The Role of Connectivity and Integration in Cultivating Attractive Values: A Space Syntax Study of Al-Amal Housing Project, Basra

Abstract

This study, set within the context of contemporary housing projects, focuses on the development of urban values through mechanisms associated with the intervention strategy, particularly the flexible juxtaposition mechanism to ensure its permanence. The research springs from the requirement for residential environments boasting attractive urban standards that are amenable to intervention and development. The study uses the housing project of hope in Basra-Iraq, one of the most popular contemporary residential projects, as a case study. The research aims to articulate an intervention mechanism by developing a theoretical framework based on the juxtaposition mechanism. This mechanism facilitates the development of values and enhances their robustness over time. The research provides comprehensive knowledge about the positive relationship between values and their development mechanism within the residential landscape context. The study addresses the research question concerning the nature of the relationship between the intervention strategy mechanisms and housing stability. It employs morphological analysis through the ArcGis program, which gauges the main axis network of the selected residential project and its relationship with the neighborhoods and the mother city. The analysis used indicatorsconnectivity, integration, and controlat the level of the residential project and the whole with the mother city. In addition to using a descriptive analysis form with expert assistance to identify the attractive factors of modern housing and analyze them, the study leads to conclusions that indicate the most important urban values influencing and attracting the site are its connectivity and integration with the mother city and the neighborhoods. The methods used to measure these values can be applied to establish laws and standards for designing successful environments using interventional mechanisms.