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  • THE VIRTUAL REPRESENTATION OF CONVERTED SACRED SPACES. THE CASE OF SAINT NICHOLAS CHURCH IN ALBANIA 
    Petërçi, Emel (Department of Architecture, EPOKA University- Tirana, Albania, 2022-09)
    In a century immersed in technological acceleration, documentation of heritage buildings is the preliminary action to solve any built heritage problem. The documentation procedure requires a wide range of quantitative and ...
  • URBAN PLAN, SMART CITY AND EMERGENCIES: THE DIFFICULT RELATIONSHIP. THE CASE STUDY OF L’AQUILA 
    Andreassi, Fabio; Bellone, Cinzia Barbara (Department of Architecture, EPOKA University- Tirana, Albania, 2022-09)
    The article examines the recent transformations of the spatial and functional organization ofL’Aquila. The relationship between the Urban Plan and the technological innovation of ICT is analyzed when urban transformations ...
  • MOVING THE CENTER: THE RELATIONSHIP OF URBAN PLANNING, ARCHITECTURE AND CIVIL ENGINEERING PROJECTS WITH THEIR BENEFICIARY 
    Periku, Erion (Department of Architecture, EPOKA University- Tirana, Albania, 2022-09)
    Terms such as quality deviations, non-conformances, defects, quality failures, over budget and behind schedule are quite frequent in urban planning, architecture and civil engineering projects. The effort to analyze the ...
  • INCORPORATING MICROSCALE RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY INTO ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN DESIGN 
    Ali, Maaruf (Department of Architecture, EPOKA University- Tirana, Albania, 2022-09)
    The importance of localized power generation, heating and cooling from renewable energy sources is becoming increasingly necessary. Domestic power generation may also lead to less travel searching for fuel and paying for ...
  • USER’S DAYLIGHT PERCEPTION IN THE RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS: DAYLIGHT ASSESSMENT IN THE RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS OF DURRES WATERFRONT 
    Manahasa, Odeta; Brika, Sabina (Department of Architecture, EPOKA University- Tirana, Albania, 2022-09)
    This research emphasizes the presence of daylight in architecture as an essential element of experiencing it. Spatial experience and its perception can be reached by the existence of light and its distribution. We treated ...
  • THE ROLE OF TERRITORIAL INVARIANTS FOR REGENERATION PROJECTS IN "FORGOTTEN" URBAN AREAS. EXPERIENCES FROM THE APULIAN CONTEXT 
    Rana, Alessandra; Paparusso, Olga Giovanna (2022-09)
    In times when territories are affected by radical changes which compromise the consolidated assets of the physical space, questioning the current practices of urban development, it seems necessary to define evolutive ...
  • AN ADAPTIVE REUSE PROPOSAL FOR KING "ZOG" ROYAL RESIDENCE IN DURRES, ALBANIA 
    Manahasa, Edmond; Habili, Dorel (2022-09)
    This research focuses on the Royal Residence of King “Zog I,” located in Durres, Albania. Designed at first as presidential palace and later reconceptualized as a summer royal residence this building was subject of different ...
  • PASSIVE ADAPTATIONS IN THE URBAN SOCIETIES OF BANGLADESH CONSIDERING KITCHEN AREA 
    Sultana, Saima; Anwar, Mohammad Tahzeeb (Department of Architecture, EPOKA University - Tirana, Albania, 2022-09)
    Residence carries cultural information through its structure and activity. The kitchen, an indispensable part of a residence is used to cook food and food is the presenter of a country’s habit and nature. This study is an ...
  • THE ADAPTION OF BIM IN THE ALBANIAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY 
    Cane, Niki; Kodra, Teuta (Department of Architecture, EPOKA University - Tirana, Albania, 2022-09)
    As a process in evolution, AEC has started its project drafts with the use of two-dimensional (2D) drawings, later evolving with the three-dimensional (3D) drawings and space projection, with the very helpful tool, of ...
  • COLORS IN UNIVERSITY STUDY ENVIRONMENT: STUDENTS' DESIGN COMPETITION ANALYSIS 
    Marinova, Ivanka; Ivanova, Alexandra (Department of Architecture, EPOKA University - Tirana, Albania, 2022-09)
    The purpose of the research is to study the way students visualise their study environment. A students’ design competition was held as part of a scientific-research project. The article analyses projects received during ...
  • HIGH-RISE RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS PERCEIVED QUALITY ASSESSMENT IN EX-POLITBURO NEIGHBOURHOOD “BLLOK” IN POST-SOCIALIST TIRANA 
    Manahasa, Edmond; Nikolli, Valeria (Department of Architecture, EPOKA University - Tirana, Albania, 2022-09)
    This research focuses on the high-rise residential buildings, which emerged during the post-socialist period in an ex-socialist elite neighbourhood of Tirana called Bllok. This neighbourhood that was dwelled exclusively ...
  • APPLICATION AND COMPARISON OF TWO METHODS FOR THE ESTIMATION OF THE VULNERABILITY AND SEISMIC RISK OF HISTORICAL UNREINFORCED MASONRY RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS IN ALBANIA 
    Saliu, Fatjon; Hima, Nikolin; Buza, Megi (Department of Architecture, EPOKA University - Tirana, Albania, 2022-09)
    This paper discusses the vulnerability and seismic risk of historical unreinforced masonry URM buildings in Albania to earthquake-induced loads. Professionals have been using many methods to estimate the global and local ...
  • LIVING IN THE POST-PANDEMIC CITY 
    Capobianco, Lorenzo (Department of Architecture, EPOKA University - Tirana, Albania, 2022-09)
    This paper presents a project, under construction in the municipality of Aversa, born from a scientific collaboration between the Department of Architecture (principal investigators: professors Lorenzo Capobianco and ...
  • Shaping Pluralistic Cohesive Societies 
    Mohamed Ghouse, Mike (Academicus International Scientific Journal, 2022-07-19)
    This paper aims to prepare an individual to function effectively in a constantly changing multi-faith, multi-cultural, multi-racial, multi-ethnic, and multi-everything society with minimum conflicts. Pluralism is a new ...
  • Post-Kantian Perfectionism. 
    Moggach, Douglas (Academicus International Scientific Journal, 2022-07-19)
    This paper summarizes the major themes of my current monograph project and my recent co-edited volume on post-Kantian perfectionism. The central thesis is that Kant’s critique of rational heteronomy in the Groundwork ...
  • Migration Flows and the Future of Democracy and World Order 
    Rhodes, Sybil (Academicus International Scinetific Journal, 2022-07-19)
    The political salience of policy issue arenas related to the movement of people, including immigration, citizenship, and asylum, has increased in recent decades and is likely to continue to escalate for the foreseeable ...
  • Questioning on Several Forms of Fascism 
    Šumah, Štefan; Šumah, Anže (Academicus International Scientific Journal, 2022-07-19)
    The concept of fascism has been defined quite precisely by researchers in the field of political science and sociology, who also defined its main features or characteristics. However, with the word fascism (and its ...
  • Corruption and Cryptocurrency 
    Ibrahimi, Adrianit; Arifi, Besa (Academicus International Scientific Journal, 2022-07-19)
    Cryptocurrency has become ubiquitous and is evolving constantly. The question is if our legal framework is catching up with it. Therefore, this article analyzes the arguments on the legitimacy and legality of cryptocurrency ...
  • Cross borders companies and worldwide industry management 
    Ditta, Geoffrey (Academicus International Scientific Journal, 2022-07-19)
    Emerging markets are once again gaining the upper hand. According to the World Bank, current market trends indicate that emerging economies will account for more than 70% of global economic output by 2050. With the economic ...
  • Eradicating Plastic Pollution Globally by 2030 
    Peshkam, Michael (Academicus International Scintific Journal, 2022-07-19)
    A world without plastic packaging waste by 2030 is achievable. But it will require significant change. It will require consumers to be connected to the packaging they use. It will require a marriage between economy, ecology, ...

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