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  • The Tectonics of Byzantine Architecture 
    Ana Elisabeta Botez; University of Architecture and Urbanism "Ion Mincu" (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    This study is part of an ampler research which seeks to answer the question of how to build Orthodox Christian churches today by investigating the architectural tradition of the past, and more specifically the material ...
  • Architecture Education Methodology Comparison between KTH-Sweden and PUA-Egypt 
    Shahira Sharaf Eldin; University in Alexandria; Johan Martelius; KTH Royal Institute of Technology (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    The increasing global emphasis on sustainable approaches demands new approaches to architecture education. In order to raise the level of architecture education; analyses of different education programs, finding comparable ...
  • Teaching Architectural Design 
    Shirin Yazdani; Iran University of Science and Technology; Asmae Rashidi Mohammadi; Azad University (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    Evaluating and improving architectural training is the constant concern of university departments, instructors and students of architecture. The present article aims at improving architectural training by studying the issue ...
  • Travel as Architecture Pedagogy: Constructing Student Memories 
    Smilja Bertram; The University of Texas at Austin (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    The paper explores how travel, through the experience of study abroad programs, affects the spatial imagination and design methods of architecture students. Travel experiences can be a critical factor in shaping a student's ...
  • In the Search of Architectural Concept 
    Joanna Serdyska; Silesian University of Technology (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    Single family house is the first strictly architectural design in the syllabus at the Faculty of Architecture, Gliwice, Poland. That means that students - usually for the first time in their lives - have to face the issue ...
  • Responsive Systems and Surfaces in Architecture - Design and Challenges 
    Marko Jovanovic; University of Novi Sad; Bojan Tepavcevic; University of Novi Sad; Vesna Stojakovic; University of Novi Sad (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    In the last two decades, the impact of digital technologies has dramatically changed the way of thinking in architecture. Following the overall development of digital media and computation, the process of generating forms ...
  • Shape Grammars for Architectural Heritage 
    Monika Di Angelo; Vienna University of Technology; Peter Ferschin; Vienna University of Technology; Galina Paskaleva; Vienna University of Technology (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    Shape grammars have been introduced in architectural theory some decades ago. They have been applied to architectural construction methods (e.g. Chinese traditional wooden buildings) or for analyzing the design patterns ...
  • Evaluation of Architectural Education within the Scope of Construction Management: Turkey Application 
    Gulden Gumusburun Ayalp; Cukurova University; Mehmet Emin Ocal; Cukurova University (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    During the construction stage, not only engineers but also architects participate to the management of the project. Therefore, architects should also be informed sufficiently about construction management during their ...
  • A Proposal For The First Year Design Education in Interior Design 
    Hakan Saglam; University of Economics and Technology (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    Our contemporary social environment is made up of the sum of isolated, individual lives. In such an environment, survival as individuals is difficult and the concept of communication assumes a new importance. A number of ...
  • 15 Years of Urban Education in Romania 
    Gabriel Pascariu; University of Architecture and Urbanism "Ion Mincu" (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    Traditionally, urban education in Romania has been part of architectural education. A first distinctive planning department has been created in the early '40s in the Faculty of Architecture. Planning education developed ...
  • Problems during the Implementation of the Urban Regulatory Plans in Kosovo 
    Dukagjin Hasimja; University of Prishtina; Klodeta Krasniqi; University of Prishtina (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    The paper aims to give an insight upon the main issues concerning the implementation of the regulatory plans with a special focus in the municipality of Prishtina and develops the basis for a framework that enhances the ...
  • Lessons in Architectural Improvisation 
    Alexandros Kleidonas; National Technical University of Athens (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    Looking at the majority of constructed environment in our cities (i.e. Tirana and Athens), questions arise concerning on one hand customary relations between architects and their end-product recipients, and on the other ...
  • Lessons in Architectural Improvisation 
    Alexandros Kleidonas; National Technical University of Athens (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    Looking at the majority of constructed environment in our cities (i.e. Tirana and Athens), questions arise concerning on one hand customary relations between architects and their end-product recipients, and on the other ...
  • Concretion, abstraction: the place of design processes in today architecture practice. Case Study: Sanaa 
    Benoit Vandenbulcke; katholic University of Leuven (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    Observing contemporary architecture, as a practitioner and teacher, we become aware of the difficulty to understand the constitutive rules of a project and even when one can identify some, they are often limited in reach. ...
  • Housing Design Education: in between Urban Planning and Architecture 
    Desantila Hysa; Epoka University (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    Housing design exercises at Middle East Technical University (M.E.T.U.) department of architecture constitute a suitable ground to introduce to students issues of site planning and urban design. This study is intended to ...
  • Grid as an instrument of creating of the universal space in dwelling 
    Anna Yunitsyna; Epoka University (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    As a spatial form, the grid pattern has influenced a range of human activities, from urban planning, architecture, and modern art to graphic design, archaeology, and cartography. The grid is easy to lay out, easy to ...
  • Theoretical and Methodological Contribution to the Sustainability of the Architecture and Planning 
    Antonio Castelbranco; Lisbon Technical University; Phil Hawes; San Francisco Institute of Architecture; Oksana Turchanina; Donetsk National Technical University (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    Our Global Society is fragmented with respect to land use, to social structure, and to knowledge. Fragmentation is the result of the reductionism of the 18th Century Age of Enlightenment intellectual framework. Reductionism ...
  • Expanding of the Limits of Forms in Architecture through the Use of Parametric Methods and Algorithms 
    Denada Veizaj; Polytechnic University of Tirana; Andrea Maliqari; Polytechnic University of Tirana (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    The debate of new aesthetical approaches to form in architecture is permanent and one of the key topics of theoretical and applicative studies. The content in architecture is strongly interrelated to language and form, as ...
  • Problems at the Labour Market in the Western Balkans 
    Arjeta Troshani; Shkodra University Luigj Gurakuqi (International Conference on Balkan Studies, 2013-06-18)
    In this paper are analyzed problems related to job creation as a major prioritythroughout the Western Balkans. In the paper is stressed out the idea thateven in countries with fairly strong economic growth during the last ...
  • Optimum Currency Area Theory: Albanian Case 
    Migena Zace; University of Tirana; Eglantina Laci; Epoka University (International Conference on Balkan Studies, 2013-06-18)
    This paper is focused in the literature of the optimum currency area (OCA) and in the Albanian case as an application of this theory in practice. According to the literature the OCA has passed through phases: the "pioneering ...

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