the presentation briefly explains, the influence of ongoing politics and cultural changes in society on the architecture and Urban Development of the city.
3. Research Question
?
Did colonialism, cultural and political conditions have an influence on
Heliopolis city planning and architecture, If so what were these influences
and how they affect and shape the city?
4. Architectural Orientalism
Hypothesis
Heliopolis city was built during the British protectorate over Egypt, a time
when there were various political and cultural changes. The city’s
architecture and planning were influenced by Colonial cities, architectural
Orientalism and colonial international exhibitions.
5. Table of contents
Colonial Cities
01
02
Architectural Orientalism
Heliopolis City
03
City Urban Planning
05
City Architectural Style
Introduction
Urban Planning
Architectural style
04
segregation
Garden city/oasis
Newly introduced urban typologies
Influences
End result
General Features
Definition
Phases of Architectural Orientalism
European scholars & International Exhibitions
6. Architecture
Urban planning Architectural style Conclusions
Colonial cities
Architectural
Orientalism
Heliopolis city
Colonial
cities
Unbalanced power distribution
pluralism
Ordering principle
Social classification system
National categories
local
architecture
reproduction of
Imperial power
segregation
7. Urban planning Architectural style Conclusions
Colonial cities
Architectural
Orientalism
Heliopolis city
What is Architectural Orientalism?
?
8. What is Architectural Orientalism?
04
Edward Said introduced a new definition to the term in his book ‘Orientalism’,1978.
05
It implies a different sense of understanding, linked to power.
Totalizing cultures, Polarized views, Ethnology.
Disseminated through European scholars writings and Colonial International exhibitions.
9. Urban planning Architectural style Conclusions
Colonial cities
Architectural
Orientalism
Heliopolis city
Phases of Architectural Orientalism
10. Urban planning Architectural style Conclusions
Colonial cities
Architectural
Orientalism
Heliopolis city
Sultan Hassan mosque illustration in the ‘Description of Egypt’
11. Urban planning Architectural style Conclusions
Colonial cities
Architectural
Orientalism
Heliopolis city
Sultan Hassan mosque illustration by Edward Lane
12. Urban planning Architectural style Conclusions
Colonial cities
Architectural
Orientalism
Heliopolis city
Crystal Palace, London
13. Crystal palace
London
Urban planning Architectural style Conclusions
Colonial cities
Architectural
Orientalism
Heliopolis city
International exhibitions Time line
1851 1854 1855 1867 1878 1886
1889 French Exhibition
French Exhibition
Paris
London colonial
and Indian exhibition
Crystal palace
Sydenham
Exposition universelle
Paris
French Exhibition
Paris
Heliopolis city
1889
1906
French Exhibition
1906
14. Urban planning Architectural style Conclusions
Colonial cities
Architectural
Orientalism
Heliopolis city
Alhambra Pavilion at the crystal palace, London Cambodia Pavilion, French Exposition, Paris
15. Urban planning Architectural style Conclusions
Colonial cities
Architectural
Orientalism
Heliopolis city
Aerial View of Heliopolis city
16. Urban planning Architectural style Conclusions
Colonial cities
Architectural
Orientalism
Heliopolis city
Limits of Heliopolis Company property
17. Urban planning Architectural style Conclusions
Colonial cities
Architectural
Orientalism
Heliopolis city
The two oases proposal Heliopolis city, Cairo
Two Oases concept
18. Urban planning Architectural style Conclusions
Colonial cities
Architectural
Orientalism
Heliopolis city
Difference in building design that shows the different status
Heliopolis city planning Garden city planning
19. Urban planning Architectural style Conclusions
Colonial cities
Architectural
Orientalism
Heliopolis city
Heliopolis city layout in 1930
Heliopolis city general layout,1930
Focal Points/Land marks Main axes
Workers Section Luxurious Section
20. Urban planning Architectural style Conclusions
Colonial cities
Architectural
Orientalism
Heliopolis city
Aerial View of Heliopolis city
21. Urban planning Architectural style Conclusions
Colonial cities
Architectural
Orientalism
Heliopolis city
Workers and natives part of the city
Garden Cities
Bungalows Rental Houses Villas
Luxurious part of the city
22. Urban planning Architectural style Conclusions
Colonial cities
Architectural
Orientalism
Heliopolis city
Workers and service part of the city
Garden Cities
Bungalows
23. Urban planning Architectural style Conclusions
Colonial cities
Architectural
Orientalism
Heliopolis city
Luxurious part of the city
Villas
Rental houses
24. Urban planning Architectural style Conclusions
Colonial cities
Architectural
Orientalism
Heliopolis city
Heliopolis city Hippodrome
Ghernata city
25. Urban planning Architectural style Conclusions
Colonial cities
Architectural
Orientalism
Heliopolis city
Heliopolis Sporting club
(Golf course- Polo- Cricket)
27. Urban planning Architectural style Conclusions
Colonial cities
Architectural
Orientalism
Heliopolis city
Baron Palace, Heliopolis city
28. Urban planning Architectural style Conclusions
Colonial cities
Architectural
Orientalism
Heliopolis city
Baron Palace, Heliopolis city
Angkor Pagoda in 1889 French colonial Exhibition Angkor Pagoda in 1906 French colonial Exhibition
29. Urban planning Architectural style Conclusions
Colonial cities
Architectural
Orientalism
Heliopolis city
Baron Palace, Heliopolis city
30. Heliopolis city, Cairo
Urban planning Architectural style Conclusions
Colonial cities
Architectural
Orientalism
Heliopolis city
31. Urban planning Architectural style Conclusions
Colonial cities
Architectural
Orientalism
Heliopolis city
Architectural details in Heliopolis city and its counterparts
in Mamluk buildings.
similarity in column capitals between Alhambra palace and Heliopolis city
32. Urban planning Architectural style Conclusions
Colonial cities
Architectural
Orientalism
Heliopolis city
Heliopolis Palace hotel, Heliopolis city
33. Colonial
Cities
Urban planning Architectural style Conclusions
Colonial cities
Architectural
Orientalism
Heliopolis city
Heliopolis City
Urban Planning
Architectural Style
Eclecticism
International
Exhibitions
&
Architectural
Orientalism New Urban Typologies
Segregation and social
classification system
No Specific referent
Inspired by popular Pavilions
in International Exhibitions
Hypothesis