Technology and contemporary local architecture : study in investment and technology transfer impacts on the evolution of the language of contemporary local architecture

Author

Rasul, Hoshyar Qadir

Source

ZANCO Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences

Publisher

Salahaddin University-Erbil Department of Scientific Publications

Publication Date

2016-06-30

Country of Publication

Iraq

No. of Pages

15

Main Subjects

Civil Engineering

English Abstract

Architecture as it is a mirror of the era and evidence of its progressing, must reflect all the changes and transformations in political, social and economic life, to achieve this, it is necessary to provide a ground, tools and appropriate means to speak in language of its age, and become that mirror which translates contemporary situations on one hand, and execute to achieve the ambition and visions of the future for individuals and communities on the other hand.

There is no doubt that the Iraqi Kurdistan region, and in the recorded time, saw important developments and changes in the urban structure as well as other aspects of life too.

Due to this jumped progress, the language of architecture which speak to its age characteristics has produced and totally different from what was rumored previously.

The study supposed that the attractive investment environment working on occurring jumps and qualitative transformations in architecture and urban development, so at the end, the language of architecture will be affected and changed too.

To prove this, the study took a number of projects in various building types, in order to reveal what has been achieved in qualitative shifts in the language of contemporary local architecture ..

so to get the main research objective which determined as exploring the role of investment projects in development of the formal language of local architecture.

The study followed the descriptive and analytical methodology, depending on the architectural literature background, includes the concept of investment and its role in the transfer of advanced technologies, then its influences on the evolution of architecture and changing the language of local architecture.

Data Type

Conference Papers

Record ID

BIM-787463

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