Contemporary residential areasas an example of tradition-led urban designin Islamic Cities. Case study of Jazan in Saudi Arabia
Autor
Khamui, Abdelmuniem
Kaźmierczak, Bartosz
Pazder, Dominika
Opublikowane w
Środowisko Mieszkaniowe = Housing Environment
Numeracja
nr 38
Strony
13-22
Data wydania
2022
Miejsce wydania
Kraków
Wydawca
Wydawnictwo Katedry Kształtowania Środowiska Mieszkaniowego. Wydział Architektury Politechniki Krakowskiej
Język
angielski
ISSN
1731-2442
eISSN
2543-8700
DOI
10.4467/25438700SM.22.006.16106
Słowa kluczowe
Saudi Arabia, Jazan, masterplan for residential area, tradition-led design
Abstrakt
This article focuses on how modern housing environment is shaped via the specifics of construction in extremely challenging weather conditions in the cities of Saudi Arabia. With the overall goal that modern housing must be eco- and human-friendly in mind, the authors have attempted to identify the characteristic features of the Islamic cities and traditional local methods of construction. The article presents typical solutions of local architecture and urban plans, expecting that they might render significant guidelines for the spatial organisation of modern cities. A case study of Jazan city and its neighbourhood has been intended to analyse not only the spatial design of the city but also a recently worked out Masterplan. Both the architecture and the urban planning of Jazan city might serve as a good example of modern interpretation of heritage that underlies high quality housing environment.
