Western Cultures and Reflection on the Visual Composition of Architecture and Urbanization in Egypt

Abstract

Western cultures played an important and influential role in the formulation of Egyptian architectural thought and reflected on the visual composition of architecture and urbanization of many cities and neighborhoods of Egypt. The broader scope of the research is determined spatially in the city of Cairo, where it represents a center for all the cultural changes in Egypt, which in turn is reflected on the urban and the architecture of many of its neighborhoods, including the suburb of Al Maadi in Cairo city. This is considered as a case study to monitor and analyze the reflection of western cultures on the architectural and urbanization of the suburb, adding to it a distinctive architectural character that calls for preserving it, and distortion operations that have already begun.

Presenters

Manal Khalil
Assistant Professor, Interior Design Department, College of Architecture and Design, Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia

Details

Presentation Type

Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

Theme

Design in Society

KEYWORDS

Western, Culture