Assessment of Egyptian Neighborhood Spatial Configurations after the Revolution, Using Space Syntax Theories
Sherine Shafiq, Ann Reda Helmy*
- Architectural Engineering and Environmental Design Department, Academy for Science, Technology, and Maritime Transport, Alexandria, Egypt
Published in The First NZAAR International Event Series on Natural and Built Environment, Cities, Sustainability and Advanced Engineering, Putrajaya, Malaysia, 26 June 2016, pages 168 to 171. New Zealand Academy of Applied Research. ISSN 2463-5979 (online), 2463-5960 (print).
Abstract
After the 25th of January revolution, many buildings have been erected without proper urban planning causing neighborhoods to lack their definitions resulting in being shapeless and configured in non-understandable manner. Hence, lacking individual’s spatial cognition can have major negative effects on individuals dwelling in any built neighborhood. Thus people either abandon, or confusingly traverse the urban spaces that are spatially not configured in a well cognitive morphological order. Based on the direct correlation between the spatial configuration, individual’s cognition and physical activity, the research, objectively, approach a neighborhood that is adjacent to the area were crowds used to gather to protest. Point down its spatial configurational problems and how the revolution impacted the neighborhood via surveys, graphs and observation. Aided by space syntax theories, a set of revitalization checklist is achieved to be applied on Egyptian neighborhoods for better intelligible spatial configurations and better spatial cognition, to enhance the individual’s physical activity.
Keywords: Spatial Cognition; Spatial Configuration; Urban Intelligibility; Space Syntax; Physical Activity
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