HYBRID ARCHITECTURE WITHIN NAJD REGION, SAUDI ARABIA
| dc.contributor.advisor | Bryon, Hilary | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Galloway, William | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Tomer, Sharone | |
| dc.contributor.author | Almatani, Bashair Saad | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-02-12T05:59:14Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023-11-29 | |
| dc.description | The design intends to discover a new perspective on hybridity in architecture. The design project responds to this goal by emphasizing primarily the connection between four main factors: Environment, culture, structure, and function. The building combines multiple entertainment, public uses, and industrial facilities that rely on a local water source a lake. The project serves the interest of Riyadh city residents and is also a tourist destination. Inside a single structure and plaza, visitors are offered a variety of different living activities, including drinking purified water following the treatment process housed in the building. Furthermore, the building combines hybrid materials, hybrid functions, hybrid use of space, and hybrid styles. where all these elements complement each other to produce a unified built which also environment that relies on culturally rooted principles in support of hybridity. | |
| dc.description.abstract | ACADEMIC ABSTRACT The thesis investigates the concept of hybrid architecture as a juxtaposition of multiple architectural factors, including environmental, cultural, structural, and functional ones. The work examines the Najd region of Saudi Arabia and its historical and contemporary contexts concerning functional utility, cultural frameworks, tectonic architectural elements, and site-based environmental forces. The thesis proposes that architectural hybridity can enhance the human experience. The design project, a building combining a water purification facility with a cafe, exhibition hall, and other community functions, integrate traditional and contemporary cultural aesthetics by purposefully juxtaposing and relating: unlikely functions, temporally varied cultural forms, structural and ornamental tectonic elements, and contrasting environmental qualities. | |
| dc.description.abstract | GENERAL AUDIENCE ABSTRACT The thesis explores the idea of hybrid architecture, combining various factors such as environment, culture, structure, and function. Focused on the Najd region in Saudi Arabia, it analyzes historical and modern aspects related to functionality, cultural context, architectural elements, and environmental influences. The main argument suggests that blending different architectural elements can enrich the human experience. In the design project, a facility merging water purification with a cafe, exhibition hall, and community spaces, traditional and contemporary cultural aesthetics are harmonized by purposefully juxtaposing and connecting: unexpected functions, culturally diverse forms across time, structural and decorative elements, and diverse environmental characteristics. | |
| dc.format.extent | 64 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14154/74854 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | |
| dc.subject | Hybrid | |
| dc.subject | Saudi Arabia | |
| dc.subject | Najdi Architecture | |
| dc.subject | Environment | |
| dc.subject | Culture | |
| dc.subject | Structure | |
| dc.subject | Function | |
| dc.title | HYBRID ARCHITECTURE WITHIN NAJD REGION, SAUDI ARABIA | |
| dc.type | Thesis | |
| sdl.degree.department | Shchool of Architecture | |
| sdl.degree.discipline | Master of Architecture | |
| sdl.degree.grantor | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | |
| sdl.degree.name | Master of Architecture |