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  • Urban space and its transformation in two Spanish Mediterranean cities: Alicante and Murcia 
    Pablo Marti; University of Alicante; Laura Dominguez; University of Alicante (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    During last two decades all Spanish Mediterranean cities have increased their surface and, in consequence, their urban public space is nowadays greater than it was before. Not only the amount of public space has increased, ...
  • Toward a contemporary Tirana Abstract Public spaces: The pacemaker of urban regenerative processes for Sustainable People-Friendly cities 
    Sokol Huta; Sapienza University of Rome (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    The city and its suburbs, traditionally distinct from each-other, are now forming new forms like megalopolis, expanding city or territorial city. The relationships between the parts of the city are becoming more and more ...
  • Transformation of Public Space into Private Space during the World Soccer Championship 2006 in Germany 
    Sigrun Prahl; University of Applied Science Niederrhein (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    In this article, the commercial use of sports venues is examined as a means to explore the commercialization and privatization of urban spaces through marketing and sponsorship at public events. It reveals how Berlin was ...
  • Post-communist Transformation of Cities in the Countries of the Old Eastern Block: Tirana city between regeneration and renewal 
    Odeta Manahasa (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    Exploring the spatial transformations resulted by the urban renewal and regeneration processes are under discussion in Albania. The present research is based on two pillars: the urban transformation, renewal and regeneration ...
  • A Macro-Micro Perspective on Sustainable: Refurbishment of the Housing Sector 
    Ovidiu Horatiu Teleche; University of Architecture and Urbanism (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    The study is focused on sustainable refurbishment operations applicable within the area of the housing sector: (1) At a macro scale, the potential benefits are concerning the energy balance at a national level, the use of ...
  • An Investigation on Residential Satisfaction in Mass Housing: A Case Study of Garanti Houses in Konya-Turkey 
    Mine Ulusoy; Selcuk University; Ebru Erdogan; Selcuk University; Emine Yildiz; Selcuk University; Abdullah Erdogan; Selcuk University (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    In due course, the changing culture, technological developments have continually presented new dimensions to shelter. All the quests and new solutions to housing have aimed to satisfy the users. Housing evaluation is a ...
  • Earthquake Safety Analysis of an Historical Masonry Building 
    Muhiddin Bagci; Celal Bayar University; Hakan Basaran; Celal Bayar University; Ali Demir; Celal Bayar University (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    In this study, how to study the earthquake safety of an Historical Masonry Residence that has wall damages because of soil sitting is shown. Restitution and restoration projects of the building are used in the analysis in ...
  • A Caravanserai from 16th century in Sivas "Behram Pasha Han" 
    Nisa Semiz; ITU Faculty of Architecture (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    Behram Pasha Han located in the center of Sivas was constructed as the part of important construction activities carried out within the city in the sixteenth century. Han which is in Ottoman Classical Style has no inscription ...
  • Designing "based" on place attachment-Tirana case study 
    Ledita Mezini; Epoka Univesitety (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    People's knowledge, understandings, cognitions and beliefs about various aspects of the physical environments are different. Designers and architects while projecting have their own feelings about a place but they should ...
  • Educational Campus as a Paradigm for a Global Innovation - University of Nis Case Study 
    Ljiljana Jevremovic; Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture; Petar Vranic; Royal Institute of Technology; Dusan Zdravkovic; Freelance Architect (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    This paper deals with contemporary discourse regarding urban revival, elaborating the Educational Campus as a paradigm for global innovation. The objective is to examine the significance and capacity of education and its ...
  • Towards more User-Friendly Public Open Space in Low-rise High Density Housing Areas 
    Ljiljana Vasilevska; Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    Can we provide enough both affordable and attractive housing at locations where people want to live? Nowadays, low-rise high density housing represents more and more possible answer to this question, as well as the answer ...
  • Urban heat island phenomenon in Central Europe 
    Kristina Kiesel; Department of Building Physics and Building Ecology; Kristina Orehounig; Department of Building Physics and Building Ecology; Salahaldin Shoshtari; Department of Building Physics and Building Ecology; Ardeshir Mahdavi; Department of Building Physics and Building Ecology (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    The urban heat island (UHI) phenomenon is characterized by significantly higher temperatures in metropolitan areas as compared to the surrounding suburban and rural neighborhoods. In this context, this paper presents a ...
  • Non-Urban Ports 
    Lamila Simisic; International University of Sarajevo (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    Non-Urban Ports is a research paper, which investigates revival of the negative elements of the city network into the positive ones. In the city structure objects of the past find themselves in the Digital Era, to which ...
  • Site and users generate new public spaces 
    Yiorgos Hadjichristou; University of Nicosia; Veronika Antoniou; Universite Libre de Bruxelles (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    What are really the qualities of an architectural space that contribute the most to become so welcoming to the users and the general public in order to claim such a title? Is there any sort of recipe for that? Can the ...
  • Drifting in the city The influence of the artistic practice in the street for the transformation of public space 
    Ivan Chaparro; Konstfack University (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    All sort of comprehensions and reflections about the city have been getting nourished from a diverse set of artistic practices that involve the presence of the artist in the street; one of the prime examples might be the ...
  • Creating user-friendly public spaces in Cities (Prishtina), between public interest and private rights 
    Ferhat Bejtullahu (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    Friendliness of public spaces to users is dependent from accessibility they offer and attractiveness they display. However, these characteristics of public open spaces are always challenged as inadequate in quantity and ...
  • Aesthetic and functional development of multifamily residential buildings in Sofia, Bulgaria, in the 1930s and 1940s 
    Georgi Kafelov; Bulgarian Academy of Science, (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    The paper provides an overview of the development of multifamily residential (condominium) buildings in the capital of Bulgaria - Sofia in the 1930s and 1940s through using key examples from the works of famous Bulgarian ...
  • The Migration In Metropolitans and The Use Of Public Areas Of The Different Cultures In Istanbul 
    Ferhan Yalcin; Istanbul Kultur University; Armagan Secil; Istanbul Kultur University; Melikoglu Eke; Istanbul Kultur University (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    Urbanization movements have started to expand to metropolitan urbanism along with the industrial revolution and irrigated agricultural revolution that triggered the migration from rural to urban and the existing investments ...
  • The significance of public and semi-public spaces in existing and planned housing developments in stimulating the process of integration among residents 
    Sylwia Debczak; Department of Forming of Environment and Agriculture; Adam Maria Szymski; Department of Modern Architecture (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    One of the most significant elements determining the standard of modern housing developments is the quality of open spaces, with diverse accessibility categories, contained within the contours of such housing developments. ...
  • Urban mobility planning as a frame for urban design of squares and streets, the Peja case in Kosovo 
    Dirk Lauwers; Ghent University - Institute for Sustainable Mobility IDM; Jos Zuallaert; Flemish MOBKOS and MOBALB projects on urban mobility; Modest Gashi; Urbanism department Peja Municipality (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    Urban streets and squares have a dual function: as links in transport networks and as places for accommodating urban life. In this paper an integrated approach of urban design of the public domain is developed, highlighting ...

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