Table of contents
Editorial
Yonca HurolThe articles which take place within this issue cover various subjects of architecture. There are articles about different type of houses, urban issues, climatic issues, a…
Paper Tube Emergency Shelter: Design Experiments for Refugees
Jin-Ho ParkAn emergency shelter design as an immediate response to assist people in disaster situations was evaluated in this study. The design experiment concerns the use of recyclable…
Perception Based Method for Measuring the Aesthetic Quality of the Urban Environment
Hourakhsh Ahmad Nia, Resmiye Alpar Atun, Rokhsaneh RahbarianyazdThis study assesses changing aesthetic values and their characteristics in urban environments based on human perception. With this in mind, a model for assessing the aesthetic…
An Approach to Responsive Housing Development
Maged Kamal Mohammad AttiaBetween traditional and contemporary there are two contradictory visions. The first adopts originality and returning to the traditional, while the second advocates modernity and…
A Field Study on Climate Comfortable Conditions of Urban Public Open Spaces in Marginal Season of Winter Cities
Leng Hong, Jiang Cun-YanIn order to study the importance of climate comfortable conditions of urban public open spaces in marginal season of winter cities for people's outdoor activities, first, the…
Bedestens Located in the Heart of the Commercial Center in Anatolian Cities and Their Architecture Reflections
Özlem Atalan, Hasan Şahan ArelCommercial areas and bedestens (covered bazaars) are important public areas in Turkish cities and towns. These areas and buildings are essential in that they contribute vital…
Indicators of Sustainable Construction in Eco Urban
Somayeh Roshanfekr, N.M. Tawil, N.A. GohThis research work is an introduction to sustainable construction. A few significant indicators and many related subsets, which are crucial to green sustainable construction and…
Sustainable Housing: A Conceptual Approach
Afet ÇelikerSustainable architecture is a well-known and studied subject for severeal decades. The environmental awareness of professionals has put sustainability in the center of the…
‘Small House Spatiality: A Comparative Space Syntax Application’
Ayça Arslan, Türkan Ulusu UrazIt has recently come to light that there is an increasing demand for a new type of small house design, which vary in area from 20 square metres to 100 square metres and even more…
Conceptual Model of the Relationship Between Neighbourhood Attachment, Collective Efficacy and Open Space Quality
Elif Kutay Karacor, Gozde ParlarThe decline in neighbourhoods resulting from globalization and technology, which trigger high rise buildings, has been discussed by several disciplines. Changes in life styles…
Introducing Public-Private Partnerships for Affordable Housing in China
Wenbo Qin, Antonio Sánchez Soliño, Vicente Alcaraz Carrillo de AlbornozThough China is taking many steps to offer affordable houses to the public, the gap between the demand and supply for such affordable houses is still huge. Rapidly growing demand…
Determining a Practically Optimal Overhang Depth for South-Facing Windows in Hot Summer and Cold Winter Zone
Jian Yao, Rong-Yue ZhengThis study investigated the building energy, glare and daylight performance of overhang using building simulation software Energyplus in order to identify an optimal depth in hot…
Sustainable Urban Development in the Green City: Kyrenia White Zone
Cemil Atakara, Gizlem AkyayCities were first formed, they have been developed and advanced together with the development of humanity and technology. The cities in urbanization process have been going…
A Diagnosis of Urban Poor Housing in Vietnam
Iftekhar AhmedThis paper presents concepts important for understanding urban poor housing in Vietnam, with a focus on key environmental, socio-economic, and cultural dimensions that bear on the…
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0168-2601e-ISSN:
2633-9838Online date, start – end:
2005Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Dr. Chaham Alalouch
- Prof. Yonca Hurol