DILEMMA OF UNIFYING BUILDING FACADES COLORS: CASE STUDY: “ASSIUT” CITY – EGYPT | ||||
| JES. Journal of Engineering Sciences | ||||
| Article 20, Volume 40, No 5, September and October 2012, Page 1563-1574 PDF (482.69 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Research Paper | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jesaun.2012.114529 | ||||
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| Author | ||||
Khaled Salah Said Abdelmagid
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| Lecturer – Department of Architectural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering – Assiut University. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| In the last few years, many of Egyptian cities tried to unify the colors of their buildings. One of these cities is “Assiut” city. The trial was made as an initiative by Assiut ex-governor. This initiative has been rejected by some architects and supported by others. Each group has its reasons and its points of view. This paper aims at analyzing the case of coloring building facades of Assiut city and answering a crucial question about the degree of rejection or acceptance of unifying colors of building facades from the perspective of academic architects versus the public. The paper will present the main architectural features of “Assiut” city before and after unifying its facades colors. Then, the paper presents the results of a questionnaire answered by the academic architects in Assiut. Finally, the paper presents the most important results of the study and discussion of the results. The most important results of the study are that most academic architects refused the unification of façades colors at the city level, but they support selecting a color scheme for every area. Also, they support selecting flexible color schemes that give architects flexible selection of the suitable colors for each building depending on variables of the building and its circumstance. | ||||
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