Heritage sites represent the memory of the society, its culture and history, as well as the multiplicity of values, whether cultural, social, social, occupational or otherwise. Preser-vation of the integrity of the visual image of the heritage sites is one of the most chal-lenges that face the urban designer to preserve the identity of the place. There are many influences and innovations that may affect this image including infill buildings that are built or added in these sites.
The research questions how the infill design interact with the heritage context. The ar-chitects and urban designers differ in their visions and attitudes dealing with this issue, where some believe that fruitful interaction achieved through the integration of new buildings with the context, and others believe that the priority of infill design is to re-spond to its own time as architecture must always reflect its period.
Therefore, the study aims at analysing some examples of buildings that were added in heritage sites that show the extent of the variation in the approach to dealing with the heritage context, beginning with the literal transfer of traditional architectural vocabu-lary through abstraction and simplification to the total contradiction with the context. |
