Urban structure of islamic city and its modern transformation: a case study of aleppo, syria

Aleppo is the most typical Islamic city. Recently its urbanization has been advanced with the demolition of Isramic townscape and historic monuments under the modern European-style urban planning. Especially, new road construction has demolished many traditional houses in old town. This paper describes these phenomena based on the case study in Bab al Hadid area of Aleppo and proposes the necessity of city planning for conservation of traditional town. The most important point is that the cul-de-sac accessways resembling the traditional blind alleys must be constructed and facilities for car parking must be annexed to them. Because it results in conseration of not only islamic townscape but also islamic urban life