Streets of Islamic Cairo : a configuration of urban themes and patterns
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1981.
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| author | Al-Sayyad, Nezar M |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/371612019-04-10T11:24:14Z Streets of Islamic Cairo : a configuration of urban themes and patterns Al-Sayyad, Nezar M William Porter. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture. Architecture. Cities and towns Egypt Cairo Streets Egypt Cairo Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1981. MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ROTCH. Bibliography: p. 92-93. This study presents a closer look at a Muslim-built environment. It examines streets as one of the major structuring elements in a city. It traces the history and the physical development of three major streets in Medieval Cairo within the overall structure of the city at the end of each ruling dynasty. The hypothesis presented in this study is that streets in a Muslim city (Cairo) possessed some common themes and patterns that created for them a characteristic structure. The purpose of this study is to verify the existence of such a structure and to explore some of the implicit principles that may have governed its shaping The lessons learnt from the analysis of the street structure and its development, provide a better understanding of the history of a built environment and of the physical factors that shaped its urban form. Ultimately, it may be possible to generate from the study a general set of criteria ·which could identify the extent of traditionality in a given project. These rules could also assist urban designers in the formulation of design criteria extracted from the history of the built environment. by Nezar M. Al-Sayyad. M.S. 2007-04-20T15:41:45Z 2007-04-20T15:41:45Z 1981 1981 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/37161 08003054 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 93 p. application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Architecture. Cities and towns Egypt Cairo Streets Egypt Cairo Al-Sayyad, Nezar M Streets of Islamic Cairo : a configuration of urban themes and patterns |
| title | Streets of Islamic Cairo : a configuration of urban themes and patterns |
| title_full | Streets of Islamic Cairo : a configuration of urban themes and patterns |
| title_fullStr | Streets of Islamic Cairo : a configuration of urban themes and patterns |
| title_full_unstemmed | Streets of Islamic Cairo : a configuration of urban themes and patterns |
| title_short | Streets of Islamic Cairo : a configuration of urban themes and patterns |
| title_sort | streets of islamic cairo a configuration of urban themes and patterns |
| topic | Architecture. Cities and towns Egypt Cairo Streets Egypt Cairo |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/37161 |
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