Algerian Journal of Engineering Architecture and Urbanism Vol.2 Nr.2 2018 Typological affiliation of Bent EL Khass Ksar Lila AMROUN, Boualem DJEBRI Received: 28 April 2018• Revised: 29 August 2018 • Accepted: 30 September2018 TYPOLOGICAL AFFILIATION OF BENT EL KHASS KSAR Lila AMROUN PHD Student, Dr. Arch., National School of Architecture and Urbanism of Algiers, E-mail :
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[email protected] Abstract: The architectural typology is defined by the membership of a predefined model, governed by a set of common features. In arid and semi-arid environments, it depends on a certain number of criteria which are: social affiliation, geographical area and climate. In order to define the architectural typology of Bent El Khass ksar, in the region of Brezina, a monographic study was carried out according to different approaches: historical to determine its social, architectural membership to understand its spatial organization, and constructive, to try a dating of the built complex. In comparison with the ksour of El Bayadh wilaya, characterized by their residential and vernacular cachet; it was found that Bent El khass ksar had a singular form and spatial organization. This could be translated by a difference in the function that would be other than residential. Perched on top, hidden from view, it integrates perfectly with its immediate environment, to play the role of collective loft, whose typological similarity would be located in the Moroccan region. Keywords: Earthen architecture, Ksour, typology, Morphology, Ksour mountains, Collective attic Introduction: La Wilaya d’El Bayadh, partie intégrante des Monts des Ksour, dispose d’un patrimoine des plus remarquables et d’une richesse historique particulière.