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Plea for a Courtyard House [PDF]

open access: yes, 1986
History has shown that the courtyard house (wast-ad-dar) is primarily an urban house form with a considerable potential for change. Its widespread existence in different climates and societies can testify.
Settouane, Farida
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Courtyard housing: A mid-density alternative house-type [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
The main objectives of housing policy in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland are to increase the city’s density and to increase its total stock of affordable housing.
Turner, David
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An investigation into geometric ratios of the sunken courtyards in traditional Iranian houses (a field study on Yazd and Kashan)

open access: yesJournal of Architecture and Urbanism, 2022
In Iranian architecture, the emphasis on the use of geometric ratios such as human scale and modularization, caused beauty and harmony. Unfortunately, in contemporary architecture, the use of these scales has been forgotten, and their presence has been ...
Hosein Naseri, Zahra Amini Farsani
doaj   +1 more source

Nea Paphos. Seasons 2012 and 2013 [PDF]

open access: yesPolish Archaeology in the Mediterranean, 2016
Excavation at the site of the so-called Hellenistic House in Nea Paphos in 2012and 2013 was focused on the main courtyard (1) and the southern portico (R.3). The architecturecollapsed in an earthquake in the 2nd century AD.
Henryk Meyza
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The Role of Geometry of Yard in the Formation of the Historical Houses of Kashan [PDF]

open access: yesMathematics Interdisciplinary Research, 2019
Geometry is a base tool for establishing unity in Iranian architecture and is always considered by architects due to the discipline and rule that gives architecture to architecture.
Ahmad Danaeinia   +2 more
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Investigating the functional efficiency in the architecture of houses in the First Pahlavi period of Iran based on syntactic indicators of space in fuzzy logic; case study: Shiraz City [PDF]

open access: yesمسکن و محیط روستا, 2022
The concept of functional efficiency of space in the architecture of residential houses means minimizing the influence of unrelated activities on each other and also the spatial organization of related activities; so that their proper productivity ...
Tahereh Nasr, Fatemeh Kakaee
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Courtyard in Traditional Houses in Palestine

open access: yesProstor, 2019
The courtyard, an architectural composition in traditional architecture, has been continuously applied throughout history. It has been able to provide important, practical and logical organization of space for protection and intimacy of life.
Mumen Abuarkub
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Brief Discussion on People’s Behavior Psychological Demand in Private Courtyard Space

open access: yesSHS Web of Conferences, 2015
This article mainly describes the method to apply the people’s psychological demand in the private courtyard within the scope of environmental psychology. Private courtyard is a place where the activities for house owners are carried out most frequently.
Cui Huaizu, Hu Qingqing, He Fengmiao
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Courtyard Housing in China: Chinese Quest for Harmony

open access: yesJournal of Contemporary Urban Affairs, 2017
The Chinese have lived in single-extended-family courtyard houses in many parts of China for thousands of years. The earliest courtyard house found in China was during the Middle Neolithic period (5000-3000 BCE).
Donia Zhang
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Analysis of Winter Environment Based on CFD Simulation: A Case Study of Long–Hu Sand Feng Shui Layout at Jiangxi Bailudong Academy Complex

open access: yesBuildings, 2023
In ancient Chinese architecture, Feng Shui was a prevalent practice used to enhance the built environment. This study utilized computer simulation techniques to assess the effectiveness of Long–Hu Sand layout Feng Shui in the Bailudong Academy complex in
Zhiqing Zhao, Siyi Zhang, Yizhan Peng
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