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Global Journal of Science Frontier Research: A
Physics and Space Science
Volume 20 Issue 9 Version 1.0 Year 2020
Type : Double Blind Peer Reviewed International Research Journal
Publisher: Global Journals
Online ISSN: 2249-4626 & Print ISSN: 0975-5896
The Concept of Access and the Mechanisms of the Threshold
Space in Arab Traditional Built Environment: The Case of
Najd, Saudi Arabia
By Mohammed Mashary Alnaim
University of Hail
Abstract- Contemporary built environments experience a vast number of factors due to
globalization, which effected and influenced how the built form is generated and used. The
relationship between the urban and the building levels is a crucial aspect that needs a thorough
investigation to understand how these two levels can integrate and complement the built
environment's overall identity. This paper examines the concept of access and its location within
the urban fabric and how an access influenced the formation of physical and nonphysical
threshold spaces to overcome the number of socio-cultural issues. Space Syntax convex map
and justified access graphs were used to understand the connectivity, density, and integration of
the access and the threshold space in relation to the overall built form.
Keywords: access, threshold, urban fabric, traditional architecture, najd, saudi arabia.
GJSFR-A Classification: FOR Code: 249999
TheConceptofAccessandtheMechanismsoftheThresholdSpaceinArabTraditionalBuiltEnvironmentTheCaseofNajdSaudiArabia
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