From genius loci to placelessness: analyzing the identity of egyptian homes
This research paper explores the identity of the Egyptian homes. It asserts that designing homes without adhering to the spirit of the place, and dealing with the contemporary issues that are region specific, then the phenomenon of placelessness and the loss of the sense of belonging for their inhab...
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| Tipo de recurso: | tesis de maestría |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2024 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) |
| Repositorio: | UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/413674 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/2117/413674 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Architecture, Domestic -- Egypt -- Cairo Vernacular architecture -- Egypt -- Cairo Dwellings -- Social aspects -- Egypt -- Cairo Genius Loci Placelessness Contextualism Critical Regionalism Locality Identity Arquitectura domèstica -- Egipte -- Caire Arquitectura vernacular -- Egipte -- Caire Habitatges -- Aspectes socials -- Egipte -- Caire Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Arquitectura::Tipologies d'edificis::Habitatges |
| Sumario: | This research paper explores the identity of the Egyptian homes. It asserts that designing homes without adhering to the spirit of the place, and dealing with the contemporary issues that are region specific, then the phenomenon of placelessness and the loss of the sense of belonging for their inhabitants. The methodology included analysing Egyptian homes chronologically, starting with the ancient Egyptian homes, reaching modern gated communities of current day Cairo. Studying the homes and extracting its Genius Loci and contemporary issues from similarities between homes from different time periods along with evaluating them qualitatively in terms of the environmental and social context of Cairo proved the hypothesis to be true and that the sense of belonging is lost and the identity of home is weakened in homes that are not designed with respect to their contexts. Finally, a glossary was made of settlement qualities, architectural elements and spaces to collect patterns that decypher the Genius Loci of the Egyptian home. The aim of research is to provide architects and urbanists with a tool to design future homes in Cairo and to provide architects in general to decipher the Genius Loci of a place. |
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