High-Rise Dominants in the Urban Landscape of Baghdad: Architecture and Composition

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.200923.048How to use a DOI?

Keywords

high-rise dominants, urban landscape, architecture, identity, image of the city

Abstract

The placement of high-rise dominants in the structure of large cities has become a hallmark of modern urban transformations in the face of active urbanization. High-rise dominants can greatly benefit a city where they can enhance its value and express its development and the strength of its economy, as well as provide functions that distinguish it locally and globally, if they are well planned and designed, they can create an image of a dynamic, a prosperous, sustainable city, attractive for life and work. The article is devoted to the study of architectural and compositional features of the formation of high-rise dominants in the urban landscape of Baghdad – the capital of Iraq and one of the largest cities in the Middle East. The architecture of high-rise buildings has special, specific features that are reflected in the composition and appearance of buildings and complexes. The author has identified the following features: architectural verticals dominate over the low floodplain landscape and low-rise background buildings; have a dominant “The traditional Arabic city accent”; are city-wide landmarks, together with a network of transport highways and areas, they create the planning structure of the city. The article proposes a classification of high-rise buildings - compositional dominants, justified by the analysis of existing high-rise buildings in various areas of the city with their central, coastal, middle and marginal locations.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Sumayah Layij Jasim
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/09/23
TI  - High-Rise Dominants in the Urban Landscape of Baghdad: Architecture and Composition
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Architecture: Heritage, Traditions and Innovations (AHTI 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 276
EP  - 285
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200923.048
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200923.048
ID  - Jasim2020
ER  -