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The use of colours in informal desert land settlements in Egypt : The case study of Manshiyat Nasser /

Mohamed Noeman Coutry

The use of colours in informal desert land settlements in Egypt : The case study of Manshiyat Nasser / الألوان كوسيلة لحل مشكلة الطابع و الهوية للإسكان العشوائى على الأراضى الصحراوية فى مصر : دراسة الحالة لمنشية ناصر Mohamed Noeman Coutry ; Supervised Aly Hatem Gabr , Kareem Alghazaly Kesseiba - Cairo : Mohamed Noeman Coutry , 2016 - 126 P. , (2) Folded page of platas : photographs ; 30cm

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Engineering - Department of Architectural Engineering

Since 1970, Egypt try to cope the problems of informal settlements. From these problems the one that took huge place in deforming the visual appearance of Egypt, which is losing of identity. This means the appearance of all informal settlements seems to be alike without any differentiation from any place to another. This thesis focus on finding an applicable solution for this problem. From here came the idea of choosing colour as a new approach to change the overall appearance for these settlements, and give each place its identifying character



Colour Identity Informal settlements