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  • Monitoring and modeling of the urban micro-climate 
    Aida Maleki; Vienna University of Technology; Kristina Orehounig; Vienna University of Technology; Ardeshir Mahdavi; Vienna University of Technology (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    Urban heat island phenomenon (UHI) is considered to be one of the major challenges encountered this century by the human kind. This phenomenon is characterized mainly by air temperatures in the city that are higher than ...
  • The Spatial Patterns and Development of the Sugar Industry Cities-Huwei and Sinying 
    Yuchen Sharon Sung; Feng Chia University; Hsu Hsin Ni; Feng Chia University (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    The sugar industry communities were developed extensively during Japanese colonial period (1895- 1945) in Taiwan. The planning of these communities was also based on the concepts of western industrial villages which connected ...
  • Durres Seaside Promenade: Urban Public versus Private Space 
    Valbona Koci; EPOKA University (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    This paper explores the spatial transformations of Durres waterfront - focusing only on the seaside promenade - within a predefined timeframe: late socialist & post socialist era, covering mainly the period of transition ...
  • Universal Design Methodologies in Developing Countries: Case Study-Tirana 
    Vjosa Shehu; Epoka University; Sokol Dervishi; Epoka University (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    In developing countries, people with disabilities face a multitude of obstacles in their physical environment preventing them from participating in social, cultural and professional life. Given this tort, major concerns ...
  • From East to West: Persian, Indian and Central European Themes Forming the Architectural Scenery in Early Modern Ottoman Culture 
    Soner Sahin; Yeditepe University (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    This study aims to define the changes in architectural scenery and cityscape in Ottoman cultural life in early modern era, i.e. 18th century. It is aimed to complement intercultural relations in this age through surveying ...
  • Symbolism in the Conceptualization of Contemporary Yoruba City Central Business District Urban Design 
    Tunji Adejumo; University of Lagos; Niyi Okedele; University of Lagos; Mike Adebamowo; University of Lagos (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    Design failure of central business district in Nigeria cities is traceable to colonial urban planning 'dual city' concept and 'tropical architecture modernism' philosophy that ignored culture in planning process. Culture ...
  • Comments on the Influence of the Western Architectural Styles on the Ottoman Water Structures; Case study Sultan Mahmud II Dam 
    Sukru Sonmezer; Faculty of Sciences and Letters (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    Western architectural styles are introduced to the Ottoman architecture gradually starting with the beginning of the 18th century. These styles were accepted by the Ottoman society rapidly after the second half of the 18th ...
  • 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 ...

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