The Impact of Societal Transformations on the Urban Spaces During the Local Festivals

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Published: Dec 18, 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21625/archive.v2i3.358
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Rasha A. Moussa
Assistant Professor, College of Architecture and Design, Effat University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

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Urban Spaces had played an important role in the individuals’ psychological life and in their integration with their environment as it’s considered as the mediator through which the interactions between people with each other and with their natural environment, they can exchange their cultures and spread activities. Despite its importance, many communities suffer from the absence of positive communication between individuals and place they belong to or lack of happiness while being in it. The reason for that is the ignorance of some urban designer to the role of the humanity in the process of the design and its impact on the formation of the urban spaces, though through urban design the complexities of the place can be managed and a general framework for change can be created by designing a compatible and sustainable space for users depending on the events and activities located in it that show political, social and economic transformations that occurs to the communities and affect the social development for individuals. Although there are social diversity among members of the same community but it was observed that there is a similarity in their behaviors towards certain positions, which expresses their culture. Social celebrations (Festivals) are considered the most effective patronize for social formats impact on the spatial formation, as it helps in supporting the idea of individuals’ belonging to the place since the human there is the main sponsor for forming the spaces that contain all the activities and events that may be specific or temporary with a time or an event, and thus it was essential to show physical and non-physical components for space formation in order to gain access to identify the reciprocal relationship between the individual and the place and highlight the most important and successful spatial expressions that help boost the spirit of communication between individuals and develop a sense of belonging to the place. The paper examines how the dynamics of social life at the local scale are shaped by the special spatial arrangements created for urban festival events by the observation of the social changes impact on the resulting urban transformations during festival and its role in individuals’ sense of belonging substation.

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Moussa, R. A. (2018). The Impact of Societal Transformations on the Urban Spaces During the Local Festivals. The Academic Research Community Publication, 2(3), 183–195. https://doi.org/10.21625/archive.v2i3.358
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Vol. 2 No. 3 (2018): First Proceedings of Al Azhar’s 14th International Conference On: Engineering, Architecture and Technology
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