- (evaporative
cooling unit) and a
shuksheika (roof
lantern vent). Wide
malqafs are more
often used in
damper climates,
where high-volume air flow is more...
- 1017/S1359135501001312. Attia, Shady; Herde, André de (June 22–24, 2009).
Designing the
Malqaf for
Summer Cooling in Low-Rise Housing, an
Experimental Study. 26th Conference...
- are:
Perforated wooden screen on
windows "mashrabiya"
Rooftop wind
scoop "
Malqaf"
External house walls and
opening characteristics Building materials The...
- A pair of
short windcatchers (
malqaf) used in
traditional architecture; wind is
forced down on the
windward side and
leaves on the
leeward side (cross-ventilation)...
- in Cairo). In a
Mamluk qa'a, one of the iwan
would have a
windcatcher (
malqaf or badhahanj)
which brings in the
breeze into the qa'a. The
ceiling of the...
- the mihrab,
again framed with
stucco decoration, was not a
window but a
malqaf, a windcatcher,
connected by a
shaft to an
opening in the roof, now closed...
