Archnet-IJAR: Volume 17 Issue 4

A community healthcare clinic in Baltimore: healing environment, design criteria, and assessment metrics

Mohammad Gharipour, Intisar Ameen Tyne, Shermineh Afsary, Naomi Hemme, Amber L. Trout

The purpose of this research is to identify quick, effective and affordable architectural design solutions to improve the health of patients, visitors and staff, in an underfunded…

Assessing contextual factors for sustainable development: a case study of LEED-certified projects in Jordan

Genell Wells Ebbini, Adel Al-Assaf

The researchers analyzed factors affecting the adoption of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) green-building certification system in Jordan, including…

Plot-based approach for controlled morphological transformation in urban heritage contexts: the case of New Gourna village, Luxor – Egypt

Aliaa AlSadaty

As historic cities evolve, change in their urban form can be expected. Yet, uncontrolled change of land plots, which represent a significant element of urban form, leads to…

Urban morphology of informally built dwellings: counter-mapping coastal cities of Montenegro

Goran Ivo Marinovic

Informal dwellings describe makeshift lodgings made from temporary materials, such as plastic, corrugated iron, sheeting, packing cases, or wood. These units allow low-income…

Towards a relational approach for understanding the multiplicity of sitting activities

Ahlam Ammar Sharif

This study aims at unpacking the multiplicity of the sitting activity in public spaces through the lens of actor-network theory. In line with previous urban research focussing on…

Interactions between architects and end-users during housing design processes: a systematic literature review

Audrey Mertens, Yaprak Hamarat, Catherine Elsen

This research focuses on the interactions between architects and end-users during the design process of housing projects, both experiencing challenges and friction points when…

Gender and mobility: enhancing the Egyptian working women’s travel pattern

Radwa Tawfik, Sahar Attia, Ingy Mohamed Elbarmelgy, Tamer Mohamed Abdelaziz

Women's travel pattern is different from those of men. Women who have both paid employment and unpaid care work have more complex travel patterns. However, land-use policies and…

Distress, anxiety, boredom, and their relation to the interior spaces under COVID-19 lockdowns

Berk Diker, Halime Demirkan

This research is based on the idea that interior elements leave a wide variety of impressions on their occupants and that some interiors are likely to have more positive…

Questioning the phenomenon of void in the built environment through a multidisciplinary perspective

Marie Grabar, Karine Dupre

The aim of this article is to understand the definitions, trends and gaps currently existing in the literature regarding the concept of void in the built environment.

The diagonal axis from VERB to VOID: interdisciplinarity in basic design studio education

Aysem Berrin Çakmakli, Ipek Gursel Dino, Esin Komez Daglioglu, Ekin Pinar, Pelin Yoncacı Arslan

This paper aims to discuss the potentials of interdisciplinary exercises that bring together art and design methodologies in expanding as well as redefining the given methods and…

Live projects: a mixed-methods exploration of existing scholarship

Sebastian G. Smith, Karine Dupre, Julie Crough

This paper aims to investigate trends and themes within the literature pertaining to live projects, and in so doing, highlight possible areas of future exploration and research.

Leaving no one behind: unveiling gaps in inclusive architecture at the UIA World Congress of architects 2023

Nabil Mohareb

This article aims to provide an insightful analysis of the UIA World Congress of Architects held in Copenhagen in 2023. The Congress adopted the aspirational motto “Leave no one…