Fourteenth International Conference on The Constructed Environment

Abstract

Architecture is a rolling stone. It hasn’t changed much as time passed, however, it has extended a long way. There are a lot of issues we overlook, things that we have become insensitive to in the modern world. Acknowledging the world as it moves by is more important than trying to fix it further ahead. Problem-solving and creating opportunities are above building. Seeking interactively and informally brainstorming through some of our current questions about the formation of our built environment defines the place and its identity. We are living at a time when the connections between the professions, which are engaged in the shaping of built form, are getting stronger and the differences amongst them are blurring. Global economic context and emerging social and environmental issues are leading the way to a new set of priorities and a new generation of ‘urban thinkers’ is emerging. ‘Process’ is becoming more prominent than the ‘product.’ As complex and dynamic systems, urban areas are an outcome of many processes. The purpose of the design process is considered to improve the lives of people. But is this always the case? How does ‘urban regeneration’ affect the social and built environment? The purpose of this paper is to research in depth if the ‘urban regeneration,’ with the new generation of urban thinkers, has helped cities and the people living in them improve their lives or has the regeneration taken over the unique fabric of the urban area?