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Housing and Social Transition in Japan [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Bringing together a number of perspectives on the Japanese housing system, Housing and Social Transition in Japan provides a comprehensive, challenging and theoretically developed account of the dynamic role of the housing system during a period of ...

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Field research on cyclone damage and housing reconstruction in Fijian Village—Case study of Navala Village after tropical cyclone Winston

open access: yesJapan Architectural Review, 2021
The Republic of Fiji was hit by Tropical Cyclone Winston in 2016, and housing reconstruction was enabled through government support. This study was aimed at observing the impact on housing in a rural village consisting of both modern and traditional ...
Mari Miyaji   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Recognizing the Distinctiveness of Traditional Iranian Houses based on Physical, Social and Cultural Components of Identity [PDF]

open access: yesهنر اسلامی, 2021
Despite the development and progress in contemporary housing, up till the present time, this issue bestows fundamental problems and weaknesses in the society of contemporary Iran.
Sadegh Ahuey   +2 more
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Gardens in the Traditional Houses – A Study on the Garden Elements in the Traditional Houses of Trabzon, Turkey [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Sciences, 2017
The purpose of this study is to seek answers, and find solutions, to the following questions: How should the house-garden relationship be reinforced for a healthy and harmonic life? Can some criteria be determined for the design of the gardens? How can outer spaces be created consciously?
Akat, Reyhan, Çakıroğlu, Birgül
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Exploration and research on the applicability of sustainable design for ethnic minorities — Diaojiaolou [PDF]

open access: yesSHS Web of Conferences, 2023
Diao Jiaolou is a typical component of minority housing culture. Strengthening the study of the hanging foot building is to inherit the culture of traditional residential architecture.
Shi Lijun, Ma Yue
doaj   +1 more source

An Example of Traditional Houses Maraş: ‘Gözlüklü Ali House’

open access: yesMEGARON / Yıldız Technical University, Faculty of Architecture E-Journal, 2015
This study examined structures of traditional civil architecture in the city center of Kahramanmaras and aims to describe the general characteristics. The meaning of this study ancient neighborhoods of the city of Maras, which is registered in the list of cultural assets Ekmekçi, Gazipasa, Kayabaşı, Kurtuluş, Turan and Yörükselim in 50 house is located
Aslıhan Ece PAKÖZ, Faruk TUNCER
openaire   +4 more sources

The impact of environmental construction on the spatial configuration of traditional Iranian housing (case study: comparison of Dezful and Boroujerd traditional housing)

open access: yesJournal of Architecture and Urbanism, 2021
The cities of Dezful and Boroujerd can be considered a treasure trove of traditional houses in Iran whose social, functional, and cultural roots are reflected in their architectural body.
Pedram Hessari, Farhad Chegeni
doaj   +1 more source

TRADITIONAL CIRCULAR PLAN HOUSING FOR RAPIDLY URBANIZING RWANDA

open access: yesFacta Universitatis. Series: Architecture and Civil Engineering, 2022
Rwanda’s plots and housing plans featured a circular shape until the time of colonization by Germany and Belgium, when—beginning with the house of Dr Richard Kandth in 1909—a new configuration of buildings and plots having a square or rectangular base ...
Ilija Gubić   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Timbered masonry for earthquake resistance in Europe

open access: yesMateriales de Construccion, 2012
Europe is a continent that is subject to significant seismic activity. Thus, the buildings’ seismic behaviour must be analysed, including not only the new structures, designed under more rigorous codes, but also older ones.
A. Dutu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Old City of Al Zubair. The Emergence and Physical Reality (1571-1882 Iraq)

open access: yesBulletin of Geography. Socio-Economic Series, 2015
The natural advantages of the site of the city of Al Zubair contributed to its becoming a stable settlement for the tribes migrating from Najd and Hejaz during the last four centuries.
Sami Abdulaziz Alqatrani Firas
doaj   +1 more source

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