Papers by Emad H . Ismael
Al-Rafidain Engineering Journal (AREJ)
Due to the historical cumulative layers that were formed from the succession of construction, dem... more Due to the historical cumulative layers that were formed from the succession of construction, demolition, and sequential reconstruction, cities have become the essence of diversity, by evoking new urban forms that contribute to the creation and formulation of their urban heritage. Globally, redevelopment of the riverfront remains popular and is part of the urban planning agenda. However, this process is still often constrained by a set of strategic issues and difficulties in the cities of developing countries. The relationship between the urban fabric of the city of Mosul and its river frontage is a major criterion in evaluating the approaches and approaches to preserving the main features of the urban landscape of the city. The current research aims to discuss the integrative preservation as a working methodology for a longterm plan based on previous global experiences and the basic guidelines approved by international laws to submit proposals for the reconstruction of the river front of ancient Mosul. It also aims to discuss the relationship between the historical urban fabric and the water environment and highlight the various methods that can be adopted to develop this essential part of the urban fabric of the city.The research adopts the methodology of comparative analysis of conservation trends and intervention mechanisms, including integrative conservation, analysis of a number of relevant international studies, analysis of international conventions concerned with conservation, and obtaining qualitative data from a group of experts specialized in both aspects of urban preservation and urban renewal. This is in addition to obtaining quantitative data using the questionnaire method by designing a set of questions following Likert's Five-point Scale method and analyzing them using Microsoft Excel 2010, and applying them to the case study represented by the riverfront of the old city of Mosul.
Area Modification in Constructed Public Buildings in An Adaptive Reuse Perspective Former Presidency of Mosul University as a Case study
Sulaimani Journal for Engineering Sciences, 2019
Reconstruction of the Hadba minaret in Old Mosul
Sulaimani Journal for Engineering Sciences, 2019
Augmenting the Hadba Minaret Role as A Landmark in the city of Mosul
Sulaimani journal for engineering sciences, 2015
Al-Hadba, the oblique Minaret of the historic Grand Mosque is considered as the famous and the mo... more Al-Hadba, the oblique Minaret of the historic Grand Mosque is considered as the famous and the most important landmark in the old town of Mosul as it is the oldest architectural monument which have been built in 568 AH – 1172 AC. Till now, as a visual landmark of 45 meters height, it isthe icon that gives the city its identity across nine centuries, which represents as anobvious indicator for orienting the direction of inhabitants movements in the old built fabric from remote distance, and as a component of this environment, it is characterized as a vital value for the visual views those can be seen through alleys that lead to the Grand Mosque, consequently, presenting richness, continuity and variety for such visual scenes. As a result of disorder of urban built, random buildings, unconsidered construction and planning decisions, opening new streets in the old city in the past century, and the lack of prior urban design dimension which gives the Minaret its importance to the surrounding areas of the mosque, all that led to reduce the Minaret role as an urban landmark, besides creating vision coverage that prevented the Minaret from being as a visual mark. This paper attempts to study all visual districts in Mosul city in which the Minaret currently can be seen through alleys, in any viewpoint, direction and skyline with determining the built constructions that cover or reduce the visual sight toward the Minaret , evaluating the extent and level of its perception as a landmark on pedestrians level, identifying the best visual positions in the visual sequence, and presenting planning and urban recommendations about how to improve the Minaret role as a monumental and architectural landmark in the city of Mosul.
Reuse Techniques of Residential Stock in Urban fabric of the Old Cities Analytical study of international experiences in sustainability of historic centers
Sulaimani Journal for Engineering Sciences, 2019
The Transformation of Knowledge in Urban Design Studio
The purpose of this study is to examine how do architectural students transform their knowledge a... more The purpose of this study is to examine how do architectural students transform their knowledge and data obtained at the design session, to form their decisions in the various design phases. For this purpose, a model that examines the transformation of knowledge by means of analyzing students representations, has been developed. This model was correlated with the data collection model about the design problem. Solutions demonstrated through time line, indicated the relationship between the two models, and were examined out if the designer was reformed data spatially, functionally, symbolically, typologically, technologically, or socially. The implementation of the proposed models has been fulfilled by a case study carried out at the urban design studio at the Department of Architecture at Mosul University which protracted for one semester, and the results were demonstrated graphically to declare the impact of each item of the second model on the various design phases.
AL-Rafdain Engineering Journal (AREJ), 2013
Design concepts play a crucial role in guiding the mental action during the design task, because ... more Design concepts play a crucial role in guiding the mental action during the design task, because they represent the media which support the design goals and strategy, these concepts are vary according to the design circumstance, the type of building and the designer. It is difficult to capture these concepts through the design product in architecture and urban design that due to the difficulty of conceptual perception by the designer and the difficulty of delivering overall conceptual message from architect to others. This problem exacerbate in the students design behavior in architectural study, due to the inadequacy of the experience that they enjoy in the design work, and inappropriate election of the concepts to solve the design problem This research attempts to draw the design action and its change during a design experiment carried out by students in the final stage of architectural study (in urban design studio), to highlight the variation between this action and the change of design concept to indicate preferences elements of this concept by the student in the message delivery to the recipient, and thus his/her success in completing the work. The research tries to measure the thinking performance of the student within eight design sessions, through classifying design concept submitted by him/her and drop it into (Rasmussen) model of thinking performance Finally the research will try to find obstacles in the election of certain types of design concepts in urban design projects on the total thinking production.
AL-Rafdain Engineering Journal (AREJ), 2014
Governments attempt to take advantage of cultural heritage that is rich in old cities, and work o... more Governments attempt to take advantage of cultural heritage that is rich in old cities, and work on its rehabilitation to achieve many goals well known to people who works in the urban renewal field. Like other Arabic Islamic cities, Mosul is characterized with its richness of cultural and spiritual heritage and all its alleys tell the story of building and their memories. The most recent studies on inter urban renewal for many cities in Iraq (including the project of urban renewal of the old city of Mosul, done at end of 2009) adopted by the General Directorate of Urban Planning, which has referred to a number of expert companies, is a clear example of that projects which the country took an interest in it recently. Although the project has prepared surveys of the case and has adopted strategy of identifying a set of thematic routes that formed essential arteries of the urban area of the old city of Mosul, but that strategy remained in many cases, vague and far from the reality of the urban space and its potentiality. This paper attempts to evaluate the strategy of the election of such routes carried out by that project through the findings of that study on one hand. In addition, between the reality of the surveying of a number of those routes on the other hand, to distinguish the compatibility of the real situation with the goals of that project and then the validity of those strategies. The results declare that the election of such routs is far away from actuality, so that it is true to announce that this strategy is invalid with in the corresponding of potentiality of the actual case of Mosul city.
International Journal of Heritage in the Digital Era, 2012
The conservation of intangible heritage in historical regions has recently become a progressively... more The conservation of intangible heritage in historical regions has recently become a progressively important topic in the international level. Till recently, in the protection process of historical cities, the concentration has been on the tangible cultural heritage, built environment and historical buildings in old districts ;while safeguarding the intangible cultural heritage has been generally neglected. This paper aims at highlighting the significant role of the intangible heritage in the urban renewal policies of old historical districts. It undertakes the conservation and urban renewal activities of Mosul Old City (MOC) as a case study, and it explains that there are broad distinctions in various aspects between space structural analysis and intangible elements investigation, which designates that the intangible elements do not correlate to material or synthetic items within the urban fabric in the same high grade that is associated with the inhabitants memory of the historical area. It emphasizes the importance of the preservation of intangible heritage besides the tangible one in the urban renewal policies.
A/Z : ITU journal of Faculty of Architecture, 2021
The urban facades of the traditional dwellings in the old city of Mosul are part of a dense struc... more The urban facades of the traditional dwellings in the old city of Mosul are part of a dense structure of the homogeneous urban fabric. These facades are characterized by a distinctive architectural style that gives a sense of place and local identity. Their design depends on the organization of architectural elements in syntactic characteristics, which are restricted by topological, geometrical, and dimensional relationships that responded to social, technical, and environmental requirements. Those restrictions made a special style in the local architecture that reveals the social and cultural influences of the residents. Shape Grammar is an effective system in analyzing the architecture structures because it combines both morphological and dimensional values In the analyzing. Shape Grammar regulates the architectural elements and their relationships in specific rules to conserve these traditional facades and their values. In the conservation of built heritage, organizing these elements and defining their rules is essential. This paper seeks to derive the standard and parameters of shape grammar to regenerate the damaged traditional facades of Mosul Old City as a case study (especially after the great damage as a result of the last war in 2017), by determining the rules that restrict the relationships and the transformations in the structures of these elements in the virtual reconstruction of urban heritage according to principles of traditional architecture. The research analyzes and classifies the elements of the case study to obtain its shape grammar that enables the regenerating of these facades in the same architectural language and characteristics.
There are numerous citations from the Qur'an and the hadiths that mentioned the wise utilization ... more There are numerous citations from the Qur'an and the hadiths that mentioned the wise utilization of natural resources. They all lead to the conviction that all elements, species, and ecosystems are part of the perfect universe created by GOD. Hence, respecting the law of nature is an obligation of every Muslim, who by definition has " submitted " himself, body and soul, to the Creator. Depending on the main Islamic concept in the Qur'an " And remember when He made you successors after the 'Aad and settled you in the land, [and] you take for yourselves palaces from its plains and carve from the mountains, homes. " (Al-'A`rāf, 7:74). This paper tried to discuss the main principles of Islamic roles that deal with nature as a main resource to architecture and human as a wise consumer for these resources. It aims to increase awareness to the importance of the theme of Islamic earthen architecture by expounding the core of the conceptual basis for the same. It also presents some general principles and ideas around which a comprehensive theory on sustainability in Islamic architecture, in line with the requirements of the Islamic worldview while fully conforming to the dictates of different circumstances, environments and cultures, can be developed today. To deal with such an issue, the paper will try to project the built environment and architecture of the old resident area of Mosul city within the "Islamic building Fiqh" to investigate how Islam deals with such an environment and its resources. İn this paper we intende to highlight the concept of traditional architecture and how it preserve the earth resources by using materials and building components and recycled component too. The three main opportunities for making use of existing materials are: reusing existing buildings, reusing building components, and using recycled materials. Examples of buildings that have been reused or that have incorporated reused or recycled materials are illustrated in
The purpose of this study is to examine how do architectural students transform their knowledge a... more The purpose of this study is to examine how do architectural students transform their knowledge and data obtained at the design session, to form their decisions in the various design phases. For this purpose, a model that examines the transformation of knowledge by means of analyzing students representations, has been developed. This model was correlated with the data collection model about the design problem. Solutions demonstrated through time line, indicated the relationship between the two models, and were examined out if the designer was reformed data spatially, functionally, symbolically, typologically, technologically, or socially. The implementation of the proposed models has been fulfilled by a case study carried out at the urban design studio at the Department of Architecture at Mosul University which protracted for one semester, and the results were demonstrated graphically to declare the impact of each item of the second model on the various design phases.
Waterfront redevelopments are still popular and part of the planning agenda
in most countries. Ho... more Waterfront redevelopments are still popular and part of the planning agenda
in most countries. However, to cities on water of the developing countries,
urban waterfront redevelopment is still mostly restricted with a range of strategy
matters, questions and difficulties.
In this paper, the concept of Preventive and Planned Conservation based
on the ten basic guidelines drawn by the Centre for Cities on Water in Venice
are adopted to assess the proposals for waterfront of Old Mosul as prepared in
Old Mosul Renewal Plan in order to make a comprehensive image of the current
situation.
This paper attempts to situate waterfront of Mosul old city within a theoretical
framework based on global trends. It aims to discuss the relationship
between historic urban fabric and the water environment. It seeks to shed light
on various approaches that were adopted to develop this river front. The relationship
between the structure of Mosul city and its river front is regarded as a
major criterion in evaluating these approaches and to conserve the main features
of the urban scene.
The built heritage of Mosul old city suffers from many types of destructing factors which necessi... more The built heritage of Mosul old city suffers from many types of destructing factors which necessitate urgent involvement. At the international scale, many experiments have been successfully performed in employing adaptive reuse of heritage properties. This paper aims to explore and analyse a number of these practices in order to present a procedure based on deriving adequate standards and requirements useful in selecting the most appropriate alternative for the historic building- the paper assumes the necessity to adopt criteria that potentially affect the efficiency and convenience of the new type of use of a historic building and its values- and to use them in implementing conservation of architectural heritage buildings and built environment of Mosul Old City. The 4REs procedure (Reduce, Reuse, Rehabilitate, Recycle) is proposed here for determining a set of criteria needed for making decision of prolonging the useful age of historic and traditional buildings. Reducing the influence harmful causes; rehabilitating and adaptive reusing of the heritage buildings and historic sites; as well building recycling by giving it a new life or by reusing its sustainable materials and methods of traditional construction are essential interventions for exploiting and saving such irreplaceable resources.
MULTICULTURAL HERITAGE DEVELOPMENT, AS AN ECONOMICAL SOURCE Islamic Art and Architecture in Georgia, Caucuses
In international studies and practice, conservation of built heritage is broadly acknowledged as ... more In international studies and practice, conservation of built heritage is broadly acknowledged as a resource for economic development. Such investments can be achieved by various tourism kinds - both nature and heritage - which are considered as a vital economical source for many countries that have appropriate potentialities for utilizing such type of funds. Countries with multicultural heritage have more opportunities for attracting tourists, both those with multiple interests, or those having correlated or similar heritage, for instance, Turkey, Spain and nations of south east of Asia, which have multiple sequences civilizations. Caucasus region is considered as one of essential places in multicultural heritage, since it is located on the silk road and it represents a node for the four directions of the world. This paper attempts to highlight the substance of the Islamic art and architecture heritage in south Caucasus and Georgia, which requires preservation activities for rising its significance as it is an important layer of the Georgian multicultural heritage. The research found that improving this layer could increase the tourists attraction, especially for the Islamic-Arabic world, and produce this sector of Georgian heritage as a supporter factor to the economic strategy of the country.
A COMPARISON BETWEEN SYNTHETIC SPACE ANALYSIS AND INTANGIBLE HERITAGE INVESTIGATION IN URBAN CONSERVATION
Currently, the rising international awareness to intangible heritage conservation of historic reg... more Currently, the rising international awareness to intangible heritage conservation of historic regions has become a progressively concerned topic in the international level. In the protection process of the current historic cities authorities, until now, the tangible culture heritage, built environment and historic buildings in old districts are the concentrated matter, while the safeguarding intangible cultural heritage has seldom been performed intentionally. This paper aims to accentuate the significant role of the intangible heritage in the urban renewal policies of old historic districts. It is undertakes the conservation and urban renewal activities of Mosul Old City (MOC) as a case study, and it is explains that there are broad distinctions in various aspects between space structural analysis and intangible elements investigation, which designates that the intangible elements do not correlate to material or synthetic items within the urban fabric in the same high grade that is associated to the inhabitants memory of the historic area. It emphasizes on how it is essential to be aware to the preservation of intangible heritage besides the tangible heritage in the urban renewal policies.
Evaluation study of the election strategy of the thematic routes in the urban renewal project for Mosul old town
Governments are always attempting to take advantage of cultural heritage that is rich in
old ci... more Governments are always attempting to take advantage of cultural heritage that is rich in
old cities, and work on its rehabilitation to achieve many goals recognized to people who works in the urban renewal field.
Like other Arabic Islamic cities, Mosul is characterized by its richness of cultural and spiritual heritage and all its alleys tell the story of building and their memories.
The most recent studies on inter urban renewal for many of the cities in Iraq (including the project of urban renewal of the old city of Mosul, done at end of 2009) adopted by the General Directorate of Urban Planning, which has referred to a number of expert companies, is a clear example of that projects which the country took an interest in it recently.
Although this study has prepared surveys of the case and has adopted strategy of identifying a set of thematic routes that formed essential arteries of the urban area of the old city of Mosul, but that strategy remained in many cases, vague and far from the reality of the urban space and its potentiality.
This paper attempts to evaluate that strategy of the election of such routes through
findings of that study on one hand, and between the reality of the surveying of a number of those routes on the other hand, to distinguish the compatibility of the reality of the situation with the goals of study and then the validity of those strategies.
Prevention Is Better Than Cure, A Preventive Conservation Plan As A Procedure For Safeguarding Mosul Cultural Heritage
"After the success of various international experiments of adopting preventive conservation appro... more "After the success of various international experiments of adopting preventive conservation approaches for safeguarding the cultural heritage such as Monumentenwacht Vlaanderen in Belgium, and La consrvazione programmata in Italy, many countries attempt to put such strategies for protecting their heritage. In previous three decades or less, many monuments and heritage buildings in Mosul old city have been deteriorated progressively due to the lack of monitoring and controlling procedures for preserving these irreplaceable outstanding constructions.
Preventive conservation describes research and interventions aimed at reducing deterioration rates and minimizing risks to the constructions. It aims to identify and reduce potential hazards to cultural artifacts with thoughtful control of their surroundings. It attempts to mitigate the occurrence of damage and deterioration through research and the implementation of procedures which enhance the safety of cultural objects and buildings. By exploring analyzing and comparing a number of international experiments, this paper attempts to highlight main initial factors that contribute or lead to damage Mosul heritage buildings, and to put guidelines and recommendations for preparing a preventive conservation plan for the cultural heritage of Mosul Old City.
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The Impact Of Design Concepts On Thinking Performance In Urban Design Studio
Design concepts play a crucial role in guiding the mental action during the design task, because... more Design concepts play a crucial role in guiding the mental action during the design task, because they represent the media which support the design goals and strategy, these concepts are vary according to the design circumstance, the type of building and the designer.
It is difficult to capture these concepts through the design product in architecture
and urban design, that due to the difficulty of conceptual perception by the designer and the difficulty of delivering overall message from architect to others.
Exacerbated the problem of the students in architectural study, the adequacy of the experience that they enjoy in the design work, and inappropriate election of the concepts to solve the design problem
This paper attempts to draw the design action and its change during a design experiment carried out by students in the final stage of architectural study (and in urban design studio) to highlight the variation between this action and the change of design concept to indicate preferences elements of this concept by the student in the delivery of the message to the recipient and thus his success in completing the work.
The research tries to measure the thinking performance of the student within eight design session through classifying design concept submitted by him/her and drop it into (Rasmussen) model of thinking performance.
The research will try to find obstacles in the election of certain types of design concepts in urban design projects on the total thinking production.
THE IMPACT OF GENIUS LOCI ON URBAN RENEWAL POLICIES
Historic old cities represent the values of both physical and non- physical traditional culture. ... more Historic old cities represent the values of both physical and non- physical traditional culture. Yet, the tangible culture, built environment and historic buildings in heritage districts are the focused issue in the protection process of the current old historic cities authorities, whereas the preservation of intangible cultural heritage has rarely been carried out consciously.
Nowadays, after the successive publication of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, and the following charters of the ICOMOS, the rising international concentration to intangible heritage conservation of historic zones has become a progressively aware topic in global level.
This paper demonstrates the impact of Genius Loci (The spirit of place) as an intangible character that influences the progress of the conservation and urban renewal of (MOT) Mosul Old Town as a case study, and besides, how the safeguarding intangible heritage can improve the conservation of the tangible heritage, particularly with conserving the Genius Loci of historic areas.
It is affirmed that there is a significant contradiction between results obtained from site intangible elements investigations and those obtained from space syntax investigations, and this leads to say that any conscious renewal policy of old historic districts must take Genius Loci in high level of consideration.
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in most countries. However, to cities on water of the developing countries,
urban waterfront redevelopment is still mostly restricted with a range of strategy
matters, questions and difficulties.
In this paper, the concept of Preventive and Planned Conservation based
on the ten basic guidelines drawn by the Centre for Cities on Water in Venice
are adopted to assess the proposals for waterfront of Old Mosul as prepared in
Old Mosul Renewal Plan in order to make a comprehensive image of the current
situation.
This paper attempts to situate waterfront of Mosul old city within a theoretical
framework based on global trends. It aims to discuss the relationship
between historic urban fabric and the water environment. It seeks to shed light
on various approaches that were adopted to develop this river front. The relationship
between the structure of Mosul city and its river front is regarded as a
major criterion in evaluating these approaches and to conserve the main features
of the urban scene.
old cities, and work on its rehabilitation to achieve many goals recognized to people who works in the urban renewal field.
Like other Arabic Islamic cities, Mosul is characterized by its richness of cultural and spiritual heritage and all its alleys tell the story of building and their memories.
The most recent studies on inter urban renewal for many of the cities in Iraq (including the project of urban renewal of the old city of Mosul, done at end of 2009) adopted by the General Directorate of Urban Planning, which has referred to a number of expert companies, is a clear example of that projects which the country took an interest in it recently.
Although this study has prepared surveys of the case and has adopted strategy of identifying a set of thematic routes that formed essential arteries of the urban area of the old city of Mosul, but that strategy remained in many cases, vague and far from the reality of the urban space and its potentiality.
This paper attempts to evaluate that strategy of the election of such routes through
findings of that study on one hand, and between the reality of the surveying of a number of those routes on the other hand, to distinguish the compatibility of the reality of the situation with the goals of study and then the validity of those strategies.
Preventive conservation describes research and interventions aimed at reducing deterioration rates and minimizing risks to the constructions. It aims to identify and reduce potential hazards to cultural artifacts with thoughtful control of their surroundings. It attempts to mitigate the occurrence of damage and deterioration through research and the implementation of procedures which enhance the safety of cultural objects and buildings. By exploring analyzing and comparing a number of international experiments, this paper attempts to highlight main initial factors that contribute or lead to damage Mosul heritage buildings, and to put guidelines and recommendations for preparing a preventive conservation plan for the cultural heritage of Mosul Old City.
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It is difficult to capture these concepts through the design product in architecture
and urban design, that due to the difficulty of conceptual perception by the designer and the difficulty of delivering overall message from architect to others.
Exacerbated the problem of the students in architectural study, the adequacy of the experience that they enjoy in the design work, and inappropriate election of the concepts to solve the design problem
This paper attempts to draw the design action and its change during a design experiment carried out by students in the final stage of architectural study (and in urban design studio) to highlight the variation between this action and the change of design concept to indicate preferences elements of this concept by the student in the delivery of the message to the recipient and thus his success in completing the work.
The research tries to measure the thinking performance of the student within eight design session through classifying design concept submitted by him/her and drop it into (Rasmussen) model of thinking performance.
The research will try to find obstacles in the election of certain types of design concepts in urban design projects on the total thinking production.
Nowadays, after the successive publication of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, and the following charters of the ICOMOS, the rising international concentration to intangible heritage conservation of historic zones has become a progressively aware topic in global level.
This paper demonstrates the impact of Genius Loci (The spirit of place) as an intangible character that influences the progress of the conservation and urban renewal of (MOT) Mosul Old Town as a case study, and besides, how the safeguarding intangible heritage can improve the conservation of the tangible heritage, particularly with conserving the Genius Loci of historic areas.
It is affirmed that there is a significant contradiction between results obtained from site intangible elements investigations and those obtained from space syntax investigations, and this leads to say that any conscious renewal policy of old historic districts must take Genius Loci in high level of consideration.