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<p>This article focuses on how modern housing environment is shaped via the specifics of construction in extremely challenging weather conditions in the cities of Saudi Arabia. With the overall goal that modern housing must be eco- and human-friendly in mind, the authors have attempted to identify the characteristic features of the Islamic cities and traditional local methods of construction. The article presents typical solutions of local architecture and urban plans, expecting that they might render significant guidelines for the spatial organisation of modern cities. A case study of Jazan city and its neighbourhood has been intended to analyse not only the spatial design of the city but also a recently worked out Masterplan. Both the architecture and the urban planning of Jazan city might serve as a good example of modern interpretation of heritage that underlies high quality housing environment.</p>
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This article focuses on how modern housing environment is shaped via the specifics of construction in extremely challenging weather conditions in the cities of Saudi Arabia. With the overall goal that modern housing must be eco- and human-friendly in mind, the authors have attempted to identify the characteristic features of the Islamic cities and traditional local methods of construction. The article presents typical solutions of local architecture and urban plans, expecting that they might render significant guidelines for the spatial organisation of modern cities. A case study of Jazan city and its neighbourhood has been intended to analyse not only the spatial design of the city but also a recently worked out Masterplan. Both the architecture and the urban planning of Jazan city might serve as a good example of modern interpretation of heritage that underlies high quality housing environment.

Contemporary Residential Areasas an Example of Tradition-led Urban Designin Islamic Cities. Case study of Jazan in Saudi Arabia

Środowisko Mieszkaniowe/Housing Environment

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This article focuses on how modern housing environment is shaped via the specifics of construction in extremely challenging weather conditions in the cities of...

Contemporary Residential Areasas an Example of Tradition-led Urban Designin Islamic Cities. Case study of Jazan in Saudi Arabia

Published Online: Apr 30, 2022

Page range: 13 - 22

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/25438700sm.22.006.16106

Keywords
Saudi Arabia, Jazan, masterplan for residential area, tradition-led design

© 2022 Abdelmuniem Khamui, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Contemporary Residential Areasas an Example of Tradition-led Urban Designin Islamic Cities. Case study of Jazan in Saudi Arabia

Published Online: Apr 30, 2022

Page range: 13 - 22

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/25438700sm.22.006.16106

KeywordsSaudi Arabia, Jazan, masterplan for residential area, tradition-led design

© 2022 Abdelmuniem Khamui, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Saudi Arabia, Jazan, masterplan for residential area, tradition-led design