Reading the City: Architectural sites as the interlocutors of past, present and future identity in Dubai
(2023) SIMZ41 20231Graduate School
- Abstract
- This thesis explores the ways in which architectural sites establish and maintain Dubai’s claim to global city status. In a globalized world, localities must succeed in translocal networks in order to ensure their survival and prosperity, and global recognition of local uniqueness is thus integral to the establishment of global cities. Architecture plays an essential role in producing locality in the city: inhabitants and visitors in the city experience architectural sites, so too do they consume, and therefore produce, local uniqueness. Through nine architectural case studies, this thesis explores the implications of architecture on placemaking in Dubai implementing four key themes – authenticity, innovation, prosperity, and connection –... (More)
- This thesis explores the ways in which architectural sites establish and maintain Dubai’s claim to global city status. In a globalized world, localities must succeed in translocal networks in order to ensure their survival and prosperity, and global recognition of local uniqueness is thus integral to the establishment of global cities. Architecture plays an essential role in producing locality in the city: inhabitants and visitors in the city experience architectural sites, so too do they consume, and therefore produce, local uniqueness. Through nine architectural case studies, this thesis explores the implications of architecture on placemaking in Dubai implementing four key themes – authenticity, innovation, prosperity, and connection – to explore the ways in which nine key sites in the city produce local identity. (Less)
- Popular Abstract
- This thesis explores the ways in which architectural sites establish and maintain Dubai’s claim to global city status. In a globalized world, localities must succeed in translocal networks in order to ensure their survival and prosperity, and global recognition of local uniqueness is thus integral to the establishment of global cities. Architecture plays an essential role in producing locality in the city: inhabitants and visitors in the city experience architectural sites, so too do they consume, and therefore produce, local uniqueness. Through nine architectural case studies, this thesis explores the implications of architecture on placemaking in Dubai implementing four key themes – authenticity, innovation, prosperity, and connection –... (More)
- This thesis explores the ways in which architectural sites establish and maintain Dubai’s claim to global city status. In a globalized world, localities must succeed in translocal networks in order to ensure their survival and prosperity, and global recognition of local uniqueness is thus integral to the establishment of global cities. Architecture plays an essential role in producing locality in the city: inhabitants and visitors in the city experience architectural sites, so too do they consume, and therefore produce, local uniqueness. Through nine architectural case studies, this thesis explores the implications of architecture on placemaking in Dubai implementing four key themes – authenticity, innovation, prosperity, and connection – to explore the ways in which nine key sites in the city produce local identity. (Less)
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- author
- Dastoor, Freya Yasmin Mainprize LU
- supervisor
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- Pinar Dinc LU
- organization
- alternative title
- Reading the City
- course
- SIMZ41 20231
- year
- 2023
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- locality, placemaking, Dubai, architecture, global city
- language
- English
- id
- 9127192
- date added to LUP
- 2023-06-21 14:12:56
- date last changed
- 2023-06-21 14:12:56
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