{"product_id":"architecture-in-context-isbn-9781118719886","title":"Architecture in Context","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eArchitecture in Context: Designing in the Middle East\u003c\/i\u003e provides a foundation for understanding the critical context of architecture and design in this region. It does this by:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003epresenting a practical overview of architectural know-how in the Middle East, and its potential for cultivating a sense of place\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eintroducing local architectural vocabularies and styles, and how they can still be reactivated in contemporary design\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eexploring the cultural and contextual meaning of forms as references that may influence contemporary architecture\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ediscussing important discourses and trends in architecture that allow a rethinking of the current global\/local dichotomy.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eHighly illustrated, the book covers architecture and design in North Africa, the Levant, the Gulf, and Turkey, Iran and Iraq.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1: Architecture in the Middle East: a Background 9\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFunction and Space 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpace\/Function versus Place 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpace as a Process 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpace Configurationality 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeopolitical and Environmental Characteristics 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCultural and Religious Influences 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArchitectural and Urban Classical Local Antecedents 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eColonial Architecture, East-West Encounters 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDecolonising Architecture: Nation Building 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArchitecture of Development: An Urban and Housing Quest 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContemporary Architecture: Faster and Higher 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2: Architectural Vocabulary: Elements of Local Styles 59\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eScale and Proportion 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHuman Scale and Proportion 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaterials and Scale 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSize and Scale 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLight and Form 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLight as Energy 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLight as Space 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLight as Form 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLight as Metaphor 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOrder and Geometry 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeometry and Order as Design 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeometry and Order as Structure 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeometry and Order as Allegory 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOrnament and Symbolism 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOrnament as Motif 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOrnament as Symbolism 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBuilding as Digital Ornament 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSite Typologies 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBiological Layer 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCultural Layer 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePhysical Layer 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial and Communal Layer 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnvironmental Layer 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMassing and Volumetric Composition 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCompactness 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConnectedness 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTransition 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFragmentation 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSkyline 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePatterns, Textures and Colours 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArchitectural Patterns versus Decorative Patterns 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLocal versus Imported Patterns 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComposition of Patterns, Textures, and Colours 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 3: Cultural and Contextual Meaning 165\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCultural Value Judgment and Symbolic Codes (Cognitive Schemata, Transmission) 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 4: Trends and Discourses of Contextual Architecture 199\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRegionalism and Internationalism: A Design Reference 204\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRepresentation and Expression of Cultural Meaning 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRepresentation\/Expression 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIdentification\/communication\/ Transmission 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntegration\/development 176\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpatial-Cultural Arrangement (Transformation and Experience) 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClimate and Environment (Adaptive and Creative Sustainability) 181\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBuilding Know-How and Processes of Production 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLocal\/Global Building Know-How 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTechnology-Based Culture 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Paradoxical Design: Reactivating or Mimicking ‘Islamic’\/‘Arabic’ Architecture 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReinvention of Tradition or Heritage in Design: Continuity or Discontinuity 211\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDesigning with Nature 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNationalist, Post-Orientalist and Fantasist Design 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘Theme Parks’ and Megaprojects: Designing in the Gulf 225\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSustainability-Based Design 227\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 230\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMorality, Ethics and Responsibility 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: Orientation: Towards A Model of Contextual Enquiry-based Design 233\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIllustration Credits 241\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 242\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHassan Radoine is an architecture curator, critic, educator, author and consultant. He is currently the Director of the École Nationale d’Architecture (Morocco), and was previously the Head of the Architecture Department at the University of Sharjah (UAE). He received his first Architect Professional Diploma from the École Nationale d’Architecture. A Fulbright Scholar, he completed his MSc and PhD in Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania, USA, and as a Prince of Wales Scholar he also earned a second Master’s degree from the University of Wales, UK. He has taught at the University of Pennsylvania, Dartmouth College, University of Sharjah, American University of Sharjah, and Al Akhawayn University, and worked as an international expert for UNESCO, UN, UN-Habitat, ICCROM, MCC, and the Aga Khan Award for Architecture. A contributor to several journals and books, his research and practice explores architecture and urbanism in the Middle East and North Africa region.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArchitects are building in the Gulf and across the Middle East as if there were no context. The iconic abstract architecture that dominates current worldwide architectural discourse and practice is being replicated across the Middle East, even in countries that have rich past and current architectural and urban landscapes. Students of architecture and practising architects in the region are also being taught from solely foreign historicist or modernist surveys that may not be directly relevant to the context in which they are designing.  This book explores the environmental significance, cultural meaning and design vocabularies of architecture across the region.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eArchitecture in Context: Designing in the Middle East\u003c\/i\u003e critically provides a foundation for understanding the cultural context of architecture and design in this region. 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