Orienting conservation education strategies toward sustainable future visions in Egyptian universities

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ABSTRACT The architectural department curricula for the preservation of historical areas and urban heritage facilities focus on understanding the criteria used for the identification, registration, and documentation of these areas and facilities in the UNESCO . In addition, these curricula also cover environmental issues that influence heritage, with a focus on aesthetic problems, misuse, and extreme neglect. The most fundamental principles of maintenance, protection, and restoration were also approved by these curricula.. However, there is a growing need for enhanced architectural education strategies to help professors and students develop a better future vision. Perhaps the foregoing is critical to preserving the city’s memory and the state of historical areas and their values, as they contribute to the restoration and consolidation of spatial identity. The research employs the inductive analysis method by studying different architecture curricula in Egyptian universities discussing the preservation process of heritage areas. A number of teaching strategies and questionnaires are developed and analyzed to deduce the strategies consistent with the concepts of deepening experiences, raising skill levels, and connecting the theoretical study, from the architectural design perspective, with practical application to transfer valuable experiences as the research’s main objective. The study concludes with recommendations to link fixed value conservation issues to effective dynamic experiences while relating the concepts of creativity and innovation to these curricula.