Maha Bani | University of Khartoum (original) (raw)

Papers by Maha Bani

Contemporary Architecture in Khartoum have been affected by modernization and globalization, whic... more Contemporary Architecture in Khartoum have been affected by modernization and globalization, which lead to an architecture that has little attention to the existing local and regional architecture. Globalized architecture resulted in buildings that do not adapt to the changed environmental, social, cultural, economic or/and political context, and so is most of the emerging contemporary Architecture in Khartoum This study was conducted in order to find out if an appropriate context-related regionalistic architecture can be created by the integration of local architectural traditions and universal architectural realities through a Critical perspective; as well as, to gain a better understanding to contemporary residential Architecture in Khartoum using Frampton's theoretical concept of " Critical Regionalism ". Five main points were derived by the author from this concept and were used as an analysis tool and criteria that guided the study. This concept was chosen because it had been a successful worldwide tool, especially in the Third World Countries, which had been used to give a sense of a genuine, authentic, and modern architecture to people, as well as helping in creating architecture that is specifically relevant to their context and environment whilst being part of the world of modern architecture. The study proved that a context-related contemporary residential architecture does exist in Khartoum, and that Critical Regionalism is an applicable approach to be followed by architects in Khartoum. The case studies, although not designed with Critical Regionalism in mind, expressed the five points of Critical Regionalism successfully. The study also showed that the points can provide guidance to develop the existing architecture, as well as help architects understand and evaluate what has been built, and to help what is yet to be built here in Khartoum.

*This Paper was extracted from the Masters Thesis “Critical Regionalism: Studies on Contemporary Residential Architecture of Khartoum – Sudan”

Contemporary Architecture in Khartoum have been affected by modernization and globalization, whic... more Contemporary Architecture in Khartoum have been affected by modernization and globalization, which lead to an architecture that has little attention to the existing local and regional architecture. Globalized architecture resulted in buildings that do not adapt to the changed environmental, social, cultural, economic or/and political context, and so is most of the emerging contemporary Architecture in Khartoum This study was conducted in order to find out if an appropriate context-related regionalistic architecture can be created by the integration of local architectural traditions and universal architectural realities through a Critical perspective; as well as, to gain a better understanding to contemporary residential Architecture in Khartoum using Frampton's theoretical concept of " Critical Regionalism ". Five main points were derived by the author from this concept and were used as an analysis tool and criteria that guided the study. This concept was chosen because it had been a successful worldwide tool, especially in the Third World Countries, which had been used to give a sense of a genuine, authentic, and modern architecture to people, as well as helping in creating architecture that is specifically relevant to their context and environment whilst being part of the world of modern architecture. The study proved that a context-related contemporary residential architecture does exist in Khartoum, and that Critical Regionalism is an applicable approach to be followed by architects in Khartoum. The case studies, although not designed with Critical Regionalism in mind, expressed the five points of Critical Regionalism successfully. The study also showed that the points can provide guidance to develop the existing architecture, as well as help architects understand and evaluate what has been built, and to help what is yet to be built here in Khartoum.

*This Paper was extracted from the Masters Thesis “Critical Regionalism: Studies on Contemporary Residential Architecture of Khartoum – Sudan”