Open House International: Volume 36 Issue 2

Editorial

Yurdanur Dulgeroglu-Yuksel

This editorial deals with the issue of sustainability in relation to the development of the city in the 21st century. The main goal is to make an inquiry into Piecemeal vs Grand…

Sustainability, Professionalism and Urban Design; A Learning Process

Martin Symes

Sustainable development requires change in who makes decisions as well as in their content. The field theory of behavioural change is used here to structure a discussion of…

Traditional Urban Planning Approaches and Sustainable City

Syful Islam

The quality of city life and well being of city dwellers is central goal of urban planning approaches. Nevertheless, unsystematic and short-term planning approaches of cities have…

Connectivity in the Multi-Layered City: Towards the Sustainable City

Bob Brown

A new urban paradigm, the global city, emerged in the late 20th Century finding acceptance in discussions of urban development. Tied into a global network of exchange, it exists…

Conservation and Maintenance as a Means of Sustainable Development - Finnish Perspective

Kaisa Broner-Bauer

The article deals with the environmental consciousness emerged from the 1970's onwards, and with subsequent change in the ideology of city planning. The focus is on the…

Adaptive Re-Use and Urban Regeneration in Dhaka - A theoretical exploration

Quazi M. Mahtab-uz-Zaman

At a time, when there are world-wide calls for sustainable building design and construction focusing on building adaptation and remodeling rather than demolition and replacement…

Residents' Perception of Home Range in Cairo

Aleya Abdel-Hadi, Eman El-Nachar, Heba Safieldin

Recent studies in the realm of housing design avow for the concept of Liveable Cities; an aspect which in turn, places emphasis on the concept of home range. The home range is…

Green Design of Tall Buildings in Kuwait: Obstacles & Opportunities

Omar Khattab, Adil Al-Mumin

The purpose of this paper is to explore the extent of tall buildings development in Kuwait and to look at the issue of how sustainable and green design principles and strategies…

Architectural Continuity Towards Cultural Sustainability in Bodrum

Nezih Ayıran

Mediterranean architecture is considered the predecessor of the modern concept of “bioclimatic” sustainable design due to its climate reactive attitude (Coch H. 1996, Vissilia…

Rethinking the Local Knowledge Approach to Placemaking: Lessons from Turkey

Mahyar Arefi

This article explores the relationship between knowledge and sustainable placemaking. Distinguishing between “expert knowledge” and “local knowledge,” it first problematizes…

Planning and Sustainability Trajectories in a Rapidly Growing Metropolis: Istanbul

Mehmet Doruk Özügül, Hüseyin Cengiz

Since sustainability is an optimization between physical (both natural and man-made), economic and social dimensions of development and conservation, plans, policies and…