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What are the main challenges faced by architects in the Middle East?

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Date Posted: 2013/05/07
Mohamed Abdelhamed
by Mohamed Abdelhamed , شريك و عضو مجلس إدارة , شركة المطورون العرب للهندسة و المقاولات ADC

they don't have space to imagination

Shady Okasha
by Shady Okasha , Senior Landscape Architect , EPEC Egyptian Professional Engineers Co.

I have big prb actually the copy paste projects in the offices & the owners think these projects its kinda unique & its only for them ;(

louai ghounaim
by louai ghounaim , Head of Branchs managment , Bank of Jordan

Hi Reem, Architects in Middle East face many challenges especially when they move from country to another in the region and how to deal with this culture.

Shereen Sorour
by Shereen Sorour , Senior Architect , Archisys

Hello Reem, thank you for your invitation.
Architects in the middle East do face many challenges, the main and the most serious one is: Reconciling the region's new urban fabric with its historic past.
Many middle eastern cities " especially the Arab gulf area" had constructed and built what's called the iconic architecture, that lead into fragmented urban spaces.
This issue has become a world wide challenge, because definitely a visitor won't realize many architectural differences between Hon Kong's and Dubai's, for example.
Since old ages, architecture was a true image for it's community, it used to reflect the cultural and intellectual status of it's nation.
But not anymore! Architecture isn't only some roofs above floors with some walls and openings, it's a live story for the coming generations.
We have so many living stories among the Middle East, as the Pyramids in Egypt, not only stones and shapes, but immortal history, with many philosophical and structural and spiritual miracles.
Unfortunately, we've lost that, we have a good gap now between our past and the present.
And we as architects and designers should fill this gap and reconstruct our faith in ourselves, of course we're talking about our architecture.

Mohamed Chaallan
by Mohamed Chaallan , Design Manager , First Square consultant engineers and architects

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