Yasmeen Mohamed Ibrahim Elsemary <br/><br/>
Thinking processes for contextual design :   An approach for assessing contextual compatibility /  
 طرائق التفكير فى التصميم المرتبط بالمحتوى :   نحو مدخل لتدقيق الملائمة مع العمران المحيط 
Yasmeen Mohamed Ibrahim Elsemary ; Supervised Basil Kamel , Ahmed Amin 
 - Cairo :   Yasmeen Mohamed Ibrahim Elsemary ,   2014 
 - 143 P. , (8) Folded pages of platas :   plans ;   30cm 
<br/><br/>Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Engineering - Department of Architectural Engineering 
<br/><br/> There has been a growing public dissatisfaction with the visual impact of  the built environment in the local cairene context in the past few decades. From  several observations in Cairo, it is obvious that architects lack considering compatibility in context. Yet the research main problem states that; although architects and  urban designers are aware of contextual compatibility; there is a lack of a  tangible analysis for assessing and evaluating contextual compatibility in different cairene settings. Despite the literature investigations that admit façade components have the strongest effect on compatibility judgements; the research main aim is to  prove that all contextual design categories (site organization, mass, façade features) have strong effect to reach all types of contextual compatibility  compatibility due to visual continuity, compatibility through meaning and association, compatibility as a reflection of history  
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Contextual design Site organization Visual continuity