The history of Swaida city in several civilizations was clear through architecture as if it formed a mixture of them all. Each culture had its own way of dealing with the environmental conditions, combining these design strategies accumulatively resu
lted in a rich architecture that deals with the environment in a very systematic way. On the other hand, the construction strategies dealt with a lot of limitation such as the lack of resources and experiences which were not available during those periods.
This report describes the historical and climatical characteristics that Swaida city has, and reviews some design strategies that used to respond to climate challenges.
العمارة
architecture
المفاهيم العمرانية في العمارة المحلية
التغيرات المناخية
climate changes
البازلت
Basalt
المناخ
Climate
محافظة السويداء
السويداء
الحجر البازلتي
Basalt stones
Swaida
Suwaida
As-Suwayda
building design
تصميم المباني
فيزياء المباني
building physics
العمارة في السويداء
architecture in Swaida
المزيد..
Because of the increasing of the scientific resources locally as well as internationally. and the
importance of the local urban heritage as one of the resources. affecting the international
urban and architectural concepts; this research deals with
a group of local urban and
architectural concepts, which have an important role in the development of the international
architecture in Arabic countries.
This research studies two important points; the first is the importance of some urban elements
and conceptions, which existed in the local old fabric of the Islamic cities. and the second is
the re-use of the urban elements to be a part of the architectural system but not the urban
system. And some local and international architects get the benefit of this reusing in their
buildings.
The above mentioned ideas may be the real reason of the prominence of the urban dimension
in the buildings.
The urban dimensions produce distinguished buildings, which are some of our studies. Where
the research shows and analyzes some of the international buildings that were built in Arab
countries. These buildings may include some of the main concepts of the urban fabric in our
countries.
This research refers to the urban concepts which are used in the formulation of the
architectural works in this research, it focuses on its importance of the architectural products,
clarifying the properties of the buildings which have those concepts, and the way they deal
with urban neighborhood, according to the importance of the urban role in its architectural
and urban formulation.