Open AccessSustainable Local Architecture as a Base to Create the Future Heritage in Contemporary Cities
Author(s) -
Haitham Abdulhussein Alshamari,
Hasan Hadi,
Adil Zamil Manshad Al-Saidi
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/518/2/022062
Subject(s) - architecture , popularity , local community , architectural engineering , cultural heritage , sample (material) , sustainable development , power (physics) , geography , engineering , political science , archaeology , law , chemistry , physics , chromatography , quantum mechanics
Local architecture could be seen as a group of buildings that belong and present the place and the community features. The research problem focuses on the weakness of contemporary local architecture as a main source to generate the architectural heritage. The aim of this paper is to establish a criterion for sustainable contemporary local architecture that is qualified to create the future architectural heritage. The hypothesis is that the sustainable local architecture represents the main source to create the future heritage. The case study has been conducted on Al-Mustansiriah University campus in Baghdad. It has been evaluated by a sample of 50 specialists. The research applied the statistical method (factor analysis) to interpret the data. The results demonstrate that four main factors were extracted from many variables. These factors are authenticity, popularity, utilization and durability. The first two factors form the power of community satisfaction and the second two form the power of rational solutions. These two powers are the base of creating the future heritage.