00:00:00 -Introduction. ‘Mediterraneanism’, ‘Pan Arabism’, ‘Middle Easternism’.
00:04:45 – Pre 1914 to 1930s (Desert and Tribal Tradition). 1930s to 1990s (Oil settlements. Western / International trends). 1990s to the present. (Global flows / Service hubs / Knowledge economies)
00:07:00 – 1914 to 1932 (detail)
00:14:58 – 1938 to 1954 (detail)
00:16:50 – 1955 to 1961 (detail)
00:17:22 – 1970 to 1976 through to the 1980s (detail)
00:25:25 – Transformation of housing from post-nomadic to the present day.
00:26:57 – Tradition versus modernity
00:28:25 – Castells and Appadurai
00:30:34 – Thomas L Friedman and Richard Florida
00:36:34 – Post oil urbanism
00:38:04 – The hub strategy / globalised cities
00:43:38 – The discourse on identity
00:44:46 – Being and becoming
00:44:54 – The spirit of time and spirit of the place, followed by concluding comments
An Urban Design Group presentation, in collaboration with University of Strathclyde and University of Dundee
Ashraf M. Salama is professor of architecture and is currently director of research and lead of research and of the research cluster of architecture and urbanism in the global south (CRAUCGS), head of the department of department of architecture (2014-2020), University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK.
He is a licensed architect in Egypt and the Middle East and was the Director of Research and Consulting at Adams Group Architects, Charlotte, North Carolina. He has led three schools of architecture over the past 25 years in Egypt, Qatar, and the United Kingdom.
Having authored and co-edited 14 books and published over 170 articles and chapters in the international refereed press, Professor Salama is the Chief Editor of ArchNet-IJAR and co-Chief Editor of Open House International. He is the recipient of the 2017 UIA Jean Tschumi Prize for Excellence in Architectural Education and Criticism. © UDG
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