Open House International: Volume 33 Issue 1

Editorial

Nicholas Wilkinson

This issue is one of the Open Issues of Open House International. Open Issues do not conform to a specific subject themes but follow the more general publishing framework of Open…

Risk Assesment of Socio-Natural Disasters in Central America and the Caribbean

Julián Salas

This paper analyses and quantifies the relative level of risk in a geographical area that is vulnerable to natural phenomena and with a high proportion of its population in a…

Pop-Up Ttechnique of Origamic Architecture for Post-Disaster Emergency Shelters

Iasef Md Rian, Dongkuk Chang, Jin-Ho Park, Hyung Uk Ahn

This paper presents a pop-up technique based on origamic architecture as a technological design solution for post-disaster temporary shelter systems. First of all, the concepts of…

Openings in Façades and Adaptable Dwelling Space

Eyal Karni

In this paper, a conceptual approach concerning architectural design of openings (mainly windows) in façades of adaptable dwelling units is presented. This approach stems from a…

Factors of Design Problem-Solving and Their Contribution to Creativity

Hernan Casakin

Design problems are unique, complex, and ambiguous. They are considered to be non-routine and ill-structured. Since these kinds of problems require the production of innovative…

Demands and Feasibilities of Open Building in Iranian Urban Context

Mahta Mirmoghtadaee

Traditional Iranian houses, were built of heavy, voluminous building materials resulting in massive bearing wall structures. Such buildings had fixed architectural spaces, with…

Sociocultural Influences on an Important Example of Iranian Urban Form

Fereshteh Habib, Ibrahim Numan, Hifsiye Pulhan

In casting a new look at city; this study interprets the urban form in respect of the role played by human perception of space. The main aim of this research at a macro level is…

Book Review

Nikos A. Salingaros

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