Fernando Varanda - Built space in Yemen is observed through the forms taken  from the earliest phases  of the process of  building and dwelling in an agricultural  territory  to  the increasingly complex  expressions  of settling and  developing urban structures, before and after  Yemen's  Republican Revolution of 1962.  The Revolution is seen as a turning  point  in building methods and attitudes; and the twenty  years that followed the  consolidation of the Republican regime in 1970 exuberantly illustrate the results of the country's consequent exposure  to  an  industrial culture hitherto unknown.  <br><br>The manifestations of  pre-Revolution times and those taking shape in the subsequent twenty years are approached from parallel points of view. The later period, however, includes not only  a study of built form  but also the  declared intentions  for  planning  growth and conservation within the environment as a whole.  Disruption appears as a consequence  of cultural change and  the mitigation of its effect as a government  responsibility.<br><br>Consolidated forms of domestic architecture are studied and a basic distribution pattern of regional variations is proposed. New approaches  in the process of building  may be creating original idioms and  radicalizing economic and stylistic differences between  the urban and  the rural contexts.  An attempt is made to identify  meaningful trends.
Tradition and Change in the Built Space of Yemen
Type
thesis
Year
1994
Built space in Yemen is observed through the forms taken from the earliest phases of the process of building and dwelling in an agricultural territory to the increasingly complex expressions of settling and developing urban structures, before and after Yemen's Republican Revolution of 1962. The Revolution is seen as a turning point in building methods and attitudes; and the twenty years that followed the consolidation of the Republican regime in 1970 exuberantly illustrate the results of the country's consequent exposure to an industrial culture hitherto unknown.

The manifestations of pre-Revolution times and those taking shape in the subsequent twenty years are approached from parallel points of view. The later period, however, includes not only a study of built form but also the declared intentions for planning growth and conservation within the environment as a whole. Disruption appears as a consequence of cultural change and the mitigation of its effect as a government responsibility.

Consolidated forms of domestic architecture are studied and a basic distribution pattern of regional variations is proposed. New approaches in the process of building may be creating original idioms and radicalizing economic and stylistic differences between the urban and the rural contexts. An attempt is made to identify meaningful trends.
Citation
Varanda, Fernando. Tradition and Change in the Built Space of Yemen. Ph.D diss., University of Durham, 1994.
Child Publications
Authorities
Copyright
Courtesy of Fernando Varanda
Country
Yemen
Language
English
Building Usages
agricultural
agricultural
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