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Papers by Randa A. Mahmoud
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), Dec 1, 2022
Heliopolis est une ville nouvelle creee par le Baron Empain en 1906 pres du Caire, en s'inspi... more Heliopolis est une ville nouvelle creee par le Baron Empain en 1906 pres du Caire, en s'inspirant du modele de "cite-jardin". Notre etude analyse la metamorphose de la ville durant un siecle pendant lequel son evolution urbaine change completement de chemin voire sort de la norme. Pendant la premiere moitie du XXe siecle, Heliopolis est consideree comme une affaire capitaliste. Son developpement urbanistique est controle par une compagnie coloniale belge. Apres la revolution egyptienne de 1952, la compagnie est nationalisee et dirigee par une majorite egyptienne sous un regime socialiste. Gagnee aussi par la tertiarisation du Caire, la ville perd son statut de cite-jardin autonome pour devenir un quartier urbain de l'agglomeration cairote. Il s'agit donc dans cette etude de tracer les transformations urbaines, architecturales et sociales d'Heliopolis en mettant en evidence les effets des cadres economiques et politiques sur son developpement en tant qu'...
Sustainability
Gentrification nodes act as city centers in new urban communities where people can work, meet, ea... more Gentrification nodes act as city centers in new urban communities where people can work, meet, eat, and exchange. The spatial organization of these nodes, considered complex adaptive systems, is a crucial factor in achieving climate comfort. This paper aims to demonstrate how the spatial organization of these nodes affects their microclimate comfort and can accordingly lead to their spatial resilience. Four predominant gentrification nodes, located in New Cairo and Sheikh Zayed, were selected, playing an essential role in the Egyptian real estate market and affecting urban dynamics in both areas. We argue that their spatial organization and how it affects climate comfort play a crucial role in their urban resilience. We believe that the climate comfort they offer will help them keep attracting the same socioeconomic categories of the population despite the changes in the real estate market and the displacement of urban anchors. Moreover, the findings highlighted that climate comfort...
Sustainable Cities and Society, 2021
Trois ans se sont écoulés depuis la révolution du 25 janvier, autant de temps pour observer le je... more Trois ans se sont écoulés depuis la révolution du 25 janvier, autant de temps pour observer le jeu des acteurs urbains pris dans la transition politique en Égypte. Comment pouvoirs publics, urbanistes et citadins s’inscrivent-ils dans la mécanique de changement enclenchée en 2011 ? Quels repositionnements peut-on observer sur la scène politique et professionnelle ? Quelles évolutions des modes d’action ? Mobilisations, contestation des politiques urbaines et réinvention des pratiques urbanistiques : avec l’ambition de reconsidérer les dynamiques urbaines à l’aune des changements politiques et sociaux qui secouent l’Égypte depuis 2011, ce dossier fait état de la mutation de l’action et de l’imaginaire urbanistique alors que le pays vit un moment critique de son histoire contemporaine. The three years that have gone by since the January 25 revolution have offered us the opportunity to observe urban actors amid the political transition in Egypt. How do public authorities, urban planner...
Frontiers of Architectural Research, 2020
Abstract Robotic surgery is one of the most recent technologies in healthcare building field. Due... more Abstract Robotic surgery is one of the most recent technologies in healthcare building field. Due to the design complexity of Robotic surgery wards, computational implementations are being developed to either measure the effect of inserting advanced technologies as Electronic medical recorders and tele surgery, or evaluate design alternatives on healthcare building. This paper presents a design framework that responds to the need for coordinating design phases for Robotic Surgery Wards (RSWs) computationally. This proposed design framework for RSWs can generate functional RSW alternatives and more than one solution for each alternative. The framework has been structured based on the main architectural considerations of RSWs which are geometric and topological, the economic considerations, specific developed pools for shape and corridor patterns, and the theory of “Shape Grammars"has been utilized to compute the framework to generate a vast number of design alternatives. Accordingly, a computational implementation has been established to assist designers in early design stages. Numerical validation for the applications of the developed framework and implementation has been conducted by using reference examples of RSWs. The main finding in this paper is providing healthcare building designers with a computational implementation that generates RSW alternative computationally based on specific shape and cost levels.
JES. Journal of Engineering Sciences, 2019
Recently, the automation of architectural design process has been focused specifically in Healthc... more Recently, the automation of architectural design process has been focused specifically in Healthcare buildings (HCB) for easier implementation and faster feedback. Hence, a great evolution of Computational Implementations (CIs) were appeared and studied for early stages of design process of HCB, such as generating design solutions, evaluation of design solutions or others to provide helpful tools for designers. This paper provides comparative analyses of a set of CIs that can be applied on different architectural design stages in HCB, these stages includes: a) architectural programming and topological diagram, b) generating design alternatives and c) evaluation of design solutions. The focused CIs in this study have been classified to computational tools, computational algorithms, computational approaches and hybrid methods; they are compared using a set of criteria with various evaluation methods. This comparative analysis helps designers to determine the appropriate CI or CIs' combinations for each main early stage of HCB design, and also the possibilities of connecting two of the studied CIs in a framework to get wider outcomes were studied. The main study findings are the capabilities, limitation and features of each CI, in addition to the best selections in each early stage for different HCB design cases. Also, possible connections between different CIs were discussed on simple examples as a fruitful outcome of analyzing CIs' combinations.
Arab Journal of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, 2018
In this work, a design of a portable shield for neutron sources is proposed using MCNP5 code for ... more In this work, a design of a portable shield for neutron sources is proposed using MCNP5 code for neutron and gamma total dose rate calculation. The shield is composed of three layers, as follows: lead layer for gamma attenuation, PMMA (Poly-methyl methacrylate) layer for fast neutron thermalization and a layer of B 2 O 3 for thermal neutron absorption. The shield is contained in a stainless steel container of 0.5 mm thick. The source design verification has been carried out by experimental measurements at different source-to detector distance. The energy spectrum of an 241 Am-Be source is considered in order to study the neutron moderation due to successive elastic scattering with PMMA layer. The neutron and photon total dose rates have been calculated at the surface and one meter from the shield. The results of MCNP5 model are compared with the international transport regulation to ensure the suitability of neutron shield proposed design. The results show that the proposed design of the portable shield satisfies the dose rate limits and can be used for controlling external radiation level during neutron sources transportation, ensuring the safety transport conditions and protection of radiation workers in different applications.
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 2019
El Cabanyal, a popular neighbourhood and old fishermen’s village, in the Valencian Community, eas... more El Cabanyal, a popular neighbourhood and old fishermen’s village, in the Valencian Community, eastern Spain, is a very explicit example on how popular neighbourhoods can be drastically transformed in line with urban policies’ evolution. This neighbourhood -that has a strong cultural identity expressed by its vernacular architecture, local art and social life-kept resisting gentrification during the last 30 years. As a result, this neighbourhood has shown a great deal of deterioration as a price that had to pay in order to keep its own identity within the Mediterranean city of Valencia. This paper demonstrates the evolution of local and popular neighbourhoods according to adopted urban policies by taking the neighbourhood of El Cabanyal as a case study. Therefore, it will firstly scrutinize the proposed urban policies/strategies by the regional government in order to develop this neighbourhood. Secondly, it will shed light on the participatory design solutions based on the local comm...
Procedia Environmental Sciences, 2017
Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2016
Dynamics and Resilience of Informal Areas, 2016
In Egypt, the term “informal areas” or “Ashwaeyat” has always been negatively perceived by many p... more In Egypt, the term “informal areas” or “Ashwaeyat” has always been negatively perceived by many people as a place of illegality, problems and crimes. However, it acts as a housing solution for a major sector of Egyptian Population. In addition, some Egyptian slums present a great potential when it comes to social relations between inhabitants. Moreover, some of these areas especially those “ex-nihilos” like Hagganah provide environmental privileges and climatic advantages. Which recall in our perception the vernacular urbanism in cities before urban planning science revolution or evolution. The difference between urban spaces in these areas and others conceived by the Government evokes to a great extent the lived/generic urban space conflict.
Procedia Environmental Sciences, 2016
Ain Shams Engineering Journal, 2016
Abstract The Egyptian urban space is in continuous metamorphoses since the Revolution of January ... more Abstract The Egyptian urban space is in continuous metamorphoses since the Revolution of January 2011. This transformation is being manifested by various phenomena. On the one hand, the feeling of patriotism arose from Al Tahrir square to change the Egyptian’s soul. People start to express their feeling by methods, considered as new to the Egyptian community. On the other hand, another part of the society started to make profit from this revolution and the non-application of the laws. This complex impact of Egyptian Revolution of 2011 on the Cairene urban space – with all its manifestation – has been preoccupying us; especially when it comes to its effect on the urban harmony of the built environment of the city and its relation to the urban collective memory of the population. This research will focus on the analysis of various phenomena appeared after the Egyptian Revolution.
Ain Shams Engineering Journal, 2016
Crime is a part of any social system and known to human communities since its origins. It differs... more Crime is a part of any social system and known to human communities since its origins. It differs from community to another, even within one community it doesn't occur equally in all places and nor by the same way. It is also concentrated in some places more than others, sometimes increases, sometimes decreases, etc. Previous researches have proved that crime rate has significant correlation with different social factors: education levels, poverty rates and lack of social organization, while others have drawn the attention to its relation with the built environment. They proposed that crime occurs in places where both opportunities and criminals are available. The role of this paper is to identify urban circumstances related to crime occurrence within the Greater Cairo Region, and to propose different ways to reduce these crimes. Consecutively, agglomeration's main districts were scrutinized according to social analysis, street-network pattern and land-use.
Égypte/Monde arabe, 2014
La révolution de 2011 a suscité chez les Egyptiens un sentiment nouveau de patriotisme. Parallèle... more La révolution de 2011 a suscité chez les Egyptiens un sentiment nouveau de patriotisme. Parallèlement, la société civile se montre de plus en plus décidée à reprendre son avenir en main. Quelques ONG commencent ainsi à prendre part au débat sur le développement urbain du Caire et de l'Egypte. Des nouvelles stratégies ont été formulées ou reconsidérées: « Development Corridors», « Egypt 712 », « Egypt Vision : 2030 ». Simultanément, les responsables politiques de l'aménagement du territoire réalisent l'inapplicabilité des plans stratégiques directeurs jusqu'à présent conçus pour Le Caire. En réaction au surinvestissement de la capitale par l'ancien régime, Le Caire n'est aujourd'hui plus le point focal du nouveau plan stratégique directeur « Egypt 2052 » conçu par le GOPP, organe chargé de la planification du territoire égyptien. Presque du jour au lendemain, le GOPP s'est convaincu que s'éloigner du Caire serait la solution à tous les problèmes d'aménagement que rencontre l'Egypte. Très loin du « Grand Caire 2050 » (précédent grand plan stratégique directeur) et de tous les remèdes proposés afin de résoudre les problèmes du Grand Caire, nous sommes aujourd'hui face à un document de planification dans lequel la capitale égyptienne est rarement mentionnée. Cette recherche met, tout d'abord, en lumière les paradoxes et les enjeux des nouvelles stratégies proposées, soit par la société civile ou par le GOPP, avant de s'interroger sur leur efficacité, et leur validité dans le contexte égyptien.
In Egypt, the term “informal areas” or “Ashwaeyat” has always been negatively perceived by many p... more In Egypt, the term “informal areas” or “Ashwaeyat” has always been negatively perceived by many people as a place of illegality, problems and crimes. However, it acts as a housing solution for a major sector of Egyptian Population. In addition, some Egyptian slums present a great potential when it comes to social relations between inhabitants. Moreover, some of these areas especially those “ex-nihilos” like Hagganah provide environmental privileges and climatic advantages. Which recall in our perception the vernacular urbanism in cities before urban planning science revolution or evolution. The difference between urban spaces in these areas and others conceived by the Government evokes to a great extent the lived/generic urban space conflict. Using Henri Lefebvre theories in “The Production of Space”, this research is a clear attempt to scrutinize the potentials and the possibilities of improving the disadvantages, in order for these areas to be incrementally considered as a possibl...
In Egypt, the term “informal areas” or “Ashwaeyat” has always been negatively perceived by many p... more In Egypt, the term “informal areas” or “Ashwaeyat” has always been negatively perceived by many people as a place of illegality, problems and crimes. However, it acts as a housing solution for a major sector of Egyptian Population. In addition, some Egyptian slums present a great potential when it comes to social relations between inhabitants. Moreover, some of these areas especially those “ex-nihilos” like Hagganah provide environmental privileges and climatic advantages. Which recall in our perception the vernacular urbanism in cities before urban planning science revolution or evolution. The difference between urban spaces in these areas and others conceived by the Government evokes to a great extent the lived/generic urban space conflict. Using Henri Lefebvre theories in “The Production of Space”, this research is a clear attempt to scrutinize the potentials and the possibilities of improving the disadvantages, in order for these areas to be incrementally considered as a possibl...
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Oct 11, 2019
El Cabanyal, a popular neighbourhood and old fishermen's village, in the Valencian Community, eas... more El Cabanyal, a popular neighbourhood and old fishermen's village, in the Valencian Community, eastern Spain, is a very explicit example on how popular neighbourhoods can be drastically transformed in line with urban policies' evolution. This neighbourhood-that has a strong cultural identity expressed by its vernacular architecture, local art and social life-kept resisting gentrification during the last 30 years. As a result, this neighbourhood has shown a great deal of deterioration as a price that had to pay in order to keep its own identity within the Mediterranean city of Valencia. This paper demonstrates the evolution of local and popular neighbourhoods according to adopted urban policies by taking the neighbourhood of El Cabanyal as a case study. Therefore, it will firstly scrutinize the proposed urban policies/strategies by the regional government in order to develop this neighbourhood. Secondly, it will shed light on the participatory design solutions based on the local community involvement, to develop the area without destruction and getting use of its potentials. Finally, it will propose a diagnostic tool and ecological urban solutions that can be elaborated in order to tackle such complex problems. We believe that the change of urban policies can give different spectrums to sustainable development strategies by addressing social problems and heritage conservation questions. The delicacy of the issue is a typical 21 st Century problem encountering different contexts. It can be an obstacle for sustainable urban/social development if not addressed correctly. This is why it must be integrated in the strategies proposed by urban policies' decision makers.
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), Dec 1, 2022
Heliopolis est une ville nouvelle creee par le Baron Empain en 1906 pres du Caire, en s'inspi... more Heliopolis est une ville nouvelle creee par le Baron Empain en 1906 pres du Caire, en s'inspirant du modele de "cite-jardin". Notre etude analyse la metamorphose de la ville durant un siecle pendant lequel son evolution urbaine change completement de chemin voire sort de la norme. Pendant la premiere moitie du XXe siecle, Heliopolis est consideree comme une affaire capitaliste. Son developpement urbanistique est controle par une compagnie coloniale belge. Apres la revolution egyptienne de 1952, la compagnie est nationalisee et dirigee par une majorite egyptienne sous un regime socialiste. Gagnee aussi par la tertiarisation du Caire, la ville perd son statut de cite-jardin autonome pour devenir un quartier urbain de l'agglomeration cairote. Il s'agit donc dans cette etude de tracer les transformations urbaines, architecturales et sociales d'Heliopolis en mettant en evidence les effets des cadres economiques et politiques sur son developpement en tant qu'...
Sustainability
Gentrification nodes act as city centers in new urban communities where people can work, meet, ea... more Gentrification nodes act as city centers in new urban communities where people can work, meet, eat, and exchange. The spatial organization of these nodes, considered complex adaptive systems, is a crucial factor in achieving climate comfort. This paper aims to demonstrate how the spatial organization of these nodes affects their microclimate comfort and can accordingly lead to their spatial resilience. Four predominant gentrification nodes, located in New Cairo and Sheikh Zayed, were selected, playing an essential role in the Egyptian real estate market and affecting urban dynamics in both areas. We argue that their spatial organization and how it affects climate comfort play a crucial role in their urban resilience. We believe that the climate comfort they offer will help them keep attracting the same socioeconomic categories of the population despite the changes in the real estate market and the displacement of urban anchors. Moreover, the findings highlighted that climate comfort...
Sustainable Cities and Society, 2021
Trois ans se sont écoulés depuis la révolution du 25 janvier, autant de temps pour observer le je... more Trois ans se sont écoulés depuis la révolution du 25 janvier, autant de temps pour observer le jeu des acteurs urbains pris dans la transition politique en Égypte. Comment pouvoirs publics, urbanistes et citadins s’inscrivent-ils dans la mécanique de changement enclenchée en 2011 ? Quels repositionnements peut-on observer sur la scène politique et professionnelle ? Quelles évolutions des modes d’action ? Mobilisations, contestation des politiques urbaines et réinvention des pratiques urbanistiques : avec l’ambition de reconsidérer les dynamiques urbaines à l’aune des changements politiques et sociaux qui secouent l’Égypte depuis 2011, ce dossier fait état de la mutation de l’action et de l’imaginaire urbanistique alors que le pays vit un moment critique de son histoire contemporaine. The three years that have gone by since the January 25 revolution have offered us the opportunity to observe urban actors amid the political transition in Egypt. How do public authorities, urban planner...
Frontiers of Architectural Research, 2020
Abstract Robotic surgery is one of the most recent technologies in healthcare building field. Due... more Abstract Robotic surgery is one of the most recent technologies in healthcare building field. Due to the design complexity of Robotic surgery wards, computational implementations are being developed to either measure the effect of inserting advanced technologies as Electronic medical recorders and tele surgery, or evaluate design alternatives on healthcare building. This paper presents a design framework that responds to the need for coordinating design phases for Robotic Surgery Wards (RSWs) computationally. This proposed design framework for RSWs can generate functional RSW alternatives and more than one solution for each alternative. The framework has been structured based on the main architectural considerations of RSWs which are geometric and topological, the economic considerations, specific developed pools for shape and corridor patterns, and the theory of “Shape Grammars"has been utilized to compute the framework to generate a vast number of design alternatives. Accordingly, a computational implementation has been established to assist designers in early design stages. Numerical validation for the applications of the developed framework and implementation has been conducted by using reference examples of RSWs. The main finding in this paper is providing healthcare building designers with a computational implementation that generates RSW alternative computationally based on specific shape and cost levels.
JES. Journal of Engineering Sciences, 2019
Recently, the automation of architectural design process has been focused specifically in Healthc... more Recently, the automation of architectural design process has been focused specifically in Healthcare buildings (HCB) for easier implementation and faster feedback. Hence, a great evolution of Computational Implementations (CIs) were appeared and studied for early stages of design process of HCB, such as generating design solutions, evaluation of design solutions or others to provide helpful tools for designers. This paper provides comparative analyses of a set of CIs that can be applied on different architectural design stages in HCB, these stages includes: a) architectural programming and topological diagram, b) generating design alternatives and c) evaluation of design solutions. The focused CIs in this study have been classified to computational tools, computational algorithms, computational approaches and hybrid methods; they are compared using a set of criteria with various evaluation methods. This comparative analysis helps designers to determine the appropriate CI or CIs' combinations for each main early stage of HCB design, and also the possibilities of connecting two of the studied CIs in a framework to get wider outcomes were studied. The main study findings are the capabilities, limitation and features of each CI, in addition to the best selections in each early stage for different HCB design cases. Also, possible connections between different CIs were discussed on simple examples as a fruitful outcome of analyzing CIs' combinations.
Arab Journal of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, 2018
In this work, a design of a portable shield for neutron sources is proposed using MCNP5 code for ... more In this work, a design of a portable shield for neutron sources is proposed using MCNP5 code for neutron and gamma total dose rate calculation. The shield is composed of three layers, as follows: lead layer for gamma attenuation, PMMA (Poly-methyl methacrylate) layer for fast neutron thermalization and a layer of B 2 O 3 for thermal neutron absorption. The shield is contained in a stainless steel container of 0.5 mm thick. The source design verification has been carried out by experimental measurements at different source-to detector distance. The energy spectrum of an 241 Am-Be source is considered in order to study the neutron moderation due to successive elastic scattering with PMMA layer. The neutron and photon total dose rates have been calculated at the surface and one meter from the shield. The results of MCNP5 model are compared with the international transport regulation to ensure the suitability of neutron shield proposed design. The results show that the proposed design of the portable shield satisfies the dose rate limits and can be used for controlling external radiation level during neutron sources transportation, ensuring the safety transport conditions and protection of radiation workers in different applications.
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 2019
El Cabanyal, a popular neighbourhood and old fishermen’s village, in the Valencian Community, eas... more El Cabanyal, a popular neighbourhood and old fishermen’s village, in the Valencian Community, eastern Spain, is a very explicit example on how popular neighbourhoods can be drastically transformed in line with urban policies’ evolution. This neighbourhood -that has a strong cultural identity expressed by its vernacular architecture, local art and social life-kept resisting gentrification during the last 30 years. As a result, this neighbourhood has shown a great deal of deterioration as a price that had to pay in order to keep its own identity within the Mediterranean city of Valencia. This paper demonstrates the evolution of local and popular neighbourhoods according to adopted urban policies by taking the neighbourhood of El Cabanyal as a case study. Therefore, it will firstly scrutinize the proposed urban policies/strategies by the regional government in order to develop this neighbourhood. Secondly, it will shed light on the participatory design solutions based on the local comm...
Procedia Environmental Sciences, 2017
Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2016
Dynamics and Resilience of Informal Areas, 2016
In Egypt, the term “informal areas” or “Ashwaeyat” has always been negatively perceived by many p... more In Egypt, the term “informal areas” or “Ashwaeyat” has always been negatively perceived by many people as a place of illegality, problems and crimes. However, it acts as a housing solution for a major sector of Egyptian Population. In addition, some Egyptian slums present a great potential when it comes to social relations between inhabitants. Moreover, some of these areas especially those “ex-nihilos” like Hagganah provide environmental privileges and climatic advantages. Which recall in our perception the vernacular urbanism in cities before urban planning science revolution or evolution. The difference between urban spaces in these areas and others conceived by the Government evokes to a great extent the lived/generic urban space conflict.
Procedia Environmental Sciences, 2016
Ain Shams Engineering Journal, 2016
Abstract The Egyptian urban space is in continuous metamorphoses since the Revolution of January ... more Abstract The Egyptian urban space is in continuous metamorphoses since the Revolution of January 2011. This transformation is being manifested by various phenomena. On the one hand, the feeling of patriotism arose from Al Tahrir square to change the Egyptian’s soul. People start to express their feeling by methods, considered as new to the Egyptian community. On the other hand, another part of the society started to make profit from this revolution and the non-application of the laws. This complex impact of Egyptian Revolution of 2011 on the Cairene urban space – with all its manifestation – has been preoccupying us; especially when it comes to its effect on the urban harmony of the built environment of the city and its relation to the urban collective memory of the population. This research will focus on the analysis of various phenomena appeared after the Egyptian Revolution.
Ain Shams Engineering Journal, 2016
Crime is a part of any social system and known to human communities since its origins. It differs... more Crime is a part of any social system and known to human communities since its origins. It differs from community to another, even within one community it doesn't occur equally in all places and nor by the same way. It is also concentrated in some places more than others, sometimes increases, sometimes decreases, etc. Previous researches have proved that crime rate has significant correlation with different social factors: education levels, poverty rates and lack of social organization, while others have drawn the attention to its relation with the built environment. They proposed that crime occurs in places where both opportunities and criminals are available. The role of this paper is to identify urban circumstances related to crime occurrence within the Greater Cairo Region, and to propose different ways to reduce these crimes. Consecutively, agglomeration's main districts were scrutinized according to social analysis, street-network pattern and land-use.
Égypte/Monde arabe, 2014
La révolution de 2011 a suscité chez les Egyptiens un sentiment nouveau de patriotisme. Parallèle... more La révolution de 2011 a suscité chez les Egyptiens un sentiment nouveau de patriotisme. Parallèlement, la société civile se montre de plus en plus décidée à reprendre son avenir en main. Quelques ONG commencent ainsi à prendre part au débat sur le développement urbain du Caire et de l'Egypte. Des nouvelles stratégies ont été formulées ou reconsidérées: « Development Corridors», « Egypt 712 », « Egypt Vision : 2030 ». Simultanément, les responsables politiques de l'aménagement du territoire réalisent l'inapplicabilité des plans stratégiques directeurs jusqu'à présent conçus pour Le Caire. En réaction au surinvestissement de la capitale par l'ancien régime, Le Caire n'est aujourd'hui plus le point focal du nouveau plan stratégique directeur « Egypt 2052 » conçu par le GOPP, organe chargé de la planification du territoire égyptien. Presque du jour au lendemain, le GOPP s'est convaincu que s'éloigner du Caire serait la solution à tous les problèmes d'aménagement que rencontre l'Egypte. Très loin du « Grand Caire 2050 » (précédent grand plan stratégique directeur) et de tous les remèdes proposés afin de résoudre les problèmes du Grand Caire, nous sommes aujourd'hui face à un document de planification dans lequel la capitale égyptienne est rarement mentionnée. Cette recherche met, tout d'abord, en lumière les paradoxes et les enjeux des nouvelles stratégies proposées, soit par la société civile ou par le GOPP, avant de s'interroger sur leur efficacité, et leur validité dans le contexte égyptien.
In Egypt, the term “informal areas” or “Ashwaeyat” has always been negatively perceived by many p... more In Egypt, the term “informal areas” or “Ashwaeyat” has always been negatively perceived by many people as a place of illegality, problems and crimes. However, it acts as a housing solution for a major sector of Egyptian Population. In addition, some Egyptian slums present a great potential when it comes to social relations between inhabitants. Moreover, some of these areas especially those “ex-nihilos” like Hagganah provide environmental privileges and climatic advantages. Which recall in our perception the vernacular urbanism in cities before urban planning science revolution or evolution. The difference between urban spaces in these areas and others conceived by the Government evokes to a great extent the lived/generic urban space conflict. Using Henri Lefebvre theories in “The Production of Space”, this research is a clear attempt to scrutinize the potentials and the possibilities of improving the disadvantages, in order for these areas to be incrementally considered as a possibl...
In Egypt, the term “informal areas” or “Ashwaeyat” has always been negatively perceived by many p... more In Egypt, the term “informal areas” or “Ashwaeyat” has always been negatively perceived by many people as a place of illegality, problems and crimes. However, it acts as a housing solution for a major sector of Egyptian Population. In addition, some Egyptian slums present a great potential when it comes to social relations between inhabitants. Moreover, some of these areas especially those “ex-nihilos” like Hagganah provide environmental privileges and climatic advantages. Which recall in our perception the vernacular urbanism in cities before urban planning science revolution or evolution. The difference between urban spaces in these areas and others conceived by the Government evokes to a great extent the lived/generic urban space conflict. Using Henri Lefebvre theories in “The Production of Space”, this research is a clear attempt to scrutinize the potentials and the possibilities of improving the disadvantages, in order for these areas to be incrementally considered as a possibl...
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Oct 11, 2019
El Cabanyal, a popular neighbourhood and old fishermen's village, in the Valencian Community, eas... more El Cabanyal, a popular neighbourhood and old fishermen's village, in the Valencian Community, eastern Spain, is a very explicit example on how popular neighbourhoods can be drastically transformed in line with urban policies' evolution. This neighbourhood-that has a strong cultural identity expressed by its vernacular architecture, local art and social life-kept resisting gentrification during the last 30 years. As a result, this neighbourhood has shown a great deal of deterioration as a price that had to pay in order to keep its own identity within the Mediterranean city of Valencia. This paper demonstrates the evolution of local and popular neighbourhoods according to adopted urban policies by taking the neighbourhood of El Cabanyal as a case study. Therefore, it will firstly scrutinize the proposed urban policies/strategies by the regional government in order to develop this neighbourhood. Secondly, it will shed light on the participatory design solutions based on the local community involvement, to develop the area without destruction and getting use of its potentials. Finally, it will propose a diagnostic tool and ecological urban solutions that can be elaborated in order to tackle such complex problems. We believe that the change of urban policies can give different spectrums to sustainable development strategies by addressing social problems and heritage conservation questions. The delicacy of the issue is a typical 21 st Century problem encountering different contexts. It can be an obstacle for sustainable urban/social development if not addressed correctly. This is why it must be integrated in the strategies proposed by urban policies' decision makers.
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science