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Volume 47
Volume 46
Imperial imprints: unraveling the spatial tapestry of 17th-century colonial port cities in India for sustainable urban development
Shilpi Chakraborty, Shiva JiThis study delves into 17th-century colonial port cities – Madras, Bombay, and Calcutta – examining the impact of British imperialism on urban sustainability and heritage…
Passive House-based energy efficiency design criteria: a case study of a residential building in Cairo
Hebatallah Abdulhalim Mahmoud Abdulfattah, Ahmed Ahmed Fikry, Reham Eldessuky HamedThe study aims to tackle Egypt's rising electricity consumption due to climate change and population growth, focusing on the building sector, which accounts for up to 60% of the…
Navigating urban sustainability: balancing livability, smartness, services and environment through AHP analysis
Ahmed O. El-Kholei, Ghada Yassein, Ibrahim Sedky RizkallahSustainable urban development involves integrating intelligent technology into urban planning to promote economic growth, social services, and environmental preservation. It…
Shaping future home: understanding quality of life and citizenship in smart cities
Shuxin Huang, Hui Huang, Shaoyao He, Xiaoping YuThis study aims to examine the effects of technology-, organisation- and environment-readiness, smart economic development, change valence, social cohesion and quality of life on…
Modelling eco-friendly smart home appliances’ adoption intention from the perspective of residents: a comparative analysis of PLS-SEM and fsQCA
Razib Chandra Chanda, Ali Vafaei-Zadeh, Haniruzila Hanifah, T. RamayahThis research aims to explore the factors influencing the adoption intention of eco-friendly smart home appliances among residents in densely populated urban areas of a developing…
Unraveling the origins of construction rework: a holistic bibliometric analysis and exploration of causative factors
Gulden Gumusburun Ayalp, Eda Nur ErdemConstruction experts acknowledge the adverse effects of rework on project performance. However, the limited understanding of its underlying causes remains a significant challenge…
Does small mean unimportant? A review of pocket park values and associated factors
Jun Li, Nikmatul Adha Nordin, Melasutra Md DaliThis study aims to explore the value of pocket parks and associated factors, as well as the differences between pocket parks and other green spaces, and finally to identify the…
A systematic review of factors influencing self-governed public open spaces: insights from social-ecological system framework and collective action
Xuerui Shi, Gabriel Hoh Teck LingDue to the influence of complex and intersecting factors, self-governed public open spaces (POSs) (managed by local communities) are subject to collective action dilemmas such as…
From restoration to social media: exploring the nexus of architecture, social media and information sharing behaviours
Büşra Topdağı Yazıcı, Nuran Irapoğlu, Hande Nur GüleçoğluThis study aims to explore the impact of architecture on digital communication mediums, focusing on how social media shapes the public perception and discussion of architectural…
“YouWalk-UOS” – technology-enabled and user-centred assessment of urban open spaces
Ashraf M. Salama, Madhavi P. PatilThis paper introduces the YouWalk-UOS mobile application, a tool that revolutionises the assessment of urban open spaces (UOS). The paper demonstrates how integrating real-time…
Labor camps in Dubai: implications of courtyard regulations on daylight performance
Wael Sheta, Mariam El Hussainy, Sahar AbdelwahabThe fundamental aim of the study is to investigate the implications of labor housing designs in Dubai, with a focus on courtyards and the governing building regulations, on…
Applying the third-place concept for transitional spaces in the Korean university using the design charrette approach
Sabeen Mehmood Durrani, Suk-Kyung Kim, Holly MadillThis research investigates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the use of transitional spaces in a Korean academic setting, to assess the impact of the pandemic on users'…
Where is the basic community infrastructure? Seeking for rural community transformation through community infrastructure planning in Sarawak, Malaysia
Mark Edward Tuah, Peter Aning Tedong, Melasutra Md DaliThis study investigated the role of community infrastructure planning in Sarawak, Malaysia, by concentrating on the obstacles that hinder effective governance of community…
Analysis of earthquake resilience factors for buildings: the case of Istanbul high-rise buildings
Zeynep Yeşim İlerisoy, Berru İzel GökgözThe objective of this study is to investigate the concept of “earthquake resistance” in high-rise buildings and assess the current level of structural strength in the areas where…
Public participation in the social sustainability evaluation of smart city infrastructure in the context of big data: a critical review
Hongyang Li, Anjie Xue, Junwei Zheng, Martin Skitmore, Matthew MoorheadThe current booming development of smart cities poses new requirements and challenges for their internal infrastructure development. This article aims to explore the questions…
Modeling the construction readiness parameters for abandoned housing projects in Malaysia: PLS-SEM approach
N. Aishah Abdul-Rahman, Rahimi A. Rahman, Ahmad Rizal AliasThis study aims to develop an interrelation model between critical parameters for assessing the construction readiness (CR) of abandoned housing projects, using Malaysia as a case…
Examination of spatial efficiency in super-tall towers within the Middle Eastern context
Hüseyin Emre IlgınSuper-tall towers have surfaced as a pragmatic remedy to meet the escalating requisites for both residential and commercial areas and to stimulate economic growth in the Middle…
Perceived neighborhood walkable environment, neighborhood interaction and mental health among residents of different age groups: a case study in Shanghai, China
Ning Sun, Yuhan Peng, Yingchen Lu, Wanting Liu, Zhenhua ZhengThis study aims to investigate the relationships between the perceived neighborhood walkable environment (PNWE), neighborhood interaction (NI) and residents’ mental health, with…
Trans-functional green wall’s developed predesign model as a first stage to designers to understand the design and potential performance aspects of green walls
Tamer Refaat, Marwa El-ZoklahThis study aims to formulate a user-friendly pre-design model that could be a decision support tool for green wall systems to assist designers in selecting an optimal green wall…
Urban planning education in the global south: exploring the possibilities for Egyptian curricula
Ola Ahmed Maged, Robert Brown, Nancy Abdel-MoneimThe purpose of the research is to propose reforms that would help to bridge the gap between theory and practice and produce more effective urban planners. The research on urban…
Design strategies for circularity: Km0 architecture in the Spanish Mediterranean
Débora Domingo-Calabuig, Javier Rivera-Linares, Laura Lizondo-Sevilla, José Luis Alapont-RamónCity planning and construction have embraced circular economy principles, converting them into various indicators. Particularly in the European context, the question “what…
Exploring a comprehensive evaluation model for measuring spatial equity in the layout of city community elderly service facilities: a case study in Xi’an, China
Peiyu Wang, Qian Zhang, Zhimin Li, Fang Wang, Ying ShiThe study aims to devise a comprehensive evaluation model (CEM) for evaluating spatial equity in the layout of elderly service facilities (ESFs) to address the inequity in the…
Prioritizing user preferences for quasi – Public space by using analytic hierarchy process (AHP): bursa Podyum park, Turkey case
Nazli Deniz Ersoz, Sara Demir, Merve Dilman Gokkaya, Onur AksoyThis study aims to fill the lack of quantitative studies of user preferences in quasi-public spaces to observe the use of quasi-public spaces by questioning the contemporary needs…
Geometric analysis of early Ottoman tombs within the context of conservation studies
Zeynep Fatma Niğdeli, Funda Gençer, İzzet YüksekThe purpose of the study is to provide a dataset about geometrical constructions of early Ottoman tombs for conservation studies. Thus, a proposal for the restitution phase of the…
Teaching parametric design: fostering algorithmic thinking through incomplete recipes
Elena VazquezAlgorithmic and computational thinking are necessary skills for designers in an increasingly digital world. Parametric design, a method to construct designs based on algorithmic…
Generative design experiments with artificial intelligence: reinterpretation of shape grammar
Tuğçe Çelik“Can artificial intelligence produce architectural plan schemes?” discussion is the starting point of this study. The aim of this paper is to question whether this will be a new…
The case study methodology in architectural research: evaluation of epistemological adequacy
Amos KaluaThis study sought to populate a concise set of guidelines for use of the case study research methodology and evaluate the adequacy with which the methodology has been used…
Spatial accessibility dynamics of urban parks in Nanjing, China: implications for spatial equity
Zhe Liu, Weibo Liu, Bin ZhaoThis study aimed to explore the spatial accessibility dynamics of urban parks and their driving forces from 1901 to 2010 in terms of the dynamic relationships between spatial…
Crowding between urban planning and environmental psychology: guidelines for bridging the gap
Mai Hossam El-Didy, Ghada Farouk Hassan, Samy Afifi, Ayat IsmailCrowded urban regions pose a complex urban challenge that can adversely affect urban residents, encompassing aspects like mental and physical well-being, overall livability and…
A spatio-temporal framework to assess urban heat island effect on Yeni Mamak urban transformation zone (Ankara, Türkiye)
Funda Baş Bütüner, Aysem Berrin Cakmakli, Ahmet Can Karakadilar, Esra DenizThis article explores the impacts of the changing land-use on urban heat island (UHI) in an urban transformation zone in Ankara (Türkiye). Identifying a characteristic rural…
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