Open House International: Volume 48 Issue 2

An integrated social sustainability assessment framework: the case of construction industry

Roohollah Taherkhani

The discourse of construction practitioners and decision-makers worldwide has begun to appreciate and acknowledge the advantages of sustainable building. Toward this goal, one of…

Integrating Virtual Reality and interactive game for learning structures in architecture: the case of ancient Chinese dougong cognition

Wanyu Pei, Tian Tian Sky Lo, Xiangmin Guo

Ancient Chinese architecture is famous for its wooden frame structure and unique position in world architecture history. As numerous types of components and complex combinations…

Housing affordability crisis and vulnerable social groups in Turkey

Yener Coskun

This paper investigates the housing affordability crisis from the perspective of vulnerable social groups (VSG) in Turkey and Turkey's megacities, Istanbul, Ankara, and Izmir…

Re-considering core housing: transformations by aided self-help residents in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

Dawod Abdie Indris

Housing transformation is not part of the Ethiopian urban housing policy, but it is a reality for city dwellers. The objective of this study was to find out what, why, and how…

Socio-spatial appropriations in dwellings of Cairo during lockdown: lessons learned for the post-pandemic era

Doha Eissa

The study examines socio-spatial appropriations in dwellings of Cairo, which were undertaken to expand dwellings affordances and accommodate new utilitarian demands during…

Factors influencing collective action of gated communities: a systematic review using an SES framework

Xuerui Shi, Gabriel Hoh Teck Ling

Within a gated community, management of common property presents great challenges. Therefore, the diagnostic social ecological system (SES) framework proposed by Elinor Ostrom…

Student housing design implications for single-room occupancy during COVID-19 in Ghana

Miller Williams Appau, Elvis Attakora-Amaniampong, Oliver Tannor

The adaptation of emerging building designs for single room occupancy in off-campus university student housing during the COVID-19 pandemic is evolving. However, assessing its…

Housing demand of urban fringe residents and underlying causes: example of Ankara, Türkiye

Gizem Hayrullahoğlu, Yeşim Aliefendioğlu Tanrıvermiş

This study aims to explore the housing demand of urban fringe residents in southwest Ankara. Two subquestions were developed: What are the respondents’ perceptions of Ankara city…

An analysis of the spatial qualities of the waterfronts: conceptual proposal projects for Istanbul Sarayburnu

Bahar Ferah, Ayse Gul Gemci, Omar Algburi

This paper's main objective emphasizes the importance of waterfront design in coastal cities. It reveals that a location is associated with the activities it hosts to become…

A planning method for transit villages in Qatar: Souq Waqif historical district in Doha

Raffaello Furlan, Asmaa Al-Mohannadi, Mark David Major, Tarryn N.K. Paquet

This research study aims at revealing a planning method for the development of the Souq Waqif-Transit village.