1st Edition

A Reflexive Reading of Urban Space

By Mona A. Abdelwahab Copyright 2018
244 Pages
by Routledge

244 Pages 120 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

244 Pages 120 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Providing a critique of the concepts attached to the representation of urban space, this ground-breaking book formulates a new theory of space, which understands the dynamic interrelations between physical and social spaces while tracing the wider urban context. It offers a new tool to approach the reading of these interrelations through reflexive reading strategies that identify singular reading... Read more

A Threshold, Part I Preliminary Reading of Urban Space, Chapter 1 Approaching a Reading Space, Chapter 2 Arché-deconstruction, Chapter 3 Cairo-Khōra, A Turning Point, Part II Three Reflexive Readings, Chapter 4 The Cultural Park for Children, Chapter 5 Social Space, Chapter 6 Arché-urban Space, To Be Continued..., Bibliography

Biography

Mona A. Abdelwahab is an Assistant Professor in Architecture, Department of Architecture and Environmental Design at the Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, Egypt. She received her PhD in Architecture from Newcastle University, UK, where she is a visiting research fellow. She followed her post-doc studies at the Department of Spatial Planning, University of Groningen, NL, where she co-founded ‘YA-AESOP-Booklet Series: Conversations In-Planning’. She is also cofounder and managing editor of ‘Arcplan’: Arabic cities planning e-journal.