Rehabilitation of Historical Cities in the Mediterranean using Modular Patterns – Case Study of Sidon

Abstract

Over the Eastern Mediterranean Coast, a historical centre,well known as the port of the Phoenicians, stands facingthe sea whereships sail across the blue horizon.There lie the oldest historicalmonuments of Sidon thatremain undocumented. This paper’saimis to study thesebuildings thathave been damaged by urbanizationbyusing methodological norms and predict their social practices that were inhabited with the lifestyle of fishermen and by which we came across many repetitive patterns that turned out to be modular. Byenvisaging the modular spatial practices of ruined buildings, their coresofwhich we had no previous information, we can restore those buildings to their original state.