“Patterns” of Threshold Spaces in the Historical City of Jeddah: Investigating the Relationship Between...

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Basma Massoud

“Patterns” of Threshold Spaces in the Historical City of Jeddah

Investigating the Relationship Between the Public Spaces and Residential Units

Basma Massoud

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Routledge
17 November 2023

Environmentally-friendly architecture & design; City & town planning - architectural aspects; Urban communities; Urban & municipal planning

Series: Architecture and Urbanism in the Global South

“Patterns” of Threshold Spaces in the Historical City of Jeddah explores the meaning of threshold spaces and investigates the relationship between the public spaces and residential units in the historical city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, while at the same time revisiting Christopher Alexander’s theory in his canonical 1977 book, A Pattern Language.

This book questions and analyses “patterns” relating to the cultural, social, and environmental particularities of Jeddah, with special attention paid to the effect of gender segregation in the city’s urban configuration. It discusses the extension that has been undertaken through testing a concept from the urban design theory of the West (the United States and Canada) and applying it to an Islamic city to find patterns in four different scales, which form the basis of the investigation (body, building, street, and city). Empirical methods have been used in the context of historical Jeddah, through which patterns are investigated using different approaches for the different scales. The book aims to explore the meaning of threshold spaces in old Jeddah. Furthermore, it shows that there are eighteen patterns of threshold spaces in the old town: patterns that are solely related to this specific case study, as well as modified patterns to the ones explored by Christopher Alexander. This book shall allow not only a better understanding of the relationship between housing and the historical city but also an exploration of the role of the threshold space in shaping the old city of Jeddah.

It will be of interest to researchers, students of architecture, urban planning and anthropology studies, and people involved in cultural heritage, both academics and practitioners.

By: Basma Massoud
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 240g
ISBN: 9781032389486
ISBN 10: 1032389486
Series: Architecture and Urbanism in the Global South
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 17 November 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of Figures Glossary of Arabic Words Introduction: the morphology of the old town Historical Threshold Spaces: Tracing culture and Influences on the Notion of Threshold The Living structure of a Place: A New Approach to Architecture, Building, and Planning The Threshold Space: The Notion of Integration Identifying the Patterns: The Relationship Between the Environment and the Inhabitants The Expansion of the Patterns: The Language of the Old Town Postlude References Index

Basma Massoud is an Architect, Assistant Professor and head of the Interior Design Department at the University of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. She is also a consultant who specializes in vernacular architecture, and threshold spaces, with a focus on the impact of spatial experience in the urban context. Additionally, she has previously served as a Lecturer in the Architectural Department at Dar Al Hekma University and has worked as an architect for various firms in Germany and Saudi Arabia. Concerning research, her interests encompass urban transformation: use of space, concepts for space, the relationship between the public sphere and the private sphere, and the notion of transitions in cities.