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Selim, G, Abdelmonem, MG 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8271-0924, Mushatat, S and Almogren, A,
2017.
Contested heritage: an analysis of the physical transformation of Derry/Londonderry’s siege monument.
International Journal of Architectural Research: ArchNet-IJAR, 11 (3), pp. 146-162.
ISSN 1938-7806
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Abstract
Transformations of Derry/Londonderry’s medieval city walls during the twentieth century have shaped an urbanism of segregated settlements within a city of religious confrontation. The heritage of military blockades, peace lines and watchtowers imposed upon the city’s Walls has influenced the disintegration of public space and created areas of no man’s land around the peripheries of the monument. The aim of this paper is to examine physical transformation and trace the consequences of urban planning regarding the historic city Walls. This change includes the shifting of residential settlements in the Bogside/Fountain areas and the movement of Protestant settlements towards the Waterside of Derry/Londonderry. The history and heritage of the Walls are analysed by focusing on four periods: 1600, when the first medieval walls were constructed; the housing crisis of 1948; the 1968 urban area plan and the beginning of the ‘Troubles’; and the present day. This analysis offers an understanding of the spatial relationships between enclaves and the monument over key moments of conflict and political change. The paper reveals that the manifestations of the Walls have aided in the further division of religiously segregated communities in Derry/Londonderry.
| Item Type: | Journal article |
|---|---|
| Publication Title: | International Journal of Architectural Research: ArchNet-IJAR |
| Creators: | Selim, G., Abdelmonem, M.G., Mushatat, S. and Almogren, A. |
| Publisher: | ArchNet |
| Date: | 20 November 2017 |
| Volume: | 11 |
| Number: | 3 |
| ISSN: | 1938-7806 |
| Identifiers: | Number Type 10.26687/archnet-ijar.v11i3.1407 DOI |
| Rights: | Copyright © 2017. Copyrights are granted to author(s), Archnet-IJAR, and Archnet @ MIT under the terms of the "CC-BY-NC-ND" License. |
| Divisions: | Schools > School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment |
| Record created by: | Jonathan Gallacher |
| Date Added: | 09 Jan 2018 10:43 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Jan 2018 10:45 |
| URI: | https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/32354 |
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