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The basic trends of Urban and architectural reconstruction

 

As a result of the analyses for the element and concept of the urban plan for the region, architectural trends were planed, some of it was in general level of the area as a whole and some was special according to the streets and their significant cases, and it came as the following:
General architectural trends:

• partially or totally destroyed buildings which required reconstruction has been identified, intersection of main streets with the internal streets or streets with secondary routes (Zones).
• maintaining all routes and pathways that appear in the maps, which were inherited from the agricultural road networks that preceded the construction
• confirming that the relationship between the existing buildings which will be reconstructed or rebuilt, contribute to the formulation of the general urban design for the area, and also contribute to giving every street its own flavor, character, and its role in the general look.
• working, where it is possible on buildings built on the property with the appropriate spaces to develop one basement or more to be allocated as a garage. But with the small buildings on adjacent properties, it was advised to build one floor or more as basements to be allocated as a joint parking lot for a set of small buildings to be rebuilt.
• The joints and intersections are the gates to the streets and milestones in the space of symbolic value despite the importance of degrees in Urban Design for the area. These intersections have their own value in the general buildings' fabric, and it is necessary to find an appropriate architectural language to each one of them. It should be visible, and its role in the Urban Design for the area should be shown.
• Each property which would not be suitable for building on it, due to all waste resulting from the demolishing, will be added to the public space, and will contribute to the development of the spaces, squares, and parks. (Real estate 73.774 ...)
• Most streets in the area are not flat. So there is a must to work on finding appropriate solutions to the consequences of different water levels on the surfaces, interfaces, and in the street building.
• simplification of the blocks, especially in the main streets and side streets, in order to write the architecture approach, close to people's feelings.
• The simplicity in the blocks design is enquired for the detailed fabric of the beautiful buildings, balconies and collected inventory in two terraces (seating, and service) if possible. With an option for architecture within the scope of work, it gives the freedom to design the detailed architecture.

Architectural trends that relate to the streets according to their importance within the area in question and beyond:

In the architecture of the main streets:
- adjacent buildings and alignment:
- The architecture of the main streets is based on the principle of contiguity and alignment parallel with the street at the limits of compulsory retreat, this principle is to make the street building or street wall.
- An integrated perspective from the beginning of the street till the end, without any horizontal crossroad in it.
- specify the interface typology in the architecture of the main streets in the following form:
= Ground floor, up 5.5 m
= Upper floors are repeated free, decorated, with cavities and protrusions according to the laws.
= the higher floor with the roof surface, treated by adopting different architectural vocabularies indicating the end of construction.
- Squares and spaces:
= Buildings surrounding the courtyard, specify it, make its scope, identity, and indicate its importance.
= The scene examined carefully, in terms of its importance in public life.

- The pavement (side walk) in front of buildings:
= Ensure the continuity of the pavement in front of buildings. A wide berth wooded regularly, and appropriate trees.
= Contour intervals need special attention to the roads and sidewalks and entrances of buildings and shops to achieve a healthy relationship with each other so as to ensure an inclusive environment for people with special needs and the flexibility in the movement of pedestrians.

- The proposed colors:
= Determine the colors used for interfaces. The proposed colors are the well known and used colors, which sources from the prevailing nature of the area (sand, stone, and earth) i.e. light and luminous color in general, with the possibility of partial and limited use of other colors in some outcrops, or in some cavities.


Basic orientation in the architecture of streets buildings:
- Design architectural blocks in the streets, inspired by the design of the blocks and neighboring streets in the architectural language of the related Interior design.
- compliance with the principle of parallelism with the street is necessary, only the blocks that back off the axis of the street can be different, to be the cover of the street less harsh and more dynamic, with small spaces in front of the back off buildings . The design here is away from the cruel rationalism but requires harmony and emphasizes the nature of spontaneity and free-inspired shape and trajectory of the streets, and opens the way to the designer for the adoption of his feelings in the design.
- Multiple colors can exist in the buildings within the accepted set of colors (pastel colors were consistent with the public sphere).
So after this effort, the organizational chart is required for the urban part of the southern suburbs which was devastated by war, with a clear and basic orientation of urban and architectural.

At this stage, the destroyed area was designated and divided to thirty square which were required to 30 consulting offices that asked to prepare studies in accordance with what was issued by the Advisory Board in Waad project through studies in the following stages:
- View Preliminary studies (Avant Project) on the Advisory Board, to be discussed and judged according to criteria of the regulatory urban plan and then reach the approval.
The second phase, as a move perhaps unprecedented in the field of reconstruction of this size, studies were presented to the owners in order to:
- explain the projects submitted to the owners and view the changes taking place in the designs.
- make sure that the studies are identical to the previous situation in terms of space conservation and property and other details that concern them.
- take owners notes or suggestions on the studies in order to develop and correct them.
The emphasis on the presentation of projects to the owners and involve them actively in the reconstruction process, the foundation has had a role in achieving what is most important to Waad project, as these observations and suggestions were often very important and add special value to the designs set.

This procedure requires a lot of effort and time, so not without some cases of complications affected the course of the project one way or another, has worked to overcome them by hard work and constant communication and trust built with the people.