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Italian Style Buildings During Italian Occupation Time in Libya With Emphasis on Gubba Industrial Workers Housing
(2016) Nafae, Hamad
This study seeks to analyze the Italian buildings in Libya in terms of architectural design and the materials used and re-use of these houses that are from the Italian occupation to the present time (1934-2016). In this study the Italian houses in Gubba city- Libya were taken as a case study and the architectural changes that have occurred to these houses was studied during the last decades up to the present. The study also uses the comparative analysis method through identifying the impact of the environment as well as the Libyan identity on Libyan Italian architecture. It also investigates the nature and extent of the changes that occurred as a result of applying Italian architecture in Libyan territory. The architectural pattern that responds to the identity or achieves it is the one which is linked to the conditions of the place and the resources available and becomes a creative artistic work in line of natural, social and cultural human needs. The study will address the most important buildings in the Italian city of Gubba as a pragmatic application for Italian houses in the Libyan cities