‭MEMOIRE DE FIN D’ETUDE - MAJDA ABIDA RÉ-HABITER‬

‭ABSTRACT‬

‭From‬‭the‬‭earliest‬‭days‬‭of‬‭human‬‭existence,‬‭there‬‭has‬‭been‬‭a‬‭profound‬‭drive‬‭to‬‭find‬‭a‬‭place‬
‭to‬‭call‬‭home,‬‭often‬‭seeking‬‭refuge‬‭in‬‭the‬‭embrace‬‭of‬‭nature,‬‭be‬‭it‬‭hospitable‬‭or‬‭forbidding.‬
‭This‬ ‭intricate‬ ‭dance‬ ‭with‬ ‭the‬ ‭natural‬ ‭environment‬ ‭has‬ ‭undeniably‬ ‭shaped‬ ‭the‬ ‭course‬ ‭of‬
‭human‬ ‭architecture,‬ ‭evolving‬ ‭dramatically‬ ‭through‬ ‭revolutionary‬ ‭epochs‬ ‭that‬‭propelled‬‭it‬
‭far beyond mere construction.‬

‭This‬ ‭narrative‬ ‭begets‬ ‭an‬ ‭imperative‬ ‭to‬ ‭re-inhabit‬ ‭the‬ ‭existing,‬ ‭a‬ ‭process‬‭of‬‭reconciliation‬
‭with‬‭sites‬‭that‬‭occasionally‬‭spurn‬‭our‬‭advances.‬‭Herein‬‭lies‬‭the‬‭pivotal‬‭role‬‭of‬‭the‬‭architect,‬
‭tasked‬‭with‬‭intervening‬‭in‬‭the‬‭existing‬‭fabric‬‭to‬‭meet‬‭the‬‭imperatives‬‭of‬‭both‬‭the‬‭populace‬
‭and‬ ‭architecture‬ ‭as‬ ‭a‬ ‭conduit‬ ‭for‬ ‭human‬ ‭expression.‬ ‭It‬ ‭is‬ ‭worth‬ ‭noting‬ ‭the‬ ‭crucial‬
‭distinction‬ ‭between‬ ‭the‬ ‭initial‬ ‭design‬ ‭and‬ ‭the‬ ‭interpretation‬ ‭thereof.‬ ‭Thus,‬ ‭to‬ ‭harness‬ ‭the‬
‭potential‬ ‭of‬ ‭the‬ ‭existing‬ ‭in‬ ‭addressing‬ ‭contemporary‬ ‭challenges,‬ ‭it‬ ‭is‬‭imperative‬‭to‬‭grasp‬
‭the various scales through which humanity reconfigures its environment.‬

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