AHMED ABDELMALEK ABDELRAHIM ABOUAIANA

Dottore di ricerca

ciclo: XXXIV


tutor: Prof. Alessandra Battisti

Titolo della tesi: Agile Methodology as a Transdisciplinary Retrofitting Approach for Built Environment in Traditional Settlements in Mediterranean Region

Traditional settlements are societies and villages that emerged vernacularly; they have a distinct architectural typology and urban tissue, transferring knowledge between generations is a significant character. Their inhabitants have significant levels of agreement about their social qualities, homogeneity, solving any problem in their ways. They use the available resources, local materials, and the available technologies to form their shelters concerning the climate, security, political and religious precepts, and aesthetic values. Their buildings achieve cultural, anthropological, social, and economic needs. Several studies found common ground between Egypt and Italy regarding the impact of Arab and Roman cultures and the influence of the Mediterranean climate. This research has chosen a common traditional settlement pattern to foster a new approach. Based on several factors, namely, adjacent to the Mediterranean sea, Mediterranean climate, population density, buildings number, predominately rural, land use is dominated by agriculture, and they have the same small-dimension economy of agricultural activities, and finally, it makes sense the Author is Egyptian, and he studies in Itlay. Moreover, the comparative analysis between contexts enriches the findings, and otherwise, they could represent the Mediterranean Region. Many studies highlighted the transformation of these traditional settlements in Egypt and Italy because of several causes, such as the socio-economic transformations, that led to emerging newly built environment patterns facing environmental challenges and led to more energy consumption which contributes significantly to climate change. That requires transdisciplinary retrofitting interventions in these traditional contexts, considering evolving all stakeholders those who have the interest and influence in, not only technical experts like (architects, urban planners, economists, environmentalists, sociologists) and the local community but also decision-makers who have the power to implement, as what has been emphasized in the literature. Thus, this study aims to provide a transdisciplinary framework to organize the collaborative work among the stakeholders, which led them to implement efficient strategies to retrofit the built environment. The transdisciplinary framework will employ Agile Methodology (Agile Manifesto, 2001), which originated in 2001 under the software engineering domain. It efficiently organizes and manages the relations between teamwork; concerns produce products in the highest value and achieve client satisfaction and continuous acclimatization due to inputs fluctuations and variations. Likewise, this study argues that; it will provide the optimum framework to maximize relations efficiency between the stakeholders and provide criteria to select the teams under different circumstances and various projects. The framework has been implemented on two similar traditional settlement case studies, Lasaifar Albalad in the Delta Region in Egypt and Pontinia in the Lazio region in Italy. The provided framework has improved the participatory approach, enhanced communication, mitigated team conflict problems, and aligned versatile top-down and bottom-up stakeholders on the same high- power and high-interest zones. Moreover, the framework provided an actual retrofitting case study.

Produzione scientifica

  • 11573/1351023 - 2017 - The Impact of Higher Education Projects on Reforming Urban Identity of The Urban Communities: Case Study of 6th October City In Greater Cairo (01a Articolo in rivista)
    ABOUAIANA, AHMED ABDELMALEK ABDELRAHIM
  • 11573/1351463 - 2019 - Architecture and Sustainable Rural Development in Delta Region in Egypt: A Review (13b Working paper)
    ABOUAIANA, AHMED ABDELMALEK ABDELRAHIM
  • 11573/1351458 - 2018 - Integrating Energy Performance Assessment Tools in Architectural Design Studio Education (02a Capitolo o Articolo)
    ABOUAIANA, AHMED ABDELMALEK ABDELRAHIM
  • 11573/1351047 - 2016 - TOWARDS ENERGY EFFICIENT DWELLING UNITS: CASE STUDY OF A TYPICAL MODERN RURAL UNIT IN DELTA REGION IN EGYPT (03h Pubblicazione di fonti inedite)
    ABOUAIANA, AHMED ABDELMALEK ABDELRAHIM
  • 11573/1351438 - 2018 - The Role of Egyptian Residential Building Code in Enhancing Sustainable Development in Egypt : Evaluation of Nine Years of Practice (02a Capitolo o Articolo)
    ABOUAIANA, AHMED ABDELMALEK ABDELRAHIM
  • 11573/1351075 - 2016 - PARAMETRIC ISLAMIC GEOMETRIC PATTERN FOR EFFICIENT DAYLIGHT AND ENERGY PERFORMANCE Façade retrofit of educational space in hot arid climate (02a Capitolo o Articolo)
    ABOUAIANA, AHMED ABDELMALEK ABDELRAHIM
  • 11573/1544185 - 2020 - Emerging Technologies towards Energy- Efficient Built Environment Future in Egypt (14s Intervento a convegno non pubblicato)
    ABOUAIANA, AHMED ABDELMALEK ABDELRAHIM
  • 11573/1544160 - 2021 - Retrofitting Rural Dwellings in Delta Region to Enhance Climate Change Mitigation in Egypt (01a Articolo in rivista)
    ABOUAIANA, AHMED ABDELMALEK ABDELRAHIM
  • 11573/1544200 - 2020 - Urban Regeneration Practices in Developing Countries : A Case of Al-Quseir City, Egypt (09c Produzione e direzione di spettacoli)
    ABOUAIANA, AHMED ABDELMALEK ABDELRAHIM
  • 11573/1544189 - 2021 - Constructed Wetlands as Green Infrastructure to Improve Quality of Life (14s Intervento a convegno non pubblicato)
    ABOUAIANA, AHMED ABDELMALEK ABDELRAHIM
  • 11573/1544182 - 2021 - Abouaiana_ECT_2021_Simulation_Model (15a Dataset)
    ABOUAIANA, AHMED ABDELMALEK ABDELRAHIM
  • 11573/1631089 - 2022 - Multifunction Land Use to Promote Energy Communities in Mediterranean Region. Cases of Egypt and Italy (01a Articolo in rivista)
    ABOUAIANA, AHMED ABDELMALEK ABDELRAHIM; BATTISTI, ALESSANDRA
  • 11573/1629271 - 2022 - Agile methodology as a transdisciplinary retrofitting approach for built environment in traditional settlements in mediterranean region (07a Tesi di Dottorato)
    ABOUAIANA, AHMED ABDELMALEK ABDELRAHIM
  • 11573/1620115 - 2022 - Retrofitting Dwellings in Traditional Coastal Settlements in Egypt and Portugal Using Nature-Based Solutions and Conventional Thermal Insulation Materials: Technical and Economic Assessment (01a Articolo in rivista)
    ABOUAIANA, AHMED ABDELMALEK ABDELRAHIM
  • 11573/1661996 - 2022 - Rural Energy Communities as Pillar towards Low Carbon Future in Egypt. Beyond COP27 (01a Articolo in rivista)
    ABOUAIANA, AHMED ABDELMALEK ABDELRAHIM
  • 11573/1669510 - 2012 - Simulation using Envi-met A comparison between Cairo University, Faculty of Engineering PLAZA and 6th October University PLAZA (10a Progetto di architettura, di restauro, urbano o di paesaggio)
    ABOUAIANA, AHMED ABDELMALEK ABDELRAHIM
  • 11573/1669505 - 2016 - Principles for Existing Rural House Sustainability in Delta Region (With Special Reference to Energy Efficiency) (13c Pubblicazione su portale)
    ABOUAIANA, AHMED ABDELMALEK ABDELRAHIM

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