The effect of using Alucoponed in achieving visual unity and attractionIn commercial building(An analytical study of commercial streets elevations)

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Authors: suzan abd hassan, samah abd alziz
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Abstract

The appearance of composite materials and there wide speared use for cladding commercial buildings in the commercial streets context has an effect on visual unity & attractive for these streets, form this research problem is that there is no clear and fine percept of the effect using composite materials (Alucoponed) in cladding commercial buildings in the commercial streets context on achieve visual unity. And the research hypothesis is (The use of composite materials Alucoponed reduce visual unity& attractive in commercial streets general context and in the same time give a visual attractive for single building). the research aims to find the effect of using composite materials on visual unity concept on the general level (commercial street) and specific buildings in the general context. And how it effects the visual attraction. The result for this research is that using composite materials Alucoponed in the commercial streets, With the Varity of local and non local materials. Those produce unfamiliar architectural language for persons that effect inactively in achieving visual unity but in the same time effect positively in visual attractive for single building. Which than contribute positively in economical income for the owners of these buildings. And that what explain the wide speared in using composite materials in urban context for commercial streets. The research submits some hypotheses solutions that may support visual unity for urban scene depending on the analytical discretional approach in analyzing some selecting examples in the city of Baghdad.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Urban Design and Spatial Analysis Urban Green Space and Health Color perception and design

Publication details

Journal / source
Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning
Publisher
University of Technology, Iraq - DIGITAL COMMONS
Volume
9
Issue
19
Pages
411–429
Publication date
27 April 2026
Language
EN