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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Autor: Adel Abdelgawad, Ahmed
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
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spelling From genius loci to placelessness: analyzing the identity of egyptian homesAdel Abdelgawad, AhmedArchitecture, Domestic -- Egypt -- CairoVernacular architecture -- Egypt -- CairoDwellings -- Social aspects -- Egypt -- CairoGenius LociPlacelessnessContextualismCritical RegionalismLocalityIdentityArquitectura domèstica -- Egipte -- CaireArquitectura vernacular -- Egipte -- CaireHabitatges -- Aspectes socials -- Egipte -- CaireÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::Arquitectura::Tipologies d'edificis::HabitatgesThis 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.Universitat Politècnica de CatalunyaFelip Ordis, Olga20242024-07-1120242024-09-03master thesishttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_bdccNAhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_be7fb7dd8ff6fe43info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesisapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2117/413674reponame:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPCinstname:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/4136742026-05-27T15:37:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv From genius loci to placelessness: analyzing the identity of egyptian homes
title From genius loci to placelessness: analyzing the identity of egyptian homes
spellingShingle From genius loci to placelessness: analyzing the identity of egyptian homes
Adel Abdelgawad, Ahmed
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
title_short From genius loci to placelessness: analyzing the identity of egyptian homes
title_full From genius loci to placelessness: analyzing the identity of egyptian homes
title_fullStr From genius loci to placelessness: analyzing the identity of egyptian homes
title_full_unstemmed From genius loci to placelessness: analyzing the identity of egyptian homes
title_sort From genius loci to placelessness: analyzing the identity of egyptian homes
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Adel Abdelgawad, Ahmed
author Adel Abdelgawad, Ahmed
author_facet Adel Abdelgawad, Ahmed
author_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Felip Ordis, Olga
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv 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
topic 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
description 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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