Hybridization in contemporary urban projects: A descriptive analysis study of the types, mechanisms and characteristics of urban hybridization

Abstract

The hybrid urban system emerged within the cities to define the contemporary urban space, and todefine a new type of social interaction within, as the results and outcomes of the rapid development of humanthought in city systems and infrastructure have changed the daily life of the urban environment, as well as changedthe environmental conditions (which did not exist within traditional urban spaces), which require certain solutions.the research aimed to explain the concept of urban hybridization and define its most important vocabulary, throughthe discussion and analyzing of previous literatures, which turned out to clear " there is a lack of some knowledgeaspects related to the concept of "urban hybridization" and its applications related to its mechanisms, types andcharacteristics " and the hypothesis of the research "urban hybridization at the level of physical, intellectual andtemporal dimension can be achieved throw specific patterns according to mechanisms of hybridization to outputcharacterized by urban hybridization", the hypothesis of research was proved in two selected contemporary urbanprojects, that adopted a clear design for hybrid urban space. The results of the study revealed that the variation ofurban hybridization types according to the mechanisms, forming therefore a relation characterized by characteristicsof urban hybridization.