Urban Upgrading for Conservation: A Vision for the Future of the Contemporary Egyptian City Case Study: El-Mokhtalat District, Mansoura City

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1 Architecture, Faculty of Fine Arts, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt

2 Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Mansoura University

Abstract

The lack of interest in preserving the historical areas of Egyptian cities and protecting them from deterioration and urban sprawl has led to the exposure of these areas to severe damage from the destruction, deterioration, and demolition of many important heritage buildings located in them. As a result, the mental image of the remaining historical monuments is scattered and unrelated to each other and to the ancient urban fabric containing them. At the same time, the process of preserving historical areas in Egyptian cities has become facing many problems and challenges as a result of their close association with the conditions of society, whether indirectly by being affected by the prevailing political, social, economic, and environmental conditions, or directly as a result of the high population congestion in cities and regions and the mixing of heritage buildings with modern buildings, on the one hand and random growth and informal housing on the other hand. In this context, the research aims to tackle the most important issues and challenges facing the efforts of preserving historical areas in the contemporary Egyptian city, and to suggest the possible ways to solve them through taking El-Mokhtalat District in Mansoura as a model for a study area; El-District subdivision is one of the most important movement paths in the city of Mansoura and an area with a distinctive historical and visual character. By the end of the research, a comprehensive visual plan for urban renewal and upgrading of El-Mokhtalat District is proposed and proved to be valid enough to be applied to other contemporary Egyptian cities.

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مجلة العمارة و الفنون و العلوم الإنسانية

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