THE IMPACT OF THE MALLEABLE RENEWAL STRATEGY IN ACHIEVING URBAN INTERCONNECTION OF NEW CITY CENTERS THE BISMAYAH RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX CASE STUDY

Abstract

As a result of stereotypical or morphological changes in cities, new cities have appeared with rules that are disconnected from the existing city center physically and intellectually, and those rules prevented the interconnection of the master plan areas with each other. The urban interconnection of new cities is of great importance in meeting the needs of current and future individuals. This work aims to achieve urban interconnection between the new city center and the current city within a cohesive and integrated framework design based on the most important design strategies of urban democracy. The research begins with the definition of the malleable A renewal framework and its impact as a research topic. Then, a review and discussion of a set of studies crystallized the research problem of "the lack of comprehensive knowledge of the impact of the malleable renewal strategy in city planning in general and in achieving urban interconnection between the centers of new cities and the existing city in particular", on the basis of which the research objective was determined in identifying the most important terms of the malleable renewal strategy within the design strategies of urban democracy in the city planning and linking them with new cities, to build a comprehensive theoretical framework. The research adopted the descriptive analytical approach in building the theoretical framework, then applied it within the practical study. The results of the survey presented that the local project achieved good results. With regard to the obvious impact of this strategy in the development of the master plan of the city of Baghdad by integration and spatial interconnection with new cities as a set of contextualized targeted measures, positive change, and patterns of intervention in urban morphology as a model that harmonizes with local reality and achieves originality, diversity and creativity of architectural and design products. Intervention at various levels within the master plan of the city of Baghdad contributed to the upgrading of random or degraded urban areas, achieving organically interconnected cities through organic mechanisms (organizing, tension, and reconstruction), structurally interconnected cities through structure mechanisms (improvement, creation, and redevelopment), and networked interconnected cities through network mechanisms (innovation, rhythm, and extension)