Renewable success : development of good architecture in the case of Arriyadh Development Authority, Saudi Arabia
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Author(s)
Alkhabbaz, Mohammed H
Advisor(s)
Mark Jarzombek.
Alternative Title
Development of good architecture in the case of Arriyadh Development Authority, Saudi Arabia
Date Issued
2010
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract
ArRiyadh Development Authority (ADA) is an unusual city development authority within the Saudi Arabian government hierarchy. Part of its responsibilities is coordinating and overseeing the design and building of buildings for Ministries and other projects needed by the government. ADA has a positive reputation for achieving quality award winning architecture. Though there have been studies on the development of Riyadh, there has been no study of how quality of architecture is perceived and defined by ADA and why ADA was able to sustain a record of successful project. Investigating ADA's methods in approaching architectural projects would provide assistance to architectural firms, agencies, and scholars interested in the perception of quality architecture in Riyadh. To pursue these questions, I have interviewed 20 people who had experiences with ADA and related their input to current literature on design excellence. This study attributes the success of ADA in creating 'good' architectural projects to five elements: symbolic capital, efficiency and competence, architectural vision, adopting multi-perspectives and flexibility. The study concludes with a discussion of the future challenges facing ADA.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2010.
Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 83-88).
Subjects
Architecture.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture
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