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 in the Arab Region (CSAAR 2007)
ii Proceedings of CSAAR 2007 Conference Held at the National School of Architecture and Urbanism, Tunis, Tunisia, 13-15, November, 2007 ISBN: 978-9957-8602-3-3 Published by CSAAR- The Center for the Study of Architecture in the Arab Region Volume II 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, email: info@csaar-center.org 1. Architecture 2. Modern Architecture 3. Globalization
iii Table of Contents Acknowledgments Table of Contents Editor s Preface i iii vi Urban Transformation and New Urbanism The Missed Project in New Urbanism Philippe d'anjou & Glenn Weiss 465 Evaluation of Suburbanization Process in Turkey in the Light of the New Urbanism Movement H. Filiz Alkan Meşhur & M. Çaglar Meşhur 475 Barcelona from an Urban Model to a Globalized Model Nadia Fava 489 B The Scope for Distinctiveness in a Context of Global Competition: A Case Study of the Regeneration of Sheffield City Centre Simon Ogden & David Parsons 503 Real, Reinterpreted, Transferred and Juxtaposed Identity. Architectural and Urban Transformation of the Costa del Sol, Spain Mar Loren 519 Growing the Urban Beach in Dubai Diane Brand 537 Reflections on Modernization The One-Room Mansion, Tokyo Ersi Ioannidou 549 Modernization and Cultural Regeneration: Rethinking Regionalism William J. Batson Jr 569 Urban Identities: Beyond the Local & the Global. The Case of Athens Stavros Stavrides 577 Modern Architecture in Khartoum 1950-1990 Fatehi Bashier 589 Modernisation and Changing House Design in Turkey: From the 19th Century to the Present Deniz Demirarslan 603 Identity (Re)Construction Under the erasure Forcing Identity Dolly Daou 617
iv Regional Identity Reconsidered: The Work of Artigas and Bo Bardi in the Brazilian Context (1950-70) Steffen Lehmann 627 Lamenting the Loss of a Past Constructed in the Present: The Case of Dubai Kevin Mitchell 645 Constructing Identity: The Quest of Dubai Martin Giesen 655 Developing the Identity of Place in the Age of Globalization Ahmed Mohamed Shalaby 667 Vernacular Architecture Metamorphosis of Open Public Space: the Palimpsest of the Public Squares in the Traditional Settlement of Chora Folegandros Eleni K. Aga 683 The City and the Identity of Streets: The Criteria for Success of the Traditional Shopping Streets in Malaysia Shuhana Shamsuddin, Ahmad B. Sulaiman & Nor Haslina Jaafar 699 Historical Sites between Local Identity and Global Message Nabil I. Mohareb 711 To Examine Historical Exterior Colour Schemes in Rural Communities - A Method to Achieve Local Identity Richard Kjellström 725 Al Tawasul:Druze Values in Ain Sawfar Sylvia Shorto 739 Knowledge Transfer and Pedagogy Learning from Travel: Mediterranean Resonances in the Work of Asplund Francis E. Lyn 751 Social Housing and Sustainable Design: Getting the University Involved Doris Kowaltowski et al. 763 Pedagogy, Cultural Identity, and Globalization Amir H. Ameri 775 Learning for the Global Community Kelley Beaverford 791 Memory, Periphery, and Globalization: The Freeway and Construction of Knowledge Mike Christenson 807
v Reflections on Identity Architectural Qualities and Local Identity Caroline Lecourtois 819 The Manitoba Islamic Association Mosque as a Public Expression of the Identity and Presence of Manitoba Muslims; a Case Study Tijen Roshko 833 Memories of the Ruined Landscape Hybrid Architectures in the 21st Century Robert Mark Harris 847 National Chic: The Objectified Sensation of World Exposition Mark McGlothlin 867 Unearthing Architecture in Syriana: Technology, Regional Architecture, and the Cinematic Imagination John Biln 881 Globalization and Challenges of the Arab Urban Development Mohamed Elhamshary & Walid Anan 895 Participants 909