The Contribution of New Materials in Altering the Identity of Cultural Significance Through Reconstruction and Adaptation :Doughty’s Oil Mill. By Alsbaihi Supervisors: Ms. L. Cameron and Dr. R. Königk School: University of Lincoln Degree: Master of Arts in Interior Architecture and Design. In architecture and design, materials are the initial element that creates the tangible object that delivers interpretations for the receiver. A general fallacy is linked to the materials as a secondary design element. This fallacy could be argued against if the design approved the relationship between material and identity through materializing identity as tangibles. Moreover, to support materials as a primary element of identity and cultural significance. This research concentrates on literature and interior discourses that discuss the materials and the relationship between identity and cultural significance with the building’s materials significantly while alteration process such as adaptation and reconstruction will demonstrate the effectiveness of new material on altering the identity of the building. The research investigates the modality of new materials promote the balance between past and future for the new generations. But without affecting the building’s identity. Furthermore, it explores a process to combine the founded and intended without contradictions within the building’s context to conserve its’ identity. Therefore, this research aimed to propose a method that will be used while alteration and adding new materials that conserve the building’s identity and could be easily read for the new generation. Moreover, it studies the context of founded and intended to avoid the contradiction to construct a method that will combine the founded and intended in a harmonic and a consistent theme that will date the building’s timeline The research design based on the context analysis of the Doughty’s Oil Mill in Lincoln city as a case study. The research observes the building’s cultural identity and interprets its’ existing materials in a contextual observation. The design concept tackled the contradiction between founded and intended. It constructs contrasting the new materials with the original materials to create a material collage’s timeline. Furthermore, the contrast of the adaptation as Art studio achieves the design concept of contrasting, but it conserves the building’s identity as an industrial building. The used methodology of contrasting material is regarding type, shape, colour and conditions. The special response and the design development represent the design concept result as contrasting the founded and the intended during the production of the culture process. Holistically, the research directs the attention to the importance of materials on forming the building’s cultural identity.it puts the needs for a design that conserve the identity while using new materials in alteration and provide a process that designers, architects and archaeologists could use to prevent new materials’ effectiveness on the identity. Consequently, further recommendations could be recommended to compare contrasting and similarity to prevent prejudice for a specific method.

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