الحفاظ على هوية عمارة وعمران الواحات البحرية المستدامة Preserving the identity of Architecture and Urban in the sustainable Bahariya oasis

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Teaching Assistant at the High Pyramids Institute of Engineering and Technology

Abstract

architecture and urbanism in the desert communities in Egypt, which are 
represented by Egyptian oases, especially the Bahariya oases, which are among 
the most important areas with distinctive cultural heritage. The building was 
associated with the environment and formed itself to cope in the conditions of 
the harsh desert and achieved its unparalleled sustainability with architecture 
and urbanization. It contained many architectural vocabularies formed through 
coexistence and frequent experiences associated with the living and economic 
aspect until it produced a unique architectural style balanced with all elements 
of architecture and urbanization from villages to reaching the streets, and fromhouses of all kinds, hotels and mosques of different models formed across 
successive generations and cultures, until they reached our present age. After 
the cultural openness of the 21st century, the Internet and social media spread, 
making the whole world as one place in a small village. as a result, Cultural 
legacy affected, which has led to the introduction of modern and unsustainable 
patterns on the environment ،that costs energy and increases economic burdens 
on the one hand and wastes the identity urbanism Al-Wahaty architecture on 
the other. This has necessitated their study and analysis and the development of 
a phased plan for resisting the urbanization of these areas, particularly maritime 
oases .The research seeks to recognize the importance of the architecture and 
the Bahariya oasis with its distinctive character and cultural legacy. The study 
of this urban and theoretically formative factors and consequently the 
monitoring of changes to this inheritance are part of the research's duties. The 
research presents the distinction between the ancient cultural heritage of the 
oases, both urban and architectural, and the changes currently occurring. It 
illustrates the shape of the building and architecture of its different types and its 
successive periods as an input to solving the problem. The research outlines 
each body concerned, whether administrative or executive, with 
recommendations to be applied by presenting and analyzing the research.

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