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Concrete in architecture: Redefining form, space, function, and insights from bibliometric analysis
Structural Concrete, EarlyView.Abstract Concrete has become a cornerstone in architectural and engineering innovation, as it seamlessly integrates structural performance with artistic expression. Its evolution from ancient opus caementicium to contemporary ultra‐high‐performance concrete illustrates its adaptability to the change in technological, environmental, and design paradigms.
Mouhcine Benaicha +2 more
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COMPARATIVE STUDY OF COURTYARD HOUSING USING FENG SHUI
, 2014 Cosmology is of essence for the life of traditional man not only to live in a meaningful universe, but to bound himself with the universe to achieve well-being as well.
Ongul, Zehra +2 more
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Islamic Ideology and the Evolution of Courtyard: A Case Study of a Havili, Old City Lahore
Journal of Islamic Thought and Civilization, 2019 A courtyard in buildings plays an important role in determining climatic setting, as well as physical and 1 psychological environment for the residents. This paper focuses on the evolution of courtyard houses in light of the teachings of Islam.
Ayesha Mehmood Malik, Mamoona Rashid
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Cooling Load Reduction in Courtyard Houses: Examining the Role of Courtyard Configuration in a Hot, Arid Climate [PDF]
JES: Journal of Engineering SciencesThe hot, arid climate of the Qassim region in Saudi Arabia poses significant challenges for energy-efficient building design, especially in terms of passive cooling strategies.
Essam Almahmoud +2 more
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AGRICULTURE IN A SOCIALIST CITY: Towards an Alter‐Urban Political Ecology
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Urban political ecology has developed as a critique of capitalist urbanization. This article develops the concept of alter‐urban political ecology to define urban environments emerging not from capitalist urbanization but from efforts to transform it. Drawing on archival research and ethnographic fieldwork in five urban farms in socialist Cuba,
Gustav Cederlöf
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Rethinking Vilanova Artigas: his unbuilt courtyard-houses
Dearq, 2019 This article aims to analyze three courtyard-house projects by the architect Vilanova Artigas, taking into account six concepts: i) dwelling; ii) place; (iii) “public” domain; iv) utopia; v) manifesto; vi) socialization.
Wilson Florio, Ana Tagliari
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PRECARIZED AGEING‐IN‐PERIFERIA: Low‐Income Older Adults in a Transforming Neighbourhood
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract In this article we investigate how intersecting forms of precarity shape the everyday practices of ageing‐in‐place developed by low‐income older adults in Via Milano, a historically segregated yet rapidly transforming neighbourhood in Brescia, northern Italy. We draw on qualitative and ethnographic research to examine how diverse urban changes—
Marco Alioni, Barbara Badiani
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The Courtyard House: Can a Sustainable Future Learn from a Context Relevant Past
Environmental Science and Sustainable Development, 2016 This paper looks at the courtyard house as a traditional urban dwellings of yesteryears with a view to explore its potential in informing the housing developments of the future. In order to address the question, the paper starts with a historical ...
Hocine Bougdah
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract This article reconsiders the relationship between visibility and politicization. Drawing on empirical evidence from urban mobilization campaigns across Russia, we counter the existing literature on theories of the post‐political and liminality by identifying four dimensions of visibility—publicity in urban space, objects of urban contestation,
Valeria Rumiantseva, Liubov Chernysheva
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Archaeological Investigations in Newnham House Courtyard, Cambridge 1991
, 2023 Archaeological excavations were undertaken in the courtyard of Newnham House, Newnham Road, Cambridge, in advance of an extensive redevelopment programme for the courtyard.
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