Cooler Desert Cities - 2505: Progress Report on Manuscript Write-up and Cooler Desert Cities Platform Development

Enclosed documents (appendices): Appendix A- El Bali Fez Cards; Appendix B- Tunis Medina Cards; Appendix C – Paper 2 Draft Abstract Phase 9: (Jun-Jul 2025)

RC Task: Cooler Desert Cities Platform development and Manuscript writing contribution.

Deliverables: Progress Report on Manuscript write up and Platform development

Phase: Case study analysis, conference presentation and manuscript writing This report summarizes progress to date, key objectives, activities and further tasks for the Cooler Desert Cities project, which aims to unearth design drivers that contribute to low-emission, low-energy desert comfort, laying the basis for the development of the “Cooler-Shaper Tool” (CST). This stage included analysis of the El Bali (Fez, Marocco) and Tunis Medina (Tunisia) case study sites, conference attendance and presentation of paper 1 at GRM and draft abstract write-up for paper 2. The following sections summarise key outputs of the case study analysis, feedback and overview of conference activities and the direction and key outputs for paper 2.