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Rethinking Soviet Era mass housing in Kazakhstan [PDF]
Mass high-rise, tenement housing in former Soviet bloc countries, built within the modernist genre, has proved to be problematical throughout the history of architecture and urban planning.
Sarzhanov Niyaz, Schurch Thomas
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Investigating the application of one piece flow from lean manufacturing in the construction delivery of mass housing projects [PDF]
Mass-housing projects (MHPs) are often delivered using mass construction to save time and cost. However, it actually leads to large work in progress (WIP), delays, and cost overrun.
Dina Atef Saad +2 more
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Two major reforms initiated in Romania during Nicolae Ceaușescu’s dictatorship (1965–89) tied the gendered domestic sphere directly to the urban landscape of socialism.
Iulia Stătică
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Real vs. Virtual City: Planning Issues in a Discontinuous Urban Area in Budapest’s Inner City
The 21st century has brought fundamental changes in the development of cities, with the spread of ICT and the rise of digitalization. The new technologies are increasingly making their mark on urban planning and policy as well.
Melinda Benkő +4 more
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Assessing the Quality of Open Spaces in Mass Housing Projects: The Case of Alexandria [PDF]
Rising population numbers across the globe are putting pressure on the housing supply, which is leading governments to resort to social housing. However, the governments of developing countries are more prone to address pressing shortages through ...
Mohamed Raslan +2 more
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Housing Yugoslav Self-Management: Blok 5 in Titograd
Self-management was one of the ideological foundations in socialist Yugoslavia. The paper argues that Blok 5 (1977–1984) — a mass housing settlement in Titograd, Montenegro, designed by Mileta Bojović — can be considered one of the theoretically and ...
Lea Horvat
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While modern heritage is often discussed as a critical resource for sustainable urban and social development, the future of such housing is often limited not by technical but rather by cultural, historical, or socio-economic constraints. In cities with a
Marina Sapunova, Sofia Borushkina
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An Evaluation Based on Spatial and Social Data in Open Spaces of Mass Housing Settlements
During the 19th and 20th centuries, mass housing became an important issue and focus of architectural debate. The objectives for meeting the housing need of a large number of residents have been realized in various ways over time according to geography ...
Burak Mangut, Fatma Ahsen Özsoy
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Mass architecture and limitations
Mass housing architecture requires special consideration. Both in the historical perspective and in the present, the designer needs to be aware of the factors affecting the design process implicitly, beyond the will of the client and the design brief ...
Николай Васильев
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Conservation of 20th century mass housing is discussed considering their heritage value. On the other hand, intervention might be required since they do not meet the today’s requirements and defect might have occurred.
N. Volkan Gür, Hatice Yasemin Çakır
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