Basma Massoud is an Architect, Assistant Professor and head of the Interior Design Department at the University of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. She is also a consultant who specializes in vernacular architecture, and threshold spaces, with a focus on the impact of spatial experience in the urban context. Additionally, she has previously served as a Lecturer in the Architectural Department at Dar Al Hekma University and has worked as an architect for various firms in Germany and Saudi Arabia. Concerning research, her interests encompass urban transformation: use of space, concepts for space, the relationship between the public sphere and the private sphere, and the notion of transitions in cities.

• List of FiguresGlossary of Arabic WordsIntroduction: the morphology of the old townHistorical Threshold Spaces: Tracing culture and Influences on the Notion of Threshold The Living structure of a Place: A New Approach to Architecture, Building, and PlanningThe Threshold Space: The Notion of IntegrationIdentifying the Patterns: The Relationship Between the Environment and the InhabitantsThe Expansion of the Patterns: The Language of the Old TownPostludeReferencesIndex

Basma Massoud is an Architect, Assistant Professor and head of the Interior Design Department at the University of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. She is also a consultant who specializes in vernacular architecture, and threshold spaces, with a focus on the impact of spatial experience in the urban context. Additionally, she has previously served as a Lecturer in the Architectural Department at Dar Al Hekma University and has worked as an architect for various firms in Germany and Saudi Arabia. Concerning research, her interests encompass urban transformation: use of space, concepts for space, the relationship between the public sphere and the private sphere, and the notion of transitions in cities.

• List of FiguresGlossary of Arabic WordsIntroduction: the morphology of the old townHistorical Threshold Spaces: Tracing culture and Influences on the Notion of Threshold The Living structure of a Place: A New Approach to Architecture, Building, and PlanningThe Threshold Space: The Notion of IntegrationIdentifying the Patterns: The Relationship Between the Environment and the InhabitantsThe Expansion of the Patterns: The Language of the Old TownPostludeReferencesIndex