Year
2017
Country
Qatar
Language
English
Abstract
| His highness the Aga Khan boldly emphasized in a speech published in 1978 the accelerating loss of our cultural identity while acknowledging the valuable lessons extracted from the past. The speech reinforces the important role of cherishing the past accomplishments, pride, values, ethics and unity. These were the classification of previous generation. My thesis study design aims to diffuse the boundaries between the society and the local built heritage through the concept of cohabitating heritage, achieved through cohabitating the essence and authenticity of a local traditional souk within the presence of the residential districts. The study highlights two competing concepts 'intangible heritage' verse 'tangible heritage'. The first concept 'intangible heritage' is an important factor in maintaining cultural diversity in the face of growing globalization. The second concept 'tangible heritage' reflects the legacy of physical artifacts inherited from our ancestors. Both concepts combined provoke a sense of engaging both cultural contexts to its content in a sustainable approach. Several multilayered tools used to develop reliable results. The tools included an interview and a game design. Both tools were conducted in a systematic way to produce valuable and reliable results which targets a wider audience and a larger perspective. The first tool in the process targeted the designer behind both souk waqif and souk al Wakrah, Mohammed Ali. The interview evolved around the philosophy of the souk, the design, the heritage element within the revival process, the narrators of the souk as the essential element of the revival process. The second step of the process was targeted towards the community the researcher wanted to design a new concept of traditional souk within residential districts therefor an essential part of the design was based upon the community. In order to produce a design for the community the researcher designed a simple game design that targeted the entire |
English
No. of Pages
159p.
Degree
M.A.
Select type of work
Institution
CIS Program Old
CIS publications
No
CIS Thesis
Yes
Status
Approved
CIS Library Call Number
Thesis QFIS UDA 2017/4