The Role Of The Heritage Ornament Elements In The Formation Of Contemporary Islamic Architectural Identity | ||||
JES. Journal of Engineering Sciences | ||||
Article 17, Volume 40, No 6, November and December 2012, Page 1855-1874 PDF (1.31 MB) | ||||
Document Type: Research Paper | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/jesaun.2012.114623 | ||||
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Author | ||||
Ehab Nassr El-din | ||||
Abstract | ||||
The heritage ornament elements are one of the components of the local architectural nature and identity, and a means to express the cultural inheritance. Those elements should be developed to meet the requirements of the meantime in order to reach a local architectural identity expressing the society’s culture through the historical awareness of the architects who work in the field of developing the heritage ornament elements. The heritage ornament elements play a great role in Formation the Islamic architectural identity and its values; they also play a role in developing those values to be integrated with contemporary architecture to save the place’s authenticity and to ensure the heritage persistence. The paper discusses the relationship between developing those elements and Formation of the local architectural identity analyzing some contemporary successful developed models in order to shape a distinguished contemporary architectural identity to reach a methodology to activate the role of those elements. The paper concludes that in order to develop the heritage ornament elements, the developed ideas of a visionary and creative architect who is aware of his surrounding environment must be applied. In addition to this, the identity basics should be kept but without neglecting the contemporary time variables of modern technologies (Techniques & Methods of Construction - Building Materials -....). The paper recommends the use of the suggested ideological frame while developing the heritage ornament elements. | ||||
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