TY - THES A1 - Elrasoul, Riham T1 - Designing Urban National Memory N2 - The study of memory, architecture, and urban space has been the interest ‎of ‎researchers ‎from the diverse fields around the world due to, the significance of dealing ‎with ‎memories ‎especially after the tragedy of the Second World War. Nations in Europe has chosen ‎not to ‎neglect ‎their past, moreover, overcoming it by strengthening the national identity. An ‎approach was clear in ‎the literature, art, further in the way of rebuilding their cities; that mainly ‎has reflected on the ‎value of urban spaces and their role in narrating the country’s national ‎memory. Thanks to this ‎approach, which has supported the post-war European nations to invite ‎to an act of ‎ forgiveness rather than to forget. ‎ On the contrary, memory, in relation to architecture is a form of knowledge has been ‎neglected in Egypt, especially during the previous decades after the declaration of independence ‎from the colonial power, and since 1952 revolution. Recently, a rising debate about Egypt ‎national history and the need to renationalize the Egyptian historical consciousness has rapidly ‎grown up, due to the political transformation has occurred because of the 25th uprising, 2011, ‎which unveiled the power of public spaces in constituting the nation thoughts, especially Tahrir ‎square.‎ At the same time, this has unveiled the results of neglecting the past instead of overcoming it; unveiled a present carries the danger of conflict and repeating previous mistakes. Researchers, historians, politicians, governmental organization, have ‎worked in the purpose of revisiting the historical information, and have tried to document the ‎current transformation of the 25th uprising. There was a public demand for redesigning Tahrir square to reflect the ‎memory of the uprising as a symbol of the power of the public. However, after eight years, those ‎memories have faded as if the 25th uprising has never happened. ‎ Those circumstances are very relevant to the gap between urban design and the art of ‎memory-work, in the scientific field. Few studies in Egypt conducted the concept of memory in ‎relation to urban spaces, however, the matter requires more attention, to associate the need for renationalizing Egypt ‎memory, with viewing urban space as a mean of narrating the country’s national memory and ‎reflecting the citizens' current thoughts, as a try of nearing the distances between ‎competing ‎narratives. Therefore, the research aims at developing a methodological framework that should ‎contribute to renationalizing memory through urban space. Further, benefiting from the German experience by investigating lessons to learn. That is based on the hypothesis that, although there is no fixed formula for all countries to renationalize the historical ‎consciousness of memory through urban spaces, lessons to be learned from Germany experience ‎could be a driving dimension when designing Egyptian urban spaces with a concept of memory ‎as an essential factor. To guide the validity of the study’s hypothesis, a set of research questions are thus ‎formulated: Starting from why memory is an essential factor when designing urban spaces? ‎Regarding Egypt national memory, how it was constituted through history and how to read its ‎representation on urban spaces? Also, the study quests the means of nationalizing memory ‎through urban spaces? And What are the learned lessons from the German experience?‎ The study tries to answer those questions. Via an inductive ‎analytical ‎methodology ‎which ‎moves from the gap of knowledge and from a particular situation ‎in Egypt, to study the German ‎experience in renationalizing the concept of memory through urban spaces.‎ ‎ Within the scope of the study, exploring Egypt prevailing narratives and the inherited ‎concepts which influenced the national memory is essential. Moreover, the research develops ‎analytical political psychosocial model that could help reading memories in urban spaces, ‎memory’s actors, and memory influences. To validate this model, case studies are analysed in ‎light of the concluded aspects. Consequently, the expected result is to infer broad general ‎learned ‎lessons for the Egyptian case. ‎ Research findings and conclusions answer the research questions, interpret literature ‎review, recommend some guide points to three target groups: first, practice field; to encourage ‎designers to value the national and collective memories when designing urban spaces. Second, to ‎ask policymakers to take the public participation into consideration, when taking decisions related to urban ‎development. Third, the thesis recommends future researches of urban memory that connect ‎theoretical information with the practice field. ‎ Finally, enhancing the memory-work in relation to the national narrative, conveying a meaningful message, when ‎designing urban spaces could encourage citizens to learn, to interact, and to dissolve boundaries ‎between the competing narratives in post-conflict societies.‎ KW - Erinnerung KW - Denkmal KW - Kulturerbe KW - Ägypten KW - Designing Urban National Memory KW - Reading Urban National Memory KW - Prevailing/ Competing Narratives KW - Post-Conflict society KW - Learned Lessons Y1 - 2019 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20191212-40489 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Damir, Mirhan A1 - Meyer, Martin A1 - Aziz, Hellen T1 - Patterns of Detachment: Spatial Transformations of the Phosphate Industry in el-Quseir, Egypt JF - Urban Planning N2 - The establishment of phosphate mines and processing plants by Italian entrepreneurs in el-Quseir in 1912 revitalized a town that had faced a steady decline after the opening of the Suez Canal and re-linked it to the world economy. To this day, the now defunct industrial site occupies a large section of physical el-Quseir and plays a key role in its identity. In this article, we explore the impact of the company’s successive industrialization and deindustrialization based on archival research, interviews, and mapping. By tracing physical changes on-site and in the city of el-Quseir from the founding of its phosphate industry until today, as well as the historical and current interactions of citizens with the industrial facilities, we hope to better understand the “cluster value” of the industrial plant in quotidian life and the effect of the vacuum left behind after the termination of production. As machinery and buildings are slowly eroding in the absence of expressed interest by the former Italian and current Egyptian owners, we aim to discuss the relationship between the citizens and their el-Quseir phosphate plant as a crucial element of its heritage value at the local level. KW - Ägypten KW - Industriekultur KW - Italien KW - Bergbau KW - Egypt KW - industrial heritage KW - Italy KW - mining KW - phosphate industry KW - OA-Publikationsfonds2023 Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20230524-63805 UR - https://www.cogitatiopress.com/urbanplanning/article/view/6053 VL - 2023 IS - Volume 8, No 1 SP - 1 EP - 16 PB - Cogitatio Press CY - Lissabon ER - TY - THES A1 - Damir, Mirhan T1 - Recalling the Omitted: Exploring the Spatial Development of the Modern Industrial Legacies in Egypt. The Case of Alexandria. N2 - The modern industries of the 19th and 20th centuries had multiple effects on the spatial transformation of cities and regions. The past decade has witnessed increasing scholarly and governmental attempts toward conserving modern industrial heritage in the so-called Global North, with the goal, among others, of leveraging this heritage as a driver for urban economic development. In Egypt, the process continues to lag behind; on the one hand, this is due to the perplexing official recognition of the (in)tangible witnesses of modern industries. On the other hand, the official recognition and previous publications focus predominantly on weighing the significance of industrial structures based on their monumental architectural aesthetics. Their historical urban role and spatial attributes as part of urban heritage have yet to be seriously acknowledged. Accordingly, this hinders the integration of the extant industrial sites into the broader debate surrounding urban conservation, leaving them vulnerable to decay and destruction. This dissertation steers away from the singular investigation of selective modern industrial sites to recall their historical spatial development on a city scale. This is effected by investigating a case study - the Egyptian port city of Alexandria. With the limited secondary data available on modern industries in Alexandria, this dissertation relied predominantly on primary sources. The author collected and leveraged both quantitative and qualitative data to recontextualize modern industries in terms of their spatial dynamics, order, and rationale within cities’ transformation. By recalling historical spatial development in Alexandria, the contribution of this dissertation lies in highlighting what the author refers to as the Omitted Heritage. This is defined by the modern industries in Egypt that are intentionally, unintentionally, and forgetfully excluded in terms of physical documentation, evaluation, appreciation, and integration within urban development plans. The method used excavated the richness of the established modern industries in Alexandria in terms of their quantity and diversity, which would have otherwise remained largely forgotten. The contextualization of modern industries unveiled spatial periodization, spatial dynamics, and conceptual development. The study draws on important analytical aspects that transcend the sites’ boundaries, elevating their significance to the municipal, regional, national, and even global levels. Its recommendations for further research are also divided into those levels. N2 - Die modernen Industrien des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts wirkten sich vielfältiger Weise auf die räumliche Transformation von Städten und Regionen aus. Im letzten Jahrzehnt gab es vermehrt wissenschaftliche und staatliche Bestrebungen, das moderne industrielle Erbe im sogenannten Globalen Norden zu bewahren, unter anderem im Hinblick auf seine Einbindung als wirtschaftlicher Treiber der Stadtentwicklung. Im direkten Vergleich weist Ägypten hier immer noch einen Rückstand auf. Dies bezieht sich einerseits auf die noch ausstehende Dokumentation der historischen Industrien sowie eine offizielle, institutionelle Anerkennung der industriellen Hinterlassenschaften. Zum anderen beschränken sich die offizielle Anerkennung sowie bisherige Publikationen überwiegend auf die Begründung der Bedeutung von Industriebauten entlang ihrer architektonischen Qualität. Die Berücksichtigung ihrer stadtgeschichtlichen Rolle und ihrer räumlichen Zusammenhänge als Teil des städtischen Erbes ist noch unerforscht. Dementsprechend erschwert dies die Einbindung der noch vorhandenen historischen Industrieanlagen in die allgemeine Debatte der Stadtentwicklung und setzt sie damit einer steigenden Gefahr von Verfall und Zerstörung aus. Diese Dissertation widmet sich der historischen räumlichen Entwicklung der modernen Industrien auf gesamtstädtischer Ebene und untersucht dies am Fallbeispiel der ägyptischen Hafenstadt Alexandria. Angesichts bisher kaum zur Verfügung stehender Sekundärliteratur über moderne Industrien in Ägypten stellen Primärquellen die wesentliche Datengrundlage der Arbeit dar. Sowohl die gesammelten quantitativen als auch die qualitativen Daten werden zur Rekontextualisierung der modernen Industrien in Bezug auf die Dynamik, Ordnung und Zweck ihrer räumlichen Strukturen innerhalb der urbanen Transformation herangezogen. In dieser Arbeit werden die modernen Industrien als „ausgelassenes Erbe (Omitted Heritage)“ bezeichnet, weil sie in Bezug auf ihre räumliche Dokumentation, Auswertung, und Integration in Stadtentwicklungsplänen absichtlich und unabsichtlich keine Berücksichtigung finden. Der Beitrag dieser Dissertation liegt daher in der Erschließung und Kategorisierung der verschiedenen modernen Industrien in Alexandria, indem ihre räumliche Verortung und Verteilung durch eine Kartierung der verfügbaren Daten sichtbar und ablesbar gemacht wurde. Daraus wird die Entwicklung der historischen räumlichen Entwicklung der Industrien lesbar. Die angewandte Methode zeigt die Vielfältigkeit der etablierten modernen Industrien in Alexandria in Form quantifizierter Zahlen und diversifizierter Typen auf. Durch die Kontextualisierung der modernen Industrien erschließt sich deren räumliche Periodisierung, räumliche Dynamik und ihre konzeptionelle Entwicklung. Diese Arbeit stützt sich auf wichtige analytische Aspekte, die über die Grenzen des einzelnen industriellen Grundstücks hinausgehen und seine Bedeutung auf städtischer, regionaler, nationaler und sogar internationaler Ebene hervorheben. Die Empfehlungen und Vorschläge für die weitere Forschung beziehen sich ebenfalls auf diese Maßstabsebenen. N2 - كان للصناعات الحديثة في القرنين التاسع عشر والعشرين تأثيرات متعددة على التطور العُمراني للمدن. شَهدت الدول الغربية بالعقد الماضي دراسات علمية مُتعددة ومجهودات حكومية متزايدة نحو الحفاظ على التراث الصناعي الحديث، بهدف توظيف هذا التراث كمحرك للتنمية الاقتصادية الحضرية. علي صعيد آخر، مازالت دولة مصر تواجه صعوبات لتخطو أولي الخطوات للحفاظ على التراث الصناعي بها. يرجع ذلك أولاً إلى الانقسام الرسمي لهذه الصناعات التابعة لحقبة تاريخية واحدة بين التعيين المصطلحي والمؤسسي كتراث أو آثار. ثانياً، ترتكز دلالات التقييم سواء من مؤسسات الدولة المصرية أو الدراسات العلمية في الغالب على القيمة المعمارية والجمالية للمباني الصناعية الكبيرة. وفي ضوء ذلك، لا يوجد توثيق علمي شامل للصناعات الي تم انشاؤها في مصر بين القرنين التاسع عشر والعشرين وكذلك الخصائص الحضارية لهذه الصناعات ودورها الشامل في تاريخ التطور العمراني للمدن كجزء من التراث العمراني. وعليه، فإن هذا يعوق دمج المواقع الصناعية القائمة في إطار النقاش المحلي والدولي حول الحفاظ على هذه الصناعات كمناطق حضرية وجزء لا يتجزأ من هوية المدينة. تهدف هذه الدراسة إلى الكشف عن الدور الحضري الشامل للصناعات التاريخية التي أسهمت في تطور العمراني على نطاق المدينة. يتم ذلك من خلال دراسة حالة مدينة الإسكندرية الساحلية. اعتمدت هذه الدراسة على المصادر الأولية بدرجة كبيرة نظراً لمحدودية المصادر الثانوية المتاحة عن تطور الصناعات الحديثة في الإسكندرية. قامت الدارسة بتشكيل قائمة للبيانات الكمية والنوعية للصناعات التي تم انشاؤها في الإسكندرية في القرنين التاسع عشر، بهدف إعادة صياغة سياق الصناعات الحديثة مستعينة بمنهجية الديناميكيات المكانية - “spatial dynamics” - من حيث التنظيم المكاني وعرض المنطق وراء توقيع وتطور الصناعات على مدار تاريخ المدينة. تكمن مساهمة هذه الدراسة في إبراز ما يشير إليه المؤلف بالموروثات المهملة – “Omitted Legacies” - من خلال تذكر تاريخ التطور المكاني للصناعات في الإسكندرية. يتم تعريف ذلك من خلال الصناعات الحديثة في مصر التي يتم اهمالها واستبعادها سواء عن قصد أو عن غير قصد من حيث توثيقها المادي وتقييمها وإدراجها ضمن خطط التنمية الحضرية. أسهمت المنهجية المُستخدمة في التنقيب عن ثراء الصناعات الحديثة القائمة في الإسكندرية، من حيث الكم والتنوع، والتي لولا ذلك كانت ستزال في طي النسيان. كشفت الدراسة على جوانب تحليلية مهمة خارج الإطار المُحدد لتقييم الصناعات التاريخية على الجانب المعماري فقط وكذلك جوانب تحليلية تتجاوز حدود المواقع، وترتقي من أهميته هذه الصناعات على المستويات المحلية والإقليمية والوطنية وحتى العالمية. تشمل توصيات هذه الدراسة استعراض الموروثات الصناعية المهملة في مصر وإعادة عرضها للتقييم علي المستويات المحلية والإقليمية والوطنية وحتى العالمية. KW - Ägypten KW - Technisches Denkmal KW - Stadtgeschichte KW - Denkmalpflege KW - Dokumentation KW - modern industries KW - Alexandria KW - urban history KW - historical spatial analysis KW - documentation Y1 - 2022 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20220329-46196 ER -