Conference Schedule

Under the auspices of

Mrs. Susanne Mubarak

BIBLIOTHECA ALEXANDRINA - BA,

INTERNATIONAL UNION OF ARCHITECTS - UIA &

SOCIETY OF EGYPTIAN ARCHITECTS - SEA

First International Conference of the UIA-WPAHR-V on

Architecture & Heritage as a Paradigm for Knowledge and Development

Lessons of the Past, New Inventions and Future Challenges

2 to 4 March 2002 at Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Honorary President

Dr. Ismail Serageldin

DAY-1: MARCH 2, 2002

09:30-10:00 Registration

10:00-11:30 Opening Ceremony

Director, UIA-WPAHR-V: Dr. Hossam Aboulfotouh

President, SEA: Mr. Mamdoh Abdelrahman

President, UIA: Mr. Vassilis Sgoutas

Director, BA: Dr. Ismail Serageldin [ Abstract.doc | Publication]

Opening the exhibition of "Architecture & Heritage"

11:30-12:00 Coffee Break

12:00-14:00 Panel-I: The relevance of historic form today

Chairperson: Mr. Vassilis Sgoutas

Commentator: Prof. Dr. Mohsen Zahran

Designated Discussant: Prof. Dr. Soha Ozkan

Designated Discussant: Prof. Dr. Attilio Petruccioli, Continuity and Disruption in the Typological Processes of the Islamic

Mediterranean Building Landscape [ Abstract.doc | Full Text.pdf ]

Open debate

14:00-15:00 Lunch

15:00-17:00 Session-I: Conserving Identity and Character; Thoughts & Applications

Chairperson: Prof. Dr. Nasamat Abdelkader

1- Prof. Dr. Assad Nadim; Documentation, restoration, conservation and development of Bayte el- Suhaymi area (Gamaleya -Cairo) [ Abstract.doc | Full Text.pdf ]

2- Prof. Dr. Saleh lamei; Old technology and new techniques in Conservation: Qa'itbay's drinking through for animals. [ Abstract.doc | Full Text.pdf ]

3- Mrs. Patricia Emmett; Lessons from Robben Island: reconciliation and conservation in South Africa [ Abstract.doc | Full Text.pdf ]

4- Dr. Hisham Hussein Azmi; In search of Egyptian architectural identity [ Abstract.doc | Full Text.pdf ]

5- Dr. Ibrahim Mostafa Eldemery; Islamic architecture: cultural heritage and future challenges [ Abstract.doc | Full Text.pdf ]

17:00-17:30 Coffee Break

17:30-19:30 Session-II: Architectural Heritage and Non-physical aspects of conservation

Chairperson: Prof. Dr. Morad Abdelkader

1- Dr. Ali Essam El Shazly; Insurance plan of the historical quarters in Alexandria [ Abstract.doc | Full Text.pdf ]

2- Dr. Ashraf Mohamed Kamal; Economic perspectives in historic preservation: a missing dimension [ Abstract.doc | Full Text.pdf ]

3- Dr. Dina K. Shehayeb & Mr. Ahmed Sedky; Heritage conservation against what? A model to explain adverse change in historic districts [ Abstract.doc | Full Text.pdf ]

4- Dr. Lobna Sherif; Architecture as a system of appropriation: Colonization in Egypt [ Abstract.doc | Full Text.pdf ]

5- Dr. Hattem E. Nabih; A transactional method for re-defining the "design process" within academic program for a "knowledge-based architect- KBA" [ Abstract.doc | Full Text.pdf ]

6- Dr. Mohamed Khairy Amin; Architectural heritage between authenticity and contemporaneity [ Abstract.doc | Full Text.pdf ]

Discussion & concluding remarks

DAY-2: MARCH 3, 2002

09:30-11:30 Panel-II: The architect and the knowledge based society

Chairperson: Prof. Dr. Zakia Shafie

Commentator: Mr. Gamal Bakry

Designated Discussant: Dr. Fathy Saleh, The architecture heritage of Cairo |www.cultnat.org|

Designated Discussant: Prof. Tarek Naga; The preservation and development of the Pyramids Plateau [ Abstract.doc ]

Open debate

11:30-12:00 Coffee Break

12:00-14:00 Panel-III: The architecture & economics of intervening in historic cities today

Chairperson: Prof. Dr. Yahya El Zieny

Commentator: Prof. Dr. Ali Raafat

Designated Discussant: Dr. Ismail Serageldin

Designated Discussant: Dr. Joseph Maseland; Global Strategies for an Urban Future, UN-Habitat. [ Abstract.doc | Full Text.pdf | www.unchs.org/discussion]

Open debate

14:00-15:00 Lunch

15:00-17:00 Session-III: Heritage Legacies and Development Challenges; Conceptions, Approaches & Discourses

Chairperson: Prof. Dr. Sayed Ettouney

1- Dr. Ayman M. N. Afify; New approaches for planning & managing conservation and rehabilitation of urban heritage [ Abstract.doc | Full Text.pdf ]

2- Dr. Dalila El Kerdany; Innovation and conservation [ Abstract.doc | Full Text.pdf ]

3- Dr. Hossam Aboulfotouh; The Horizon Theory, Part-I: Original concept plan of the Pyramids Plateau [ Abstract.doc | Full Text.pdf ]

4- Mrs. Maria Frantzi & Andreas Seferlis; Recovery, innovation and sustainable development of the built environment [ Abstract.doc | Full Text.pdf ]

5- Dr. Safaa Mahmoud Issa; Historic form: the cornerstone to sustainable development [ Abstract.doc | Full Text.pdf ]

Discussion & concluding remarks

17:00-17:30 Coffee Break

17:30-19:30 Session-IV: Knowledge, Information and Technology; Processes, Mechanisms and Guidelines.

Chairperson: Prof. Dr. Mohamed T. Abdelgawad & Mrs. Louise Cox

1- Dr. Aggelos Siolas & Ioannis N. Marakakis; Architectural heritage and new technologies. [ Abstract.doc | Full Text.pdf ]

2- Dr. Hesham K. Abdelfattah & Dr. Ayman Wanas; Toward an architectural heritage time map: the ICMC project [ Abstract.doc | Full Text.pdf ]

3- Dr. Ibrahim Karim; Back to new architecture [ Abstract.doc | Full Text.pdf ]

4- Dr. Rowayda Kamel & Dr. Raghed Mofeed; Scientific knowledge and its influence on architecture: in its rational and materialistic level [ Abstract.doc | Full Text.pdf ]

5- Dr. Amr El-Halafawy & Dr. Mona H. Soliman; Accessibility for people with special needs to historic properties: proposed evaluation checklist for historic Egyptian public libraries [ Abstract.doc | Full Text.pdf ]