Rethinking Architecture and Urban Form in the Context of Power Discourse: Case Study Nicosia, North Cyprus

Ibrahim, Abdulsalam Shema

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“…The design background information can be roughly divided into four categories: history, culture, regional characteristics and themes. No matter who the designer is, and whether designing a hotel, a club, or a small apartment, the above information must be considered one by one before designing (Shema, 2019).…”

Section: Design Background Information Integration Analysis Based On History Culture Regional Characteristics and Themesmentioning

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The Design Method of “Semiosis” in Interior Furnishing Design

Xie¹,

Hussin²,

Noor³

2021

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Following the intensified trend of "jumbling together" and "crisis of feature" in interior furnishing design, there is a pressing need for design with "integrality" and "difference". In this paper, we explain the "semiosis" design method of interior furnishing design from three steps, and demonstrate its feasibility through a case study. The first step is the integration and analysis of design background information. Second, we suggest extracting the design elements in the way of abstracting form, keeping archetype, choosing typical. Finally, we propose that the design elements extracted in the first two steps should be further organized and applied in the space. The main methods include the principle of motif repetition, unification and minimalism. We conclude that these research approaches have the potential to achieve design effects such as "integrality" and "difference", and solve the issues of "jumbling together" and "crisis of feature" in interior furnishing design.

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Section: Design Background Information Integration Analysis Based On History Culture Regional Characteristics and Themesmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Design Method of “Semiosis” in Interior Furnishing Design

Xie¹,

Hussin²,

Noor³

2021

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Assimilation of 3D printing, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) for the construction of eco-friendly intelligent homes: An explorative review

Saad Alotaibi,

Ibrahim Shema,

Umar Ibrahim

et al. 2024

Heliyon

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Assessment of African Vernacular Built Environment and Power: The Case of the Walled City of Zaria, Nigeria

Shema,

Kiessel,

Atakara

2023

Journal of Asian and African Studies

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Numerous studies proposed models for assessing architecture and power such as Dovey’s Framing places: Mediating power in built form and Njoh’s Forms of power over that analyse the built environment in relation to various forms of power. However, those models deal mainly with the western and/or modern built environment. There is a lack of studies that specifically deal with the vernacular built environment of African societies. This study assesses how power, as a socially constructed discourse, influences and is mediated through African societies’ vernacular built environment. It focuses on the walled city and palace of Zaria, Nigeria. Studies of the built environment in relation to power discourses are continuous processes, and due to the subjectivity of interpretations our research adopts the epistemological approach of constructivism when assessing the socially constructed generation of symbolic meaning. Considering the general discourse of power within built environment, a methodological framework was developed, which focuses on forms of power over. The framework might also be useful for studies of other (African vernacular) built environments. Power over within the vernacular built environment of Zaria is predominantly based on a socially constructed discourse – a fact that is certainly valid for other traditional African built environments as well. It is mediated, visibly and invisibly, through spatial and physical features, including the use of symbols, and deeply embedded in Zaria’s urban form and architecture, especially its palace which conveys the identity and authority of the traditional royal institution.

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Rethinking Architecture and Urban Form in the Context of Power Discourse: Case Study Nicosia, North Cyprus

Cited by 4 publications

References 46 publications

The Design Method of “Semiosis” in Interior Furnishing Design

The Design Method of “Semiosis” in Interior Furnishing Design

Assimilation of 3D printing, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) for the construction of eco-friendly intelligent homes: An explorative review

Assessment of African Vernacular Built Environment and Power: The Case of the Walled City of Zaria, Nigeria

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