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POST-OCCUPANCY EVALUATION (POE) OF JEDDAH RUSH HOUSING PROJECT

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Architecture Engineering and the Engineering Architectural Interior Design.

Abstract

After its completion, the so-called “Rush Housing" project of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia that consists of high-rise residential buildings remained unoccupied for many years due to skepticism by the housing authority of some social, urban and environmental problems it might engender. Nonetheless, in the middle of the 1990s, the housing authority distributed these towers to eligible Saudi families. Since its occupancy, and as expected, the project has become a source of social and urban decay in the city. This study evaluates the social problems that have been associated with the residency of Jeddah Rush Housing towers. It examines the inhabitants' satisfaction with the design and other aspects of the project. It also surveys the social and other problems that have been affecting the daily life of residents of this complex

DOI

10.21608/jesaun.2008.115617

Keywords

Public housing, Jeddah, Slums, social disintegration, Towers

Authors

First Name

Hisham

Last Name

Mortada

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Affiliation

Dept of Architecture College of Environmental Design King Abdul Aziz University Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

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36

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No 1

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16622

Issue Date

2008-01-01

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2007-11-08

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2008-01-01

Page Start

251

Page End

283

Print ISSN

1687-0530

Online ISSN

2356-8550

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https://jesaun.journals.ekb.eg/article_115617.html

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17

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Research Paper

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1,438

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JES. Journal of Engineering Sciences

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https://jesaun.journals.ekb.eg/

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POST-OCCUPANCY EVALUATION (POE) OF JEDDAH RUSH HOUSING PROJECT

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23 Jan 2023