Flow Housing is a multigenerational housing project in Fez, Morocco, that reinterprets traditional dwelling patterns and climate-responsive knowledge for contemporary living. While maintaining visual continuity with the historic fabric of the UNESCO World Heritage city, it proposes a low-energy housing model that responds to extreme heat and water scarcity. The building form and the position and dimensions of its wind tower are determined through analysis of Fez’s prevailing winds and wind speeds at different heights.

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The project combines the Middle Eastern wind tower with an airflow system inspired by the Korean ondol. Air captured above the building travels downward through vertical shafts and beneath the floors, passing over an underground water reservoir where evaporative cooling lowers its temperature before it is distributed throughout the building. Warm air rises through the central core and is expelled, while the tower can be closed at night or during winter so that the air held within the double-layered envelope provides insulation.

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An envelope made from locally sourced earth, clay, straw, and lime stabilizes indoor temperatures while remaining visually connected to the ocher tones of Fez. The central vertical void functions both as an environmental core for air and light and as a social core connecting multiple generations, while commercial spaces at ground level support household economies. Rather than reproducing vernacular forms, Flow Housing transforms their environmental intelligence into an adaptable model of ecological and social resilience.