Urban regeneration has been seen as a key process in transforming, designing, and planning territories during the late twentieth century. It was applied, especially in post-industrialized cities, as a way to give life back ...
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 ...
Since ancient times, agriculture in Albania has been one of the most pivotal industrial sectors that drives the economy of the country consisting of various advantages regarding trade and commerce. However, this sector has ...
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 ...
Environmental criminology is a field that finds more room in big cities such as Tirana where crime rates are higher. Not all parts of the city, have the same crime rates, depending on different factors such as the physical ...
In Tirana, reinforced concrete (RC) buildings are among the most common
types of construction. Nowadays in this high competitive industry, where there is a
constant rise in customer demand for better quality, better ...
The design of the façade determines a building’s distinctiveness, as well as its interactions with the micro-climate components, such as sun exposure. Integrating biomimicry and parametricism can lead to an optimal solution ...
Since the beginning of the 2000’s there has been a focus on a new aspect of architecture, the Indoor Environmental Quality. Shortly addressed as IEQ, this term refers to the quality of a building's environment in relation ...
The rapid growth of the population has impacted various urbanization challenges in Tirana, the capital city of Albania. One major problem is the pollution and management of the waste of this overcrowding. The current waste ...
Architecture is related with the new improvements in technology since the beginning of the civilizations. With the social evolution several problems such as poverty, unemployment and immediate need for a shelter have arisen. ...
As the AEC industry is focused on new buildings, the old ones are left behind in a poor condition. Leaving the old buildings in poor condition and destroying them to build new objects leads to the extinction of architectural ...
This thesis aims to create a walkability assessment and quantification of urban
neighbourhoods, by examining pedestrian and street infrastructure, and by also
providing a gender perspective and creating strategy guidelines ...
Biodiversity urbanism is an innovative concept that has been gaining traction
in recent times. It aims to bring more nature into our cities and create healthier and
more resilient living environments by promoting sustainable ...
Community centers are becoming common facilities in various part of the
world and in general in those countries with well-developed social and economic
backgrounds. Precedent cases indicate that they fulfill a variety ...
In the series of recent events in Albania, the destruction of the National
Theatre stands now in our memory as a merciless attack against the popular tagger
itself. Along with the theatre building, the belief that we are ...
The purpose of this paper is to examine the adaption of Building Information Modeling in Albanian construction industry. It is known that BIM application in some way is halfway ineffective in terms of cost, schedule and ...
Contemporary societies have shifted their focus towards sustainable and resilient public buildings, transcending the institutional and functional role of the physical structures. School buildings, despite the high impact ...
This study examines the development of high-rise buildings in the post-socialist period Tirana. These buildings in majority were constructed at the expenses of sites which were public space. In other cases, they were built ...
If you ask me today what the image of our cities looks like, I will immediately think of a series of worn-out panoramas. And this is exactly how the real experience of the cities is, that even though they do not speak, ...
Gjirokastra has been considered as one of the most important historic cities in
Albania, and its historical character has been appreciated over years. It has been
declared as a Museum city in 1961 , and was included in ...