The incorporation of CEA systems into building design has emerged as a rapidly rising trend as a result of the growing urgency to address global food security and urbanization challenges. Given the significant energy demands ...
Contemporary society, in recent years has shifted its focus toward more sustainable solutions in the building sector, since it has become a significant component in the global energy consumption and greenhouse (GHG) ...
Globally, sustainability is gaining importance in the construction industry, driven by environmental and economic factors. European directives prioritize improving energy performance in buildings, including hospitals, as ...
Tirana in the last 30 years has experienced a constant urban densification. This has been translated into a complex urban fabric with a densely built area that had resulted in the shrinking of urban green spaces. The latter ...
This study focuses on an industrial post‐socialist town in southern Albania, the town of Ballsh. The industrial city was the main symbol of the socialist regime. Their construction began rapidly after the end of World War ...
Oral Healthcare plays a vital role in overall health and well-being, and the
design of oral healthcare environments significantly impacts the quality of care and
user experience. This research explores the significance ...
This study examines the intricate connection between place attachment and privacy in the setting of residential complexes. Understanding what influences people's connection to their living locations becomes increasingly ...
Tirana, the capital of Albania, has witnessed complex and interesting changes. Various ruling regimes have influenced its physical and socio-cultural landscape. During this turbulent process of urban transformation, the ...
This study aims to examine how urban furniture affects citizen`s daily lives and
whether there is a need for a new approach of their design in order to create an aesthetic
and functional city for future citizens. First, ...
Urban regeneration has been seen as a key process in transforming, designing, and planning territories during the late twentieth century. It was applied, especially in post-industrialized cities, as a way to give life back ...
For generations, native speakers of our language have done an outstanding job of collecting and disseminating people's words and expressions. The Albanian language is rich in words and expressions that are still preserved ...
Since ancient times, agriculture in Albania has been one of the most pivotal industrial sectors that drives the economy of the country consisting of various advantages regarding trade and commerce. However, this sector has ...
A city is not a set of infrastructure regulated by a practical plan but an
articulated, living organism that needs to always be in line with the needs and
tastes of the inhabitants. At the center there is the human being ...
Environmental criminology is a field that finds more room in big cities such as Tirana where crime rates are higher. Not all parts of the city, have the same crime rates, depending on different factors such as the physical ...
In Tirana, reinforced concrete (RC) buildings are among the most common
types of construction. Nowadays in this high competitive industry, where there is a
constant rise in customer demand for better quality, better ...
The design of the façade determines a building’s distinctiveness, as well as its interactions with the micro-climate components, such as sun exposure. Integrating biomimicry and parametricism can lead to an optimal solution ...
Since the beginning of the 2000’s there has been a focus on a new aspect of architecture, the Indoor Environmental Quality. Shortly addressed as IEQ, this term refers to the quality of a building's environment in relation ...
The rapid growth of the population has impacted various urbanization challenges in Tirana, the capital city of Albania. One major problem is the pollution and management of the waste of this overcrowding. The current waste ...
Architecture is related with the new improvements in technology since the beginning of the civilizations. With the social evolution several problems such as poverty, unemployment and immediate need for a shelter have arisen. ...
As the AEC industry is focused on new buildings, the old ones are left behind in a poor condition. Leaving the old buildings in poor condition and destroying them to build new objects leads to the extinction of architectural ...