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  • The significance of public and semi-public spaces in existing and planned housing developments in stimulating the process of integration among residents 
    Sylwia Debczak; Department of Forming of Environment and Agriculture; Adam Maria Szymski; Department of Modern Architecture (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    One of the most significant elements determining the standard of modern housing developments is the quality of open spaces, with diverse accessibility categories, contained within the contours of such housing developments. ...
  • The Spatial Patterns and Development of the Sugar Industry Cities-Huwei and Sinying 
    Yuchen Sharon Sung; Feng Chia University; Hsu Hsin Ni; Feng Chia University (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    The sugar industry communities were developed extensively during Japanese colonial period (1895- 1945) in Taiwan. The planning of these communities was also based on the concepts of western industrial villages which connected ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • Timurid Tile Style in Anatolia and Footprints of Masters of Tabriz 
    Mustafa Çağhan, Keskin (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2012-04-19)
    Due to the political situation after the Ankara Battle, impact of Timurid style appears in Ottoman art lasting about a century. After reorganizing process from the concussion of defeat in Ankara, Ottomans import the artistic ...
  • Toward a contemporary Tirana Abstract Public spaces: The pacemaker of urban regenerative processes for Sustainable People-Friendly cities 
    Sokol Huta; Sapienza University of Rome (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    The city and its suburbs, traditionally distinct from each-other, are now forming new forms like megalopolis, expanding city or territorial city. The relationships between the parts of the city are becoming more and more ...
  • Toward Livable City Centers. Hebron as a Case Study 
    Abdelrahman Halawani; Palermo University (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    City centers of Palestinian cities face many urban planning problems; the downtown city is mostly crowded especially in the last few years, because of the increasing population of the cities and the daily migration of the ...
  • Towards contextualising mixed-use in South Africa 
    Anja Bredell; Holm Jordaan Architects & Urban Designers (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    The development of mixed-use precincts is an age old idea in the context of Europe and America, but a reasonably new notion in the developing country of South Africa. In this country with a history of both segregated as ...
  • Towards contextualising mixed-use in South Africa 
    Anja, Bredell (2012-04-19)
    The development of mixed-use precincts is an age old idea in the context of Europe and America, but a reasonably new notion in the developing country of South Africa. In this country with a history of both segregated as ...
  • Towards more User-Friendly Public Open Space in Low-rise High Density Housing Areas 
    Ljiljana Vasilevska; Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    Can we provide enough both affordable and attractive housing at locations where people want to live? Nowadays, low-rise high density housing represents more and more possible answer to this question, as well as the answer ...
  • Transformation of Public Space into Private Space during the World Soccer Championship 2006 in Germany 
    Sigrun Prahl; University of Applied Science Niederrhein (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    In this article, the commercial use of sports venues is examined as a means to explore the commercialization and privatization of urban spaces through marketing and sponsorship at public events. It reveals how Berlin was ...
  • 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 ...
  • Universal Design Methodologies in Developing Countries: Case Study-Tirana 
    Vjosa Shehu; Epoka University; Sokol Dervishi; Epoka University (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    In developing countries, people with disabilities face a multitude of obstacles in their physical environment preventing them from participating in social, cultural and professional life. Given this tort, major concerns ...
  • Urban and Architectural Design of the Piazza del Governo in Enna 
    Franca Restuccia; University of Catania<br />; Mariateresa Galizia; University of Catania; Cettina Santagati; University of Catania (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    The present essay deals with the urban space of Piazza del Governo in Enna, a town located in the center of Sicily. This square is a work projected and realized in 1935 by the palermitan architect Salvatore Caronia Roberti. ...
  • Urban and Suburban Conurbation of Shopping Structures in Tirana 
    Brixhita, Deda (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2012-04-19)
  • Urban Design and Urban Disasters: Lessons for Nigeria 
    Adetokunbo Ilesanmi; Obafemi Awolowo University (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    Urban design has been described as being 'about the making of better places for people'; therefore the growing trend of natural and human-induced disasters should be areas of key concern to urban designers and other built ...
  • Urban Design as a Tool for Preservation and Adaptive Reuse of Public Space in Historic Districts 
    Andreas Savvides; University of Cyprus (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    This paper looks into frameworks which aim at furthering the discussion of the role of regenerative design practices in a city's historic core utilizing the tool of urban design to jumpstart urban revitalization in the ...
  • Urban design dimension in the analysis of the Spanish peripheries: The case of Valladolid 
    Ana Ruiz; University of Navarre (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    During the last decades cities have developed as never before, and their configuration represents a potential testing ground from many different perspectives. The Spanish experience reveals that, although there has been ...
  • Urban Episodes: Derivé before Design 
    Nathan de, Groot (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2012-04-19)
    Architecture and urban design primarily focus on visual aspects. Students are trained to produce compelling images showing innovative ways to develop existing cities further. The importance of the pictured scenario has ...
  • Urban Games: Convergence of physical and virtual 
    Andrzej Zarzycki; New Jersey Institute of Technology (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    Redefining the city as interactive media can reveal new possibilities for architects and designers. Today, designers must augment architecture and urbanism by incorporating new aspects of virtual habitation. This paper ...

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