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Adapting to Climate Change through Architecture
An environmental crisis is unfolding around us. Our climate is continuously changing in dramatic rates. This paper explores the impact of climate change on the built environment, with the intent to find solutions for how ... -
Adaptive Design in Urban Flooding Conditions Case of Dar Es Salaam
Flooding hazards in urban areas is a worldwide problem. This is influenced by rapid urbanization, overpopulation, and the demand for a settlement that has exceeded the local housing stock. This leads to people living in ... -
Addressing Homelessness as a means of Preserving the Urban Fabric
In 1772, Clarksburg, West Virginia, was a well known Appalachian city. Before the Great Depression, Clarksburg had a booming economy from coal and glass production. By the 21st Century, Clarksburg was a forgotten memory ... -
Affordable and Sustainable Housing Solutions for Iran's Low Income Citizens
This paper studies the architectural implications of the economic and social needs and challenges of Low-Income and Iranian families in Tehran. The attempt is to answer the following question: what strategies can be used ... -
AFTER THE PARADIGM OF CONTEMPORARY PHYSICS IN ARCHITECTURE: SPATIAL POSSIBILITIES AND VARIATIONS
(2012-09-14)Living in the age of scientific, technological and digital revolution changes our attitude towards information. It is inevitable to start approaching information not only as a product of fashionable digital media behavior, ... -
Appalachia rising from the ruins: a design addressing cultural change in post-industrial appalachia
(2014)Ruins are expressions of tie. Their slow, almost indiscernible changes are much like our own aging and reminders of our own mortality. Ruins are not easily definable. They can be attached to personal recollection or ... -
Applying Design Criteria for Autism Spectrum Disorder to the Design of Public Sports Facilities
In the last twenty years the prevalence of autism spectrum disorders has increased from 1 in 166 children diagnosed in 2004 to 1 in 59 children being in 2018 in the United States. Despite these growing numbers, the ... -
Aquatecture: Designing Water Adaptable Architecture in Ko Kret, Thailand as a Flood Solution
(2014-06-16)This paper will address a new approach towards architecture reflecting on the consequences of the city’s land based building practice in ecology that is predominantly water based. There is a need for opportunities to work ... -
Architectural flexibility: an evolution towards a more flexible architecture
How can architects redefine the way we design and construct buildings? Currently, buildings are too restrictive and do not allow for the ease of flexibility and/or change. The main reasons for the inflexibility of current ... -
Architectural Spaces Promoting Active Learning and Progressive Educational Delivery for the Primary School Student
Education in the United States is failing the next generation. Students today advance through their education without the skills or passion for learning they will need to be marketable in their careers. And, our current ... -
Architecture and Sexuality: Process of Constructions
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Architecture for Socio-Economic Revitalization: Sustainable Reformation of Ship-Decommissioning Industry in Chittagong, Bangladesh
The current volume of global shipping stands over 1.8 billion tons per year; an enormous amount of waste is being generated from and of the old ships. The large amount of waste is created by the shipping industry is becoming ... -
Architecture of repose: Creating moments for retreat and intimacy
The fast-paced nature of contemporary culture acts as a catalyst for anxiety due to overstimulation. This paper explores how the built environment can be designed in order to bring people from a state of overstimulation ... -
Artspark: community engagement in the visual and performing arts
Dance and architecture are two creative disciplines that share a special connection. These disciplines have a major overarching intent, the creative exploration of space. Dance can be defined as the movement of bodies ... -
Beyond Mechanical Limits: Cohousing and Permaculture
This research aims to achieve two objectives. The first objective is to minimize and eliminate building contributions to climate change starting from a domestic prototype. The second is to increase the role of architecture ...