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• W1496080405 abstract "The present thesis is concerned with the study of the grid structureof Arab towns found across North Africa. Studies on this kind oftowns have stressed the idea of a single city form based on a threefoldhierarchical organisation of space with a specific emphasis onthe cul-de-sacs; and the division of the town into a central publiccore and more private residential quarters. This spatial model hasoften provided the rationale for the design of new housing layouts.Ground plans of Arab towns, however, often show great variation inthe grid structure, ranging from a very regular pattern to a stronglydeformed and labyrinthine type, suggesting then that the idea of asingle city type is unsatisfying. It also seems to be the case thatplans of modern housing layouts based on concepts derived from thismodel bear little resemblance, when built, to traditional urban forms.On both counts, therefore, the model seems too abstract and toogeneralized to give a satisfactory account on Arab cities.The study examines these issues in the light of a descriptive theoryof urban space and argues that grid structures of Arab towns presenttypological tendencies and morphological individualities as well asgeneric properties. More particularly, it suggests that: i- underlying the grid structure of Arab towns, there are generic similarities, inthat the urban fabric is highly segregated, and presents a strongregionalization of the integrating spatial structure; ii- there arestrong typological differences mainly in the degree of deformation ofthe urban grid, in that some towns have some degree of regularstructure imposed on the plan, while others clearly lack regularity;differences in the overall pattern of the integrating structures; andthe degree to which the spatial structure of the quarters links toeach other and to the whole fabric to form a connected structure. Thestudy suggests that both the fundamental similarities and the deepdifferences in the structure of these towns arise from a singledominant factor: the degree to which the grid structure is deformedto produce firstly, a certain type and degree of movement interfacebetween the most permanent users, i.e. the inhabitants, and visitorsof the towns; and secondly a certain type and degree of movementinterface among the inhabitants of the separate quarters of the town.These conclusions are then used as a basis for reconsidering somerecent typical 'traditionalist' design concepts, such as the clusteringof dwelling units adopted in the modern layouts. Finally, the studyargues that the regulation of the overall grid deformation can itselfbe used as a basic design concept to re-produce these types ofmovement interface. For this, the study explores the possibility ofusing a computer-based generative process of grid patterns, in whichspatial properties of the grid of Arab towns have been introduced asan eventual basis for the design of housing layouts." @default.
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• W1496080405 title "Spatial configuration of towns in North Africa" @default.
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