The effect of the additional architectural intervention on the heritage urban scene: Sulaimani city as a case study
Volume 12 , Issue 1 , December 2025 , Pages 127-146
Authors
Raz Faraj 1 ; Aako M.Shari 2 ; Yousor Fakhry 3
1 University of Sulaimani , College of Engineering , Architecture Department ,KR , Iraq
2 university of Sulaimani
3 university of Sulaimani
10.17656/sjes.102003
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Abstract
Since visual regularity is concerned with the clarity or ease of perceiving parts and organizing them in a coherent pattern, the most essential quality that can be accomplished through harmony is the unity of additive elements in building facades, and relate to their context by creating visual continuity between adjacent buildings. As the scope of interventions within the built environment may vary in many levels (from preservation to reconstruction), at many scales (from individual building elements to entire context), and are characterized by one or more activities; ranging from maintenance to addition. It causes a disorder in the characteristics of the whole of and the parts of the heritage buildings and city’s townscape; style, patterns, details, shape, building materials, texture, height (sky line), human scale, and colors. That affecting the relationships which connect its elements and buildings with each other within the urban scene such as balance, continuity, harmony, enclosure or integration. As a result, the research problem is about identifying the contradictions between traditional context and contemporary additional interventions in Sulaimani city's center. Causing the lack of coherence when adding new additions. Thus, the research goal is to clarify the appropriate design mechanisms for solving visual deformation problems to put forward cohesion indicators in the design of additions that have a significant influence on improving the mental and visual image of the urban environment. Thus, the general aim of this study is to develop an evaluation method that can be used to determine the integration in the architectural intervention