For the last decades, environmental education has shed a light into how psychiatric hospitals resonate into the neighborhood, not only in what they add to the particular aesthetic of a neighborhood, but also what they add ...

Over past several years, there is a massive growth in the movement of people toward major cities including Albania. During the socialism period the neighborhoods of Tirana were not very dense. Most of the building houses ...

In the last few years there is a multiplication of the air conditioning in the use of everyday life all around the world. As awareness on the energy consumption has increased, there are attempts to use a sustainable ...

The incorporation of CEA systems into building design has emerged as a rapidly rising trend as a result of the growing urgency to address global food security and urbanization challenges. Given the significant energy demands ...

Globally, sustainability is gaining importance in the construction industry, driven by environmental and economic factors. European directives prioritize improving energy performance in buildings, including hospitals, as ...

This study focuses on an industrial post‐socialist town in southern Albania, the town of Ballsh. The industrial city was the main symbol of the socialist regime. Their construction began rapidly after the end of World War ...

This study examines the intricate connection between place attachment and privacy in the setting of residential complexes. Understanding what influences people's connection to their living locations becomes increasingly ...

This study aims to examine how urban furniture affects citizen`s daily lives and whether there is a need for a new approach of their design in order to create an aesthetic and functional city for future citizens. First, ...

For generations, native speakers of our language have done an outstanding job of collecting and disseminating people's words and expressions. The Albanian language is rich in words and expressions that are still preserved ...

A city is not a set of infrastructure regulated by a practical plan but an articulated, living organism that needs to always be in line with the needs and tastes of the inhabitants. At the center there is the human being ...