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4th Track : Rethinking Mosque Urbanism & Mosque Communities

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• Rethinking mosque in the contemporary urban context

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The role of heritage religious buildings in achieving sustainable development in ancient cities , case study Cairo City

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NAME : MOHANAD MOHAMED M. ELAGAMI. NATIONALITY : EGYPTIAN. ADDRESS : City View II Compound , apt. # 14-22 , km 19 Cairo Alex. Desert road , Giza , EGYPT. TELEPHONE : 33789331 , 01223484887 . OCCUPATION : PROFESSOR , DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE , FACULTY OF ENGINEERING , MINIA UNIVERSITY , MINIA , EGYPT . EMAIL : elagami5@yahoo.com PROFFESSIONAL AFFILIATION : • Member of the Egyptian Permanent Scientific Committee to examine the scientific production for the positions of Professors and Assistant Professors (Architecture and Regional Planning), The Eleventh Session (2013 : 2015) , the Thirteenth Session (2019 : 2022) and the Fourteens Session (2022 : 2025) … Supreme Council of Universities . • Head of Department of Architecture - Faculty of Engineering - Minia University ( 2000 : 2008 ) . • Holder of the University Encouragement Award in Science for the year 2005. • Member of the College Board since 2000 . • Supervising and Arbitrating Scientific Dissertations (M. Sc. and Ph.D. ) at Cairo , Assuite and Minia Universities in Egypt , and Zhejiang University (CHINA ) . • Member of the Scientific Committee for the Arbitration of Research in Scientific Journals at Egypt , S. Arabia and ARE . • Member of the jury for scientific research submitted to participate in several international and national scientific conferences in architecture ( Cairo Un. , Minia Un. , Assuite Un. , APTEES Association , The scientific committee VFC 2022 and Alazhar Un. ) . • Member of the Scientific Committee for Doctoral Examinations , Cairo University . • Supervising the Scientific Missions and Trips “Egypt, Syria and Germany (at Kassel University and Damascus University) for Scientific Corporations, supported by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). • Participation in training courses for developing the skills of faculty members and specialized training courses in a group of different specialties. • Participation in many projects and Applied Research Work in the field of production, Community service and business at Minia University and at Minia, Sohag and Qena governorates. • Chair of a Session , the International Conference: “THE PATH TO CITY RESILIENCE” - MSA UNIVERSITY , Egypt - 10-10-2022 . • Chair of a Session , the International Conference: “ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE & SUSTAINABLE ENGINEERING ” - MSA UNIVERSITY , Egypt – 11-3-2023 . • Revision and Evaluation as External Auditor for B.Sc. Academic Program “ Program of Housing Architecture and Urban Development “ , Faculty of Engineering , Ain Shams University 2022 , 2023 . And for B.Sc. Academic Program “ Program of Architecture “ , Giza Higher Institute of Engineering and Technology 2023 . PUBLICATIONS: 36 scientific research “ Scientific Papers “ in National and International scientific conferences and Scientific Journals . MEMBER OF : THE EGYPTIAN SYNDICAT OF ENGINEERS ( AS CONSULTANT) . THE SOCIETY OF EGYPTIAN ARCHITECTS ( UIA ) . THE EGYPTIAN SOCIETY OF ENGINEERS ( PLANNINIG SECTION ) . ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS : • B. SC. DEGREE IN ARCHITECTURE , MAY 1983 , MINIA UNIVERSITY , (GRADE : VERY GOOD ) . • M . SC. DEGREE IN ARCHITECTURE , MAY 1989 , MINIA UNIVERSITY . • PH.D. IN URBAN DESIGN , MAY 1993, FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE , SILESIAN TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY , GLIWICE , POLAND , Title “The Developing and the Up- grading Process, Associated with Historic Urbanized Areas .” • ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR , MARCH 2000 . • PROFESSOR OF ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN DESIGN, DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE , FACULTY OF ENGINEERING , MINIA UNIVERSITY , MINIA , EGYPT , SINCE 2005 . EXPERIENCE RECORD : • General Consultant of Urban and Architectural Design , Minia University since 1995 . • PARTICIPATED IN PREPARING TECHNICAL REPORTS AND STUDYING OF DIFERENT PROGRAMS AND PLANS FOR DEVELOPING , ENHANCING AND UP-GRADING OF THE BACKWARDS AND INFORMAL HOUSING AREAS IN ASWAN GOVERNORATE , 1993 . • TRAINED GOVERNORATE AND MARKAZ ENGINEERS IN MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS , UNDER MINISTRY OF LOCAL ADMINISTRATION TRAINING PROGRAM FUNDED BY ( US AID ) . PREPARING OF COURSE MATERIAL , DELIVERY OF COURSE , AND EVALUATION OF TRAINEES , JULY 1993 . • FIELD REVIEW AND PREPARING TECHNICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTS OF PROJECT PLANS AND SITES FOR PROJECTS SUBMITTED BY BENSUEF GOVERNORATE TO THE SOCIAL FUND FOR DEVELOPMENT ( PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAM ) , INCLUDING CHANNELS-LINNING , ROADS AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS , 1994 . • SINCE 1983: GOOD EXPERIENCE IN THE FIELDS OF URBAN PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN, INCLUDING THE PREPARATION OF WORKING DRAWINGS AND SUPERVISION OF SEVERAL PROJECTS (TOURISTIC VILLAGES ,RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS , HOSPITALS , MULTI-PURPOSE BUILDINGS , FACTORIES AND ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDINGS ) . COMPUTER: GOOD USER OF SEVERAL PROGRAMS AND DIFFERENT SYSTEMS. LANGUAGE: ARABIC: MOTHER TONGUE. ENGLISH: VERY GOOD, SPEAKING AND WRITING.

Paper Abstract

The role of heritage religious buildings in achieving sustainable development in ancient cities , case study Cairo City Abstract : Sustainable development is the main option (if not the only one) for humanity to obtain realistic solutions to its current and future urban problems. Successful human societies have reached where they are as a natural result of understanding their local problems and as a natural reaction to employing their investments and resources in order to develop society and adopt methods for developing it. The research paper presents the actual value of the Egyptian heritage religious buildings and the need to activate their role in urban development projects that were affected by planning theories and imported architectural styles, and as a result our Arab cities suffer from a state of alienation. The research reviews the Egyptian experience in relying on foreign expertise in urban development projects for ancient cities and the influence of local architecture by Western styles. As a result of the cultural decline in our country, our cities suffered from negative planning aspects, especially the old city of Cairo, as a result of the incompleteness of development projects, the isolation of new residential communities, and the decline of the role of the old city center. The research is concerned with presenting the role of traditional planning theories and heritage religious architecture in achieving communication between the architecture of the past, present and future and its importance in light of the contemporary civilizational race. The research is also interested in presenting the role of sustainable development projects in activating communication between the architecture of the past, present and future, and the negative impact of contemporary local projects in heritage areas in Cairo as a Case Study . The application of city planning and its practice in accordance with the concept of international modernity and its isolation from the components of the local religious heritage in the Arab countries had many negative effects, as foreign ideas alone dominated the new engineering specializations. Therefore, there is an inevitability for modernity to enter a new phase in its history after it cost us high prices during previous experiences in our country. Under the umbrella of developing city plans and architecture in a modern manner and applying imported urban and architectural theories during development projects, the product was far from the human level. The research paper aims to present the problems of the ancient Arab city, which lost its identity as a result of the isolation that occurred in its ancient and modern parts as well, during separate projects that were not carefully studied and planning coma over decades of years. By presenting some current experiences and analyzing the character of the ancient and modern Arab city, several results can be reached, namely the development of local planning theories with the aim of preserving the special identity of the ancient Arab city in an attempt to achieve development based on sustainable development projects that achieve planning and architectural communication between the past, present and future. By analyzing sustainable development projects, which are characterized by a realistic concept, the research can develop a set of results and recommendations that help improve development projects in contemporary ancient cities and ensure the success of future projects. Keywords: sustainable development - preserving the special identity of the Arab city - culture as a source of sustainability - architectural and planning communication between the past, present and future.

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