ABSTRACT
This book explores the complex relationship between societies, architecture, and urbanism of market halls, traditional souqs, bazaars, and speciality street markets in the Middle East and North Africa. It addresses how these trading environments influence perceptions of place and play an extended social, political, and religious role while adapting to their local climates.
Through Archival research and social science methodologies, this book records and maps markets in urban fabrics, expanding on practices underlying the push towards historical listings and the development of markets as landmarks in the urban fabric. The role of markets in delivering sustainable place-making strategies and influencing the development of cities’ socio-economic and historical strength is addressed as key to their survival in the urban fabric and as place-making landmarks for preserving tangible and intangible heritage. Going beyond heritage and conservation studies, this book discusses how positioning and restoring markets challenges urban renewal policies, access to public space planning, environmental sustainability, security of food supply, cultural heritage, and tourism.
This is an ideal read for those interested in the history of urban development, architecture and urban planning, and architectural heritage.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|65 pages
Markets as architecture
chapter 1|16 pages
Pivoting Hegemonies, Urban Grids, and Socialities
chapter 2|12 pages
Bazaar Abbas, Port Said, Egypt
chapter 3|9 pages
The Nineteenth-Century La Lyre Market Hall in Algiers
chapter 5|11 pages
Urban and architectural ambiences' complexities in the nineteenth-century colonial markets
part II|71 pages
Markets as Architectural Identity and Place Memory
chapter 8|14 pages
The Functional Urbanism of Souq Al-Silah, Cairo
part III|71 pages
Markets as urban space and architecture for social harmony