Lefkoşa as Caravanserais’ City

Authors

  • Jose Manuel Pages Madrigal Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture and Engineering, Bahçeşehir Cyprus University, Nicosia, Turkish republic of North Cyprus
  • Grace Jdeed Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture and Engineering, Bahçeşehir Cyprus University, Nicosia, Turkish republic of North Cyprus
  • Sadiq Osman Elmi Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture and Engineering, Bahçeşehir Cyprus University, Nicosia, Turkish republic of North Cyprus
  • Mashair Khalid Eltayeb Abdelbagi Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture and Engineering, Bahçeşehir Cyprus University, Nicosia, Turkish republic of North Cyprus

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.38027/ICCAUA2026EN0486

Keywords:

Adaptive Urbanism, Urban Caravanserais, adaptive cycle, Urban studies, Cyprus

Abstract

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Published

2026-07-10

How to Cite

Madrigal, J. M. P., Jdeed, G., Elmi, S. O., & Abdelbagi, M. K. E. (2026). Lefkoşa as Caravanserais’ City. Proceedings of the International Conference of Contemporary Affairs in Architecture and Urbanism-ICCAUA, 9(Special Issue 1), 2610486. https://doi.org/10.38027/ICCAUA2026EN0486

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Special Issue: Urban Caravanserai

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