, 10:20 AM

I saw small parts of a documentary on TV few days ago, about these villages in the Sahara desert, which were designed in such a way that they produced cold air and kept the internal temperatures lower than the external (outside the village). The design did not require any electricity, nor was it reliant on any water tanks, and if I remember correctly, they cooled the alleys and streets by making them very narrow with very high walls on each side.

Does anyone know more about this or what country/region this is from?

the spliff fairy · April 12th, 2010, 02:35 PM

Gardhaia, Algeria?

julieCEO · April 23rd, 2010, 12:56 PM

It is looking a very nice. I don't think it is on earth. I would be computer graphics.

Concrete Stereo · April 25th, 2010, 10:57 AM

You mean Hyderabad, Pakistan - the city of wind catchers?

and, julieCEO, Gardhaia defenitely is on earth

same image, but bigger:

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April 12th, 2010, 02:35 PM	#2
the spliff fairy ONE WORLD Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: london Posts: 7,176 Likes (Received): 257	Gardhaia, Algeria?

April 23rd, 2010, 12:56 PM	#3
julieCEO BANNED Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 11 Likes (Received): 0	It is looking a very nice. I don't think it is on earth. I would be computer graphics.

April 25th, 2010, 10:57 AM	#4
Concrete Stereo Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: Lyon Posts: 1,155 Likes (Received): 6	You mean Hyderabad, Pakistan - the city of wind catchers? and, julieCEO, Gardhaia defenitely is on earth same image, but bigger: