Architecture: Music, City, and Culture
dc.contributor.advisor | Noonan, Peter | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Riad, Mahmoud M. | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Architecture | en_US |
dc.contributor.publisher | Digital Repository at the University of Maryland | en_US |
dc.contributor.publisher | University of Maryland (College Park, Md.) | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2009-10-06T06:36:26Z | |
dc.date.available | 2009-10-06T06:36:26Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2009 | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Many scholars have discussed the relationship between architecture and music. Design methodologies have been created to highlight this intersection, attempting to attain the sublime. While architecture theorists have used western music as a foundation, this thesis aims to investigate this relationship in a non-western setting. Music would be used as a cultural identifier, to unlock "hidden dimensions" shared in language, music, and architecture. The case study site is historic Cairo, between the Fatamid Walls. For the past two centuries, Cairo has abandoned its cultural heritage and embarked on a process of westernization. Those who seek to hold onto the city's identity are abusing traditional motifs in a manner that seems cliché and somewhat absurd. The thesis calls for a deeper understanding and evolution of Cairo's heritage, using concepts of the Arabic Melodic modes, Maqams, to create a place for listening, al Masmaa'. | en_US |
dc.format.extent | 12190864 bytes | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1903/9640 | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.subject.pqcontrolled | Architecture | en_US |
dc.subject.pqcontrolled | Music | en_US |
dc.subject.pqcontrolled | Urban and Regional Planning | en_US |
dc.subject.pquncontrolled | Arabic Music | en_US |
dc.subject.pquncontrolled | Cairo | en_US |
dc.subject.pquncontrolled | Islamic Architecture | en_US |
dc.subject.pquncontrolled | Maqam | en_US |
dc.subject.pquncontrolled | Phenomenology | en_US |
dc.subject.pquncontrolled | Regionalism | en_US |
dc.title | Architecture: Music, City, and Culture | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
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