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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, Khalid El Harrouni, Samir Kabouss   +2 more
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A systematic assessment of architectural approaches for solving the housing problem in Iraq

Frontiers of Architectural Research, 2018
Iraq experiences housing shortage of around 1–1.5 million units with low production rate. Managing this challenge requires integrated efforts across a number of fields. One way forward is to develop an integral and appropriate architectural solution.
Omar Al-Hafith, Satish B.K., Simon Bradbury, Pieter de Wilde   +3 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
wiley   +1 more source

Climate responsive courtyard design for urban sustainability in five Marla houses in Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Discover Cities
Rapid urbanization and climate change have dramatically increased energy consumption in South Asian residential buildings. Traditional courtyard houses, once common in the region, provided passive cooling solutions that have largely been abandoned in ...
Erum Zareen, Shahbaz Altaf
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Examining the Impact of Multilevel Courtyards in Hot-Dry and Humid Climates

Energies
Urbanisation has significantly transformed human settlements, presenting sustainability challenges, particularly in hot-dry and humid climates. The urban heat island effect and increased energy consumption exacerbate reliance on mechanical cooling and ...
Eleazar Chidiadi, Ahmad Taki
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Viviendas para una ciudad más sana: tres estrategias proyectuales

Ciudades, 2022
In the context of the current city and housing’s problems, exposed by the health crisis, three strategies inspired by the residential project of early modernity are proposed. These could be useful today if they are effectively reinterpreted.
José Manuel Martínez Rodríguez
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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
wiley   +1 more source

Transformation of the courtyard space in contemporary Korean urban context. Ikseon-dong Hanok Village case study

Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering
This study investigates the transformation of courtyard space in Ikseon-dong Hanok Village, a 20th-century neighborhood in Seoul, where unsupervised renovations have increasingly compromised the local spatial integrity and authenticity. Previous research
Tatiana Badygova, Joongwon Lee
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The Spatiality of the Vernacular Courtyard House in the Arabian Gulf Region

Heritage
In the vernacular architectural history of the Arabian Gulf region (the Gulf), the courtyard house is a common domestic typology. Islamic and sociological precepts regulate the design and the function of vernacular courtyard dwellings, resulting in ...
Asmaa Saleh AL-Mohannadi, Raffaello Furlan   +1 more
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Solar Radiation Absorbed on the Neighborhood Scale regarding the Rural Fabric in Cold Climate Regions [PDF]

مسکن و محیط روستا, 2019
Environmental subjects, in general, and energy issues, in particular, do not have a prominent role in rural research projects in Iran, and this is accompanied by negative environmental consequences, such as excessive energy consumption in rural housing ...
FATEMEH MEHDIZADEH SERAJ, Fahimeh Mirzaee, Rima Fayaz, Seied Majid Mofidi Shemirani   +3 more
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