Nassef, M.; Mohammed, N.; Ibrahim, M. Investigating the Socio-Economic Sustainability within the Egyptian Museums over the Last Decade. Sustainability2023, 15, 16746.
Nassef, M.; Mohammed, N.; Ibrahim, M. Investigating the Socio-Economic Sustainability within the Egyptian Museums over the Last Decade. Sustainability 2023, 15, 16746.
Nassef, M.; Mohammed, N.; Ibrahim, M. Investigating the Socio-Economic Sustainability within the Egyptian Museums over the Last Decade. Sustainability2023, 15, 16746.
Nassef, M.; Mohammed, N.; Ibrahim, M. Investigating the Socio-Economic Sustainability within the Egyptian Museums over the Last Decade. Sustainability 2023, 15, 16746.
Abstract
Over the last few decades, contemporary museums have undergone a radical change into public places that promote socio-economic sustainability by impeding recreation, commercial, and cultural activities. This shift altered public perception of museums globally and had a profound impact on today's museums, resulting in new prototypes that differed significantly from prior ones. The study tries to answer the following questions: How far have Egyptian museums been evolving over the last decade? To what degree the radical transformation in the museum design can assist in fulfilling Egypt’s SDGs? To answer these questions the study attempts to explore how far Egyptian museums have adapted to this fundamental change by tracing the evolution of Egyptian museum design compared with the findings of the author's previous thesis in 2012 and Egypt’s SDGs The study used qualitative methods which began with a thorough literature review followed by a comparative analysis of the selected case studies. . The findings revealed that the contemporary design of the recent Egyptian museums by including the social and economic activities, significantly support the national and global agenda in term of SDG. The article provides architects, designers, and policy makers with clear design criteria to enhance the social and economic role of museums towards fulfilling SDGs.
Keywords
Contemporary Museums; Egyptian Museums; Museum Architecture; Museum Design Criteria; Socio-economic Sustainability; SDGs
Subject
Engineering, Architecture, Building and Construction
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