Archnet-IJAR: Volume 18 Issue 2

A study on children's multi-sensorial experiences of nature: design approaches and preferences for primary school architecture case studies in Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Phuong Thanh To, David Grierson

Providing improved access to nature within educational settings can promote stronger child–nature connections and is conditional on making evidence-based decisions for the…

The assessment of biophilic features in residential buildings: a case from Dubai

Kulthoum Shakhshir, Wael Sheta

This study explores the difference in occupants' satisfaction with biophilic features in high-rises, townhouses, and villas in Dubai to identify new strategies that promote more…

Post-occupancy assessment of student housing facilities in an educational campus: case study of Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur, India

Meenal Kumar, Smita Khan

This study attempts to conduct a post-occupancy assessment of the primary technical, functional and behavioral features in a student housing facility at the Visvesvaraya National…

Post-occupancy evaluation of residential properties: a case study on an organizational multistorey apartment building

Mohammad A. Hassanain, Ibrahim Al-Suwaiti, Ahmed M. Ibrahim

This paper aims to provide an exemplary application of an indicative post-occupancy evaluation (POE) on an organizational multistorey residential apartment building.

The impact of ASPECTSS-based design intervention in autism school design: a case study

Magda Mostafa, Marlene Sotelo, Toby Honsberger, Christine Honsberger, Erin Brooker Lozott, Nate Shanok

The objective of this paper is to study the efficacy of the ASPECTSS Design Index's concepts as drivers of design intervention for educational environments for students on the…

Phenomenographic analysis of students' learning approaches in the first year of architectural design study

Ashok Ganapathy Iyer, Andrew Roberts

This paper presents the phenomenographic analysis of students' approaches to learning in the first year architectural design coursework; thereby correlating contextualization in…

Investigation of architecture and architectural engineering online education; educator experience, self-efficacy and success

Rachel Mosier, Sanjeev Adhikari, Sandeep Langar

Those who believe they excel at architecture or engineering education are more likely to succeed based on self-efficacy principles. To investigate educator self-efficacy and…

Reshaping water-related urban places with collaborative participation: a critical examination of the Kabataş waterfront

Meryem Melis Cihan Yavuzcan, Elmira Ayşe Gür

This study aims to draw a general framework for recreating water-related urban places. It discusses design criteria and processes that will strengthen people's and the city's…

Rethinking engagement in urban design: reimagining the value of co-design and participation at every stage of planning for autonomous vehicles

Daria Belkouri, Lina Khairy, Richard Laing, Ditte Bendix Lanng

The practical demonstrations and research which led to the preparation of this paper involved a combination of stakeholder engagement, policy debate and the practical…

The impact of urban graffiti with facial expressions on human behavioral and emotional experiences in a VR environment

Tülay Karakas, Burcu Nimet Dumlu, Mehmet Ali Sarıkaya, Dilek Yildiz Ozkan, Yüksel Demir, Gökhan İnce

The present study investigates human behavioral and emotional experiences based on human-built environment interaction with a specific interest in urban graffiti displaying fear…

Developing a guiding framework based on sustainable development to alleviate poverty, hunger and disease

Hisham Abusaada, Abeer Elshater

Sustainable development (SD) is vital in alleviating poverty, hunger and disease (PHD). The purpose of this study is to present a guiding framework with pathways targeting the…

Configuring urban morphological changes: the case of Damascus city in the late modern era

Alaa Alsherfawi Aljazaerly, Seth Asare Okyere, Md. Nawrose Fatemi, Louis Kusi Frimpong, Michihiro Kita

This paper analyses changes in the activity pattern of Damascus city from late modern era (late Ottoman rule) to the contemporary era. The research objective is to explore the…