Archnet-IJAR: Volume 16 Issue 2

Implications of neuroarchitecture for the experience of the built environment: a scoping review

Sanghee Lee, Wooree Shin, Eun Joo Park

Neuroarchitecture is a new interdisciplinary research field combining neuroscience and architecture that has developed and expanded since 2000. Neuroarchitecture originated from…

Evaluating the legibility of urban parks based on neuroscience and the FVFL model

Yasaman Gholami, Seyed Hassan Taghvaei, Saeid Norouzian-Maleki, Rouhollah Mansouri Sepehr

The purpose of the study is to quantitatively evaluate the role of landscape values and factors in urban parks experimentally based on neuroscience.

Evolution of cities in Borneo: a kaleidoscope of urban landscapes for planning future resilient cities

Marek Kozlowski, Rahinah Ibrahim, Khairul Hazmi Zaini

This study aims to examine the trajectory of the urban growth of Borneo by portraying its resilient settlements in the pre-colonial times, tropical sensitive colonial…

Silver cities: planning for an ageing population in Singapore. An urban planning policy case study of Kampung Admiralty

Simona Azzali, André Siew Yeong Yew, Caroline Wong, Taha Chaiechi

This paper explores ways in which Singapore adapts its planning policy and practices to meet the needs of its growing silver population, particularly the relationship between…

Hermeneutic phenomenology for spatial analysis

Ahmed O. El-Kholei

From scholars' view, there are various research approaches to investigate the city and its spaces. However, there is a need to examine the city and its spaces from the residents'…

Seeking elsewhere: a systematic review of literature surrounding attrition and retention of female architects in the profession post-registration

Marli Möller, Karine Dupré, Ruwan Fernando

The purpose of this study is to provide a global snapshot of the current state of knowledge regarding attrition rates of women architects. The intended audience includes all the…

Development of special needs classroom prototypes to respond to the sensory needs of students with exceptionalities

Tina Patel, Juliann Dorff, Allison Baker

The observation by the authors, based on their extensive experience working in K-8 public schools in the region showed the special needs classrooms catering to children with…

Relationship between environmental indoor conditions of a classroom and the performance of undergraduate students

João Alexandre Paschoalin Filho, Antonio Jose Guerner Dias, João Henrique Storopoli, Andrea Ghermandi, Hendrio Chaves de Carvalho

This research aims at studying the influence of a classroom’s inner environmental conditions on undergraduate students’ performance using an experimental methodology.

Maximizing minimums: space-utilization in the small homes in the Mumbai metropolitan region

Shreyonti Chakraborty, Alexandra Staub, Christina Bollo

Many people living in and around Mumbai face space scarcity within homes, an issue exacerbated for families with members having differing and conflicting spatial requirements. By…

Architectural approaches to housing customization: introducing the Inhabitant-Driven Customization approach and the MyChanges tool

Sara Eloy, Pieter E. Vermaas

Customization is a paradox in architecture, providing necessary modernization for buildings but potentially damaging their architectural integrity. In this paper, the authors…

Architecture of home in later life: towards a fivefold theoretical model

Gwendoline Schaff, Ann Petermans, Jan Vanrie, Fabienne Courtejoie, Catherine Elsen

Most older people wish to age “in place”. However, as current housing is mainly unsuitable for later life, architects have a key role to play. Yet, there is little architectural…

The icon as a collaborative performance: non-standard solutions, invisible work and networks of trust in the construction of the Elbe Philharmonic Hall, Hamburg

Venetsiya Dimitrova, Monika Grubbauer

The main goal of this paper is to shift the focus from the symbolic and aesthetic features of iconic projects to the complex process of their actual materialisation. Hereby, the…

A cultural diversity management framework for enhancing the performance of architectural design firms in Egypt

Ayman Ahmed Ezzat Othman, Nadine Ibrahim Fouda

This paper aims to develop a cultural diversity management (CDM) framework to enhance the performance of architecture design firms (ADFs) in Egypt.