“Methodology for the conservation of the ancient architectural heritage within the contemporary environment”

This research is to establish new insights and practical ideas in the field of rehabilitation toward saving the cultural heritage, landscapes and settings from the rapid changes and destruction factors in addition to the neglect and miss functional uses, therefore this research is formed for the sake of establishing a rehabilitation project that will cover two targeted areas of study, Matera in Italy and Umm-Qais/ Irbid in Jordan. Those areas are very challenging and simultaneously a stimulating case for taking new paths in dealing with the cultural heritage in terms of rehabilitation projects that they should take into consideration the topics of security, norms, stability, exceptions, and reforming regulations. The future of living goes across the need to recuperate and requalify buildings and parts of the city characterised by recognisable and definite architectural, technical and technological values. In this paper we are dealing with the historical centers recovery and protection within the contemporary environmental changes in some cities and highlighting some cases from Jordan and Italy to draw new methods in dealing with the disturbed and endangered historical centers by introducing new innovative scientific methodologies to revive the architectural heritage, simultaneously finding common characters between the old city and the new installations. Actually, the project is formed in two main dimensions the first one is the theoretical approach in dealing with the problems in the urban fabric and the second one regarding the practical matters of dealing with the cultural heritage. Those two dimensions will be discussed intensively and they will be integrated to meet the needs of the rehabilitation project and finally, to get out of a new practical methodology in dealing with the historic sites and buildings in an advanced and practical scientific manner. Creating a list of buildings, classification, and comparison of different aspects including forms, geometry, design, materials, constructive techniques and pathologies of the historic sites and buildings, in addition to their natural and cultural settings. Creating new standards for the new additions and installations within historic sites and buildings, adopting "the Common Character Scheme" not only for stimulating new designs, but also, as a total, in the evaluation and criticism of proposed schemes and completed projects that could be arisen in the future.