Mudhif - Reed Vaulted House

Marsh Arab (Maʻdān) Culture; first written record, 9th century C.E. but origin date unknown; vaulted houses with arches, beams, purlins, and roofing made from bundled local reeds bent into arches, located on artifial islands of reeds and mud, in the Tigris-Euphrates Rivers marshes, south and east present-day Iraq.

Elevation is c. 6 meters (19.69 feet) above sea level.

Construction materials: bundled and woven and tied reeds forming arches and cross purlins; woven reed mats form the building envelope, some which ar woven with perforations to allow light and ventillation. Front and back vertical columns are also bundled reed mats.

Data for this CG model:
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