TOWARDS A MECHANISM FOR CONCLUDING THE MOST RELEVANT URBAN PATTERN FOR THE MIDDLE-INCOME RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS IN EGYPT

The urban pattern unit is considered the milestone for the design of The various types of housing projects. It is the main unit of measuring and Achievingthe urban requirements of a certain urban environment. In this Paper, the middle-income class residential projects was intentionally Selected as the research subject since it represents a key segment of Societies in general and of the Egyptian society, specifically; as it is a Living example of culture, traditions, customs and economic stance of the Number and the size of the middle-income class residential projects Whether it is built by government or privet sector.
This research paper aims at concluding clear criteria for designing a Convenient urban pattern unit for the middle-income class residential Projects.These criteria should take into consideration people′s, physical Needs, space, landscape, culture, social relationships and economic Stance. The research methodology consists of three parts. The first part is The theoretical review, which covers various urban pattern components to Conclude a scheme. The second partwhich is the analytical study. Throughout this part, two international case studies were deeply analyzed. Meanwhile, the third part sheds light on a local field study of two local case Studies in Cairo governorate; the first is Ebad el Rahman residential Compound, Qattameya and the second is the Egypt aviation company corporate housing project, El-Nozha. Throughout these study parts, the Research provides a mechanism of concluding the most relevant urban Pattern layouts for the middle-income residential projects