• Accessibility in Housing Design: A Critical Review of Prefabricated Housing, Tirana Albania 

  Dervishi, Ina Osmani; Yunitsyna, Anna (2016-05)

  The main aim of the present research is to advance the state of the art of the accessibility in housing design. It addresses how to include the category of disabled people in the design process. In addition, the research ...
• Facing Emergencies: Design Strategies 

  Argenti, Maria; Percoco, Maura (2016-05)

  Some of nowadays problems have, due to general misunderstanding, been relegated out of our thoughts, as if they concerned us only remotely. One of these is the relationship between architecture – architectural design – and ...
• An Experimental Study on XPS and Insulation Paint in Buildings 

  Öziç, Ibrahim Hakkı; Kaplan, Hasan; Güven, Hüseyin; Baş, Enis (2016-05)

  The depletion of energy resources consumed in all areas of daily life, the introduction of new energy sources, energy savings, research for the efficient use of energy became a priority. Made of thermal insulation for ...
• Natural materials and basic construction techniques. Aspects of neo-brutalism in current architectural experience 

  Pietrogrande, Enrico (2016-05)

  Contemporary research in architecture recognises the enduring influence of neo-brutalist poetry in the simplicity of construction and simple linguistics of many developments inspired by minimalist asceticism that are ...
• Stereotomy, Sustainable Construction and Didactics. Case study: a new Museum for Matera, European Capital of Culture 2019 

  Barberio, Maurizio; Colella, Micaela; Fallacara, Giuseppe (2016-05)

  The paper describes the students’ works, which included posters and physical models, were the partial outcomes of the current 3rd year design studio, led by Prof Giuseppe Fallacara and taught with the support of Maurizio ...
• Coming Back to Sustainability: Technological Solutions for an nZEB 

  Castelluccio, Roberto; De Martino, Antonella; Vitiello, Veronica (2016-05)

  When man needed the first time to find a shelter, he conformed himself to environmental context, finding in it resources and benefits. Then progress brought man to see Nature as a servant rather than as a valuable ally. ...
• Urban Shape and Energy Performance: Evaluation of The Typical Urban Structures of Prague 

  Yunitsyna, Anna; Shtepani, Ernest (2016-05)

  European cities had been developed historically as compact and dense structures, where the specific urban microclimate was achieved through the arrangement of the units of the urban pattern. The energy flows, such as ...
• Investigating the accuracy of fabricated rebar and rebar’s placement in beams, and their impact in weight and cost of a building 

  Bendaj, Boralda (2016-05)

  The inspection of rebar in different structural elements has the goal to ensure that contract documents between investitor and contractor, rebar placing drawings, and technical specification of building codes are followed. ...
• Cadastre and territorial government: from the first surveys to GIS 

  Scricco, Francesco (2016-05)

  Since its birth, the Italian Cadastre has been an essential tool for the government of the territory, not only from the taxation’s point of view. During the initial stages, coinciding with the unification of the cadastres ...
• Evaluation of Shoreline Dynamics Analyzing Spatial Temporal Data 

  Arapi, Luan; Kovaçi, Sander; Nikolli, Pal (2016-05)

  Shoreline change is considered as one of the most dynamic processes in the coastal regions. Shoreline spatial location mentions to several different features such as vegetation line, high water line, low water line, or the ...
• Analyzing Transport Problems in Tirana on a Sound Scientific System Base 

  Seitllari, Aksel; Luga, Erion (2016-05)

  The globalization process taking place recent years has significantly increased the need for mobility. Due to the urban population growth and urbanization, the role of transportation engineering in daily life has mainly ...
• Demand Analysis for Passengers in the Railway Transport Sector Depending to Macro Indicators in Albania 

  Tushaj, Ersilio; Gjevori, Shkëlqim (2016-05)

  The railway sector in Albania is considered one of the most underdeveloped sectors in the Albanian Transport System. In agreement with annual statistics, in 2014 transport of passengers was ten times lower than in 2001, ...
• Parking Management – A Challenge for a Sustainable Transportation in Tirana 

  Barhani, Edison (2016-05)

  The rapid growth of the transportation sector during the last decade in Albania has created many problems particularly in Tirana such as air pollution, energy consumption, and loss of urban ‘living space’. Different from ...
• Road Safety Audit at the Western Balkan Countries 

  Gashi, Esat; Tille, Michael; Mustafa, Gjynejt (2016-05)

  Road accidents are caused by a combination of factors although relationships between accidents and those factors causing them, or contributing to the causes, are not well understood. The interaction between road, vehicle ...
• Impact of pier length and connection type in static and dynamic response of RC bridge structure 

  Kokona, Helidon; Kokona, Enkeleda (2016-05)

  In this paper are presented analysis results of two bridges with similar geometry. The difference between them is in the length of piers. 3D (three-dimensional) mathematical model composed of RC piers (substructure) ...
• Relationship Among Traffic Intensity, Intersection Geometry, And Users' Behavior 

  Kollaros, George; Athanasopoulou, Antonia (2016-05)

  Even though the parts of a road traffic system are interrelated and influence each other, the problems of road safety are directly associated with the geometry and the equipment of streets, particularly in sites where ...
• The analysis of Performance and Capacity at a Roundabout with metering signals 

  Afezolli, Alma; Shehu, Elfrida (2016-05)

  This paper aims to describe a method for the analyzing of capacity and performance of roundabout operating with metering signals. The use of metering signals is a found as a measure to avoid the need of a fully signalized ...
• The role of the architectural heritage in the process of creating the image of contemporary Polish cities. Its perception and evaluation 

  Moskwiak, Joanna Sokołowska (2016-05)

  Architectural and urban heritage, can form and support the competitiveness of the town, opening up extra chances for employment, investment and social life - on a higher level than the concurrence does. But to achieve such ...
• Characters and models of Rural Architecture in Puglia 

  Calderazzi, Antonella; Strafella, Francesca Carmen (2016-05)

  The farmhouse represents an example of rural buildings in the Puglia region, it consists of model types connected to functional efficiency and to saving the natural resources available, becoming an example of sustainable ...
• On the mechanics of “false vaults”: new analytical and computational approaches 

  Foti, Pilade; Fraddosio, Aguinaldo; Lepore, Nicola; Piccioni, Mario Daniele (2016-05)

  The aim of this paper is to present new analytical and computational approaches for assessing the structural safety of “false vaults” structures like Trulli, and more generally for corbelled structures. In particular, the ...

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