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Corresponding Author

Ragab, Mounera

Subject Area

Architectural Engineering

Article Type

Original Study

Abstract

The Public spaces and open area are considered an important component of any Urban fabric and, as it embraces the various human activities which show the relationship between human and the environment surrounding them so, the Urban Spaces reflect the overall picture of the city. During antiquity, urban spaces were considered as an important element in the planning elements and which the rest of the elements of the city are held on its basis, and after the technological evolution of the different needs of human, the urban spaces have various uses, but , other uses appeared as the political uses which were shown in transforming the openspaces for gatherings and demonstration , and urban spaces has become a symbol of the revolutions that have occurred in it, such as the French revolution which is linked to Pastels Square and other revolutions that have taken place until we got 25th of January 2011 revolution, which means that form, area of the urban spaces and the surrounding building could make it the first destination for the rebels. This research introduce mutual effects between Urban Spaces and Political Conditions surrounding them, by making urban and politically studies and analyzing the change that happen in the space and field study on the other hand, also this research introduce the proposed method to study, which have been applied to one of the spaces affected by politics conditions throughout history since its establishment a (Cairo's Tahrir Square).

Keywords

Public Urban Spaces; open area; Squares; Mutual effect

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