Archnet-IJAR: Volume 18 Issue 1

Effect of typo-morphological analysis and place understanding on the nature of intervention within historic settings: the case of Amman, Jordan

Rami Farouk Daher

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of different levels of place understanding (primarily typo-morphological analysis) on the nature of interventions within…

Assessing park qualities of public parks in Cairo, Egypt

Dalia Aly, Branka Dimitrijevic

This article presents an evaluation tool that is designed to assess 12 spatial and managerial qualities of public parks. The tool is applied in evaluating public parks in Cairo to…

Young people’s preferences in public spaces

Sara Ibrahim Khalifa, Zeinab Shafik, Dina Shehayeb

Few public places are designed with due consideration to the needs and preferences of teens. Teens in public spaces are often viewed with apprehension from other user groups…

Residential satisfaction and quality of urban life: examining diverse housing environments

Merve Koçak Güngör, Fatih Terzi

As an important indicator of the quality of life of individuals, residential environments are continuing to evolve, due to the rapidly changing production–consumption relations…

From house to home: exploring the spatial expression of social identity on traditional Shiraz houses

Sadrodin Moqadam, Linda Nubani

The present study, based on a comparative analysis of several historic houses in Shiraz, presents a new perspective on uncovering the role of the social lives of homeowners in the…

The impact of building regulations on indoor environmental quality: the case of detached houses in Jordan

Hikmat Ali, Amal Abed, Alaa Rababah

As numerous research studies have investigated the effect of the built environment on human contentment, building regulations have advanced as a direct impact on indoor…

Furniture configurations in an active learning classroom make further differences in student outcomes

Orcun Kepez, Selin Üst

The aim of this study is to understand the effect of class configurations in an active learning classroom (ALC) on students' self-perception of experiences and learning outcomes…

Comparing desired spatial ratios among autistic and non-autistic children

Pariya Sheykhmaleki, Seyed Abbas Agha Yazdanfar, Sanaz Litkouhi

Although some architects have found spatial order and proportion strategy effective in designing the environment for autistic children, it is not clear what spatial ratios are…

Viewpoint on what may be considered as evidence and how to obtain it when designing health-promoting and inclusive green spaces

Ulrika Karlsson Stigsdotter, Gaochao Zhang, Marie Christoffersen Gramkow, Ulrik Sidenius

The point of departure for this viewpoint paper is the current development in which landscape architects are working towards achieving the United Nations sustainable development…

Experiencing cinematic architecture: the impact of architecture on the audience emotional engagement

Natheer Abu-Obeid, Lama Bilal Abuhassan

The goal of the study is to underline “Cinematic Architecture” as another source of architectural thinking and research. This study is also a response to the shortage in empirical…

Architectural design research in small practices

Ayşe Zeynep Aydemir, Sam Jacoby

There has been a recently growing interest by architects in practice-based research and the impact of research. At the same time, several post-graduate architecture programmes…

Storytelling as a multidimensional pedagogical tool in practice-based doctoral training for design disciplines

Dorotea Ottaviani, Cecilia De Marinis, Alice Buoli

The paper investigates the pivotal role of storytelling as a pedagogical tool in tertiary education, specifically in the context of the practice-based doctoral framework in design…