Civil Engineering and Architecture Vol. 10(5), pp. 1745 - 1771
DOI: 10.13189/cea.2022.100505
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Thinking Directions of Added Masses to Historic Buildings at the Twentieth Century Architecture

Mahenda Said Elsayed ^1,*, Mohamed Atef Abou Ashour ², Yasmine Sabry Hegazi ^2
1 Faculty of Engineering, Zigzag University, Egypt
² Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Zigzag University, Egypt

ABSTRACT

Buildings may last on civilisations, evolve and change, but their reuse emphasises continuity. The building can retain the mention of the previous function and value. It has a memory of its former purpose rooted in its very structure. As long as new additions were likely to design in the same styles as their historic neighbours, the word "fit" was rarely a problem. However, since the emergence of modernist architecture in the United States in the 1950s, a style that defined itself in terms of opposing traditional styles and assumptions about design has been an essential part of the preservation mission of taming the ambitions of modernist architects. So the problem of the research lies in the lack of a basis for the philosophy of additions, as the additions are made randomly, which makes them incompatible with the old building in terms of its size, shape, and philosophy. Hence, the main objective of the research is to create a framework for the design philosophy of external additions to heritage buildings and to design a model guide for architects during the decision-making process to evaluate these projects for their reuse in Egypt. This goal will only be achieved after achieving some secondary goals: highlight the importance of these additions to heritage buildings. Study the old building regarding its philosophy, size, and materials used to design an addition commensurate with it. Find out how the additions integrate with the heritage buildings and how they will fit the new function by respecting each other. The research methodology relied on studying the philosophy of designing heritage buildings and external additions, as well as studying intellectual trends in architecture in the first half of the twentieth century through designing and submitting a questionnaire to take people's views on the philosophy of designing these buildings and their intellectual trends, and connecting it through social networks and interviews.

KEYWORDS
Design Philosophy, Addition Buildings, Original Building, Thinking Direction

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[1] Mahenda Said Elsayed , Mohamed Atef Abou Ashour , Yasmine Sabry Hegazi , "Thinking Directions of Added Masses to Historic Buildings at the Twentieth Century Architecture," Civil Engineering and Architecture, Vol. 10, No. 5, pp. 1745 - 1771, 2022. DOI: 10.13189/cea.2022.100505.

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Mahenda Said Elsayed , Mohamed Atef Abou Ashour , Yasmine Sabry Hegazi (2022). Thinking Directions of Added Masses to Historic Buildings at the Twentieth Century Architecture. Civil Engineering and Architecture, 10(5), 1745 - 1771. DOI: 10.13189/cea.2022.100505.