His five-year term is set to begin early next year. Separately, a key governing partner to Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition is the United Malays…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB283325
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Anwar Ibrahim, Amneh Ibrahim Al-Rababah and Qanita Bani Baker
Virtual reality (VR) technology invaded various domains including architecture practice and education. Despite its high applications in architecture design education, VR has a…
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Purpose
Virtual reality (VR) technology invaded various domains including architecture practice and education. Despite its high applications in architecture design education, VR has a high potential to be used in architectural history courses as well. This paper aims to examine the effect of using VR technology on the students’ learning abilities of history of architecture.
Design/methodology/approach
The experimental approach was used. Two experiments were designed by creating virtual environments for two selected architectural examples from the Modern Architecture course. The participants who were students of Modern Architecture class had to complete two questionnaires, one for each example. The first one was based on Bloom’s taxonomy, and the other was prepared to test the participants’ analytical and critical skills. Besides, participants had to fill out satisfaction and ease-of-use survey on a five-step Likert scale.
Findings
Participants in the VR condition achieved better grades in knowledge gain compared to those in the traditional conditions. Their analytical and critical thinking skills were improved in the VR conditions. Gender has a significant impact on analytical and critical thinking skills. Participants recorded a high level of satisfaction; however, male students were more satisfied than female students who reported concerns about the weight of the used tools and nausea symptoms.
Research limitations/implications
This study informs architecture education and provides insights into the potentials of using advanced technology in architectural history education. Teaching the various history of architecture courses will be improved, shifted toward a more student-centered curriculum, and may acquire more excitement and conscious curiosity.
Originality/value
Using VR in architectural education is rigorous in architectural design courses and students’ design projects’ presentations. This research expands architectural education research by examining other ways of teaching history of architecture courses and its effect on the students’ knowledge gain and performance.
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Anwar Ibrahim, Hikmat H. Ali and Wala'a Alqarra
This study aims to evaluate the effect of the installed photovoltaic (PV) systems on the aesthetic perception of the mosque’s architectural form. It also aims to develop a…
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Purpose
This study aims to evaluate the effect of the installed photovoltaic (PV) systems on the aesthetic perception of the mosque’s architectural form. It also aims to develop a framework for integrating PV cells with the various elements of the building type.
Design/methodology/approach
The study adopted a mixed-method approach comprising both qualitative and quantitative techniques for data collection procedures. This includes surveys, literature review, focus groups and an experiment.
Findings
The results revealed a negative impact of the building-applied PV panels on people’s perception of the mosque’s architectural form. However, integrating the PV cells with the mosque form was perceived as more aesthetically pleasing. Certain integrating PV strategies integrated more harmoniously with certain mosque styles.
Research limitations/implications
This study is focused on limited styles of one building type. Extra research is needed to explore the differences between the different participated groups.
Originality/value
There is a lack of research that explores the ways the installed PV systems impact the users’ architectural aesthetic perception of the mosque. This study informs the design process and practice and construction industry by highlighting the opportunities PV systems, as a legitimate sustainable energy resource, offers to architects and manufacturers.
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Aseel Alja'afreh, Raed Al Tal and Anwar Ibrahim
The study hypothesized that the absence of the governing authority during the growth and expansion of informal settlements caused a highly randomized dense social fabric that…
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The study hypothesized that the absence of the governing authority during the growth and expansion of informal settlements caused a highly randomized dense social fabric that shaped their characteristics.
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This research employs urban tactics and social theories to understand dynamic relationships in social consolidation in informal settlements in Jordan. The research adopted a mixed-methods approach, deploying qualitative and quantitative methods to understand the concepts, terms, perspectives, means and functions of open spaces in informal settlements.
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The results identified that the land ownership of open spaces, gender and age have a significant impact on the relationships and social interaction of people. The results suggested that despite the informal morphology of studied areas being random, unplanned and chaotic, there is often an underlying logic to meet occupants’ needs.
Research limitations/implications
This research explores informal spatiality to help understand the mechanisms of how marginal communities create and interact with each other in public spaces. This study is limited to the investigation of socio-cultural practices in public spaces, without an in-depth consideration of the roles of physical elements and features in the spatial configuration of these spaces.
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The importance of the research is that the exploration of informal spatiality of this neighborhood morphology will enable to understand the mechanism of how marginal communities create and interact among each other and their public spaces in different cities.
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MALAYSIA: Digital potential will grow
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES290020
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MALAYSIA: Premier cannot be sure of support for budget
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES257143
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The Malaysian cabinet reshuffle's implications.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB201465
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He was present as leader of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (PPBM), which he founded to take on his former party, the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), now led by…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB219888
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The polls will be a major test for the ‘unity government’, whose two main coalitions are Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s Pakatan Harapan (PH) and its erstwhile rival Barisan…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB280229
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In July 2023, Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor of the PN’s Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) was charged with sedition. The PN leads the opposition to Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s…