Abstract.The present work is a limited analysis of the traditional urban fabric of Muslim cities in the light of this theory. Chaos theory provides better instruments for the analysis and understanding of the traditional urban fabric in old Muslim cities that have, paradoxically, long been considered as lacking order and thus “chaotic” in the pejorative sense! Beyond the analysis, our study also aims at providing a fresh approach to the built environment that shifts the architectural and planning professions from the traditional design and planning approach to a self-generating process that, once set up, would function and develop without need for intervention. However, the present study will be limited to the application of such concepts at two levels. At the urban level, it will provide evidence of the existence of chaos and fractals at the scale of the city. At the domestic level, concepts are applied to housing evolution and community spaces.

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混沌理论能否解释城市结构的复杂性？在传统穆斯林聚居地的应用

摘要.目前的工作是根据这一理论对穆斯林城市的传统城市结构进行的有限分析。混沌理论为分析和理解古老的穆斯林城市的传统城市结构提供了更好的工具，自相矛盾的是，长期以来，这些城市一直被认为缺乏秩序，因此是贬义的“混乱”！除了分析之外，我们的研究还旨在为建筑环境提供一种全新的方法，将建筑和规划专业从传统的设计和规划方法转变为一个自我生成的过程，一旦建立，无需干涉。然而，目前的研究将仅限于在两个层面上应用这些概念。在城市层面，它将提供在城市尺度上存在混乱和分形的证据。在国内层面，概念适用于住房演变和社区空间。