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Persians know for millenia how to store ice in scorching desert [1] and have in places like Yazd 'windcatchers' [2]

I've seen through Islamic world and India buildings at least 500 years old that were constructed around constant air flow through buildings, having patterned stone mesh windows. It can be done with low tech approach.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakhch%C4%81l [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windcatcher




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