Analyses of mixed-use building developments and their possible impacts in ivory coast

The architectural environment is a kind of ecosystem where different types of building are in correlation to create a built environment. Each system with its own organization and diversity can be referring to a neighborhood, a city, a country or even a continent. This thesis examines in general of the subject of mixed-use building as a building typology, and particularly about the impacts that can be expected from this typology if imported in a system where it is not existing yet. In other world this study analyzes mixed-use building ins and outs into different architectural environment where it already exists and try to figure out the adequate conditions by what the typology can be transpose in another architectural environment where it can bring solution and diversity. The different architectural environment reference in this thesis are the countries classification groups which are developed country, developing country and underdeveloped country. Developing countries where the typology is present but not well spread and underdeveloped countries where the typology is globally inexistent. Six buildings have been analyzed, as two from each country category and the outcomes have been resumed in a table to allow direct comparisons. It can be retaining that mixed-use building in developed countries as present from long time are well elaborated and their benefits are clearly put in front, but reversely the challenges are bigger. This is partly because the general service level is already qualitative and well managed. Mixed-use building appears like a surplus or a choice between others. Oppositely in developing and underdeveloped countries the awaiting is bigger that the challenges. Because the general level of services is low and mixed-use building have important features that can palliate those misses. The case target of this thesis is Ivory coast which is an underdeveloped country. After the different analyze and their interpretation, the thesis state on which criteria and condition the transfer of the typology can be possible into the Ivorian architectural ecosystem.