Hyderabad Windscoops

From April to June the temperature in Hyderabad, Pakistan can exceed 50° C, but the wind always blows from the same direction, so the position of the windscoops is fixed. Rudofsky (Architecture without Architects): “In multistoried houses they reach all the way down, doubling as intramural telephones. Although the origin of this contraption is unknown, it has been in use for at least five hundred years.” I suppose modern air-conditioners, punched into the buildings’ walls, have replaced them – but soon afterwards satellite dishes will have taken their place on the roof.