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Ayoub, H.; El-Husseiny, M.; Mashaly, I.; Abdelmohsen, S.M. Conserving Cairo’s Historical Courtyards through Mixed Reality: A Geospatial Framework for Immersive Environments and Social Sustainability. Preprints2023, 2023070038. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202307.0038.v1
Ayoub, H.; El-Husseiny, M.; Mashaly, I.; Abdelmohsen, S.M. Conserving Cairo’s Historical Courtyards through Mixed Reality: A Geospatial Framework for Immersive Environments and Social Sustainability. Preprints 2023, 2023070038. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202307.0038.v1
Ayoub, H.; El-Husseiny, M.; Mashaly, I.; Abdelmohsen, S.M. Conserving Cairo’s Historical Courtyards through Mixed Reality: A Geospatial Framework for Immersive Environments and Social Sustainability. Preprints2023, 2023070038. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202307.0038.v1
APA Style
Ayoub, H., El-Husseiny, M., Mashaly, I., & Abdelmohsen, S.M. (2023). Conserving Cairo’s Historical Courtyards through Mixed Reality: A Geospatial Framework for Immersive Environments and Social Sustainability. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202307.0038.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Ayoub, H., Islam Mashaly and Sherif Morad Abdelmohsen. 2023 "Conserving Cairo’s Historical Courtyards through Mixed Reality: A Geospatial Framework for Immersive Environments and Social Sustainability" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202307.0038.v1
Abstract
This paper investigates the physical/virtual dynamics when constructing an immersive environ-ment for medieval courtyard houses in Historic Cairo. Using a VR Lab at a university campus, the paper analyzes a courtyard that symbolizes social resilience and community bonding at the newly rehabilitated Bayt Yakan. The courtyard is reconstructed as a Mixed Object through 3D documentation and scanning the space to develop a photogrammetry and VR experience. The results show that the sense of presence is perceived through a combination of factors and juxta-positions of the real and the virtual including: 1) architectural aesthetics, 2) intangible elements and 3) socio-cultural activities in space. Based on the pilot case study, the paper concludes with proposing a “Geospatial Framework for Immersive Environments and Social Sustainability” that is transdisciplinary, pluralistic and expansive in nature to encompass the multiple narratives of the contested past, and overlay the material and immaterial sustainable features embedded in historical contexts, where the Mixed Reality paradigm becomes an enabler for multiple voices, tools and mediums.
Social Sciences, Geography, Planning and Development
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