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X. Individual Tasks
X.5 Mohamed Ezzo| Concept I
Concept Principles Resilience Resilience is ―The ability of a substance or object to spring back into shape‖, it is kind of elasticity or flexibility. The resilience always exists in the complex patterns due to the need of the locals to adapt on the existing situation and the continuous updates. Resilience will be followed in the project in two ways, the first is to build flexible multifunction areas and the second is to adapt on the current situation and the existing structure problems such as the ground water. Complexity The complex urban pattern is where the locals live now, so it is not applicable to introduce them suddenly a new pattern and expect them to integrate with it. Following the complex urban pattern in ordered way will give the locals the same impression and feeling, instead of making them feel that they don’t belong to the building. Socio-Cultural rules The socio-cultural rules are not written rules, but they are implicitly known. It’s the known rules that a society or a group of people uses so that they can determine the if an issue is appropriate or not, regarding the behavior, expression, and values And here is the real challenge, to learn what is valuable in the tradition, cultural and local experience of locals and find out the best ways in which improvement can be made.
Conclusion Re-implant the social and cultural values in the place and reattach its people back to their land, through designing the project following the three principles, and get them back the sense of belonging.
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