M2. COLOURING BAHRAIN - colouring-cities/manual GitHub Wiki

Lead academic institution (incl.department) or academic consortium

Urban and Housing Lab. Dept. of Architecture at University of Bahrain

Lead institution link

https://uhl.center/

Lead Institution's public research institution verification link

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Associate academic institutions

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City/Cities selected for initial testing

Whole of Bahrain

Platform link/s

Live platform link: http://colouringbahrain.org/ Not yet available

Social media links

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Articles, publications and events links

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CCRP membership start date

2019

Actual and estimated launch dates

Demonstration model testing: Late 2022
Regional testing: Late 2022
National testing: tbc.

Academic Team (please record all relevant contributions over time with to/from dates where applicable)

Principal Investigator: Wafa Al-Ghatam. Professor of Urban morphology. Head of Urban and Housing Lab. University of Bahrain
Co-Investigators:
Other team members (please specify role):

Dr Puspita Roy Choudhury. GIS Specialist - part-time. BACA
Dr Lucia Gomez Robles. Senior research Assistance- part-time at University of Bahrain. ’D. Phil., University of Granada), degrees in Architecture (University of Granada) and Art Historian (Autonomous University of Madrid). She has worked as an independent consultant in survey, documentation, conservation and restoration projects in different national and international contexts.
Mohamed Ahmed, Back-end developer - part-time. Freelance.
Husain Aldurazi, Front-end developer - part-time. Freelance
Ali Naser, Development operation - part-time. Freelance.

Colouring Bahrain alumnae (Please add institution and date):

Multidisciplinary expertise

Housing Architecture heritage Urban morphology research Software engineering GIS Architecture Urban design Planning

Key collaborators

Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities
Bahrain Ministry of Housing

Additional partners, advisors and consultees

Funding

Grant 1:

Date: June 2021- December 2023
Amount: 3,500 BD
Funder: Tamkeen, Bahrain, a government agency for public/private bodies https://www.tamkeen.bh/
Purpose: Infrastructure and licensing cost.

Examples of applications of data tested

to be completed

Open building footprint source/s

Currently being discussed with Bahrain's national mapping agency Survey and Land Registration Bureau and Ministry of Works, Municipality Affairs and Urban Planning. -Esri representative office in GCC.

Primary research interest/s in reproduction of platform code

It is imperative to understand building characteristics, performance, and dynamic behaviour, analyse how to improve their quality, sustainability, and resilience, and plan and design cities effectively. In Bahrain, however, few digital data systems are available for the building and housing stock. In this regard, Colouring Bahrain is working to contribute substantially to resolving several issues facing Bahraini cities, such as reusing buildings, enhancing their environment, preserving cultural heritage and identifying areas for urban revitalization. First and foremost, we will need to gather basic information about the building stock. This will include history, age, typology, construction system, number of floors, streets quality, heritage status, building maintenance level, and vacant/abandoned properties.

The most important aspect of the Colouring Cities Research Programme is collecting building stock data, which is absent. The platform should be attractive to users who add information. Moreover, integrate open data principles into the platform's design and highlight Colouring Bahrain's open nature. In addition, to create more sustainable cities in Bahrain, we will support research focused on the urban morphology adaptability of the city's building stock.

Secondary research interest/s for reproduction of platform code

To encourage discussions on the relationship between urban morphology, built environment, Historic environment protection, preservation and socioeconomic patterning.