Regional Architecture and Identity in the Age of Globalization

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1 Regional Architecture and Identity in the Age of Globalization Volume III Editors Jamal Al-Qawasmi, Abdesselem Mahmoud, Ali Djerbi The Second International Conference of the Center for the Study of Architecture in the Arab Region (CSAAR 2007)

2 ii Proceedings of CSAAR 2007 Conference Held at the National School of Architecture and Urbanism, Tunis, Tunisia, 13-15, November, 2007 ISBN: Published by CSAAR- The Center for the Study of Architecture in the Arab Region Volume III Copyright 2008 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, re stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, medium or by any means - electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise- without the prior written permission of the of the copyright owner. For information regarding permission(s), write to CSAAR, info@csaar-center.org 1. Architecture 2. Modern Architecture 3. Globalization

3 iii Table of Contents Acknowledgments Table of Contents Editor s Preface i iii vi Architecture of the South: Colonial & Post Colonial Impacts Assembling Identities and Creating Place: Intriguing Metaphors in the Post-Global Architecture of Bahrain Ranjith Dayaratne & Layla Karajica 911 Impact of Globalization on the Built-Environment Identity in the Arabian Gulf Region. Yasser Mahgoub 927 Fallacy of the Beholden: Regional Architecture of Bangladesh and the Colonized Schemata Farhan Sirajul Karim 943 Architectural Identity and Social Construct: How the Imposition of the French New City Affected the Traditional Medina in Tunis Marika Snider 961 Formulating a Spatial Template for the Caribbean Region Elizabeth Pigou-Dennis 973 The Spatial Development and Urban Transformations of Cities in Pakistan: Quest for Global Integration Syed Tauseef Ahmad 987 Locality and Globality in the Built Environment Regionalizing the Global: Figures in the Landscape Clinton Bird 1001 Architecture and Identity: Islamic Community Centers in America Wael Al-Masri 1021 The "Globalised" and "Regionalised" Faces of Warsaw, Peter Martyn 1041 Local/Global Dialogue and Transformation of Local Places: The Case of Narmak Neighbourhood, Tehran Morteza Mirgholami 1059 Globalizing Technologies in Local Transformations: How the use of Information Technologies is Transforming Saudi Cities Umar G. Benna, Fahad Al-Harigi, & Talal Al-Harigi 1077

4 iv Identity Preservation The Concept of Identity and Its Identification Process in Urban Conservation Projects Mert Nezih Rifaioğlu & Neriman Şahin Güçhan 1099 Reparative Overlay: The Role of Ecological and Regional Identity in the Reclamation of Industrial Land Edwin E. Akins II & Wright Gardner 1113 Universal and Regional in the Identity of the Old town of Budva as a Motive for Preservation of Building Heritage Ana Radivojević, Mirjana R.ć & Vladan Đokić 1129 The Arab City: A Search for Identity in a Global World Djamel Boussaa 1147 The Built Environment and Identity: Preservation and Meaning of Place amongst Arab Palestinians in 48-Area. Abed El Rahman Yassen & Rassem Khamaisi 1165 Tourism and the Packaging of Region Function Follows Form: Holiday Resorts in the Age of Globalization Zeynep Aygen 1191 The Architecture of Elsewhere: New Urban Contexts in Dubai and Shanghai Paul Bantey & Eirik Heintz 1205 Using Globalisation Forces to Protect Cultural Heritage: Improving Accessibility, Environment and Local Identity Knut Veisten, Elisabete Arsenio, & Aslak Fyhri 1219 Tourists and Interiors in the Age of Globalization Ayad Rahmani 1233 Discursive Ideology Lying behind Transforming Antalya into a City of Culture Reyhan Varlı Görk 1243 Sustainability Issues Sustainable Design: A Counterpoint to Globalisation? Roger Tyrrell 1261 Sustainable Architecture and Regional Identity in the Era of Globalisation Elena Douvlou, Andrew Ryder, & Maria Tzafeta 1275 Sustainable Future Cities; Remodelling the Past Ahmad Bashri Sulaiman et al. 1287

5 v Global Architecture and Environmental Control: The case of Sobral, Brazil Sara Almeida-Silva & Dominique Fretin 1299 Measuring Sustainability Levels of Tourist Resorts: STAM and the Use of Radar Diagrams Fodil Fadli and Magda Sibley 1315 Sense of Place and Meaning of Architecture Identity, Personality, Globalization: A Clock without Poniter Arman Hakimi & Kaveh Alagheband 1331 Commercial Architecture and Sense of Place Seung Han Paek 1343 Gentrification Process and Place Attachment in Historical Settlements: A Case Study Ayla Ayyildiz Potur1& Ömür Barkul 1359 Public Spaces in Oran and Sense of Place Fadila Kettaf & Samira Gaid 1373 Post-Modern Architecture and the Respect of the Past in Contemporary Arab Architecture: A Mean for Survival and Revival Latifa M. Wafa 1385 Meaning in Regional Architecture: A Study of Meaning for a Sample of Regional Architecture in Egypt & The Arab World Yasmeen Kadoum 1399 Participants 1415

Regional Architecture and Identity in the Age of Globalization

Regional Architecture and Identity in the Age of Globalization Volume II Editors Jamal Al-Qawasmi, Abdesselem Mahmoud, Ali Djerbi The Second International Conference of the Center for the Study of Architecture